Need to update your musical theatre library? Be sure to get Side Show‘s 2014 original cast recording album, which will be released on February 17, 2015 by Broadway Records. The album c…
At the end of 2014, Blithe Spirit kicked off its North American tour at the Center Theatre Group’s Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles; starring none other than the Oscar and five-time …
The talented cast of the Side Show revival will have a chance to sing together once more, tonight at Broadway Sessions. Broadway Sessions, held every Thursday at the The Laurie Beechman T…
On April 6, Kristin Chenoweth and Peter Gallagher will sit down at the 92nd Street Y for an intimate evening entitled, Back on Broadway: Â Kristin Chenoweth and Peter Gallagher in Conversa…
When playwright Madeleine George penned her play The (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence, it only made sense that IBM Research should invite her out to their research lab – for t…
Primary Stages has announced its first three shows of its upcoming season, which will be performed at The Duke on 42nd Street. Their 31st season will include three New York premieres: Inform…
Ryan Scott Oliver, the award-winning composer, will be heading to the St. James Studio this March to make his London debut. The performance, entitled RSO in London – The Music &…
Can writing make you happy? We’ve always thought so, but now there’s some scientific proof to back it up. A recent article in the New York Times stated that “writing abo…
When British playwright Ross Howard won the 2013 Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival, he had no idea how it would change his future. But nearly two years later, his f…
When British playwright Ross Howard won the 2013 Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival, he had no idea how it would change his future. But nearly two years later, his fourth …
Samuel French is now accepting requests for professional and amateur performance rights for the five-time Tony Award nominated smash hit Rock of Ages. Fresh from a six-year run on Broadway, …
As announced earlier today, a new dynamic duo will be lighting up your television screen in 2016:  Julianne Hough and Vanessa Hudgens as the angelic Sandy and bad-girl Rizzo in Fox&…
Take a look at the latest roundup of new publications from Samuel French – there’s something for everyone! Geek! by Crystal Skillman With pissed-off Pikachus, steam punk armies, …
Unbelievable wigs. Bitter resentment. Outrageous odysseys. The newest batch of publications from Samuel French is nothing short of high energy – and high passion. Marie Antoinett…
Today, NBC’s entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt revealed that the network’s next live musical broadcast will be either The Music Man or a newly revised version of The Wi…
The Tony Awards administration committee met yesterday for the second time this season to determine the eligibility for eight Broadway productions from the 2014-15 season. The committee also…
Anna Hathaway is eyeing up the Public Theater this spring, so says The Daily Mail. The article reports that Hathaway is in talks to appear in George Brandt’s Grounded, a one-woman dram…
The life and legacy of playwright August Wilson (April 27, 1945 – October 2, 2005) will be explore in an upcoming American Masters series, hosted by Thirteen and Pittsburgh PBS affilia…
Joshua Harmon’s Bad Jews begins performances tonight at London’s St. James Theatre, having transferred from Bath’s Ustinov Studio where it had it’s UK premiere in 201…
Today, Playwrights Horizons announced the promotion of their Director of New Play Development Adam Greenfield to Associate Artistic Director. This is the first major change to the Artistic l…
Mainstreet Musicals has announced their winners of the 2015 Mainstreet Awards, which include: Â The Gig by Douglas J. Cohen, A Good Man by Ray Leslee and Philip S. Goodman, and How Green W…
Staff Picks is a regular series where Samuel French staff members get the chance to chat about their favorite musicals or plays. Okay, let’s dive right in! Name and job title? Ben …
The Dramatists Guild of America has announced the recipients of its annual awards, which will be presented Februuary 23 at The Harvard Club in New York. The 2015 awardees are Annie Baker, re…
There’s nothing that we like better than an awards show. But when playwrights are awarded for their film or television work, it’s even better. And last evening proved just that f…
Starting today, McDonald’s is kicking off their second installment of Happy Meal Books. Though January 22, McDonald’s is offering books as the toy in their Happy Meals, provid…