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The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards were held Sept. 22. The awards, which were hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, featured several musical numbers throughout the ceremony, including a mid-show song a…
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Stage and screen star Patrick Wilson, who appeared on Broadway in The Full Monty, Oklahoma!, Barefoot in the Park and All My Sons, recently revealed that he will return to Broadway in spring…
Playbill.com recaps its weekly coverage of Broadway performances, celebrity interviews, web series and opening nights – in case they were missed the first time around.
Neil Patrick Harris will host the Emmy Awards Sept. 22. Hosting duties are nothing new to the Emmy-winning actor, who has previously hosted the Emmy Awards as well as Tony Awards, the TVLand…
Stephanie J. Block, a recent Tony nominee for The Mystery of Edwin Drood, celebrates her birthday Sept. 19. She debuted on Broadway in The Boy From Oz and later starred in Wicked, 9 to 5 and…
Rehearsals are currently underway for the Toronto premiere of the 25th-anniversary edition of Les Misérables, starring Ramin Karimloo (London's The Phantom of the Opera and L…
Ethan Coen’s first full-length play, Women Or Nothing, starring Tony Award nominee Deborah Rush, Halley Feiffer, Susan Pourfar and Robert Beitzel, officially opened Sept. 16 at the Atl…
Two-time Tony nominee Patrick Wilson told Examiner.com that he will be returning to Broadway in spring 2014 in a musical.
With the impending 75th anniversary of "The Wizard of Oz" and the IMAX 3D release of the movie, Playbill.com offers a selection of of the film's most-famous song, "Over th…
Last week "Glee" shared a teaser image of Spring Awakening actress Lea Michele on the corner of 44th Street in Times Square, in front of a fake marquee for a Broadway revival of Fu…
A video preview of The Last Goodbye, a musical adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet featuring songs by Jeff Buckley, has been released by the Old Globe Theatre.
Horton Foote's The Old Friends, starring Tony winner Betty Buckley, Tony nominee Hallie Foote and Tony nominee Lois Smith, officially opened Sept. 12 following previews th…
Will Power's Fetch Clay, Make Man, which tells a behind-the-scenes story of a friendship between boxing champion Muhammad Ali and Hollywood actor Stepin Fetchit, officially opened Sept. …
A new trailer for the film adaptation of Tracy Letts' Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning drama August: Osage County, starring Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, has been released.
On a day of reflection and remembrance, Playbill.com shares some of our favorite songs that celebrate New York City.
Lyricist Fred Ebb, whose collaboration with composer John Kander earned the duo three Tony Awards for their iconic musical theatre scores, died Sept. 11, 2004, at the age of 76.
A teaser video has been released for the upcoming season of "American Horror Story: Coven," starring Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates and Angela Bassett. The third season will premiere O…
The legendary run of Cats ended on this date in 2000. Featuring music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by T.S. Eliot, the musical enjoyed an 18-year run of 7,485 performances.
As the long-running hit musical Wicked approaches its tenth anniversary on Broadway, Playbill.com begins to dream cast a possible film adaptation, and we wondered: Who would you like to see …
Playbill.com recaps its weekly coverage of Broadway performances, celebrity interviews, web series and opening nights – in case they were missed the first time around.
Playbill editorial staffers put together individual lists of productions we're especially looking forward to seeing this fall in New York City and London. What are you eagerly awaiting?
The Roundabout Theatre Company is expected to announce that Academy Award nominee Michelle Williams will star as Sally Bowles in a 2014 Broadway revival of the Kander and Ebb musical Cabaret.
Into the Woods ended its original Broadway run Sept. 3, 1989. The musical features a Tony-winning score by Stephen Sondheim, a Tony-nominated book by James Lapine and a Tony-winning performa…
From "Dance Moms" and "The Real Housewives," to Lady Gaga, Joan Rivers and Katy Perry, these are the pop culture guilty pleasures that entertain New York City actors when…