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A Better Holiday, a concert benefitting the It Gets Better Project — an organization dedicated to improving the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth — wi…
Dogfight, the musical by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul and Peter Duchan that tells the story of three marines on the eve of their deployment, will be given its New Jersey premiere in February 2015…
Tidings of Comfort & Joy, a benefit concert for Retreat to Broadway, a non-profit project that pairs innovative programming with live theatre, will be held Dec. 8 at Crossroads T…
Quvenzhané Wallis and cast members from the upcoming film remake of "Annie" performed "It's the Hard Knock Life" on the recent airing of "Dancing With…
Stephen Sondheim, the legendary songwriter of Into the Woods, was unable to attend the Nov. 24 ceremony where he was to be presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Punk Rock, the Off-Broadway drama by Curious Incident playwright Simon Stephens, is set in a high school of angst-ridden teenagers who deal with bullies, violence and relationships. …
A new production of Rent will be the first full-scale Broadway musical production to be mounted in Havana, Cuba, in over 50 years. The production, featuring and all-Cuban cast, will …
While the Baker in "Into the Woods" was wishing for a child, Tony Award winner James Corden was wishing he wouldn't "get fired" from the star-studded film adaptat…
Ever wonder what your favorite Broadway celebrity is thinking throughout the day? On the Town's Jay Armstrong Johnson, who will be performing in this year's Macy's Thanksgiving D…
Roundabout Theatre Company has announced complete casting for the Broadway revival of On the Twentieth Century, starring Kristin Chenoweth and Peter Gallagher. Performances begin Feb. 12, 20…
The Times Square Alliance and Countdown Entertainment, co-organizers of Times Square New Year's Eve, announced Nov. 24 that Disney's Aladdin will partner with the New Year's …
Producer Marc Platt, a creative force behind the megahit Broadway musical Wicked and a producer on the forthcoming film adaptation of Into the Woods, is in no hurry to transfer Wicked to the…
A reading of Wendy's Shadow, based on the novel "Peter and Wendy" by J.M. Barrie, is held Nov. 24 at the Irvington Town Hall Theater as part of Irvington's Stage Door Serie…
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, Playbill.com reached out to members of the New York theatre community, including actors, musicians, writers and more, to share with us what they are most grate…
Stephen Sondheim, the legendary songwriter of Into the Woods, and Meryl Streep, the star of the upcoming film adaptation of that musical, are among the 19 individuals who receive the Preside…
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, Playbill.com reached out to members of the New York theatre community, including actors, musicians, writers and more, to share with us what they are most grate…
Sonnet Repertory Theatre presents their 12th annual benefit and cabaret Nov. 23 at Joe's Pub to honor award-winning actress Celia Weston.
Academy Award winner Meryl Streep will cast a spell upon audiences across the country in the film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Into the Woods, although she "nev…
The Worst People You Know, featuring the music of composer Natalie Tenenbaum and lyricist Kevin Wanzor, invade 54 Below Nov. 22.
Bucks County Playhouse will present Plaid Tidings, a special holiday edition of Forever Plaid with standards such as "Jingle Bells," "Let it Snow" and "I'll be H…
Stage and screen actor Taye Diggs will join Topher Grace for the backstage musical comedy "One Shot," according to Deadline.com.
The new Disney musical Aladdin is slated to arrive at the London Palladium in early 2016, according to the U.K.'s Daily Mail.
U2 frontman Bono, who was injured from a cycling spill Nov. 16, causing U2 to cancel their week-long residency on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," sustained numerous s…
Three of the theatre's biggest scene stealers give new meaning to the phrase "Go Big, or Go Home." Over drinks in midtown Manhattan, they tell Playbill magazine about the showi…
A benefit staged reading of the Newtown docudrama 26 Pebbles, a new play by Eric Ulloa to be directed by Igor Goldin, will be hosted by the Culture Project Dec. 15 at The Lynn Redgrave Theat…