Tony winner Jane Krakowski hosted the Manhattan Theatre Club's annual Spring Gala on May 18. The benefit event featured performances from Broadway musicals Beautiful, Finding Ne…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:20AMMicah Stock, a 2015 Tony Award nominee for his performance in It's Only a Play, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire of random facts, backstage trivia and pop-culture tidbits.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe new Broadway comedy An Act of God, starring Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Jim Parsons in the role of God, began performances May 7 at Studio 54.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:07PMPS Classics' two-CD cast recording of the Roundabout Theatre Company's critically acclaimed revival of On the Twentieth Century, starring Kristin Chenoweth, will be released Ma…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:57PMKander and Ebb's The Visit officially opened on Broadway April 23 and earned five Tony nominations, including one for Best Musical. We offer an exclusive look at the production's co…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:47AMMCC Theater hosts the world premiere of Permission by Hand to God playwright Robert Askins. In the lead roles are Justin Bartha (Lend Me a Tenor, "The Hangover") and Emmy nominee E…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:18PMThe hardworking cast and crew at the critically acclaimed Broadway revival of On the Town got a much-deserved week off, as Univision utilized the Lyric Theater for its upfront presentati…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:49PMBarrett Wilbert Weed, a Drama Desk nominee for her breakout performance in Heathers: The Musical, stars as Sally Bowles — opposite "Smash" actor Wesley Taylor (R…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:29PMIt was a "Sweet Charity" reunion at The Visit May 14 when Shirley MacLaine visited her onscreen co-star Chita Rivera at Kander and Ebb's The Visit. The musical officially …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:49AMTony nominee Amy Morton (August: Osage County, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) will direct the world premiere of Pulitzer finalist Rajiv Joseph's play Guards at the Taj, starring To…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:46AMIt's been over eight years since the Tony Award-winning Spring Awakening opened on Broadway — and re-defined the landscape for rock musicals. Lea Michele, Jonathan Grof…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:24AMThe New Dramatists organization hosted its 66th Annual Spring Luncheon May 14 in honor of Tony winner Brian Stokes Mitchell, presenting him with the group's Di…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:55PMTheatre at the Center continues its 25th anniversary with a new staging of the musical Big Fish. With a book by John August and music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa, the show is based on the Col…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:52AMMusical theatre stars, including Chita Rivera, Norm Lewis and Ruthie Ann Miles, performed classic numbers from Kander & Ebb musicals at the annual Classic Stage Company gala May 11.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:31PMThe Actors Company Theatre (TACT) honored Cynthia Harris at its May 11 spring gala.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:58PMLauren Worsham, a 2014 Tony nominee for her performance in A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, will offer a new solo show titled From Corsets to Combat Boots June 24 at 54 Below.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:20PMOscar winner Helen Mirren was honored May 12 with the unveiling of a portrait to adorn the famed walls of Sardi's. With her autograph, she included the note, "How bloody brilliant…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:20AMThe Gersh Agency celebrated New York Upfronts Week with a private party held at Aselina Ristorante. Guests included numerous stars of stage and screen.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:50AMSpend a day at the Broadway revival of Gigi! Steffanie Leigh, who stars as Liane d'Exelmans, takes us through her morning routine and backstage life at the Neil Simon Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:07PMThe Actors Fund's annual gala, held May 11 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square, honored Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman as well as entrepreneur, philanthropist a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:07PMThe Actors Fund's annual gala, held May 11 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square, honored Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman as well as entrepreneur, philanthropist a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:10PMThe infamous musical Carrie — based on the Stephen King novel — opened Broadway May 12, 1988. It would close 3 days later after 16 previews and 5 performances. We look …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:09AMSignature Theatre's world premiere of The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek, written and directed by Athol Fugard ("Master Harold"...and the Boys, Blood Knot), officially opened …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:53AMAcclaimed theatre designer and six-time Tony Award winner Bob Crowley was honored at the NYTW 2015 Spring Gala on May 11. The event, which was held at the Edison Ballroom, was chaired by…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:22AMBeth Malone, a 2015 Tony Award nominee for her leading performance in Fun Home, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire of random facts, backstage trivia and pop-culture tidbits.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe 30th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards were announced May 10, recognizing the best in Off-Broadway theatre. Hamilton received a record-breaking ten honors including Best Musical. Betw…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:26PMThe 30th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards were announced May 10, recognizing the best in Off-Broadway theatre. Hamilton received a record-breaking ten honors including Best Musical. Betw…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:50PMThe 30th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards were announced May 10, recognizing the best in Off-Broadway theatre. Hamilton received a record-breaking ten honors including Best Musical. Betw…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:50PMThe 53rd season of Shakespeare in the Park will kick off with The Tempest, starring Academy Award nominee Sam Waterston ("The Newsroom," King Lear, Hamle…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:01PMYou may have seen the photos of the 2015 Tony nominees getting wild and crazy in the Playbill Photo Booth at this year's press reception. Well, there's more! We had a Polaroid camera…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:55AMGLAAD, the nation's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy organization, presented the 26th Annual GLAAD Media Awards May 9 at the Waldorf Astoria New York.
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