Playbill.com talks to the Tony winners on set about their characters on Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:55AMWhat to expect from the highly-anticipated Netflix reboot and the Tony-winning talent involved in an on screen musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Tony-winning composer reveals the inspiration behind her Stars Hollow musical in the Netflix reboot.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAfter launching The Scottsboro Boys at the Vineyard Theatre six years ago, writer Colman Domingo rejoins director Susan Stroman and actress Sharon Washington for his newest work: Dot.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMHow do you translate the language and culture of a Danish play for American audiences?When they discovered Andreas Garfield’s play Home Sweet Home, about a Danish soldier returning fro…
SOURCE: TDF at 05:58PMActors Center director Rodney Robb has helped train lots of aspiring performers in Philly. Manager Edie Robb, his wife of 40 years, has helped a few become stars.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 05:58PMDespite the closing of 15 Broadway shows last month, 2011 has thus far been marked by relative prosperity on the Great White Way.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 05:58PMIn his new Off Broadway play, the artist makes his audience the starThere are certain shows that stay with you long after you leave the theatre, and Spalding Gray's Interviewing the Audience…
SOURCE: TDF at 05:58PMCharles Fuller’s One Night confronts sexual assault in our armed forces — Last year, the military prosecuted approximately 300 cases of sexual assault or impropriety, but that…
SOURCE: TDF at 11:32AMA film and a play explore the boxer’s legacy — Most of us know Muhammad Ali was a world-class boxer, and some of us know he was stripped of his championship titles and essentiall…
SOURCE: TDF at 01:58PMHED: Last Exit From Park Slope Matthew Freeman wanted to create a satire of Park Slope, Brooklynites. Since these folks are his neighbors in real life, he knows them well and thought a roast…
SOURCE: TDF at 11:29AMKate Mulgrew and Kathleen Chalfant navigate a play’s remarkable language — Welcome to Building Character, TDF’s ongoing series about actors and how they create their roles …
SOURCE: TDF at 10:44AMInside the imagination of “AliceGraceAnon” Note: Following Hurricane Sandy AliceGraceAnon will re-open on Saturday, November 3, with a special “re-opening party” foll…
SOURCE: TDF at 01:00PMThe “Harvey” star finds inspiration in her family’s business Welcome to Building Character, our ongoing series about actors and how they create their roles Acting is always…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:02PMThe touring musical "Bring It On" makes its Broadway debut at the St. James Theatre.
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:38AMIn “You Better Sit Down,” the company interviews their own parents The Civilians wanted to write a play about divorce. That much they knew. “I remember being incensed by th…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:13PMA playwright crafts Broadway’s “End of the Rainbow” Peter Quilter started writing End of the Rainbow in 2001, and now that it’s in previews at Broadway’s Belasc…
SOURCE: TDF at 02:49PMQui Nguyen celebrates his family with rebellious style Sometimes it takes years to find a way into a story, especially when it’s personal. Qui Nguyen’s grandmother died the day h…
SOURCE: TDF at 02:08PM“CQ/CX” mines the metaphors in Jayson Blair’s story In his incendiary interview with The New York Observer, Jayson Blair is quoted as saying: “So Jayson Blair the hum…
SOURCE: TDF at 11:40AMAs theater companies turn to trailers to promote their shows, producing the videos is still a challenge.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:20AMHonoring Jimmy Smits, Matthew Goldstein, and BEAT When he started at Brooklyn College in the late 70s, Jimmy Smits was an education major, but by the time he graduated in 1980, he had switch…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:37PMOn a typical day Ms. Caplan may train Nikki M. James, a 2011 Tony Award Winner for "Book of Mormon"; Hunter Parrish, now starring in "Godspell"; or even Stephen Colbert.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 06:20AMThe Kander-Ebb-McNally musical arrives tonight in New York — A few days after The Visit premiered in Chicago in September 2001, Terrence McNally remembers flying back to New York on a …
SOURCE: TDF at 10:17AMThoughts from the stars of “Wild Animals You Should Know” Now that they’re in their twenties, the stars of Wild Animals You Should Know feel prepared to play teenagers. &…
SOURCE: TDF at 10:18AMHow do you translate the made-up words in a Swedish play? Swedish-Tunisian playwright Jonas Hassen Khemiri rarely makes a simple statement. He manipulates the mechanics of language—the…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:01PMA festival at the Brick asks what comics can do on stage It’s just by coincidence that as a certain webslinger comes to Broadway, the Brick Theater in Brooklyn is hosting its first-eve…
SOURCE: TDF at 11:56AMFor the first time, a series for new plays goes completely international When the hotINK reading series for new plays launched in 2002, it was a strictly American affair, and it eventually i…
SOURCE: TDF at 10:39AMIn his new Off Broadway play, the artist makes his audience the star There are certain shows that stay with you long after you leave the theatre, and Spalding Gray’s Interviewing the Audie…
SOURCE: TDF at 01:09PMHow do you translate the language and culture of a Danish play for American audiences? When they discovered Andreas Garfield’s play Home Sweet Home, about a Danish soldier returning fr…
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