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Read about musicals and plays broadcast on TV and in movie theatres as well as stage adaptations for the screen. Also covered: TV and movie projects featuring theatre stars, writers and directors and videos of TV interviews and performances.
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By Andrew Gans | 08/07/2020Featuring brand-new material and special appearances from cast members, the event will benefit The Actors Fund. -
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By Ryan McPhee | 08/07/2020Catch streaming performances of Fela!, Dutchman, and more.
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By Logan Culwell-Block | 08/07/2020This film takes a look at the life and work of the book writer-lyricist behind Little Shop of Horrors, Beauty and the Beast, and more.
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By Dan Meyer | 08/06/2020The stage favorites appear on the latest episode of BPN Town Hall: My Broadway Memory.
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By Andrew Gans | 08/05/2020The HBO special is produced entirely under quarantine.
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By Dan Meyer | 08/05/2020Alex Newell, Krystina Alabado, Carolee Carmello, and Jeremy Jordan will also appear in the nine-episode A Killer Party.
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The Verdict
By Logan Culwell-Block | 08/05/2020Centered on the Little Shop of Horrors and Little Mermaid lyricist, Howard will be available to stream beginning August 7.
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By Dan Meyer | 08/04/2020The updated take co-created by Erica Schmidt played Off-Broadway last year.
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By Dan Meyer | 08/04/2020The Netflix series from Ryan Murphy stars Sarah Paulson, as well as Tony winners Cynthia Nixon and Sophie Okonedo.
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By Dan Meyer | 08/04/2020A group of up-and-coming performers, writers, directors, composers, and more debut their work.
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By Dan Meyer | 08/03/2020The movie will also star Mario Lopez, Kelly Rowland, and Betty White.
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By Andrew Gans | 08/03/2020Leon previously directed Brooks in Much Ado About Nothing.
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By Ryan McPhee | 08/03/2020Watch Alan Menken and Lin-Manuel Miranda perform together, take a virtual tour of the theatre district, and more.
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By Andrew Gans | 08/03/2020Purdee also wrote and directed the new folk-rock musical film.
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By Playbill Staff | 08/03/2020Your guide to where and when to watch captures of live plays and musicals, from the National Theatre and more!
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By Andrew Gans | 07/31/2020Et Alia, a femme-fronted and -focused arts alliance, launches July 31.
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By Ryan McPhee | 07/31/2020Watch the new trailer for the Southern drama about a mega-wealthy Christian family and its upheaval.
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By Ryan McPhee | 07/31/2020Catch these theatre and theatre-adjacent streams July 31–August 2.
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By Andrew Gans | 07/31/2020The broadcast is part of Great Performances' Broadway at Home series, which also includes The King and I and Much Ado About Nothing.
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By Olivia Clement | 07/30/2020The Hollywood Emmy nominee will star as Sammy Davis Jr. in the upcoming film.
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By Ryan McPhee | 07/30/2020Jocelyn Bioh is attached to adapt the Ahrens and Flaherty musical for the screen.
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Benefits and Galas
By Andrew Gans | 07/30/2020The virtual reunion, also including series co-creator Norman Lear, benefits The Actors Fund.
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By Dan Meyer | 07/30/2020The celebration also welcomes the return of the Outstanding Broadway Production category.
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By Dan Meyer | 07/29/2020The U.K.-based show will feature songs set in a café, bar, or restaurant, re-imagined for the performance series.
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By Andrew Gans | 07/29/2020The virtual reunion benefits The Actors Fund.
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By Dan Meyer | 07/28/2020The series, co-written by the Matilda the Musical and Groundhog Day composer-lyricist, will stream on Sundance Now.
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By Andrew Gans | 07/28/2020Producers Scott Sanders and Mara Jacobs are collaborating with the In the Heights and Water by the Spoonful playwright on the movie centering Latin music.
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By Ryan McPhee | 07/28/2020The 72nd annual ceremony will air on ABC September 20.
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By Andrew Gans | 07/28/2020The series follows the lives of employees and patrons of a small-town Mississippi strip club.
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By Ryan McPhee | 07/27/2020The real-life couple play a couple navigating life during the pandemic in the two-night event, airing in August.
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By Ryan McPhee | 07/27/2020Here's what to catch online July 27–31.
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By Dan Meyer | 07/27/2020The Little Shop of Horrors stars performed the show’s anthem on The Late Late Show With James Corden.
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By Dan Meyer | 07/27/2020The stage and screen composer won Outstanding Original Song in a Children’s, Young Adult, or Animated Program.
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By Dan Meyer | 07/24/2020The Hamilton alum will join the Apple TV+ musical animated series for its second season.
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By Ryan McPhee | 07/24/2020The Emmy nominee and Broadway favorite joins a host of stage alums in the streaming performance, benefiting The Okra Project.
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By Ryan McPhee | 07/24/2020Here are some options for theatre enthusiasts to catch July 24–26.
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By Dan Meyer | 07/24/2020Leslie Odom Jr. and Nicolette Robinson in Love in the Time of Corona, My Best Friend's Wedding, and more will soon be available to stream.
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By Logan Culwell-Block | 07/24/2020The 1957 broadcast will be available to stream worldwide for free beginning at 8 PM ET.
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By Andrew Gans | 07/24/2020The broadcast is part of Great Performances' Broadway at Home series, which also includes The King and I and Much Ado About Nothing.
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By Andrew Gans | 07/23/2020The new season debuts this fall.
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By Playbill Staff | 07/23/2020This is the Dear Evan Hansen star's first time voicing a Disney character.
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By Dan Meyer | 07/23/2020Victoria Clark, Ann Harada, and Greg Hildreth also joined in the festivities ahead of a viewing party for the original Julie Andrews broadcast.
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By Dan Meyer | 07/22/2020A slew of Broadway favorites performed solo pieces in support of The 24 Hour Plays: Nationals.
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By Dan Meyer | 07/22/2020The film was originally slated for a Christmas weekend limited release.
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By Olivia Clement | 07/22/2020Gandja Monteiro will direct the upcoming feature drama, about a singer-songwriter from Chicago who mentors young performers.
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By Dan Meyer | 07/22/2020The First Wives Club, Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire, Marvin's Room, and more will soon be available to stream.
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By Dan Meyer | 07/21/2020The Dear Evan Hansen alum created a virtual, interactive murder mystery for audiences to join as detectives.
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By Olivia Clement | 07/21/2020The show, from director-choreographer Kenny Ortega, premieres in the fall.
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By Andrew Gans | 07/21/2020The film is also scheduled to air on HBO Max later this year.
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By Olivia Clement | 07/21/2020The film reunites Menken with Beauty and the Beast's Linda Woolverton, who is writing the film with Lauren Hynek and Elizabeth Martin, and lyricist Glenn Slater.
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