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Playbill News
Aug 18, 2025

Comedian Jeff Ross' Take a Banana for the Ride Opens on Broadway August 18
In the new solo show, Ross offers audiences insight into his life as America's Roastmaster General.



Playbill News
Aug 18, 2025

Jersey Boys Concludes 2025 Muny Summer Season Beginning August 18
Maggie Burrows directs the Tony-winning musical with choreography by William Carlos Angulo.



Playbill News
Aug 17, 2025

Gypsy Revival, Starring Audra McDonald, Finishes Run August 17
The six-time Tony winner stars as Rose in the Arthur Laurents-Jule Styne-Stephen Sondheim musical.



Playbill News
Aug 16, 2025

5 Reasons to See Mamma Mia! on Broadway
The international hit, which features the songs of ABBA, is back at the Winter Garden Theatre.



Playbill News
Aug 15, 2025

Heidi Schreck's What the Constitution Means to Me Will Play Theatre Aspen
Cassie Beck will star in the Tony-nominated, Pulitzer Prize finalist play.



Playbill News
Aug 15, 2025

Get a 1st Look at the Upcoming National Tour of Suffs
With a Tony-winning book, music, and lyrics by Shaina Taub, the work explores the Women's Suffrage movement's victories and failures.



Playbill News
Aug 15, 2025

New Federal Theatre's Patricia White Has Died
"Pat," as she was widely called, was well-known throughout the theatre community as a director, mentor, producer, backstage coordinator, grant writer, box office manager, and administrator.



Playbill News
Aug 15, 2025

Video: Go Inside Rehearsals for Muny Jersey Boys, Starring Ryan Vasquez, Cory Jeacoma, Pablo David Laucerica, More
Maggie Burrows is directing the Tony-winning musical with choreography by William Carlos Angulo.



Playbill News
Aug 15, 2025

Watch Nicola Coughlan, Éanna Hardwicke, Siobhán McSweeney in Playboy of the Western World Trailer for London's National
Caitríona McLaughlin will direct John Millington Synge's drama.



Playbill News
Aug 15, 2025

Rajiv Joseph's Archduke, Starring Patrick Page, Reveals Performance Dates
The piece rewinds history to reveal the fateful journey of Gavrilo Princip—best remembered as Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassin—and his fellow revolutionaries in a new light.



Playbill News
Aug 15, 2025

Jan Sport to Star in London's Oscar at the Crown
Following Off-Broadway and Edinburgh Fringe Festival runs, the musical plays a new venue custom built for the immersive production.



Playbill News
Aug 15, 2025

FreeFall Will Present Rarely Produced Andrew Lloyd Webber Musical Tell Me on a Sunday With Cast of 4
The song cycle about an English woman newly arrived in America will be presented at the Florida venue in September.



Playbill News
Aug 15, 2025

Mary Testa, Carmelita Tropicana, More Will Join Anthony Roth Costanzo in Galas at Little Island
Costanzo will play opera diva Maria Magdalena Galas (rhymes with Callas) in the Charles Ludlam farce.



Playbill News
Aug 15, 2025

Upcoming Cast Recordings
The show tunes you need from the shows you love!



Playbill News
Aug 15, 2025

Stranger Things Star Alison Jaye on Her Transition From Child to Adult Actor
Jaye plays Joyce in the stage adaptation of the Netflix hit at Broadway's Marquis Theatre.



Playbill News
Aug 15, 2025

Video: Go 'Way Down' With Hadestown: Teen Edition
See how students at Wellesley Theatre Project created their own version of Anaïs Mitchell's musical.



Playbill News
Aug 15, 2025

Rachel Schur Will Play Limited Run as Roxie in Broadway's Chicago
The long-running, Tony-winning revival continues at the Ambassador Theatre.



Playbill News
Aug 15, 2025

Bernadette Peters Will Offer Concert in Australia
The Tony-winning Broadway favorite has also scheduled concert dates in Massachusetts, Texas, and more.



Playbill News
Aug 14, 2025

What Do Reviews Say About Mamma Mia! Back on Broadway?
The international hit, which features the songs of ABBA, again plays the Winter Garden Theatre.



Playbill News
Aug 14, 2025

What's Currently Playing on Broadway
The theatregoers' resource for reviews, discount tickets, and all the need-to-know information about the shows on Broadway right now.



