RSO FEST, a series of concerts showcasing three new musicals by award-winning composer-lyricist Ryan Scott Oliver — 35mm, Darling and Jasper in Deadland — took shape this fall at…
Tony Award winner Harold Prince is developing The Diamond as Big as the Ritz — a musical adaptation of the short story of the same name by F. Scott Fitzgerald — that will be writ…
The Addams Family book writers Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice and Tony-nominated songwriter Andrew Lippa, along with licensing agent Theatrical Rights Worldwide, have donated royalties fro…
The acclaimed 1998 Royal National Theatre production of the classic Rodgers & Hammerstein musical Oklahoma!, starring Hugh Jackman, airs Nov. 15 at 9 PM on PBS' "Great Performan…
The Bedlam production of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, which plays in repertory with George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan — both directed by Eric Tucker — begins perform…
NBC has entered a deal to co-produce 12 episodes of the half-hour comedy "Working the Engels," starring Tony Award winner Andrea Martin (Pippin) and produced by Halfire-CORE Entert…
Surflight Theatre will conclude its 2013 season with Irving Berlin's White Christmas, the holiday musical featuring a score by Berlin and a book by David Ives and Paul Blake. Performance…
Balagan Theatre will present the world premiere of ThanksKilling the Musical, adapted from the cult horror movie of the same name — about a possessed turkey on a deadly mission to aven…
New Haven's Shubert Theater, which will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2014, has been sold to the Connecticut Association for the Performing Arts (CAPA) for $1, as part of a plan to …
At the Fountain Theatricals, a student-run theatre group at California's Stanford University, kicks off its inaugural season Nov. 14-17 with the Jeanine Tesori-Brian Crawley, Lucille Lor…
Second Stage Theatre's production of Little Miss Sunshine, the new musical comedy by Tony Award winners William Finn and James Lapine that is based on the 2006 road-trip comedy…
Uncool: The Party, featuring the music of theatrical songwriter Sam Salmond, is held Nov. 14 and 16 at CAP21. George Salazar and Julia Mattison, who were seen in the Broadway revival of Gods…
Tony Award nominees Hunter Foster (Hands on a Hardbody) and Celia Keenan-Bolger (The Glass Menagerie) are among the artists who will perform in the Nov. 21 return of Don't Quit…
Tony Award nominees Anthony Chisholm and Elizabeth Rodriguez are among the cast of the Second Stage Theatre production of The Happiest Song Plays Last, written by 2012 Pulitzer Prize winner …
Edie Windsor, Lee Daniels, Jim Parsons and Wentworth Miller are the artists who top the 2013 OUT100 list, which was released this week by Out Magazine.
"Charmers," a new web series of short musical films with original music, lyrics and choreography for those obsessed with movie musicals and Broadway, was recently launched by produ…
Tony Award winner Dan Fogler and "Saturday Night Live" cast member Abby Elliott have been cast in the TBS comedy pilot "Living the Dream," according to TVLine.com.
Tyler Clementi Foundation co-chairs Alan Cumming and David Mixner, along with the Clementi Family, will host the organization's first annual Upstander Legacy Celebration Nov. 18 at the N…
Katie Rose Clarke, who was recently seen as Glinda in Broadway's Wicked, premieres her new solo concert, Back On the Ground, Nov. 13 at 54 Below. In celebration of her solo concert, the …
Actor, writer and Playbill.com columnist Ben Rimalower, the author and original star of Patti Issues, is the guest host at the Nov. 13 installment of Broadway Trivia Night at 54 Below.
Katie Rose Clarke, who was recently seen as Glinda in Broadway's Wicked, premieres her new solo concert, Back On the Ground, Nov. 13 at 54 Below.
Perfect Pairings, an ongoing series featuring short plays paired with a venue that suits the show, continues with Absolutely Fabulous. The evening, spotlighting plays with gay male character…
Producer, arts executive, educator and entrepreneur Tom Viertel, who is also a co-owner of the Manhattan nightspot 54 Below, has been appointed executive director of the Commercial Theater I…
Claybourne Elder, who starred in Broadway's Bonnie & Clyde, and songwriters Alexander Sage Oyen and Zack Zadek have joined the lineup for Uncool: The Party, featuring the m…
About Face Theatre Company will kick off its new Out Front Series, a year-round collection of free public readings and developmental workshops, with Billie and Billy, starring Tony Award win…