Friday, March 18, 2011
Stage and screen stars Jimmy Smits and the father-and-son acting duo of Donald and Kiefer Sutherland have been cast in pilots for the upcoming TV season, according to deadline.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:48AMBette Midler introduced the cast of Priscilla Queen of the Desert on “The Today Show” March 18 before they performed their rendition of the disco classic “I Will Survive.&#…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:21AMBloody Bloody Andrew Jackson star Benjamin Walker, who was previously announced for the title role in the comic horror film "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter," will have plenty of f…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:14AMEmmy Award winner Kelsey Grammer, who recently completed a Tony-nominated Broadway run in La Cage aux Folles, will direct "Vince Uncensored," a comedy pilot for CBS, according to d…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AMA trailer for the upcoming HBO broadcast of the recent Broadway edition of The Pee-wee Herman Show has been released.
The show, based on Paul Reubens’ classic Pee-wee Herman character …
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:28AMGolden Globe Award nominee Brooke Shields heads the cast of Girls Talk, a new play written and directed by Roger Kumble. The satirical comedy officially opens March 18 following previews tha…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, March 17, 2011
Songwriter Drew Gasparini will present his first concert on the Joe's Pub stage March 28 at 9:30 PM.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:39PMHow to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying star Daniel Radcliffe visited “Live with Regis and Kelly” March 17 to chat about making his Broadway musical debut.
Best known fo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:54PMTony Award winner Harvey Fierstein recently visited “Today Show” co-host Hoda Kotb and her guest, Paula Deen, to discuss playing drag performer Albin/Zaza in the Tony-winning Bro…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:28PMStage and screen star Bette Midler will introduce the cast of Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical when they perform on "The Today Show" March 18.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:58AM"Ugly Betty" star Mark Indelicato and Tony Award nominee Alyson Reed will star in "Madison High," a pilot for a proposed Disney Channel spin-off series based on the "…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:40AMThe upcoming Off-Broadway production of the Tony Award-winning musical Rent will hold open auditions March 18 from 11 AM-2 PM at New World Stages.
As many as 500-1,000 performers are expecte…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:21AMTony and Emmy Award winner Kristin Chenoweth will get into the "Glee" original-music swing of things when she returns to the hit Fox series later this spring, series co-creator Rya…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:16AMA public service announcement asking for help on behalf of the people of northern Japan, in the wake of the recent earthquake and tsunami disaster they experienced, features actor George Tak…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:55AMWednesday, March 16, 2011
Legally Blonde alum Natalie Joy Johnson will give an encore performance of Natalie Joy Johnson Is Relenteless at Joe's Pub April 4 at 9:30 PM.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PMStephen Sondheim received the Olivier Special Award at the 2011 Olivier Awards ceremony March 13. A special tribute to the composer-lyricist’s work and contributions to theatre in Lon…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:30PMSeveral veterans of the theatre and cabaret will play the Metropolitan Room in April.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:15PMAll the joys and challenges of making a Broadway debut will be chronicled in “Diary of a Chorus Girl,” a ten-episode webseries that follows Alex Ellis as she takes her first bow …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:17PMIf you missed the “Original Song” episode of “Glee” that aired March 15, or you want to watch it again, here it is on Playbill.com for your entertainment.
Kathy Griff…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PMThe Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation (REAF) will present Divas & Dames: Bay Area Divas and Friends in Concert To Fight AIDS May 1 at 7:30 PM at the Marines Memorial Theatre in Sa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMWonderland, the new Frank Wildhorn-Jack Murphy-Gregory Boyd musical update of the “Alice in Wonderland” story, will be stream live, courtesy of USTREAM, from backstage at the Mar…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:27AMCharlie Sheen has added five dates to his My Violent Torpedo of Truth tour, according to CBS News.
Sheen, who was recently fired from the CBS sitcom “Two and a Half Men” and has …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:48AMTuesday, March 15, 2011
Daniel Radcliffe recently visited “The Today Show” to discuss making his Broadway musical debut in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.
Radcliffe, who previously app…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:03PMThe troubled musical Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark continues to inspire headlines – and late-night commentary, including this spoof that recently aired on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:03PMA music video for “Try to Say,” the new single from Broadway actress Lauren Molina’s album “Sea for Two,” has been released.
The video, featuring gently eerie p…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:08AMMonday, March 14, 2011
Sierra Boggess, a 2011 Olivier Award nominee for her performance as Christine in Love Never Dies, spoke on the red carpet about working with the show’s composer, Andrew Lloyd Webber, a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:08PMThe March 15 episode of “Glee” will feature at least three original songs, the first composed in full for the hit FOX series whose covers of show tunes and pop hits have been hug…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:06PMThe news of the Tony Award-winning director Julie Taymor’s recent exit from the troubled production of the Broadway musical Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark made it to the “Saturday …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:50PMDaniel Radcliffe was interviewed by Katie Couric for a “CBS Sunday Morning” segment that aired March 13 on CBS. The feature focused on Radcliffe’s current Broadway musical…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:58AMSunday, March 13, 2011
Here are the most-read Playbill.com stories for the week of Feb. 27-March 5, 2011, from information compiled by Playbill.com.
Andrew Lloyd Webber Talks of Wizard of Oz, Evita, Love Never Die…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:24PMFootage from the Nov. 29, 2010, Public Forum, which featured composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim and playwright Tony Kushner, has been released.
In the discussion, the theatre legends talk ab…
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