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Friday, June 1, 2012

PHOTO CALL: 2012 Tony Awards Preview — The Plays by Matthew Blank and Krissie Fullerton

Playbill.com offers a look at the nominees for the 66th Annual Antoinette Perry "Tony" Awards in the categories of Best Play and Best Revival of a Play.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:23AM
Tuesday, May 29, 2012

PHOTO CALL: Juliette Lewis, Louis CK, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeremy Lin and More at the Webby Awards by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

The 16th Annual Webby Awards were held May 21 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC. The star-studded event honored Steve Jobs.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:56PM
Wednesday, May 2, 2012

PHOTO CALL: Spring Awakening Returns to NYC in Public School Staging by Matthew Blank and Krissie Fullerton

The Tony Award-winning musical Spring Awakening, the darkly soulful coming-of-age tale that ended its acclaimed Broadway run in 2009, returns to New York, this time in a Manhattan public sch…

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:35PM
Monday, April 30, 2012

PHOTO CALL: Leap of Faith Gypsy Robe Ceremony by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

Prior to the April 26 opening performance at Broadway's Leap of Faith, the production continued a 60-year-old opening night tradition on the Great White Way. The Gypsy Robe, bestowed upo…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:42AM
Friday, April 27, 2012

PHOTO CALL: Bonnie & Clyde Cast, Sean McDermott and More Perform at Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Event by Matthew Blank and Krissie Fullerton

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society held an April 23 Broadway Extravaganza to honor Jane Elissa as Woman of the Year and to celebrate the release of the Bonnie & Clyde cast album.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:52PM
Wednesday, April 25, 2012

PHOTO CALL: Nice Work If You Can Get It Opens On Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals, Curtain Call and Cast Party by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

A new generation of Broadway theatregoer gets exposed to the classic songs of composer George Gershwin and lyricist Ira Gershwin with the new musical Nice Work If You Can Get It — …

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:48AM

PHOTO CALL: Nice Work If You Can Get It Opens On Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

A new generation of Broadway theatregoer gets exposed to the classic songs of composer George Gershwin and lyricist Ira Gershwin with the new musical Nice Work If You Can Get It — …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:08AM
Tuesday, April 24, 2012

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

The Lyons, Nicky Silver's darkly comic dysfunctional-family play starring Tony Award winners Linda Lavin and Dick Latessa, opens on Broadway April 23 following previews from April 5 at t…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:05PM

PHOTO CALL: Ghost The Musical Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals, Curtain Call and Cast Party by Matthew Blank and Krissie Fullerton

Ghost The Musical, the London pop musical based on the Academy Award-winning 1990 film about a romance that reaches into the afterlife, opens on Broadway in a visually-arresting staging Apri…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:09AM

PHOTO CALL: Ghost The Musical Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals and Curtain Call by Matthew Blank and Krissie Fullerton

Ghost The Musical, the London pop musical based on the Academy Award-winning 1990 film about a romance that reaches into the afterlife, opens on Broadway in a visually-arresting staging Apri…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:26AM

PHOTO CALL: The Lyons Opens On Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

The Lyons, Nicky Silver's darkly comic dysfunctional-family play starring Tony Award winners Linda Lavin and Dick Latessa, opens on Broadway April 23 following previews from April 5 at t…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:06AM
Monday, April 23, 2012

PHOTO CALL: Opening Night Red Carpet Arrivals at Ghost The Musical by Matthew Blank and Krissie Fullerton

Ghost The Musical, the London pop musical based on the Academy Award-winning 1990 film about a romance that reaches into the afterlife, opens on Broadway in a visually-arresting staging Apri…

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:01PM

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

Two-time Golden Globe Award nominee Blair Underwood and Nicole Ari Parker have a volatile date with destiny in the multi-ethnic Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named …

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:46AM

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

Two-time Golden Globe Award nominee Blair Underwood and Nicole Ari Parker have a volatile date with destiny in the multi-ethnic Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named …

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:06AM
Friday, April 20, 2012

PHOTO CALL: Broadway's Newsies Take a Trip to Memphis, With Exclusive Shots by Kara Lindsay by Matthew Blank and Michael Gioia

Broadway's Newsies took a night off from dancing in the the streets of 19th-century New York and headed down south for the April 17 performance of Memphis.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:14PM
Thursday, April 12, 2012

Exclusive: West End audiences face booking fees of up to £12.25 by Natalie Woolman and Matthew Hemley

