Laurence Connor is a busy man, with his WhatsOnStage Award-winning production of Jesus Christ Superstar recently returning to the UK (it's at the O2 Arena on Sunday) and his reworked Mis…
Alan Lane, Artistic Director of Slung Low Theatre Company has teamed up with York Theatre Royal and Pilot Theatre to produce a spectacular promenade performance, bringing the past to life on…
Tony Award-winning actress Joanna Gleason, who took audiences Into the Woods as the original Baker's Wife, makes her long-awaited New York City solo cabaret debut Oct. 9 for a three-perf…
Michele Moran stars as Maureen in Martin McDonagh's The Beauty Queen of Leenane directed by Paul Kerryson. The production opens at Leicester's Curve theatre from 18 Oct " 9 Nov, before ...
What attracted you to Rent? Hannah Levane© Cole Kitchenn Rent has been a dream show of mine ever since it came to the West End back in 1998 it tied in with the same ...
Musical theatre star Frances Ruffelle originated the role of Eponine in Les Miserables, and her other stage credits include Starlight Express, Chicago and Piaf. She is performing her sold-ou…
Who or what was the biggest musical influence in your life?I have had several strong influences. Initially it was the recordings of Bryn Terfel. Growing up in Western Australia I didn't ha…
Who or what was the biggest musical influence in your life?I have had several strong influences. Initially it was the recordings of Bryn Terfel. Growing up in Western Australia I didn't ha…
Composer-lyricist Andrew Lippa, a 2010 Tony Award nominee for his work on The Addams Family, returns to Broadway with Big Fish, the new musical set in a world of fantasy. Playbill.com catche…
Mawgan Gyles in rehearsals for Long Day's Journey into Night.© Robert Day Long Day's Journey Into Night is a tough play for a performer. Are you ...
Playbill.com chats with Fetch Clay, Make Man's Will Power, Ray Fisher and K. Todd Freeman.
Adam Best plays Raskolnikov in a new production of Crime and Punishment which tours to the Liverpool Playhouse next week. We talk acting, dreaming as your character and his experience in the…
Actress and singer Helena Blackman shot to fame on the TV show How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? in 2006. Since then she has been a regular on the musical theatre scene. We catch up wit…
A revamped version of the Stephen Sondheim classic musical thriller, Sweeney Todd " The Demon Barber of Fleet Street bursts on to the stage at the West Yorkshire Playhouse this autumn, befor…
Two-time Tony Award winner Cherry Jones, often referred to as one of the greatest stage actresses of her generation, returns to Broadway in Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie &mdash…
There is a bittersweet edge to The Library Theatre's 2013/14 season. It is the final season at their temporary home at The Lowry and the last to be overseen by Director Chris Honer. Educati…
Playbill.com's Robert Simonson talks sports and theatre with his brother, Eric Simonson.
Joe Manganiello, who plays Alcide Herveaux on HBO's "True Blood," makes his return to the stage as Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, which begins previews Sep…
What's A Boy and His Soul about? It's the examination of a "boy" in quotations because it's really about a man in his 30s who's feeling like a boy; he's looking back on his comin…
Playbill.com chats with Christopher Abbott, who made his Broadway debut in the 2011 revival of The House of Blue Leaves and quickly rose to fame soon thereafter in the popular HBO series &qu…
The Octagon Theatre Bolton will open its new 2013"2014 Season with An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley, directed by David Thacker. We caught up with him to find out about the play, the ven…
When did you first start work on the X Factor musical? I got approached by Harry Hill and his writing partner Steve Brown about 18 months ago and they pitched to me the idea in my office an…
Meet musical theatre historian, writer and producer Jennifer Ashley Tepper, who will take over as the new director of programming at the hot Manhattan nightspot and music venue 54 Below this…