Morrison's one-man-show grapples with the loss of his beloved partner with surprising humor.
Perfect for a theatre-loving valentine or a bookworm's night in, these new releases include the story of Shuffle Along's cultural impact and an Oscar Hammerstein II biography.
It’s still early days in the simulcast revolution, but all signs point to more shows going the live-stream route in the future.
Chase has worked on 38 Broadway productions, including 16 Tony winners.
The former queen will be "Out Tonight" this spring at the Stratford Festival in Canada.
Linedy Genao and Jordan Dobson are leading their first Broadway musical and fashioning their own fairytale.
The five-time Tony winner walks Playbill through how the musical will differ from the film.
But that's part of the fun of this new Broadway revival.
The playwright takes on "performative wokeness" in The Thanksgiving Play, making its Broadway premiere this season.
Once Hollywood’s go-to ingenue, the star is exploring middle-aged dissatisfaction in the new Off-Broadway play.
A TikTok of Broxton singing show tunes in the car with his family went viral, leading to his first whirlwind trip to New York.
As MJ The Musical approaches one year on Broadway, the young Tony winner is staying humble and modeling his career after Chadwick Boseman.
Director Sammi Cannold unpacks her new vision for Sunset Boulevard at Kennedy Center—it includes a younger Norma Desmond than you'd expect.
Nearly one month later, the students of Douglas Anderson School of the Arts still want to put on Paula Vogel's play, but are struggling to find a safe avenue in Florida.
Playbill investigates the absence of the once-ubiquitous opening to a musical (it's partially Sondheim and Star Wars' fault).
How he balances Broadway, writing, and his fledgling flamenco career.
The singer-songwriter explores why adolescence is hell in her hit Off-Broadway show F*ck 7th Grade.
From the first chandelier drop to NYC's mayor declaring a "Phantom of the Opera Day," revisit all the major moments in Broadway's longest-running musical.
The Tony-nominated actor gets existential: about sobriety, making peace with the past, and embracing the unknown.
The cast of the upcoming Kennedy Center production performed snippets from the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical for the press.
It’s not just because producers want you to go see live shows.
Playbill caught up with Erika Henningsen, Grey Henson, Kate Rockwell, Kyle Selig, and Krystina Alabado as Mean Girls JR. premiered at Junior Theater Festival Atlanta.
"Understudying ain't for the weak of heart, man."
What is she doing now? Finally getting to rest, and preparing to headline her own concert.
The Oscar Hammerstein II-Jerome Kern musical’s copyright has expired, and we’re digging into what that means.
He addresses the critics of his play-turned-film and explains why it's not a cynical work.
In honor of National Swing Day, we explore some of Broadway's most hard-working and versatile performers.
Almost Famous' Anika Larsen on how to navigate grief and how to pick yourself back up again.
The actor also names her favorite Diamond tune.
The Rent star shares Larson’s impact on his life and his upcoming solo show, and why he thinks his late friend would have been a Star Trek fan.
Her play Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner uses internet slang and memes to critique cultural appropriation and cancel culture.
The RuPaul's Drag Race winner will step into Broadway's Chicago, which is one of her favorite musicals.
And why success to him isn’t just high box-office grosses or a show that runs forever.
The Broadway musical’s new cast members talk about crying onstage, advocating for each other, and building a community of queens.
To the Tony winner, both Broadway works are about "how we make the donuts."
Playbill follows the Tony winner through one performance of Hadestown, as the first woman to play the god Hermes.
Nathan Lane, Danny Burstein, and Zoë Wanamaker open the book on their new Broadway play.
The television trailblazer, who passed away on December 30, 2022, interviewed many theatre legends over the years.
The Kimberly Akimbo actor is doing something radical with plus-size characters. She’s making them human.
The new musical casts Supergirl star as rock guitarist Russell Hammond.
The Almost Famous star is bursting out of her box, and pushing herself to greater artistic heights.
Works like Leopoldstadt, This Beautiful Future, and Fiddler on the Roof are exploring antisemitism and Nazism, and providing tools for tough conversations.
He's explored the ongoing impact of slavery in his hit plays, now he's doing it for TV in Kindred.
The Almost Famous scribe opens up about how he handles bad reviews (it involves Joni Mitchell).
This is the Potts' third time doing an August Wilson work.
The cast of the hit Broadway play shares their favorite parts of Hanukkah, including whose family makes the best potato pancakes.
Deck the halls with your old Playbills, fa la la la la.
The puppet designers of the original 1982 production of the horror-musical and the Off-Broadway revival compare and contrast notes.
The actors, and the designer who dressed them, discuss how they created their effortlessly cool, rockstar girlfriend aesthetic for the Broadway musical.
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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