Monday, August 11, 2014
The film adaptation of the Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty musical Lucky Stiff features Tony winners Jason Alexander, Nikki M. James and the late Dennis Farina. Watch the recently rele…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:22AMFriday, August 8, 2014
The Exchange has sealed distribution deals with numerous countries for Richard LaGravenese's big-screen adaptation of Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years, according to Deadline.…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:31AMThursday, August 7, 2014
Fun Home, the award-winning Jeanine Tesori-Lisa Kron musical based on the graphic memoir by Alison Bechdel that played an acclaimed run at the Public Theater earlier this season, is schedule…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:05PMWednesday, August 6, 2014
Benjamin Walker, who starred in the title role of Broadway's Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, is slated to star in the title role of Second Stage Theatre's American Psycho, according to…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:23PMThe film adaptation of the Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty musical Lucky Stiff, which features Tony winners Jason Alexander, Nikki M. James and the late Dennis Farina, will premiere at the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:41AMThursday, July 31, 2014
Disney has released the first trailer for its upcoming film adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine musical Into the Woods, which will hit theatres Dec. 25. Meryl Streep, Anna Kendri…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:02PMTuesday, July 22, 2014
Priscilla Lopez, who earned a Tony Award for her performance in A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine and also created the role of Diana Morales in the original Broadway production …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSunday, July 20, 2014
Emmy and Golden Globe Award nominee Annie Potts ("Designing Women," God of Carnage), who joined the Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of Pippin as Berthe in January, takes her fi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, July 17, 2014
"It Could Be Worse," the showbiz-minded, scripted comedy series co-created and written by longtime actor-collaborators Mitchell Jarvis (Rock of Ages) and Wesley Taylor (The Addams …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, July 10, 2014
The forthcoming Broadway production of On the Town and Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance" have teamed up to offer the winner of Season 11 a role in the Broadway revival, which …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:20PMTony Award-winning A Chorus Line star Priscilla Lopez will take to the trapeze as Berthe in the Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of Pippin, beginning July 22 at the Music Box Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:15PMThursday, June 26, 2014
Actor Shia LaBeouf, who very publicly exited the Broadway bow of Lyle Kessler's Orphans, also exited the June 26 performance of Broadway's Cabaret — in handcuffs — Rounda…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:29PMWednesday, June 25, 2014
The unusually eventful post-season at the Metropolitan Opera continued on Wednesday morning when some administrative offices inside the opera house were vandalized with spray paint, the poli…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:48PMMonday, June 23, 2014
This American Life, a musical event that was held June 7 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and featured a mini-musical by Tony winner Lin-Manuel Miranda, is available for download on Amazon a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:40PMThe world premiere of the Off-Broadway musical The Anthem, an original piece inspired by the Ayn Rand novella "Anthem," closed abruptly June 22, a press representative for the…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:21PM"It Could Be Worse," the showbiz-minded, scripted comedy series co-created and written by longtime actor-collaborators Mitchell Jarvis (Rock of Ages) and Wesley Taylor (The Addams …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:03PMTony and Emmy winner Kristin Chenoweth, who will return to Broadway in 2015 in a revival of On the Twentieth Century, was inducted into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame at the Opening Night a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:40AMFriday, June 20, 2014
The Clint Eastwood-directed screen adaptation of Jersey Boys, based on the long-running hit Broadway musical about the rise of the Four Seasons that had its stage premiere in 2005, is releas…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, June 19, 2014
John Rubinstein, who originated the title role in the 1972 Broadway production of Pippin, joins the cast of the Tony Award-winning revival of the Stephen Schwartz-Roger O. Hirson musical Jun…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:44PMWednesday, June 18, 2014
In a recent story in The New Yorker, Stephen Sondheim revealed several plot changes for the upcoming Disney film adaptation of his Tony Award-winning musical Into the Woods, which will arriv…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:32AMTuesday, June 17, 2014
Rupert Grint, EW.com reports, will join Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham, Tony Award winner Matthew Broderick, Tony Award winner Stockard Channing, Tony Award winner Nathan Lane, Emmy …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:27PMMonday, June 16, 2014
The Off-Broadway production of Los Monólogos de la Vagina, the new Spanish-language version of Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues, played its final performance June 15 at the…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:21PMSaturday, June 14, 2014
(This post is part of the 2014 TCG National Conference: Crossing Borders {Theatre | Technology} blog salon, curated by Jacqueline E. Lawton.) The Shakespeare Theatre Company’s use …
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 02:14PMMonday, June 9, 2014
Broadway go-to vocal coach and teacher Liz Caplan was among the first industry professionals to take part in Playbill.com's Booking It! feature, which offers in-depth insights, need-to-k…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:36AMThursday, June 5, 2014
Act One, the new stage production based on the memoir of Broadway playwright, director and lyricist Moss Hart that stars Santino Fontana, Tony Shalhoub and Andrea Martin, will be filmed for …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:22PMMonday, June 2, 2014
Tony Award winner Hugh Jackman, Academy Award winner Anne Hathaway and film and music icon Barbra Streisand are interested in starring in the forthcoming film version of The Drowsy Chap…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:45AMWednesday, May 28, 2014
John Rubinstein, who originated the title role in the original 1972 Broadway production of Pippin, will join the cast of the Tony Award-winning revival of the Stephen Schwartz-Roger O. Hirso…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:29PMSaturday, May 24, 2014
Barrington Stage Company's production of Sharr White’s The Other Place, which kicks off the company's 20th anniversary season, officially opens May 24 following previews that b…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, May 22, 2014
Following the National Theatre's decision to axe five musicians who were made redundant from the West End production of War Horse — currently running at the New London Theatre &mda…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:25AMWednesday, May 21, 2014
New York Stage and Film and Vassar College, which celebrates the 30th year of their Powerhouse Theater collaboration this summer, announced initial casting for its upcoming Powerhouse season…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:18PMTony Yazbeck, Jay Armstrong Johnson and Clyde Alves have been cast as the three sailors on a day-long shore leave who take on the Big Apple in the Broadway revival of On the Town, producers …
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