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Concert readings of Very Very, a new work that reimagines William Shakespeare's As You Like It as a contemporary rock concert, will be offered March 4 at the Gibson-Baldwin Showroom in m…
Well-Strung: The Singing String Quartet, featuring a boy-band string quartet that covers classical and contemporary sounds, returns to New York City for a limited three-week engagement begin…
New Line Theatre, now in its 22nd season, presents the St. Louis premiere of the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Next to Normal beginning Feb. 28, prior to an official opening Feb. 29, a…
The Dramatists Guild has released the music video to "Someone Wrote That Song," a new tune by Tony, Grammy and Academy Award winner Alan Menken and Tony nominee Craig Carnelia, in …
A new production of The Laramie Project — marking the 15th anniversary of the killing of Wyoming college student Matthew Shepard — is among the works in Ford's Theatre Societ…
The world premiere of Kara Manning's Sleeping Rough, directed by Tony Award nominee Sam Buntrock, will begin Off-Broadway performances April 3, prior to an official opening April 11, at …
Ratings of the second season of NBC's "Smash," the Emmy Award-winning musical drama about the creation and inner workings of a Broadway musical, remain at a series low followin…
Joanna Gleason, a Tony Award winner for her work in Into the Woods, will visit Seth's Broadway Chatterbox, hosted by Sirius XM Broadway host, actor, musician and Playbill.com columnist S…
The 37th Humana Festival of New American Plays opens with the world premiere of Sam Marks' The Delling Shore, about two feuding novelists who confront their professional jealousies …
Darling, a coming-of-age musical written by Ryan Scott Oliver and Brett Ryback, was named the winner of the seventh annual Weston Playhouse New Musical Award. The work will receive Vermont a…
The Broadway in South Africa program, described as "a cross cultural exchange between youth in need and artists who seek to use their talents for change," will celebrate its fifth …
Paul Taylor-Mills Ltd. will present the European premiere of bare, the pop opera by Damon Intrabartolo and Jon Hartmere — which was recently re-envisioned as a book musical and seen Of…
Boston Children's Theatre will present the return of Reflections of a Rock Lobster, the true story of a gay teenager and his fight to preserve his rights in the wake of bullying, prejudi…
Entertainment Events will present the Off-Broadway premiere of Cuff Me: The Fifty Shades of Grey Musical Parody beginning March 27, prior to an official opening May 5, at the Actors Temple T…
Quvenzhane Wallis, a 2013 Academy Award nominee for her performance in "Beasts of the Southern Wild," will star in "Annie," the upcoming film remake of the 1982 movi…
The 2013 Kids' Night on Broadway — the annual event that offers children a free ticket to a Broadway show when accompanied by a paying adult — is held held Feb. 25-March…
Give Me Fever: The Many Voices of Peggy Lee, featuring the work of jazz singer, songwriter, composer and actress Peggy Lee, is offered Feb. 23-25 as part of 92nd Street Y's Lyrics & …
Katharine McPhee and Krysta Rodriguez, who crossed paths during McPhee's time at Boston Conservatory, are reunited — and now play friends and roommates, Karen Cartwright and Ana Va…
Pioneer Theatre Company will present Neil Simon's iconic comedy The Odd Couple beginning March 22 at the Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre in Salt Lake City. Mark La Mura and Jeff Talbott…
Milwaukee Repertory Theater will present the premiere of a newly reconceived version of Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash beginning March 1, prior to an official opening March 3.
The Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs announced the nominees for the 2012 MAC Awards Feb. 22. The 27th Annual MAC Awards will be presented March 21 at B.B. King Blues Club & …
Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith and Columbia University announced Feb. 22 that Dan O'Brien's The Body of an American and Robert Schenkkan's All the Way are the inaugural winners of…
A free reading of Drew Gasparini's musical Crazy, Just Like Me, which took home the 2011 Best of Fest Award at the New York Musical Theatre Festival, is offered Feb. 22 at the York Theat…
Tony Award winner Lea Salonga, who recently appeared in the Avery Fisher Hall concert production of Ragtime, offers solo concerts Feb. 22-23 and Feb. 26 in Hawaii.
Tony Award nominee Jeremy Jordan, who appears as Jimmy Collins in the NBC musical drama "Smash," will join Tony nominee Anna Kendrick in the Richard LaGravenese film adaptatio…