The Hollywood Reporter said on Monday that it had hired Mr. Friedman as a senior correspondent and that his ShowBiz 411 blog (showbiz411.com) would become part of the publication's roster of…
A seven-hour marathon of plays covering 169 years illuminates how Afghanistan earned the title “graveyard of empires.”
In true Seff-style, he takes on Gone with the Wind, The Vortex, Speed-the-Plow, Billy Elliott, Brief Encounter, God of Carnage, visit that mecca of theatre-lovers, the Dress Circle and drops…
Michael Musto is known for chronicling nightlife, but his Sunday mornings are unglamorously domestic.
Michael Buckley, a lifelong arts journalist and the author of Playbill.com's monthly "Stage to Screens" column, died Oct. 16 of a pulmonary embolism at St. Luke's hospital in Manhattan, his …
I was dubious about Will Ferrell doing his Bush impersonation one more time on Broadway.
“I am heartbroken,” wrote Broadway producer/director Richard Jay-Alexander in an e-mail. “I can honestly say she was like family... She was SO PROUD of all of us from the a…
In a phone call earlier today, DCMetroTheaterArts’ columnist Richard Seff was elated that Julie Halston and Brad Oscar were named this year’s recipients of the award tha…
The Guthrie Theater previously announced that its outgoing Director Joe Dowling, the longest tenured artistic director in Guthrie history, will appear for an In Conversation moderated by New…
Author and gay activist Dan Savage has penned a parody of the Tony-winning play The Miracle Worker titled Miracle! The production will kick off Hell in Handbag Production's 2015-…
George Brescia, who writes the popular “Best Dressed” column for Playbill.com, won the Best Reality Series Award at the 2015 Vancouver Web Fest in Vancouver, Canada.
Playbill.com's feature series Their Favorite Things asks members of the theatre community to share the Broadway performances that most affected them as part of the audi…
AussieTheatre is thrilled to welcome Rachel Cole to the writing team as she launches a brand new regular advice column – Stage Door Shrink. Currently appearing in the smash hit m…
The New York Times said tonight that its veteran media columnist David Carr died at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital after collapsing at the paper’s office. He was 58. No cause of death w…
There’s a scene in the Howard Stern movie Private Parts where a Producer exclaims that while fans of Howard Stern listen to each show for a good amount of time, the people who ha…