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Thursday, April 18, 2013

PHOTO CALL: Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Robert DeNiro and More Visit Rita Wilson at 54 Below by Matthew Blank

Rita Wilson made her debut at the new Manhattan nightspot 54 Below beginning April 14 at 9:30 PM. Here's a backstage look at soem of her starry visitors.

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PHOTO CALL: A First Look at Broadway-Bound New Musical Big Fish in Chicago by Matthew Blank

The world premiere of the new musical Big Fish, based on the 1998 novel by Daniel Wallace and the 2003 Columbia Pictures film written by John August, began its pre-Broadway engagement April …

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:44AM

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

PHOTO CALL: The Assembled Parties, Starring Judith Light and Jessica Hecht, Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals and Curtain Call 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
Wednesday, April 17, 2013

PHOTO CALL: Kelli O'Hara, Steven Pasquale, Nancy Anderson and Cast of Far From Heaven Meet the Press by Matthew Blank

Kelli O'Hara and Steven Pasquale will play the broken married couple at the center of the world premiere of the musical Far From Heaven, reuniting this spring at Playwrights Horizons fol…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:11PM

PHOTO CALL: Neil Patrick Harris, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Rory O'Malley Visit Broadway's Cinderella by Matthew Blank

Neil Patrick Harris, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Rory O'Malley were all on hand for the April 13 performance of Broadway's Cinderella.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:12PM

PHOTO CALL: Marc Kudisch, Hannah Elless, Ryan Silverman and David Cryer Rehearse New Musical Somewhere in Time by Matthew Blank

The Portland Center Stage world premiere of the new musical Somewhere in Time, starring Ryan Silverman, Hannah Elless and Marc Kudisch, will premiere May 28. Here is the cast in rehearsal.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:11PM

PHOTO CALL: A First Look at Imelda Marcos Musical Here Lies Love, by David Byrne and Fatboy Slim by Matthew Blank

Filipino political leaders Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos take center stage in the new David Byrne-Fatboy Slim musical Here Lies Love, an immersive 360-degree theatrical experience, which began…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:31PM

PHOTO CALL: Vincent Pastore, Chita Rivera and The Midtown Men Among Guests at Opening Night of The Rascals: Once Upon a Dream by Matthew Blank

The Rascals: Once Upon a Dream, a new concert event written by guitarist Steven Van Zandt, with music and lyrics by Felix Cavaliere & Eddie Brigati, opened in a limited engagement at Bro…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:08PM

PHOTO CALL: The Big Knife, Starring Bobby Cannavale, Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals, Curtain Call and Cast Party by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

Bobby Cannavale, C.J. Wilson, Marin Ireland, Chip Zien, Richard Kind, Brenda Wehle, Reg Rogers and more star in Clifford Odets' drama of Hollywood secrets, The Big Knife, officially open…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:12AM

PHOTO CALL: Clifford Odets' The Big Knife, Starring Bobby Cannavale, Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals and Curtain Call by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

Bobby Cannavale, C.J. Wilson, Marin Ireland, Chip Zien, Richard Kind, Brenda Wehle, Reg Rogers and more star in Clifford Odets' drama of Hollywood secrets, The Big Knife, officially open…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:44AM

PHOTO CALL: Clifford Odets' The Big Knife, Starring Bobby Cannavale, Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals by Matthew Blank

Bobby Cannavale, C.J. Wilson, Marin Ireland, Chip Zien, Richard Kind, Brenda Wehle, Reg Rogers and more star in Clifford Odets' drama of Hollywood secrets, The Big Knife, officially open…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:12AM
Tuesday, April 16, 2013

PHOTO CALL: Kevin Spacey, Nikki M. James, Zoe Caldwell and More Honor Christopher Plummer by Matthew Blank

Academy Award-winning actor Kevin Spacey presented veteran stage and film actor Christopher Plummer with the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's Monte Cristo Award April 15 in New York C…

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PHOTO CALL: The Rascals Offer Sneak Peek at Once Upon a Dream Concerts by Matthew Blank

The Rascals: Once Upon a Dream, a new concert event written by guitarist Steven Van Zandt, with music and lyrics by Felix Cavaliere & Eddie Brigati, plays a limited engagement at Broadwa…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:43PM

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

Kelli O'Hara celebrates a birtdhay April 16. Having just come off of a successful run in Broadway's Nice Work If You Can Get It, she will next be seen in Far From Heaven at Playwrigh…

