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Porgy and Bess began performances July 17 prior to an official opening July 28 at London's Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park.
Tony Award winner Jerry Mitchell and If/Then choreographer Larry Keigwin co-hosted the 20th Anniversary Fire Island Dance Festival, which runs July 18-20 in the Pines. New works by Josh Berg…
The Bill Russell-Frank Kelly-Albert Evans musical Pageant, which opened July 14 after previews that began June 29, recently extended through Sept. 21 at the Davenport Theatre. Meet the…
Piece of My Heart, a new musical based on the life and songs of legendary songwriter Bert Berns, opened Off-Broadway July 21 at The Irene Diamond Stage at The Pershing Square Signature …
Film star Julia Stiles, who returns to the New York stage July 28 in Scott Organ's Phoenix at the Cherry Lane Theatre, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire of random facts, backsta…
Lena Hall, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Telly Leung and more were part of the annual benefit concert Broadway Stands Up for Freedom, which takes place July 21 at the Skirball Center.
Olivier and two-time Tony winner Patti LuPone returned to the Manhattan nightspot 54 Below July 21.
Margo Seibert stars as Adrian in the new Broadway musical Rocky, based on the Academy Award-winning 1976 Sylvester Stallone film of the same title. She shares a recent two-show day at the W…
The 2014 Sundance Theatre Lab, featuring a wide variety of stage and screen actors, is currently underway in Utah. We offer a selection of rare photos from the Lab's 30-year history, includ…
Tony Award nominee Rob McClure, who stars as Gomez Addams in The Muny production of The Addams Family, takes Playbill readers behind the scenes at the famed outdoor venue where 7 shows are s…
Pump Boys and Dinettes, the final production of the 2014 Encores! Off-Center series, plays New York City Center July 16-19.
The showbiz-minded, scripted comedy series "It Could Be Worse," co-created and written by longtime actor-collaborators Mitchell Jarvis (Rock of Ages) and Wesley Taylor ( "Smas…
Broadway Barks 16 — the annual dog and cat adoption event founded by pals Bernadette Peters and Mary Tyler Moore to find homes for pets from city animal shelters — was held July …
Tony Award nominee Rob McClure (Chaplin) and Jenny Powers (Grease) co-star as Gomez and Morticia Addams, respectively, in the U.S. regional premiere of Andrew Lippa's The Addams Family, …
Laura Benanti, a Tony winner for her performance in Gypsy, celebrates her birthday July 15. We look at her varied stage, screen and concert career.
The Off-Broadway revival of the Bill Russell-Frank Kelly-Albert Evans musical Pageant, which was seen in a limited benefit run earlier this year, officially opened July 14 after previews tha…
Carrie St. Louis, who stars as Sherrie in the Broadway production of Rock of Ages, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire of random facts, backstage trivia and pop-culture tidbits.
Tony Award nominee Barbara Walsh (Company, Falsettos) stars as fanatical religious mother Margaret White in the Washington, D.C. premiere of the cult musical Carrie, based on the Stephen Kin…
Director Liesl Tommy brings a new, modern-dress, immersive production of the hit international musical Les Misérables to the Dallas Theater Center beginning June 27. A host of Broadwa…
Pump Boys and Dinettes, the final production of the 2014 Encores! Off-Center series, will run July 16-19.
The Off-Broadway production of The Long Shrift, directed by James Franco, officially opened at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater July 13 following previews that began July 7.
Sacramento Music Circus continues its season with the family-favorite musical Mary Poppins. Broadway regular Robert Creighton (The Mystery of Edwin Drood), who plays leading man Bert, takes…
Since their inaugural concert in the summer of 2012, The Skivvies have gained a loyal following, played dozens of shows and welcomed a wide roster of scantily-clad guests. Led by Lauren Moli…
The free 106.7 LITE FM Broadway in Bryant Park concert series launched July 10 at the Manhattan park.
The Kit Kat Klub is back in business as Roundabout's acclaimed revival of Cabaret plays a return engagement. With Alan Cumming reprising his Tony-winning performance as the seductive Emcee,…