Actors' Equity, IATSE, Other Entertainment Unions Condemn Kennedy Center Closure by Diep Tran

Trump recently announced that the Center would be closed for two years for renovations.

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:31pm on February 3, 2026☆⚑

Harry Haun, Veteran Journalist Who Chronicled Broadway and Film for More Than 5 Decades, Dies at 85 by Blake Ross

The longtime writer had bylines in New York Daily News, The Observer, and Playbill, amongst others.

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:22pm on February 3, 2026☆⚑

PLAYBILLDER Spotlight: For The Yellow Boat, Oregon Students Competed to Design Their Playbill Cover by Dylan Parent

High school students are honoring the play's subject by helping children with cancer.

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:18pm on February 3, 2026☆⚑

Sean Hayes Did Not Want to Do a Solo Show; Then Leigh Silverman Sent Him The Unknown by Diep Tran

The new David Cale play is running Off-Broadway at Studio Seaview.

SOURCE: Playbill at 4:24pm on February 3, 2026☆⚑

Like Father Musical Will Make World Premiere at Atlanta's Alliance by Logan Culwell-Block

Tinashe Kajese-Bolden is directing the Jacob Ryan Smith-Caroline Pernick true crime-themed musical.

SOURCE: Playbill at 4:24pm on February 3, 2026☆⚑

Pioneer of Black Theatre and Producer Woodie King, Jr. Passes Away by Meg Masseron

The founder director of New York City's New Federal Theatre was 88 years old.

SOURCE: Playbill at 4:24pm on February 3, 2026☆⚑

Liberation Closes to Highest Box Office of Run, and More From Last Week's Broadway Grosses by Logan Culwell-Block

The Bess Wohl play finished up its limited run at the James Earl Jones Theatre February 1.

SOURCE: Playbill at 3:31pm on February 3, 2026☆⚑

Suddenly Last Summer, Die Ägyptische Helena, More, Part of Bard SummerScape 2026 Season by Natan Zamansky

The annual summer arts festival will run June 25-August 16 at Bard College.

SOURCE: Playbill at 3:31pm on February 3, 2026☆⚑

See Sara Bareilles Perform a New Song, Christine Baranski Read From 1984, More at The Public Theater's 'People's Filibuster' by Meg Masseron

The eight-hour long protest against ICE is now available for viewing on YouTube.

SOURCE: Playbill at 3:24pm on February 3, 2026☆⚑

Pied à Terre Finds Off-Broadway Company by Margaret Hall

The unusual love triangle will begin performances later this month.

SOURCE: Playbill at 3:24pm on February 3, 2026☆⚑

Photos: John Cameron Mitchell, Simu Liu Sworn in at Oh, Mary! on Broadway by Logan Culwell-Block

The Cole Escola comedy gets new stars at the Lyceum Theatre beginning February 3.

SOURCE: Playbill at 3:24pm on February 3, 2026☆⚑

Watch Highlights From World Premiere of Wonder Musical at American Repertory Theater by Andrew Gans, Meg Masseron

Taibi Magar is directing the new musical, based on on R.J. Palacio's best-selling novel of the same title.

SOURCE: Playbill at 3:23pm on February 3, 2026☆⚑

Rope, RUR Set for Final 2 Rediscovery Readings at Classic Stage by Logan Culwell-Block

Gordon Greenberg is adapting Patrick Hamilton's Rope, previously adapted for the screen by Alfred Hitchcock.

SOURCE: Playbill at 2:12pm on February 3, 2026☆⚑

Mamma Mia! Tour Will Welcome Jessica Crouch, Juliette M. Ojeda, Leland Burnett by Andrew Gans

The North American touring company, which recently played a record-breaking Broadway run, will resume performances next month.

SOURCE: Playbill at 1:06pm on February 3, 2026☆⚑

Bob Fosse Once Asked Debbie Allen to Play the Leading Player in Pippin by Margaret Hall

The quintuple threat reflects on her career, from Chita Rivera teaching her the West Side Story choreography, to leading Sweet Charity, to her enduring love for Carrie.

SOURCE: Playbill at 1:06pm on February 3, 2026☆⚑

Rachel Zegler and Ben Platt Will Explore The Last Five Years at Hollywood Bowl and Radio City Music Hall by Andrew Gans

The concerts will follow a London engagement of the Jason Robert Brown musical, with the composer conducting the two stars on both sides of the Atlantic.

SOURCE: Playbill at 1:06pm on February 3, 2026☆⚑

Suzan-Lori Parks Reggae Musical The Harder They Come Is Coming Back to London by Logan Culwell-Block

The musical made its world premiere Off-Broadway at The Public in 2023.

SOURCE: Playbill at 1:06pm on February 3, 2026☆⚑

Patti LuPone to Reprise Candide at LA Opera by Natan Zamansky

The company's newly-announced 2026-27 season will be its first under the leadership of incoming music director Domingo Hindoyan.

SOURCE: Playbill at 1:03pm on February 3, 2026☆⚑

West End Sinatra Biomusical Finds Its Ol' Blue Eyes by Logan Culwell-Block

London stage favorite Joel Harper-Jackson will lead the musical at the Aldwych Theatre this summer.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01pm on February 3, 2026☆⚑

Celebrate Black History Month With Stunning New Portraits of Little Shop of Horrors Company by Andrew Gans

The hit Off-Broadway production commissioned Davida Enara to create a Little Shop-inspired backdrop, and the cast was photographed by Marcus Middleton.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:01am on February 3, 2026☆⚑

Olympic Gold Medal Winner Laurie Hernandez to Make Broadway Debut in & Juliet by Andrew Gans

The two-time medal-winning Olympic gymnast will join the cast of the hit jukebox musical at the Sondheim.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:01am on February 3, 2026☆⚑

Spelling Bee Revival Gets Another Extension Off-Broadway by Logan Culwell-Block

The William Finn-Rachel Sheinkin musical has returned to NYC, at New World Stages.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:01am on February 3, 2026☆⚑

A Heated Rivalry Musical is Headed Off-Broadway by Margaret Hall

No one works faster than a parody writer with a dream.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:01am on February 3, 2026☆⚑

Rodney Ingram Is Broadway's New Aladdin Starting February 3 by Andrew Gans

The hit Disney musical also welcomes Ryan Gregory Thurman in his Main Stem debut as Babkak.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:59am on February 3, 2026☆⚑

Watch Whitney Leavitt Take 1st Broadway Bow in Chicago by Andrew Gans

Mykal Kilgore, Greg Hildreth, and more joined the company of the Tony-winning revival February 2.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:58am on February 3, 2026☆⚑