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Sunday, August 17, 2014

This Is Our Youth Throws Times Square Tantrum Across Broadway Marquee by Playbill.com

Upon first sighting the marquee for the upcoming Broadway play This Is Our Youth, at the Cort Theatre, you’d be forgiven for concluding that the production is being done on a shoes…

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Saturday, August 16, 2014

Donna Murphy Gets Passionate: The Essential Albums by Playbill.com

Playbill.com correspondent Ben Rimalower offers a collection of his favorite recordings by two-time Tony Award winner Donna Murphy.

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James Earl Jones Serves as Ringmaster of Family Circus in You Can’t Take It With You by Playbill.com

James Earl Jones, star of the Broadway revival of You Can't Take It With You, talks with Playbill.com about the play's relevancy and political message to a 21st-century audience.…

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Like Mother, Like Daughter: Swoosie Kurtz and Her Mom (Re-) Release Books on Same Day by Playbill.com

Tony winner Swoosie Kurtz shares stories of her family — and by her family — with Playbill.com.

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Friday, August 15, 2014

ON THE SCENE: Newsies Storm 54 Below, Tap Their Hearts Out, Answer Fan Questions and Say Goodbye by Playbill.com

Stop the Presses, a concert event prior to Newsies' final performance at Broadway's Nederlander Theatre — featuring over 30 cast members from the Disney hit — was…

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Highlights From the St. Louis Muny’s Hello, Dolly! Starring Beth Leavel and Rob McClure by Playbill.com

Beth Leavel, Rob McClure and John O'Hurley head the cast of the Muny's (short for The Municipal Theatre Association of St. Louis) Hello, Dolly!. Rob Ruggiero directs the Jerr…

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Wednesday, August 13, 2014

“He Looks Great in a Dress!”: Andrew Rannells Preps for Hedwig and the Angry Inch by Playbill.com

In the midst of preparing to enter Broadway's Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Tony winner Neil Patrick Harris' final performance is Aug. 17), Andrew Rannells — along with co-star …

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Tony Yazbeck Gets His Toes Tapping at 54 Below by Playbill.com

Tony Yazbeck performed and chatted in support of his upcoming 54 Below performances of The Floor Above Me. With shows Aug. 14 and 19, Yazbeck pays tribute to the MGM musicals of days gone by…

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Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Highlights From Signature Theatre’s Sunday in the Park With George by Playbill.com

Arlington, Virginia's Signature Theatre brings art to life with Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Sunday in the Park With George. Claybourne Elder stars a…

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On the Town’s Tony Yazbeck: “It’s a Dream Role” by Playbill.com

At a 54 Below media day, Tony Yazbeck took a minute to chat with Playbill about the upcoming rehearsals for Broadway's On the Town, his admiration for Gene Kelly and having a dream come…

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CUE & A: Motown Tony Nominee Charl Brown on Missed Entrances, His Broadway Idols and the Kardashians by Playbill.com

Charl Brown, a 2013 Tony Award nominee for his performance as Smokey Robinson in Broadway's Motown, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire of random facts, backstage trivia and pop&#…

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Monday, August 11, 2014

Remembering Robin Williams: Highlights From Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo by Playbill.com

Oscar winner Robin Williams made his Broadway dramatic-acting debut in Rajiv Joseph’s Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. This meditation on American involvement in the Middle East tol…

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ONSTAGE & BACKSTAGE: No Crying Over Spilled Wine (or Spilled Blood?!) After Lend Me a Tenor by Playbill.com

A week in the life of actor, radio and TV host, music director and writer Seth Rudetsky.

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Friday, August 8, 2014

OBSESSED!: You Can’t Expect Shoshana Bean to Defy Gravity EVERY Time, Can You? by Playbill.com

Shoshanna Bean (she doesn't "go by" ShoBean, but people seem to call her that for some reason) joined Seth Rudetsky in the studio for the latest and greatest episode of OBSESS…

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DIVA TALK: Tony Winner Priscilla Lopez Reflects On Pippin, Then and Now by Playbill.com

News, views and reviews about the multi-talented women of the musical theatre and the concert/cabaret stage.

