The 100-year history of Actors' Equity Association is celebrated in a new, lavishly illustrated book, "Performance of the Century," by Playbill writer Robert Simonson. We snagg…
Marty Richards, a stage and film producer who was among the backers of the Academy Award-winning 2002 film of the musical Chicago, and whose Broadway credits included Sweeney Todd, Crimes of…
The 100-year history of Actors' Equity Association is celebrated in a new, lavishly illustrated book, "Performance of the Century," by Playbill writer Robert Simonson. We snagg…
You like Christmas? Like Santa? You can't get enough of kids? Lots and lots of tykes, both on stage and in the audience?
You like Christmas? Like Santa? You can't get enough of kids? Lots and lots of tykes, both on stage and in the audience?
With Thanksgiving, and all its attendant preparations, coming up next week, the New York theatre got a handful of openings out of the way this week. And, yes, some of them were turkeys. (Sor…
Russian master Anton Chekhov rewrote and revised Ivanov over the years. When a producer revives it, which draft are we getting?
Valerie Eliot, the widow of poet T. S. Eliot and custodian of his literary estate, died on Nov. 9 in London. She was 86.
One day, Steve O'Donnell was walking around the Village with his brother, Mark O'Donnell, the Tony Award-winning bookwriter of Hairspray and Cry-Baby, when a tourist came up to them …
One day, Steve O'Donnell was walking around the Village with his brother, Mark O'Donnell, the Tony Award-winning bookwriter of Hairspray and Cry-Baby, when a tourist came up to them …
The sun came up yesterday. Just like Annie said it would. And then it went down and evening came. And then Annie opened.
William Goldman, screenwriter of "The Princess Bride" and "All the President's Men," and Broadway chronicler in his book "The Season," returns to the stage …
Prior to this week, the name Sandy, to theatre types, meant the perky heroine of Grease. Or perhaps the dog in Annie (currently being revived on Broadway).
When Broadway performances go dark due to an act of God, do show people still get paid? We were curious, so we asked.
During the unending hubbub and hullabaloo that swirled around Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark during its first, turbulent year of Broadway existence, it was easy to forget the playwright Glen …
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Actors Liev Schreiber, Raúl Esparza, Jordan Lage, William H. Macy and directors Gregory Mosher and Neil Pepe — artists associated with productions of David Mamet's plays &md…
Few playwrights are afforded the privilege of learning whether their work has stood the test of time before they pass on to the other side. Edward Albee is one of the lucky ones. He wrote hi…
Few playwrights are afforded the privilege of learning whether their work has stood the test of time before they pass on to the other side. Edward Albee is one of the lucky ones. He wrote hi…
With the recent revival of Jesus Christ Superstar, Spring Awakening productions popping up everywhere and the possibility of a Hedwig sequel, we thought we'd offer a second look at our F…
Ulrich Franzen, the German-born architect who designed Houston's Alley Theatre—the first permanent home to one of the nation's first major regional theatres—died on Oct. …
Robert Litz, who wrote plays that were produced Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway and elsewhere, died Oct. 10 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 62.
Amy Morton, a Tony nominee for August: Osage County, talks about seeing Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? from both sides now — as current actress on Broadway and past director, regi…
The role of Actors' Equity Association in the home-grown resident theatre boom is explored as part of Playbill's continuing look at the 100th anniversary of the actors' union.
The top English-language playwrights of all time are regular visitors on Broadway. Shakespeare, Shaw, Wilde, Coward, all fairly common sights. But you can count the classic French dramatists…