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Friday, October 18, 2013

PHOTO CALL: The Winslow Boy, Starring Roger Rees and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

The Roundabout Theatre Company's Broadway revival of Terence Rattigan's classic drama about family loyalty, The Winslow Boy, starring Tony Award winner Roger Rees and Academy Award n…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:57AM

PHOTO CALL: The Winslow Boy, Starring Roger Rees and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals and Curtain Call by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

The Roundabout Theatre Company's Broadway revival of Terence Rattigan's classic drama about family loyalty, The Winslow Boy, starring Tony Award winner Roger Rees and Academy Award n…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:57AM

PHOTO CALL: The Winslow Boy, Starring Roger Rees and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals, Curtain Call and Cast Party by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

The Roundabout Theatre Company's Broadway revival of Terence Rattigan's classic drama about family loyalty, The Winslow Boy, starring Tony Award winner Roger Rees and Academy Award n…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:57AM
Monday, October 7, 2013

PHOTO CALL: Big Fish, Starring Norbert Leo Butz and Kate Baldwin, Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals, Curtain Call and Cast Party by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

The new Broadway musical Big Fish, a father-and-son tale based on the 1998 novel by Daniel Wallace and the subsequent 2003 film by John August, makes a splash at Broadway's Neil Sim…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:06AM
Sunday, October 6, 2013

PHOTO CALL: Big Fish, Starring Norbert Leo Butz and Kate Baldwin, Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

The new Broadway musical Big Fish, a father-and-son tale based on the 1998 novel by Daniel Wallace and the subsequent 2003 film by John August, makes a splash at Broadway's Neil Sim…

SOURCE: Playbill at 08:32PM

PHOTO CALL: Meet the Cast of Broadway's A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, Starring Jefferson Mays by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

The new Broadway musical A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder,which arrives at the Walter Kerr Theatre Oct. 22. The cast greeted the press Oct. 4 with a proper English high tea and ph…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Friday, September 27, 2013

PHOTO CALL: The Glass Menagerie, With Cherry Jones and Celia Keenan-Bolger, Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals, Curtain Call and Cast Party by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

Tony Award winner Cherry Jones, Tony nominee Celia Keenan-Bolger and Zachary Quinto are a family adrift in a sea of memory in the Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' acclaimed 1945 d…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:15AM

PHOTO CALL: The Glass Menagerie, With Cherry Jones and Celia Keenan-Bolger, Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals and Curtain Call by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

Tony Award winner Cherry Jones, Tony nominee Celia Keenan-Bolger and Zachary Quinto are a family adrift in a sea of memory in the Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' acclaimed 1945 d…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:01AM

PHOTO CALL: The Glass Menagerie, With Cherry Jones, Zachary Quinto and Celia Keenan-Bolger, Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

Tony Award winner Cherry Jones, Tony nominee Celia Keenan-Bolger and Zachary Quinto are a family adrift in a sea of memory in the Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' acclaimed 1945 d…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:18AM
Friday, September 20, 2013

PHOTO CALL: Romeo and Juliet, Starring Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad, Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals, Curtain Call and Cast Party by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

Orlando Bloom ("The Lord of the Rings") and Tony Award nominee Condola Rashad (Stick Fly, The Trip to Bountiful) star as an interracial pair of young lovers doomed by intolerance i…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:18AM

PHOTO CALL: Romeo and Juliet, Starring Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad, Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

Orlando Bloom ("The Lord of the Rings") and Tony Award nominee Condola Rashad (Stick Fly, The Trip to Bountiful) star as an interracial pair of young lovers doomed by intolerance i…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:02AM
Tuesday, August 27, 2013

PHOTO CALL: Tate Donovan, Shalita Grant, Kristen Johnston, Robert Wuhl Take Part in Celebrity Autobiography: The Next Chapter by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

The Drama Desk Award-winning Celebrity Autobiography returned with its new edition on Aug. 23 and Aug. 26 at Guild Hall.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:57AM
Friday, August 23, 2013

PHOTO CALL: First Look at Johanna Day and Reg Rogers in Westport's Oblivion by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

Tony Award nominees Johanna Day and Reg Rogers co-star in the world-premiere production of Oblivion, which began performances Aug. 20 at the Westport Country Playhouse.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:48AM

Photo Call: Cuba Gooding, Jr. Honored with Sardi's Caricature by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

The Trip To Bountiful star Cuba Gooding, Jr. was honored Aug 22 with the unveiling of a caricature to adorn the walls of the famed eatery Sardi's.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:08AM
Wednesday, August 21, 2013

PHOTO CALL: Meet the Cast of Primary Stage's Bronx Bombers, with Joe Pantoliano, Christopher Jackson, Francois Battiste and More by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

Emmy Award winner Joe Pantoliano will star as Yogi Berra, with Christopher Jackson as Derek Jeter and Francois Battiste as Reggie Jackson in Primary Stages' world-premiere production of …

SOURCE: Playbill at 08:28PM
Saturday, August 17, 2013

PHOTO RECALL: The Book of Mormon Opens on Broadway; Arrivals, Curtain Call and Party by Matthew Blank and Irina Khodorkovsky

