Tony Award winner Idina Menzel was one of the many exceptional performers who appeared in the Oct. 20 PBS special “A Broadway Celebration: In Performance at the White House.” But…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMTwo-time Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters co-hosted a special fall preview, entitled “Broadway Backstage,” with local New York ABC-7 Michelle Chatsworth. The half-hour special…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMThe Showtime series "Inside the NFL" will visit Lombardi, the new Broadway play inspired by legendary football coach Vince Lombardi’s life, Oct. 27 at 9 PM.The segment will inc…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMMolly Shannon, who is currently in the Broadway revival of Promises, Promises, visited “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” Oct. 25 to talk about her experience in the show so far.Shan…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMMarried Broadway vets Idina Menzel and Taye Diggs recently shot a segment for “Sesame Street” in which they explained the meaning of allergies — with the help of some furry…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMPlaywright Adam Rapp will write several episodes for the third season of the HBO series “In Treatment,” which began airing Oct. 25.The episodes will focus on Sunil (Irrfan Khan),…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMObie Award-winning director Sam Gold recently sat down at Lincoln Center for a chat about The Coward, Nick Jones’ 18th-century-set comedy that he will soon be directing for LCT3.Gold (…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMA recent profile on New York’s WABC-7 examined The Flying Karamazov Brothers, the wild juggling performance act currently doing its thing at the Minetta Lane Theatre.According to press…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMThe Signature Theatre Company has released an online trailer for its current revival of Tony Kushner’s Angels in America, which is currently in previews and opens Oct. 28.This producti…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM“The Rocky Horror Glee Show” may have come and gone on Fox Oct. 26, but you can re-watch all the classic numbers re-done “Glee” style here on Playbill.com!The episode…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMTony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda, set to return to his original role of Usnavi for the closing weeks of his musical In the Heights on Broadway, will first bring his popular hip-hop impro…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMThe Addams Family star Krysta Rodriguez recently visited the local FOX-5 morning show “Good Day New York” to sing “Pulled” from the new Broadway musical. Rodriguez pl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMBroadway’s Hugh Panaro, of Phantom of the Opera; Jacob Clemente, of Billy Elliot; and Rita Harvey, of Phantom and Fiddler on the Roof, will perform alongside homeless children at the 2…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMJudith Light recently sat down with Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb on “Today” to discuss her performance in Lombardi, Eric Simonson’s play based on the life of football c…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMThe long-awaited reunion of the stars of the beloved film musical “The Sound of Music” took place on “Oprah” Oct. 28.The film Von Trapps that reassembled included sta…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMHere are the top-grossing Broadway productions for the week of Oct. 18-24, 2010, as reported by The Broadway League.MUSICALSWicked (Gerswhin Theatre), $1,573,370The Lion King (Minskoff Theat…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMPantages Theatre Playbills from the touring productions of Wicked and The Lion King were among the items interred in a time capsule commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Hollywood Walk o…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMPromises, Promises star Kristin Chenoweth, Memphis producer John Yanover and Broadway producer Daryl Roth were on hand for the Oct. 28 episode of “The Apprentice” to judge backer…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMTony Award-winning actor Sir Ian McKellen and Dena Hammerstein, the founder of Only Make Believe and the president of James Hammerstein Productions, will light the Empire State Building in p…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMPop music legend Lesley Gore took the Million Dollar Quartet stage to perform the Everly Brothers classic “When Will I Be Loved” and her own evergreen hit, “It’s My P…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMFootage of the stellar cast of the current Yale Repertory Theatre production of Edward Albee’s A Delicate Balance is now available online.James Bundy directs Tony Award nominee Kathlee…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMHere are the most-read Playbill.com stories for the week of Oct. 17-23, 2010, from information compiled by Playbill.com.Somers, Hunton, Hansen, Sadleir and Kushnier to Join Ripley for Next t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMFans of the theatre can get a taste of stardom with the new board game, Be a Broadway Star!According to press notes, “This brand new game takes you through the Broadway journey as you …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMHere are the best-selling theatre CDS, as reported by billboard.biz, issue date Oct. 30, 2010.Jersey Boys, Original Broadway Cast RecordingWicked, Original Broadway Cast RecordingThe Scottsb…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMHarry Smith, the co-anchor of “The Early Show” on CBS, donned a familiar track suit for his Halloween costume. He chose to dress up as Sue Sylvester, the evil cheerleading coach …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMLegendary singer and film star Doris Day spoke to WNYC Radio music host Jonathan Schwartz recently, in a rare interview that covered her career as a concert singer, recording artist and actr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMVeteran singer and actress Bette Midler hosted her 15th Annual Hulaween Ball Oct. 29 and took some time on the red carpet to chat with Broadway Speaks OUT interviewer Marti Gould Cummings ab…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMThe Divine Sister playwright and star Charles Busch and his fellow onstage nun and frequent costar, Julie Halston, visited NY1’s “On Stage” recently to talk to Patrick Pach…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMThe American Songbook Project’s "Name That Tune" costume party benefit gala, set for Nov. 6 at the Edison Ballroom, has just added an intriguing prize to the live auction that …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMFootage of Mother Gothel, the witchy mother figure voiced by two-time Tony Award winner Donna Murphy in the upcoming Disney feature “Tangled,” has been released.We don’t ge…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMTony and Oscar-winning actress Judi Dench will discuss her career and current memoir, "And Furthermore," with John Miller at the Royal National Theatre in London Dec. 9 at 6 PM.The e…
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