We talk to the crusaders working at the front lines to win much needed federal funding for our struggling stages.
The trans performer uses humor to address gender, reproductive rights, and how much we actually don’t know about vaginas.
In a new revival at Classic Stage Company, Lester plays the role that garnered Barbra Streisand her first Tony nomination.
“I think I have eight different accents,” says the Newsies actor.
The 15-time Grammy winner on how, in the new Off-Broadway show, she's hearing songs anew.
The cast of the new coming-of-age Broadway musical discuss why their show is unprecedented, and how Hal Prince was an early champion.
The actor-turned-director created the role of Charley Kringas in the musical's infamous original production.
The Grammy-winning rocker tells all in her autobiographical show My Window.
The Smash creator's latest play Dig, about a woman finding grace through botany, is currently running at Primary Stages, 59E59 Theaters.
The new musical wraps up its La Jolla Playhouse run this weekend.
The father-daughter duo are starring in Theresa Rebeck’s I Need That for Roundabout Theatre Company.
Ripper's female lead, Shannon Daly, and composer, Pete Sneddon, lay out their modus operandi.
This solo play explores Williams' pre-fame years and is directed by Alan Cumming.
Known as The Middle's middle child, Sue Heck, Sher dissects growing up on television and figuring out who she is after it's over.
Ian Shaw, son of Jaws star Robert Shaw, plays his father in the behind-the-scenes comedy about the 1975 summer blockbuster.
The Fringe First winner returns to the Fringe with Black Is the Color of My Voice in which she portrays the iconic artist.
How the Jewish stand-up found himself at a neo-Nazi meeting, and made a Broadway show about it.
The She-Hulk star is back on Broadway in the Levi Holloway thriller.
The live stage capture of the 2015 musical premieres June 12 at Tribeca Film Festival, with a simultaneous free screening in NYC's Times Square.
The Piano Lesson and Color Purple star is using her multi-hyphenate career as a producer-actor to make theatre more equitable.
The Cost of Living star is the first actor who's an amputee to be on Broadway, but she's ready for more accessibility
Foley is currently in The Thanksgiving Play and Malina is in Leopoldstadt.
His play Ain’t No Mo’ closed early on Broadway, but now it’s one of the most-nominated plays of the season.
How the Schitt’s Creek and & Juliet writer went from Broadway, to TV, to Broadway again.
The playwright, along with the show's star Marcel Spears, talk about turning the Shakespeare classic on its head.
Movement director Finn Caldwell shares the puppetry tricks that transform bits of foam into a real tiger.
The Tony winner, and star of Kimberly Akimbo, launches Playbill's new series, How Did I Get Here?
The self-professed Mashup Queen prepares for her upcoming Authenticity concert at Lincoln Center and reflects on the last couple of years.
She is the first Black actor to play the role of Nessarose full-time on Broadway.
The Tony winner joined the cast of the musical he directed and choreographed in a true understudy-to-the-rescue moment.
The two-time Tony nominee also explains how his ancestors actually worked with William Shakespeare.
The three-time Tony nominee talks to Playbill about playing two different roles this season, and why her favorite will always be Parade.
The two star alongside Donna Murphy as the three madwomen trying to save the world in the underrated Jerry Herman musical.
The playwright/actor has cerebral palsy and is proud of his identity as a "disabled person." And he's telling his story at Off-Broadway's Public Theater.
Directors Lear deBessonet, Josh Rhodes, and Chay Yew discuss how directing Encores! is like an episode of Scooby Doo.
Choreographers Christine Colby Jacques and Corinne McFadden Herrera talk about bringing the 1978 work back to Broadway.
Reich makes his New York debut as a narcissistic millennial in his show Literally Who Cares, playing Off-Broadway after sold-out Fringe and London runs.
The two actors share the role of Max Ritvo in Sarah Ruhl’s autobiographical play Letters from Max: a ritual.
PBS will air the Black Broadway: Proud History, Limitless Future concert, featuring Bleu, along with fellow Broadway stars Norm Lewis, Peppermint, Stephanie Mills, and more.
And no, the actor doesn’t realize how popular his “El Tango de Roxane” is on TikTok.
The pianist continues her three-season Perspectives series at Carnegie Hall.
The performer reflects on the impact of her history-making run as Broadway's first Black actor to play Glinda full-time.
And that's why the clown master continues to work with Beckett's texts.
The two-time RuPaul’s Drag Race winner on why acting is a form of drag and why there should be more drag queens on Broadway
Chase has worked on 38 Broadway productions, including 16 Tony winners.
"Understudying ain't for the weak of heart, man."
And why success to him isn’t just high box-office grosses or a show that runs forever.
To the Tony winner, both Broadway works are about "how we make the donuts."
The Kimberly Akimbo actor is doing something radical with plus-size characters. She’s making them human.
The near-to-an-EGOT rapper is making his Broadway debut and wants to use this opportunity to inspire a love of theatre in young people.
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