Wednesday, October 21, 2015
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 03:30PMJennifer Haley's Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom, a live action zombie game that will be played around the TriBeCa neighborhood and the rest of the city, begins previews Nov. 9 with …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:09PMJennifer Haley's Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom begins previews Nov. 9 with an official opening night set for Nov. 16. Legendary film director, screenwriter and producer Jo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:09PMActress/singer Nicole Scherzinger, who plays Neil Patrick Harris' intrepid sidekick on his variety show, "Best Time Ever," confirmed that she's in talks to recreate her Oli…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:48AMSunday, October 18, 2015
Lee Pelton, president of the Emerson College in Boston, used an Oct. 18 column in the Boston Globe to defend plans to repurpose the historic Colonial Theatre, Boston's oldest continually…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:40PMTony Award nominee Laura Osnes (Cinderella), Corey Cott (Gigi) and Tony winner Beth Leavel (The Drowsy Chaperone) star in The Bandstand, a new musical directed and choreographed by Andy Blan…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe world premiere of the York Theatre Company's revamped Rothschild & Sons, starring Glory Crampton and Broadway vet Robert Cuccioli, officia…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe world-premiere stage musical Amélie, based on the Academy Award-winning 2001 French film, ends its extended run Oct. 18 at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, October 16, 2015
The Oct. 15 live international screening of Hamlet, starring Oscar nominee Benedict Cumberbatch in the title role, was seen by more than 225,000 people around the world, making it the larges…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:45PMSing Out, Louise! Productions and ATA have announced a digital lottery and the rush ticket policy, in effect as of Oct. 16, for the new American musical Allegiance, which is currently in pre…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:22PMJames Lecesne's solo play The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey, which wraps up its 12-week commercial run Off-Broadway Oct. 18, is headed for a West Coast engagement in Janu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:45PMThe new Broadway comedy Sylvia, which features Tony winner Annaleigh Ashford as an adorable pooch, is hosting a "pop-up adoption" Oct. 18 at the Cort Theatre. Prospective "…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:17PMThursday, October 15, 2015
Thai pop superstar Bie Sukrit is making his American stage debut in Seattle's Fifth Avenue Theatre production of the new Maltby & Shire musical Waterfall, which officially opens …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:00PMTony Award-winning actress Kristin Chenoweth, recently on Broadway in On the Twentieth Century, reportedly has been asked to reprise her role as Maleficent in a planned sequel to the hit…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:44AMThe Public Theater's New York premiere of Eclipsed, starring Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o ("12 Years a Slave"), officially opened Oct. 14 following p…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:49AMThe recent sold-out London production of Hamlet, starring Oscar nominee Benedict Cumberbatch in the title role, is broadcast to cinemas around the world Oct. 15 as part of the National T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWednesday, October 14, 2015
Taissa Farmiga, from "American Horror Story," will make her Off-Broadway stage debut in The New Group's revival of Buried Child, Sam Shepard's Pulitzer Prize-winnin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:50PMMuch has been written about the Harold Prince musical revue Prince of Broadway, opening later this month in Tokyo, possibly en route to Broadway. But it is only one of two Prince-directe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:39AMMuch has been written about the Harold Prince musical revue Prince of Broadway, opening later this month in Tokyo, possibly en route to Broadway. But it is only one of two Prince-directe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:39AMTuesday, October 13, 2015
Grammy-winning pop singer and composer Tori Amos says she'd like to see her stage musical The Light Princess open on Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:44PMSome good news for one of the co-stars of Broadway's Something Rotten! John Cariani, who plays Nigel Bottom in the hit musical and who also maintains a second career as a playwright,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:25AMMonday, October 12, 2015
In a rare move, Andrew Lloyd Webber and R&H Theatricals have announced that youth performances of the new Broadway musical School of Rock will be granted prior to the production'…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:55PMMusic from the new musical Amélie, which is currently playing a world-premiere engagement at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre, is presented Oct. 12 as part of the Kaufman Center…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:47PMFriday, October 9, 2015
"Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris," which has been airing at 10 PM Tuesdays since it premiered Sept. 15 on NBC, is moving to a new slot at 8 PM Tuesdays, starting Oct. 13. T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:51AMThursday, October 8, 2015
Prince of Broadway, the new musical celebrating the Broadway career of Tony Award-winning director-producer Harold Prince, showcases the work of some of the top writers, stars and de…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:23PMTony Award nominee Laura Osnes (Cinderella), Corey Cott (Gigi) and Tony winner Beth Leavel (The Drowsy Chaperone) star in The Bandstand, a new musical directed and choreographed by Andy Blan…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTuesday, October 6, 2015
Complete casting has now been announced for the Broadway revival of The Color Purple starring Jennifer Hudson and Cynthia Erivo. Performances begin Nov. 10 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:50PMThe acclaimed London revival of Gypsy, starring Imelda Staunton, is being filmed for broadcast on BBC.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:08PMBroadway gossip columnist Michael Riedel, who pens a weekly column (recently changed from twice weekly) for The New York Post, has authored a new book, on shelves Oct. 6, about the recent hi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Broadway revival of the musical The Color Purple, starring Jennifer Hudson and Cynthia Erivo, opens its box office at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre at 10 AM Oct. 6.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, October 2, 2015
"Dancing With the Stars" winner Rumer Willis, who is currently starring as Roxie Hart in the long-running Broadway revival of Chicago, will play two concerts at Feinstein's…
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