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Who better than Fun Home star Judy Kuhn to pick some of the best songs by female writers? As part of Playbill.com's Women in Theatre Week, she share her favorites in this week's Play…
Dear Evan Hansen, the new, original musical by Tony Award-nominated songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul that stars "Pitch Perfect" and Book of Mormon actor Ben Platt, offici…
How far do kids go to fit in? Benj Pasek and Justin Paul explore the teenage struggle in their new musical Dear Evan Hansen, starring "Pitch Perfect" and Book of Mormon star Ben Pl…
Kyle Jean-Baptiste made history July 23 when he went on as Jean Valjean in the Broadway revival of Les Misérables at just 21 years old. We ask him about making history, what a…
Although Laura Benanti can't be in attendance at tonight's #SOBLESSED Live! concert, her best friend Chelsea Nachman can! Watch as Benanti coaches Nachman how to be…
Tony Award winner Michael McGrath, who recently starred in Roundabout Theatre Company's Broadway revival of On the Twentieth Century, has joined the cast of Bock & Harni…
Following a sold-out engagement last fall, #SOBLESSED Live! returns to 54 Below July 27 for a concert event benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
Kyle Jean-Baptiste, who was cast in the Broadway revival of Les Misérables following his graduation from Baldwin Wallace University, made history July 23 when he went on as Je…
A memorial for late Tony Award-winning actor Roger Rees will be held Sept. 21 at Broadway's New Amsterdam Theatre, home of Disney's Aladdin.
The film adaptation of the Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty musical Lucky Stiff, featuring Tony winners Jason Alexander, Nikki M. James and the late Dennis Farina, is released in New York&am…
Wendy's Shadow, a musical based on the novel "Peter and Wendy" by J.M. Barrie, is presented as part of the 2015 New York Musical Theatre Festival in concert productions July 24…
Broadway is making way for "The United Colors," according to Lea Salonga, referring to this season — Hamilton, a piece in which our Founding Fathers are portrayed by toda…
Ryan Scott Oliver's We Foxes, a new Southern Gothic musical thriller about an orphan girl in search of salvation, will receive a closed reading at Playwrights Horizons July 24 under the …
Triangle, a new musical about star-crossed lovers, was originally commissioned in 2005 by Williamstown Theatre Festival (under the artistic direction of the late Roger Rees) and now make…
Do you think you have what it takes to be the Wicked Witch of the West? Wicked is holding an open call for the Elphaba understudy on Broadway July 27 at Telsey + Company.
Taye Diggs is the next superstar to take on transgender rocker Hedwig in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, beginning performances July 22 at Broadway's Belasco. He answers seven burning questio…
If you decide to hit the merchandise booth at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, where the acclaimed new musical Hamilton plays, and see a t-shirt that reads: "#YAYHAMLET," you may b…
Live-action adaptations of "Mulan," "Sword in the Stone," "Dumbo," "Tinker Bell" and an "Aladdin" prequel are in the works for Walt Disn…
Tuck Everlasting, the new musical based on Natalie Babbitt's best-selling 1975 novel of the same name, will open on Broadway April 17, 2016, at the Broadhurst Theatre, currently home…
The film adaptation of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty's Lucky Stiff hits theatres July 24, and Playbill.com gives you an exclusive clip featuring its stars, Jason Alexander and Pamela …
Kelly Clarkson won the first season of Fox's "American Idol," but remains one of the famed contestants who has yet to take on a Broadway show. However, at her recent July 17 co…
The Two River Theater production of Be More Chill, a new musical with music and lyrics by Joe Iconis and book by Joe Tracz, based on the acclaimed 2004 novel by Ned Vizzini, will be recorded…
The world premiere of a condensed "Jr." production of Children of Eden, Stephen Schwartz's epic musical based on the Book of Genesis, began performances last week in New Jersey…
Heather Headley is stepping out of her comfort zone and Into the Woods this summer, and she says that motherhood has completely transformed the way she views the Witch.
The Witches, a Cabaret, a benefit performance to support Theatre Workshop, is held July 20-21 at the Bennett Hall Stage in Nantucket.