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Tuesday, September 30, 2014

NOISES OFF-BROADWAY AND BEYOND: The Old Man and the Moon Shines Bright and High Kicks Fill the Can-C by Harry Haun

Playbill.com writer Harry Haun provides the latest insight into the buzz Off-Broadway and beyond.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:18PM
Monday, September 29, 2014

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: You Can’t Take It With You — Fun Home by Harry Haun

A star-studded revival of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play You Can't Take It With You opened on Broadway Sept. 28. Rose Byrne, Julie Halston and Kristine Nielsen were there. So wa…

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:30PM
Tuesday, September 23, 2014

After 20 Years, Glenn Close Is Back – Just Don’t Call It a Comeback by Harry Haun

Twenty years after winning a third Tony Award — for her acclaimed turn as Norma Desmond in Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1994 musical Sunset Boulevard — Glenn Close …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Sunday, September 21, 2014

Tom Stoppard Returns to Childhood Dreams with Rare Revival of Indian Ink by Harry Haun

Playbill.com catches up with award-winning playwright Tom Stoppard about the Off-Broadway production of Indian Ink.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Friday, September 19, 2014

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Love Letters — A Very Special Delivery by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of A.R. Gurney's 1988 play Love Letters, which was revived Sept. 18 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:20PM
Monday, September 15, 2014

NOISES OFF-BROADWAY & BEYOND: Have You Met Ms. Jones? and Cynthia Nixon Remembers When by Harry Haun

Playbill.com writer Harry Haun provides the latest insight into the buzz Off-Broadway and beyond.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PM
Friday, September 12, 2014

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: This Is Our Youth—Que Cera, Cera by Harry Haun

Playwright Kenneth Lonergan made his Broadway debut Sept. 11 when This Is Our Youth, his angst-ridden tale of lost teens, opened at the Cort Theatre. Playbill.com was there.

SOURCE: Playbill at 06:00PM
Thursday, September 4, 2014

NOISES OFF-BROADWAY & BEYOND: Billie Without a Holiday and Gurney’s Love Letters to the Stage by Harry Haun

Playbill.com writer Harry Haun provides the latest insight into the buzz Off-Broadway and beyond.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PM
Thursday, August 21, 2014

Noises Off Stage and Beyond: Buzz from Sex With Strangers Star Anna Gunn, Julia Stiles and Tony Yazbeck by Harry Haun

Playbill.com correspondent Harry Haun provides the latest insight into the buzz Off-Broadway and beyond.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:02AM

Noises Off Stage and Beyond: Buzz from Sex With Strangers, Phoenix and On the Town by Harry Haun

Playbill.com correspondent Harry Haun provides the latest insight into the buzz Off-Broadway and beyond.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Monday, August 18, 2014

Nobody's Fool: Theresa Rebeck On New Play and Corporate Storytelling by Harry Haun

Theresa Rebeck, prolific playwright and creator of the NBC TV show "Smash," talks ventures into new territory with her latest play, the farce Fool.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Saturday, August 16, 2014

Like Mother, Like Daughter: Swoosie Kurtz and Her Mom (Re-) Release Books on Same Day by Harry Haun

Tony winner Swoosie Kurtz shares stories of her family — and by her family — with Playbill.com.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Saturday, August 9, 2014

Controversy on the Menu: In Ayad Akhtar's Disgraced, Dinner Party Politics Tear a Couple Apart by Harry Haun

Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar continues exploring the Muslim experience in America with the Broadway opening of Disgraced.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Sunday, July 6, 2014

From "Tell Him" to "Twist and Shout": Piece of My Heart Looks at the Man Behind the Music by Harry Haun

The new musical Piece of My Heart: The Bert Berns Story examines the life and legacy of pop songwriter Bert Berns.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Saturday, July 5, 2014

"Can Your Friends Do That?" James Monroe Iglehart on Playing the Genie in Aladdin by Harry Haun

James Monroe Iglehart, who took home the 2014 Tony Award for his performance as the Genie in Disney's Aladdin, chats with Playbill.com about his early love for the Genie and taking on th…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM
Sunday, June 22, 2014

Audra McDonald and the Troubled, Alcohol-Fueled Final Days of Billie Holiday by Harry Haun

Audra McDonald, who won an historic sixth Tony Award for her performance as Billie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill, and director Lonny Price, open up to Playbill.com about…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Friday, June 20, 2014

