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An absolute MUST-LISTEN:
The madcap, nervy, singular life of Elaine Stritch, narrated brilliantly by actress Andrea Burns
AudioFile Audiobook Review: Narrator Andrea Burns is amazing! Her performance of NEW YORK TIMES editor Jacobs's charming, well-researched look at the life of actor Elaine Stritch
Tony winner Ben Platt, who played high school student Evan Hansen in the Tony-winning Dear Evan Hansen, will be part of a televised graduation ceremony May 16.
Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 will feature a commencement address by Former President Barack Obama and will be broadcast at 8 PM ET on ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, and 20 other broadcast and streaming partners.
Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 will air on all major networks simultaneously.
One of our favorite videos from the past year...I mean, she's just hilarious
Patti LuPone took to Twitter, after appearing in the livestreamed Rosie O'Donnell Show, to give fans a tour of her basement!
Barbra Streisand's new music video honors the many Americans risking their lives to help others during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Her new music video honors the many Americans risking their lives to help others during the COVID-19 pandemic.
BROADWAY'S BEST SHOWS, a new platform for streaming and written content, will feature a series of one-night-only plays including a star-studded performance of David Mamet’s “November” and A.R. Gurney’s “Love Letters” featuring Bryan Cranston and Sally Field.
Broadway’s Best Shows, a new platform for streaming and written content, will feature a series of one-night-only plays including a star-studded performance of David Mamet's "November" and A.R. Gurney's "Love Letters" featuring Bryan Cranston and Sally Field. The platform, founded by Jeffrey Richar...
“A Strange Loop” becomes the tenth musical in history to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the most recent since Hamilton in 2015. And this is the first win for a show that has not yet had a Broadway production!!!
It was just announced by Pulitzer Prize Administrator Dana Canedy that Michael R. Jackson's A Strange Loop has officially won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. This year's finalists included: Will Arbery's Heroes of the Fourth Turning and David Henry Hwang and Jeanine Tesori's Soft Power.
Congratulations to all the Lortel winners!!!
Check out the full list of winners from the ceremony, celebrating the Off-Broadway season, here.
Watch just a few of the highlights from the career of the history-making six-time Tony winner.
Watch just a few of the highlights from the career of the history-making six-time Tony winner.
The Lortels in your living room!
The virtual broadcast, hosted by Mario Cantone, features appearances from Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Jeremy Pope, Condola Rashad, and many more.
The virtual broadcast, hosted by Mario Cantone, features appearances from Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Jeremy Pope, Condola Rashad, and many more.
These free National Theatre plays is amazing...Benedict Cumberbatch as Frankenstein's monster!
A new play by Nick Dear, based on the novel by Mary Shelley. Watch Danny Boyle's monster hit Frankenstein with Benedict Cumberbatch as the creature and Jonny...
A starry roster of talent has been announced to take part in the latest edition of Viral Monologues, a new program which features performances released digitally on IGTV. The series is an initiative of The 24 Hour Plays.
A starry roster of talent has been announced to take part in the latest edition of Viral Monologues, a new program which features performances …
You don’t have to be an AP US history student to take this master class lesson with none other than Lin-Manuel Miranda!
This special edition of AP U.S. History class will cover topics on analyzing evidence, using source material, and providing historical context with special g...
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Before the success of Hamilton and In The Heights, [Lin-Manuel] Miranda was in an improvisational hip-hop group called Freestyle Love Supreme with director Thomas Kail and performers Christopher Jackson and Anthony Veneziale. Filmmaker Fried began chronicling the group in the summer of 2005, documenting the early days of its beatboxing and rapping on the sidewalks. Fourteen years later, Fried captures them reuniting for a series of shows in New York City, as well as the troupe's Broadway debut.
The Andrew Fried-helmed feature, We Are Freestyle Love Supreme, will drop June 5.
Theater of War Productions will premiere The Oedipus Project via a live Zoom presentation on May 7, 2020 at 7pm ET
The cast includes...
Frances McDormand, John Turturro, Oscar Isaac, Jeffrey Wright , Frankie Faison, David Strathairn
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Theater of War Productions will premiere The Oedipus Project via a live Zoom presentation on May 7, 2020 at 7pm ET. The cast includes: Frances McDormand, John Turturro, Oscar Isaac, Jeffrey Wright , Frankie Faison, David Strathairn, and NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams.
The 85th annual New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards will air live TONIGHT at 8 PM ET as a special episode of Stars in the House, Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley's daily series that benefits the Actors Fund. Jeremy O. Harris, Brian Stokes Mitchell, John Mulaney, Heidi Schreck, and Michael Shannon will present the awards. New York Drama Critics’ Circle President Adam Feldman will host.
Jeremy O. Harris, Brian Stokes Mitchell, John Mulaney, Heidi Schreck, and Michael Shannon will be part of the awards ceremony.
Tina Fey Will Appear at Virtual 2020 International Thespian Festival | Playbill
The first-ever online edition of the week-long festival celebrating high school theatre kicks off in June.