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Thursday, August 7, 2014

50 Shades! The Musical Puts Beefcake on the Menu at Broadway in Bryant Park by Playbill.com

The cast of 50 Shades! The Musical took the stage at week five of 106.7 FM's Broadway in Bryant Park. Under the summer sun, they ran through several numbers from the show, which skewers…

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Come to the Cabaret in the Summer Sun: Broadway in Bryant Park Week 5 by Playbill.com

Midtown NYC’s favorite green space was once again overflowing with theatre fans for 106.7 FM's Broadway in Bryant Park. Week five of this annual series found the cast of Cabaret takin…

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Highlights From the Public Theater Production of Broadway-Bound Fun Home by Playbill.com

Based on the graphic novel by Alison Bechdel, the Jeanine Tesori (music) and Lisa Kron (book and lyrics) musical Fun Home, which received a 2013 world premiere at the Public Theater, is now…

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“Pernicious, Envious Rogue!”: On Stage Across America Takes a Look at Book of Shakespearean Insults by Playbill.com

William Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest playwright in history. His eloquent, elegant and witty prose is often credited for adding new words and phrases to the English language…

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Wednesday, August 6, 2014

An Exclusive Look at the Love’s Labour’s Lost Cast Recording by Playbill.com

Songwriter Michael Friedman popped into the studio to give Playbill an exclusive peek at the original cast recording of Love's Labour's Lost, a musical adaptation of the William Sh…

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Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Beautiful Faces, Ugly Truths: Highlights From Neil Labute’s Reasons to Be Pretty at LA’s Geffen Play by Playbill.com

Nominated for three 2009 Tony Awards — including Best Play — Neil Labute's Reasons to Be Pretty confronts the American obsession with physical perfection. The new Geffen Playhouse p…

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August’s “On Stage Across America” Visits the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center by Playbill.com

For 50 years, the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford, CT has given theatre artists the resources to hone their skills.Avenue Q, The House of Blue Leaves, Nine and August Wilson&…

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CUE & A: Here Lies Love Star Conrad Ricamora on the Immersive Experience, His Raptor Impression and by Playbill.com

Conrad Ricamora, who stars as Ninoy Aquino in the immersive David Byrne-Fatboy Slim musical Here Lies Love, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire of random facts, backstage trivia a…

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Monday, August 4, 2014

ONSTAGE & BACKSTAGE: Playing “Name That Tune” with Idina Menzel and Deconstructing Disney’s “Into th by Playbill.com

A week in the life of actor, radio and TV host, music director and writer Seth Rudetsky.

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A Home Away From Home: Behind the Scenes at Rosie’s Theater Kids by Playbill.com

Rosie O'Donnell received the 2014 Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award to honor her work tireless work with Rosie's Theater Kids, a Manhattan organization dedicated to enriching the lives…

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Friday, August 1, 2014

Dirty Dancing’s Hot Preview Promises an Even Hotter Time on Tour by Playbill.com

The North American tour of Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage will begin performances Aug. 26, prior to an official opening Sept. 2, at The National Theatre in Washington D.C. Play…

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Thursday, July 31, 2014

Highlights From the Public Theater’s King Lear Starring John Lithgow by Playbill.com

Daniel Sullivan directs and John Lithgow, Annette Benning, Steven Boyer and Jessica Hecht head the cast in in the Public Theater's production of King Lear, widely regarded as Shakespear…

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Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Alison Fraser Channels Blanche Du Bois for “Tennessee Williams: Words and Music” by Playbill.com

Alison Fraser's latest CD release "Tennessee Williams: Words and Music" is now available on Ghostlight Records. The album merges songs featured in the works of the iconic play…

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Tuesday, July 29, 2014

The Erotic in the Internet Age: Highlights From Sex With Strangers by Playbill.com

Billy Magnussen and "Breaking Bad"'s Anna Gunn star in Second Stage Theatre's production of Laura Eason's Sex With Strangers. Directed by David Schwimmer, the comic …

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EXCLUSIVE: Two-Time Grammy Nominee Takes on Jazzy Ballad “One Would Be Enough” for Mentor Mondays by Playbill.com

Once a month, Jim Caruso's Cast Party features a special performance known as Mentor Mondays where musical theatre performer Trevor McQueen pairs up-and-coming songwriters with …

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Monday, July 28, 2014

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Previews Mind-Bending New Play by Playbill.com

Based on Mark Haddon's 2003 best-selling novel, the National Theatre production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time will begin performances Sept. 10 at Broadway…

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