Film & TV News
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 | 05/24/2020Tony winner Joe Mantegna and Emmy winner Gary Sinise host the annual celebration. -
Benefits and Galas
By Andrew Gans | 05/22/2020The daily series from Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley benefits The Actors Fund.
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By Olivia Clement | 05/22/2020The new streaming service Broadway on Demand will honor Memorial Day with a special live stream of the musical.
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Film & TV Features
By Ryan McPhee | 05/22/2020A sampling of the virtual offerings to entice theatre enthusiasts over Memorial Day weekend.
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By Dan Meyer | 05/22/2020The show follows the lives of young musicians hoping to make it big in NYC.
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London News
By Andrew Gans | 05/22/2020The series concerns a group of British actors furloughed when their upcoming West End production is postponed due to the pandemic.
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By Olivia Clement | 05/22/2020Logo’s new series, inspired by the soapy dramas of the ’80s, centers on the fight over ownership of a historic gay bar.
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By Playbill Staff | 05/22/2020Your guide to where and when to watch captures of live plays and musicals, from the National Theatre and more!
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By Logan Culwell-Block | 05/21/2020The 37-title collection includes performances by Helen Mirren, Judi Dench, Jonathan Pryce, John Cleese, and more.
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By Andrew Gans | 05/21/2020The musical fantasy will also reunite Menken with Beauty and the Beast's Linda Woolverton, who is writing the film with Lauren Hynek and Elizabeth Martin.
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By Dan Meyer | 05/21/2020Stream the show for free on BroadwayHD, and follow along for trivia, giveaways, and more.
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By Andrew Gans | 05/21/2020The Shows Must Go On! series continues with the 2013 live NBC version of the Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II classic.
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By Dan Meyer | 05/21/2020The free NT Live re-broadcast, available through May 28, also stars Ben Foster and Vanessa Kirby.
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Broadway News
By Ryan McPhee | 05/21/2020The Steven Spielberg, Robert Greenblatt, and Neil Meron production will bring Karen Cartwright, Ivy Lynn, and more to the stage.
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By Mark Peikert | 05/20/2020The 2015 event streams May 20 with an introduction by Oscar winner Renée Zellweger and an intermission hosted by Julie Klausner.
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Stream Stealers
By Playbill Staff | 05/20/2020The Broadway alum (End of the Rainbow, Fool for Love) can be seen on the most recent season of the drama, co-starring as Laura Linney's brother.
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Benefits and Galas
By Andrew Gans | 05/20/2020The daily series from Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley benefits The Actors Fund.
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By Andrew Gans | 05/20/2020The evening with the Dear Evan Hansen Tony winner and The Politician star was filmed at the famed Manhattan venue last year.
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By Dan Meyer | 05/19/2020The play, captured in 2018, began streaming May 22.
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Photo Features
By Marc J. Franklin | 05/18/2020The series, based on Bong Joon-ho's 2013 film, premiered on TNT May 17.
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By Dan Meyer | 05/18/2020The Ryan Murphy Netflix series returns in June.
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By Olivia Clement | 05/18/2020Tony nominees Delroy Lindo and Clarke Peters also star in the new Netflix film from Oscar winner Lee, out this summer.
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Stream Stealers
By Playbill Staff | 05/18/2020Based on the Bong Joon-Ho film, the series stars Tony winners Hall and Daveed Diggs and Oscar winner Jennifer Connelly.
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By Ryan McPhee | 05/17/2020The slate of programming includes Allegiance, series from Tiler Peck and Frankie James Grande, and more.
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By Andrew Gans | 05/16/2020Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 airs on all major networks simultaneously.
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Video
By Playbill Staff | 05/15/2020Hall stopped by the virtual Playbill studio to talk about her Amazon series and stage career.
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By Andrew Gans | 05/15/2020The broadcast will feature follow-along lyrics to all the songs from the 1978 film, based on the classic Broadway musical.
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By Dan Meyer | 05/15/2020The 1998 filmed production stars Elaine Paige, Ken Page, and Jacob Brent.
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By Ryan McPhee | 05/14/2020The CBS All Access series, featuring a slew of Broadway veterans, will wrap up its current season sooner than scheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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By Olivia Clement | 05/14/2020The animated special from Pop TV is set to air in June.
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By Dan Meyer | 05/14/2020The 1998 filmed production, starring Elaine Paige, Ken Page, and Jacob Brent, heads to YouTube May 15.
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By Dan Meyer | 05/13/2020The competition also features a Q&A with the cast of the Emmy-nominated Netflix comedy.
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Video
By Dan Meyer | 05/12/2020The Broadway alum revisits Off-Broadway's New York Theatre Workshop in the May 13 season finale.
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By Dan Meyer | 05/12/2020Mark Dooley’s film was initially aiming to hit theatres in June.
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By Mark Peikert | 05/12/2020The Off-Broadway hit from the Nanette comedian was filmed in performance in Los Angeles.
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By Mark Peikert | 05/12/2020Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony- and Pulitzer-winning musical, filmed at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, was initially announced for a 2021 theatrical release.
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Video
By Ryan McPhee | 05/11/2020Andrew Lippa's musical parody of the Netflix sensation gets a drag twist.
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By Andrew Gans | 05/11/2020A host of Disney on Broadway alums performed on the ABC special The Disney Family Singalong: Volume II.
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By Playbill Staff | 05/11/2020The Broadway alum stopped by the virtual Playbill studio to discuss his new Hulu series about Catherine the Great, starring Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult.
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By Andrew Gans | 05/10/2020The Broadway favorites performed on the ABC special The Disney Family Singalong: Volume II.
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By Andrew Gans | 05/10/2020Ryan Seacrest returns to host the ABC special, also featuring Tony winners Heather Headley, Anika Noni Rose, and more.
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By Ryan McPhee | 05/08/2020The playwright and his buzzy Broadway show sparked a plot point on the CBS All Access series this week.
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Industry News
By Dan Meyer | 05/08/2020A variety of items from Ryan Murphy stage and screen projects will raise money to benefit COVID-19 relief efforts.
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By Playbill Staff | 05/08/2020The Drama Desk nominee can currently be seen as Gloria Steinem on FX's new series, streaming on Hulu.
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By Mark Peikert | 05/08/2020Stream the movie on BroadwayHD beginning at 8 PM Eastern and follow Playbill's Twitter for trivia, giveaways, and more.
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By Dan Meyer | 05/08/2020The show, with a book and lyrics by Alan Ayckbourn, stars John Scherer and Martin Jarvis.
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By Dan Meyer | 05/07/2020The documentary from Ivy Meeropol—Ethel and Julius Rosenberg's grandchild—will air on HBO.
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By Dan Meyer | 05/07/2020Upcoming titles also include Antony & Cleopatra (with Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo) and Barber Shop Chronicles.
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By Andrew Gans | 05/06/2020Ryan Seacrest will return to host the ABC special, airing on Mother's Day.
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Music Video
By Ruthie Fierberg | 05/06/2020Joshua Bassett, Olivia Rodrigo, and more are all in this together during quarantine.
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