Playbill News

With the current theatre world on hiatus, I have created a Spotlight Series on Broadway World which features interviews with some of the many talented artists who make our Los Angeles theatre community so exciting and vibrant thanks to their ongoing contribution to keeping the Arts alive in the City of the Angels. And just like all of us, I wondered how they are dealing with the abrupt end of productions in which they were involved. This Spotlight focuses on Monica Ricketts who discovered the magic of performing onstage as a child and never looked back or wanted to do anything else.

We want to hear from you! We're starting #BwayWorldPrompts, where each day we'll be asking our readers on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram questions to spark some theater conversation.

Late last year Dobama invited a dozen or so people to do a series of interviews meant to focus a spotlight on the theatre's 60th anniversary. As an original member of the Dobama community I was one of those honored to be asked to participate. Here is my interview:

There are some insanely talented Broadway artists out there! Check out their artwork from week 8's show logos challenge and get ready for week 9 of #BwayWorldFanArt-- Your Dream Role!

A bunch of Broadway ladies got together to create the Boss Bitch Fight Challenge: Broadway Edition.

She is a singer, actress, host, comedienne and shines on whatever stage she's on, and she's been on some amazing stages - Royal Albert Hall, London Palladium, Carnegie Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center to name a few. Who is the SHE you ask? None other then the force of nature, one of the foremost performers of our time, Ms. Klea Blackhurst, of course!

Today (May 7) in live streaming: Ben counts down Mother's Day songs, White Collar cast reunites on Stars in the House and so much more!

BroadwayWorld Book Club is officially off and running! Or should we say, reading! The first BroadwayWorld Book Club selection is Jennifer Ashley Tepper's The Untold Stories of Broadway Volume 1. Tepper has just released the first volume of the book for free on Kindle!

Klea Blackhurst keeps Ethel Merman alive in a new online web series showcasing her collection of Playbills and her knowledge of the forever Queen of Musical Theater

There are some insanely talented Broadway artists out there! Check out their artwork from week 6's Disney on Broadway challenge and get ready for week 7 of #BwayWorldFanArt-- Broadway Cosplay!

Toronto won't likely see any shows at a Mirvish theatre until 2021 - with the new subscription season set to begin in January.

Hale Center Theater Orem will stream its 1990 production of 'Thank You Papa' by Ruth and Nathan Hale with Hale@Home. Featuring a special presentation before the show from Ancestry.com on the extraordinary life of Ruth Hale and her ancestors!

21 artists from the Spanish musical theatre world join together to pay homage to the shows on the playbill this season on the stages of Madrid and Barcelona.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Cortland Repertory Theatre is announcing the cancellation of their entire 2020 summer season, and the suspension of all in-person youth workshops, camps and performances until further notice. a?oeThere is no easy way to report this news,a?? says Producing Artistic Director Kerby Thompson.

We want to hear from you! We're starting #BwayWorldPrompts, where each day we'll be asking our readers on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram questions to spark some theater conversation.

The Broadway Green Alliance will launch Earth Week by joining the Earth Day Initiative and March for Science NYC for their Earth Day 50 Virtual Kick-Off on Sunday, April 19 from 3:30pm - 10pm ET. As part of the special live stream, members of the Broadway community will join via virtual performance, sharing songs and messages of activism.

Our intention was to create a community that could respond to the growing crisis by creating a truly live experience a?' performed live, watched live, with interactions between actors and audience in the form of interval and post-show discussions.

There are some insanely talented Broadway artists out there! Check out their artwork from week 4's musical mashup challenge and get ready for week 5 of #BwayWorldFanArt-- favorite antagonist!

What do you think of when you hear a?oeBroadwaya??? Wicked, Company, Hamilton, Little Shop of Horrors, or Les Miserables? I bet The Glass Menagerie or Brighton Beach Memoirs weren't the first titles to enter your head. Have you ever thought about why that is? Why does the modern theatrical audience favor a musical over a play?