Interview
Read interviews with luminaries of the stage.
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Interview
By Andrew Gans | 02/27/2021To celebrate Black History Month, the cast of Tina reunited virtually to record Watts' new poem, "The Gatherers." -
Broadway Community Project
By Ryan McPhee | 02/23/2021Learn about music directing and conducting from the Dear Evan Hansen and Wicked veteran.
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Interview
By Andrew Gans | 02/23/2021"I hope that we continue to educate ourselves and our potential audiences about the system in which we have been living for the past 400 years."
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The Theatre Channel
By Dan Meyer | 02/22/2021The star talks about Hairspray and returning to London’s West End.
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Interview
By Andrew Gans | 02/19/2021"The change has been a long time coming, and I believe the time to strike for the better is now as we consider how we reopen Broadway houses."
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Interview
By Andrew Gans | 02/15/2021"The arts community should be just that—a full community just as colorful as the works that can and will be envisioned."
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Special Features
By Andrew Gans | 02/14/2021Lea Salonga, Norm Lewis, Betty Buckley, André De Shields, Chita Rivera, Kelli O'Hara, Shereen Pimentel, and more recall their most memorable love-filled theatre outings.
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Interview
By Felicia Fitzpatrick | 02/12/2021The Jimmy Award-winning artivist is using her voice to save Black lives through her nonprofit, Claim Our Space Now.
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Interview
By Andrew Gans | 02/09/2021Lewis will be seen in the streaming premiere of Drew Larimore's Smithtown, which also features Michael Urie and Ann Harada.
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Book News
By Ryan McPhee | 02/09/2021The new children's book, illustrated by Peter Emmerich, shines a spotlight on theatre artists onstage and off.
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Special Features
By Mark Peikert | 02/08/2021With over 200 Broadway credits and a Tony Honor for Excellence to his name, the celebrated wig designer has announced that Diana will be his final show. In honor of his retirement, revisit his 2017 Playbill profile.
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Special Features
By Ryan McPhee | 02/03/2021The producer of Slave Play. A star of Six. The Pulitzer-winning composer of A Strange Loop. A site-specific visionary. Theatre may be on pause, but their careers are decidedly not.
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Interview
By Mervyn Rothstein | 02/02/2021Read an interview with the late actor that originally ran in October 2011, on the occasion of the publication of his memoir.
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Interview
By Andrew Gans | 02/02/2021The actor, vocal coach, and producer will also be part of a virtual reading of Black Butterfly, which she co-wrote with Mary McCallum.
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Video
By Dan Meyer | 01/29/2021The Les Misérables alum appears in Episode 3 of The Theatre Channel.
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Interview
By Andrew Gans | 01/27/2021The actor can also currently be heard on his Broadway Podcast Network series Guys Who Like Musicals.
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Broadway Community Project
By Ryan McPhee | 01/26/2021Meet Alan Simon, founder of On Location Education.
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Film & TV Features
By Dan Meyer | 01/26/2021The Tony winner talks about writing a song for Regina King’s new film, the state of theatre, and how Smash changed his career trajectory.
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Interview
By Diep Tran | 01/26/2021A casting director reveals the key differences between a Phantom and a Piangi or a Carlotta and a Christine.
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Special Features
By Dan Meyer | 01/22/2021Bollywood Kitchen creator Sri Rao chats with Playbill.
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The Theatre Channel
By Dan Meyer | 01/21/2021The Les Misérables alum discusses working on The Theatre Channel.
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Interview
By Andrew Gans | 01/18/2021"Go support an artist of color, explore another culture other than your own … support a Black local business, and maybe support an artist by investing in their shows."
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Interview
By Andrew Gans | 01/15/2021Oscar was playing Frank Hillard in the new Broadway musical Mrs. Doubtfire when the pandemic brought down the curtain on theatres around the world.
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Broadway Community Project
By Ryan McPhee | 01/12/2021Learn more about the veteran events producer and her work in the theatre industry.
