Playbill

Playbill is a monthly magazine in the United States that caters to theatre enthusiasts. While you can subscribe for home delivery, the majority of Playbill copies are specifically printed for individual shows and handed out at the entrance as part of the program. The first edition of Playbill was published in 1884 for a theatre located on 21st Street in New York City. Today, it is a staple in almost every Broadway theatre and many Off-Broadway performances. Additionally, Playbill is utilized in theatres across the United States, outside of New York City. As of September 2012, its circulation was reported to be 4,073,680.

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2025 Tony Awards Host Cynthia Erivo on Her Favorite Broadway Shows of the Season

1 day ago | playbill.com | Diep Tran

When asked about her favorite Tony Awards moment, Cynthia Erivo doesn’t have a hard time choosing: “My very favorite memory was walking up on stage and picking up that Tony,” said the actor, with a bit of cheek. She won a Tony in 2016 for her performance in The Color Purple, and that experience was so overwhelming, Erivo to this day still can’t put it into words: “That evening was wonderful. It was one of the most memorable things I’ve ever experienced.
Get An Insider's Look at Opening Night of Eurydice Starring Maya Hawke and Brian d'Arcy James

1 day ago | playbill.com | Meg Masseron |Diep Tran

Opening Night Get An Insider's Look at Opening Night of Eurydice Starring Maya Hawke and Brian d'Arcy James The show is currently running at Off-Broadway's Signature Theatre.
Kip Williams Says The Picture of Dorian Gray Is a 'Love Letter to Theatre Making and to Filmmaking'

2 days ago | playbill.com | Diep Tran

Director Kip Williams is well aware of the criticisms of The Picture of Dorian Gray on Broadway. Reviews have questioned whether the show is actually theatre—because star Sarah Snook performs in front of a video camera for its entire duration, with her image being projected on a screen. Sure, there may be "over 400 camera edits" in the show, but Williams doesn't think that disqualifies his adaptation of Dorian Gray from being an act of pure theatre.
Video: Sunset Blvd Camera Operator Shayna McPherson on Her Tricks of the Trade

3 days ago | playbill.com | Diep Tran

Shayna McPherson's face is currently all over TikTok. She is one of the camera operators in the Broadway revival of Sunset Blvd. And, notably, she is the camera operator who accompanies actor Tom Francis when he sings the show's title song while walking on the streets of New York. She films him singing, while the live camera footage is being watched in real-time by audiences inside of the St. James Theatre. And she's kind of internet famous.
Eurydice, Starring Maya Hawke and Brian d'Arcy James, Gets Extended; Read the Reviews

3 days ago | playbill.com | Diep Tran

Sarah Ruhl's Eurydice opened June 2 to rave reviews. The show, starring Maya Hawke (Stranger Things) and Brian d'Arcy James (Something Rotten), has now been extended by a week until June 27. Read the reviews of the play below. Ruhl wrote the play for her late father, reframing the myth of Eurydice and Orpheus around Eurydice’s relationship to her father. Hawke plays the re-examined mythological character with James as her father.
Watch: Will Aronson and Hue Park Revisit on Why They Cut a Singing Plant Number From Maybe Happy Ending

3 days ago | playbill.com | Diep Tran

The journey to a Broadway musical actually begins years before the show even hits the stage. For Maybe Happy Ending's Tony-nominated writing team Hue Park and Will Aronson, their journey actually began 14 years ago when the two were both students at New York University. Watch the exclusive video above, where the two detail how they met and walk viewers through their very first 2014 draft of Maybe Happy Ending (which included a singing plant, how very Little Shop of Horrors).
Oprah Winfrey, Ariana DeBose, Lea Michele, Lea Salonga, Samuel L. Jackson, More Are 2025 Tony Award Presenters

3 days ago | playbill.com | Andrew Gans |Logan Culwell-Block

Tony Awards Oprah Winfrey, Ariana DeBose, Lea Michele, Lea Salonga, Samuel L. Jackson, More Are 2025 Tony Award Presenters Brian Stokes Mitchell will be the announcer for Broadway's biggest night, set for June 8 at Radio City Music Hall. Oprah Winfrey Courtesy of Warner Bros.
Finn, Once Canceled by the Kennedy Center, Is Returning to Washington, D.C. for World Pride

3 days ago | playbill.com | Diep Tran

When President Trump took over the Kennedy Center, the institution canceled a number of World Pride events and other queer-themed works. Among them was a children's musical called Finn, which had a world premiere run last year at the Washington, D.C. theatre and had been due to come back via a tour.
Beetlejuice Is Coming Baaaaaaack to Broadway

3 days ago | playbill.com | Logan Culwell-Block

He's baaaaaack... again! Beetlejuice the Musical will play a third engagement on Broadway this fall, with the first national tour set to come to Broadway's Palace Theatre for a 13-week limited engagement beginning October 8. The run will continue through the holiday, playing its final performance—which will also close the tour after a three-year, 88-city run—January 3, 2026.
Off-Broadway's Goddess Gets 2nd, Final Extension

4 days ago | playbill.com | Logan Culwell-Block

New musical Goddess, which opened at Off-Broadway's Public Theater last month, has gotten a second and final extension that will see the musical playing the company's Newman Theater for an extra week, through June 15. 2025 Tony nominee Saheem Ali is directing. Watch above to see stars Amber Iman and Austin Scott singing "Near You" from the score in a newly released clip. See what critics had to say about the Off-Broadway bow here.