Playbill News
Aug 14, 2025

An Allee Willis Jukebox Musical Is in the Works
The late Color Purple co-songwriter is also known for her work in the pop world, including the theme song to Friends and Earth, Wind & Fire's "September."



Playbill News
Aug 14, 2025

Michael Hayden Joins Cast of The Honey Trap Off-Broadway
Matt Torney will direct Leo McGann's play for Irish Rep.



Playbill News
Aug 14, 2025

Mike Bartlett's Bull Will Premiere Off-Broadway
The play is a blistering look at workplace relationships when three employees face imminent layoffs and a simple truth: two will stay, one will go.



Playbill News
Aug 14, 2025

Photos: Cast of Broadway's Real Women Have Curves Reunites for Drama Book Shop Album Signing
The new musical, recipient of two 2025 Tony nominations, concluded its Broadway run June 29.



Playbill News
Aug 14, 2025

Jordan E. Cooper's Oh Happy Day! Finds Off-Broadway Cast
Tamika Lawrence, Tiffany Mann, Latrice Pace, and Sheléa Melody McDonald are amongst the artists bringing the Ain't No Mo' writer and star's latest to The Public.



Playbill News
Aug 14, 2025

Get a 1st Look at Daphne Rubin-Vega, Sandra Oh, Lupita Nyong'o, Peter Dinklage, More in Public's Twelfth Night
The star-studded Free Shakespeare in the Park production, directed by Saheem Ali, continues at the newly renovated Delacorte.



Playbill News
Aug 14, 2025

Schedule of Upcoming Off-Broadway Shows
Due to the expansive nature of Off-Broadway, this list is not comprehensive.



Playbill News
Aug 14, 2025

Scott Bakula Will Join Ariana DeBose in The Baker's Wife Off-Broadway
Gordon Greenberg will direct the Stephen Schwartz musical for Classic Stage Company.



Playbill News
Aug 14, 2025

See New Playbill Covers for Fall 2025
Broadway's next spate of A-listers are getting ready to trod the boards.



Playbill News
Aug 14, 2025

See Who's Joining Susan Sarandon in U.K. Premiere of Tracy Letts' Mary Page Marlowe
Letts' play paints a multi-decade portrait of the titular Mary, depicting her at five ages over 11 scenes and 70 years.



Playbill News
Aug 14, 2025

Watch Analise Scarpaci Perform 'My Own Place in the Pantheon' From New Musical Mythic
Kathleen Marshall will direct and choreograph the U.S. premiere at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park.



Playbill News
Aug 14, 2025

Jackie Burns, Elizabeth Teeter, Jared Zirilli, Jerry Dixon Lead Hard Road to Heaven Reading
Jackson Gay directs the new musical from Willy Holtzman, David Spangler, Jerry Taylor, and Marty Dodson.



Playbill News
Aug 14, 2025

Original Rent Stars Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal Set 54 Below Return
The Broadway favorites will again offer Celebrating Friendship & History at the intimate Manhattan venue.



Playbill News
Aug 14, 2025

Listen to Marisha Wallace's 'Adelaide's Lament' From New Live Album
Wallace is currently starring opposite Billy Porter in the Broadway revival of Cabaret.



Playbill News
Aug 14, 2025

Broadway Theatres Light Up With Custom Marquees Opposing Times Square Casino
Caesars Palace Times Square wants to build a casino in the Theatre District, and many in the industry are not pleased.



Playbill News
Aug 14, 2025

Cast Set for Sati: Goddess Incarnate Workshop Presentation
The new musical investigates how devotion can devolve to violence, and how the stories we tell affect our reality, for better and for worse.




Playbill News
Aug 14, 2025

The Acting Company Will Stage Benefit Reading of Alice Scovell's Love's Labour's Won
Steven Boyer, Christian Conn, Ismenia Mendes, and Sarah Stiles will star in the Shakespearean fan sequel, with Brian Isaac Phillips directing.



Playbill News
Aug 14, 2025

10 Creative Mamma Mia! PLAYBILLDER Covers
PLAYBILLDER welcomes the ABBA musical back to Broadway with a look at how schools and community theatres have reimagined the show.



Playbill News
Aug 14, 2025

Mamma Mia! Officially Opens Broadway Revival August 14
The international hit, which features the songs of ABBA, again plays the Winter Garden Theatre.



Playbill News
Aug 13, 2025

NYC Mayor's Office Will Honor Theatre and Live Performance With Made in NY Awards
Winners, to be announced in the coming weeks, will be honored at a September ceremony at Gracie Mansion.