The nine-time Tony Award-winning hit musical The Book of Mormon, which opened to raves on Broadway March 24, 2011, celebrates its 1,000th performance Aug. 17 at the Eugene O'Neill Theatr…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:40AM

PHOTO RECALL: The Book of Mormon Opens on Broadway by Matthew Blank and Irina Khodorkovsky

The nine-time Tony Award-winning hit musical The Book of Mormon, which opened to raves on Broadway March 24, 2011, celebrates its 1,000th performance Aug. 17 at the Eugene O'Neill Theatr…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:40AM
Friday, August 16, 2013

PHOTO CALL: New Musical Soul Doctor Opens On Broadway; Curtain Call and Cast Party by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

Eric Anderson stars in Soul Doctor, the new musical about the life and music of controversial Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, which officially opened on Broadway Aug. 15 at Circle in the Square.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AM
Thursday, August 15, 2013

PHOTO CALL: Mackenzie Crook, Seth Green, Martha Plimpton, Mario Lopez, Zooey Deschanel and More at Fox's Summer TCA All-Star Party by Matthew Blank and Krissie Fullerton

The FOX network held its Summer TCA press tour Aug. 1 in Los Angeles. The event consisted of panel discussions and presentations featuring the current lineup of shows. Here's a look insi…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:33PM
Friday, July 12, 2013

PHOTO CALL: Forever Tango Holds Special Performance and Press Event by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

Luis Bravo's Forever Tango returned to Broadway for a ten-week run beginning July 9. In advance of a July 14 opening night, the cast performed and posed for photos at a Thursday press ev…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:15PM
Tuesday, May 21, 2013

PHOTO CALL: Matthew Ragas and Laura Giknis Lead Grease at Walnut Street Theatre by Matthew Blank and Krissie Fullerton

Walnut Street Theatre concludes its landmark 204th season with an all-new production of Broadway and Hollywood’s smash-hit Grease.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:39AM
Friday, April 26, 2013

PHOTO CALL: Pippin Revival Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals, Curtain Call and Cast Party by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

Tony Award nominee Patina Miller invites audiences into the circus tent housed at the Music Box Theatre, where the first Broadway revival of the Tony Award-winning 1972 pop musical Pippin&nb…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:10AM

PHOTO CALL: Pippin Revival Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals and Curtain Call by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

Tony Award nominee Patina Miller invites audiences into the circus tent housed at the Music Box Theatre, where the first Broadway revival of the Tony Award-winning 1972 pop musical Pippin&nb…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:58AM

PHOTO CALL: Pippin Revival Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

Tony Award nominee Patina Miller invites audiences into the circus tent housed at the Music Box Theatre, where the first Broadway revival of the Tony Award-winning 1972 pop musical Pippin&nb…

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:30AM
Wednesday, April 24, 2013

PHOTO CALL: Horton Foote's Trip to Bountiful, Starring Cicely Tyson, Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals, Curtain Call and Cast Party by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

The new Broadway production of Horton Foote's The Trip to Bountiful, featuring Emmy-winning stage and screen star Cicely Tyson, officially opened April 23 at 6:30 PM following previews t…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:06AM
Monday, April 22, 2013

PHOTO CALL: Alan Cumming's Macbeth Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals, Curtain Call and Cast Party by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

After acclaimed engagements in Scotland and at the Lincoln Center Festival last summer, Tony Award winner Alan Cumming opened his one-man Macbeth on Broadway April 21 at the Ethel Barry…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AM

PHOTO CALL: Alan Cumming's Macbeth Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals and Curtain Call by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

After acclaimed engagements in Scotland and at the Lincoln Center Festival last summer, Tony Award winner Alan Cumming opened his one-man Macbeth on Broadway April 21 at the Ethel Barry…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:42AM

PHOTO CALL: Alan Cumming's Macbeth Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

After acclaimed engagements in Scotland and at the Lincoln Center Festival last summer, Tony Award winner Alan Cumming opened his one-man Macbeth on Broadway April 21 at the Ethel Barry…

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:00AM
Friday, April 19, 2013

PHOTO CALL: Orphans Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals, Curtain Call and Cast Party by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

Following a much-in-the-news rehearsal period, Lyle Kessler's three-person drama Orphans officially opened on Broadway April 18 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. Previews began Marc…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:21AM
Thursday, April 18, 2013

PHOTO CALL: The Assembled Parties, Starring Judith Light and Jessica Hecht, Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals, Curtain Call and Cast Party by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

The world premiere of Richard Greenberg's The Assembled Parties, the Manhattan-set family drama starring Judith Light and Jessica Hecht, officially opened on Broadway April 17 in a …

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:04AM

PHOTO CALL: The Assembled Parties, Starring Judith Light and Jessica Hecht, Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

The world premiere of Richard Greenberg's The Assembled Parties, the Manhattan-set family drama starring Judith Light and Jessica Hecht, officially opened on Broadway April 17 in a …

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:28AM

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