Posts published in “Playbill”

Friends’ Matthew Perry Finds Vulnerability in His Playwriting Debut, The End of Longing Could Perry be any more ready to write and star in an Off-Broadway play?

Get Ready for Broadway Bares 2017 With a Look Back at Last Year’s Stripped Down Performance The 27th annual edition of the showbiz striptease takes place June 18 at the Hammerstein Ballroom.

How Theatre and Drama Can Have Healing Powers Practitioners in the burgeoning field of drama therapy find that the creative outlet can offer a release to those in pain.

Take a First Look at Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion Musical in Seattle Cortney Wolfson and Stephanie Renee Wall star in the musical adaptation of the 1997 cult comedy.

Joel Grey to Perform at Concert Tribute to Liza Minnelli June 17 Pasadena Pops’ Broadway: The Golden Age is scheduled for the L.A. County Arboretum.

Divas on the Green to Feature Julie Halston, Liz Callaway, and Capathia Jenkins June 17 Original versions of “Journey to the Past” and “Stop the Show” will be heard at the concert in Armonk, New York.

Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: June 17

TFANA’s Measure for Measure Begins June 17 Cherry Orchard director Simon Godwin helms the Shakespearean comedy in Brooklyn.

Trailblazing Writer-Director Robert O’Hara Won’t Be Limited By Anyone’s Imagination The Bootycandy playwright and director of Tarrell Alvin McCraney’s The Brother/Sister Plays breaks the mold with his theatrical perspective for Bella: An American Tall Tale.

Why Michael Feinstein’s Unconventional Passion is His Biggest Asset In the words of Ben Platt, “What makes you strange makes you powerful.”

Protesters Interrupt June 16 Performance of Public Theater's Julius Caesar Public Theater Artistic Director Oskar Eustis uses the Trump presidency as the concept for this controversial take on Shakespeare’s political drama.

Cast Members from Cats, School of Rock, Phantom of the Opera Will Offer Free Sing-Along in Central Park The event will celebrate the creation of an Andrew Lloyd Webber Sing for Hope Piano.

Max von Essen Will Join Kathleen Turner in Hollywood Nurses Reading, Narrated by Rosie O'Donnell The sold-out reading of the new pulp comedy will benefit The Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative.

Timeline of a Mega-Musical—King Kong’s Road to Broadway The mammoth Australian production King Kong is set to conquer Broadway in fall 2018. Featuring a one-ton, two-story animatronic silverback gorilla puppet as its star, it promises to be a musical like…