James Lapine, Chip Zien, Joanna Gleason, and Paul Gemignani explain how Into the Woods changed up until opening night on Broadway, November 5, 1987.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:06PMJames Lapine, Stephen Sondheim, and star Donna Murphy sat down with Playbill for this interview before Passion opened on Broadway May 9, 1994.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:30AMThe musical adaptation of the classic film opened March 14, 2002, with a cast that included John Lithgow, Brian D'Arcy James, and Kelli O'Hara.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:51AMIn this 1989 Playbill feature, the soon-to-be Tony-winning musical gets explored as the legendary choreographer recreated his work.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:02AMBefore the show became an international sensation, the two stars sat with Playbill for this 2003 interview about the multi-layered story they were telling at the Gershwin Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:23AMPrince spoke to Playbill in 1986 about returning to the Leonard Bernstein musical with an "opera house version."
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:54AMAfter a previous Broadway production and two at opera houses, Prince returned to Candide with a circus flair in 1997.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PMThe tour ended July 2, and star Euan Morton shares what it was like taking Hedwig and the Angry Inch around the United States.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:57PMThe hit Broadway musical is still cracking up audiences on its national tour, headlined by Rob McClure, Adam Pascal, and Josh Grisetti.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:46PMIn the words of Ben Platt, “What makes you strange makes you powerful.”
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNamed for the Audrey Hepburn film of the same name, the musical with a score of Cole Porter songs premieres in San Francisco before heading to New York.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMIn this 1995 interview, Channing reflects on her third Broadway outing as Dolly Levi and why—even after over 4,000 performances—her Dolly is sexier than ever
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWith no narrator, no orchestra, and minimal design, critics call the touring production a revelation.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThis month in national touring news, Finding Neverland hits the road with some substantial changes and a new perspective on Captain Hook.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMIt's very rare these days for the stars of a Broadway show to hit the road in a role they originated. But when the If/Then national tour opens in Denver Oct. 13, and for the following 15…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPlaybill.com digs into its archives to explore past articles. In the next installment, readers are invited into the world of creating Jerome Robbins' Broadway, the 1989 tribute to the le…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PMAward-winning costume designer William Ivey Long shares the inspiration behind the magical transformation from rags to riches in Cinderella.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe fourth wall will be shattered for audiences at La Mirada Theatre when they attend a high school prom gone horrifically wrong in the immersive production of the cult musical Carrie.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:10AMHeidi Thomas shares her history with the film "Gigi" and how she has lovingly adapted the play for a modern-day audience.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAngela Lansbury, a five-time Tony Award winner, will return to "the best comedy role" she has ever played when she begins touring North America in Noel Coward's Blithe Spi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:37AMFormer boxer Mike Tyson tours the country with his Spike Lee-directed solo show Undisputed Truth, in which he talks about his hard-knock life in and out of the ring.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAll those elaborate, gaudy, award-winning costumes in the national tour of Priscilla Queen of the Desert keep wardrobe personnel on their toes. Actor Bryan West explains.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMA national tour of Flashdance — The Musical moves to the beat of hit songs that made its movie source a smash in the 1980s. But new tunes, a new script and Broadway's Sergio Trujil…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:21PMMeet Kingsley Leggs, slipping into the flared pants and thick heels of Curtis, the urban-'70s gangster in Sister Act on the road.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe life and times of con-man Frank Abagnale, Jr., provide potent source material for the jazzy and anxious musical Catch Me If You Can.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMRachel York, currently tapping her away across America in the buoyant tour of Broadway's Anything Goes, talks about being an actress who "moves" rather than "dances."…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony nominee Constantine Maroulis found himself drawing on personal experience to approach the dual role in the revised revival of the Broadway-bound musical thriller Jekyll and Hyde.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe creators of the massive animal puppets of War Horse won a Special Tony Award for their creations. Here's how they used their magic for the touring production.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe director and designers of The Normal Heart, the 2011 Tony Award winner as Best Revival of a Play, reunite with new performers for a run in Washington, DC, this month, and later this summ…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:01PMAmerican Idiot, the musical, is tramping across the country, with one boot in the theatre and the other in Green Day's fertile rock soil. Music supervisor Tom Kitt explains.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFela! producer Stephen Hendel says the Broadway musical about Nigerian musician and activist Fela Kuti, now on tour, is "the great achievement of my life."
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