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First Look
  • Don't miss this first look of Panic At The Disco's Brendon Urie singing from his upcoming takeover in Kinky Boots on Broadway.
  • Helene Yorke performs the show-stopping number in a preview for the press.
  • Two-time Tony nominee Brandon Uranowitz stars as Otto Kringelein.
  • Prior to beginning performances March 28, the cast performed “She Works Hard For the Money” and more for the press.
  • What to expect from the Broadway-bound new musical, opening on Broadway this summer.
  • Rocktopia is a live musical event which will fuse classical music and rock songs. The concert will showcase the works of Mozart, Queen, Beethoven, Journey, Handel, U2, Tchaikovsky, Pink Floyd, and The Who, among others.

    The lineup of performers includes Train frontman Pat Monahan, Rob Evan (Les Miserables, Jekyll & Hyde), Tony Vincent (American Idiot, The Voice) Chloe Lowery (Trans-Siberian Orchestra), Kimberly Nichole (The Voice), and Alyson Cambridge (The Merry Widow).

    Created through the vision of vocalist and recording artist Evan and Maestro Randall Craig Fleischer, Rocktopia will feature a choir of 40 and an orchestra of 20. The limited engagement is scheduled to play the Broadway Theatre March 20–April 29.
  • Three siblings go on the trip of a lifetime in Lindsey Ferrentino’s newest play at Roundabout Theatre Company.

    After their father’s death, Maggie and Jacob reunite with Amy, their movie-loving sister who has Down syndrome. Together, they careen down the Great American Long Island Expressway, navigating strip malls, traffic jams, and family drama.

    Jamie Brewer (American Horror Story), Tony winner Debra Monk (Redwood Curtain, Steel Pier) and veteran actor Mark Blum (The Assembled Parties) lead the cast of the Off-Broadway production, directed by Tony nominee Scott Ellis. Performances begin February 1 in the Laura Pels Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre.
  • Get a taste of what goes into presenting a live, one-night-only television event as Pasek and Paul, Jane Krakowski, Maya Rudolph, Matthew Broderick, and more discuss Fox's A Christmas Story Live!
  • Head Over Heels is coming to Broadway and San Francisco. In this exclusive video, four members of the Go-Go's express their excitement for the upcoming engagements.
  • Michael Feinstein - Feinsteins 54 Below Unveiling
  • Quentin Earl Darrington stars as as Agwe, God of Water—who sets the musical into motion with this favorite from the Ahrens and Flaherty score.
  • Take a look at the untold story behind the Dr. Seuss’ classic How The Grinch Stole Christmas.
  • Watch Alex Newell and cast perform “Mama Will Provide”!

    Tony Award winner Lea Salonga returns to Broadway in Once On This Island, the Broadway musical celebration from the Tony Award-winning writers of Anastasia and Ragtime. Bursting with Caribbean colors, rhythms and dance, the story comes to vibrant life in a striking production by Tony Award-nominated director Michael Arden (Spring Awakening revival) and acclaimed choreographer Camille A. Brown. This production transforms the reality of a tropical village devastated by a storm into a fantastical world alive with hope. Come and gather around for Once On This Island, a triumph of the timeless power of theatre to bring us together, move our hearts, and help us conquer life’s storms. You are why we tell the story.
  • Watch Tony winner Lea Salonga sing “The Human Heart”!

    Tony Award winner Lea Salonga returns to Broadway in Once On This Island, the Broadway musical celebration from the Tony Award-winning writers of Anastasia and Ragtime. Bursting with Caribbean colors, rhythms and dance, the story comes to vibrant life in a striking production by Tony Award-nominated director Michael Arden (Spring Awakening revival) and acclaimed choreographer Camille A. Brown. This production transforms the reality of a tropical village devastated by a storm into a fantastical world alive with hope. Come and gather around for Once On This Island, a triumph of the timeless power of theatre to bring us together, move our hearts, and help us conquer life’s storms. You are why we tell the story.
  • Here, Hailey Kilgore performs “Waiting for Life.”