Playbill News
Aug 13, 2025

Sam Tanabe, Christine Toy Johnson, Joanna Carpenter, More Will Lead The Phoenix: Part I Musical Reading
JoAnn M. Hunter will direct the new work penned by Desdemona Chiang, Cheeyang Ng, and Eric Sorrels.




Playbill News
Aug 13, 2025

Laura Peete Named Director of Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation
The organization celebrates, develops, and supports professional stage directors and choreographers throughout every phase of their career.



Playbill News
Aug 13, 2025

Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group Rebrands as LW Entertainment
The group manages the EOGT winner's body of work, including The Phantom of the Opera, Cats, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Evita.



Playbill News
Aug 13, 2025

J. Quinton Johnson, Kimber Elayne Sprawl, Jeannette Bayardelle to Star in Premiere of Zora Neale Hurston's Spunk
Yale Repertory Theatre will present the first full staging of the play, which was lost to time until the Library of Congress uncovered the drama in 1997.




Playbill News
Aug 13, 2025

The Kids Are Making Hamilton TikTok Viral Again
Find out what's been bringing the Lin-Manuel Miranda-penned Tony and Pulitzer winner back to the social media algorithms.



Playbill News
Aug 13, 2025

Trump Names Michael Crawford 2025 Kennedy Center Honoree
This year's honors will be the first since President Trump took control of the Washington, D.C. arts institution.



Playbill News
Aug 13, 2025

Watch: Beanie Feldstein, Bobby Cannavale, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, and More in the Trailer for Only Murders in the Building Season 5
As usual, Broadway favorites abound in the upcoming new season of the New York-set murder mystery serial.



Playbill News
Aug 13, 2025

Watch Max Clayton, Andrew Durand, Robyn Hurder, More in Highlights From High Society at the Ogunquit Playhouse
The production, directed by Matt Lenz, continues through August 23.



Playbill News
Aug 13, 2025

Get a Sneak Peek at Pablo David Laucerica Singing 'Can't Take My Eyes Off You' for Muny Jersey Boys
Maggie Burrows is directing the Tony-winning musical with choreography by William Carlos Angulo.



Playbill News
Aug 13, 2025

Christine Sherrill and Amy Weaver Have Been in Mamma Mia! Since 2023. They're More Than Ready for Broadway
The two play Donna and Sophie in the new revival.



Playbill News
Aug 13, 2025

Alex Winter Joins Producing Team of Off-Broadway's Slaughter City
First produced in 1996 by the Royal Shakespeare Company in London, the long overdue New York premiere will be produced by Small Boat Productions.



Playbill News
Aug 13, 2025

Julia May Jonas' A Woman Among Women Will Make Off-Broadway Return
New Georges is partnering with LCT3 and The Bushwick Starr on the production, which will again be directed by Sarah Cameron Hughes.



Playbill News
Aug 13, 2025

Oscar Winner Mira Sorvino Will Make Broadway Debut in Chicago
The long-running, Tony-winning revival continues at the Ambassador Theatre.



Playbill News
Aug 13, 2025

Chiara Aurelia Plays Shelby in John Proctor Is the Villain. But She Originally Auditioned for a Different Role
The newcomer brings her own spark to the role originated by her friend Sadie Sink.



Playbill News
Aug 12, 2025

New Musical Glü From Alexander Sage Oyen, Jake Lockwood Sets World Premiere in Illinois
The original work follows a young woman who inherits the family glue business.



Playbill News
Aug 12, 2025

Robin de Jesús, Javier Muñoz Will Lead Industry Workshop of Dino Nuggets Are Gay
The new work from Vaheed Talebian will be performed this week in NYC.



Playbill News
Aug 12, 2025

Kate Rockwell, Justin David Sullivan, Jelani Remy, More Featured on Album Celebrating Michael Finke Songs
Get What You Want: The Songs of Michael Finke will be released September 12 with a concert celebrating the recording that evening.



Playbill News
Aug 12, 2025

Broadway-Aimed Purple Rain Musical Finds Its Stars
The Prince film will come to the stage in a world premiere bow later this year.



Playbill News
Aug 12, 2025

Broadway Grosses Analysis: Mamma Mia! Makes Top 5 Its 1st Full Week Back
It's "here we go again" over at the Winter Garden as the ABBA musical makes a triumphant return.