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Interview
By Andrew Gans | 01/09/2021The Broadway music director and conductor conceived and music directs Pasadena Playhouse's tribute to the late Jerry Herman, which streams beginning January 10.
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Interview
By Andrew Gans | 01/04/2021The stage and screen star opens up about his recent cancer diagnosis.
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Interview
By Andrew Gans | 01/01/2021Patten can currently be seen in the new virtual musical Estella Scrooge, which flips the script of the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol.
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Interview
By Dan Meyer | 12/31/2020The non-binary artist talks about LiME, a work that started as a poem and is on its way to becoming a fully-fledged production.
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Special Features
By Bethany Rickwald | 12/30/2020For these TikTok users, a quarantine pastime became the stuff that musical theatre dreams are made of.
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Interview
By Andrew Gans | 12/29/2020The world-renowned artist will be seen December 31 on the PBS special United in Song: Celebrating the Resilience of America.
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Interview
By Dan Meyer | 12/27/2020An exclusive interview with the stars of The Theatre Channel’s “Hopeful Holidays.”
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The Theatre Channel
By Dan Meyer | 12/26/2020An exclusive interview from the stars of The Theatre Channel latest episode.
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The Theatre Channel
By Dan Meyer | 12/25/2020The star sings “When There Is No One” as Mrs. White after starring as the title character on Broadway.
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Interview
By Andrew Gans | 12/25/2020The actor can also be seen in the virtual, on-demand Nightclub New York.
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The Theatre Channel
By Dan Meyer | 12/24/2020An exclusive interview from the creator and star of The Theatre Channel.
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Black Lives Matter
By Dan Meyer | 12/23/2020The Slave Play producer has been busy since the Tony-nominated play by Jeremy O. Harris ended its limited run
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Broadway Community Project
By Ryan McPhee | 12/22/2020“Very few things can top getting to know these casts and add value to their lives, then watching the show from backstage and having them add value to mine.”
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Interview
By Andrew Gans | 12/21/2020Ewoldt can currently be seen in Irish Repertory Theatre's Meet Me in St. Louis: A Holiday Special in Song and on Screen.
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Interview
By Ryan McPhee | 12/19/2020"Black folks do this all day long. It's something that's been codified in our spirit. It's interesting to see how much more work we have to do just to have a complex, strong existence."
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From the Archives
By Jerry Tallmer | 12/17/2020As the Alfred Uhry-Jason Robert Brown show readied to open December 17, 1998, Prince and Uhry spoke to Playbill about why the show demanded to be produced.
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Interview
By Ryan McPhee | 12/15/2020The six-time Tony winner, currently nominated for McNally's Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, headlines New York City Center's digital concert event.
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Interview
By Andrew Gans | 12/14/2020The Broadway favorite offers a virtual version of his annual holiday show beginning December 17.
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Interview
By Andrew Gans | 12/10/2020Chamberlin plays Sheldon Saperstein in the screen adaptation of the musical, which arrives on Netflix December 11.
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Holiday Coverage
By Ruthie Fierberg | 12/10/2020Behind the scenes of the 90-year holiday concert tradition.
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Interview
By Ruthie Fierberg | 12/07/2020In this Q&A, the pair take us behind the scenes of their 2019 visit to Salt Lake City for the ultimate musical holiday celebration.
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Special Features
By Andrew Gans | 12/04/2020The Ovation Award winner can also be heard on the new holiday album Why? Because It's Christmas.
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Black Lives Matter
By Dan Meyer | 12/03/2020The Thoughts of a Colored Man producer wants to create a new theatrical landscape where BIPOC narratives are the norm.
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Interview
By Logan Culwell-Block | 12/01/2020We caught up with The King and I and The Light in the Piazza star as she prepares for her December 12 streaming concert.
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Interview
By Andrew Gans | 12/01/2020Thomas and fellow Broadway actor Marissa Rosen have joined forces for their new recording The Award Winning Holiday Album.
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Interview
By Andrew Gans | 11/25/2020Moayed is also the writer and director of The Accidental Wolf, heading to Topic November 26.
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