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History was made June 26 when the Supreme Court of the United States declared same-sex marriage legal in all 50 states. Dustin Lance Black, a pioneer in the fight for equality, reflects …
Cast members from the national tour of Mamma Mia! show their pride and celebrate all forms of love in their new dance-off video to Jordin Sparks' "No Air."
Anthony Rapp, who originated the role of Mark Cohen in Rent, is the creative consultant on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe production of that Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical by Jon…
The Broadway at Birdland concert series, in association with Jacob Langfelder, will present Love Me: Downtown and Downunder – A Pride Celebration June 28.
Perform "good deeds" for a chance to win tickets to Broadway's An Act of God, starring Jim Parsons. The contest begins today!
The Labyrinth Theatre Company will host a private industry reading of Five Points: An American Musical, June 26.
Dancer, a musical about Northern Dancer, the Canadian horse that made history winning the Kentucky Derby in 1964, will play the Elgin Theatre in Toronto May-June 2016, according to Canad…
We all remember our first time. Not just the first time we entered a theatre, but the first time our life was changed by live performance. That spark ignites our passion.
The new three-person play Cuckold, a short written by "Smash" and Broadway actor Wesley Taylor, has moved forward in the Manhattan Repertory Theater 2015 One …
The Hetrick-Martin Institute (HMI), the nation's oldest and largest LGBTQ youth service organization, has partnered with Broadway's Hedwig and the Angry Inch for the New York Cit…
The Hetrick-Martin Institute (HMI), the nation's oldest and largest LGBTQ youth service organization, has partnered with Broadway's Hedwig and the Angry Inch for the New York Cit…
Into the woods they went again: Stephen Sondheim, James Lapine and a cast of legends theatre folk could only dream up in a fairytale (or four, in Into the Woods' case). But, this time th…
Love's Labour's Lost co-stars Colin Donnell and Patti Murin, who started dating while working together at Shakespeare in the Park, officially tied the knot June 19 in Ne…
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, will be released in New Yo…
As part of last year's 30 Days of Pride, we interviewed three sets of same-sex parents within the Broadway community. This year, we turn the spotlight on a young actress in Matilda, …
The Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of David Hare's Skylight, starring Carey Mulligan, Bill Nighy and Matthew Beard — who all re-created their acclaimed Lo…
Stephen Sondheim, James Lapine and cast and creative members from the 1987 Tony-winning production of Into the Woods reunite June 21 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
On Your Feet!, the new musical based on the lives of seven-time Grammy winner Gloria Estefan and her husband, producer-musician-entrepreneur Emilio Estefan, officially opens June…
Adam Kaplan, who was seen on Broadway in Newsies, stars in Flat Rock Playhouse's production of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, which begins performances June 17 on the …
Teenagers and pre-teens are stepping out of the box for Out of My Comfort Zone, a new rock musical about self-identity, gender, love, expectations, stereotypes, cyber-bullying an…
Ari Itkin (Much Ado About Nothing), Isabelle Ellingson ("Bad Faith") and Logan Fahey ("Masters of Sex," "Grey's Anatomy") star in the new three-person p…
Songwriters Sam Carner and Derek Gregor release their first album, featuring Broadway singers Tituss Burgess, Jeremy Jordan, Natalie Weiss and more, June 15.
Bombshell, the fictional musical from the NBC series "Smash," stormed Broadway earlier this week, and Playbill.com snagged four exclusive clips from the star-studded, one-n…
Diana DeGarmo, who recently concluded her run as the Narrator in the national tour of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, stars as Dorothy in Studio Tenn Theatre Company's prod…
Musical theatre songwriter Joey Contreras will offer a concert of his music as part of the 2015 New York Musical Theatre Festival July 16 at The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre at The Pershi…