Article | By Playbill Staff | December 24, 2024
Playbill Staff Favorite Shows of 2024
From reimagined revivals, to adventurous new musicals, to memorable mothers, here are 15 theatre productions we loved this year.
Article | By Edward Lovett | September 18, 2024
Augusta Read Thomas, Duke Ellington, More to Be Performed This Season at the New York Philharmonic
The orchestra has invited its own musicians to program concerts celebrating its illustrious history and reflecting its present and future.
Article | By Logan Culwell-Block | August 22, 2024
See Who's Starring in Kafkaesque! Musical Off-Broadway
James Harvey has penned the new work, a mash-up of the stories of Franz Kafka.
Article | By Dylan Parent | August 21, 2024
Review: Kafka's Metamorphosis: The Musical! With Puppets! at Edinburgh Festival Fringe
The new musical from Matt Chiorini and Travis Newton scurries into the Fringe spotlight after creating a buzz in North America.
Article | By Logan Culwell-Block | July 30, 2024
Kafkaesque! Musical Sets Off-Broadway World Premiere
James Harvey has penned the new work, a mash-up of the stories of Franz Kafka.
Article | By Playbill Staff | July 29, 2024
Complete Lineup of Exclusive Onboard Performances Revealed for Playbill's FringeShip
The floating hotel is bringing theatre lovers to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland in August.
Article | By Molly Higgins | July 24, 2024
Jeremy O. Harris Selects Keegon Schuett to Receive 2024 Yale Drama Series Prize
Schuett's play this dry spell will be published by Yale University Press and presented in a staged reading in October.
Article | By Playbill Staff | July 23, 2024
20 Shows to See at the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Playbill looked through all 3,800+ shows on offer and picked a few we're excited for.
Article | By Margaret Hall | April 3, 2024
Pleasance Announces 2nd Round of Edinburgh Fringe Programming
More than 130 shows have been added to the venue's roster for this August's festival.
Article | By Molly Higgins | January 26, 2024
Enough of Him, June Carter Cash Play, More in National Theatre of Scotland 2024 Season
The season will feature four world premieres, the return of two acclaimed productions, and a multitude of new works.
Article | By Matt Dobkin | November 17, 2023
Florencia en el Amazonas Will Be the First Spanish-Language Opera at the Met in a Century
Mexican composer Daniel Catán’s opera, based on the Gabriel García Márquez, is making its long-awaited Metropolitan Opera premiere.
Article | By Diep Tran | June 30, 2023
Tony-Winning Lookingglass Theatre to Pause Programming, Lay Off Staff
The Chicago theatre is the latest institution to scale back due to financial troubles.
Article | By Diep Tran | June 7, 2023
How Shucked’s Songwriters Wrote the Crowd-Pleasing 'Independently Owned'
Composers Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally admit that it used to be a song about breasts.
Article | By Diep Tran | June 1, 2023
Jessica Stone Had a Successful Acting Career. Then She Left It Behind to Become a Director
And now she’s a 2023 Tony nominee for directing Kimberly Akimbo.
Article | By Margaret Hall | May 25, 2023
In Leopoldstadt, Tony Nominee Brandon Uranowitz Has Stepped Into His ‘Most Authentic Self’
For the first time, one of Broadway's most prolific actors is able to combine his personal history and identity, with his artistry.
Article | By Logan Culwell-Block | April 18, 2023
On the Wheels of a Dream: The Making of Broadway’s Ragtime
Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty, Audra McDonald, and more in an oral history about the creation of this landmark musical.
Article | By Meg Masseron | January 5, 2023
Seven Times Barbara Walters Interviewed Broadway Stars
The television trailblazer, who passed away on December 30, 2022, interviewed many theatre legends over the years.
Article | By Diep Tran | December 26, 2022
The Playbill Articles We Loved the Most in 2022
The theatre stories our readers were obsessed with this year, and the articles that we most enjoyed working on.
Article | By Playbill Staff | March 6, 2022
Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: March 6
Happy birthday to Godspell, Pippin, and Wicked composer Stephen Schwartz.
Article | By Dan Meyer | April 16, 2021
Let Lin-Manuel Miranda Take You on a Tour of the ‘Greatest City in the World’
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