Shakespeare's Globe in London confirmed plans this week to move forward with the completion of an indoor Jacobean theatre, the shell of which already exists on the Globe site in Southwark.
A question asking whether it's ever been possible to hear two different renditions of the same song on Broadway in the same season.
Lee Gallagher was active in the arts in the small town where he grew up. When he went to college, he at one point contemplated switching his major from business to the arts, but he was dissu…
There are a few people without whom, one feels, Broadway would grind to a halt. One is producer Jeffrey Richards, who seems to back half the productions on the Great White Way. Another is Sc…
Playbill's new weekly feature examines the box-office trends of the past week.
Playbill's new weekly feature examines the box-office trends of the past week.
In 2008, Second Stage first made public its plans to acquire the Helen Hayes, Broadway's smallest theatre. In April of this year, the news broke that the nonprofit had finally secured ow…
Of all the theatre companies to win the Regional Theatre Tony Award over the years, perhaps no announcement was better timed that this year’s prize. The landmark honor coincides wi…
And you thought the whacked-out, bizarre, bitter, comical tale of Rebecca was over.
Playbill.com examines the box-office trends of the past week.
Elizabeth Wilson, who distinguished herself many times on both stage and screen over a long, remarkably consistent and durable career, died May 9 at her home in New Haven, CT. She was 94.
Stephen Adly Guirgis' Between Riverside and Crazy is sizing up to be the playwright's best-known play, or, at least, his most honored.
Playbill's new weekly feature examines the box-office trends of the past week.
On May 10, 1849, a melee arose in Astor Place in lower Manhattan. Thousands took to the streets. By the time the riot was over, more than two dozen were dead, more than 100 injured and the m…
To quote Carmen Ghia in The Producers: "Tony, Tony, Tony, Tony, Tony..."
Betsy Von Furstenberg, a German-born actress with a royal title on her resume, who was a regular presence on the Broadway stage of the 1950s and '60s, died April 21. The cause was c…
Playbill's new weekly feature examines the box-office trends of the past week.
The season wrapped up this week, as shows hurried to open up before the Tony Awards cut off date. Time was so tight that two shows had to open on the same day — usually a no-no…
Playbill's new weekly feature examines the box-office trends of the past week.
Playbill.com gives an overview of the plays considered leading contenders for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama by industry insiders.
April in Times Square is nothing like April in Paris. It’s hectic, antic and tense. Last week a bunch of Tony-hopefuls opened on Broadway. This week, it was the same deal, with…
Playbill's new weekly feature examines the box-office trends of the past week.
Broadway marquees are one of the most recognizable symbols of New York theatre that there is. People look up at them every day without thinking. Little do they know that they’re al…
Judith Malina, the co-founder, with her husband Julian Beck, of The Living Theatre, and a central figure in the New York avant garde theatre during its most vital time, in the 1960s and …
It’s that time of year, when a few shows open on Broadway every week, all vying to the same media attention and end-of-season awards. This week saw the openings of Hand to …