    Tony Award winner Lea Salonga returns to Broadway in Once On This Island, the Broadway musical celebration from the Tony Award-winning writers of Anastasia and Ragtime. Bursting with Caribbean colors, rhythms and dance, the story comes to vibrant life in a striking production by Tony Award-nominated director Michael Arden (Spring Awakening revival) and acclaimed choreographer Camille A. Brown. This production transforms the reality of a tropical village devastated by a storm into a fantastical world alive with hope. Come and gather around for Once On This Island, a triumph of the timeless power of theatre to bring us together, move our hearts, and help us conquer life’s storms. You are why we tell the story.
  • In Matthew Lombardo’s holiday show just for adults, we are reunited with a now-adult Cindy Lou Who, who we last saw in Dr Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas, aged just two! Starring Olivier Award winner Lesli Margherita (Matilda), the 40-year-old Cindy invites us into her trailer on the side of Mount Crumpet as she sets the record straight on what really happened that fated night she first met the Grinch,
  • Waitress-bound Jason Mraz—along with composer Sara Bareilles and co-star Betsy Wolfe—meet the press ahead of the Grammy winner's Broadway debut as Dr. Pomatter.
  • Uma Thurman makes her Broadway debut in House of Cards creator Beau Willimon's latest play. Check out what the playwright, director Pam MacKinnon, and the stars (including Thurman and Hamilton Tony nominee Phillipa Soo) had to say about the Washington, D.C.-set show.
  • The US Open tennis semifinals are underway. As Russian phenom Sergei Sergeyev and American superstar Tim Porter do battle under the lights on center court, Galina and Mallory, the funny and complicated women who share their lives, watch anxiously from the sidelines. But as the back-and-forth action unfolds, we journey into the minds of the players and the lives of the two couples in a fast-paced and moving exploration of family, parenthood, and the legacy we leave behind. Before it’s game, set, and match, more than a championship will be won or lost.
  • And the World Goes 'Round is a stunning musical revue by John Kander and Fred Ebb, the multi Tony Award winning team that wrote Chicago and Cabaret. From Flora the Red Menace to Kiss of the Spider Woman and everything in between, the nonstop hit-parade features unforgettable gems including "All that Jazz," "Maybe This Time," "Colored Lights" and "New York, New York," seamlessly woven into an unforgettable evening of musical theatre. And the World Goes 'Round is a celebration of life, love and the fighting spirit that keeps us all going.
  • An exclusive look at the cast of the 2017-2018 national tour of the musical A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder performing the song “I've Decided to Marry You.”

