Audra McDonald has responded to an open letter in Time Magazine written by an editor and parent who felt the actress made accusatory remarks against those who chose to medicate their childre…
In a new Instagram post, Tony Award winner Hugh Jackman revealed that he has shaved off his crop of dark hair to take on the role of Blackbeard in the new Warner Bros. film "Pan."
Nerds, the new Broadway-aimed musical about tech giants Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, is presented in a June 11 sold-out concert at 54 Below. Wesley Taylor and Lauren Molina are among the stars.
Turnaround Arts, a national program that unites the public and private sector to bring arts education into underserved schools – increasing academic achievement and parent engagement -…
Turnaround Arts, a national program that unites the public and private sector to bring arts education into underserved schools – increasing academic achievement and parent engagement -…
The New York premiere of Terry Teachout's one-man Louis Armstrong play Satchmo at the Waldorf, which opened Off-Broadway March 4 at the Westside Theatre, will end its run June 29, produc…
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Donald Margulies' The Country House officially opens at the Geffen Playhouse June 11. Tony Award winner Blythe Danner leads the cast of the Chekhov…
Actress Jessie Fisher, who has stood-by for the role of "Girl" in the Tony Award-winning Broadway production of Once, will assume the leading role in the musical June 17 at the Ber…
Ayad Akhtar's Disgraced, which played a fall 2012 engagement at the Claire Tow Theater — part of Lincoln Center Theater's new works initiative, LCT3 — and was named named…
Count President Barack Obama among those deeply affected by Ryan Murphy's film adaptation of Larry Kramer's landmark AIDS drama The Normal Heart. Deadline.com reports that the Presid…
The Broadway cast album of the new Woody Allen musical Bullets Over Broadway, featuring songs from the 1920s and 30s, is released in stores June 10 by Masterworks Broadway.
Kenneth Lonergan's 1996 drama This Is Our Youth, starring Michael Cera, Kieran Culkin and Tavi Gevinson, begins its pre-Broadway Chicago engagement June 10 at the Steppenwolf Theatre Com…
The pre-Broadway premiere of The Last Ship, the new musical with music and lyrics by 17-time Grammy winner Sting – inspired by the songwriter's own childhood – premieres…
The MCC Theater production of Penelope Skinner's The Village Bike, starring Golden Globe Award-nominated actress Greta Gerwig in her stage debut, officially opens Off-Broadway June 10 af…
Producers of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder and Beautiful: The Carole King Musical have their sights set on future London productions, it was …
Members of the general public can now purchase tickets to the Broadway premiere of The Last Ship, the new musical with music and lyrics by 16-time Grammy winner Sting. Broadway performa…
Stars of stage and screen gather June 9 at The Town Hall for Raising the Roof, a celebration commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Broadway classic Fiddler on the Roof.
Playbill.com editor in chief Adam Hetrick is live blogging from the Tony Awards press room. Follow us for his first-hand account of winners' reactions and breaking news from the press ro…
Singer-songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen, who shot to fame with the #1 hit single "Call Me Maybe," departs the Broadway production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Cinderella June …
Tony Award nominee Laura Osnes (Cinderella, Bonnie & Clyde) joins Michael Feinstein June 7 to launch the Pasadena Pops season with Feinstein's Favorites at the LA County Arboret…
The day following the announcement of the 2014 Tony Awards, Playbill.com asked this year's nominees to talk about how they cope with rejection in show business and the hard work it takes to …
Director Bartlett Sher, who earned a Tony Award for the 2008 Lincoln Center Theater Broadway revival of South Pacific, will helm the 2015 Broadway return of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The…
Cut - An Evening of Songs Cut from This Season's Broadway Musicals was presented June 2 at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Academy Award winner Kevin Spacey stopped mid-performance of the one-man drama Clarence Darrow June 4 at the Old Vic to address an audience member whose cell phone began ringing during the s…
Playbill.com's new feature series Booking It asks leading industry members to share professional insights, need-to-know tips and essential tricks of the trade for up-and-coming and estab…