Playbill News
Aug 12, 2025

Ashland Avenue, Starring Jenna Fischer, to Kick Off Goodman Theatre's Centennial Season
The punk/metal/hip-hop musical Revolution(s) will also make its world premiere at the Chicago venue.



Playbill News
Aug 12, 2025

Jeanine Tesori Named Lincoln Center Visionary Artist
The honor puts lots of Tesori programming on the arts center's newly announced 2025-2026 season, including a Deaf Broadway performance of her musical Violet.



Playbill News
Aug 12, 2025

Kyle Beltran and Adam Chanler-Berat to Star in Site-Specific Slanted Floors
Created by Billy McEntee, the play will be staged for an audience of five in a Greenpoint, Brooklyn apartment, set around a dinner.



Playbill News
Aug 12, 2025

Kate Baldwin, Maria Bilbao, Campbell Scott, More Cast in Murder on the Links at Two River Theater
Darko Tresnjak has adapted the Agatha Christie mystery.



Playbill News
Aug 12, 2025

Phillipa Soo and Steven Pasquale Will Lead High Spirits at Encores!
Jessica Stone will direct the musical adaptation of Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit in 2026.



Playbill News
Aug 12, 2025

Katie Holmes Will Be Hedda Gabler at The Old Globe
The stage and screen star will reunite with director Barry Edelstein after the pair collaborated on Off-Broadway's The Wanderers.



Playbill News
Aug 12, 2025

Boop! Star Ainsley Melham to Return to Title Role of Aladdin on Broadway
The hit Disney musical continues at the New Amsterdam Theatre.



Playbill News
Aug 12, 2025

Cast Complete for RSC Cyrano de Bergerac, Starring Adrian Lester and Susannah Fielding
The Edmond Rostand classic will return to the stage this fall in a new version by Simon Evans and Debris Stevenson.



Playbill News
Aug 12, 2025

Broadway Real Estate: Current and Future Theatre Bookings
Keep track of the shows booked into each Broadway theatre.



Playbill News
Aug 12, 2025

Girls Aloud Star Nicola Roberts to Join West End Hadestown
A new company is currently leading the hit musical after the limited engagement of the original Broadway cast.



Playbill News
Aug 12, 2025

Hansol Jung's Last Call Sets Site Specific Off-Broadway Run—With Booze
Co-directed by Jung and Dustin Wills, the play is equal parts ghost story, house party, and theatrical séance, with dramaturgy and mixology by Lexy Leuszler.



Playbill News
Aug 12, 2025

Sara Bareilles Gave Renée Elise Goldsberry a Song for Her Solo Album
Who I Really Am is offering a personal look at the Tony winner, and a new version of "Satisfied."



Playbill News
Aug 12, 2025

Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) Musical Sets Broadway Premiere
The romantic comedy, a hit in London, recently made its North American premiere at at A.R.T. starring Christiani Pitts and Sam Tutty.




Playbill News
Aug 12, 2025

See Who's Starring in Joan Rivers Bioplay at Cape Playhouse
Joan is written by Daniel Goldstein, and the late comedian's daughter Melissa Rivers is executive producing.



Playbill News
Aug 12, 2025

The Handmaid's Tale's Madeline Brewer Is Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors Starting August 12
Also, upcoming Chess star Nicholas Christopher returns to the hit Off-Broadway revival at the Westside.



Playbill News
Aug 12, 2025

Javier Muñoz Will Narrate Audiobook for Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Education of an Artist
Daniel Pollack-Pelzner penned the new tome about the creator of Hamilton and In the Heights.



Playbill News
Aug 12, 2025

Last Chance: Schedule of Upcoming Broadway and Off-Broadway Show Closings
What shows are about to close in New York City?



Playbill News
Aug 11, 2025

Kate Baldwin, Derek Klena, Kecia Lewis, Elizabeth Stanley, More Will Celebrate Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty
American Songbook Association is honoring the Tony-winning Ragtime songwriters.



Playbill News
Aug 11, 2025

Chicago Welcomes Tam Mutu, Jacqueline B. Arnold, Bianca Marroquín August 11
The record-breaking John Kander and Fred Ebb musical continues on Broadway at the Ambassador.



Playbill News
Aug 11, 2025

George C. White, Founder of the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Has Died at 89
Mr. White had an immeasurable impact on the theatre industry through the Center, kickstarting the careers of countless playwrights, performers, directors, composers, and more.



