Wednesday, August 24, 2011
PIX11’s "Curtain Up!" Broadway week series goes backstage with the stars of the Tony Award-winning hit musical Jersey Boys. Here, PIX 11 host Laurie Dhue visits the August Wils…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:56PMTraces, the acrobatic theatre show by the Montreal-based troupe 7 Fingers, officially opened at the Union Square Theatre Aug. 8, following previews that began July 29. The production got rav…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:42AMTuesday, August 23, 2011
Priscilla Queen of the Desert stars 2011 Tony Award nominee Tony Sheldon (Bernadette), Will Swenson (Tick/Mitzi) and Nick Adams (Adam/Felicia) as "the trio of friends on a heart-warming…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:06PMAmerican Repertory Theater's Broadway-bound Porgy and Bess began performances in Cambridge, MA, Aug. 17. The reimagined production, which converts the opera to a musical, with more focus…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:39PMThe Woman in Black, based on the 1983 novel by Susan Hill, was adapted for the stage by Stephen Mallatratt in 1987 and is still playing in the West End. The tale is now being transferred to …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:35PMWest End actress Carley Stenson (Grease) stars as Elle Woods in the London production of Legally Blonde, currently playing at the Savoy Theatre. Here, the production’s leading lady, al…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:34PMMonday, August 22, 2011
"Carnage," Roman Polanski's film adaptation of Yasmina Reza's God of Carnage will hit the big screen Dec. 16. The film stars Jodie Foster, John C. Reilly, Kate Winslet and Ch…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:59PMSweeney Todd, starring four-time Tony Award nominee Gregg Edelman (Passion, Into the Woods, City of Angels) and Liz McCartney (Phantom of the Opera, Taboo, Thoroughly Modern Millie) as Sween…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:08PMCelia Keenan-Bolger, who was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance as Olive Ostrovsky in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, sat down with Seth Rudetsky on the latest episod…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:00PMOn the season finale of "The Glee Project," which aired on Oxygen Aug. 21, the winner—or winners—of the competition were announced. "Glee" producer Ryan Murphy first told…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:06PMSunday, August 21, 2011
Here are the most-read Playbill.com stories for the week of Aug. 7–13, 2011, from information compiled by Playbill.com
“Weeds” Star Hunter Parrish Will Play Jesus in Broadway&#…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:02PMPriscilla Queen of the Desert’s “divas” Jacqueline Arnold, Anastacia McCleskey and Ashley Spencer recently visited WCBS FM 101.1 and performed a medley of songs from the hi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:25AMSaturday, August 20, 2011
Ten Cents a Dance, the new Rodgers and Hart musical crafted by Tony Award-winning director John Doyle, began its U.S. premiere at the Williamstown Theatre Festival Aug. 11.
The cast features…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:36PMRobert Lopez, who won Tony Awards for Avenue Q and The Book of Mormon, recently sat down with WNYC’s “Soundcheck” to talk about his current Tony Award-winning musical and h…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:53PMThe U.K. touring production of Chess, featuring a company of actor-musicians playing their own accompaniment, will hit Toronto’s Princess of Wales Theatre Sept. 24, with an official op…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:33AMFriday, August 19, 2011
“Footloose” is making its way back to the big screen; the reboot of the 1984 film hits movie theatres Oct. 14. Here, Playbill.com has the most recent trailer of the new Paramount…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:04PMThe Mountaintop, starring Academy Award nominees Samuel L. Jackson and Angela Bassett, will begin preview performances on Broadway Sept. 22 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, prior to an offi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:35PMThe 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. In celebration of the upcoming produc…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:24PMHere are the top-grossing Broadway productions for the week of Aug. 8-14 2011, as reported by The Broadway League.
MUSICALS
Wicked (Gerswhin Theatre), $1,886,230
The Lion King (Minskoff Thea…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:02PMPriscilla Queen of the Desert stars 2011 Tony Award nominee Tony Sheldon (Bernadette), Will Swenson (Tick/Mitzi) and Nick Adams (Adam/Felicia) as the “trio of friends on a heart-warmi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:50AMThursday, August 18, 2011
Tony nominee Malcolm Gets (The Story of My Life) is the only male in Ten Cents a Dance, the new Rodgers and Hart musical crafted by Tony Award-winning director John Doyle, which recently beg…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:18PMThe cast of the new national touring production of Les Misérables took the stage on NBC’s reality series “America’s Got Talent” Aug. 17 to perform “One Day Mor…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:47PMShow Boat, starring Ben Davis (A Little Night Music, Thoroughly Modern Milli) and Sarah Uriarte Berry (The Light in the Piazza, Taboo), officially opened July 27 at the intimate Goodspeed Op…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:05PMKicking off the holiday season early, Santa Claus, played by Charles Edward Hall, visited Manhattan and took over Times Square, alongside the Radio City Rockettes, for “Christmas in A…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:37AMWednesday, August 17, 2011
Costume designer Angela Wendt, who costumed the original production of Rent, has returned for the Off-Broadway revival of the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical that recently opened at …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:33PMFormer “American Idol” judge Kara DioGuardi will make her Broadway debut Sept. 5 when she steps into the role of Roxie Hart in the Tony Award-winning revival of Chicago at the Am…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:50AMBroadway in Bryant Park, the annual free concert series now in its 11th year, featured performances from the stars of Broadway and Off-Broadway Thursdays throughout the summer. The sixth and…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:59AMTuesday, August 16, 2011
Paris Remillard, who plays Claude in the ten-week Broadway engagement of Hair, took some time before his show at the St. James Theatre to answer fans questions.
Here, Remillard talks about g…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:01PMMatt Doyle, who is currently starring on Broadway in the Tony-winning War Horse, celebrated the release of his new EP, “Daylight,” with an Aug. 15 concert at Le Poisson Rouge in …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:56PMBroadway Sessions with Ben D, the weekly musical theatre-themed evening at The Midtown Theater, recently featured performances from Constantine Maroulis (Rock of Ages), Emma Hunton (Next to …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:52PMBonnie & Clyde, the upcoming Broadway production with music by Tony Award nominee Frank Wildhorn (The Scarlet Pimpernel, Jekyll & Hyde) and lyrics by Tony winner Don Black (Sunset Bo…
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