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By Dan Meyer | 08/23/2019From celebrity memoirs and biographies to Broadway backstage passes, check out this list of books theatre lovers will love as the summer heat starts to cool. -
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By Genesis Johnson | 08/21/2019From Ben Platt to Ruthie Ann Miles, note the stage favorites and Tony Award winners making their way to TV this fall.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 08/20/2019In honor of the U.S. Open tennis finals in New York, we take a look back at the shows, songs, and venues that served up theatre love.
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By Dan Meyer, Emily Selleck | 08/16/2019Take a trip on an ocean liner or to Bikini Bottom thanks to these musicals with an aquatic setting.
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Classic Arts Features
By Dan Meyer | 08/14/2019From Master Class to Farinelli and the King, there have been many plays with opera tie-ins.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 08/10/2019From “break a leg” to “strike,” here’s what they mean and where they came from.
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By Playbill Staff | 08/06/2019Can't keep tabs on all the In The Heights-Hamilton-Freestyle Love Supreme star’s projects? We made a list for you.
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By Dan Meyer | 08/03/2019From “Mein Herr” to “Hopelessly Devoted to You,” several songs added to movie musical adaptations ended up in later stage productions.
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Classic Arts Features
By Genesis Johnson | 08/01/2019What 2017 Tony-nominated revival is based on a 1904 opera? Which musical adaptation earned Anika Noni Rose a 2019 Lucille Lortel Award?
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Classic Arts Features
By Dan Meyer | 07/29/2019From Porgy and Bess to Sweeney Todd, there’s no shortage of musicals that segue from the musical theatre stage to the opera house.
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By Doug Reside | 07/22/2019Script pages, set photos, and more New York Public Library records from previous stagings of the Greek myth.
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By Talaura Harms, David Gewirtzman | 07/21/2019Guess the new "ruined" titles of shows using the Playbill clues.
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By Dan Meyer | 07/20/2019From Spaceman Off-Broadway in 2019 to the Andy Warhol-produced Man on the Moon in the ‘60s, these cosmos-set shows are out of this world.
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By Talaura Harms | 07/20/2019Test your theatre knowledge by naming these musicals from their one-sentence plot descriptions.
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Book News
By Dan Meyer | 07/18/2019From Hedwig to the Chicago theatre scene, check out our list of books theatre lovers will enjoy.
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Classic Arts Features
By Genesis Johnson | 07/17/2019From a Tennessee Williams classic to Arthur Miller’s bewitching morality tale, some major works from the theatre canon have gone on to inspire opera composers.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 07/15/2019Be sure to catch shows inspired by everything from Adam and Eve to Amelia Earhart to Emmett Till and more.
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By Playbill Staff | 07/12/2019From Friends’ "Freud!" to The Simpsons’ "Oh! Streetcar!," here are some classic faux productions.
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Classic Arts Features
By Genesis Johnson | 07/11/2019From Bohème to Bernstein, these classic works each saw their names in lights.
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Special Features
By Dan Meyer | 07/11/2019Writers don't only musicalize your favorite films—some of them come to the stage without songs and dances, including these shows.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 07/09/2019The Avengers star and Golden Globe–winning actor makes his Broadway debut in the upcoming Betrayal.
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By Logan Culwell-Block | 07/06/2019Are you walking past a Broadway theatre without knowing it?
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Photo Features
By Hannah Vine | 07/05/2019A look at the evolution of Chicago, Sweeney Todd, My Fair Lady, Hello, Dolly! and eight more.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 07/04/2019From the true events of Parade and The Scottsboro Boys to Founding Father accounts like Hamilton, can you name all of these Broadway shows based on true American events and historic figures?
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By Logan Culwell-Block | 07/03/2019From ailing stars to jailed producers, the stories behind some of Broadway’s shortest runs are the stuff of legend.
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