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Thursday, July 11, 2013

PHOTO CALL: Sutton Foster, Rebecca Luker, Tonya Pinkins, Sheldon Harnick and More Celebrate First Night at City Center's Cradle Will Rock by Matthew Blank

Marc Blitzstein’s The Cradle Will Rock, the inaugural show of New York City Center’s new Encores! Off-Center series — a concert-production series celebrating Off-Broadway m…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:06AM
Wednesday, July 10, 2013

PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: "Romantic Atmosphere!" Alexandra Silber's Unseen Shots from Caramoor's All-Star She Loves Me by Matthew Blank

The Caramoor Summer Festival presented She Loves Me in concert last month, marking the first musical seen in its 68 year history. Alexandra Silber, who starred as Amalia, takes us through th…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:50PM

PHOTO CALL: A First Look at Second Stage's Nobody Loves You, With Leslie Kritzer, Lauren Molina and Rory O'Malley by Matthew Blank

Second Stage Theatre's New York premiere of the new musical comedy Nobody Loves You, about a grad student who is unexpectedly cast on a reality TV dating show, began performances June 20…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:50PM

PHOTO CALL: Danny Burstein, Anika Noni Rose, Raúl Esparza, Judy Kuhn in City Center's Cradle Will Rock by Matthew Blank

Marc Blitzstein’s The Cradle Will Rock, the inaugural show of New York City Center’s new Encores! Off-Center series — a concert-production series celebrating Off-Broadway m…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:57AM

PHOTO CALL: Forever Tango Returns to Broadway; First Curtain Call and Backstage with Karina Smirnoff and Maksim Chmerkovskiy by Matthew Blank

Luis Bravo's Forever Tango returned to Broadway for a ten-week run beginning July 9. Performances are currently scheduled to continue through Sept. 15 at the Walter Kerr Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:41AM

PHOTO CALL: Broadway's Pippin Stars Celebrate Cast Album With Barnes and Noble Performance by Matthew Blank

Tony Award winners Patina Miller, Andrea Martin and the cast of the acclaimed Broadway revival of Pippin celebrated the release of their cast album with a July 9 performance at Barnes and No…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:05AM
Tuesday, July 9, 2013

PHOTO CALL: Laura Michelle Kelly, Ben Davis, Josh Young and Loretta Ables Sayre in Muny's South Pacific by Matthew Blank

The Muny's fourth show of its 95th season, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's South Pacific, plays the famed outdoor St. Louis venue beginning July 8.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:43PM

PHOTO CALL: Past Cast Members Join SILENCE! The Musical for Closing Party by Matthew Blank

SILENCE! The Musical, winner of the 2012 Off Broadway Alliance Award for Best Musical, played its final performance at Off-Broadway's Elektra Theatre July 7 at 5 PM. Cast members past and pr…

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:40PM

PHOTO CALL: Jenna Leigh Green, Melissa van Der Schyff, Lesli Margherita, Natalie Toro and More at the New York Musical Theatre Festival's Opening Nigh by Matthew Blank

The tenth annual New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) runs July 8-28 in New York City. Rent star Anthony Rapp and [title of show]'s Susan Blackwell, who have both been seen before at…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:31PM

PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: "The Berkshire Portraits" With Barrington Stage On the Town Star Nancy Opel by Matthew Blank

Tony nominee Nancy Opel kicks off her summer with a stay in the gorgeous Berkshires, playing the role of Madame Dilly in Barrington Stage's On the Town. Also a talented photographer, Ope…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:38PM

PHOTO CALL: Chita Rivera, Megan Hilty and Jessie Mueller Visit Stephanie J. Block at Birdland; Concert and Backstage Shots by Matthew Blank

Stephanie J. Block, a 2013 Tony nominee for her performance in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, went solo at Birdland July 7-8.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:29AM

PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: My Name Is Asher Lev's Jenny Bacon by Matthew Blank

Jenny Bacon, who plays the role of Rivkeh in Off-Broadway's My Name Is Asher Lev, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire of random facts, backstage trivia and pop-culture tidbits.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM
Monday, July 8, 2013

PHOTO CALL: Past Cast Members Join Silence! The Musical for Closing Party by Matthew Blank

Silence! The Musical, winner of the 2012 Off Broadway Alliance Award for Best Musical, played its final performance at Off-Broadway's Elektra Theatre July 7 at 5 PM. Cast members past a…

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:01PM

PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: "We Light a Match..." A Two-Show Day at Murder Ballad With Rebecca Naomi Jones by Matthew Blank

Rebecca Naomi Jones (Passing Strange, American Idiot) stars as the mysterious Narrator in Off-Broadway's Murder Ballad, the new musical by Julia Jordon and Juliana Nash, playing the Unio…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:18PM

PHOTO CALL: Highlights from High School Thespian Festival 2013 by Matthew Blank

Three thousand high school theatre students, teachers and professional artists converged on the campus of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln during the last week in June for Thespian Festiva…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12PM

PHOTO CALL: The Skivvies, With Special Guests Morgan James and Alison Fraser, Heat Up 54 Below With Late-Night Concert by Matthew Blank

