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Friday, April 25, 2014

PHOTO CALL: After Midnight Congratulates Harvey Fierstein on Casa Valentina Opening by Matthew Blank

At the opening night of Harvey Fierstein's new play, Casa Valentina at MTC's Samuel J. Friedman theatre, a trio of songstresses from After Midnight - Rosena M. Hill Jackson, Carmen Ruby Floy…

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:41PM

PHOTO CALL: Cabaret, Starring Alan Cumming and Michelle Williams, Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

Alan Cumming, who won a Tony Award for his portrayal of the sexy and seductive Emcee in Cabaret, returns to the Kit Kat Klub in Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall's Tony-winning production of t…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:35AM

PHOTO CALL: Cabaret, Starring Alan Cumming and Michelle Williams, Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals, Curtain Call and Cast Party by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

Alan Cumming, who won a Tony Award for his portrayal of the sexy and seductive Emcee in Cabaret, returns to the Kit Kat Klub in Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall's Tony-winning production of t…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:35AM
Thursday, April 24, 2014

PHOTO CALL: Alan Cumming, Lesli Margherita, Christian Campbell, Jenna Leigh Green and Constantine Maroulis Offer Reefer Madness Concert by Matthew Blank

A one-night-only concert of the cult classic Reefer Madness, benefiting Baby Quest Foundation, was held at New World Stages April 19 at 11:59 PM.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:35PM

PHOTO CALL: Harvey Fierstein's Casa Valentina, Starring Patrick Page, Opens on Broadway, Red Carpet Arrivals by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

Casa Valentina, a new play by four-time Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein about an upstate colony where heterosexual men dress as women, officially opened on Broadway April 23 at …

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:15AM

PHOTO CALL: Harvey Fierstein's Casa Valentina, Starring Patrick Page, Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals, Curtain Call and Cast Party by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

Casa Valentina, a new play by four-time Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein about an upstate colony where heterosexual men dress as women, officially opened on Broadway April 23 at …

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:15AM
Wednesday, April 23, 2014

PHOTO CALL: A First Look at Four Last Things, Starring Tony Nominee Elizabeth A. Davis by Matthew Blank

The U.S. premiere of Lisa Tierney-Keogh's Four Last Things, the story of a young woman struggling with her life, begins performances April 22 Off-Broadway at The American Globe Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:30PM

PHOTO CALL: The 2014 Easter Bonnet Competition in Performance by Matthew Blank

The 28th annual Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Easter Bonnet Competition raised an all-time record $4,532,129 in six weeks of nightly curtain-call appeals. That total eclipsed the $4.25 m…

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:27PM

PHOTO CALL: Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Starring Neil Patrick Harris, Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

The Broadway premiere of the John Cameron Mitchell-Stephen Trask rock musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch, starring Emmy Award winner Neil Patrick Harris, opened on Broadway April 22 foll…

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:15AM

PHOTO CALL: Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Starring Neil Patrick Harris, Opens on Broadway; Curtain Call, Red Carpet Arrivals and Cast Party by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

The Broadway premiere of the John Cameron Mitchell-Stephen Trask rock musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch, starring Emmy Award winner Neil Patrick Harris, opened on Broadway April 22 foll…

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:15AM
Tuesday, April 22, 2014

PHOTO CALL: A Sneak Peek at Upcoming "Glee" Episodes, "Opening Night" and "Back-Up Plan," With Shirley MacLaine by Matthew Blank

The hit Fox series "Glee" continues with weekly Tuesday installments. Here's a first look at the April 22 and April 29 episodes, entitled "Opening Night" and "Back-Up Plan."

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:27PM

PHOTO CALL: Lauren Molina and Steel Burkhardt Star in Regional Premiere of Murder Ballad by Matthew Blank

Lauren Molina and Steel Burkhardt star in the regional premiere of the Off-Broadway rock musical Murder Ballad, which began performances April 17 at TUTS Underground in Houston, TX.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:16PM

PHOTO CALL: Katie Finneran, Parker Posey, Janeane Garofalo, Stephen Bogardus Celebrate Opening of Annapurna, Starring Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman by Matthew Blank

Emmy Award winner Megan Mullally and her husband Nick Offerman co-star as estranged lovers in the New York premiere of Sharr White's Annapurna, which officially opened Off-Broadway April…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:48AM

PHOTO CALL: The Velocity of Autumn, Starring Estelle Parsons and Stephen Spinella, Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals, Curtain Call and Cast Party by Matthew Blank

Eric Coble's new family drama The Velocity of Autumn, starring Academy Award winner Estelle Parsons and two-time Tony Award winner Stephen Spinella, opened on Broadway at the B…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:02AM

PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: If/Then and Once on This Island Star Jerry Dixon by Matthew Blank

Jerry Dixon, who returns to Broadway in the new musical If/Then, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire of random facts, backstage trivia and pop-culture tidbits.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Monday, April 21, 2014

PHOTO CALL: More Pics from Broadway's Hedwig and the Angry Inch, With Neil Patrick Harris and Lena Hall by Matthew Blank

