Saturday, January 16, 2016
1908 or 1909 or 1912 There's no birthday like Merm's birthday. Ethel Zimmermann is born in Astoria N.Y. today. In years to come she will be acting and belting all over town as Ethel …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, January 15, 2016
Lazarus, the Off-Broadway musical with a score by the late David Bowie and book by Enda Walsh, is being considered by producers for a Broadway transfer, according to The New York Post.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:56AMThursday, January 14, 2016
"American Idol" finalist and "Glee" actor Adam Lambert has joined the cast of Fox-TV's fall broadcast of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." He will play E…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:52PMDNCE, the four-member band fronted by Joe Jonas, has joined the cast of the upcoming broadcast of Grease: Live, scheduled for broadcast Jan. 31 on Fox-TV.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:55AMPromising "the most progressive technology ever seen on Broadway," Nerds, the new musical about tech giants Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, has booked Broadway's Longacre Theatre fo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:16AMTuesday, January 12, 2016
This is one of a series of blog posts related to the NYPL Public Domain Release: discover the collections and find inspiration for using them in your own research, teaching, and creative pr…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 04:33PMFriday, January 8, 2016
Lincoln Center Theater's LCT3 production of Preludes, the musical by Dave Malloy, developed with and directed by Rachel Chavkin, is released by Ghostlight Records in digital and CD forma…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:31PMThe West End transfer of Guys and Dolls, first seen at Chichester Festival Theatre in summer 2014, officially opened Jan. 6 at the West End's Savoy Theatre, for a limited 13-week run…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:39PMSpecial Tony Award recipient Oona Laurence, one of the original stars of Matilda The Musical on Broadway, stars in the new independent film "Lamb," opening in limited release Jan. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:14AMThursday, January 7, 2016
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld begins a yearlong series of monthly shows titled Jerry Seinfeld: The Homestead at New York's Beacon Theatre Jan. 7.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMComedian Jerry Seinfeld begins a yearlong series of monthly shows titled Jerry Seinfeld: The Homestead at New York's Beacon Theatre Jan. 7.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTuesday, January 5, 2016
Complete casting has been announced for Seth Rudetsky and Jack Plotnick's musical Disaster!, a parody of 1970's disaster movies, which begins previews Feb. 9 and officially opens Mar…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:43AMMonday, January 4, 2016
Actress and recording artist Victoria Justice (“Victorious”) and Ryan McCarten (“Liv & Maddie,” Heathers the Musical) have been announced to p…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:48PMActress and recording artist Victoria Justice (“Victorious”) and Ryan McCarten (“Liv & Maddie,” Heathers the Musical) have been announced to p…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:48PMSunday, January 3, 2016
The Off-Broadway return of Patrick Barlow's Tony Award-nominated comedy 39 Steps, which began previews April 2015 at the Union Square Theatre, ends its run Jan. 3.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, December 31, 2015
Tony Award-winning actress Tonya Pinkins has provided Playbill.com with a complete statement detailing her decision to depart the Classic Stage Company production of Bertolt Brecht's…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:54PMTony Award-winning actress Tonya Pinkins has provided Playbill.com with a complete statement detailing her decision to depart the Classic Stage Company production of Bertolt Brecht's…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:39PMQueen of the Night, the lavish interactive Off-Broadway theatrical feast from Sleep No More producer Randy Weiner, ends its run at the Diamond Horseshoe supper club beneath the Paramount…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTuesday, December 29, 2015
Queen of the Night, the lavish interactive Off-Broadway theatrical feast from Sleep No More producer Randy Weiner, at the Diamond Horseshoe supper club beneath the Paramount Hotel, will …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:28AMQueen of the Night, the lavish interactive Off-Broadway theatrical feast from Sleep No More producer Randy Weiner, at the Diamond Horseshoe supper club beneath the Paramount Hotel, will …
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:50AMMonday, December 28, 2015
In an interview with PBS News, comedian Steve Martin, co-composer of the new musical Bright Star, says he "grew up on musicals."
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:36AMFriday, December 25, 2015
There's more to Broadway than what you see in production photos and opening night coverage! Former Broadway press representative David LeShay, currently the director of marketing and pub…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, December 24, 2015
Hamilton creator/star Lin-Manuel Miranda has tweeted proofs of the Grand Central Publishing's book about the show, which itself was inspired by Ron Chernow's over-800 page &q…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:12AMWednesday, December 23, 2015
Acclaimed film directed Robert De Niro told the hosts of "Live With Kelly and Michael" this week that his new stage project, Bronx Tale: The Musical "hopefully will come to Br…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:15AMTuesday, December 22, 2015
The Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris has announced more casting for the March 2016 French premiere of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Passion.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:14AMMonday, December 21, 2015
THR salutes a dozen show-stopping scene-stealers who turned heads in some of the year's most adventurous and exciting productions.
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:23AMSunday, December 20, 2015
Following in the footsteps of Zero Mostel, Herschel Bernardi, Topol and Alfred Molina, among others, five-time Tony Award nominee Danny Burstein is Tevye in the 50th anniversary staging …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:09AMSaturday, December 19, 2015
In today’s glut of original scripted series — FX just pegged the number at 409 for 2015 — it would seem like a golden age for actors, with more opportunities in television than ever. I…
SOURCE: Deadline at 06:07PMFriday, December 18, 2015
Emmy Award winner Kelsey Grammer, who originated the role of Captain Hook when Finding Neverland arrived on Broadway last spring, will return to the musical at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:59PMOff-Broadway's MCC Theater in association with Kurt Deutsch is holding an invitation-only Dec. 18 workshop presentation of Alice By Heart, the new musical with a score by Tony Aw…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, December 17, 2015
No copyright infringement. That was the decision of a U.S. District Court Judge Dec. 17 in a lawsuit brought by the estate of the late, comedy team Bud Abbott and Lou Costello against Broadw…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:52PM 