Playbill News
Aug 11, 2025

Broadway Producer Jack W. Batman Has Died
A Tony winner for his work (with producing partner Bruce Robert Harris) on Clybourne Park and Pippin, Mr. Batman was 81.



Playbill News
Aug 11, 2025

2,400 People Sign Letter Decrying Maybe Happy Ending Casting Decision
The letter was penned by Tony winner BD Wong and signed by a number of other Tony winners.



Playbill News
Aug 11, 2025

Concert Version of Richard Maltby Jr. and David Shire's About Time Will Play 54 Below
The November concerts will feature the cast of the recent Goodspeed production.



Playbill News
Aug 11, 2025

Schedule of Upcoming and Announced Broadway Shows
See what's coming soon, what's premiering out of town, and what's in development.



Playbill News
Aug 11, 2025

Watch Dez Duron's Complete Bryant Park Concert
The Maybe Happy Ending actor recently offered a free concert at the Manhattan venue.



Playbill News
Aug 11, 2025

Watch Highlights From Muny La Cage aux Folles Starring Norm Lewis and Michael James Scott
Marcia Milgrom Dodge directs the Tony-winning Jerry Herman musical.



Playbill News
Aug 11, 2025

David Hare's Grace Pervades, Starring Ralph Fiennes, Headed to London's West End
Miranda Raison will co-star in the bioplay tracking Victorian stage luminaries Henry Irving and Ellen Terry.



Playbill News
Aug 11, 2025

2,400 Artists Sign Letter Decrying Maybe Happy Ending Casting Decision
The letter was penned by Tony winner B.D. Wong and signed by a number of other Tony winners.



Playbill News
Aug 11, 2025

Cast Complete for The Sound of Music Tour, Starring Cayleigh Capaldi, Kevin Earley, Christiane Noll, Nicholas Rodriguez
Director Jack O'Brien and choreographer Danny Mefford are returning after working on the 2015 tour.



Playbill News
Aug 11, 2025

Original Cast of Bess Wohl's Liberation Will Star in Broadway Bow
The work made its world premiere Off-Broadway earlier this year via Roundabout Theatre Company.



Playbill News
Aug 11, 2025

Read the Reviews for Dolly: A True Original Musical; Get a 1st Look at the Nashville World Premiere
Katie Rose Clarke, Carrie St. Louis, and Quinn Titcomb lead the biomusical as Parton at different stages of her storied career.



Playbill News
Aug 11, 2025

Reeve Carney, Eva Noblezada, Ruthie Henshall, More to Join London Cabaret
The West End revival recently celebrated its 1,500th performance at the Kit Kat Club.



Playbill News
Aug 11, 2025

New Musical Ceilidh, Directed by Oh, Mary!'s Sam Pinkleton, Finds Full Company
Following development in Scotland, the production is headed to Baltimore's France-Merrick Performing Arts Center.



Playbill News
Aug 11, 2025

Lin-Manuel Miranda Reflects on the Legacy of Hamilton and What He's Proudest Of
In a special essay, the Tony and Pulitzer Prize winner looks back on the phenomenon he helped create.



Playbill News
Aug 11, 2025

Tiler Peck Dances Jerome Robbins: What's Happening in Classic Arts This Week
Find out what's happening in the opera, concert, and dance scene this week.




Playbill News
Aug 10, 2025

Weekly Schedule of Current Broadway Shows
A rundown of current Broadway shows and their planned show times, as well as cancellations due to COVID.



Playbill News
Aug 09, 2025

5 Broadway and Off-Broadway Shows to Catch Before They Close
From a musical revival to exciting new plays, these shows are worth rushing to the theatre for one last look.



Playbill News
Aug 08, 2025

Get a 1st Look at Totoro the Puppet in the West End
The London production of My Neighbour Totoro has released a first look at the gentle giant.



Playbill News
Aug 08, 2025

Jefferson Mays Will Star in Amadeus at Pasadena Playhouse
The California venue will also present Julia Masli's ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.



Playbill News
Aug 08, 2025

See Who's Hitting the Road in Water for Elephants National Tour
The musical, seen on Broadway in 2024, tells the story of a man who runs away from his life, only to find himself caught up in a traveling circus.



Playbill News
Aug 08, 2025

Rocky Horror Show: The Official Coloring Book Invites Fans to Color the Cult Classic
Add your own artistry to Richard O'Brien's iconic musical before the new Broadway revival hits Studio 54 in 2026.



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