1,179 stories by "Robert Simonson"
Jerry Tallmer, the former Village Voice drama critic who created the Obie Awards, that weekly's annual theatre awards, died Nov. 9. He was 93.
Is Danny Burstein a Broadway leading man?
Donald Saddler, a dancer and choreographer whose stage and film credits stretched back to the 1930s, and who remained active into the 21st century, died Nov. 2 at the Actors Home in New Jers…
Playbill's new weekly feature examines the box-office trends of the past week.
Herb Schapiro, who wrote the musical The Me Nobody Knows, a hit on Broadway in the early '70s, died in Brooklyn Oct. 17. He was 85.
Playbill's new weekly feature examines the box-office trends of the past week.
David Holthouse finds catharsis behind anger in by sharing his traumatic childhood story Stalking the Bogeyman.
The big opening of the week was the Broadway debut of Ayad Akhtar's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Disgraced, which officially opened on Broadway Oct. 23 at the Lyceum Theatre.
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.
Big Al. Big Dave. Back together again in a big — very, actually rather small — play.
Playbill's new weekly feature examines the box-office trends of the past week.
James Brandon, co-director of “Corpus Christi: Playing With Redemption” and star of the play, chats with Playbill.com about the new life and mission of Terrence McNal…
On a recent weeknight, at a well-appointed townhouse on the Upper West Side, a political fund-raiser was held. There was a spread of food, a well-stocked open bar and —…
There were two big openings on Broadway this week, one an already proven box-office success that did well with the critics as well, and one a box-office success that, that did well w…
Steve Curry, who was in the original cast of the seminal rock musical Hair, died Sept. 13 in New Hampshire. He was 68. The cause was sepsis.
Playbill's new weekly feature examines the box-office trends of the past week.
Marian Seldes, a career stage actress who was perhaps as famous for her grand and gracious off-stage manner as she was for her plentiful and expert turns on Broadway and off, died peacef…
Non-union tours of Broadway shows have long been a thorn in the side of Actors' Equity, the union that represents stage actors and stage managers. But in the past, its weapons in fig…
Geoffrey Holder, a multi-talented stage and film artist who directed and designed the original Broadway production of The Wiz, an African-American musical retelling of "The Wiza…
Jonny Orsini chats with Playbill.com about starring in the Off-Broadway production of Almost Home before moving to Broadway in Larry David's Fish in the Dark.
The big surprise of the week was the critical reception that greeted the new Broadway revival of Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman's 1936 comedy You Can't Take It With You, starring Ja…
Sheldon Patinkin, who was a driving force in Chicago theatre, as a director, teacher and mentor, died Sept. 21. The cause was a heart attack, which he suffered three days prior. He was 79.
Playbill's new weekly feature examines the box-office trends of the past week.
Michael McCarty, a veteran stage actor, died Sept. 26, in Santa Barbara, where he was performing in a production of Amadeus. The cause was heart failure. He was 68.
