Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Gilbert Cates, the founder and producing director at the Geffen Playhouse and the producer of 14 Oscar telecasts, has died, the trade papers Variety and The Hollywood Reporter reported. He w…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:42PMSaturday, October 29, 2011
Tony Award winner Bill Irwin, the famed American clown, discusses the challenge and joy of playing King Lear's Fool, the foul-weather friend of Shakespeare's famous broken monarch, n…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, October 28, 2011
Tony Award winning playwright David Henry Hwang — whose most recent Broadway credits include curious musical items like Tarzan and Flower Drum Song, for which he wrote, or rewrote…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:24PMWednesday, October 26, 2011
Liviu Ciulei, an influential Romania-born director who was artistic director of Minnesota's Guthrie Theater for five years in the early 1980s, died Oct. 25. He was 88.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:17PMMonday, October 24, 2011
Gary Holcombe, a leading actor in the Kansas City theatre scene, died Oct. 10. He was 66.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:36PMFriday, October 21, 2011
Monologuist Mike Daisey, who has put in a several dog years toiling at his craft (if you don't know the extensive Daisey oeuvre, you won't get that reference), finally has the bigges…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:36AMThursday, October 20, 2011
Margaret Ruth Draper, a stage and radio actress, died of natural causes on Oct. 14. She was 94.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:19PMFriday, October 14, 2011
It's hard to remember the last time Frank Langella appeared on a New York stage without the critical corps not appreciating him being there. Ever since his reemergence in the late '9…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PMMonday, October 10, 2011
Doris Belack, a film and stage actress with decades of credits, died Oct. 4. She was 85. Ms. Belack's longtime husband, producer Philip Rose, died on May 31. They had been married for 65…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:15AMA celebration of the life of Doric Wilson, an early figure in New York's Off-Off-Broadway scene who was as big a champion of gay theatre as he was of gay rights in general, will be held …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, October 7, 2011
If things go right this season, Broadway will truly welcome Jesus into its heart.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:03PMThursday, October 6, 2011
Tony Award winner Linda Lavin shows 'em how it's done in Nicky Silver's new Off-Broadway play, The Lyons.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMTony Award winner Linda Lavin shows 'em how it's done in Nicky Silver's new Off-Broadway play, The Lyons.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTuesday, October 4, 2011
A celebration of the life of Doric Wilson, an early figure in New York's Off-Off-Broadway scene who was as big a champion of gay theatre as he was of gay rights in general, will be held …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:58PMMonday, October 3, 2011
David I. Mitchell, a seven-time Tony Award nominee and two-time Tony Award winner, and a scenic designer for Broadway, opera and ballet, died Oct. 3 in Los Angeles. He was 79.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:42PMOne of the most common things in the world happened on Oct. 1 in Tappen, NY. "Sunrise, Sunset" was performed at a wedding.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:36PMA memorial for Tony Stevens, the dancer, choreographer and director who worked with Bob Fosse and Michael Bennett and epitomized the life of a Broadway "gyspy," will be held Nov. 8.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:52AMFriday, September 30, 2011
The New York Post reported that the new Disney stage musical Newsies, which officially opened Sept. 25 to critical acclaim at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey — certainly more ac…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PMWednesday, September 28, 2011
Tony winner Joanna Gleason pays her dues so she can appear in plays like Stephen Karam's Sons of the Prophet.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSaturday, September 24, 2011
Lynne Meadow, artistic director of Manhattan Theatre Club and director of Broadway's upcoming Wit, shares stories at the upstairs bar of Manhattan's famed theatre-district restaurant.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, September 23, 2011
Can a bunch of aimless friends sitting around a diner shooting the breeze and avoiding their responsibilities make a musical?
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMThursday, September 22, 2011
When Signature Theatre Company opens its new Frank Gehry-designed three-venue headquarters on West 42nd Street in early 2012, one of its theatres will be named for late alumni writer Romulus…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:59PMFriday, September 16, 2011
Follies is back.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:31PMThursday, September 15, 2011
Friends, colleagues and family will gather to celebrate the life and work of Broadway producer Randall L. Wreghitt at 1 PM Sept. 15 at Broadway's Shubert Theatre. Wreghitt died May 18 fo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTuesday, September 13, 2011
Cliff Robertson, a movie star whose career was temporarily derailed when he challenged a movie executive, died Sept. 10 in Long Island. He was 88.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:30AMMary Fickett, an actress most famous for her long-running role in the daytime drama "All My Children" as Nurse Ruth Martin, died Sept. 8 at her home in Callao, VA. She was 83.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:00AMMonday, September 12, 2011
A celebration of the life and work of Broadway producer Randall L. Wreghitt will be held 1 PM Sept. 15 at Broadway's Shubert Theatre. Friends, colleagues and family will gather to rememb…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:18PMSunday, September 11, 2011
Is there anyone more insignificant — or more vital — than a theatre person in a time of national tragedy? A decade after the Sept. 11 terror attacks on New York City, Playbill.co…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMFriday, September 9, 2011
Bruce Norris' Clybourne Park was praised by all in its 2010 Off-Broadway premiere. It had a good run. It won a few prizes, notably the Pulitzer. And now it will finally get a Broadw…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:03PMMonday, September 5, 2011
Good times and bum times. They're both represented in the plays and musicals that make up the fall 2011 Broadway season. Here's a look at what Frank Langella, Audra McDonald, Samuel …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMSunday, September 4, 2011
Off-Broadway's 2011 fall season includes new plays by Nicky Silver, Zoe Kazan, Jesse Eisenberg and Stephen Karam, plus classics featuring stars — Dianne Wiest in The Cherry Orchard…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM 
