2018 Easter Bonnet Competition Raises .7 Million; Hamilton Named Top Fundraiser The annual event from Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS took place April 23 and 24.
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See the Final Presentation of the 2018 Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge Almost 200 high school-aged songwriters around the United States submitted songs for the competition from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Special Performance of Carousel to Benefit Actors Fund Proceeds from a newly added May 14 matinee will go to the national human services organization.
Look Back at the Anastasia Opening Night on Broadway The stage musical based on the 1997 animated film opened April 24, 2017.
See Laura Osnes, Kate Baldwin, and Mean Girls Cast Perform at ASTEP Gala Artists Striving to End Poverty held its inaugural gala April 23 at Feinstein’s/54 Below.
Dominique Morisseau’s Paradise Blue Begins Off-Broadway The Signature Theatre production, directed by Tony winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson, begins previews April 24.
Parsons Dance to Honor Stephen Schwartz Shoshana Bean will perform at the May 15 gala at the Joyce.
See Cynthia Erivo, Judy Kuhn, and Donna McKechnie Honor John Doyle at CSC Gala Classic Stage Company celebrated its 50th anniversary April 23 with a tribute to its Tony-winning artistic director.
Nadine Sierra Named Metropolitan Opera’s 2018 Beverly Sills Artist Award Winner The young soprano returns to the Met next season in Rigoletto.
Scroll Through the Travesties Opening Night Playbill Tom Stoppard’s Tony-winning play officially opens on Broadway April 24.
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theatre History: April 24
Did You Spot These Jimmy Buffett Easter Eggs in Escape to Margaritaville? How Greg Garcia and Mike O’Malley baked Jimmy Buffett lyrics into the plot of their original musical.
Roundabout Revival of Travesties Opens on Broadway Tom Stoppard’s Tony-winning play returns to Broadway for the first time since 1975.
Courtney Balan, Luba Mason Star in Unexpected Joy, New Musical From Side Show’s Bill Russell Lyricist-librettist Russell collaborated with composer Janet Hood on the musical, which begins performances April 24.
Read Reviews for Summer: The Donna Summer Musical on Broadway LaChanze, Ariana DeBose, and Storm Levern star in the new musical that opened on Broadway April 23 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.