The Broadway premiere of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, starring Emmy Award winner Neil Patrick Harris, began previews March 29 at the Belasco Theatre prior to an official opening April 22.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:23PM

PHOTO CALL: Violet, Starring Sutton Foster, Colin Donnell and Joshua Henry, Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals and Curtain Call by Matthew Blank

The Roundabout Theatre Company's Broadway production of Violet, starring two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster, officially opened at the American Airlines Theatre April 20 following p…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:41AM

PHOTO CALL: Violet, Starring Sutton Foster, Colin Donnell and Joshua Henry, Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals, Curtain Call and Cast Party by Matthew Blank

The Roundabout Theatre Company's Broadway production of Violet, starring two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster, officially opened at the American Airlines Theatre April 20 following p…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:41AM

PHOTO ARCHIVE: Patti LuPone's Stage Career... So Far by Matthew Blank

Two-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone celebrates her birthday April 21. Playbill.com offers a look back at some of LuPone's stage highlights spanning 40 years.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:14AM
Sunday, April 20, 2014

PHOTO CALL: Martin McDonagh's The Cripple of Inishmaan, Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals by Matthew Blank

Following a sold-out London run, the Michael Grandage production of Martin McDonagh's The Cripple of Inishmaan, starring Daniel Radcliffe, officially opened on Broadway April 20 at the C…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:16PM

PHOTO CALL: Martin McDonagh's The Cripple of Inishmaan, Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals, Curtain Call and Cast Party by Matthew Blank

Following a sold-out London run, the Michael Grandage production of Martin McDonagh's The Cripple of Inishmaan, starring Daniel Radcliffe, officially opened on Broadway April 20 at the C…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:16PM
Friday, April 18, 2014

PHOTO CALL: Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman Co-Star in Sharr White's Annapurna at The New Group by Matthew Blank

Emmy Award winner Megan Mullally and her husband Nick Offerman co-star as estranged lovers in the New York premiere of Sharr White's Annapurna, which began performances April 13 at the A…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:33PM

PHOTO CALL: Julia Murney, Jeremy Jordan, Michael Cerveris, Christopher Jackson and More Give Andrew Lippa's Wild Party a Jazz Makeover by Matthew Blank

Original The Wild Party star Julia Murney was joined by Jeremy Jordan, Leslie Kritzer, Michael Cerveris and more for a special one-night-only concert of re-imagined songs from that Andrew Li…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:58PM

PHOTO CALL: Moss Hart's Theatrical Memoir Act One, Starring Santino Fontana and Tony Shalhoub, Opens on Broadway by Matthew Blank

Act One, the new stage production based on the memoir of Broadway playwright, director and lyricist Moss Hart, officially opened on Broadway April 17 at Lincoln Center Theater's Vivian B…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:32AM
Thursday, April 17, 2014

PHOTO CALL: A First Look at Wicked Tour Stars Laurel Harris, Kara Lindsay, Matt Shingledecker and Gene Weygandt by Matthew Blank

The company of the second North American tour of Wicked welcomed Laurel Harris as Elphaba, Kara Lindsay as Glinda and Gene Weygandt as the Wizard beginning April 2 at the Saroyan Theatre in …

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:11PM

PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: "Still Dreaming of Paradise..." A Two-Show Day (and Opening Night!) With Paper Mill's South Pacific Star Erin Mackey by Matthew Blank

Broadway soprano Erin Mackey (Wicked, Chaplin) stars as cockeyed optimist Nellie Forbush in Paper Mill Playhouse's new production of the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pac…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:40PM

PHOTO ARCHIVE: Rebecca Luker on the Musical Stage by Matthew Blank

Rebecca Luker celebrates her birthday April 17. We look at Luker's past work on the musical theatre stage, including her Tony-nominated performance as Magnolia in the revival of Kern and Ha…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:24PM

PHOTO CALL: A First Look at CBS Comedy "Bad Teacher," Starring Ari Graynor, Kristin Davis, David Alan Grier and Sara Gilbert by Matthew Blank

"Bad Teacher," a single camera comedy based on the feature film of the same name, will make its TV debut April 24 at 9:31 PM ET on CBS; check local listings.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:21PM

PHOTO CALL: Of Mice and Men, Starring James Franco and Chris O'Dowd, Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals, Curtain Call and Cast Party by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

The Broadway revival of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, which marks the Main Stem debuts of co-stars James Franco and Chris O'Dowd, officially opened April 16 at the Longacre Theat…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:14AM
Wednesday, April 16, 2014

PHOTO CALL: Of Mice and Men, Starring James Franco and Chris O'Dowd, Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

The Broadway revival of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, which marks the Main Stem debuts of co-stars James Franco and Chris O'Dowd, officially opened April 16 at the Longacre Theat…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:14PM

PHOTO ARCHIVE: Four-Time Tony Nominee Kelli O'Hara on the Musical Stage by Matthew Blank

Kelli O'Hara celebrates a birthday April 16. She is currently back on Broadway in The Bridges of Madison County.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:46PM

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