Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Bonnie & 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…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:04PMThe 15th annual New York International Fringe Festival, also known as FringeNYC, began Aug. 12 and features 192 titles, representing over 200 theatre companies from across the world.
The 16-…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:33AMMonday, August 15, 2011
Ghost the Musical officially opened at the West End’s Piccadilly Theatre July 19, following previews that began June 22. The stage version of the Academy Award-winning film stars Richa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:50PMCatch Me If You Can, the Broadway musical based on the life of charming conman Frank Abagnale Jr., played on stage by Aaron Tveit (Next to Normal), is offering a chance to meet and greet the…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:50PMNick Jonas, who was recently seen as Link Larkin in Hairspray at the Hollywood Bowl, sat down with the ladies of "The View" to talk about his solo projects and a career in the theatr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:50PMCast members from Broadway’s Priscilla Queen of the Desert have been celebrating marriage equality since June 24 when same-sex marriage was made legal in the state of New York. Here, a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:45PMSunday, August 14, 2011
Show Boat officially opened July 27 at Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, CT, in a revised revival directed by Rob Ruggiero; performances continue through Sept. 17.
The 1927 musical roman…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:41PMKait Kerrigan and Brian Lowdermilk’s The Unauthorized Autobiography of Samantha Brown officially opened Aug. 4 at Goodspeed Musicals’ Norma Terris Theatre in Chester, CT.
The sho…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:45AMSaturday, August 13, 2011
Jonathan Larson’s Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, Rent, has made its way back to New York City for an Off-Broadway revival at New World Stages. The newly conceived production …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:21PMTony Award-winning composer Marc Shaiman recently talked with CNN about his journey to Broadway, his latest musical Catch Me If You Can (currently playing at the Neil Simon Theatre) and his …
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:43AMFriday, August 12, 2011
Broadway in Bryant Park, the annual free concert series featuring the stars of Broadway and Off-Broadway, showcased the stars of Broadway’s Priscilla Queen Of The Desert, Mamma Mia! an…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:05PMOriginal Tony-nominated director Michael Greif brings Rent back to New York City, this time with a brand-new cast and a newly conceived production. Rent officially made its 2011 Off-Broadway…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:48PMTen Cents a Dance, the new Rodgers and Hart musical crafted by Tony Award-winning director John Doyle, recently began its U.S. premiere at the Williamstown Theatre Festival Aug. 11.
Doyle, w…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:08PMThursday, August 11, 2011
Broadway in Bryant Park, the annual free concert series now in its 11th year, features performances from the stars of Broadway and Off-Broadway Thursdays throughout the summer from 12:30 PM-…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:26PMPriscilla Queen of the Desert, currently playing at the Palace Theatre, recently released a new commercial featuring clips of the production that officially opened on Broadway March 20.
Prod…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:51PMWednesday, August 10, 2011
Death Takes a Holiday, Off-Broadway’s new musical based on the Alberto Casella play of the same name, officially opened July 21, following previews that began June 10 at Roundabout The…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:40PMThe stars of the Tony Award-winning musical Jersey Boys, Jarrod Spector, Ryan Jesse, Matt Bogart and Dominic Nolfi, recently stopped by “Access Hollywood” to talk about performin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:03PMTuesday, August 9, 2011
Norm Lewis (The Little Mermaid, Chicago) stars as Porgy in the Broadway-bound American Repertory Theater production of Porgy and Bess, set to begin performance Aug. 17 in Cambridge, MA.
Lewi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:40PMThe Voca People, known on earth as Ryan Alexander, Mercer Boffey, Laura Dadap, Emily Drennan, Tiago Grade, Chelsey Keding, Jermaine Miles, Christine Paterson, Gavriel Savit and Jonathan Shew…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:33PM2011 Tony Award nominee Josh Gad recently sat down with Keith Olbermann to talk about the success of the Tony Award-winning musical The Book of Mormon. Here, in an extended interview with Ga…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:09PMMonday, August 8, 2011
Emmy winner and comic Judy Gold, who currently stars in Off-Broadway’s The Judy Show: My Life as a Sitcom, was recently named a Givenik Ambassador, joining Joel Grey (Anything Goes), R…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:34PMOriginal Tony-nominated director Michael Greif returns to Rent with a brand-new cast in the Off-Broadway revival of Jonathan Larson’s Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, set to op…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:54PMThe Broadway-bound American Repertory Theater production of Porgy and Bess, starring four-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald (Ragtime, Marie Christine, Master Class) and Norm Lewis (The L…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:26PMThe Tony Award-winning musical, Hairspray, by Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan, recently played three performances at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl Aug…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:59AMSunday, August 7, 2011
Carolee Carmello, a two-time Tony Award nominee for her performances in Parade and Lestat, recently sat down with Seth Rudetsky on the latest episode of Playbill Video’s “Obsesse…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:56PMHere are the most-read Playbill.com stories for the week of July 24–30, 2011, from information compiled by Playbill.com.
Lea Michele, Chris Colfer, Cory Monteith Will Not Leave “Glee…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:45PMCome Fly Away, Twyla Tharp’s dance musical that moves to the music of Frank Sinatra, began its U.S. national tour Aug. 2 at the Fabulous Fox Theatre in Atlanta. Playbill.com has highli…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:45AMSaturday, August 6, 2011
Tony Award nominee and “Glee” Matthew Morrison, who recently made a solo appearance at New York City’s Beacon Theater, sat down with Blink 182’s Mark Hoppus.
Morrison…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:30PMOriginal Tony-nominated director Michael Greif returns to Rent with a brand-new cast in the Off-Broadway revival of Jonathan Larson’s Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, set to of…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:08AMFriday, August 5, 2011
Here are the top-grossing Broadway productions for the week of July 25-31, 2011, as reported by The Broadway League.
MUSICALS
Wicked (Gerswhin Theatre), $1,892,399
The Lion King (Minskoff Th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:48PMGodspell, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, is coming back to Broadway with its first revival, beginning performances Oct. 13 at the Circle in the Square Theatre, prior to an offici…
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