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The much-anticipated New York revival of the 1980's cult musical Carrie, starring Tony Award nominee Marin Mazzie and Molly Ranson, greeted the press with a Dec. 9 photo op.
Kelly Ripa, John Kander and Josh Groban are among the celebrities to attend Silence! The Musical in the past week.
Taking a page from Charles Dickens and Patrick Stewart, Jackie Hoffman’s A Chanukah Charol begins its limited holiday engagement Dec. 11 at New World Stages.
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, the 1965 Broadway musical remembered as a richly tuneful vehicle for Barbara Harris, has been reincarnated for star Harry Connick Jr. The revised revival …
The LeVay family of Lydia R. Diamond's Stick Fly gather at their plush Martha's Vineyard home for a summer weekend of scrabble and secrets. Tony winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Dul&eac…
John Bolton, who stars as "The Old Man," in A Christmas Story, The Musical! on tour, shares exclusive photos from the road.
Basketball. Cheerleaders. Sex. Show tunes. The stately Walter Kerr Theatre houses them all. The new musical comedy Lysistrata Jones began Broadway previews Nov. 12, toward an opening night o…
Katori Hall's Olivier Award-winning The Mountaintop, starring Samuel L. Jackson and Angela Bassett, was the third production to take part in 30 for $30, a special initiative from Playbil…
The Peccadillo Theater Company's Off-Broadway revival of Kaufman and Hart's classic comedy The Man Who Came to Dinner, staring Drama Desk winner Jim Brochu, officially opened Dec. 4 …
New York Women in Film and Television honored Claire Danes, Christine Baranski and Martha Stewart at the 31st annual Muse Awards for Vision and Achievement Dec. 7.
The Broadway revival of The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, starring four-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald and Norm Lewis, begins previews at the Richard Rodgers Theatre Dec. 17.
The East Village stage of New York Theatre Workshop has taken the form of a Dublin pub — complete with booze bottles, smoky mirrors and sepia-glowing incandescent bulbs — for the…
Literally auctioning the shirt off his back at performances of Hugh Jackman Back on Broadway helped Tony-winning Australian native Hugh Jackman to raise a one-show record of $857,740 as part…
The original Broadway cast of Grease reunited for a special 40-year anniversary tribute during the opening number of the 23rd Annual Gypsy of the Year presentation Dec. 5-6.
Off-Broadway's Atlantic Theater Company opened the world premiere of Happy Hour, a collection of three one-act comedies by Academy Award winner Ethan Coen, Dec. 5 following previews from…
Billy Elliot cast members Joseph Harrington, Briana Fragomeni and Tade Biesinger sang the National Anthem at the Nov. 27 New York Jets vs Buffalo Bills game.
Tony Award-nominated playwright Douglas Carter Beane and composer-lyricist Lewis Flinn, the duo behind the new Broadway musical Lysistrata Jones, were honored during the Transport Group'…
The Public Lab production of Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus, starring Jay O. Sanders as the famed Roman general, began performances Nov. 29 Off-Broadway.
Roundabout Theatre Company opened the music box of a dear friend on Dec. 5 with a benefit concert performance of She Loves Me, a title that ushered in Roundabout's expanded mission to in…
Raphael Miranda (NBC's "News 4 New York") and Marissa Rosen (Off-Broadway’s My Big Gay Italian Wedding) hosted Broadway Sings for Pride, which was presented Dec. 5 at New…
Jenn Harris, reprising her acclaimed performance as Clarice Starling in Off-Broadway's Silence! The Musical, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire with random facts, backstage trivi…
A cast recording of The Burnt Part Boys, which was presented in spring 2010 as a co-production between Playwrights Horizons and Vineyard Theatre, will be released in digital and CD formats …
Tony Award nominee Kerry Butler and Jarrod Spector performed in the Landmark on Main Street's Spotlight Gala, Nov. 5 in Port Washington, NY.
CUNY Graduate Jimmy Smits and CUNY Chancellor Matthew Goldstein were honored at TDF's Dec. 1 gala, hosted by Billy Porter and featuring Eden Espinose, Julie Halston and Priscilla Lopez.
Tony winner Ruben Santiago Hudson, Dulé Hill and Mekhi Phifer are among the members of the LeVay family, who gather for a tense family weekend in Stick Fly, the new play by Lydia R. D…
