See Hamilton Cast Members Visit Restored Alexander Hamilton Statue at MCNY The Museum of the City of New York unveiled newly restored statues of Alexander Hamilton and Dewitt Clinton December 7.
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Yiddish Operetta The Sorceress Gets First Revival in Over 80 Years National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene will stage a restored version of the operetta at the Museum of Jewish Heritage.
Solo Musical Show Time! Will Document 100 Years of Musical Theatre History UnsungMusicalsCo. founder Ben West will star in the production that spans seven eras in American musical theatre history.
American Ballet Theatre’s Studio Company Looks to the Future The Studio Company serves as a transition period for young performers to become accomplished artists.
Broadway Actors Celebrate The Women Who Compose for Broadway December 9 Mary Rodgers, Jeanine Tesori, and Lucy Simon among those whose songs will be heard at the NYC Triad.
Watch Miss Saigon’s Devin Ilaw Sing Real-Life Helicopter Karaoke on His Commute to the Broadway Theatre Ilaw and Playbill’s Tyler Mount belt out signature songs by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg—while airborne.
Playbill Vault’s Today in Theatre History: December 7
Anastasia’s Derek Klena, Wicked’s Jackie Burns Star in Last Days of Summer Musical Reading December 7 Tony nominee Jeff Calhoun, who developed the show, directs the industry presentation.
How One Playwright Took On Dr. Seuss’ Estate to Tell Cindy Lou Who’s Story The Grinch parody Who’s Holiday! had to jump through legal hoops to make it to Off-Broadway.
See Vanessa Williams, Michael Urie, Michael Cerveris, and More at the Right Before I Go Benefit The evening benefited the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and the JED Foundation.
See Come From Away, Hamilton, The Lion King, and More Perform at Gypsy of the Year The 29th annual fundraiser for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS was held at the New Amsterdam Theatre.
Zachary Quinto Will Serve as National Ambassador for Excellence in Theatre Education Award Submissions are currently being accepted for the honor, presented by the Tony Awards and Carnegie Mellon University.
Eric Concklin, First Director of Torch Song Trilogy Plays, Dies in NYC He had a long career staging experimental plays Off-Off-Broadway.
Follow Danny Skinner Through the Opening Night of SpongeBob SquarePants The Broadway Musical The actor who plays Patrick Star takes us through the opening night—from backstage antics to the red carpet and after party.
A Look at the Opening Night of Rajiv Joseph’s Describe the Night The new play by the Tony-nominated playwright opened at Off-Broadway’s Atlantic Theater Company December 5.