Jersey Boys creators on “Cloud Nine” for new Temptations musical by Frank Dilella

For their latest collaboration on the Great White Way, two-time Tony-winning director Des McAnuff and Tony-nominated choreographer Sergio Trujillo are cued to get Motown fans singing along w…

The Illusionists Will Reappear on Broadway—Just in Time for the Holidays by Frank Dilella

For the fourth year, the international magic franchise The Illusionists will return to Broadway this holiday season. The new extravaganza, titled Magic of the Holidays, will shine a spotlig…

The Man Behind the Magic by Frank Dilella

Simon Painter has been bringing magic to Broadway — literally — since 2014. As partner/executive/creative producer of The Works Entertainment, Painter is responsible for the creation of …

Dear Evan Hansen is Coming to a City Near You by Frank Dilella

Dear Reader, Today is going to be a good day and here’s why: Dear Evan Hansen is coming to a city near you! The 2017 Tony Award–winning musical Dear Evan Hansen is about to embark on…

Students Make Broadway Debut at the 10th National H.S. Musical Theatre Awards by Frank Dilella

It was a stage full of rising stars at the 10th Annual National High School Musical Theatre Awards, a.k.a. The Jimmys, on June 25 at Broadway’s Minskoff Theatre — the home of Disney’s …

Same Island, New Territory by Frank Dilella

It’s been almost 30 years since the musical Once On This Island first debuted on Broadway. Now it’s back on the boards in an exciting, immersive way, courtesy of director Michael Arden. …

A Hilarious New Mean Girls — for the Stage by Frank Dilella

It’s laughter and girl power over on 52nd Street as Mean Girls is currently ruling school at Broadway’s August Wilson Theatre. The musical, based on the 2004 film of the same name, featu…

Broadway — Just a Click Away! by Frank Dilella

Multi-Tony-Award-winning producers and married couple Stewart F. Lane and Bonnie Comley are no strangers to pumping out world-class entertainment. Together they’ve been involved in produci…

Michael Urie Goes Off-Broadway in 'The Government Inspector' by Frank Dilella

NY1 VIDEO: "Ugly Betty" star Michael Urie is in a new off-Broadway comedy that is more relevant than ever, THE INSPECTOR GENERAL for Red Bull Theater.

Who’s Next: Andy Señor, Jr. by Frank Dilella

As part of Playbill Pride 2016, we set our sights on the next generation of LGBTQ artists. Meet dancer and director Andy Señor, Jr.

Kristin Chenoweth On Gay Marriage, Staying In Touch With Idina Menzel and the Composer Who Would Wri by Frank Dilella

Petite powerhouse soprano Kristin Chenoweth, returning to Broadway in On the Twentieth Century, shares why the role of Hollywood starlet Lily Garland is one she has "always wanted to pl…

Patina Miller Follows Famous Footsteps as The Leading Player in Pippin by Frank Dilella

Sister Act's Patina Miller makes the footfalls of Bob Fosse and Ben Vereen all her own as part of the lineage of Pippin's famous Leading Player.

Tweeting in the Wings: Broadway Performers Use Twitter to Express Themselves at Intermission by Frank Dilella

Broadway stars and gypsies alike have started a new tradition of "tweeting" pictures of their intermission experiences. Check out the creative snaps.

Making Headlines: Newsies Is Freshly Inked for Broadway by Frank Dilella

The movie musical "Newsies" was considered a flop in 1992. Two decades — and a growing cult-following — later, Disney has rewritten the story of a newsboy strike for Br…

Show Tunes and Shootin' Hoops in Lysistrata Jones by Frank Dilella

Douglas Carter Beane, Lewis Flinn and Dan Knechtges apply a full-court musical-comedy press to bring the ancient Aristophanes comedy Lysistrata to the 21st century.

I Hope I Get It: The Casting Session by Frank Dilella

A bird's-eye view of a theatrical casting session for Newsies — another day in the life of an NYC actor hoping to seize the day.

Broadway — A Mother's Way by Frank Dilella

Broadway stars Donna Murphy, Beth Leavel and Victoria Clark talk about being working moms.

Famed Broadway Composer Tries His Hand At Opera - NY1 by Frank Dilella

Currently represented on the Broadway boards with the mega-musical "Wicked," master musical theater composer Stephen Schwartz is preparing to debut his first opera, "Seance On A Wet Afternoo…

Neil Patrick Harris Stars In "Company" At Avery Fisher Hall by Frank Dilella

A '70s-Set Sister Act by Frank Dilella

Composer Alan Menken and producer Whoopi Goldberg get their Sister Act together for Broadway.