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The cast of Broadway's Matilda The Musical had a unique opportunity May 7 to engage in a live satellite chat with an astronaut on the International Space Station. Composer Tim Minchin an…
Roundabout Theatre Company has announced complete casting for the world premiere of Steven Levenson's The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin, which will begin previews May 31 at the…
Emmy Award-nominated "The Office" star Jenna Fischer, Josh Hamilton, Leslie Bibb and Fred Weller will be part of the world premiere of Neil LaBute's Reasons to Be Happy Of…
Robert Petkoff, most recently seen on Broadway as Sir Evelyn Oakleigh in Anything Goes, is in Denver originating the role of Colonel Brandon in the world premiere of Sense & Sensibility …
Nikolai and the Others, the world-premiere play from Richard Nelson that imagines a weekend shared by Russian artists George Balanchine, Igor Stravinsky, Nikolai Nabokov and more, officially…
Bertie Carvel, Laura Osnes, Sierra Boggess, Aaron Tveit, Billy Porter, Alan Cumming and many more were on hand May 5 at the 13th Annual Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards, "the only ma…
Jay Manuel, known for appearing on television's "America's Next Top Model," hosted The Broadway in South Africa 5th Anniversary Celebration, which is held May 6 at Ave…
Off-Broadway theatre company Playwrights Horizons held its annual spring gala May 6 at the event space 583 Park Avenue. Tony Award winners LaChanze and Shuler Hensley as well as Tony nominee…
Annaleigh Ashford, a 2013 Tony Award nominee for her performance in Kinky Boots, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire of random facts, backstage trivia and pop-culture tidbits.
The Broadway cast of the cirque-inspired revival of Pippin heads into the recording studio April 29 to lay down tracks from the Tony-nominated score by Stephen Schwartz. Ghostlight Reco…
Joey Slotnick, a familiar face to audiences of both stage and screen, is making his Broadway debut as Buddy Bliss in Roundabout's current revival of Clifford Odets' The Big Knife. He…
Tim and Charlie's Farewell Tour, an evening celebrating the composer and lyricist team Tim Rosser and Charlie Sohne, was presented April 28 at 54 Below.
Maura Tierney and Aasif Mandvi hosted the 28th annual Lucille Lortel Awards May 5, when The Whale, The Piano Lesson and the musical Dogfight were honored in production categories. The Off-Br…
Spend a day with Derek McElroy and the cast of the West End's One Man, Two Guvnors. The comedy continues its run at Theatre Royal, Haymarket.
Jason Gotay, Rachel Potter and Adrienne Warren were among the artists celebrating the release of musical theatre composer Jonathan Reid Gealt's new album, "Here For You - Balla…
Bull, the companion piece to British playwright Mike Bartlett's three-person drama Cock, receives its American premiere as part of the Brits Off Broadway line-up beginning April 25 at 59…
The company of the first North American tour of Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman's Wicked welcomed Alison Luff as Elphaba and John Davidson as The Wizard beginning April 30 in Dallas…
Cadence Theatre Company, in partnership with Virginia Repertory Theatre, closes its 2012-13 season with the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Next to Normal, which began performances April 25 a…
The day after the Tony nominations were announced, the class of 2013 assembled in New York’s Millennium Broadway Hotel to meet the press. Playbill photographer Monica Simoes captured s…
The Collegiate Chorale, which is led by music director James Bagwell, presented a concert staging of Robert Wright and George Forrest's Song of Norway April 30 at Carnegie Hall.
The 2013 Tony Award nominations were announced on April 30. The very next morning, the nominees gathered to pose for photos and give interviews at the annual "Meet the Nominees Press Re…
Mark Bautista, Arnel Ignacio, Jamie Wilson and Marco Sison lead the cast of the Broadway favorite The Full Monty playing a new production at the Carlos P. Romulo Theater in Manila.
Transport Group presents the New York premiere of the new musical The Memory Show, which officially opened April 30 at 7 PM following previews that began April 16 at The Duke on 42nd Street.
Donna Murphy, Terrence McNally and Jack O'Brien were among those who gathered at a private residence April 30 to honor the inaugural recipients of the Berwin Lee Playwrights Award. This …
Laurie Veldheer (Broadway's Newsies) is spending the month at Paper Mill Playhouse, taking on the title role in the Tony-winning musical Thoroughly Modern Millie. She teamed with castmat…