To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, Playbill.com turns back time to one of the most famous historical events to happen in a theatre that w…
Judy McLane is about to lose what she described as the best job she ever had, and it's not her fault. She has been playing Donna Sheridan, the mamma in Broadway's Mamma Mia! since …
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of ultimate cult movie "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," the Fox network is planning a reimagined two-hour taped broadcast of the campy sci-…
Every major Hollywood studio has bid on a new untitled movie musical project being pitched by a solid-platinum creative team of composer Alan Menken, lyricist Stephen Schwartz, writer…
Sadly, one of the most famous historical events to happen in a theatre was a tragedy of history-changing proportions: the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
Louise Pitre, who earned a Tony nomination for her performance as the original Donna in Mamma Mia!, stars in Luck Be a Lady: The Iconic Music of Frank Loesser, a new revue having its world p…
Actor Richard A. Dysart, who earned a Drama Desk Award for his performance as the gruff, self-deluding coach in the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1972 drama That Championship Season, died A…
The national touring cast of the musical Newsies visited Washington, DC, April 6 to entertain at the 137th Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House.
Dancers from the musical Newsies visited Washington, DC, April 6 to entertain at the 137th Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House.
The music of the Gershwin brothers apparently retains its magic. It was announced today, while the show is still in Broadway previews, that their score for An American in Paris will get a ca…
Andrew Rannells, the Tony-nominated star of The Book of Mormon who recently completed a stint in the title role of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, will co-write and co-star in a yet&#…
Summer is coming, but the tireless cast of the long-running Off-Broadway phenomenon Blue Man Group is not taking a vacation. The otherwise mute azure trio has put out a Youtube video…
Broadway lyricist Fred Ebb was born April 8, 1928, 87 years ago today.
Comedian Louis C.K., star of his own Emmy-winning FX comedy series "Louie" and currently the hottest guy in the standup comedy business, told the Hollywood Reporter that one of…
The New York premiere of Stupid Fu**ing Bird, Aaron Posners's adaptation of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull, which moves the action moved to the here and now, will be one of the highligh…
Michael Bennett, master Broadway director-choreographer, was born on this date in 1943, and would have been 72 today.
As a comedy skit for "The Late, Late Show," host (and Tony winner) James Corden staged a production of the musical Grease in a crosswalk at Beverly Boulevard and Genesee Avenue in …
"Luigi is now teaching the angels to dance." That's how Francis J. Roach‎ of Luigi's Jazz Centre announced the passing of Louis "Luigi" Facciuto, 90, a master dance teacher who co…
"Luigi is now teaching the angels to dance." That's how Francis J. Roach‎ of Luigi's Jazz Centre announced the passing of Louis "Luigi" Faccuito, 90, a master dance teacher who co…
Blues singer Billie Holiday (nee Eleanora Fagan Gough) was born April 7, 1915, 100 years ago today.
South Pacific, the first musical to win both the Tony Award and the Pulitzer Prize, opened on Broadway April 7, 1949, 66 years ago today.
The creators of the musical Mama, I Want To Sing! and its sequels are planning a return engagement of another of their musical shows, Alive!, which showcases the talents of performers 55 and…
The Tony Awards Administration Committee announced April 7 that the recipients of the 2015 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre are press agent Adrian Bryan-Brown, production manage…
Hollywood has decided to make a movie of Speed-the-Plow, David Mamet's scathing takedown of the Hollywood decision-making process, according to Deadline Hollywood.
SiriusXM Radio personality and Playbill columnist Seth Rudetsky is gathering top Broadway stars to join in his protest of cuts to New York City adoption programs.