Thursday, March 3, 2011
A montage of footage from the West End production of The Wizard of Oz has been released.
The new stage adaptation of the classic film musical features new songs by Tony Award winners Andrew …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:48PMTony Award winners Kristin Chenoweth and Chita Rivera make guest appearances on the fourth episode of “Submissions Only,” the web series chronicling the haywire life of a struggl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:47PMReeve Carney, Jennifer Damiano and T.V. Carpio recently appeared on CBS’ “The Early Show” to discuss starring in the new Broadway musical Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark in th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:05PMWednesday, March 2, 2011
Comedian-actor Jim Gaffigan was a guest on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” Feb. 28, where he talked about making his Broadway debut in the revival of That Championship Season.
In …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:26PMSpider-Man Turn Off the Dark stars Reeve Carney, Jennifer Damiano and T.V. Carpio visited “Late Night with David Letterman” March 1 to perform the show’s anthem, “Ris…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:57PMThe cast of the Tony Award-winning musical Memphis performed for an audience of over 1,100 high school kids Feb. 3. Video of the show’s finale, “Steal Your Rock ‘N’ …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:44PMShoe designer Manolo Blahnik has caught Broadway fever for the first time, unveiling a stiletto inspired by the Australian outback/drag queen musical Priscilla Queen of the Desert just as th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:25PMOlivier Award nominee Patina Miller and Tony Award winner Victoria Clark, who will soon co-star on Broadway in Sister Act, recently shot a special video message discussing their characters �…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:09PMTuesday, March 1, 2011
Grammy Award winner and Tony Award nominee Harry Connick, Jr. performed a special concert at Broadway’s Neil Simon Theatre this past summer, which was released on Blu-ray March 1 and w…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:01PMGreen Day front man Billie Joe Armstrong finished his stint in American Idiot, the musical based on the Green Day punk-rock album, Feb. 27. The performance also marked the last for John Ga…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:59PMAnne Hathaway got to show off her singing chops when she co-hosted the 83rd Annual Academy Awards Feb. 27 – and her co-host, James Franco, got to sing, too, albeit not ultimately at the ce…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:57AMSunday, February 27, 2011
Here are the most-read Playbill.com stories for the week of Feb. 13-19, 2011, from information compiled by Playbill.com.
John Gallagher, Jr. Co-Stars in Broadway’s Jerusalem; Complete …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:23PMTony and Academy Award winner Catherine Zeta-Jones was awarded a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) from Prince Charles Feb. 24. The Associated Press released video of her s…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:21AMSaturday, February 26, 2011
The complete audio tracks of the two original songs that will be featured in the March 15 episode of “Glee” were recently broadcast on Ryan Seacrest’s radio show and are av…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:20PMOriginal cast and creative team members of the original production and HBO miniseries adaptation of Tony Kushner’s Angels in America appear in this video to discuss the play. The vide…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:17AMFriday, February 25, 2011
Here are the top-grossing Broadway productions for the week of Feb. 14-20, 2011, as reported by The Broadway League.
MUSICALS
The Lion King (Minskoff Theatre), $1,534,779
Wicked (Gerswhin Th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:24PMA teaser for the upcoming New World Stages revival of Jonathan Larson’s Tony Award-winning musical Rent has been released.
The production will be directed by Michael Grief, who directe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:15PM"Dreamgirls" and pop star Beyonce Knowles recently shot some photographs for the March issue of the French magazine L’Offciel Paris that were meant to pay homage to the Nigeria…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:37PMThursday, February 24, 2011
Carly Rose Sonenclar, the 11-year-old star of the upcoming Broadway musical Wonderland and the current PBS revival of the classic TV series “The Electric Company,” sat down with …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:38PMLiza Minnelli visited “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” Feb. 23 to discuss her upcoming birthday and her new album, “Confessions.” The legendary stage and screen star e…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:52PMAcademy Award nominees Anne Hathaway and James Franco, who will be hosting this weekend’s Oscar ceremony, got into a musical mode in preparation for the gig, as the videos below attest…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:14PMWednesday, February 23, 2011
If you missed the Feb. 22 episode of “Glee,” “Blame It on the Alcohol,” or you want to watch it again, Playbill’s got it here for you to enjoy.
The episode was …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:43AMKiefer Sutherland and Chris Noth, who currently appear in That Championship Season on Broadway, recently discussed the play on “Good Morning America.”
The Tony and Pulitzer Priz…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:43AMTuesday, February 22, 2011
Tony Award nominee Will Swenson, Olivier Award nominee Tony Sheldon and Nick Adams, who will soon appear on Broadway in Priscilla Queen of the Desert the Musical, recently shot a public serv…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:50PMEmmy Award-winning and Tony-nominated comic actor John Leguizamo spoke with the local FOX-5 show "Good Day New York" recently about his latest one-man show, Ghetto Klown, which looks…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:09PMThe creepy and kooky members of the hit Broadway musical The Addams Family will soon make it to doll form, when Madame Alexander releases dolls based on father Gomez, mother Morticia and chi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:41AMMonday, February 21, 2011
Tony Award nominee Constantine Maroulis, Rebecca Faulkenberry and the national touring cast of Rock of Ages performed a medley of “Here I Go Again” and “Don’t Stop Be…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:35AMSunday, February 20, 2011
Here are the most-read Playbill.com stories for the week of Feb. 6-Feb. 12, 2011, from information compiled by Playbill.com.
New York Times, Variety and More Review Spider-Man Turn Off The D…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:04PMSaturday, February 19, 2011
Here are the top-grossing Broadway productions for the week of Feb. 7-13, 2011, as reported by The Broadway League.
MUSICALS
Wicked (Gerswhin Theatre), $1,436,121
Spider-Man Turn Off the Dar…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:05PMTony Award-nominated playwright-director Moises Kaufman, Tony Award-nominated actor Zach Grenier and musicologist Dr. William Kinderman talk about 33 Variations, the play that casts Academy …
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:29AMFriday, February 18, 2011
Marla Mindelle, who will be playing Sister Mary Robert in the Broadway production of Sister Act, performed with the musical’s cast on “The View” Feb. 9. A backstage video…
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