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Holler If Ya Hear Me — Tupac Plays the Palace by Harry Haun

Holler If Ya Hear Me, the first Broadway show of the 2014-15 season, opened June 19 at the Palace Theatre. Playbill.com was there.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:00PM
Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Anatevka Alums Make a Joyful Noise for Fiddler at 50 by Harry Haun

Broadway stars from the past 50 years gathered at the Town Hall June 9 to celebrate the 50th birthday of the acclaimed musical Fiddler on the Roof. Andrea Martin and Topol were there. S…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:46PM

Anatevka Alums Make a Joyful Noise for Fiddler at 50 by Harry Haun

Broadway stars from the past 50 years gathered at the Town Hall June 9 to celebrate the 50th birthday of the acclaimed musical Fiddler on the Roof. Harvey Fierstein, Andrea Martin and Topol …

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:45PM
Thursday, June 5, 2014

PLAYBILL QUIZ: Tony Has Oscar Ties, Challenge Your Awards Knowledge! (The Answers) by Harry Haun

Tony voters and Oscar voters are of two minds and two worlds, but sometimes these overlap. Last week Playbill.com shared a quiz with our readers that mixes award-winning shows with award-win…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:33AM
Monday, June 2, 2014

PLAYBILL QUIZ: Tony Has Oscar Ties, Challenge Your Awards Knowledge! by Harry Haun

Tony voters and Oscar voters are of two minds and two worlds, but sometimes these overlap. Here’s a quiz that mixes award-winning shows with award-winning cinema. How many can you answ…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Sunday, June 1, 2014

John Travolta, Harold Prince and More Size Up 5'1½" Choreographic Luminary Patricia Birch by Harry Haun

Veteran Broadway choreographer Patricia Birch will be honored with The Douglas Watt Lifetime Achievement Award during the Fred and Adele Astaire Awards June 2. Her contemporaries, including …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Kenneth Branagh on Bringing a "Dog-Eat-Dog, Savage" Macbeth to New York by Harry Haun

Kenneth Branagh, making his New York stage debut in Macbeth at the Park Avenue Armory, talks with Playbill.com about presenting a fast-paced and dark production of the Scottish Play.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PM
Sunday, May 18, 2014

From "Georgy Girl" to Barnum, Just Jim Dale Recounts Actor's Life Onstage by Harry Haun

The autobiography that arrived May 15 at Roundabout's Laura Pels Theatre with song, dance, anecdotes, and pratfalls goes under the modest handle of Just #Jim Dale.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Saturday, May 3, 2014

The Velocity of Motherhood: How Estelle Parsons and Stephen Spinella Became Mother and Son Onstage by Harry Haun

Estelle Parsons and Stephen Spinella talk with Playbill.com about playing mother and son in The Velocity of Autumn.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Friday, April 25, 2014

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Cabaret — Cumming & Going & Cumming Again by Harry Haun

Playbill.com offers a behind-the-scenes look at opening night of the Broadway revival of Cabaret.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:30PM
Thursday, April 24, 2014

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Casa Valentina — Harvey's Girls by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of Harvey Fierstein's new play Casa Valentina. Reed Birney, Lisa Emery, Mare Winningham and Patrick Page were there. So was Playbill.com.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:01PM
Wednesday, April 23, 2014

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Hedwig and the Angry Inch — Neil in Heels by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Neil Patrick Harris, John Cameron Mitchell, Lena Hall and Yoko Ono were there. So was Playbill.com.

SOURCE: Playbill at 06:00PM
Tuesday, April 22, 2014

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: The Velocity of Autumn — Spunk, Spark and Boom! by Harry Haun

Playbill.com offers a behind-the-scenes look at opening night of Eric Coble's The Velocity of Autumn.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:45PM
Monday, April 21, 2014

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: The Cripple of Inishmaan — Oh, Danny Boy by Harry Haun

Playbill.com offers a behind-the-scenes look at the opening night of The Cripple of Inishmaan.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:00PM
Friday, April 18, 2014

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Act One — Miles & Miles & Miles of Hart by Harry Haun

Act One, the stage adaptation of Moss Hart's show-business memoir, opened April 17 at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theatre. Santino Fontana, Andrea Martin and Tony Shalhoub …

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:30PM

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