Monday, July 6, 2015
The Hunchback of Notre Dame, the new musical based on the Victor Hugo novel and the animated Disney film, which had a run at the Paper Mill Playhouse this past spring, has been recorded by S…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1939 A young Hollywood hopeful is forced to watch her own career fizzle as her boyfriend's blossoms in Lew Brown's new musical, Yokel Boy. Lois January and Buddy Ebsen star in the ne…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSunday, July 5, 2015
Busy week for Misty Copeland, the ballerina who was promoted just last week to principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre--the first African-American actress to make that …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:09PM1935 President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the American National Theatre and Academy bill today, calling for a self-supporting national theatre. ANTA will get off to a slow start but wil…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSaturday, July 4, 2015
1898 Birthday of actress Gertrude Lawrence (1898-1952), longtime acting partner of Noël Coward (Private Lives, Tonight at 8:30) and star of musicals by the Gershwin brothers (Oh, Kay!, …
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1878 The original Yankee Doodle Dandy, George M. Cohan (1878-1942) is born on the 3rd of July, (not the 4th as was family legend) says. A member of the vaudeville team The Four Cohans wi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, July 2, 2015
Olive Thomas, the ghost of a Ziegfeld Follies girl believed to haunt a Broadway theatre to this day, will get to cavort on stage for a few more months. Speakeasy Dollhouse: Ziegfeld's Mi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PM1900 Birthday of director/producer/writer Tyrone Guthrie (1900-1971) who will stage Broadway productions of The Tenth Man, Tamburlaine the Great and the Leonard Bernstein musical Candide.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWednesday, July 1, 2015
The Tony-winning Broadway musical Spring Awakening, the soulful coming of age story by Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik that sent shockwaves across Broadway in 2006, appears headed for a Br…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:31PMAdditional details have been announced for James Lecesne's solo play The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey, which recently played a critically acclaimed limited engagement at Dixon P…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:42PMFormer "The Monkees" star Micky Dolenz, who played Zoser in the final cast of Broadway's Aida and Wilbur in the London production of Hairspray, will bring his concert show to 5…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:56PMThe Tony-winning 2006 Broadway musical Spring Awakening is headed for a Broadway revival, according to a report on Deadline Hollywood.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:58AMThe Tony-winning 2006 Broadway musical Spring Awakening is headed for a Broadway revival, according to a report on Deadline Hollywood.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:58AMThe Tony-winning Broadway musical Spring Awakening, the soulful coming of age story by Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik that sent shockwaves across Broadway in 2006, appears headed for a Br…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:58AMThe final dramatic film featuring the late Robin Williams will head to cinemas this summer.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:46AM1930 Comedian Jack Benny makes his Broadway debut in Earl Carroll's Vanities of 1930. The revue also featured Patsy Kelly, Jimmy Savo and the Collette Sisters.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTuesday, June 30, 2015
My Paris, a new musical about iconic Belle Époque poster artist Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, will star Broadway favorites Bobby Steggert, Mara Davi, Donna English and John Glover.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:10PMJennifer Hudson, who will play Shug Avery in the upcoming Broadway revival of The Color Purple, has released a video of her performance of the song "Too Beautiful for Words."
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:55PMThe Williamstown Theatre Festival will host the world premiere of Off the Main Road, a play by William Inge. It opens the 2015 Williamstown summer season, which includes the anticipated stag…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1924 Opening night of George White's Scandals of 1924, which features a score by George Gershwin, including "Somebody Loves Me." It will run 192 performances at the Apollo The…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Williamstown Theatre Festival will host the world premiere of Off the Main Road, a play by William Inge. It opens the 2015 Williamstown summer season, which includes the anticipated stag…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMonday, June 29, 2015
Audra McDonald, who won a record-breaking sixth Tony Award for her performance in Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill, gave a solo concert April 29 at Carnegie Hall, which has made a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:26PM1954 A star is born as Carol Haney's understudy in The Pajama Game goes on in place of the ailing actress and is discovered by theatre critic George Freedly. Writes Freedly in his review…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSunday, June 28, 2015
1902 Birthday of Richard Rodgers (1902-1979), one of the most prolific and successful Broadway composers. His greatest successes came in partnership with lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II (O…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAs part of Playbill's 30 Days of Pride, David Usdan and Howard Brenner, longtime theatre lovers and the first couple to be married at Broadway nightclub 54 Below, share the story of thei…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSaturday, June 27, 2015
Kelsey Grammer is planning to take time off from his role as Captain Hook in the Broadway musical Finding Neverland this summer, but will return in the fall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:28PM1888 Birthday of Antoinette Perry (1888-1946), an actress and groundbreaking woman stage director who will help found the American Theatre Wing. In gratitude, the Wing will name its annu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, June 26, 2015
1890 (probably) Actress Jeanne Eagels, best known for playing Miss Thompson in Rain, is born today.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, June 25, 2015
Kelsey Grammer is planning to take time off from his role as Captain Hook in the Broadway musical Finding Neverland this summer, but will return in the fall. Exact dates will be announced at…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:25PM1887 Birthday of legendary director George Abbott (1887-1995) whose long life (107 years) and colossal catalog (more than 110 Broadway shows, sometimes also as producer, writer or even a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWednesday, June 24, 2015
Kristin Chenoweth, Sutton Foster, Megan Hilty, Tituss Burgess and other Broadway favorites will sing at Voices for the Voiceless: Stars For Foster Kids, a one-night-only concert even…
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