Thursday, September 15, 2011
Newest Givenik Ambassador Adam Kantor (Avenue Q, Rent) meets up with Rod on the set of Off-Broadway’s Avenue Q to talk about their favorite charity, Broadway in South Africa, which was…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:49PMSpider-Man Turn Off the Dark, currently playing at Broadway’s Foxwoods Theatre, features a rock score by Bono and The Edge and Reeve Carney in the title role. Here, Carney talks about …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:23PMThe cult classic film "Newsies," featuring music by Alan Menken, has been adapted for the stage and officially hits New Jersey’s Paper Mill Playhouse Sept. 15, prior to an open…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:14PMWednesday, September 14, 2011
The Tony Award-winning revival of Anything Goes is offering one lucky tap dancer a chance to win a trip for two to New York City to catch the production, featuring Tony Award-winning choreog…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:42PMRelatively Speaking, the upcoming Broadway production featuring three one-act comedies by Ethan Coen, Elaine May and Woody Allen, will begin previews Sept. 20 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:06PMMosaic Legends has partnered with the hit musical Wicked to "go green" with the Wicked Mosaic Electronic Program Book, a digital alternative to the traditional paper format of its so…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:38PMThe Broadway-bound American Repertory Theater production of Porgy and Bess, starring four-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald and Norm Lewis, has been transformed from an opera to a musica…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:35AMTuesday, September 13, 2011
Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth released her latest solo recording, “Some Lessons Learned,” on the Sony Masterworks label Sept. 13. In celebration of the new album, the perfo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:46PMNewsies will make its world premiere at New Jersey’s Paper Mill Playhouse when the new adaptation of the 1992 Disney movie musical hits the stage Sept. 15, prior to an official opening…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:45PMMarc Warren (West End’s The Rise and Fall of Little Voice) will star in Cool Hand Luke, a new stage adaptation of Donn Pearce’s 1965 novel of the same name, beginning Sept. 23 at the…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:19PMJames Goldman and Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award-winning musical Follies opened in May at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in DC. Following a successful run, the star-studded …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMMonday, September 12, 2011
Acclaimed opera singer, Grammy and Emmy Award winner Rosalind Elias is currently making her Broadway debut in Follies, where she plays the role of Heidi Schiller; the production officially o…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:49PMRoundabout Theatre Company’s revival of Terence Rattigan’s Man and Boy, starring Oscar nominee and three-time Tony winner Frank Langella, recently began previews at the American …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:23PMFormer "American Idol" judge Kara DioGuardi, who made her Broadway stage debut Sept. 6 when she stepped into the role of Roxie Hart in Chicago at the Ambassador Theatre, visited "…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:23PMSunday, September 11, 2011
Here are the most-read Playbill.com stories for the week of Aug. 28–Sept. 3, 2011, from information compiled by Playbill.com.
Phantom Will Welcome New “Piangi” and “Monsi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:28PMTony Award nominee Tony Sheldon, Nick Adams and Will Swenson were recently visited at the Palace Theatre by stage and screen actor Tony Danza and R&B singer Martha Wash.
After taking pic…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:16AMSaturday, September 10, 2011
Jane Lynch, Matthew Morrison, Chris Colfer, Cory Monteith and the rest of the “Glee” gang are gearing up for their return to McKinley High when Fox’s hit television show ma…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:48PMTony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth will release her latest solo recording, "Some Lessons Learned," on the Sony Masterworks label Sept. 13. Here, Playbill.com has tracks from her upc…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:34AMFriday, September 9, 2011
Here are the top-grossing Broadway productions for the week of Aug. 29-Sept. 4, 2011, as reported by The Broadway League.
MUSICALS
Wicked (Gerswhin Theatre), $1,602,104
The Lion King (Minsko…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:30PMThe Old Globe’s new production of The Rocky Horror Show is set to begin performances Sept. 15 in San Diego, CA, with an official opening Sept. 23. The production, scheduled to run thro…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:38PMThursday, September 8, 2011
Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth (You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown; Wicked; Promises, Promises) and "Glee" star Chris Colfer were guests on "The Tonight Show With Jay Le…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:11PMThe 25th anniversary of the world premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera will be marked with a fully staged production that will play three performances at London’s R…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:57PMThe Voca People, also known as the “snow-white ruby-lipped aliens” from the new Off-Broadway musical currently playing the Westside Theatre, took a trip to the MDA Telethon durin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:30AMWednesday, September 7, 2011
Goldstar, the popular membership-based web retailer of half-price live entertainment tickets, recently sold its five millionth ticket. In celebration of the landmark sale, Goldstar announced…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:14PMThe Voca People, Adam Kantor (Avenue Q, Rent) and Derrick Baskin (Memphis) are the newest Givenik Ambassadors, joining John Tartaglia (Avenue Q), Judy Gold (Off-Broadway’s The Judy Sho…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:28PMLysistrata Jones, the pop musical spin on the ancient Greek classic by Aristophanes, was seen this summer on the Off-Broadway basketball court. The musical will now dribble its way to midtow…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:03PMTuesday, September 6, 2011
George Lee Andrews holds the Guinness World Record as the longest-running actor in the same Broadway show for his 23-year stint in The Phantom of the Opera. After 9,382 performances, Andrews…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:04PMAcademy Award nominees Samuel L. Jackson and Angela Bassett will celebrate New York City’s Fashion’s Night Out with an appearance at the Giorgio Armani boutique, located at 760 M…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:18PMSierra Boggess, who recently finished her run as Sharon Graham in Broadway’s Master Class alongside Tony Award winner Tyne Daly, sat down with Seth Rudetsky on the latest episode of Pl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:48PMTony Award-winning songwriters Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman joined the cast of Catch Me If You Can for the final curtain call at the Neil Simon Theatre Sept. 4, following a six-month run w…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:40AMMonday, September 5, 2011
Steel Burkhardt, who plays Berger in the ten-week Broadway engagement of Hair, recently took some time before his show at the St. James Theatre to answer fans questions.
Here, Burkhardt sits…
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