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Monday, August 18, 2025

Get a 1st Look at Rishi Varma's Sulfur Bottom Off-Broadway by Margaret Hall

Set in a decaying home on the edge of industrial sprawl, the work explores the quiet devastation of environmental collapse.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:42AM

Step Inside Mamma Mia!'s Starry Broadway Reopening by Margaret Hall

The international hit, which features the songs of ABBA, again plays the Winter Garden Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:32AM
Saturday, August 16, 2025

5 Reasons to See Mamma Mia! on Broadway by Margaret Hall

The international hit, which features the songs of ABBA, is back at the Winter Garden Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:24AM
Friday, August 15, 2025

Rajiv Joseph's Archduke, Starring Patrick Page, Reveals Performance Dates by Margaret Hall

The piece rewinds history to reveal the fateful journey of Gavrilo Princip—best remembered as Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassin—and his fellow revolutionaries in a new light.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:18PM

Jan Sport to Star in London's Oscar at the Crown by Margaret Hall

Following Off-Broadway and Edinburgh Fringe Festival runs, the musical plays a new venue custom built for the immersive production.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:24PM
Thursday, August 14, 2025

What Do Reviews Say About Mamma Mia! Back on Broadway? by Margaret Hall

The international hit, which features the songs of ABBA, again plays the Winter Garden Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:12PM

Mike Bartlett’s Bull Will Premiere Off-Broadway by Margaret Hall

The play is a blistering look at workplace relationships when three employees face imminent layoffs and a simple truth: two will stay, one will go.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:24PM

Cast Set for Sati: Goddess Incarnate Workshop Presentation by Margaret Hall

The new musical investigates how devotion can devolve to violence, and how the stories we tell affect our reality, for better and for worse.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:18AM
Wednesday, August 13, 2025

J. Quinton Johnson, Kimber Elayne Sprawl, Jeannette Bayardelle to Star in Premiere of Zora Neale Hurston’s Spunk by Margaret Hall

Yale Repertory Theatre will present the first full staging of the play, which was lost to time until the Library of Congress uncovered the drama in 1997.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:32PM

Alex Winter Joins Producing Team of Off-Broadway's Slaughter City by Margaret Hall

First produced in 1996 by the Royal Shakespeare Company in London, the long overdue New York premiere will be produced by Small Boat Productions.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:59AM

Chiara Aurelia Plays Shelby in John Proctor Is the Villain. But She Originally Auditioned for a Different Role by Margaret Hall

The newcomer brings her own spark to the role originated by her friend Sadie Sink.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:54AM
Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Kyle Beltran and Adam Chanler-Berat to Star in Site-Specific Slanted Floors by Margaret Hall

Created by Billy McEntee, the play will be staged for an audience of five in a Greenpoint, Brooklyn apartment, set around a dinner.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:12PM

Ashland Avenue, Starring Jenna Fischer, to Kick Off Goodman Theatre's Centennial Season by Margaret Hall

The punk/metal/hip-hop musical Revolution(s) will also make its world premiere at the Chicago venue.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:33PM

Hansol Jung's Last Call Sets Site Specific Off-Broadway Run—With Booze by Margaret Hall

Co-directed by Jung and Dustin Wills, the play is equal parts ghost story, house party, and theatrical séance, with dramaturgy and mixology by Lexy Leuszler.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:03AM
Monday, August 11, 2025

George C. White, Founder of the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Has Died at 89 by Margaret Hall

Mr. White had an immeasurable impact on the theatre industry through the Center, kickstarting the careers of countless playwrights, performers, directors, composers, and more.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:18PM

New Musical Ceilidh, Directed by Oh, Mary!'s Sam Pinkleton, Finds Full Company by Margaret Hall

Following development in Scotland, the production is headed to Baltimore's France-Merrick Performing Arts Center.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:03AM
Friday, August 8, 2025

See Who's Hitting the Road in Water for Elephants National Tour by Margaret Hall

The musical, seen on Broadway in 2024, tells the story of a man who runs away from his life, only to find himself caught up in a traveling circus.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:48PM

Rocky Horror Show: The Official Coloring Book Invites Fans to Color the Cult Classic by Margaret Hall

Add your own artistry to Richard O’Brien’s iconic musical before the new Broadway revival hits Studio 54 in 2026.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:32PM

National Black Theatre Reveals 2025-26 Season, Including Return of The Peculiar Patriot by Margaret Hall

Co-produced with New York Theatre Workshop, the one-person show is inspired by Liza Jessie Peterson's decades-long work with prison populations.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:32AM
Thursday, August 7, 2025

See Who's Starring in New Translation of The Wild Duck by Margaret Hall

Henrik Ibsen’s classic, newly adapted by David Eldridge, will play New York and Washington, D.C.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:03PM

Michael Levin's Sober Songs to Premiere Off-Broadway by Margaret Hall

The darkly comedic musical follows six young adults in recovery at a local AA meeting.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:48PM

Alexander Fraser to Leave Bucks County Playhouse in 2026 by Margaret Hall

For over a decade, Fraser has served as the regional heavyweight's producing director.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:42AM

Will Brill, Rob Lowe, Gillian Jacobs to Star in Theatrical Film The Musical by Margaret Hall

The project casts Brill as a frustrated middle school theatre teacher on his journey to produce the most inappropriate school musical possible.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:37AM

Ten Years On, Hamilton Continues to Provoke a Passionate Response by Margaret Hall

It is impossible to be ambivalent about the Broadway megahit, as was proven to this Playbill staff writer at the anniversary performance.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:36AM
Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Cedric Neal to Star in Concert Staging of Personality: The Lloyd Price Musical by Margaret Hall

Price was a pioneering figure in rock 'n' roll, becoming the first teenager to sell over a million records before founding his own label.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:32AM

Watch Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jimmy Fallon, and The Roots Perform a Hamilton Medley Using Classroom Instruments by Margaret Hall

Miranda also revealed on The Tonight Show that the Disney+ capture of Hamilton will be released to cinemas in September.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:24AM
Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Check Out Photos of Bubba Weiler’s Well, I’ll Let You Go Off-Broadway by Margaret Hall

The piece, marking the playwriting debut of the Drama Desk-nominated actor, sifts through the rubble of the American Dream.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:48PM

See Who's Starring in Off-Broadway Return of Oratorio for Living Things by Margaret Hall

Lee Sunday Evans again directs Heather Christian's Obie-winning musical.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:36PM

Photos: Step Inside Mamma Mia!'s Alumni Celebration by Margaret Hall

More than 100 alumni from the hit musical's previous Broadway run came to visit the fictional Kalokairi, Greece.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:28PM

Lin-Manuel Miranda Is Now a Madame Tussauds Wax Figure by Margaret Hall

The Tony-winning Broadway star was immortalized in costume as Alexander Hamilton.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:24PM

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