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Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Get a 1st Look at the New National Tour of Beauty and the Beast by Playbill

The new tour of the Disney favorite, the first to be presented by the Mouse himself in North America in more than 25 years, launched in Chicago in July, 2025, starring Kyra Belle Johnson as …

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The Muppets Are Coming to Broadway With Magician Rob Lake by Playbill

Rob Lake Magic With Special Guests The Muppets will play Broadway's Broadhurst Theatre October 28, 2025-January 18, 2026. Tickets go on sale September 4.

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Friday, August 8, 2025

Hadestown Cast and Alums Performs "Cups" to Celebrate 2000 Performances by Playbill

The Tony-winning Best Musical Hadestown played its 2,000th performance at the Walter Kerr Theatre August 7. Following the curtain call, the current Broadway company performed a special rend…

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Thursday, August 7, 2025

Lin-Manuel Miranda Leads Hamilton Cast and Alums in Medley at 10th Anniversary Performance by Playbill

They'll tell the story of tonight, as Lin-Manuel Miranda, the original cast of Hamilton, and other celebrity guests celebrated the 10th anniversary of Hamilton August 6 at Broadway's Richard…

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Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Jinkx Monsoon Is the New First Lady in "Oh, Mary!" by Playbill

The Monsoon Administration officially began August 4, and Jinkx Monsoon isn't pulling any punches. The Broadway darling, who took over the role of First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln in Oh, Mary! f…

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Monday, August 4, 2025

Ryan McCartan & Aisha Jackson in "The Great Gatsby" on Broadway by Playbill

Earlier this summer, Aisha Jackson, who made history as the first Black woman to play Anna in Broadway's Frozen, joined the cast of Broadway's The Great Gatsby at the Broadway Theatre. She s…

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Adam Lambert Performs "Heaven on Their Minds" from 'Jesus Christ Superstar' at the Hollywood Bowl by Playbill

The Hollywood Bowl presented its three-night, sold out concert of Jesus Christ Superstar August 1-3, starring Cynthia Erivo as Jesus and Adam Lambert as Judas. The cast also featured Milo Ma…

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Phillipa Soo Sings "I Don't Know How to Love Him" from Jesus Christ Superstar at the Hollywood Bowl by Playbill

The Hollywood Bowl presented its three-night, sold out concert of Jesus Christ Superstar August 1-3, starring Cynthia Erivo as Jesus and Adam Lambert as Judas. The cast also featured Milo Ma…

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Cynthia Erivo Performs "Gethsemane" from 'Jesus Christ Superstar' by Playbill

The Hollywood Bowl presented its three-night, sold out concert of Jesus Christ Superstar August 1-3, starring Cynthia Erivo as Jesus and Adam Lambert as Judas. The cast also featured Milo Ma…

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Raúl Esparza, John Stamos Performs "Pilate & Christ" and "Herod's Song" from Jesus Christ Superstar by Playbill

The Hollywood Bowl presented its three-night, sold out concert of Jesus Christ Superstar August 1-3, starring Cynthia Erivo as Jesus and Adam Lambert as Judas. The cast also featured Milo Ma…

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Adam Lambert Performs "Superstar" from Jesus Christ Superstar at the Hollywood Bowl by Playbill

The Hollywood Bowl presented its three-night, sold out concert of Jesus Christ Superstar August 1-3, starring Cynthia Erivo as Jesus and Adam Lambert as Judas. The cast also featured Milo Ma…

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Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Liisi LaFontaine Sings 'World We Live In' From Huzzah! by Playbill

Liisi LaFontaine debuted the song at a July 22 concert celebrating the work of Legally Blonde songwriters Nell Benjamin and Laurence O'Keefe. The song is part of their new show, Huzzah!, set…

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Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Billy Porter and Marisha Wallace Are Bringing Their Blackness to Cabaret on Broadway by Playbill

Marisha Wallace is currently starring in Cabaret on Broadway as Sally Bowles, opposite Tony Award winner Billy Porter as the Emcee, through October 19, the revival's final bow. Porter and Wa…

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Monday, July 28, 2025

'Candy Store' From the Heathers Off-Broadway Revival by Playbill

McKenzie Kurtz, Olivia Elease Hardy, and Elizabeth Teeter are your Heathers in the cult favorite musical, back at New World Stages Off-Broadway.

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Friday, July 25, 2025

Inside the Rehearsal Room for Twelfth Night, The Return of Free Shakespeare in the Park by Playbill

Lupita Nyong'o, Sandra Oh, Peter Dinklage, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and more star in the production at the newly renovated Delacorte Theater in Central Park August 7–September 14.

