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Monday, December 12, 2011

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: On a Clear Day You Can See Forever — Lerner Permit by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of the musical On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, revived, revised and reincarnated for the 21st century.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:28PM
Friday, December 9, 2011

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Stick Fly — Entomologist on a Hot Tin Roof by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of Lydia R. Diamond's family comedy Stick Fly.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:57PM
Thursday, December 8, 2011

How the Bonnie & Clyde Collaborators Took Aim at a Legendary Story by Harry Haun

For the new musical Bonnie & Clyde, composer Frank Wildhorn and his creative team stripped the Hollywood out of the tale and sought to get the audience to sympathize with sociopaths.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PM
Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Irish Ayes: Playbill Lifts a Pint at the Opening Night of Once — the Broadway-Bound Musical by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters, including Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, at the Off-Broadway opening of the Broadway-bound musical Once, inspired by the Dublin-set film about loves…

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:27PM
Saturday, December 3, 2011

STAGE TO SCREENS: "My Week With Marilyn" Star Kenneth Branagh — The Man Who Would Be Olivier by Harry Haun

Kenneth Branagh steps into the shoes of acting directing icon Laurence Olivier for the new film "My Week With Marilyn." He talks to Playbill.com about the challenge.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Friday, December 2, 2011

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Bonnie and Clyde — Guilty (as in Pleasure) by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of Bonnie & Clyde, the new musical with a score by Frank Wildhorn and Don Black.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:28PM
Thursday, December 1, 2011

A New Kind of Spider Woman: Chita Rivera Wows Broadway Crowd in Concert of Kander & Ebb's The Visit by Harry Haun

Chita Rivera, John Cullum and more talk about the one-night-only Nov. 30 Broadway concert of The Visit, the dark musical by Terrence McNally, John Kander and Fred Ebb.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:10PM
Saturday, November 26, 2011

PLAYBILL'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Seminar and "Harry Potter" Star Alan Rickman by Harry Haun

Alan Rickman, currently dipping his tongue in acid Broadway's Seminar, talks about his stage and film career, including "Sweeney Todd" and his "Harry Potter" pictures.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Tuesday, November 22, 2011

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: An Evening With Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin — Don't Cry for Them by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of An Evening With Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:17PM

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: An Evening With Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin — Don't Cry for Them by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of An Evening With Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin.  

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:15PM
Monday, November 21, 2011

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Seminar — Bad Teacher Makes Good by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of Theresa Rebeck's Seminar starring Alan Rickman.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:59PM
Friday, November 18, 2011

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Private Lives - Keeping Up with the Chases by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the opening of Broadway's new production of Private Lives starring Kim Cattrall and Paul Gross.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:30PM

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Private Lives — Keeping Up with the Chases by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the opening of Broadway's new production of Private Lives starring Kim Cattrall and Paul Gross.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:29PM
Thursday, November 17, 2011

After a Long Career, Director Richard Eyre's Private Lives Marks His First Brush With Noel Coward by Harry Haun

Richard Eyre, the director of Mary Poppins and a slew of serious dramas from the National Theatre, talks about the genesis of her new Broadway staging of Noel Coward's Private Lives.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Wednesday, November 16, 2011

After a Long Career, Director Richard Eyre's Private Lives Marks His First Brush With Noel Coward by Harry Haun

Richard Eyre, the director of Mary Poppins and a slew of serious dramas from the National Theatre, talks about the genesis of his new Broadway staging of Noel Coward's Private Lives.

SOURCE: Playbill at 07:01PM
Friday, November 11, 2011

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway — The Jackman Cometh, Again by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the opening of Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:39PM

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway — The Jackman Cometh, Again by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the opening of Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:38PM
Wednesday, November 9, 2011

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Venus in Fur — Dancy with the Star by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the opening of David Ives' Venus in Fur starring Nina Arianda and Hugh Dancy.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:26PM
Tuesday, November 8, 2011

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Godspell — J.C. and the Gang by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the opening of Broadway's new production of Godspell.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:05PM

King Lear: Sam's Waterston's Shakespearean Everest by Harry Haun

The tireless Sam Waterston reaches the summit of King Lear, returning to a familiar mountain range — The Public Theater.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Friday, November 4, 2011

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Other Desert Cities — Home for the Holler-Days by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of Jon Robin Baitz's new play Other Desert Cities.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:07PM

Alan Rickman, At the Head of the Class by Harry Haun

The students in the biting new Broadway comedy Seminar have a thing or two to learn from Alan Rickman.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Tuesday, November 1, 2011

A Lot Like Christmas Memory, the Truman Capote-Kissed Musical by Harry Haun

Dramatist Duane Poole, composer Larry Grossman and lyricist Carol Hall conjure Truman Capote's delicate "A Christmas Memory" for the musical stage. The colloborators share thei…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Friday, October 28, 2011

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Chinglish — He Didn't Know the Territory by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of David Henry Hwang's new comedy Chinglish.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:44PM
Wednesday, October 26, 2011

PLAYBILL ON RE-OPENING NIGHT: Face-Lifted New York City Center Unveiled, With Patti, Donna and Stokes in the House by Harry Haun

Meet the gala-goers who celebrated the Oct. 25 reopening of New York City Center's mainstage on West 55th Street.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:36PM

STAGE TO SCREENS: "Anonymous," a Movie That Blows the Bard to Bits by Harry Haun

The authorship of Shakespeare's plays is in question in director Roland Emmerich's new film thriller "Anonymous." Stars Rhys Ifans and Joely Richardson, along with Emmerich…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM
Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Soft Candy Christmas: Larry Grossman and Carol Hall Turn Truman Capote's Yuletide "Memory" Into a Musical by Harry Haun

Dramatist Duane Poole, composer Larry Grossman and lyricist Carol Hall conjure Truman Capote's delicate "A Christmas Memory" for the musical stage. The colloborators share thei…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Friday, October 21, 2011

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Relatively Speaking — Brawl in the Family by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of Relatively Speaking, the collection of one-acts by Woody Allen, Ethan Coen and Elaine May.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:39PM
Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Keeping Mum: The Cast of Relatively Speaking Withholds the Surprises and Secrets by Harry Haun

Julie Kavner, Marlo Thomas, Grant Shaud, Steve Guttenberg and others in Broadway's comic triptych Relatively Speaking were shy about revealing details about their roles. Still, Playbill …

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PM
Saturday, October 15, 2011

Side by Side by Schwartz: The Godspell According to Stephen by Harry Haun

The revival of Godspell has Stephen Schwartz returning to his first Broadway show and to the street that made him a legend.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Friday, October 14, 2011

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: The Mountaintop—A Maid's Way With a Man by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the opening of The Mountaintop at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PM

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