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Friday, August 9, 2013

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: First Date — Kiss Today Goodbye by Harry Haun

Playbill.com offers a behind-the-scenes look at opening night of the new Broadway musical First Date.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:23PM
Monday, July 29, 2013

Shlomo Carlebach's Daughter Brings Her Father's Music to Broadway in Soul Doctor by Harry Haun

The unconventional life and music of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach comes to life, with a little help from his kin.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Steps Right Up — TKTS Celebrates 40 Years in Times Square by Harry Haun

The TKTS Booth celebrates 40 years in the center of Times Square.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM
Saturday, July 6, 2013

The Ballad of Julia & Juliana — Working Together to Create a Murder Ballad by Harry Haun

Julia Jordan and Juliana Nash have reconnected with their past with the help of a dingy bar, a throbbing love triangle and a bloodstained bat.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Thursday, June 27, 2013

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Buyer & Cellar — Hire Down Below by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the Off-Broadway opening of Buyer & Cellar. Michael Urie, Holland Taylor, Jane Lynch and Vanessa Williams were there — so was Playbill. *

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:20AM
Saturday, June 15, 2013

Neil LaBute's Reasons to Be Happy Revisits Quarreling Quartet of Friends by Harry Haun

Neil LaBute finds reasons to revisit the past. *

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Friday, June 14, 2013

From College Classmates to Tony Nominations, Broadway Buddies Stark Sands and Charl Brown Enjoy the Journey by Harry Haun

With two Broadway blocks, ten years, and two 2013 Tony nods between them, BFFs Charl Brown and Stark Sands enjoy the spotlight together. *

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Friday, April 26, 2013

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Pippin—Make That 'Big-Top Pippin' by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of Pippin. Diane Paulus, Patina Miller, Matthew James Thomas and Andrea Martin were there - so was Playbill.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:45PM

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Pippin—Make That 'Big-Top Pippin' by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of Pippin. Diane Paulis, Patina Miller, Matthew James Thomas and Andrea Martin were there - so was Playbill.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:44PM
Thursday, April 25, 2013

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: I'll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers—I Laughed, You Bette by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of I'll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers. Bette Midler, Linda Hart, Bruce Vilanch, Joe Mantello and Kathy Griffith were there –…

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:01PM
Wednesday, April 24, 2013

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: The Trip to Bountiful—Carrie Me Back by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of The Trip to Bountiful. Cicely Tyson, Tom Wopat, Vanessa Williams and Cuba Gooding, Jr. were there – so was Playbill.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:19PM
Tuesday, April 23, 2013

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: The Testament of Mary—At Long Last, Her Side of the Story by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of The Testament of Mary. Fiona Shaw, Debora Warner, and Colm Tóibín were there – so was Playbill.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:27PM

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: The Testament of Mary—At Long Last, Her Side of the Story by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of The Testament of Mary. Fiona Shaw, Debora Warner, and Colm Tóibín's were there – so was Playbill.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:26PM
Monday, April 22, 2013

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Macbeth: Cumming and Going by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of Alan Cumming's solo take on Macbeth. Cumming, John Tiffany, Julianna Margulies and Jesse Tyler Ferguson were there – so was Playb…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:16PM
Wednesday, April 17, 2013

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: The Big Knife—Odets, Poor Debts by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of the Roundabout Theatre Company revival of Clifford Odets' The Big Knife. Bobby Cannavale, Ana Reeder and Reg Rogers were there – …

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:21PM
Tuesday, April 16, 2013

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: The Nance—Two-Lane Traffic by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of Douglas Carter Beane's The Nance. Nathan Lane, George Chauncey, Jonny Orsini, Jack O'Brien and more chat with Playbill.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:21PM
Monday, April 15, 2013

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Motown: The Starmaker and His Galaxy by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of the London hit Motown the Musical.  Berry Gordy, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Mary Wilson and Gladys Knight were there …

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:14PM
Friday, April 12, 2013

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Matilda: Oh, You Beautiful Dahl by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of the London hit Matilda The Musical. Tim Minchin, Bertie Carvel, Rob Ashford, Megan Hilty, Celia Keenan-Bolger and Zachary Quinto were there…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:44PM
Sunday, April 7, 2013

Billy Porter Kicks Up His Kinky Boots, Wearing the Role of a Lifetime by Harry Haun

After dutifully paying his dues for over 20 years, Billy Porter gets his first shot at carrying a Broadway show — and he does it in heels.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Friday, April 5, 2013

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Kinky Boots; Some Girls Just Wanna Give Fun by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of the new Cyndi Lauper-Harvey Fierstein musical Kinky Boots.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:24PM
Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Imelda's Turn! Former First Lady of the Philippines Gets Her Own Musical in Here Lies Love by Harry Haun

Alex Timbers, David Byrne and Fatboy Slim give a spotlight to Imelda Marcos — the "only world leader who comes with her own soundtrack"— in the musical Here Lies Love a…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:16PM
Tuesday, April 2, 2013

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Lucky Guy — You've Got Mac by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of Nora Ephron's Lucky Guy.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:01PM
Saturday, March 30, 2013

What a Trip! Cicely Tyson Gets the Rich Role She's Longed for in Bountiful by Harry Haun

It took nearly 30 years and the role of a lifetime to get Cicely Tyson to journey back to Broadway. She talks about playing Horton Foote's homesick traveler in The Trip to Bountiful.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM
Saturday, March 23, 2013

STAGE TO SCREENS: Cuba Gooding Jr. and Vanessa Williams, Taking a Trip to Bountiful by Harry Haun

Playbill chats with Cuba Gooding Jr. and Vanessa Williams about reinventing The Trip to Bountiful, Horton Foote's classic play about home, family obligation and clinging to the past.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM
Friday, March 22, 2013

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Hands on a Hardbody; A Chorus/Assembly Line by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the opening of the new musical Hands on a Hardbody by Doug Wright, Amanda Green and Trey Anastasio.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:27PM
Thursday, March 21, 2013

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Breakfast at Tiffany's; Tru's Blue Holly, "Mean Reds" and All by Harry Haun

Meets the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of Breakfast at Tiffany's, Richard Greenberg's adaptation of Truman Capote's novella.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:06PM
Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Broadway Backwards Highlights: From "The Man I Love" to "Barcelona," Stars Gender-Bend Show Tunes by Harry Haun

Brian Stokes Mitchell, Tony Sheldon, Estelle Parsons, Karen Ziemba, Judy Kaye, Malcolm Gets, Ashley Brown, Tituss Burgess, Anthony Warlow and more stars twisted classic songs into unexpected…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:40PM
Friday, March 15, 2013

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike; A Weekend in the Country by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of Christopher Durang's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:10PM
Sunday, March 10, 2013

Christopher Durang, in a Russian Mood by Way of Bucks County, Lands on Broadway by Harry Haun

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Christopher Durang's new comedy, premiered in summer 2012 at the McCarter Theatre Center in New Jersey, played an Off-Broadway run at Lincoln Center …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM
Friday, March 8, 2013

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Ann; A Big House for the Little Lady by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of Holland Taylor's Ann.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:23AM
Monday, March 4, 2013

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Cinderella; The Very Best Foot Forward by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the opening of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella at The Broadway Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:16PM

All that Chat

2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
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