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TriArts Sharon Playhouse, under the leadership of artistic director John Simpkins and managing director Justin Ball, announced casting for William Finn and James Lapine's Tony-winning mu…
The 6th Annual National High School Musical Theater Awards (NHSMTA), also known as the Jimmy Awards, were held June 30 at Broadway's Minskoff Theatre, where Jonah Rawitz and Jai'Len …
Betsy Wolfe, who plays Ellen in Broadway's Bullets Over Broadway, sang The National Anthem at the June 30 New York Yankees game, in which the Yankees lost to the Tampa Bay Rays.
The 6th Annual National High School Musical Theater Awards, also known as the Jimmy Awards, take place June 30. In anticipation of the awards, Broadway's best answered some of the Jimmy …
The 6th Annual National High School Musical Theater Awards, also known as the Jimmy Awards, take place June 30. In anticipation of the awards, Broadway's best answered some of the Jimmy …
Broadway Sings for Pride celebrates New York City LGBT Pride with its fourth annual benefit concert, representing over 15 Broadway shows, June 30 at Toshi's Living Room & Pentho…
The National High School Musical Theater Awards (NHSMTA) are held June 30 at Broadway's Minskoff Theatre. Ryan McCartan, the 2011 Jimmy Award winner who recently starred as JD in the Off…
Lindsay Roginski makes her Broadway stage debut June 30 as merry murderess Roxie Hart in the Tony Award-winning revival of Chicago.
The Tony Award-nominated musical revue After Midnight, celebrating Duke Ellington's years at the Cotton Club, plays its final performance June 29. Patti LaBelle is the show's fi…
The two-person whodunit musical Murder for Two, which opened Off-Broadway at New World Stages in November 2013, ends its extended run June 29.
As part of Playbill.com's 30 Days of Pride, we sit down with Rory O'Malley, Gavin Creel and Jenny Kanelos, the trio who co-founded the grassroots organization Broadway Impact and rec…
The Goodman Theatre's new production of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's Brigadoon, helmed by Chicago director-choreographer Rachel Rockwell, begins performances June 27, prior …
Alice Lee, who originated the role of Heather Duke in Off-Broadway's Heathers, will be a contestant on the ABC reality series "Rising Star" June 29.
Second Stage Theatre, under the artistic direction of Carole Rothman, announced complete casting for its fall production of Terrence McNally's Lips Together, Teeth Apart.
Rod and Ricky, the same-sex puppets from the Tony Award-winning musical Avenue Q, who were engaged in 2011 and tied the knot July 24, 2011 — the first day same-sex couples could be leg…
Jonathan Groff has taken the film and television world by storm and, most recently, taken on gay-centric projects such as HBO's "Looking" and "The Normal Heart." As p…
Whitney Bashor, who was seen on Broadway as Marian/Chiara in The Bridges of Madison County, singing Jason Robert Brown's folk-inspired "Another Life," offers a solo concert Jun…
Sasha Allen, a finalist on the fourth season of NBC's "The Voice" and star of the cult film "Camp," will be the Leading Player in the U.S. national tour of the Tony A…
Producers Tom Kirdahy, Roy Furman and Ken Davenport have announced a new start date for the star-studded Broadway production of Tony Award winner Terrence McNally's comedy It's Only …
Piece of My Heart, a new musical based on the life and songs of legendary songwriter Bert Berns, begins Off-Broadway previews June 25 at The Irene Diamond Stage at The Pershing Square S…
Phoenix Entertainment is planning for a touring revival of the award-winning musical Ragtime, helmed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge, who received a Tony nomination for her work on the 2009 revival,…
Broadway Celebrates Pride Week, a concert kicking off New York City Pride week that benefits the Hetrick-Martin Institute, was held June 23 at 54 Below. Playbill.com was there.
Lindsay Roginski will make her Broadway stage debut June 30 as merry murderess Roxie Hart in the Tony Award-winning revival of Chicago, producers announced June 24.
In anticipation of the 2014 New York Musical Theatre Festival — which has provided a platform for over 1,000 artists a year to create new musical theatre and will run this year July 7-…
About Face Theatre, in association with Justin Brill, will launch its 2014-15 season with Methtacular!, written and performed by Steven Stafford. Performances will begin Aug. 21 at Theater W…