The latest press night parties, new shows in rehearsal, events and awards from the theatrical world in pictures. This week’s highlights include the first
Absorbent and yellow and porous is he — and soon a Broadway star to boot. A new SpongeBob SquarePants musical is headed to the Main Stem, which previews starting November 6 at the P…
Following a critically lauded run in Chicago during Summer 2016, SpongeBob SquarePants will open on Broadway at The Palace Theatre 1564 Broadway - Broadway at 47th Street this Fall. Preview …
Harvey Virdi’s new show takes a provocative look at the refuge that a drag nightclub plays for young Asian gay men in
On April 23rd Lin-Manuel Miranda and Andrew Lloyd Webber will participate in a live chat from London's Other Palace Theatre hosted by Artistic Director Paul Taylor Mills.
"I write this sitting in the kitchen sink," begins young Cassandra Mortmain in Dodie Smith's much-beloved novel I Capture the Castle. Composer Steven Edis and librettist Teresa Howard, in th…
The idealism of childhood dreams: B. L. Sherrington finds love in this musical adaptation of Dodie Smith's 1948 novel. The post Review: I Capture the Castle at Watford Palace Theatre appeare…
"I write this sitting in the kitchen sink," begins young Cassandra Mortmain in Dodie Smith's much-beloved novel I Capture the Castle. Composer Steven Edis and librettist Teresa Howard, in th…
For many people Dodie Smith's 1949 novel I Capture the Castle exists in a place somewhere between fact and fond memory. Set
When it premiered off-Broadway in 1972 Grease already reeked of nostalgia for the teen culture of 1950s America, when greased-up hair and
Michael Mayer’s first major revival of the 1964 Broadway musical Funny Girl, premiered at the 150-seater Menier Chocolate Factory in London in
Arinze Kene's play chronicles how one boy turns from responsible naivity to bitter disillusionment
Inspired by a desire to understand the rage that fuelled riots across England in 2011, Arinze Kene’s Good Dog is an ambitious, sprawling
The Palace Theatre is back in business with a big time headliner on the bill. It’s Glenn Close, returning to the role of Norma Desmond, direct from her recent great success in it at Lo…
It seemed like a good idea at the time. A people's palace of entertainments needed a properly designated theatre where opera, ballet,
Those clamouring for Glenn Close's musical return to Broadway won't be disappointed. She gives a suitably grandiose performance as the reclusive screen
Broadway historian and author Jennifer Ashley Tepper met Playbill at the Palace Theatre for a tour of the venue that is currently the home to The Illusionists — Turn of the Century. On…
Travel through this historic auditorium with this renowned performer.
Travel through this historic auditorium with this renowned performer.
DROPPING THE DROPPINGÂ CHANDELIER Andrew Lloyd Webber's mega-musical wants to be an opera about opera to end opera. Ironically, "Hannibal," its first-act spoof of a 19th-century grand oper…
Mansfield loves a panto and the Palace have pulled out all the stops this year. The theatre's production of Peter Pan boasts
A sparky tap dance round the cauldron by Hollie Cassar as Spite and a wittily well written love duet from Terrence Frisch
For its third annual holiday appearance on Broadway, The Illusionists, a variety showcase for a rotating group of magicians and stunt performers,
A HIGHLY ORGANIZED ENCHANTMENT Playwright Alan Knee called Sir J. M. Barrie "the man who was Peter Pan." If so, it was an author's compensation as much as creativity. James Barrie was a shy …
Performances begin this Friday, November 25 for The Illusionists - Turn Of The Century, as the production returns to Broadway for the third consecutive holiday season with a new show designe…