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Actor and singer Justin Daniel will return to the New York City cabaret scene with officially alive, his show that chronicles the road to gay fatherhood through show tunes, pop music and mor…
The Wild Root Company, a New York City-based production endeavor committed to the development of new work from emerging playwrights and screenwriters, will present two industry readings of p…
Tony Award-nominated producer Matthew Weaver (Rock of Ages) of movie, TV and stage production company MediaWeaver Entertainment has acquired the theatrical stage rights to the musical variet…
Rosie's Theater Kids will present Passing It On: An Evening of Mentorship April 28 at the Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theater. This year's event will honor legendary director-choreographer…
Cast members from the Disney musical Aladdin, which currently plays Broadway's New Amsterdam Theatre, performed "Arabian Nights" on "Good Morning America," broadcast …
Composer-lyricist Jonathan Reid Gealt will make his solo 54 Below concert debut May 5. Whitney Bashor (The Bridges of Madison County), Jason Gotay (Spider-Man, Bring It On) and Marla Mindell…
Aasif Mandvi, who starred in Off-Broadway's Disgraced and was seen on Broadway in Oklahoma!, will serve as writer, co-producer and co-star of the new HBO dark comedy series "The Bri…
"Today" show co-host Kathie Lee Gifford, who wrote the book and lyrics of Broadway's Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson, will voice the Giant in the Next…
The Disney musical Aladdin, which currently plays Broadway's New Amsterdam Theatre, makes three national television appearances on the ABC network April 15.
Two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster, Hilary Duff, Debi Mazar and Miriam Shor will star in TV Land's "Younger," the single-camera comedy written and executive produced by &…
The 32nd Annual Fred and Adele Astaire Awards will honor five-time Tony Award nominee and two-time Emmy Award-winning choreographer Pat Birch with its Douglas Watt Lifetime Achievement Award…
Overcash & Change 2, an evening featuring the work of musical theatre composer Drew Overcash, was presented Feb. 24 at The Highline Ballroom. Here are highlights from the concert.
Seattle Repertory Theatre announced its 2014–15 season, which will include the first presentation of Seattle writer Robert Schenkkan's two-part Lyndon B. Johnson plays, All the Way…
The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) has announced additional productions and readings for its 2014 Festival, which will run July 7-27.
Tony Award-nominated songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul and book writer Timothy Allen McDonald, the creative team behind the musical James and the Giant Peach, have launched a nationwide…
Tony Award winner Lillias White, Ben Platt, Naturi Naughton, Katie Thompson and Tony nominee Robin De Jesus are among the performers taking part in Who We Are: The Songs of Lyons & Pakch…
Tony Award winner Idina Menzel and Anthony Rapp — original cast members of the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning Rent — and Tamika Lawrence, the "Seasons of Love" soloist…
The New York premiere of Ryan Scott Oliver and Hunter Foster's Jasper in Deadland — a new musical that follows 16-year-old Jasper as he journeys into the afterlife to save his…
LaTanya Richardson Jackson (unexpectedly) makes her way back to Broadway — by a twist of fate and the encouragement of director Kenny Leon — in the 2014 Main Stem revival of the …
Tony Award nominee Carolee Carmello, Mandy Gonzalez, Telly Leung, Robert Creighton and Kissy Simmons perform in Broadway Showstoppers! April 12 at the the Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morr…
A free reading of David L. Kimple's new play Mare in the Men's Room, about a woman rediscovering life as a drag king, will be presented April 21 at the East 13th Street Theatre.
Two-time Tony Award winner Viola Davis, Arija Bareikis, Lynda Gravátt, Russell Hornsby, Corey Stoll and Lauren Vélez, cast members of the 2004 award-winning production of Lynn …
Two-time Tony Award winner Donna Murphy will guest star on the April 13 episode of CBS' "The Good Wife," Playbill.com has learned.
The Chicago premiere of Heidi Schreck's Grand Concourse has been announced as the final title in Steppenwolf Theatre Company's 2014-15 season.
Two-time Oscar nominee and Olivier Award winner Julie Walters will receive the Academy Fellowship at this year's Arqiva British Academy Television Awards ceremony May 18 at the Theatre R…