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Friday, February 4, 2011

The WEEK AHEAD: Feb. 5-11 by Blake Ross

The “short month” gets off to a big start this WEEK AHEAD! Geoffrey Rush goes mad… Douglas Hodge is a man…. Idina Menzel sings for her supper…. And Kids take over Broadway! Saturda…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:40PM
Friday, January 28, 2011

The WEEK AHEAD: Jan. 29-Feb. 4 by Blake Ross

Time Stands Still exits the Main Stem… life is (once again) a cabaret for Brooke Shields… and the Road to Quatar is paved with show tunes! Blake Saturday, January 29 BEFORE IT CLOSES→ …

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:26PM
Monday, January 24, 2011

F by Blake Ross

The inimitable choreographer Bob Fosse will be the subject of a new HBO film produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, directed by Bryan Singer (”X-Men”). If Fosse’s own semi…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:08PM
Friday, January 21, 2011

The WEEK AHEAD: Jan. 22-28 by Blake Ross

Now that you’ve gotten past “Blue Monday,” it’s all uphill from here, this WEEK AHEAD! NYC kicks-off a “week” of good food and good shows for a good price!….Mamet h…

SOURCE: Playbill at 07:44PM
Friday, January 14, 2011

The WEEK AHEAD: Jan. 15-21 by Blake Ross

This holiday WEEK AHEAD gives us a chance to reflect on the legacy of some historic Americans and one of Broadway’s angels. Rep. Ruth Messinger hosts a free evening of song and dance i…

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:45PM
Friday, January 7, 2011

The WEEK AHEAD: Jan. 8-14 by Blake Ross

Kick-off 2011 with a theatre-filled, spectacular WEEK AHEAD! Wilde women start off Broadway’s New Year… four Main Stem departures… Rent men take up residence at Town Hall&#…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:18PM
Thursday, December 30, 2010

The Most Memorable Theatre Moments of 2010: Playbill’s Annual Poll by Blake Ross

Every year, Playbill asks our friends in the community — actors, producers, directors, playwrights, journalists and readers — to tell us their favorite theatre moment of the year. 2010 w…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:43AM
Tuesday, December 28, 2010

The Plight of a Winter Playbill by Blake Ross

For 126 years, our magazine, the Playbill, has somehow, some way, made its way into theatres every night.  On Dec. 28, for the first time, it looked as though our streak of getting theatres…

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:58PM
Monday, December 27, 2010

Attention Playbill.com readers! What was your most memorable theatre moment of the year? by Blake Ross

You’ve heard from us, now we want to hear from you! What was your most memorable theatre moment of 2010? From the triumphant Broadway debuts from the likes of Douglas Hodge and Scarlet…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:29AM
Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Best of Broadway’s Christmas by Blake Ross

I’m dreaming of a Broadway Christmas! For this edition of WEBway, I give you my favorite picks for Broadway carols. “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” became a holiday classic t…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:12PM
Friday, December 17, 2010

The WEEK AHEAD: Dec. 18-24 by Blake Ross

The countdown to Christmas (and, more importantly, Christmas vacation!) will begin this WEEK AHEAD. Check out our Broadway Christmas Week Schedule to find out which shows will be running dur…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:47PM
Saturday, December 11, 2010

The WEEK AHEAD: Dec. 11-17 by Blake Ross

Baby, it’s cold outside! Why not get inside a warm theatre this WEEK AHEAD? Liza and the Family…The Scottsboro Boys exit Broadway…Lance Bass and his Big Gay Wedding…and Christmas at …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:17AM
Tuesday, December 7, 2010

About Last Night: Top 10 Gypsy of the Year Moments by Blake Ross

A huge congratulations to our friends at Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS for another spectacular Gypsy of the Year competition! This year had many highlights. Here are my Top 10 moments of…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:38PM
Friday, December 3, 2010

The WEEK AHEAD: Dec. 4-10 by Blake Ross

Spread yuletide cheer with lots of holiday-themed happenings this WEEK AHEAD. Rory Kinnear’s Hamlet: Sondheim tested/Sondheim approved…The Osmonds take Manhattan… Michael Feinstein, sw…

SOURCE: Playbill at 06:07PM
Friday, November 26, 2010

The WEEK AHEAD: Nov. 27-Dec. 3 by Blake Ross

Kick-off December with this WEEK AHEAD. B.B King’s celebrates Jimi Hendrix…Spidey finally spins his web in New York…Bob Woodruff on Times Stands Still…and World AIDS Day Saturda…

SOURCE: Playbill at 06:44AM
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

ABOUT LAST NIGHT: Sondheim on the Critics, “Glee,” fellow lyricists and Not Being Finished With His Hat by Blake Ross

Before Frank Rich was “Frank Rich of the New York Times,” he was a writer at his alma mater’s paper, The Harvard Crimson.  It was in Boston that a young Rich saw the tryout of Stephen…

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:40PM
Friday, November 19, 2010

The WEEK AHEAD: Thanksgiving Edition! by Blake Ross

Get over your Tryptophan-induced coma with a theatre-packed WEEK AHEAD. Denis O’Hare and Brendan Fraser bring the crazy back to Broadway…Stephen Sondheim celebrates the longest birthday …

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:32PM
Friday, November 12, 2010

The WEEK AHEAD: Nov. 13-19 by Blake Ross

Here’s this WEEK AHEAD’s daily specials: Neil LaBute breaks David Duchovny in for the stage…Joan Collins on her own dynasty… A Free Man of Color brings freewheeling New Orleans t…

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:41PM
Thursday, November 11, 2010

Japan’s Robot Actor (video) by Blake Ross

Forget canned music—how about canned acting? Japan’s newest acting sensation isn’t a human but rather an android. That’s right—a robot named Geminoid F is the newest sp…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:18PM
Friday, October 22, 2010

The WEEK AHEAD: Oct. 24-29 by Blake Ross

Spectacles of all kind come alive this WEEK AHEAD! Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones drive back to Broadway…More Beatlemania for the Main Stem…Angels in America returns to New York�…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:18PM

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