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PHOTO CALL: Patina Miller, Matthew James Thomas, Andrea Martin and Charlotte d'Amboise Star in Broadway's Circus-Inspired Pippin Revival by Matthew Blank

The Tony Award-winning 1972 pop musical Pippin dares audiences to enter the tent of a new circus-inspired staging, conceived by Tony Award-nominated director Diane Paulus and circus artist G…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:43PM

PHOTO CALL: Laura Benanti, LaChanze, Rita Wilson and Karrin Allyson Preview 54 Below Concerts by Matthew Blank

Laura Benanti, LaChanze, Rita Wilson and Karrin Allyson and more will offer concerts at the intimate 54 Below in the coming months. They offered a preview the morning of April 12.

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PHOTO CALL: The Nance, Starring Nathan Lane, Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals and Cast Party by Matthew Blank

Late 1930's New York and the twilight of the burlesque era come to life in Douglas Carter Beane's The Nance, a new dark comedy starring Nathan Lane as a gay entertainer with everythi…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:10AM

PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Matilda's "Mrs. Wormwood," Olivier Award Winner Lesli Margherita by Matthew Blank

Lesli Margherita, making her Broadway debut as Mrs. Wormwood in Matilda The Musical, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire of random facts, backstage trivia and pop-culture tidbits.

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Monday, April 15, 2013

PHOTO CALL: The Nance, Starring Nathan Lane, Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals by Matthew Blank

Late 1930's New York and the twilight of the burlesque era come to life in Douglas Carter Beane's The Nance, a new dark comedy starring Nathan Lane as a gay entertainer with everythi…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00PM

PHOTO CALL: Jeremy Jordan, Norm Lewis, Julia Murney, Jennifer Laura Thompson Join the New York Pops for Stephen Schwartz Tribute by Matthew Blank

Jeremy Jordan, Norm Lewis, Julia Murney and Jennifer Laura Thompson performed with the New York Pops April 12 in a celebration of the music of Academy Award-winning and Tony-nominated compos…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:53PM

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

Music pioneer Berry Gordy brings his life story to the stage in Motown, the new jukebox musical that takes audiences through the highs and lows of life in the recording industry, which …

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:00PM

PHOTO CALL: Motown: The Musical Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals and Curtain Call by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

Music pioneer Berry Gordy brings his life story to the stage in Motown, the new jukebox musical that takes audiences through the highs and lows of life in the recording industry, which …

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:07AM

PHOTO CALL: Motown: The Musical Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

Music pioneer Berry Gordy brings his life story to the stage in Motown, the new jukebox musical that takes audiences through the highs and lows of life in the recording industry, which …

SOURCE: Playbill at 06:48AM
Friday, April 12, 2013

PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: A Day in the Life of Max Crumm, Star of New Off-Broadway Rock Musical by Matthew Blank

Max Crumm, who starred in the most recent Broadway revival of Grease, is back on the New York stage in the new Off-Broadway musical F#%king Up Everything. Check out his day at work and play,…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:58PM

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

Roald Dahl's beloved children's book about a precocious bookworm with magical powers comes to life in a new mischievous, visually-absorbing production Matilda The Musical, which open…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:38AM

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

Roald Dahl's beloved children's book about a precocious bookworm with magical powers comes to life in a new mischievous, visually-absorbing production Matilda The Musical, which open…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:02AM
Thursday, April 11, 2013

PHOTO CALL: Brandon Victor Dixon and Valisia LeKae Star in Broadway's Motown: The Musical by Matthew Blank

Motown, the new hit-filled jukebox musical about the life and career of music mogul Berry Gordy, starring Tony nominee Brandon Victor Dixon and Valisia LaKae, began Broadway previews March 1…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:50PM

PHOTO CALL: Nice Work If You Can Get It Celebrates One Year on Broadway by Matthew Blank

Broadway's Nice Work If You Can Get It celebrated one year on Broadway April 10. The cast celebrated with an onstage cake presentation following the matinee performance.

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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

PHOTO CALL: Meet the Club Kids of the New Immersive Musical Adaptation of "Party Monster" at A.R.T. by Matthew Blank

A new interactive musical based on the life of club kid Michael Alig, whose story was adapted into the 2003 film "Party Monster," debuts April 11 at the American Repertory Theater&…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:53PM

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