Friday, August 31, 2012
On Aug. 15 the Tony Award-winning Disney musical The Lion King became the fifth longest-running show in Broadway history. The spectacle based on the hit animated film now plays the Minskoff …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:33PMOn Aug. 15 the Tony Award-winning Disney musical The Lion King becames the fifth longest-running show in Broadway history. The spectacle based on the hit animated film now plays the Minskoff…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:32PMThursday, August 30, 2012
Tony and Olivier Award-winning actor Mark Rylance is currently behind a series of "What You Will" Shakespearean flash mobs that are bringing the bard to the citizens of London in a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PMTuesday, August 28, 2012
Since its Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway debut in 2009, Next to Normal has become a popular production for regional and community theatres.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:43PMSaturday, August 25, 2012
The sisters from Broadway's Sister Act will retire their habits and vacate the convent Aug. 26. In celebration of the musical's run and the holy ladies of Sister Act, Playbill.com ta…
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"Here she is, boys! Here she is, world! Here's Rose!" — a dozen of them. With talk of a 2013 London revival of Stephen Sondheim, Arthur Laurents and Jule Styne's icon…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:52PMThe editors of Playbill.com have combed through the past seven years of our popular Cue & A feature to select some of our favorite answers to the question, "What's your worst fl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMonday, August 20, 2012
Four-time Tony Award nominee Victor Garber returns to Manhattan nightspot 54 Below Aug. 20. In anticipation of Garber's appearance, we look back at his stage and screen performances.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTuesday, August 14, 2012
Classical soprano Sarah Brightman, who originated the role of Christine Daaé in the long-running Andrew Lloyd Webber musical The Phantom of the Opera, celebrates her birthday Aug. 14.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:35PMWednesday, August 8, 2012
Tony and Oscar-winning composer Marvin Hamlisch, whose numerous compositions included A Chorus Line, They're Playing Our Song, "The Way We Were," and more, died Aug. 6 at the a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:25PMTuesday, August 7, 2012
Playbill.com reached out to members of the theatre community Aug. 7, asking them to share their memories of the late Tony and Oscar-winning composer Marvin Hamlisch, whose numerous compositi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:27PMJoe's Pub got steamy on Aug. 5 when the musical group the Skivvies, comprising actors Lauren Molina and Nick Cearley, took the stage with some special guests – clad only in their u…
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August 6, 2013, marks what would have been Lucille Ball's 101st birthday. Playbill.com is loving Lucy today with a handful of video performance from her career.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:34PMSaturday, August 4, 2012
Tony Award nominee Chad Kimball and Michael Arden will be offering solo concerts at 54 Below in the coming days, and Playbill.com has collected a handful of videos of the two leading men on …
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A new production of Frank Wildhorn and Leslie Bricusse's hit pop musical Jekyll & Hyde is preparing to launch a U.S. national tour in September with an eye toward Broadway.
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Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz will make his New York cabaret debut beginning Aug. 5 at the new nightlife venue 54 Below, and Playbill.com has put together a handful of the Tony Awa…
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Bring It On: The Musical has cheered its way to Broadway with a Tony Award-winning songwriting team that includes Tom Kitt, Amanda Green and Lin-Manuel Miranda. The musical opens Aug. 1 at t…
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Broadway actor Will Chase, who was seen in the first season of NBC's "Smash," is keeping busy. Before he stars in Roundabout Theatre Company's The Mystery of Edwin Drood, C…
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Tony Award winner Donna Murphy, who originated the role of Fosca in the Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine musical Passion, is on familiar dramatic turf in the Shakespeare in the Park production …
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Playbill Vault, the most comprehensive, searchable database of Broadway history on the web, now offers a look at the numerous prop Playbills that have been created throughout the years for u…
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The Tony Award-winning musical Into the Woods is receiving a much-anticipated New York revival at the Delacorte Theater beginning July 24 as part of the 2012 Shakespeare in the Park season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:36PMTuesday, July 17, 2012
New Yorkers and our East Coast neighbors are trying to keep cool during the multiple heatwaves this summer.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:01PMMonday, July 16, 2012
Academy Award-winning actress Celeste Holm died July 15 in New York City at the age of 95. In remembrance of the legendary stage and screen actress, Playbill.com takes a look back at her car…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:59PMTuesday, July 10, 2012
Tony Award-winning Hello, Dolly! and Mame composer-lyricist Jerry Herman celebrates his 81st birthday July 10, and Playbill.com has put together a musical tribute.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:11PMSaturday, July 7, 2012
With the recent revival of Jesus Christ Superstar and the current revival of Evita, we thought our readers would be interested in this tribute to Andrew Lloyd Webber at the 1985 Tony Awards.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:51AMJonathan Groff, known for his performances in Spring Awakening and Fox's "Glee," will return to television next month in the second season of "Boss" on Starz. In anti…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, July 6, 2012
As Mary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters' 14th annual Broadway Barks!, the star-studded dog and cat adoptathon that will be held July 14 in Shubert Alley, approaches, Playbill.com offer…
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Broadway raised some patriotic voices in honor of Independence Day with musical specials on CBS and PBS.
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America celebrates its birthday July 4, and Playbill.com has collected some of our favorite patriotic performances in honor of the occasion.
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That Tony-winning Texan talent Betty Buckley, whose newest solo recording arrives next month, celebrates her birthday July 3. To mark the occasion, Playbill.com offers some of Buckley's …
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Tony Award nominee Jeremy Jordan, up-and-comer Andy Mientus and Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson are in the wings for the second season of the NBC musical drama "Smash." In anticipatio…
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