    A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder features a book and lyrics by Robert L. Freedman and music and lyrics by Steven Lutvak. The creative team for this production includes direction and choreography by Peggy Hickey (Anastasia), based on Broadway’s original Tony Award-winning direction by Darko Tresnjak (Anastasia) and her own original choreography. The design and production team is comprised of two-time Tony Award nominee Alexander Dodge, scenic design (Anastasia, The Hunchback of Notre Dame); Tony Award-winning Linda Cho, costume design (Anastasia); Adam Cates, Associate Director and Choreographer (Anastasia); Philip S. Rosenberg, lighting design (The Elephant Man, It’s Only a Play); four-time Tony Award-nominated Dan Moses Schreier, sound Design (Into the Woods, American Psycho); Aaron Rhyne, projection design; and Jason Styres, CSA, casting. Original orchestrations are by Jonathan Tunick and Vocal Arrangements are by Dianne Adams McDowell and Steven Lutvak. Paul Staroba serves as Music Supervisor.
  • A legendary roster of Grammy Award winners. A visionary director and Tony Award-winning design team. One of the world’s most beloved and unforgettable characters. Turn them all loose on Broadway and what do you get? SpongeBob SquarePants! Acclaimed Steppenwolf director Tina Landau and the groundbreaking designers behind Fun Home, Hedwig, and Spring Awakening have reimagined Bikini Bottom for the Broadway stage, bringing the spirit of SpongeBob to life with humanity, heart, and pure theatricality. With an original score from some of the biggest names in pop and rock, SpongeBob SquarePants explodes with energy.
  • A legendary roster of Grammy Award winners. A visionary director and Tony Award-winning design team. One of the world’s most beloved and unforgettable characters. Turn them all loose on Broadway and what do you get? SpongeBob SquarePants! Acclaimed Steppenwolf director Tina Landau and the groundbreaking designers behind Fun Home, Hedwig, and Spring Awakening have reimagined Bikini Bottom for the Broadway stage, bringing the spirit of SpongeBob to life with humanity, heart, and pure theatricality. With an original score from some of the biggest names in pop and rock, SpongeBob SquarePants explodes with energy.
  • A legendary roster of Grammy Award winners. A visionary director and Tony Award-winning design team. One of the world’s most beloved and unforgettable characters. Turn them all loose on Broadway and what do you get? SpongeBob SquarePants! Acclaimed Steppenwolf director Tina Landau and the groundbreaking designers behind Fun Home, Hedwig, and Spring Awakening have reimagined Bikini Bottom for the Broadway stage, bringing the spirit of SpongeBob to life with humanity, heart, and pure theatricality. With an original score from some of the biggest names in pop and rock, SpongeBob SquarePants explodes with energy.
  • Watch Rebecca E. Covington (Beautiful) and Bryna O’Neill (Broadway Sings Concert Series) sing “Waving Through a Window” as Tony winner Len Cariou performs Karl G. Merchant’s “The Window.”
  • Me The People: The Trump America Musical, a new musical revue with a book and lyrics by Nancy Holson (Bush Wars, The News in Revue on PBS – 5 Emmy Awards, Ludwig Live!) and directed and choreographed by Jay Falzone.
  • Academy Award-winning filmmaker, best-selling author, and political icon Michael Moore began rehearsals yesterday at New 42nd Street Studios for his thought-provoking and controversial Broadway debut in The Terms of My Surrender.
  • Broadway Records has announced the release of the original Off-Broadway cast recording for The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical.
  • Broadway Records has announced the release of the original Off-Broadway cast recording for The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical.
  • The first video released from the five-track visual album features fellow Broadway performers Colin Cunliffe, Lora Lee Gayer, Mike Schwitter, Tess Soltau, Joey Taranto, and Morgan Weed.
  • Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman examine the motivations of the men and women who have killed — or attempted to kill — United States Presidents throughout history.
  • Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman examine the motivations of the men and women who have killed — or attempted to kill — United States Presidents throughout history.
  • The New York Musical Festival and NewYorkRep present the world premiere of A Wall Apart, a new rock musical featuring an original score by Graham Russell of the legendary rock band Air Supply, and a book by Sam Goldstein and Craig Clyde.
  • Located in its multi-venue home the Young Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto's Distillery Historic District, Soulpepper is Toronto’s largest not-for-profit theatre company.
  • Located in its multi-venue home the Young Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto's Distillery Historic District, Soulpepper is Toronto’s largest not-for-profit theatre company.
  • Who holds us accountable? On 15 October 2015, as part of an inquiry into ‘The collapse of Kids Company’, Camila Batmanghelidjh and Alan Yentob gave evidence to The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee.
  • Based on the 1997 cult hit film, which recently celebrated a highly-publicized 20th anniversary, Romy and Michele are two best friends whose relationship is put to the test when they invent fake careers to impress people at their 10-year reunion.
  • All aboard for a Western musical adventure the likes of which you’ve never experienced.
  • Take a glimpse inside the new Off-Broadway musical by Tim Rosser and Charlie Sohne.
  • Escape to Margaritaville is the musical comedy getaway featuring both original songs and the most-loved Jimmy Buffett classics, including “Come Monday,” “Volcano,” “Cheeseburger in Paradise,” and many more.
  • Don't miss this exclusive listen of Audra McDonald performing a song from the movie musical Hello Again.
  • Join Playbill, Tim Minchin, Danny Rubin, and Matthew Warchus as they discuss all things Groundhog Day (over coffee and sticky buns, of course!). The three talk how they first met, the challenges of remaking a beloved film into a musical, and more.
  • Take a first look at Beauty and the Beast on Disney Cruise Line.
  • Norm Lewis, Carolee Carmello and their exceptional colleagues at Sweeney Todd sit down with Playbill to discuss the immersive Off-Broadway production.
  • The special three-hour filmed musical event features the story from the beloved 1987 romantic drama and instant movie classic told from a fresh perspective, diving deeper into the iconic characters, and showcasing their progression.
  • Roundabout Theatre Company presents the Broadway premiere of Marvin’s Room, Scott McPherson’s award-winning, wildly funny play about the laughter that can shine through life’s darkest moments. Anne Kauffman (Marjorie Prime, Maple and Vine) directs.
  • Don’t miss “a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” (The New York Times) to see the ultimate cult musical! The Golden Apple is a whimsical and wildly ambitious show that introduced the classic torch song “Lazy Afternoon” and was hailed as a theatrical milestone in 1954. Inspired by the myths of The Iliad and The Odyssey, Jerome Moross and John Latouche’s musical conjures up the bygone days when pie-baking contests were cutthroat and lovers eloped in hot air balloons. Encores! is delighted to present The Golden Apple to a new generation.
  • Don't miss Tony Award Nominee Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley give Playbill a top secret look into their upcoming engagement at Feinstein's/ 54 Below.
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