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Friday, October 31, 2025

Video: Jack Wolfe, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Paulo Szot, Morgan Dudley, Kurt Elling Perform the Songs of Hadestown by Diep Tran

At a special evening at The Greene Space in NYC, the current Broadway cast sang five songs.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:03PM

Watch the Official Music Video for Adam Lambert's 'Heaven On Their Minds,' From Jesus Christ Superstar by Diep Tran

What's the buzz? A new look at the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:01PM

Katrina Lenk and George Abud to Star in New Adaptation of Threepenny Opera by Diep Tran

Abud will also adapt and direct the production, called 3Penny Opera, for Off-Brand Opera.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:00PM

Report: Kennedy Center Ticket Sales Fall Sharply After Trump's Takeover by Diep Tran

According to a new analysis, over 40 percent of tickets remain unsold so far this season.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:36PM
Thursday, October 30, 2025

Teal Wicks, Hayden Tee to Join Broadway Company of & Juliet by Diep Tran

The long-running Max Martin jukebox musical will also host a singalong performance November 13.

SOURCE: Playbill at 06:02PM

What Is a Broadway Theatre? by Diep Tran

It's a mix of location, union contracts, and seating capacity.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:48PM

Irene Sofia Lucio Wore a Cast of Her Own Bust to the Liberation Opening by Diep Tran

The actor talks getting naked in the Broadway play, and feeling empowerment in her own body.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:18PM

Nina Arianda, Katie Finneran Join Moonstruck Reading With Steve Buscemi, Patti LuPone by Diep Tran

The one-night-only event will benefit New York Stage and Film.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:24PM

Photos: Billy Eugene Jones, Angelica Ross, More Travel Through the South for Freedom Riders by Diep Tran

The production from Harlem Stage toured through Alabama, George, and North Carolina.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:24PM
Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Photos: See Matt Damon Play a Country Singer in Reading of Hold On to Me Darling by Diep Tran

The film star led a reading of the play at The Center at West Park. The Center will host another reading in November starring Scarlett Johansson.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:24AM

Photos: Keanu Reeves Is Honored by Off-Broadway's Bushwick Starr by Diep Tran

The Waiting for Godot star attended the event with his longtime partner Alexandra Grant.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:24AM

Luke Evans to Play Frank-N-Furter in Rocky Horror Show on Broadway by Diep Tran

Tony winner Sam Pinkleton will direct the revival of the Richard O'Brien cult classic.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:18AM
Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Heather Christian's Oratorio for Living Things Musical Extends Off-Broadway by Diep Tran

The sung-through musical will play for an additional week at Signature Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:32PM
Monday, October 27, 2025

Matte Martinez Used to Sing in Kidz Bop; Now He's Leading MJ on Broadway by Diep Tran

After serving as the standby for nearly two years, this young performer is playing Michael Jackson full-time.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:24PM
Friday, October 24, 2025

Feel Good Friday: A Line of Lins at the Lin-Manuel Miranda Look-Alike Contest by Diep Tran

These contestants didn't just need to look like the Hamilton composer, they had to sing like him, too.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:02PM

This Show Is Being Performed at a Real Restaurant. Soup Is Included by Diep Tran

Jeana Scotti's Oh, Honey ran last year to critical acclaim. Audience demand has put it back on the menu.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:36AM
Thursday, October 23, 2025

Broadway Actors to Receive 3 Percent Pay Increase With New Contract by Diep Tran

Breaking down the tentative agreement between Actors' Equity and the Broadway League.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:02PM

Listen to 'Genealogy of Revolution' From the Upcoming We Live in Cairo Cast Album by Diep Tran

The musical about the Arab Spring ran last year Off-Broadway.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:42AM

Broadway Strike Averted as Musicians, Broadway League Come to an Agreement by Diep Tran

Local 802 had threatened to strike today if an agreement on a new contract wasn’t reached.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:24AM
Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Law & Order: SVU's Mariska Hargitay Wants to Be Aaron Burr in an All-Female Hamilton by Diep Tran

On Amy Poehler's podcast, the TV star says she wants to be on Broadway, even if she can't sing.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:42PM
Tuesday, October 21, 2025

We Live in Cairo to Release Cast Album by Diep Tran

The new musical from The Lazours ran last year Off-Broadway at New York Theatre Workshop.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:54PM
Monday, October 20, 2025

Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale, Patti LuPone to Lead 1-Night-Only Reading of Moonstruck by Diep Tran

The event will take place at Broadway's Music Box Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:24PM
Saturday, October 18, 2025

Actors' Equity Reaches an Agreement With Broadway League, Though Strike Still a Possibility by Diep Tran

Musicians union AFM Local 802 still has not reached an agreement.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:06PM

Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty's Once On This Island Turns 35 by Diep Tran

The fairy-tale musical first opened on Broadway October 18, 1990, starring an up-and-comer named LaChanze.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:54AM
Thursday, October 16, 2025

Matt Damon and Alec Baldwin to Lead Charity Reading of Hold On To Me Darling by Diep Tran

The October 27 event will benefit New York's West Park Presbyterian Church, to save it from being torn down.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:06PM
Tuesday, October 14, 2025

Which Shows Are Affected by a Potential Broadway Strike? by Diep Tran

The actors and musicians union might go on strike. Here's what it means for Broadway, Off-Broadway, and touring shows.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:48PM

Composer Heather Christian on What's It Like to Be Told You've Won $800,000 by Diep Tran

She was in rehearsal for Off-Broadway's Oratorio for Living Things when she got an important call from the MacArthur Foundation.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:42PM
Monday, October 13, 2025

From KPOP Demon Hunters to The Greatest Showman: Movie Musicals That Are Not (Yet) Stage Musicals by Diep Tran

Musicals may be considered a stage medium, but there are many movie musicals that do not have a Broadway counterpart.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:54AM
Friday, October 10, 2025

Porgy and Bess Turns 90: Look Back on George Gershwin and DuBose Heyward's Folk Opera by Diep Tran

The original 1935 production only ran for 124 performances.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:36AM
Thursday, October 9, 2025

Attention Sewing Broadway Fans: You Can Now Make Glinda's Bubble Dress From the Wicked Film by Diep Tran

If you want to make your own version of theatre costumes—from Wicked to Phantom to Hamilton—we have the patterns for you.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:02PM

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