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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…
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…
Mosaic Theater Company of D.C, a new theatre company headed by Ari Roth, has announced the lineup for its inaugural season.
Mosaic Theater Company of D.C, headed by Ari Roth, has announced the lineup for its inaugural season.
Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic musical Oklahoma! will receive a new staging from Bard SummerScape in the round.
Alison 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…
Forever, 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 …
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…
The Lion, Benjamin Scheuer's acclaimed autobiographical coming-of-age musical, begins performances at the Portland Center Stage in Oregon May 2.
Dogfight, the musical by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul and Peter Duchan that follows three Marines the night before their deployment, gets its Australian premiere today.
Martha Plimpton, an actor and activist known for her star turns on Broadway as well has her devotion to reproductive rights, will host Broadway Acts for Women at 54 Below May 3.
Sarah Stiles, who received her first Tony Award nomination for her performance as shy teenager Jessica in Hand to God, shares how puppets (and puppet sex) have been a constant presence throu…
For some of the 2015 Tony Award nominees, their Broadway bow marks the end of a long journey with their characters. While their performance may seem new and fresh every night, the characters…
It must be a fun house at the Circle in the Square Theatre, currently home to Fun Home, the new musical that earned 12 Tony Award nominations April 28; and a divine blessing may have been se…
John Cameron Mitchell, the co-creator and original star of the Off-Broadway production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, gives his final performance in the Broadway revival of that Tony&…
Katori Hall's The Blood Quilt, about four sisters exploring their history and heritage, which received its first reading at the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., begins performances April…
It's the most wonderful time of the year for New York theatre lovers — awards season! And one question everyone on or Off-Broadway is asking is who will host the 2015 Tony …
Boyd Gaines and Bryce Pinkham, the respective stars of the original 1989 Broadway production and the 2015 revival of The Heidi Chronicles, sit down to compare and contrast the experience of …
Lisa Kron, who wrote the book and lyrics of the critically acclaimed musical Fun Home, will host the sixth annual Lilly Awards ceremony.
Forever, a new play by Pulitzer Prize finalist Dael Orlandersmith that explores family and heritage, begins performances at the New York Theatre Workshop April 22.
The Twentieth-Century Way, a drama exploring homosexuality in 1914 Los Angeles, will be presented at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre.
A starry group of Broadway veterans will appear at the Prospect Theater Company's 2015 gala concert and reception May 16.
Award-winning actress Meryl Streep is helping fund The Writers Lab, a program devoted to female screenwriters over the age of 40, Deadline.com reports.
The world-premiere musical Come from Away, inspired by the story of a small town hosting people on Sept. 11, will receive its world premiere at California's La Jolla Playhouse.
Lisa Howard, playing the long-suffering older daughter and devoted maid of honor at her sister's weding in the new musical It Shoulda Been You shares stories of her hilarious co-…