Friday, November 16, 2012
With Thanksgiving, and all its attendant preparations, coming up next week, the New York theatre got a handful of openings out of the way this week. And, yes, some of them were turkeys. (Sor…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PMWednesday, November 14, 2012
Russian master Anton Chekhov rewrote and revised Ivanov over the years. When a producer revives it, which draft are we getting?
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PMTuesday, November 13, 2012
Valerie Eliot, the widow of poet T. S. Eliot and custodian of his literary estate, died on Nov. 9 in London. She was 86.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:58PMOne day, Steve O'Donnell was walking around the Village with his brother, Mark O'Donnell, the Tony Award-winning bookwriter of Hairspray and Cry-Baby, when a tourist came up to them …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:01AMOne day, Steve O'Donnell was walking around the Village with his brother, Mark O'Donnell, the Tony Award-winning bookwriter of Hairspray and Cry-Baby, when a tourist came up to them …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AMFriday, November 9, 2012
The sun came up yesterday. Just like Annie said it would. And then it went down and evening came. And then Annie opened.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:00PMThursday, November 8, 2012
William Goldman, screenwriter of "The Princess Bride" and "All the President's Men," and Broadway chronicler in his book "The Season," returns to the stage …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, November 2, 2012
Prior to this week, the name Sandy, to theatre types, meant the perky heroine of Grease. Or perhaps the dog in Annie (currently being revived on Broadway).
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:20AMThursday, November 1, 2012
When Broadway performances go dark due to an act of God, do show people still get paid? We were curious, so we asked.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:32AMFriday, October 26, 2012
During the unending hubbub and hullabaloo that swirled around Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark during its first, turbulent year of Broadway existence, it was easy to forget the playwright Glen …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:28AMAsk Playbill.com answers your (and sometimes our own) theatre-related questions. To ask a question, email [email protected]. Please specify how you would like your name displayed and …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, October 25, 2012
Actors Liev Schreiber, Raúl Esparza, Jordan Lage, William H. Macy and directors Gregory Mosher and Neil Pepe — artists associated with productions of David Mamet's plays &md…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, October 19, 2012
Few playwrights are afforded the privilege of learning whether their work has stood the test of time before they pass on to the other side. Edward Albee is one of the lucky ones. He wrote hi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:15PMFew playwrights are afforded the privilege of learning whether their work has stood the test of time before they pass on to the other side. Edward Albee is one of the lucky ones. He wrote hi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:15PMWith the recent revival of Jesus Christ Superstar, Spring Awakening productions popping up everywhere and the possibility of a Hedwig sequel, we thought we'd offer a second look at our F…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:30AMWednesday, October 17, 2012
Ulrich Franzen, the German-born architect who designed Houston's Alley Theatre—the first permanent home to one of the nation's first major regional theatres—died on Oct. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PMRobert Litz, who wrote plays that were produced Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway and elsewhere, died Oct. 10 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 62.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:45PMMonday, October 15, 2012
The new stage musical Secondhand Lions, based on the 2003 movie starring Michael Caine and Robert Duval, will debut at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre in August 2013, according to Variety.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:56PMAmy Morton, a Tony nominee for August: Osage County, talks about seeing Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? from both sides now — as current actress on Broadway and past director, regi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:25PMSaturday, October 13, 2012
The role of Actors' Equity Association in the home-grown resident theatre boom is explored as part of Playbill's continuing look at the 100th anniversary of the actors' union.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, October 12, 2012
The top English-language playwrights of all time are regular visitors on Broadway. Shakespeare, Shaw, Wilde, Coward, all fairly common sights. But you can count the classic French dramatists…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:45AMThursday, October 11, 2012
Ask Playbill.com answers your (and sometimes our own) theatre-related questions. To ask a question, email [email protected]. Please specify how you would like your name displayed and …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:01PMWednesday, October 10, 2012
Joel Friedman, who was a director, actor, teacher and playwright, died Sept. 29. He was 91.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:33PMColman Domingo returns to The Public Theater, where he helped populate Passing Strange. This time, he's a playwright-actor, conjuring a new play about dealing with death.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, October 5, 2012
The most riveting drama on Broadway this week took place off stage. And even in the long annals of New York theatre chicanery, this yarn is one for the books.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PMThursday, October 4, 2012
Those who have been longing to hear Mayor Michael Bloomberg wrap his nasal New-York-by-way-of-Boston accent around the Bard's verse got their wish Oct. 4, when Hizzoner spoke a few lines…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:45PMTuesday, October 2, 2012
Supporters and donors and artists who attended the Oct. 1 unveiling of the Atlantic Theater Company's newly renovated mainstage home in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan were treated…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:50PMFriday, September 28, 2012
Herbert Lom, a prolific and versatile film actor who became best known for playing the frustrated boss of Peter Seller's bumbling Inspector Clouseau in the "Pink Panther" film …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:02PMManny Fox, a producer and director who worked with a host of American theatre and musical artists and was one of the producers of the hit 1980s musical revue Sophisticated Ladies, died Sept.…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:27PMAs the Presidential political season enters its final lap, Manhattan Theatre Club treated Broadway to a heavy dose of political drama with its production of Ibsen's fiery social tract An…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:27PMAs the Presidential political season enters its final lap, Manhattan Theatre Club treated Broadway to a heavy dose of political drama with its production of Ibsen's fiery social tract An…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:26PM 
