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As much as Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Edward Albee's brittle and elegant play of existential unease, A Delicate Balance, always commands a 40-karat cast.
Playbill's newest weekly feature examines the box-office trends of the past week.
The New York Drama Critics Circle (yes, it still exists, though dramatic critics are dropping like flies these days) announced its 2014 Awards May 5.
Playbill's newest weekly feature examines the box-office trends of the past week.
Charles Marowitz, a playwright, director and critic with a reputation for avant garde approaches in production, and outspokenness in his writing and manner, died in Agoura Hills May 2 from c…
Tonys, Tonys, Tonys.That was the story this week, and the only story.
Playbill.com looks at the rules, and resulting math, behind the Tony Award nominations.
Nicholas Martin, a director who brought his crisp, smart, bright style to critical works by Mark Hampton, Becky Mode and, in particular, Christopher Durang, and was artistic director of two …
Nicholas Martin, a director who brought his crisp, smart, bright style to critical works by Mark Hampton, Becky Mode and, in particular, Christopher Durang, and was artistic director of two …
Playbill's newest weekly feature examines the box-office trends of the past week.
The Pulitzer Prize in Drama was recently awarded to Annie Baker's The Flick, which premiered at Playwrights Horizons. Artistic director Tim Sanford spoke with Playbill.com about the priz…
Scenic designer Robert Brill chats with Playbill.com about re-mounting the set design for the revival of Cabaret.
It's spring on Broadway, and producers are deploying their usual gambit to kill off all critics once and for all by forcing them to attend and review an endless line of show openings. It…
Playbill.com offers a look at the history of the rules determining which plays are considered revivals for the Tony Awards.
Playbill's newest weekly feature examines the box-office trends of the past week.
Playbill.com offers a look at the history of the musical Violet, which opens on Broadway April 20.
The snowstorm on Tuesday night might have been freakish for New York, but the fact that three Broadway shows opened this week was not. It's that pre-Tony time of year when the Street bea…
Playbill's newest weekly feature examines the box-office trends of the past week.
Phyllis Frelich, the deaf actress who won a Tony Award for her performance as the female lead in the play Children of a Lesser God and who co-founded the National Theatre of the Deaf, died A…
The juries for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama have delighted in confounding expectations the past couple years. The last two winners were the unexpected Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar in 2013 and Wa…
The juries for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama have delighted in confounding expectations the past couple years. The last two winners were the unexpected Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar in 2013 and Wa…
The big opening of the week was Bullets Over Broadway, the stage adaptation of Woody Allen's popular 1994 film comedy of the same name, directed by Susan Stroman.
John Kander and Joe Masteroff discuss the history of Cabaret and the process of collaborating with Harold Prince while adapting the novel and play into a musical.
Playbill's newest weekly feature examines the box-office trends of the past week.
Lawrence Hamilton, who appeared in several significant Broadway musicals over the past three decades, died April 3, 2014, at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City due to complications followi…