Sunday, June 7, 2015
With their wins for Best Book of a Musical (Lisa Kron) and Best Original Score (Jeanine Tesori and Kron) for the groundbreaking musical Fun Home, these writers not only take home some of the…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:30PMCraig Lucas, director and choreographer of An American in Paris, the stage adaptation of the popular movie musical that received 12 Tony nominations, opened up about the risks of bringing a …
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:37PMJessie Mueller, who won the 2014 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for playing Carole King in the bio-musical Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, shared news about her next projec…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:24PMSaturday, June 6, 2015
In a spin on the red-carpet tradition of asking stars, "What are you wearing?," Playbill.com has asked women of the theatre community why they chose the outfits they wore to va…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWednesday, June 3, 2015
The Twentieth-Century Way, a drama exploring homosexuality in 1914 Los Angeles, officially opens at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre June 3 following previews that began May 28.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAs part of Playbill's 30 Days of Pride, Boyd Gaines and Bryce Pinkham, respective stars of the original production and recent revival of The Heidi Chronicles, discuss the groundbreaking …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTuesday, June 2, 2015
Four surprise presentations were included in the annual Lilly Awards ceremony, which recognize accomplishments of women in theatre, June 1.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:05PMMonday, June 1, 2015
The Lilly Awards, which recognize accomplishments of women in theatre, honor award-winning actress Chita Rivera and acclaimed Broadway producer Daryl Roth at their annual ceremony June 1.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMIn an exclusive excerpt from the Tony Awards Playbill, leading women in the theatre industry talk about guiding Broadway into a new generation.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, May 29, 2015
Acclaimed composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim will accept the first Master Storyteller Award from the Arden Theatre Company in Philadelphia.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:50AMThe world-premiere musical Come from Away, inspired by the story of a small town hosting people on Sept. 11, begins its world-premiere production at California's La Jolla Playhou…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe women of Wolf Hall, the dramatization of Thomas Cromwell and King Henry VIII, discuss power and sexuality in the stage story about the Tudors in England.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, May 28, 2015
Chita Rivera, an acclaimed musical theatre actress, made her Broadway debut in 1953 and has continued to grace the stage continuously since then.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:13PMTuesday, May 26, 2015
With performances of The Tempest beginning in Central Park's Delacorte Theater May 27, Playbill.com offers a guide to waiting in line for free tickets to Shakespeare in the Park.&nbs…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMonday, May 25, 2015
The cast of Ever After, a new musical adaptation of the Cinderella story, share their thoughts on a new, feminist approach to the popular fairy tale.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSunday, May 24, 2015
We've all been there: You sit down to watch a Broadway show. The lights go down and the curtain goes up... and the person next to you pulls out his/her phone. Or a candy. Or begins talki…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWednesday, May 20, 2015
The Lilly Awards, which honor accomplishments of women in theatre, will honor award-winning actress Chita Rivera and acclaimed Broadway producer Daryl Roth at their annual ceremony.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:44PMHand to God star Geneva Carr shares how a single performance of one play inspired her to change her entire life and how Robert Askins picking her name out of a hat led to her sexually charge…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMonday, May 18, 2015
Taye Diggs, last seen on the New York stage in 2005's A Soldier's Play, will return to Broadway to star in the title role in the Tony-winning revival of Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PMSunday, May 17, 2015
Brandon Uranowitz, a first-time Tony Award nominee for his performance in An American in Paris, shares how his father's love for the music of Gershwin has influenced his career.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, May 15, 2015
Kenneth Branagh's acclaimed immersive production of Macbeth will be filmed by Martin Scorsese, the Daily Mail reports.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:54AMThursday, May 14, 2015
Tony Award winner Christian Borle, currently starring as the rock-star writer William Shakespeare in the new musical Something Rotten!, shares the secret to his evolution from a student …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMonday, May 11, 2015
In the latest installment of Playbill's new series focusing on women in theatre, Kelli O'Hara, Ruthie Ann Miles and Ashley Park, stars of the Lincoln Center Theater revival of The Ki…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSunday, May 10, 2015
Michael Cerveris, who stars as the conflicted and closeted father Bruce in the new musical Fun Home, reflects on the production's politically charged message and how it might change peop…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, May 8, 2015
Mosaic Theater Company of D.C, a new theatre company headed by Ari Roth, has announced the lineup for its inaugural season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:28PMMosaic Theater Company of D.C, headed by Ari Roth, has announced the lineup for its inaugural season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:28PMMonday, May 4, 2015
Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic musical Oklahoma! will receive a new staging from Bard SummerScape in the round.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:34PMAlison Bechdel, author of the critically acclaimed graphic novel "Fun Home" that inspired the musical of the same name, will serve as one of the table hosts at the PEN American Cen…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:54PMForever, a new play by Pulitzer Prize finalist Dael Orlandersmith that explores family and heritage, officially opens at at the New York Theatre Workshop May 4 following previews that began …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSunday, May 3, 2015
The first Broadway revival of Wendy Wasserstein's Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play The Heidi Chronicles, which officially opened at the Music Box Theatre March 19 following…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSaturday, May 2, 2015
The Lion, Benjamin Scheuer's acclaimed autobiographical coming-of-age musical, begins performances at the Portland Center Stage in Oregon May 2.
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