1,179 stories by "Robert Simonson"
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Ruth Maleczech, who co-founded the influential and sui generis experimental theatre troupe Mabou Mines and helped shepherd it through four decades of productions, becoming arguably its most …
Playbill.com chats with Fetch Clay, Make Man's Will Power, Ray Fisher and K. Todd Freeman.
This season's Tennessee Williams entry came early. On Sept. 26, Cherry Jones, Celia Keenan-Bolger and Zachary Quinto opened as Broadway's latest Wingfield family in a new production …
Marta Heflin, who acted in three Robert Altman films, including "Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean," a role she first created on Broadway, died Sept. 18 in Manh…
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Jane Connell, a career character stage actress who, despite her diminutive stature, commanded many a musical comedy stage—most notably, through her portrayal of the daffy Agnes Gooch i…
Marjorie Gunner, who for 25 years led the Outer Critics Circle, a group of theatre reviewers based outside New York City who annually give out awards honoring theatre artists, died Sept. 21 …
Playbill.com chats with the creators and star of the new Broadway musical A Night With Janis Joplin.
Playbill.com chats with the creators and star of the new Broadway musical A Night With Janis Joplin.
The Prince of Broadway — the Harold Prince version of Jerome Robbins' Broadway, which takes audiences through the numerous award-winning productions created by famous director…
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Playbill.com talks with Anne Washburn, scribe of the new play Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play.
Playbill.com's Robert Simonson talks sports and theatre with his brother, Eric Simonson.
Should all the stars align, one of the hottest tickets on Broadway this spring will be a historical drama — a genre that rarely makes hay in New York — that had its premiere at t…
Playbill's newest weekly feature examines the box-office trends of the past week.
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The Broadway revival of Annie, which began performances last November, will end its Broadway run Jan. 5, 2014, producers announced Sept. 5.
Playbill's newest weekly feature examines the box-office trends of the past week.
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The fall season on Broadway offers an abundance of Shakespeare, John Grisham's Broadway debut, Mary-Louise Parker's return to the boards and the dynamic duo of Patrick Stewart a…
The Off-Broadway fall season offers up the return of Wallace Shawn, the movie-into-musical Little Miss Sunshine, a reteaming of Sarah Jessica Parker and Blythe Danner in The Commons of …
Disney Theatricals, which currently has two shows on the Broadway boards — The Lion King and Newsies — will soon have a third.
Disney Theatricals, which currently has two shows on the Broadway boards — The Lion King and Newsies — will soon have a third.
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Playbill.com explores the trend of Broadway musicals that appeal to baby boomers.
Julie Harris, a towering figure of the American theatre in the decades following World War II, who created several iconic stage roles – collecting five Tony Awards along the way &ndash…
