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Sunday, November 15, 2015

Misery, Starring Bruce Willis and Laurie Metcalf, Opens on Broadway Tonight by Andrew Gans and Olivia Clement

Misery, the new Broadway suspense thriller based on Stephen King's novel of the same name, officially opens Nov. 15 at 6:30 PM following previews that began Oc…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Watch #TappyTroops Honor Veterans on the Intrepid (Video) by Carey Purcell and Robert Viagas

In honor of Veterans Day, choreographer, director and dancer Christopher Rice (The Book of Mormon) created a tap-dancing salute to those who gave so much for their country.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:19PM

Julie Andrews Discusses Directing Forthcoming My Fair Lady Revival (Video) by Andrew Gans and Robert Viagas

Julie Andrews, who created the role of Eliza Doolittle in the original Broadway production of My Fair Lady, will direct a production of the classic musical at Australia's Joan Sutherland…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:04AM
Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Spring Awakening Wins Six L.A. Ovation Awards by Robert Viagas and Joe Gambino

The production of Spring Awakening that moved to Broadway this fall, was among top winners of the 2015 L.A. Stage Alliance Ovation Awards, celebrating the best in Los Angeles theatre, announ…

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:53AM

Spring Awakening Honored at L.A. Ovation Awards by Robert Viagas and Joe Gambino

The production of Spring Awakening that moved to Broadway this fall, was among top winners of the 2015 L.A. Stage Alliance Ovation Awards, celebrating the best in Los Angeles theatre, announ…

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:53AM
Monday, November 9, 2015

Watch Chita Rivera’s “A Lot of Livin’ to Do” PBS Special in Its Entirety Online! by Robert Viagas and Andrew Gans

Tony winner Chita Rivera's concert special, which was filmed Jan. 26 in the midst of a heavy NYC snowfall, and aired Nov. 6 on PBS, is available for streaming in its entirety on the PBS …

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:02AM
Friday, November 6, 2015

Nathan Lane to Read a “Love Letter” to Brian Dennehy at TCG Gala by Robert Viagas and Joe Gambino

Nathan Lane will be among celebrities saluting actor Brian Dennehy at Theatre Communications Group's (TCG) annual benefit gala Nov. 9 at the Edison Ballroom in Manhattan. The 6 PM event…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:08AM

Fox’s Grease: Live Gets Its Doody, Sonny and Cha-Cha by Robert Viagas and Olivia Clement

Jordan Fisher ("Liv and Maddie," "Teen Wolf"), Andrew Call (Rock Of Ages, American Idiot) and Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer ("The Fresh Beat Band") will take on the…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:10AM
Thursday, November 5, 2015

Check Out First Pics from “Harry Potter” Movie Sequel, “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” by Andrew Gans and Robert Viagas

EW.com has posted the first photos from the forthcoming "Harry Potter" film spinoff, "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them."

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:37AM
Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Lin-Manuel Miranda Says Starry Hamilton EP Could Drop in January by Robert Viagas and Adam Hetrick

Hamilton author and star Lin-Manuel Miranda confirmed to Playbill.com that he's working on an EP of singles from the show that would feature hip-hop, pop and rap stars.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:58PM
Monday, November 2, 2015

39 Steps Sets Off-Broadway Closing With An Eye Toward Broadway Return by Adam Hetrick and Olivia Clement

The Off-Broadway return of Patrick Barlow's Tony Award-nominated comedy 39 Steps, which began previews last April at the Union Square Theatre, will end its run there Jan…

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:02PM
Sunday, November 1, 2015

Tickets Go on Sale Today for Forest Whitaker’s Broadway Hughie by Robert Viagas and Olivia Clement

Tickets go on sale for American Express Card Members Nov. 1 for Academy and Golden Globe Award winner Forest Whitaker's Broadway debut in a revival of Eugene O'Neill's H…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Saturday, October 31, 2015

Floor It and Sing! L.A. Opera Company Performs New Opera in Moving Cars, Opening Today by Robert Viagas and Joe Gambino

The Industry, a Los Angeles-based opera company, presents Hopscotch, a new opera performed in moving cars on a road that officially opens Oct. 31. The show is performed three times daily…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:16AM
Friday, October 30, 2015

Harry Potter Tickets—What’s Left of Them—Go on General Sale Today by Robert Viagas and Mark Shenton

Having watched nearly seven months' worth of tickets sell out in a matter of two days to people who signed up for pre-sale, producers of the upcoming London stage play Harry Potter a…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:45AM

Tickets to London Phenomenon Harry Potter Now on Sale to the General Public Through May 2017 by Robert Viagas and Mark Shenton

Having watched nearly seven months' worth of tickets sell out in a matter of two days to people who signed up for pre-sale, producers of the upcoming London stage play Harry Potter a…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:32AM

Tickets to London Phenomenon Harry Potter Now on Sale to the General Public Through April 2017 by Robert Viagas and Mark Shenton

