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Video
Watch video of Broadway, Off-Broadway, and London shows as well as interviews, TV appearances, and special performances.
Video
Let Lin-Manuel Miranda Take You on a Tour of the ‘Greatest City in the World’
By Dan Meyer | 04/16/2021
The
Hamilton
and
In The Heights
creator visits a number of historic sites using Google Arts and Culture.
Film & TV News
WATCH: Bernadette Peters Returns to
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
for a Girls' Night Out
By Talaura Harms | 04/15/2021
The Broadway legend makes her second appearance on the NBC show April 18; get an exclusive sneak peek here.
Video
Meet The Potato: ‘I’m Here to Mash the Competition’
By Dan Meyer | 04/15/2021
Broadway’s Masked Singer
reveals another clue package ahead of the April 26 premiere.
Video
Sutton Foster-Led
Younger
Begins 7th and Final Season April 15
By Dan Meyer | 04/15/2021
The series returns on Paramount+ with Hilary Duff, Nico Tortorella, and Debi Mazar.
Sponsored Content
Watch Abby Mueller Host a COVID-19 Discussion With Physicians in
Centerstage With Healthcare Heroes
By Dan Meyer | 04/14/2021
The health and wellness series marks a partnership between Playbill and Weill Cornell Medicine.
Book News
Exclusive 1st Listen: Tovah Feldshuh Reads the 'Overture' From New Memoir
Lilyville: Mother, Daughter, and Other Roles I’ve Played
By Talaura Harms | 04/12/2021
Hear why the Tony nominee's mother skipped seeing
The Vagina Monologues
and what she thought of Will Swenson's dancing in
Hair.
Film & TV News
Watch Anthony Ramos, Uzo Aduba, John Benjamin Hickey, More in
In Treatment
Teaser
By Dan Meyer | 04/12/2021
The HBO show returns with a new cast May 23.
Video
Watch Amber Iman's Broadway Pop-Up Concert for Fellow Performers
By Logan Culwell-Block | 04/12/2021
The
Shuffle Along...
alum offered a set at the Broadway Theatre April 10.
Video
Check Out Clips From Korean-Language
Wicked
in Seoul
By Dan Meyer | 04/09/2021
The production currently operates with two rotating casts.
Video
Watch
Glee
and
The Boys in the Band
Virtual Reunions at 2021 GLAAD Media Awards
By Dan Meyer | 04/09/2021
Jim Parsons, Matt Bomer, and Robin de Jesús accepted the award for Outstanding Film, Limited Release.
Video
Check Out an Exclusive Clip of Grace McLean and the Cast of
Row
Singing ‘Independent Spirit’
By Dan Meyer | 04/08/2021
The musical closes out Williamstown Theatre Festival’s Audible season April 8.
Film & TV News
Watch the Trailer for
High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
Season 2
By Logan Culwell-Block | 04/08/2021
East High is upping the drama with a rival school, new students, long-distance romance, and more, on Disney+ May 14.
Video
Can You Guess Which Broadway Star Is The Flamingo?
By Dan Meyer | 04/08/2021
Broadway’s Masked Singer
reveals another clue package ahead of the show’s premiere.
Sponsored Content
Watch LaChanze Host a Discussion With Women’s Health Physicians in
Centerstage With Healthcare Heroes
By Dan Meyer | 04/07/2021
The health and wellness series marks a partnership between Playbill and Weill Cornell Medicine.
Video
Watch Sara Bareilles, Reneé Elise Goldsberry, Ashley Park, More in the
Girls5Eva
Trailer
By Dan Meyer | 04/06/2021
The Peacock comedy, also starring Paula Pell and Busy Philipps, debuts May 6.
Video
Catch Billy Porter, Mj Rodriguez, More in the
Pose
Season 3 Trailer
By Dan Meyer | 04/06/2021
Two-time Tony nominee Jeremy Pope joins the final season of the FX series.
Video
Watch Mandy Gonzalez Read an Excerpt From Her New Book
Fearless
By Dan Meyer | 04/06/2021
The new middle grade adventure thriller is out April 6.
