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Former Golden Boy Seth Numrich takes on another physically demanding role in the Off-Broadway premiere of Daniel Talbott's Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, America, Kuwait. He shares insight i…
Contemporary musical theatre songwriter Zack Zadek will offer an evening of story-driven synth-pop June 29 at 54 Below. Jason Gotay, Natalie Weiss and Lauren Pritchard are among the …
Adam Lambert, runner-up on the eighth season of "American Idol," was offered to play the title role in the Tony-winning Broadway revival of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, but d…
Alex Brightman, seen on Broadway in Glory Days, Wicked, Matilda and Big Fish, had been confirmed to star as the teacher at the center of Broadway's School of Rock &…
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…
"Smash" showrunner Joshua Safran will pen the script for the A+E Studios and MGM Television reboot of "Fame," which has been picked up by Lifetime, according to the Holly…
Tony Award winner Hugh Jackman and Oscar nominee Rooney Mara will star in the new film "Collateral Beauty," directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon ("Me and Earl and the Dying Gir…
Former Spring Awakening student Gideon Glick is all grown up and ready to find Mr. Right… Well, onstage, at least — in the Off-Broadway world premiere of Jo…
In true Broadway (and Bombshell) fashion, glitz, glamour and sparkles were abundant June 8, when cast members from the NBC musical drama "Smash" took the Minskoff stage for the hig…
Finding Neverland, the new Broadway musical that tells the tale of how Peter became Pan — starring Matthew Morrison as famed author J.M. Barrie — releases an album of the…
Did you miss the moment Lisa Howard stopped the show last night with her performance from It Shoulda Been You? Or, do you just want to see Sydney Lucas belt out "Ring of Keys" agai…
Go backstage with Kelli O'Hara, who won a Tony Award for her performance as Anna Leonowens in The King and I, and made a 47-second quick change during her performance at the…
Although Jason Robert Brown's Honeymoon in Vegas did not receive any 2015 Tony Award nominations, the cast is still celebrating with a reunion concert June 8 at SubCulture, as part of Br…
Cast members from the rock musical The Toxic Avenger, including songwriter David Bryan (the keyboard player of the American rock band Bon Jovi), reunite June 8 in concert at 54 Below.&nb…
The Tony Award-winning production of John Cameron Mitchell's Hedwig and the Angry Inch will open in the West End, Mitchell revealed on Tony Awards Sunday.
Annaleigh Ashford, who won a 2015 Tony Award for her performance as Essie in the Broadway revival of You Can't Take It With You, told Playbill about her next project (the Broadway bow of…
Terrence McNally's star-studded backstage comedy It's Only a Play, which reunited The Producers co-stars Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick, plays its final performan…
Tickets for the fifth Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof, starring five-time Tony Award nominee Danny Burstein, go on sale June 6 at 10 AM. Performances will begin Nov. 12 at the Br…
The Tonys are coming! It's a few days away from Broadway's biggest night, and the celebrities are in rehearsals for the ceremony.
The name on everybody's lips has been… Brandy. So, Playbill chats with the new Broadway leading lady about how life turned around right before making her Main Stem debut in Ch…
The Pittsburgh premiere of Jonathan Tolins' one-man comedy Buyer & Cellar, starring "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" actor Tom Lenk, officially opens June 5.
Micah Stock and Sarah Stiles are new to the Tony-nominated game, but they're stepping up to the plate in style. We caught up with the two first-time nominees at a recent Tony Awa…
On "CBS This Morning," CBS' Jamie Wax took a trip to Alison Bechdel's Vermont home, where Bechdel began to sketch out the graphic novel Fun Home years before it was an accl…
Daniel Quadrino, a former Newsie who can currently be seen on Broadway in Wicked, will return to 54 Below June 8. He shares his favorite pop songs essential for the summer as part of this we…
The Witches, a Cabaret, a benefit performance to support Theatre Workshop, will be held July 20-21 at the Bennett Hall Stage in Nantucket.