Monday, May 25, 2015
Tony and Grammy Award winner Elton John and his partner David Furnish welcomed their own little Billy Elliot (Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John, to be exact) on Dec. 25, according to Time.T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMStephen Sondheim appeared on “Nightline” Dec. 28. The legendary composer-lyricist, whose first book of lyrics, “Finishing the Hat,” has recently been published, spoke…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMThe 33rd annual Kennedy Center Honors, held Dec. 5 in Washington, DC, and broadcast Dec. 28 on CBS, featured a plethora of starry tributes to the five men and women honored for their contrib…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMTony Award winner Victoria Clark performed "O Holy Night" at this year’s Christmas Eve service at United Methodist Church in New York City. The service was broadcast on CBS un…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMThe La Jolla Playhouse has posted two of the costume sketches for young Olive Hoover, the adorable would-be beauty contestant, from its upcoming world premiere production of Little Miss Suns…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMVideo of the full tribute to Broadway composer-lyricist Jerry Herman at the Kennedy Center Honors, featuring many starry performances of his classic songs, is now available. The ceremony to…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMHere are the top-grossing Broadway productions for the week of Dec. 20-26, 2010, as reported by The Broadway League.MUSICALSWicked (Gerswhin Theatre), $2,153,110The Lion King (Minskoff Theat…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMTony Award winner Victoria Clark performed "O Holy Night" at this year’s Christmas Eve service at United Methodist Church in New York City. The service was broadcast on CBS un…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMHere are the most-read Playbill.com stories for the week of Dec. 19-25, 2010, from information compiled by Playbill.com. Injury at Spider-Man Halts Dec. 20 Performance; Taymor Issues Stateme…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMTo ring in 2011, we take you back to New Year’s Eve 2007, when four-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald enchanted Lincoln Center audiences (and PBS viewers) with a concert that concl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMTessa Netting, of the Broadway cast of Billy Elliot, has released a musical recap of 2010. Netting takes us back through the highs and lows of the year, from Ipads to bedbugs to healthcare …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMHere are the best-selling theatre CDS, as reported by billboard.biz, issue date Jan. 1, 2011.Jersey Boys, Original Broadway Cast RecordingWicked, Original Broadway Cast RecordingThe Lion Kin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMA special video featuring footage from the recently closed production of Promises, Promises was presented to the cast at the show’s farewell party Jan. 2.Promises, Promises, based on t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMTony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz and his wife and former Wicked co-star, Michelle Federer, welcomed daughter Georgia Teresa Jan. 2.The proud father said in a statement, “She weighs 6…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMLocal CBS-2 news anchor Dana Tyler will interview Christopher Tierney, the Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark actor who was injured Dec. 20 in a 30-foot onstage fall, Jan. 3 at 11 PM ET. A previe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMActor, singer and YouTube personality Ryan O’Connor will be a contestant on “Your OWN Show: Oprah Winfrey’s Search for the Next TV Star,” according to the Associated …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMSeveral changes will be implemented in the 10th season of “American Idol,” according to The Hollywood Reporter’s latest issue, which hits stores Jan. 5.The contestants on F…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMA video preview of SCKBSTD, the new musical featuring a musical score and lyrics co-written by Bruce Hornsby, has been released. The video includes rehearsal footage shot at New York’…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMLeigh Zimmerman and the cast of Chicago recently visited FOX-5’s “Good Day New York” to perform their show’s iconic opening number, “All That Jazz.”The hi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMMiss Abigail’s Guide to Dating, Mating and Marriage will host a post-show talkback following the Jan. 9 matinee performance. The interactive session will feature relationship guide Ra…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMChristopher Tierney, the Spider-Man actor who was injured in a 30-foot onstage fall Dec. 20, spoke about his injuries in a Jan. 3 interview with Dana Tyler of New York’s WCBS-2.On the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMThe troubled and injury-prone preview period of the new Broadway musical Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark got a “Tip of the Hat, Wag of the Finger” from Stephen Colbert recently.Colb…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMT.V. Carpio, the Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark actress who recently succeeded Natalie Mendoza in the role of Arachne, visited “LX New York” recently to talk about her experiences …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMBroadway and "Glee" star Lea Michele will be part of an ad campaign for PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) that seeks to stop the New York City horse carriage trade, …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMHere are the best-selling theatre CDS, as reported by billboard.biz, issue date Jan. 8.Jersey Boys, Original Broadway Cast RecordingWicked, Original Broadway Cast RecordingAmerican Idiot, Or…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMTony, Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner John Lithgow is performing his acclaimed one-man show Stories By Heart at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles through Feb. 13. In this commercial fo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMGreen Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong discusses American Idiot, the Broadway musical based on Green Day’s rock opera album, in this newly released ad that also features clips from the…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMHere are the most-read Playbill.com stories for the week of Dec. 26, 2010-Jan. 1, 2011, from information compiled by Playbill.com.SPRING 2011 BROADWAY PREVIEW: Neil LaBute, Donna Murphy, Joh…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMThe Emmy Award-winning PBS educational series “The Electric Company” will welcome several theatre vets to both its regular cast and guest star roster when it premieres its new se…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMNBC and John De Mol and Mark Burnett, the executive producers of NBC’s “The Voice,” will hold auditions for the upcoming reality singing competition in New York Jan. 15. Th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMTony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda wrapped the Broadway run of In the Heights, the hip-hop and Latin-flavored musical for which he wrote music and lyrics and to which he recently returned …
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