Tuesday, January 9, 2024
Prince's hit 1984 movie, “Purple Rain,” the tale of a musician dealing with difficulties at home, musical rivalry and a burgeoning romance, is headed for Broadway.
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 01:01PMThursday, June 25, 2020
“We’re obviously profoundly disappointed to be unable to start rehearsals for ‘The Music Man’ as scheduled,” producer Scott Rudin said. “But safety is safety, and it has to tak…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:45PMMonday, December 19, 2016
For the 35th anniversary of the hit musical’s Broadway opening, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Ben Harney look back on a “dream come true” and its aftermath.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:48PMSunday, May 1, 2016
Danai Gurira, Liesl Tommy and Lupita Nyong’o tap into their African roots to bring Eclipsed to Broadway. They talk the show’s origin.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:13PMTuesday, November 3, 2015
Jennifer Hudson's Broadway debut has been eagerly awaited since the vocal powerhouse rocketed to stardom on "American Idol," followed by her Oscar-winning performance in th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSaturday, February 7, 2015
Norm Lewis, the first African-American actor to star in the title role of the Broadway production of The Phantom of the Opera, ends his extended run in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Fe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, February 5, 2015
Broadway star Billy Porter has lived in a lot of areas of The Big Apple in the past 20 years but has finally marked his territory in Harlem.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 10:00AMSunday, November 9, 2014
Producer/director and co-writer Will Gluck offers insights into the new film adaptation "Annie," with a glitzy cast including Quvenzhane Wallis, Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz and Bo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSunday, November 2, 2014
With a steamy story arc on ABC's hot new drama "How To Get Away With Murder," the "Here Lies Love" star does double duty. Playbill.com catches up to the rising star.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTuesday, October 28, 2014
Itamar Moses, Kyle Beltran and Adam Chanler-Berat discuss the journey of bringing the new musical adaptation of Jonathan Lethem's lengthy novel The Fortress of Solitude to the Public…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMonday, October 20, 2014
With his debut as a playwright, the Tony Award and Grammy Award-winning star of Kinky Boots presents a new look at black life in Pittsburgh in the Primary Stages production of While I Ye…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSunday, September 7, 2014
Robert O'Hara, author of boundary-breaking Insurrection, explores a new treat with Bootycandy.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMRobert O'Hara, author of boundary-breaking Insurrection, explores a new treat with Bootycandy.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSaturday, September 6, 2014
Adriane Lenox and Billy Porter open up to Playbill.com about the philanthropic efforts they engage in when they are offstage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSaturday, August 23, 2014
Playbill.com catches up with Keke Palmer and Sherri Shepherd, who are about to make their Broadway debuts in Rodgers and Hammerstein's fairy-tale musical Cinderella.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, August 14, 2014
Meet the men behind the music at Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill: Shelton Becton, Clayton Craddock and George Farmer.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMMeet the men behind the music at Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill: Shelton Becton, Clayton Craddock and George Farmer.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, August 1, 2014
Earlier this year, de'Adre Aziza caused social media shock waves after lambasting A Night With Janis Joplin producers for their botched attempt to revive the show Off-Broadway. In an iro…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSaturday, July 12, 2014
Tony and Emmy Award winner Leslie Uggams continues her streak of classic leading lady roles by taking on Mama Rose in a groundbreaking multiracial production of Gypsy at Connecticut Repertor…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTuesday, July 8, 2014
Christopher Jackson, who has starred in three Broadway shows in less than six months, talks with Playbill.com about hitting his stride with no signs of slowing down.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PMThursday, June 26, 2014
The women of Holler If Ya Hear Me weigh in on Tupac Shakur's conflicted legacy of empowering women through hip hop. Was he the "feminist," "prophet," and "Shakes…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:00PMTuesday, June 24, 2014
As part of Playbill.com's 30 Days of Pride, Broadway publicist Irene Gandy opens up about her personal life, raising a daughter as a single mother, coming to terms with her own sexuality…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSaturday, June 21, 2014
Saul Williams, Todd Kreidler, Chuck Creekmur and Daryl Waters discuss the Broadway premiere of Holler If Ya Hear Me and if Broadway is ready for a hip hop musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, June 20, 2014
Producers #Norm Lewis and Chapman Roberts chat with Playbill.com about the June 23 Carnegie Hall concert featuring and celebrating Broadway's black leading men.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, May 22, 2014
Playing wife to Denzel Washington's Walter Lee Younger in A Raisin in the Sun, U.K. actress Sophie Okonedo makes a notable Broadway debut in the acclaimed Lorraine Hansberry family …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMonday, May 12, 2014
Tony Award nominee Norm Lewis and Sierra Boggess take over the roles of The Phantom and Christine Daaé, respectively, in the Broadway production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's long-runn…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, May 1, 2014
Terence Archie, who plays Apollo Creed in the Broadway musical Rocky, talks with Playbill.com about bringing the musical from Germany to the Great White Way.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:30PMMonday, April 21, 2014
Award-winning actress LaChanze talks with Playbill.com about returning to the Broadway stage for the first time in almost ten years in the new musical If/Then.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTuesday, April 8, 2014
Clifton Davis discusses his return to Broadway in the new Disney musical Aladdin.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, April 3, 2014
Tony Award nominee Colman Domingo will join Bill T. Jones, Suzan-Lori Parks, Stew and more for the Live Arts Festival April 23-27.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:15PMMonday, March 24, 2014
With Terry Teachout's Satchmo at the Waldorf, acclaimed thespian John Douglas Thompson takes on a different kind of Shakespearean story.
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