Having watched nearly seven months' worth of tickets sell out in a matter of two days to people who signed up for pre-sale, producers of the upcoming London stage play Harry Potter a…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:32AM

Hot, cold and just right: watch the fairytale moves of Into the Hoods by David Levene , Matt Fidler and Stefania Orlando

Guardian photographer and film-maker David Levene has created a series of motion portraits of the ZooNation dancers in the fairytale-riffing show Into the Hoods: Remixed – watch and imitat…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:07AM
Thursday, October 29, 2015

Clinton the Musical Cast Album Gets Digital Release Oct. 30 by Robert Viagas and Olivia Clement

Ghostlight Records will release the original cast album of Off-Broadway's Clinton the Musical in digital format in the U.S. on Oct. 30, and in CD form and international digital form …

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:03PM

Emerson College Faculty Vote to Oppose School’s Colonial Theatre Plan by Robert Viagas and Olivia Clement

Emerson College's faculty voted Oct. 27 to oppose plans to turn Boston's vintage Colonial Theatre into a student activity center and dining facility.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:36PM

Harry Potter Stage Show Producers Warn Scalpers That Resold Tix Will Not Fly by Robert Viagas and Mark Shenton

Producers of the upcoming London stage play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts I & II are warning ticket buyers that they will not accept any ticket they find has been resold. F…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PM

Dates, Theatre and Tony-Winning Co-Star Announced for Forest Whitaker’s Broadway Hughie by Robert Viagas and Olivia Clement

Performance dates, a theatre and a Tony Award-winning co-star have been announced for Academy and Golden Globe Award winner Forest Whitaker's Broadway debut in a revival of Eugen…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AM
Wednesday, October 28, 2015

London Harry Potter Stage Show Conjures “Unprecedented” First-Day Ticket Sales by Robert Viagas and Mark Shenton

Earlier Oct. 28, producers of the upcoming London stage sequel Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts I & II announced that the first three-month block of tickets had sold out w…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:44PM

Tickets for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Disappear Within Hours; New Block On Sale by Robert Viagas and Mark Shenton

All tickets for the first booking period (June 7-Sept. 19, 2016) for the London stage sequel Harry Potter and the Cursed Child sold out within hours during priority sale Oct. 28. As a re…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:04AM
Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Universal Passes on Barbra Streisand “Gypsy” Film by Robert Viagas and Andrew Gans

Universal Pictures has officially passed on producing the film remake of the classic musical Gypsy, starring Barbra Streisand as the infamous stage mother Rose, according to Deadline Hollywo…

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:46PM

Stephen Karam’s Family Drama The Humans Sets Sights on Broadway by Adam Hetrick and Olivia Clement

Producer Scott Rudin is planning a Broadway transfer for the new Stephen Karam drama The Humans, which opened to strong critical reviews Oct. 25 at the Roundabout Theatre Company's Laura…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:24PM
Monday, October 26, 2015

First Daughter Suite, Featuring Alison Fraser and Caissie Levy, Is Recording Original Cast Album by Robert Viagas and Andrew Gans

The Public Theater's world premiere of Michael John LaChiusa's First Daughter Suite, a follow-up to the composer's 1993 musical First Lady Suite, will be recorded by Ghostlig…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:05AM

Woman Removed from Bodyguard Tour Audience for Singing “Loudly and Badly” During Show by Robert Viagas and Mark Shenton

An audience member who insisted on singing "loudly and badly" during an Oct. 24 performance by the national touring company of The Bodyguard in Nottingham, U.K., was removed from t…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:36AM

Playbill Vault’s Today in Theatre History: October 26 by David Gewirtzman and Robert Viagas, Sam Maher and Steve Luber

1844 William Harrigan, half of the iconic 1880s writing and performing team of Harrigan and Hart, is born today. He and Tony Hart will create the popular Mulligan Guards characters reflectin…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Nathan Lane and Debra Messing Are Part of Wesley Taylor’s Bridging the Gap Event Tonight by Robert Viagas and Michael Gioia

Nathan Lane, Debra Messing, Stockard Channing and Billy Magnussen perform in Bridging the Gap and other short plays by Wesley Taylor, the sold-out Oct. 26 reading of six new 10-minut…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Friday, October 23, 2015

Rear Window, Starring Kevin Bacon, Begins Sold-Out Hartford Stage Run by Adam Hetrick and Robert Viagas

Hartford Stage's world premiere of Rear Window, adapted for the stage by Keith Reddin, begins performances at the Connecticut venue Oct. 23. The entire run is sold out.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Stephen Sondheim Blasts Plan for Boston’s Colonial Theatre as a “Crime” by Robert Viagas and Olivia Clement

Master Broadway songwriter Stephen Sondheim has weighed in on Emerson College's plans to turn the vintage Colonial Theatre into a student activity center and dining facility. Sondheim to…

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:30PM