Broadway News
Read the latest about Broadway musicals and plays, from show announcements to casting and and reviews.
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By Playbill Staff | 10/21/2020The stage and screen actor celebrates his birthday October 21. -
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By Andrew Gans | 10/20/2020The video, with musicians and performers recording in isolation, supports the Black Lives Matter movement and urges viewers to vote.
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By Playbill Staff | 10/19/2020The original Broadway production of the Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical opened at the Sam S. Shubert Theatre October 19, 1975.
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By Marc J. Franklin | 10/18/2020The acclaimed writer, known for her Obie Award-winning choreopoem, was born October 18, 1948.
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By Marc J. Franklin | 10/18/2020The Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty musical, starring LaChanze, opened at the Booth Theatre October 18, 1990.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 10/17/2020Watch the playwright and actor tell Stephen Colbert the story from her 2019 guest appearance on The Late Show.
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By Playbill Staff | 10/17/2020Whether it's the Demon Barber of Fleet Street or the Phantom of the Opera, check out these shows that bring the maleficent to the musical stage.
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By Playbill Staff | 10/17/2020The Tony-winning playwright was born October 17, 1915.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 10/17/2020Heidi Schreck talks to Playbill after stepping off the stage of her play and now Amazon special.
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By Marc J. Franklin | 10/16/2020The drive-in movie theatre experience, featuring live performances, plays Radial Park in Astoria, Queens.
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Broadway News
By Ruthie Fierberg | 10/16/2020The Band’s Visit and Head Over Heels stars, respectively, wed in a recent Central Park ceremony.
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By Playbill Staff | 10/16/2020The five-time Tony Award winner celebrates her birthday October 16.
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By Marc J. Franklin | 10/16/2020Following the nominations for the 74th annual ceremony, revisit the productions vying for Best Musical, Best Play, and Best Revival of a Play.
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Film & TV News
By Ryan McPhee | 10/16/2020The filmed capture of the Pulitzer finalist and Tony-nominated play marks a new overall deal between Schreck and Amazon Studios.
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Tony Awards
By Ryan McPhee | 10/15/2020The 74th annual ceremony will honor a season cut short by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Tony Awards
By Ryan McPhee | 10/15/2020James Monroe Iglehart unveils the list of nominees for a season cut short due to the pandemic.
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Broadway News
By Andrew Gans | 10/14/2020The production, which also heads to HBO this weekend, had initially been scheduled to return to the Hudson in September.
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Broadway News
By Olivia Clement, Playbill Staff | 10/14/2020Here are updates from yet-to-open shows during the extended closure of the New York theatre scene.
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Tony Awards
By Logan Culwell-Block | 10/14/2020In a season cut short by COVID-19, we're shining a spotlight on the Broadway productions that opened after this year's unusual cut-off—or didn't open at all.
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By Andrew Gans | 10/13/2020The Broadway musical and Off-Broadway opera had originally been slated for spring 2020.
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By Ryan McPhee | 10/13/2020The October 16 event will include a Q&A moderated by director Thomas Kail and a special performance.
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Broadway News
Whoopi Goldberg Hosts Ain't Too Proud—The Life and Times of the Temptations Virtual Event October 13By Andrew Gans | 10/13/2020The evening features cast members from the hit musical, Temptations founder Otis Williams, and Tony-nominated librettist Dominique Morisseau.
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Broadway Community Project
By Ryan McPhee | 10/13/2020If you incessantly ask "But why?" like a child, there's a theatre job for you, says Ken Cerniglia.
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Broadway News
By Dan Meyer | 10/12/2020Jack Thorne's adaptation of the Charles Dickens holiday favorite will also tour the U.S., including engagements in Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
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By Playbill Staff | 10/10/2020The musical opened at the Majestic Theatre October 10, 1947.
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By Playbill Staff | 10/10/2020The Tony winner celebrates her birthday October 10.
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Broadway News
By Andrew Gans | 10/09/2020Prior to the coronavirus shutdown, previews were to begin this past summer at the Neil Simon Theatre.
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Broadway News
By Ryan McPhee | 10/09/2020The production will now open in 2022.
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Broadway News
By Ryan McPhee | 10/09/2020In-person productions have been closed since March due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Ruthie Fierberg | 10/08/2020If The Fates Allow: A Hadestown Holiday Album will drop in November.
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Industry News
By Dan Meyer | 10/08/2020Both unions have released statements on the issue at hand as live, in-person productions remain shuttered.
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By Ryan McPhee | 10/08/2020The pop-up performance, co-directed by Tom Kitt and Michael McElroy and co-produced by Blake Ross, was arranged by the new volunteer initiative NYC Next.
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By Playbill Staff | 10/07/2020The original production opened at the Winter Garden October 7, 1982.
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Book News
By Ryan McPhee | 10/06/2020The performer reprises his Tony-winning role in Doug Wright's Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning solo show.
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Industry News
By Dan Meyer | 10/05/2020See who has recently joined the team at theatre institutions in New York and beyond.
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Industry News
By Andrew Gans, Ryan McPhee, Dan Meyer | 10/05/2020Plus: Watch Emily Skinner and Alice Ripley reunite to perform "You Learn to Live Without" from If/Then.
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Obituaries
By Ryan McPhee | 10/05/2020The performer appeared in both the original and revival Broadway productions of Ain’t Misbehavin’.
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By Playbill Staff | 10/05/2020The Tony winner celebrates her birthday October 5.
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By Playbill Staff | 10/03/2020The actor celebrates his birthday October 3.
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Quiz
By Playbill Staff | 10/03/2020Test your Broadway knowledge.
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Industry News
By Ryan McPhee | 10/01/2020Looking at works on Broadway and at major Off-Broadway companies, 38.5 percent of roles were filled by non-white performers, indicating limited progress.
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Broadway News
By Ruthie Fierberg | 10/01/2020Catch an exclusive preview of two songs from the stage adaption of the novel in the October 1 ¡Viva Broadway! Hear Our Voices.
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Quiz
By Playbill Staff | 10/01/2020Test your Broadway play knowledge.
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By Playbill Staff | 10/01/2020The two-time Tony Award winner celebrates his birthday October 1.
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By Playbill Staff | 10/01/2020The Academy Award winner and Broadway legend celebrates her birthday October 1.
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Video
By Dan Meyer | 09/29/2020A new video commemorates the show’s one-year anniversary of its final Broadway performance.
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Broadway Community Project
By Ryan McPhee | 09/29/2020Meet Rashad V. Chambers, president and founder of Esquire Entertainment.
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By Dan Meyer | 09/28/2020The stars virtually reunited for a remix of “All I Really Want“ as part of the virtual symposium.
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By Marc J. Franklin | 09/27/2020The acclaimed production of the Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater musical opened at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre September 27, 2015.
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By Marc J. Franklin | 09/26/2020In honor of the seminal composer’s birthday, look back at the his work onstage in the 21st century.
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