Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Lindsay Mendez, who stars in the hit Broadway musical Wicked, Lucas Steele and Tony Yazbeck have joined the lineup of performers set for the fourth annual Broadway Belts for PFF!, hosted by …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:57PMFriday, February 14, 2014
Shirley Bassey, the belter known for such songs as "Goldfinger," "Big Spender" and "Diamonds Are Forever," may be the next headliner to join the Broadway cast o…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:43PMPlaybill.com's new feature series Booking It asks leading industry members to share professional insights, need-to-know tips and essential tricks of the trade for up-and-coming and estab…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:03AMThursday, February 13, 2014
Ghostlight Records will release the original Broadway cast recording of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, the new stage production that stars Tony Award nominee Jessie Mueller as the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AMTuesday, February 11, 2014
Theatrical Rights Worldwide has secured licensing rights for the Andrew Lippa musical Big Fish, based on the 1998 novel by Daniel Wallace and the subsequent 2003 film by John August. It will…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:44AMSunday, February 9, 2014
LaTanya Richardson Jackson will replace Tony Award-winning actress Diahann Carroll as Lena Younger in the Broadway return of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, starring Denzel Was…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:55PMLaTanya Richardson Jackson will replace Tony Award-winning actress Diahann Carroll as Lena Younger in the Broadway return of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, starring Denzel Was…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:55PMFriday, February 7, 2014
The Broadway cast of A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, the new musical comedy that boasts Tony Award winner Jefferson Mays playing eight different roles, will be released by d…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:15PMThe first annual Davenport Songwriting Contest, presented by Broadway producer Ken Davenport, was held Jan. 30 at the Davenport Theatre. Here are highlights from the evening.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:00PMRocky, the new Lynn Ahrens-Stephen Flaherty musical based on the Oscar-winning film of the same name, has announced a day-of-performance lottery for Golden Circle seats in the first two rows…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:25AMWednesday, February 5, 2014
Billy Crystal's Tony Award-winning play 700 Sundays, which ended its return Broadway engagement Jan. 5, will make its debut on HBO April 19 at 9 PM ET.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:01AMTuesday, February 4, 2014
Singer-songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen, who shot to fame with the #1 hit single "Call Me Maybe," and TV and film star Fran Drescher make their Broadway debuts in Rodgers and …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMonday, February 3, 2014
Philip Seymour Hoffman had many irons in the fire at the time of his death, most of them projects and roles that fans will never get to see.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:48PMIndustry readings of Make Me Bad, a new musical thriller featuring a score by Drew Gasparini ("Smash") and a book by actor-writer Alex Brightman (Big Fish), are held Feb. 3 in New …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, January 31, 2014
The track listing and artwork have been revealed for the Broadway Records original cast album of Big Fish — the recent Andrew Lippa musical starring Norbert Leo Butz and Kate Baldwin &…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:29PMWednesday, January 29, 2014
"Sean Saves The World," the NBC series starring Sean Hayes (Promises, Promises) and "Smash" actress Megan Hilty, has stopped production, according to Deadline.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:01AMMonday, January 27, 2014
Young actors Joshua Colley, Mia Sinclair Jenness, Gaten Matarazzo, Angeli Negron and Mckayla Twiggs have been announced for the Broadway return of Les Misérables, which will begin pre…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:34PMThe 12th Annual Nightlife Awards — where winners perform in place of an acceptance speech — is held Jan. 27 at Town Hall. Tony Award winners Dee Dee Bridgewater and Laura Be…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, January 24, 2014
Tony Award-winning Dreamgirls star Jennifer Holliday, recently seen in a five-concert engagement at 54 Below, appears at Barnes & Noble on the Upper East Side Jan. 24.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMonday, January 20, 2014
Friends in Theater Company presents the Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty musical Once on this Island, benefiting the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Metro New York and Western New York, Jan. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, January 17, 2014
"Five, Six, Seven, Nate!," the sequel to Tim Federle's acclaimed young adult novel "Better Nate Than Ever," about a young theatre fan with Broadway dreams, will be re…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PMThursday, January 16, 2014
Tony Award-winning actress Nikki M. James (The Book of Mormon, Les Misérables) will join Friends in Theater Company to host Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty's Once on this Island,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:09PMiLuminate, a stage show from light-suit dance group iLuminate ("America's Got Talent") that was formerly titled Artist of Light, has extended its run at New World Sta…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:40AMWednesday, January 15, 2014
Friends in Theater Company will present a one-night-only performance of Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens' Once on This Island Jan. 20 at the Lucille Lortel Theater to benefit the Make-A-…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:50PMThe new musical Ghostlight, seen this week in a Manhattan industry reading that starred Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 star Phillipa Soo, has been offered a fall 201…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:05PMTony Award winners Dee Dee Bridgewater and Laura Benanti are among the artists who were named winners of the 12th Annual Nightlife Awards — where winners perform in place of an accepta…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:42AMTuesday, January 14, 2014
Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz, who recently starred in Broadway's Big Fish, will offer Memory & Mayhem — seen and recorded at 54 Below in August 2012 — Jan. 15-…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:57AMLena Hall, who stars as Nicola in Broadway's Tony-winning musical Kinky Boots, has been cast in the Broadway bow of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, starring Neil Patrick Harris, producer…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:37AMMonday, January 13, 2014
HBO has commissioned Larry Kramer — whose Tony Award-winning play The Normal Heart will premiere on HBO in May — to pen a potential sequel to the film adaptation, according to De…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:07PMDisney is in the early stages of developing its hit, Golden Globe Award-winning animated musical "Frozen" for the stage, according to Deadline.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:05PMSunday, January 12, 2014
The Disney animated film "Frozen," actors Cate Blanchett, Bryan Cranston, Amy Adams and Jennifer Garner are among the winners of the 71st Annual Golden Globe Awards, which presented by The H…
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