Photo Features
Celebrate 50 Years of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman’s
Follies
With These Historic Photos
By Marc J. Franklin | 04/04/2021
The original Broadway production of the beloved musical opened at the Winter Garden Theatre April 4, 1971.
Broadway News
Inside the 1st In-Person Broadway Performance Since the Coronavirus Pandemic Shutdown
By Ryan McPhee | 04/03/2021
Tony winners Savion Glover and Nathan Lane entertained frontline workers from The Actors Fund and Broadway Cares during the special NY PopsUp event.
Theatre Alternatives
In the News: Watch Shoshana Bean Perform 'Amplify' From Maestra Music,
Theater For One
Sets Online Return
By Talaura Harms | 04/02/2021
Plus: Joey Contreras'
In Pieces
musical gets an album release featuring Andrew Barth Feldman, George Salazar, Solea Pfeiffer, and more.
Music Video
WATCH: Anthony Ramos' New Music Video 'Say Less,' Featuring
In the Heights
Co-Star Melissa Barrera
By Logan Culwell-Block | 04/02/2021
The video showcases a new song written and performed by the
Hamilton
star.
Video
Live, Interactive
Broadway’s Masked Singer
Series Is Coming
By Dan Meyer | 04/01/2021
Get an exclusive sneak peek at a clue package for The Bee inside.
Industry News
In the News: Billy Porter Delivers Logo's State of the Union, a
Jagged Little Pill-
Inspired Roundtable Series
,
More
By Talaura Harms | 03/31/2021
Plus: Christopher Lloyd will headline
King
Lear
for Shakespeare & Company this summer.
Video
Watch the Trailer for Twitter Stripper Saga
Zola
, Penned by Jeremy O. Harris and Janicza Bravo
By Dan Meyer | 03/31/2021
Taylour Paige and Riley Keough lead a cast that also includes Tony nominee Colman Domingo and Tony winner Ari’el Stachel.
Video
Watch the Cast of National Theatre's
Romeo and Juliet
Play 'William Shakespeare or Taylor Swift'
By Talaura Harms | 03/30/2021
Play along to see if you could differentiate a line of Shakespeare dialogue from a Swift lyric.
Industry News
Watch Jeffrey Seller Celebrate Theatre's 'New Beginning' in His Australian
Hamilton
Curtain Speech
By Talaura Harms | 03/29/2021
The international hit musical opened March 27 in Sydney.
Video
Oscar Nominee Leslie Odom, Jr. Reflects on
One Night in Miami...
, 1st Time Hearing
Hamilton,
More
By Talaura Harms | 03/29/2021
The Tony winner recently sat down with
CBS Sunday Morning.
Video
Watch Gershwin's 'Rhapsody in Blue' Come to Life With In-Person Performance at the Guggenheim
By Ryan McPhee | 03/26/2021
Choreographer Caleb Teicher and pianist-composer Conrad Tao presented their collaboration as part of Works & Process' new series.
Video
Asian and Pacific Islander Theatre Artists Call for Unity and Strength in Anti-Hate PSA
By Dan Meyer | 03/26/2021
The video includes dozens of Broadway alums, including David Henry Hwang and Lea Salonga.
Video
Watch the Video for Black Theatre United's Powerful New Anthem 'Stand for Change'
By Talaura Harms | 03/26/2021
Several founding members perform on the track, including Vanessa Williams, Brian Stokes Mitchell, and Audra McDonald.
Video
What’s Your Name, Mate? Watch the Australian Cast of
Hamilton
Perform the Opening Number
By Dan Meyer | 03/25/2021
Theatres continue to reopen Down Under with the Lin-Manuel Miranda musical.
Video
Watch Ariana DeBose in ‘Shall We Dance’
R&H Goes Pop!
Music Video
By Dan Meyer | 03/24/2021
The electro-pop take also features lyrics to “A Wonderful Guy” from
South Pacific
.
Video
Celebrate 100 Years of the Walter Kerr Theatre With André De Shields, Stephanie J. Block, More
By Dan Meyer | 03/22/2021
An interactive timeline highlights the Broadway venue’s historic milestones.