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Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Stranger Things: The First Shadow on Broadway by Playbill

A prequel to the Netflix series is performing live on Broadway at the Marquis Theatre.

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The Summer I Turn Pretty's Christopher Briney Talks Dilaria Off-Broadway by Playbill

Christopher Briney is keeping busy this summer, juggling roles in both the hit Amazon series The Summer I Turned Pretty and the new Off-Broadway play Dilaria. Co-starring alongside Ella Stil…

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Thursday, July 17, 2025

Exclusive Track: "Nobody Knows Your Name" from 'Dead Outlaw' by Playbill

Dead Outlaw may have closed on Broadway, but the show lives on forever via Audible's recording of the complete show, officially released July 17. The recording includes the musical's complet…

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Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Casey Likes, Lorna Courtney, McKenzie Kurtz, More Discuss the New York Return of "Heathers" by Playbill

Heathers: The Musical is back in New York! See the cast of the Off-Broadway revival discuss why the show is so popular and where they all sat in the lunch room back in high school.

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Friday, July 11, 2025

Julie Benko and Raúl Esparza Talk 'My Fair Lady' by Playbill

Julie Benko and four-time Tony nominee Raúl Esparza discuss their love for Lerner and Lowe's "My Fair Lady." The two will lead a concert production at Colorado's Theatre Aspen July 15, in t…

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Julie Benko, Raúl Esparza, and Nathaniel Stampley Perform "The Rain in Spain" from "My Fair Lady" by Playbill

Bummed that you can't fly to Theatre Aspen for their special one-night-only presentation of My Fair Lady starring Julie Benko as Eliza Doolittle and Raúl Esparza as Henry Higgins? Don't wor…

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Thursday, July 10, 2025

Playbill Interviews Jean Smart, Jamie Wax, and Sarna Lapine of "Call Me Izzy" by Playbill

Six-time Emmy winner Jean Smart has spent the past few years on the HBO series Hacks. But that wasn't the only thing she was doing. In between seasons, Smart had been trying to get back to B…

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Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Marisha Wallace Performs "Maybe This Time" from Cabaret by Playbill

Direct from London, two-time Olivier Award nominee Marisha Wallace returns to Broadway in Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club starting July 22.

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Preview Ballet Shoes, Streaming on National Theatre At Home by Playbill

The London theatre's stage adaptation of Noel Streatfeild’s best-selling book joins the streamer beginning July 19, 2025, both for subscribers and as an on-demand title. Visit NTAtHome.com.

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Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Taylor Iman Jones sings "Meg Inside Out" from A Wrinkle in Time by Playbill

Watch a clip from Arena Stage's production, A Wrinkle in Time, the musical adaptation of the beloved novel.

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Thursday, July 3, 2025

Marisha Wallace Sings 'And I Am Telling You (I'm Not Going)' by Playbill

The performance is from a live London concert that will serve as the basis of a live album, due to release August 15 from Westway Music and Center Stage Records. "And I Am Telling You" will …

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Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Jordan Fisher Sings Songs From Peter Pan, Hell's Kitchen, More in This Game of Song Association by Playbill

Jordan Fisher is an in-demand leading man, having done back-to-back Broadway roles in Sweeney Todd, Hadestown, and now, Moulin Rouge! Plus he did Urinetown at New York City Center for two we…

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The Kennedy Center Gets 'One Gay More' by Playbill

John Cameron Mitchell, Lisa Kron, Brandon Uranowitz, Andrew Lippa, Beth Malone, Jelani Remy, Hennessy Winkler, Alexis Michelle, Dylan Toms, Javier Muñoz, Kathryn Gallagher, and Brandi Chavo…

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'Safety in Numbers' From Elephant Shoes, A New Musical by Playbill

The new musical from Ivan Menchell and Caroline Kay will make its world premiere at New Jersey's Two River Theater in a co-production with Deaf West Theatre in summer 2026. The music video f…

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Monday, June 30, 2025

Mae-Ann Jorolan Sings 'I Won't Say I'm in Love' in Hercules in London's West End by Playbill

See Mae-Ann Jorolan, Candace Furbert, Sharlene Hector, Brianna Ogunbawo, Malinda Parris, and Robyn Rose-Li sing Alan Menken and David Zippel's "I Won't Say I'm in Love" from Disney's Hercule…

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Friday, June 27, 2025

Anthony Rapp, Mario Cantone, Wicked Stars Sing in Highlights From Rise Up. Live Proud. by Playbill

RiseNY, in a partnership with Playbill, presented a free Pride celebration, Rise Up. Live Proud., June 26 to benefit Heritage of Pride. The event was hosted by activist and NYC Pride Gran…

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