Over 50 leading and emerging actors and playwrights have united for The Homebound Project, a new independent, online theater initiative created to help feed children affected by COVID-19.
The first team of playwrights has been given the prompt of “home.” Forthcoming collections will focus on themes of “sustenance.” Participating actors and writers in the first edition, running May 6-10, include:
Christopher Abbott in a work by Lucy Thurber,
Utkarsh Ambudkar in a work by Qui Nguyen,
Glenn Davis in a work by Ren Dara Santiago,
William Jackson Harper in work by Max Posner,
Jessica Hecht in a work by Sarah Ruhl,
Marin Ireland in a work by Eliza Clark,
Alison Pill in a work by C.A. Johnson,
Elizabeth Rodriguez in a work by Rajiv Joseph,
Thomas Sadoski in a work by Martyna Majok, and
Amanda Seyfried in a work by Catya McMullen.
After a rocky start, the Sondheim 90th birthday concert showed off the composer’s incredible range of work, and all the stars seemed to enjoy doing it 🤩
Under quarantine, Sondheim’s work lent itself to self-isolated introspection.
Don’t miss tonight’s wildly star-studded celebration of Stephen Sondheim’s 90th birthday!
Tonight (8pm), the stars come out to celebrate Stephen Sondheim's 90th Birthday with 'Take Me To The World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration'. The free online event, hosted by Raúl Esparza, is set to take place on the exact 50th anniversary of the opening night of Sondheim's musical Company (th...
The great Emcee, Joel Grey, talks about his relationship to the theater in this uncertain time.
The live-streamed performances and online group chats have been useful, but I miss the joy that comes with being in a theater.
While we're all quarantined: what are some cast albums you love listening to? We are obsessed with Shaina Taub's "Twelfth Night" score from the Shakespeare in the Park production a couple years ago.
We continue our cast album series with more recommendations for wonderful musicals to listen to at home
Happy birthday, Barbara Streisand!!!
“My native habitat is the Theater — in it, I toil not, neither do I spin. I am a critic and commentator. I am essential to the Theater — as ants are to a picnic, as the boll weevil to a cotton field.” - Addison DeWitt
The magical kingdom of Broadway is shuttered, but our critic returned to it — or rather a version of it that opened his eyes, Bette Davis wide, to New York theater.
While Joe's Pub is temporarily closed to public access, join us for Joe's Pub Live! – a free series of live-streamed and achieved performances from our iconic stage in New York City. Facilitating social connectivity during this time of physical distancing, Joe's Pub remains dedicated to supporting performing artists at every stage of their careers through sharing concerts with our audiences each Thursday, Friday & Saturday night at 8PM Eastern.
In an effort to make our shows accessible to as wide an audience as possible, we have limited the number of tickets a patron may purchase for any one production to eight (8). Thank you for your support of The Public! If you are interested in group sales, contact [email protected] or call 212....
"The Tommy Tune Awards is the ultimate celebration of high school musical theatre in our city, with typically over 2,600 young people from across Houston in attendance," said Israel Jimenez, Director of Community Engagement for TUTS. "We knew we had to find a creative way to give these kids a very special evening during this difficult time."
The annual celebration of high school musical theatre in the Greater Houston area, the Tommy Tune Awards, is going online.
Following The Phantom of the Opera, Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies Will Head to YouTube | Playbill
The Shows Must Go On continues April 24 with the Australian production of the musical sequel, starring Ben Lewis and Anna O'Byrne.
Happy birthday, Patti Lupone!!!
#ASKPATTI Patti LuPone answers fan questions from her dressing room at the Gielgud Theatre.
A lengthy 2017 interview, to be streamed online, shows the acting great opening up about her craft and sharing priceless memories
A lengthy 2017 interview, to be streamed online, shows the acting great opening up about her craft and sharing priceless memories
Broadway star Nick Cordero had his leg amputated due to coronavirus complications
The Broadway star is recovering at a hospital in Los Angeles, where he lives with his family while performing in "Rock of Ages."
This Disney sing-along had A-listers doing our favorite tunes from their living rooms. Pretty wonderful!
Artists Ariana Grande, Demi Lovato, Beyonce and more banded together as one to entertain families across the country for "The Disney Family Singalong."
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This marks the first time the popular free event won't be held in its 58-year history.
Rest in peace, Brian Dennehy
“He was a towering, fearless actor taking on the greatest dramatic roles of the 20th century,” Robert Falls, artistic director of the Goodman Theater in Chicago, where Mr. Dennehy did some of his finest work, said in a phone interview. “They were mountains that had to be climbed, and he had no problem throwing himself into climbing them.”
A versatile star, he had scores of television and film credits and made a searing impression on Broadway in “Death of a Salesman.”
One week from today!
John Weidman will discuss his great collaborations with Stephen Sondheim on Pacific Overtures, Assassins, and Road Show!
Join longtime 92Y faculty member Louis Rosen online for this rare event - a conversation with one of Stephen Sondheim's most important collaborators, the playwright John Weidman, about the three extraordinary projects they created together, Pacific Overtures, Assassins, and Road Show.
Happy birthday, Kelli O'Hara!
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