Video
Arts Leaders Discuss Taking the Risk to Find New Talent and Expand Audience Demographics
By Dan Meyer | 03/18/2021
Part 2 of the Hal Luftig-presented roundtable focuses on the how to move forward by creating equitable theatre spaces.
Video
Allow Lupita Nyong’o to Show You How to Kiss Over Zoom
By Dan Meyer | 03/18/2021
The star had to learn a new trick for the recording of The Public Theater's
Romeo y Julieta
.
Theatre Alternatives
New York Theatre Barn Presents Excerpts From
Anjou: The Musical Horror Tale
and
For Tonight
March 17
By Talaura Harms | 03/17/2021
Broadway and West End alums including Taylor Iman Jones, Jelani Remy, and Simon Gordon perform in the half-hour excerpts.
Theatre Alternatives
In the News: Constantine Maroulis, Laura Bell Bundy, Kerry Butler, More Set for All-Star
Rock of Ages
Reunion Concert
By Talaura Harms | 03/16/2021
Plus: Kaufman Music Center presents Kay Swift and Kander and Ebb concerts, and watch Idina Menzel on The Drew Barrymore Show.
Film & TV News
Watch Laura Benanti and Christopher Jackson's Hilariously Desperate Plea, on Behalf of Those Living With Actors During the Pandemic
By Talaura Harms | 03/16/2021
The Broadway favorites appeared in a sketch supporting The Actors Fund on
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.
Photo Features
Check Out These Political Cartoons in Support of Be An #ArtsHero
By Dan Meyer | 03/16/2021
Over two dozen illustrations highlight the need for industry relief in partnership with Counterpoint.
Video
Watch Rob McClure Prepare to Conduct a Broadway Show Opening, Featuring
Hadestown
Stage Manager Cherie B. Tay
By Talaura Harms | 03/15/2021
The latest video from the #ConductorCam series features the voices of Broadway stage technicians, all in places and standing by, a year after the shutdown.
Awards
Watch Brittany Howard Sing 'You'll Never Walk Alone' at the 2021 Grammy Awards
By Andrew Gans | 03/15/2021
The performance was part of the In Memoriam segment of the annual ceremony.
Video
Kevin McCollum Explains How Broadway Could Reopen: Money, Time, and Adjustments
By Dan Meyer | 03/15/2021
“I’m very bullish on the future for Broadway. When Broadway is back, New York is back and America is back.”
Film & TV News
Watch 2 New Trailers for the
In the Heights
Movie
By Ryan McPhee | 03/14/2021
The film adaptation of the Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes musical will arrive in theatres and on HBO Max June 18.
Video
Open Jar Studios Premieres New Documentary
The Show Must Go On
By Roberto Araujo | 03/13/2021
The short documentary will stream on March 13 at 8PM on Playbill to commemorate one year since the Broadway shutdown.
Video
Watch
Six
Cast Members and More Attempt a Guinness World Record on 1-Year Anniversary of Broadway Shutdown
By Dan Meyer | 03/12/2021
There's still time to join the effort to create the largest online video album of people singing the same song.
Broadway News
Watch as the Broadway Community Reunites in Times Square, 1 Year Later, for
We Will Be Back
By Talaura Harms | 03/12/2021
The live pop-up event featured performances and appearances by Chita Rivera, André de Shields, and more.
Video
Watch Highlights From
The Prom,
Now Open in Japan
By Dan Meyer | 03/12/2021
The musical began March 10 in Tokyo.
Video
Jessie Mueller, Ali Stroker, Alex Brightman and More Perform Resilient Take on Sondheim's 'I'm Still Here'
By Talaura Harms | 03/12/2021
"We're Still Here" was created by Thomas Ellenson to mark one year of Broadway closures.
Video
Watch
A Year Later: Where We Started and Where We're Going,
a Conversation with Members of the Broadway Community
By Roberto Araujo | 03/12/2021
Sammi Cannold, Shereen Pimentel, Jelani Remy, and more reflect on the past year.
Video
Audra McDonald Discusses the Calming Effect of Carol Channing on
Late Night With Seth Meyers
By Talaura Harms | 03/11/2021
The six-time Tony Award winner is a current nominee for her role in
Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune.
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