The Public Theater celebrated the life and work of late composer Marvin Hamlisch during One Thrilling Combination, a gala event held June 23 at the Delacorte Theater.
Priscilla Queen of the Desert closed on Broadway on this date in 2012. Earlier that year Playbill.com offered a two-show day at work and play with cast member Ellyn Marie Marsh, who balance…
Ben Thompson, back on Broadway as Griffy in the new musical Holler If Ya Hear Me, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire of random facts, backstage trivia and pop-culture tidbits.
"Venus in Fur," the film adaptation of David Ives' sexually charged dark comedy, topped the box-office take for limited release movies its opening weekend, according to Deadlin…
The Skivvies welcomed Alice Ripley, Justin Guarini and Patrick Page as special guests for their late-night June 20 show at 54 Below.
The 24th annual edition of Broadway Bares, entitled Broadway Bares: Rock Hard!, was presented June 22 at New York City's Hammerstein Ballroom. Alan Cumming, Bianca Del Rio, Constantine M…
Christy Altomare (Spring Awakening), who starred as good girl Sue Snell in the 2012 Off-Broadway production of Carrie, celebrates a birthday today. She offered Playbill.com readers an exclus…
The cult musical Carrie, based on Stephen King's novel of the same name, officially opened in Chicago June 1 following previews that began May 29. Sawyer Smith, who plays bully Billy No…
Following its big win at the 2014 Tony Awards, Best Musical A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder offered fans the opportunity to pose with the coveted statue at the Walter Kerr Theatre…
Drama Desk nominee Leslie Kritzer, Teal Wicks and Tony Award nominee de'Adre Aziza are among the cast of Piece of My Heart, a new musical based on the life and songs of legendary so…
The Tupac Shakur-scored musical Holler If Ya Hear Me, a non-biographical new work directed by 2014 Tony Award winner Kenny Leon about hope, friendship and life on the city streets, officiall…
The Tupac Shakur-scored musical Holler If Ya Hear Me, a non-biographical new work directed by 2014 Tony Award winner Kenny Leon about hope, friendship and life on the city streets, officiall…
The 24th annual edition of Broadway Bares, entitled Broadway Bares: Rock Hard!, will be presented June 22 at New York City's Hammerstein Ballroom, located in the Manhattan Center. As we …
In an effort to encourage more productions of works by female playwrights, a list of 46 plays written by women and recommended for production has been released by an advocacy group called Th…
The Broadway podcast The Ensemblist headed to Birdland Jazz Club June 16 to celebrate its first anniversary with a live show. Ensemblist creators Mo Brady and Nikka Graff Lanzarone invited …
Grammy winner Patti LaBelle, who was last seen on Broadway in Fela!, began performances June 10 in the Tony Award-nominated musical revue After Midnight. Renee Elise Goldsberry was at …
Emmy Award-winning "Glee" star Jane Lynch made her solo concert debut beginning June 18 at 54 Below. She and special guests offered a sneak peek earlier that day.
Kenneth Lonergan's 1996 drama This Is Our Youth, starring Michael Cera, Kieran Culkin and Tavi Gevinson, began its pre-Broadway Chicago engagement June 10 at the Steppenwolf Theatre Comp…
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts' production of Side Show, which began previews June 14, officially opens June 19 in the Eisenhower Theater. Performances continue throu…
Leslie Odom Jr. and Tony winners Lin-Manuel Miranda and Karen Olivo will star in the New York City Center Encores! Off-Center production of Jonathan Larson's tick, tick… BOOM!.
Tala Ashe, Greg Keller, Nadine Malouf and Bernard White star in the LCT3 New York premiere of Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar's The Who & The What, which officially opened Off-Broa…
Joel Marsh Garland, known for his work as Officer O'Neill on "Orange Is the New Black," is pulling double-duty and appearing 8 shows a week in Broadway's Of Mice and Men. He documented a bu…
Bill Irwin, Harriet Harris, Kirsten Wyatt and John Bolton headline San Francisco Opera's large-scale summer production of Oscar Hammerstein and Jerome Kern's Show Boat, helmed by Fra…
The world premiere of When We Were Young And Unafraid, Sarah Treem's new play about an underground women's shelter in the early 1970s, officially opened June 17 following previews th…
Five-time Emmy Award-winning comedian Wanda Sykes hosted the 2014 TrevorLIVE June 16 in New York at the Marriott Marquis. "Rock of Ages" director Adam Shankman helmed the evening.