Elizabeth Swados, whose experimental and socially searching pieces of musical theatre were a mainstay of 1970s and '80s theatre in New York, died Jan. 5 from complications following sur…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:34AMRobert Stigwood, an Australia-born entertainment impresario who seemed omnipresent in the 1960s and 1970s, with stakes in some of the biggest going concerns in music, theatre and film, h…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:34PMRecord-setting box-office takes greeted Broadway in the first days of 2016, starting this year off with a bang.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:28PMWayne Rogers, the actor best known for playing the madcap war surgeon Captain "Trapper" John McIntyre on the long-running television comedy "M*A*S*H," died Dec. 31 in…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:58AMMother Courage has lost its Mother Courage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMHamilton wasn't the only big theatre story in 2015 (though, to be honest, it was the biggest story). From theatrical triumphs to cell-phone disasters, our staff delivers the need-…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMHamilton wasn't the only big theatre story in 2015 (though, to be honest, it was the biggest story). From theatrical triumphs to cell-phone disasters, our staff delivers the need-…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe neon lights may be bright on Broadway, but there's a slew of terrific theatre happening Off-Broadway this winter/spring season. With everything from new works by name playwrights…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBroadway had a super happy holiday at the box office, as collected monies rose $7 million.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:09PMNothing like a theatrical forecast to put a little spring in your step. Here's a look at the eight musicals, ten plays and innumerable anticipated performances beginning on Broadway in t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBroadway squeaks in one more opening before the holiday break. Plus, exciting details about the plans for the Rialto's newest theatre, a big surprise in Boston and another record for&…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMany luminaries who brightened the American and international stages over the past half century were lost in the twelve months that made up 2015.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPatricia Elliott, a stage actress who won a Tony Award in 1973 for her portrayal as the comically embittered Countess Charlotte Malcolm in the original production of the Stephen Sondheim and…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:24PMMultiple musicals saw jumps in revenue, while straight plays were down last week on Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:29PMIt's a big week in the nonprofit world as The Public Theater announces another musicalization of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and Roundabout Underground expands.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:30PMEdmund Lyndeck, who originated the role of the evil Judge Turpin in Stephen Sondheim’s operatic tale of revenge, Sweeney Todd, died Dec. 14. He was 90. The cause of death was not i…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:21PMBroadway business was steady, with the two most talked about musicals of the decade — Hamilton and The Book of Mormon — performing best.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:00PMThe much-anticipated arrival of Broadway's The Color Purple and the Off-Broadway New York Theatre Workshop musical Lazarus bowed this week. But what did the critics think?
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:45PMLast week, it was announced that Les Misérables will say goodbye to the third of its seemingly endless number of lives, and Sheryl Crow's n…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:30AMLast week, it was announced that Les Misérables will say goodbye to the third of its seemingly endless number of lives, and Sheryl Crow's n…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:30AMThanksgiving week is hard to beat, box-office-wise. Accordingly, numbers across Broadway dropped this past week from the holiday's robust figures. Overall gross across the board …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:42PMOff-Broadway's Irish Repertory Theatre hosts a Dec. 7 memorial service for Brian Friel, the Irish playwright who was, for decades, a leading voice on stages on both sides of the Atla…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe next time you're wondering what's great in theatre, you might want to click to Show-Score. The brand new site is the first to publish consumer reviews and grades for every sh…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPlaywright David Mamet and actor Al Pacino revealed their latest collaboration to the press this week, while "Star Wars" director J.J. Abrams announced that Hamilton creator Lin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:35PMOff-Broadway's Irish Repertory Theatre has scheduled a Dec. 7 memorial service for Brian Friel, the Irish playwright who was, for decades, a leading voice on stages on both sides of …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:27PMBroadway rebounded in a big way at the box office over the holiday weekend, with most shows posting improvements.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:00PMAllan Wallach, a longtime theater critic and entertainment editor for the Long Island newspaper Newsday, died Nov. 17 at his home in Manhattan, Newsday reported. He was 88.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:14PMThis past week in theatre, classic movie musicals get the stage treatment with another Hollywood favorite following in the footsteps of last season's An American in Paris and Gigi.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:59AMWhile the number of shows on offer climbed to 38 — with fans flocking to the first performances of Fiddler on the Roof — box office dollars were down across Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:00PMThis week, the critics take on Bruce Willis' Broadway debut, Miss Saigon will migrate to the U.S., Avenue Q hits a new kind of milestone, and David Bowie's Off-Broadway musical L…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:30AMWith a million-dollar budget, the David Bowie/Enda Walsh co-creation Lazarus began performances Wednesday night and has already extended its run due to successful ticket sal…
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