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Monday, December 23, 2013

PHOTO CALL: Laura Benanti, Derrick Baskin, Tovah Feldshuh, Jordan Gelber, Andrew Keenan-Bolger and More Take Part in Don't Quit Your Night Job by Matthew Blank

Tony Award winner Laura Benanti (Gypsy, NBC's "The Sound of Music Live!") and four-time Tony Award nominee Tovah Feldshuh were among the artists performing in the Dec. 19 …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:59PM

PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: A Two-Show Day at Broadway's A Night with Janis Joplin With Taprena Michelle Augustine by Matthew Blank

Taprena Michelle Augustine, who is featured as Bessie Smith in Broadway's A Night with Janis Joplin, shares a recent two-show day at the Lyceum Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:24PM

PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: Intimate Backstage Moments With Jinkx Monsoon at Seattle's Hedwig and the Angry Inch by Matthew Blank

Jerick Hoffer, whose drag alter-ego Jinkx Monsoon was crowned the winner of the fifth season of "RuPaul's Drag Race," returned to the Seattle stage Dec. 17 in a remounting of t…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:25AM
Sunday, December 22, 2013

PHOTO CALL: Alice Ripley, Nick Blaemire, Annie Golden, George Salazar and More at the 6th Annual Joe Iconis Christmas Spectacular by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

The 6th Annual Joe Iconis Christmas Spectacular, the annual holiday event featuring songwriter Joe Iconis and his "merry band of musical theatre punks," was held Dec. 20-21 at 54 B…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:19PM
Friday, December 20, 2013

PHOTO CALL: Under the Mistletoe With Ashley Brown and the New York Pops by Matthew Blank

The New York Pops presented Under the Mistletoe with Ashley Brown, a holiday performance featuring Brown and Essential Voices USA, Dec. 19-20 at 8 PM.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:42PM

PHOTO CALL: Atlantic's Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, With Todd Weeks and Malik Yoba, in Rehearsal by Matthew Blank

The Atlantic Theater Company has announced complete casting for the American premiere of Roy Williams' The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, which will begin previews Jan. 8, 2014,…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:27PM

PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: Behind the Scenes With Libby Servais and Pioneer Theatre Company's Elf by Matthew Blank

New York-based actress Libby Servais (Wicked, Lysistrata Jones) stars as Jovie in the Pioneer Theatre Company's December staging of the holiday favorite Elf, based on the Hollywood hit.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:25PM

PHOTO CALL: Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Juliette Lewis and "August: Osage County" Clan Celebrate Los Angeles Film Premiere by Matthew Blank

The film adaptation of Tracy Letts' Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning drama August: Osage County will be released in New York and Los Angeles Dec. 27, with a wide-release date set for Jan.…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:57AM
Thursday, December 19, 2013

PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: "I Love a Piano!" A Day at the Engeman Theater With White Christmas Star Darien Crago by Matthew Blank

Triple-threat musical theatre performer Darien Crago stars as Judy Haynes in the holiday classic Irving Berlin's White Christmas at the Engeman Theater. She shares a recent day of travel…

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:36PM

PHOTO CALL: An Exclusive First Look at Signature Theatre's Gypsy, Starring Sherri L. Edelen and Maria Rizzo by Matthew Blank

The Signature Theatre's production of the classic Arthur Laurents-Jule Styne-Stephen Sondheim musical Gypsy plays the Virginia venue beginning Dec. 17.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:58PM
Wednesday, December 18, 2013

PHOTO CALL: Arielle Jacobs, Lexi Lawson, Hannah Elless, Patti Murin, Alexandra Silber Offer Christmas Camaraderie Concert by Matthew Blank

The Girls Camaraderie Project (GCP) presents a Christmas Camaraderie Concert Dec. 16 at Rockwood Music Hall. Tony Award winner Michael Cerveris is among the lineup of performers.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:02PM

PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: A Killer Two-Show Day at A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder with Leading Lady Lauren Worsham by Matthew Blank

Lauren Worsham, who lends her rich operatic soprano to the role of Pheobe D'Yquith in the new Broadway musical A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, documents a recent two-show day spe…

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:14PM

PHOTO CALL: Meet the Cast of Broadway's New York Yankees Drama Bronx Bombers by Matthew Blank

Bronx Bombers, the new Eric Simonson drama about the New York Yankees that premiered earlier this season at Primary Stages, will transfer to Broadway in early 2014 at the Circle in the Squar…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:26PM

PHOTO CALL: Graeme Malcolm, James Ludwig, Baylen Thomas and Ali Ewoldt Star in the McCarter's Christmas Carol by Matthew Blank

The McCarter Theatre Center's annual production of A Christmas Carol plays through Dec. 29 in the Matthews Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:53PM

PHOTO CALL: Allison Case, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Carolee Carmello, Ben Platt, Jose Llana and More Celebrate Maltby & Shire at 54 Below by Matthew Blank

Maltby & Shire: What Could Be Better?, a concert celebrating the work of Tony-nominated Big and Baby songwriters Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire, was held Dec. 17 at 54 Below.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:20AM
Tuesday, December 17, 2013

PHOTO CALL: Sierra Boggess, Lindsay Mendez, Derek Klena, Telly Leung, Andy Karl, Chester Gregory and More Sing "New York City Christmas" by Matthew Blank

