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Wednesday, May 14, 2025

'People Have to Buy Tickets': Maybe Happy Ending Director Michael Arden on Fostering Original Musicals on Broadway by Diep Tran

The Tony-winning director on why he's keeping Parade at the Kennedy Center, and his voice cameo in Maybe Happy Ending.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:48PM

Read the Reviews for The Last Bimbo of the Apocalypse by Diep Tran

The new musical from Michael Breslin and Patrick Foley is running Off-Broadway at the Signature Center.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:42PM
Tuesday, May 13, 2025

To Daniel Dae Kim and Francis Jue, Yellow Face Broadway Success Is a Sign of How Far Asian Americans Have Come by Diep Tran

The play by David Henry Hwang, nominated for three Tony Awards, will be available to stream on PBS beginning May 16.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:12PM

Meet the 2025 Tony Award Nominees in These Exclusive Portraits by Diep Tran

Playbill had a photo booth at the annual Meet the Nominees event, and we made the most of it.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:26PM

Ruthie Ann Miles and Damon Daunno to Star in Skin of Our Teeth Musical at the Public Theater by Diep Tran

The Off-Broadway institution's 2025–2026 season will also include new shows by John Leguizamo, Jordan E. Cooper, and Elevator Repair Service.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:12PM
Saturday, May 10, 2025

5 Broadway Shows Perfect for Mother's Day by Diep Tran

Mother is mothering in these shows about parents and their children.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12AM
Friday, May 9, 2025

New York State Extends Broadway Tax Credits and Increases Allocation to $400 Million by Diep Tran

New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the 2026 state budget into law May 9.

SOURCE: Playbill at 06:36PM

From Megan Hilty to George Clooney to Sadie Sink: This Was the Season of Playful Playbill Bios by Diep Tran

Many Broadway stars decided to do away with the traditional list of credits for something more original.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:48PM

WNET to Stream Broadway Shows, Concerts, and Liza Minnelli Documentary As Part of Broadway and Beyond by Diep Tran

Beyond PBS, WNET also has arts programming just for New York and New Jersey residents.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:48AM
Thursday, May 8, 2025

Goddess Is an Original Musical About Kenya 18 Years in the Making by Diep Tran

Director Saheem Ali wanted to honor his home country with a musical. Now it's running at the Public Theater starring Amber Iman.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:24PM
Tuesday, May 6, 2025

LaTanya Richardson Jackson Was Done With Acting. Then She Read the Script for Purpose by Diep Tran

She was in the hospital when she got the offer for Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' play, which has now led to her third Tony nomination.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:42PM

National Endowment for the Arts Lets Go Of Staff, Following Dismantling of Theatre Grants by Diep Tran

Due to Trump's plans to eliminate the NEA, a number of workers are resigning, including Greg Reiner, the NEA’s director of theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:35PM
Monday, May 5, 2025

National Endowment for the Arts Cuts Grants for Theatres as Trump Proposes Eliminating Agency by Diep Tran

The Public Theater, Actors' Equity, and others are vowing to fight back against the funding cuts.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:18PM
Thursday, May 1, 2025

These Artists Received Multiple 2025 Tony Award Nominations by Diep Tran

Darren Criss, Cole Escola, the Operation Mincemeat creators all have multiple chances to win a Tony.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:24PM

Reactions From the 2025 Tony Award Play Nominees by Diep Tran

Learn how the artists in the play categories feel about getting nominated in this reaction round-up.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:42AM
Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Luigi Mangione Is Now the Subject of a Musical by Diep Tran

Luigi the Musical will premiere in San Francisco at the Taylor Street Theater.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:12PM

See Milly Shapiro, Keri René Fuller, More in Photos From The Last Bimbo of the Apocalypse by Diep Tran

The new Off-Broadway musical is written by Michael Breslin and Patrick Foley.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:06PM
Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Why Kieran Culkin Didn't Go the 'Alpha Male' Route for Richard Roma in Glengarry Glen Ross by Diep Tran

Plus, which of his Succession co-stars gave "the best performance I've seen on the stage."

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:54PM
Monday, April 28, 2025

Photos: Priscilla Lopez, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Sara Bareilles Celebrate Real Women Have Curves' Opening Night by Diep Tran

The new musical opened at the James Earl Jones Theatre April 27.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:42PM
Sunday, April 27, 2025

Reviews Are In for Real Women Have Curves on Broadway by Diep Tran

The new musical opened at the James Earl Jones Theatre April 27.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:06PM
Saturday, April 26, 2025

5 Broadway and Off-Broadway Shows to See Next Week by Diep Tran

From gasp-inducing family dramas to side-splitting comedies and a Gen Z-friendly take on The Crucible, here's some shows you should see.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:24AM
Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Broadway Bares Will Return This June With a Wizard of Oz Theme by Diep Tran

The annual burlesque event benefits Broadway Cares.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:12PM

Read the Reviews for Stranger Things: The First Shadow by Diep Tran

The prequel play to the Netflix series opened on Broadway April 22 at the Marquis Theater.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:18AM
Tuesday, April 22, 2025

How Gaten Matarazzo Inspired Sadie Sink to Go Back to Broadway by Diep Tran

Sink on going from Stranger Things to John Proctor Is the Villain, and dancing onstage every night.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:12PM
Friday, April 18, 2025

In The Last Five Years and Macbeth in Stride, Whitney White Is Wondering If Women Can Have It All by Diep Tran

The director-performer has overseen four shows this season, many of them about love and ambition, while balancing family.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:54PM

Michelle Williams Finally Meets Michelle Williams by Diep Tran

The two actors, who are frequently mixed up, finally met at Death Becomes Her.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:54PM
Thursday, April 17, 2025

Isa Briones and AnnaSophia Robb Join Cast of All Nighter by Diep Tran

They are taking over for Havana Rose Liu and Kristine Froseth, who are departing April 25.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:31PM
Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Reviews Are Out for John Proctor Is the Villain, Starring Sadie Sink by Diep Tran

The play by Kimberly Belflower opened on Broadway at the Booth Theatre April 14.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM
Monday, April 14, 2025

5 Reasons to See John Proctor Is the Villain on Broadway by Diep Tran

Sadie Sink leads an impressive cast in the new Kimberly Belflower dramedy.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:59PM

Can the Sailor Moon Musical Go to Broadway? Its Creators Hope So by Diep Tran

Plus, meet the actors who are playing the iconic characters in the new musical.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:42PM
Friday, April 11, 2025

5 Places to See on the Danube During Playbill's Broadway from Bulgaria to Budapest Cruise by Diep Tran

In 2026, Playbill will take guests and Broadway stars from Romania to Budapest.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:32PM