All stories by Harry Haun on BroadwayStars

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
Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Actor-Playwrights Write Their Own Ticket by Harry Haun

Jesse Eisenberg and Zoe Kazan join the recent roster of high-profile actors-turned-playwrights turning their attention to the stage.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Monday, October 10, 2011

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Man and Boy—My Dad, the Cad by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the opening of Man and Boy at the American Airlines Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:20PM
Saturday, October 1, 2011

In Mother Words: Multiple Playwrights Give Voice to Motherhood Out Loud Off-Broadway by Harry Haun

"M" is for the many playwrights who helped birth Primary Stages' Motherhood Out Loud, a collection of theatrical reflections about an institution that's so important they n…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Playbill.com Talks to the Stars of Broadway's 8, the Prop 8 Courtroom Drama by Harry Haun

Morgan Freeman, Matt Bomer, Bob Balaban, John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin, Cheyenne Jackson and more brought the fight for marriage equality to Broadway Sept. 19 in Dustin Lance Black's 8, dra…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:30PM
Friday, September 16, 2011

Friends Remember Broadway Producer Randall Wreghitt as a Businessman With Heart by Harry Haun

Randall L. Wreghitt, a dreamer and a believer who made theatre on Broadway under the generic title of Producer, had more friends than George Bailey, judging from the turnout that filed into …

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:53AM
Tuesday, September 13, 2011

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Follies — An Incandescent Ghost Light by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the opening of Follies at the Marquis Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:14PM
Saturday, September 10, 2011

"The Story of Lucy & Jessie" — and Jan Maxwell by Harry Haun

Jan Maxwell has become the epitome of a "working actor." Her newest venture sets her tapping into the sunset in Follies.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Friday, September 9, 2011

Frank Langella: A Man For All Revivals by Harry Haun

Terence Rattigan's Man and Boy on Broadway is Frank Langella's latest resurrection project.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Thursday, September 8, 2011

Theatre People Behaving Badly by Harry Haun

Who owns a story? It's one of the questions that playwright Jeff Talbott asks in Off-Broadway's The Submission, starring Jonathan Groff and Rutina Wesley.

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

"To Hell With Gluck and Handel!" A Chat With Phantom Veterans David Cryer & George Lee Andrews by Harry Haun

"Think of how they all adore you," the opera manager Firmin sings in The Phantom of the Opera. The same is being said about the actor David Cryer, who plays the part, and long…

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:29PM

"To Hell With Gluck and Handel!" A Chat With Phantom of the Opera Veterans David Cryer and George Lee Andrews by Harry Haun

"Think of how they all adore you," the opera manager Firmin sings in The Phantom of the Opera. The same is being said about the actor David Cryer, who plays the part, and long…

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:28PM
Thursday, August 25, 2011

Bob Merrill: The Music That Made Him by Harry Haun

Late songwriter Bob Merrill's Funny Girl is Broadway-bound, and his other theatre and pop songs are being blended into a new musical, Love Makes the World Go 'Round. Meet those who a…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:15PM
Wednesday, August 24, 2011

New Musical Being Crafted From Trunk of Funny Girl and Carnival! Songwriter Bob Merrill by Harry Haun

Late songwriter Bob Merrill's Funny Girl is Broadway-bound, and his other theatre and pop songs are being blended into a new musical, Love Makes the World Go 'Round. Meet those who a…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Saturday, August 20, 2011

Some Ifs, Ands or Butz by Harry Haun

Two-time Tony winner Norbert Leo Butz, of Catch Me If You Can, doth protest too much.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM
Friday, August 12, 2011

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Rent, Back to Its Roots by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the Off-Broadway opening of the new production of Jonathan Larson's Rent.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:50PM
Saturday, July 23, 2011

PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Catch Me If You Can's Norbert Leo Butz by Harry Haun

Two-time Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz talks candidly about the bruises, bumps and blessings of being a musical comedy star.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM
Saturday, July 16, 2011

PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Rent Director Michael Greif by Harry Haun

Rent's original director, Michael Greif, talks about rethinking the show for its new lease on life Off-Broadway.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Thursday, July 14, 2011

PLAYBILL ON RE-OPENING NIGHT: Hair—The Heirs of Hair by Harry Haun

The second coming of the Age of Aquarius in a tad over two years dawned July 13 at the St. James Theatre, the revival of the Tony-winning revival of 2009's Hair.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:30PM

Rent, Reinvented by Harry Haun

In a newly-conceived production, the Tony Award-winning, Pulitzer Prize-honored rock musical Rent reconnects to its New York City birthplace — Off-Broadway. Welcome home, Jonathan Lars…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Friday, July 8, 2011

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Master Class — Tyne Daly as La Divina by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the opening of the new Broadway production of Terrence McNally's Master Class.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:42PM
Monday, July 4, 2011

Maury Yeston and Thomas Meehan Say Death Takes a Holiday Was a Journey Into the Light by Harry Haun

The new Off-Broadway musical Death Takes a Holiday, by Tony Award winners Maury Yeston and Thomas Meehan, steps out of the shadows. The creators tell of its birth.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM

Zach Braff: Jersey Boy Makes Playbill by Harry Haun

Beyond the footlights, the tube and the silver screen is Zach Braff, the playwright of Off-Broadway's All New People.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Sunday, June 26, 2011

Brooke Shields: Just a Ghoul With a Broadway Dream by Harry Haun

A candid Brooke Shields opens up about her Broadway replacement career and her new gig with The Addams Family.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Tyne Daly Heeds the Call of Callas by Harry Haun

Guided by director Stephen Wadsworth, Tyne Daly is the latest Maria Callas to teach a Master Class, now on Broadway.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Saturday, June 18, 2011

Mary Louise Wilson: Older, Wiser and Loving It, in Off-Broadway's 4000 Miles by Harry Haun

The Tony Award-winning star of Grey Gardens talks about her mothballed memoirs — and her passion for gardening, playwriting and her new role Off-Broadway.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Thursday, June 16, 2011

STAGE TO SCREENS: The Man from "House" Meets One of "The Defenders" in Born Yesterday by Harry Haun

Jim Belushi of TV's "The Defenders" and Robert Sean Leonard of "House" are in from the West Coast for Broadway's Born Yesterday.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Wednesday, June 15, 2011

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark — I Spy a Spidey on Broadway by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the opening of the new Broadway musical Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:43PM
Sunday, June 12, 2011

FROM THE 2011 TONY PLAYBILL: Original Musicals Make a Comeback in 2010-11 by Harry Haun

Take a walking tour of the new musicals that surfaced on Broadway this past season.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Saturday, June 11, 2011

FROM THE 2011 TONY PLAYBILL: The Tonys Acquire a Beacon by Harry Haun

The 2011 Tony Awards ceremony isn't at Radio City, and it's not at a Broadway house. Take a tour of the Beacon Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Friday, June 10, 2011

Larroquette in Lights by Harry Haun

John Larroquette, the charming, Tony-nominated chief of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, finds room at the top of the marquee.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

All that Chat

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