Portland Center Stage in Oregon will unveil the world premiere of The Body of an American, about a war photographer haunted by the spirit of the soldier whose body he photographed, Oct. 2-No…
Second Stage Theatre has awarded its first Donna Perret Rosen Award for excellence in musical theatre to composer-lyricist Adam Gwon, the songwriter of Ordinary Days and other musicals.
Think of it as an Impressionist flash mob. Visitors to the Art Institute of Chicago got a musical surprise on Sept. 16 when at the top of the museum's Grand Staircase leading to the Impr…
Drama Desk Award nominee Jennifer Lim of Broadway's Chinglish, Julyana Soelistyo of Off-Broadway's The Glorious Ones are among cast members of the new Off-Broadway production of Davi…
The musical On the Town and Shakespeare's comedy Much Ado About Nothing will punctuate Barrington Stage Company's 2013 season in Pittsfield, MA.
Sanaa Lathan reprises her New York City role of a maid-turned-movie star in By the Way, Meet Vera Stark starting Sept. 18 when Lynn Nottage's satiric comedy makes its West Coast pre…
The City Center Encores! concert cast recording of Pipe Dream, Rodgers & Hammerstein's tuneful 1955 oddity inspired by John Steinbeck's novel "Sweet Thursday," is in st…
Tony Award winner John Cullum, Darren Pettie, Sarah Sokolovic, Tony nominee Amy Ryan and David Schwimmer star in the New York City premiere of Lisa D'Amour's acclaimed suburban-set p…
Off-Broadway's TACT/The Actors Company Theatre begins its 2012-13 season on Sept. 18 with the first preview of Brian Friel's Lovers, made up of two related one-acts. Opening night is…
The box office at Broadway's Neil Simon Theatre opens for business 10 AM Sept. 17 for walkup sales to the new musical Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson.
A new and official website devoted to the creative partnership of actress-dancer Gwen Verdon and director-choreographer Bob Fosse was launched over the summer by their daughter, Nicole Fosse.
Highlights from Grumpy Old Men: The Musical will be seen and heard Sept. 17 in a midtown Manhattan industry reading aimed at venue operators interested in booking the show on its upcoming na…
Winners of the 2012 Creative Arts Primetime Emmy Awards, announced on Sept. 15 in Los Angeles, include theatre choreographer Joshua Bergasse ("Smash"), music director Rob Berman (&…
Linda Lavin, the Tony Award-winning actress-singer who famously sang "You've Got Possibilities," is still reaching for the possible. She's appearing in two Manhattan engagement…
Off-Broadway's Vineyard Theatre announced a variety of special events to celebrate its 30th anniversary season, including "reunion readings" of some of its key play titles.
Claire van der Boom, seen in HBO's "The Pacific" and CBS's "Hawaii Five-0," steps into the Off-Broadway cast of Sam Shepard's Heartless starting Sept. 18. She…
Clémence Poésy, Patrick Page, Bill Buell, Kyle Soller and more join Tony Award winner Douglas Hodge in the new Broadway production of Edmond Rostand's romantic verse drama&…
David Cromer's new production of Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth, starring Diane Lane and Finn Wittrock, begins Sept. 14 at the Goodman Theatre.
One-acts plays by Samuel Beckett are paired with original music compositions performed by Cygnus Ensemble in Sounding Beckett, getting a Sept. 14-23 Off-Broadway engagement.
Broadway's John Herrera and Natalie Toro are among cast members of the Utah premiere of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical In the Heights at Pioneer Theatre Company's home in S…
A fall Chicago launch of Unspeakable, a "dramatic fantasia" inspired by the life of comedy star Richard Pryor, will not happen "due to major funding that did not come through,…
Steppenwolf Theatre Company's production of David Lindsay-Abaire's Good People begins Sept. 13 for a run to Nov. 11, featuring Steppenwolf ensemble members Alana Arenas, Mariann…
Tony Award nominee Thomas Sadoski, lately a star of TV's "The Newsroom," will appear with Laura Heisler and Peter Katona in the world premiere of Michael Golamco's play abo…
Kristin Chenoweth, the Tony Award-winning Broadway baby of Wicked and You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, and TV's "GCB" and "Pushing Daisies," talks to Playbill fo…
The American premiere of Love Story, the musical, based on the best-selling Erich Segal novel, starring Alexandra Silber (Broadway's Master Class) as Jenny Cavilleri and Will Reynolds (M…