Nick Cearley and Lauren Molina, the scantily-clad theatre duo otherwise known as The Skivvies, returned to 54 Below for a July 5 late-night concert.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:13AM
Friday, July 5, 2013

PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: A Two-Show Day With Unbroken Circle Star Eve Plumb by Matthew Blank

Eve Plumb of "Brady Bunch" fame stars in James Wesley's Unbroken Circle, playing Off-Broadway's St. Luke's Theatre. She shares a recent two-show day.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:31PM

PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: Backstage Snapshots from "A Capitol Fourth" With Motown's Ariana DeBose by Matthew Blank

The cast of Broadway's Motown may have been off from the theatre in honor of Independence Day, but they instead had the privilege of traveling to DC to take part in the "Capitol Fou…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:21AM

PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: Backstage Snapshots from "A Capitol Fourth" With Motown's Ariana DeBose by Matthew Blank

The cast of Broadway's Motown may have been off from the theatre in honor of Independence Day, but they instead had the privilege of traveling to DC to take part in the "Capitol Fou…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:21AM
Wednesday, July 3, 2013

PHOTO ARCHIVE: Five-Time Tony Award Winner Audra McDonald on Broadway by Matthew Blank

Audra McDonald celebrates a birthday July 3. Playbill.com looks back at her Broadway career thus far.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:40PM

PHOTO CALL: Meet the Cast of The Cradle Will Rock, With Raul Esparza, Anika Noni Rose, Danny Burstein and Judy Kuhn by Matthew Blank

The upcoming production of Marc Blitzstein’s The Cradle Will Rock, the inaugural show of New York City Center’s new Encores! Off-Center series, will play City Center July 10-13.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:36PM

PHOTO CALL: Malcolm Gets, Anthony Rapp, Chad Kimball, Susan Blackwell, Jason Gotay, J. Robert Spencer and More Preview 2013 NYMF Shows by Matthew Blank

Malcolm Gets, Annie Golden, Chad Kimball, Susan Blackwell, Jason Gotay, J. Robert Spencer and more took part in a special preview of this year's New York Musical Theatre Festival shows o…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:46PM

PHOTO CALL: MTC's Choir Boy, Starring Chuck Cooper and Austin Pendleton, Opens Off-Broadway by Matthew Blank

Manhattan Theatre Club's American premiere of Tarell Alvin McCraney's Choir Boy, a play with gospel music, opened July 2 following previews that began June 18.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:16AM

PHOTO CALL: Tony Winner Courtney B. Vance Honored with Sardi's Caricature by Matthew Blank

Tony Award-winning Lucky Guy star Courtney B. Vance was honored June 2 with the unveiling of a caricature to adorn the walls of the famed eatery Sardi's.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:03AM
Tuesday, July 2, 2013

PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: A Day at Arena Stage With Broadway-Bound A Night With Janis Joplin Star Mary Bridget Davies by Matthew Blank

Prior to its September arrival at Broadway's Lyceum Theatre, the critically acclaimed A Night With Janis Joplin is playing an engagement at DC's Arena Stage. Leading lady Mary Bridge…

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:28PM

PHOTO CALL: Broadway's Chicago Celebrates New "Mama" Wendy Williams by Matthew Blank

Celebrated talk-show host and best-selling author Wendy Williams began her Broadway debut engagement as Matron "Mama" Morton in the Tony Award-winning revival of Chicago June 28 at…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:31PM

PHOTO CALL: Santino Fontana, Laura Osnes, Montego Glover, Lilla Crawford and Young Broadway Stars Attend the Jimmy Awards by Matthew Blank

The 5th Annual National High School Musical Theater Awards (NHSMTA), also known as the Jimmy Awards, took place July 1 at Broadway's Minskoff Theatre. Tony Award nominees and Cinderella …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:28PM

PHOTO CALL: Betsy Wolfe, Sherie Rene Scott and Jason Robert Brown Join Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan on the "Last Five Years" Film Set by Matthew Blank

Tony Award nominee Jeremy Jordan joins Tony nominee Anna Kendrick in the Richard LaGravenese film adaptation of the Jason Robert Brown musical The Last Five Years, which is currently fi…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:28AM

PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Potted Potter Star Daniel Clarkson by Matthew Blank

Daniel Clarkson, one of the stars of Potted Potter at Off-Broadway's Little Shubert Theatre, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire of random facts, backstage trivia and pop-culture tidb…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM
Monday, July 1, 2013

PHOTO CALL: Alice Ripley, Kacie Sheik, Meghann Fahy, Andrew Kober, Preston Sadleir Make A Lasting Impression at Joe's Pub by Matthew Blank

Tony Award winner Alice Ripley (Next to Normal) as well as former Hair tribe members Kacie Sheik and Andrew Kober were among the cast of A Lasting Impression, a contemporary new musical…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:28PM

PHOTO CALL: Cheyenne Jackson and Alexandra Silber Sing West Side Story in San Francisco by Matthew Blank

Stage and screen star Cheyenne Jackson plays the role of Tony in West Side Story in Concert beginning June 27 with the San Francisco Symphony.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:48PM

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
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