Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Want the chance to attend the 56th Annual Drama Desk Awards at the Hammerstein Ballroom? Enter Drama Desk’s contest to become a trophy chaperone at the ceremony.
A panel of theatre pro…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:16PMAnything Goes opened on Broadway at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre April 7 to rave reviews.
The revival stars Sutton Foster (Thoroughly Modern Millie, Little Women, Shrek the Musical), Joel Gr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:28PMThe cast of Broadway’s Sister Act appeared on ABC’s “Good Morning America” April 12, performing “Take Me to Heaven,” which features the show’s lead…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:56PM"The Woman in Black," based on the 1983 fictional novel by Susan Hill, was adapted for the stage by Stephen Mallatratt in 1987 and is still playing in the West End. It is now being t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:31PM“Rabbit Hole,” the Academy Award-nominated film starring Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart and Dianne Wiest, is coming to DVD and Blu-ray April 19.
How to Succeed in Business Without …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMonday, April 11, 2011
Nick Adams, aka @TheNickAdams, who co-stars in Broadway’s Priscilla Queen of the Desert, could be your next follower on Twitter.com.
How? Go to the musical’s Twitter account at …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:09PMCBS profiles the new Broadway play, War Horse, and how the magic of lifelike puppetry is created each night onstage.
War Horse was adapted by Nick Stafford for the stage from Michael Morpurg…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:52PMThe 2011 GLAAD Media Awards were presented April 10 in Los Angeles at the Westin Bonaventure.
Promises, Promises‘ Sean Hayes presented his Broadway co-star Kristin Chenoweth with the V…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:11PMThough Broadway’s new musical Sister Act is composed mostly of sassy sisters, there wouldn’t be a show without the men. Here, the guys introduce themselves while in rehearsals fo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:41AMTony Award nominees Mary Testa (On the Town, 42nd Street) and Alison Fraser (The Secret Garden, Romance/Romance), along with The Divine Sister’s Julie Halston, guest star in Michael Cy…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:35AMSunday, April 10, 2011
Here are the most-read Playbill.com stories for the week of March 27-April 2, 2011, from information compiled by Playbill.com.
Is Kristin Chenoweth Headed Back to Broadway?
Broadway Rush, Lo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:10PMStage and screen star Kathleen Turner visited ABC’s “Good Morning America” to talk about her new Broadway play High, which is set to officially open on April 19 at the Boo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:52AMSaturday, April 9, 2011
On the April 7 elimination round of Fox’s “Americal Idol,” former contestant and Broadway star Constantine Maroulis returned for a performance of “Unchained Melody.&#…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:08PMThe New Directions, along with the addition of “Glee”’s two favorite Warblers, Kurt (Chris Colfer) and Blaine (Darren Criss), get ready for the highly anticipated summer co…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:46AMFriday, April 8, 2011
Here are the top-grossing Broadway productions for the week of March 28-April 3, 2011, as reported by The Broadway League.
MUSICALS
Wicked (Gerswhin Theatre), $1,623,653
The Lion King (Minsk…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:14PMGhetto Klown star John Leguizamo talks to WNBC’s “1st Look” from inside his dressing room at the Lyceum Theatre before going on for his one-man Broadway show.
Leguizamo cha…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:47AMOn the April 6 episode of "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," Fallon joined Paul Simon on his classic song, “Cecilia,” with background beats from Off-Broadway’s cast of…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, April 7, 2011
Will Swenson, star of the new Broadway musical Priscilla Queen of the Desert, admits to ABC that he doesn’t need to hit the gym when he does what he likes to call the “Priscilla …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:57PMIs your iPod filled with show tunes? Does your CD collection consist of original cast recordings from Broadway musicals? If so, try your luck with the “Happy Hunting Contest” tha…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:52AM"Glee" star Matthew Morrison chatted with Jay Leno on the April 6 episode of “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno.”
Morrison, who will be launching his upcoming 20-city tour o…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:15AMKate Shindle, who plays The Mad Hatter in Broadway’s new musical Wonderland, will appear as a judge on the Food Network’s “Last Cake Standing” April 10 episode.
In th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWednesday, April 6, 2011
Screen star George Takei (”Star Trek,” “Heroes”) may soon be seen on Broadway. Takei is scheduled to star with Tony Award winner Lea Salonga (Miss Saigon, Les Misera…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:09PMSupermodel Christie Brinkley will make her Broadway debut April 8 as Roxie Hart in the musical Chicago at the Ambassador Theatre.
Brinkley visited ABC’s “Good Morning AmericaR…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:32PMLove, Loss and What I Wore is holding a contest in honor of Mother’s Day, and your story can be performed by cast members of the Off-Broadway production.
The show at the Westside Theat…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:29PMCatch Me If You Can’s Alex Ellis never considered her strongest suit to be dance. In episode 4 of “Diary of a Chorus Girl” Ellis gets whipped into shape by the production&#…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:11PMTuesday, April 5, 2011
Allison Case (Hair, Mamma Mia!) and Derrick Baskin (Memphis, The Little Mermaid, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee) appear in the fifth episode of “Submissions Only,” th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:06PMGreen Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, who returns to the role of St. Jimmy in Broadway’s American Idiot April 5 for the final weeks of the run, shares a message from the Broadway Gr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:58PMThe new musical Baby It’s You!, set to officially open April 27 at The Broadhurst Theatre, is offering a “blogger” performance on April 19.
The creative team is looking fo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:56PMBroadway and "Glee" star Matthew Morrison has teamed up with Funny or Die to promote his upcoming 20-city tour that launches June 18 at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis.
Here, Morr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:52AMMonday, April 4, 2011
Hannah Waddingham, who plays Miss Gulch and the Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz at the London Palladium, shows how she transforms into Miss Gulch with the addition of a new nose and chin.
T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:09PMFox NY’s Julie Chang recently interviewed producer Whoopi Goldberg about the new Broadway musical Sister Act.
Goldberg joined the cast of Sister Act in the West End as Mother Superior…
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