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Tony Award winner Jane Alexander is the enigmatic title character in Edward Albee's The Lady From Dubuque — the acclaimed actress' first-ever role in an Albee play —…
Emmy Award winner Mare Winningham, currently starring in Nina Raine's Tribes at the Barrow Street Theatre, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire with random facts, backstage trivia …
The Broadway engagement of Bruce Norris' Pulitzer Prize-winning play Clybourne Park, a play about race and real estate, will begein previews at the Walter Kerr Theatre March 26.
"GCB," the new hour-long television series starring Tony and Emmy winner Kristin Chenoweth, made its series premiere March 4 at 10 PM ET on ABC.
Over the Moon Productions' mounting of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Spring Awakening will begin previews March 14 at the Theatre of Arts Arena Stage with an official opening M…
35mm A Musical Exhibition, written by Ryan Scott Oliver based on the photography of Matthew Murphy, will be presented at Brooklyn’s Galapagos Art Space March 7 and 12 at 8 PM.
Sierra Boggess and Joyce van Patten lead the final New York cast of Nora and Delia Ephron's Love, Loss, and What I Wore, beginning Feb. 29 at the Westside Theatre.
The new Broadway musical comedy Nice Work If You Can Get It begins previews March 29 at the Imperial Theatre.
Monty Python's Spamalot, the 2005 Tony Award-winning Best Musical, returned to L.A.'s Pantages Theatre for a one-week engagement through March 4.
Howard McGillin, Chryssie Whitehead, Patti Cohenour, Nancy Anderson and cast offered a Feb. 29 sneak peek performance of Paper Mill's upcoming production of Damn Yankees.
Rated P for Parenthood, the new Off-Broadway musical revue about the joys and quirks of having kids, opened Feb. 29 following previews from Feb. 8 at the Westside Theatre.
The new Broadway revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Jesus Christ Superstar begins previews March 1. Playbill.com looks back at a number of past stage and screen adaptations of…
Zach Braff began his West End debut run in his own play, All New People, Feb. 22, prior to an official opening Feb. 28 at the Duke of York’s Theatre. The production is schedu…
The next episode of the new NBC musical drama "Smash," titled "Let's Be Bad," will air March 5 at 10 PM ET.
Magic/Bird, Eric Simonson's drama about the rivalry and friendship of basketball heroes Earvin "Magic" Johnson and Larry Bird, will begin previews at Broadway's Longacre Th…
Ever wonder about the routine of a professional actor on one of those grueling two-performance days? Edward Watts, currently starring as El Gallo in the Off-Broadway revival of The Fantastic…
The multi-racial revival of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, starring Blair Underwood, Nicole Ari Parker and Daphne Rubin-Vega, will begin previews at the Broadhurst Theatre…
Signature Theatre Company's Romulus Linney Courtyard Theater in the new Pershing Square Signature Center on West 42nd Street is officially open for business Feb. 27 with the opening of t…
A host of Broadway performers joined forces Feb. 27 to pay tribute to the late Grammy-winning artist Whitney Houston.
The second annual Broadway Belts! for PFF (Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation) benefit, featuring a star-studded lineup of performers belting out some of Broadway's most memorable songs, was …
Emma Hunton, currently starring as Maureen in the Off-Broadway production of Rent at New World Stages, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire with random facts, backstage trivia and pop-…
Carrie, the infamously short-lived 1988 Broadway musical based on the Stephen King novel about a bullied teen with telekinetic powers who takes vengeance on her tormentors, returned in a new…
The film adaptation of Leslye Headland's dark comedy Bachelorette premiered as part of the Sundance Film Festival's out-of-competition screenings in January.
"The Artist" was named Best Picture at the 84th Academy Awards ceremony, which was held Feb. 26 at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles to honor excellence for the 2011 year in film.
"The Artist" was named Best Picture at the 84th Academy Awards ceremony, which was held Feb. 26 at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles to honor excellence for the 2011 year in film. B…