Audiences are being faced with additional booking charges costing up to £12.25 when buying tickets for West End shows online, The Stage can reveal.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:29AM
Wednesday, April 4, 2012

PHOTO SPECIAL: The Evita Files — Derin Altay by Matthew Blank and Andrew Gans

With the arrival of the Broadway revival of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita, which is currently in previews at the Marquis Theatre, we thought it would be a great time to loo…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:39PM
Tuesday, April 3, 2012

PHOTO SPECIAL: The Evita Files — Loni Ackerman by Matthew Blank and Andrew Gans

With the arrival of the Broadway revival of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita, which is currently in previews at the Marquis Theatre, we thought it would be a great time to loo…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Monday, March 12, 2012

PHOTO SPECIAL: The Evita Files — Florence Lacey by Matthew Blank and Andrew Gans

With the arrival of the Broadway revival of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita, which begins previews March 12 at the Marquis Theatre, we thought it would be a great time to loo…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:45PM
Thursday, March 8, 2012

PHOTO SPECIAL: The Evita Files — Patti LuPone by Matthew Blank and Andrew Gans

With the imminent arrival of the Broadway revival of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita, which is scheduled to begin previews March 12 at the Marquis Theatre, we thought it woul…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12PM
Sunday, March 4, 2012

Sugar Sammy unites many solitudes with laughter by Matthew Hays and Montreal

The comedian is loved by all of Montreal’s solitudes even though his stereotypes sometimes seem easy

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 02:50PM
Friday, March 2, 2012

PHOTO SPECIAL: The Evita Files — Elaine Paige by Matthew Blank and Andrew Gans

With the imminent arrival of the Broadway revival of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita, which is scheduled to begin previews March 12 at the Marquis Theatre, we thought it woul…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:44PM
Thursday, February 23, 2012

PHOTO ARCHIVE: Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

The new Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning American tragedy Death of a Salesman, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, is currently in previews at …

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:27PM
Monday, January 30, 2012

PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: "Under the Sea" With the Cast of Manila's The Little Mermaid by Matthew Blank and Ikey Canoy

This is Ikey Canoy from all the way in the Philippines. When not onstage as bird-brained Scuttle, I was behind-the-scenes snapping pics of our theatrical production of Disney’s The Lit…

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:07PM
Wednesday, January 18, 2012

PHOTO CALL: Road to Mecca Opens on Broadway; Arrivals, Curtain Call and Party by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

The Broadway premiere of Athol Fugard's The Road to Mecca, his three-actor play about an expressive, inspirational South African artist, played by Rosemary Harris, and the forces that wi…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PM
Thursday, December 29, 2011

PHOTO ARCHIVE: Wit, With Kathleen Chalfant, at MCC Theater by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

Margaret Edson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Wit is set to make its Broadway debut in January with Manhattan Theatre Club. Playbill.com looks back at the first New York City production,…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:16AM

PHOTO ARCHIVE: Wit, With Kathleen Chalfant, at MCC Theater in 1998 by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

Margaret Edson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Wit is set to make its Broadway debut in January with Manhattan Theatre Club. Playbill.com looks back at the first New York City production,…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:16AM
Tuesday, November 22, 2011

PHOTO CALL: The Lion in Winter, Starring Robert Lindsay and Joanna Lumley, Plays the West End by Matthew Blank and Jackie Jacobson

Trevor Nunn's new West End production of James Goldman's The Lion in Winter opened at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket Nov. 15, following previews that began Nov. 5, with a cast led by R…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:13PM
Wednesday, October 12, 2011

PHOTO CALL: Kara DioGuardi and Chicago Co-Stars Give Back to Charity by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

On Oct. 10, the Broadway musical Chicago and Givenik.com presented a special performance and reception to benefit Kara DioGuardi's four favorite charities.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:24PM

PHOTO CALL: Robert Lindsay and Joanna Lumley Rehearse West End Lion in Winter by Matthew Blank and Jackie Jacobson

Robert Lindsay and Joanna Lumley star in Trevor Nunn's new West End production of James Goldman's The Lion in Winter, due to begin performances Nov. 5 at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:46AM
Thursday, September 22, 2011

PHOTO CALL: Trouble in Mind, Starring E. Faye Butler, at Arena Stage by Matthew Blank and Jackie Jacobson

Trouble in Mind, Alice Childress' 1955 play about a racially integrated theatre company presenting a race play, plays Arena Stage, the resident Washington, DC, company. E. Faye Butler st…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:44AM

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