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To aid theatregoers hoping to catch an Off-Broadway production the evening of Oct. 31, Playbill.com has compiled a selection of shows that are and are not playing following Hurricane Sandy.
Halloween is here! Even though Hurricane Sandy forced New York to cancel the annual Halloween Parade in Greeniwch Village, we're bringing a bit of spooky fun from Broadway to you.
Halloween is here! Even thought Hurricane Sandy forced New York to cancel the annual Halloween Parade in Greeniwch Village, we're bringing a bit of spooky fun from Broadway to you.
The Tony Award-nominated Stephen Schwartz musical Wicked celebrates nine years on Broadway Oct. 30.
Not only has Hurricane Sandy affected Broadway and the New York-area theatre scene, but a mass transit shutdown that began on Sunday night has kept New Yorkers, as well as other theatregoers…
The fourth season of the Fox hit musical series "Glee" will pick up Nov. 8. In anticipation of show's return, Playbill.com takes a look back at the musical performances from th…
The revival of The Heiress, now in previews at the Walter Kerr, officially opens on Broadway Nov. 1. The production stars Jessica Chastain, David Strathairn and Dan Stevens.
Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp, who originated the roles of Roger Davis and Mark Cohen, respectively, in the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Rent, celebrate their birthdays Oct. 25 (Pa…
Americans will be heading to the polls on Nov. 6 to cast their vote for the next President of the United States. Several Broadway productions are adjusting their performance schedules to ens…
Special Tony Awards recipient Barry Manilow will return to Broadway in 2013 with his solo concert Manilow on Broadway. In anticipation of the concert engagement, here are clips of Manilow si…
The first revival of Cabaret opened Oct. 22, 1987, and featured Joel Grey returning to the role of the Emcee after earning a Tony Award for his work in the original production in 1966.
Five-time Tony Award-winning actress Audra McDonald recently appeared on the 43rd season of "Sesame Street" alongside Elmo, the furry and friendly red Muppet who stars in the new m…
Mamma Mia!, here we go again. In celebration of the Tony Award-nominated Best Musical's 11th Broadway anniversary, Playbill.com looks back at Mamma Mia! through the years.
Tony Award nominee Jonathan Groff, who originated the role of radical teenager Melchior in Broadway's Spring Awakening, went solo Oct. 13 at The Cabaret at the Columbia Club in Indianapo…
The Tony Award-winning musical Memphis, which features a blues, rock and gospel score by David Bryan and Joe DiPietro, is getting closer to a big-screen debut.
The ever-feuding George and Martha of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? return to the Broadway stage Oct. 13, exactly 50 years after they premiered at the Billy Rose (now Nederlander) Thea…
The original Broadway production of Jesus Christ Superstar premiered on Broadway Oct. 12, 1971, at the Mark Hellinger Theatre. The biblical musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice would …
Tony Award winning-actor Hugh Jackman, last seen on Broadway in his solo show Back on Broadway, will celebrate his birthday Oct. 12. In honor of the Broadway favorite, Playbill.com looks bac…
Roundabout's revival of Cyrano de Bergerac, starring Douglas Hodge as the ample-nosed title character, opens Oct. 11 at the American Airlines Theatre. In honor of Cyrano's return to …
Tony Award winner Barbara Cook, the iconic soprano who starred in the Broadway productions of The Music Man and Candide, will return to Carnegie Hall Oct. 18 in celebration of her 85th birth…
The highly anticipated, star-studded film adaptation of the Tony Award-winning musical Les Misérables will hit theatres on Christmas Day. With the film release a few months away, Play…
Tony Award nominee Carolee Carmello returns to Broadway this month in the new musical Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson, which begins previews Oct. 13 at the Neil Sim…
That Tony-winning Texan talent Betty Buckley recently began a month-long engagement at Feinstein's. Playbill.com offers a second look at some of Buckley's magnificent performances th…
With the Broadway revival of Annie beginning previews Oct. 3, Playbill.com recently surfed the web for our favorite performances of "Tomorrow," Annie's iconic first-act ballad …
A new production of Frank Wildhorn and Leslie Bricusse's hit pop musical Jekyll & Hyde officially launches its U.S. national tour Oct. 2 with an eye toward Broadway.