ASTEP/Artists Striving To End Poverty presented the fifth annual New York City Christmas Concert Dec. 16 at 9:30 PM at Joe's Pub.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:02PM

PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: "What a Mother Does..." Behind the Scenes at A Christmas Story, The Musical with Jenny Lee Stern by Matthew Blank

Musical comedy dynamo Jenny Lee Stern, most recently seen in Forbidden Broadway, is back on the New York stage this winter in the holiday return of A Christmas Story, The Musical. She docume…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:38PM

PHOTO CALL: Alison Luff, Kim Zimmer, Curt Hansen, Jesse JP Johnson and Cast Offer A Wicked Night Before Christmas in Chicago by Matthew Blank

Members of the first North American touring company of Wicked hosted A Wicked Night Before Christmas, a staged holiday performance at The Laugh Factory — with net proceeds benefit…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:10PM

PHOTO CALL: Rebecca Naomi Jones, Alysha Umphress, Taylor Trensch, Elizabeth Stanley and More Offer Songs by Ridiculously Talented Composers by Matthew Blank

Songs by Ridiculously Talented Composers and Lyricists You Probably Don't Know but Should, hosted by Tony-winning composer-lyricist William Finn, was presented Dec. 16 at 9:30 PM at 54 B…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:37AM

PHOTO CALL: Cyndi Lauper, Harvey Fierstein and Kinky Boots Cast Show Their True Colors in Benefit Cabaret at Birdland by Matthew Blank

Tony and Grammy Award-winning composer Cyndi Lauper was joined by cast members from her Tony-winning musical Kinky Boots for a Dec. 16 benefit concert for the True Colors Fund at Birdland.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:04AM

PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Peter Bradbury, Scrooge in Off-Broadway's A Christmas Carol by Matthew Blank

Broadway actor Peter Bradbury stars as Scrooge in the new Off-Broadway production of A Christmas Carol, adapted by Patrick Barlow. He fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire of random fac…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Monday, December 16, 2013

PHOTO CALL: John Anthony Lopez and Joseph C. Bellino Star in White Plains Performing Arts Center's Les Miserables by Matthew Blank

The White Plains Performing Arts Center's production of Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg and Herbert Kretzmer's Les Miserables is presented Dec. 13-31.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:12PM

PHOTO CALL: Handle With Care, Starring Tony Nominee Carol Lawrence, Opens at the Westside by Matthew Blank

Handle With Care, a new play by Emmy Award nominee Jason Odell Williams that stars Tony Award nominee Carol Lawrence, officially opened at the Westside Theatre Downstairs Dec. 15 following p…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:58PM

PHOTO CALL: Kelli O'Hara, Steven Pasquale, Hunter Foster and Cast Offer Sneak Peek at The Bridges of Madison County by Matthew Blank

The new Jason Robert Brown musical The Bridges of Madison County is scheduled to begin previews Jan. 17, 2014, at Broadway's Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. The cast offered a sneak peek to …

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:33PM

PHOTO CALL: Alexander Hanson and Charlotte Spencer Star in New Andrew Lloyd Webber Musical Stephen Ward by Matthew Blank

The world premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber's new musical Stephen Ward began performances Dec. 3 prior to an official opening Dec. 19 at the West End's Aldwych Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:50PM

PHOTO CALL: A First Look at Paul Nolan as New "Guy" in Broadway's Once by Matthew Blank

Canadian actor Paul Nolan, who made his Main Stem debut in the 2012 revival of Jesus Christ Superstar, joins the Broadway cast of the Tony Award-winning musical Once.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:45AM
Friday, December 13, 2013

PHOTO CALL: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder Stars Enjoy Afternoon Tea by Matthew Blank

Cast members from A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder enjoyed afternoon tea and biscuits outside the “Downton Abbey” Food Truck in Midtown Manhattan earlier this week.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:04PM

PHOTO CALL: American Premiere of Conor McPherson's The Night Alive, Starring Jim Norton and Ciarán Hinds, Opens at the Atlantic by Matthew Blank

The Donmar Warehouse production of The Night Alive makes its American premiere at the Atlantic Theater Company, officially opening Dec. 12 at the Linda Gross Theater, following previews…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:26PM

PHOTO SPECIAL: Playbill Readers (and Staff) Share Their Favorite #Throwback Theatre Pics by Matthew Blank

"Throwback Thursday" has recently taken social media by storm, compelling people to share old photos of themselves via social media every Thursday. Playbill.com asked readers this …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:35PM

PHOTO CALL: Stars Walk the Red Carpet at "August: Osage County" New York Film Premiere by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

The film adaptation of Tracy Letts' Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning drama August: Osage County, starring Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, will arrive in theatres Dec. 25. Stars and guest…

SOURCE: Playbill at 06:30AM
Thursday, December 12, 2013

PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: A Day With Davon Rainey and Katrina Cunningham of Company XIV's Sexy Burlesque Nutcracker Rouge by Matthew Blank

Company XIV and The Saint At Large present the New York Premiere of Nutcracker Rouge, conceived, directed and choreographed by Austin McCormick. Featured dancer Davon Rainey and sultry chant…

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:36PM

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