1,179 stories by "Robert Simonson"
Tony Award winner Linda Lavin shows 'em how it's done in Nicky Silver's new Off-Broadway play, The Lyons.
Tony Award winner Linda Lavin shows 'em how it's done in Nicky Silver's new Off-Broadway play, The Lyons.
David I. Mitchell, a seven-time Tony Award nominee and two-time Tony Award winner, and a scenic designer for Broadway, opera and ballet, died Oct. 3 in Los Angeles. He was 79.
One of the most common things in the world happened on Oct. 1 in Tappen, NY. "Sunrise, Sunset" was performed at a wedding.
The New York Post reported that the new Disney stage musical Newsies, which officially opened Sept. 25 to critical acclaim at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey — certainly more ac…
Tony winner Joanna Gleason pays her dues so she can appear in plays like Stephen Karam's Sons of the Prophet.
Lynne Meadow, artistic director of Manhattan Theatre Club and director of Broadway's upcoming Wit, shares stories at the upstairs bar of Manhattan's famed theatre-district restaurant.
Can a bunch of aimless friends sitting around a diner shooting the breeze and avoiding their responsibilities make a musical?
Follies is back.
Cliff Robertson, a movie star whose career was temporarily derailed when he challenged a movie executive, died Sept. 10 in Long Island. He was 88.
Mary Fickett, an actress most famous for her long-running role in the daytime drama "All My Children" as Nurse Ruth Martin, died Sept. 8 at her home in Callao, VA. She was 83.
Is there anyone more insignificant — or more vital — than a theatre person in a time of national tragedy? A decade after the Sept. 11 terror attacks on New York City, Playbill.co…
Bruce Norris' Clybourne Park was praised by all in its 2010 Off-Broadway premiere. It had a good run. It won a few prizes, notably the Pulitzer. And now it will finally get a Broadw…
Good times and bum times. They're both represented in the plays and musicals that make up the fall 2011 Broadway season. Here's a look at what Frank Langella, Audra McDonald, Samuel …
Off-Broadway's 2011 fall season includes new plays by Nicky Silver, Zoe Kazan, Jesse Eisenberg and Stephen Karam, plus classics featuring stars — Dianne Wiest in The Cherry Orchard…
Blizzards have caused Broadway to shut down in the past. The occasional blackout, too. And, of course, the 9/11 calamity, the tenth anniversary of which will be commemorated next week. But t…
Blizzards have caused Broadway to shut down in the past. The occasional blackout, too. And, of course, the 9/11 calamity, the tenth anniversary of which will be commemorated next week. But t…
Playbill.com answers a question about why so many Broadway theatres have gracious — but unused — lounges.
It was rumored, and now it's confirmed. Ghost, the high-tech London pop musical based the 1990 film will indeed materialize on Broadway in March 2012 at a Nederlander theatre to be annou…
Theresa Rebeck's new Broadway play — her second to grace that big stage — has netted a couple of great actors to support its already-announced greater star, Alan Rickman.
I don't believe a letter to the editor has ever been newsworthy enough to make this column. Certainly, we've never led with such an item.
Jeffrey Ash, who followed his father in the Broadway advertising business and helped revolutionize it through a ground-breaking television spot for the musical Pippin, died suddenly on Aug. …
John Wood, a versatile British actor with a particular gift for playing curious souls and for the plays of Tom Stoppard, died Aug. 6. He was 81.
One of Britain's most acclaimed stage actors, Simon Russell Beale, returns stateside to play a cab driver with the secret in Bluebird.
Paul Libin, Jujamcyn Theatres vice president and Circle in the Square veteran, shares a drink — and stories — at the upstairs bar of Manhattan's famed theatre-district restau…
