Saturday, December 18, 2010
Here are the most-read Playbill.com stories for the week of Dec. 5-11, 2010, from information compiled by Playbill.com.
Will The Scottsboro Boys Return to Broadway in Time for Tonys?
Colin D…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:56PMBritish comedian and actor Russell Brand has the plum role of the jester Trinculo in Julie Taymor’s film version of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, and as is clear from this r…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:41AMFriday, December 17, 2010
Here are the top-grossing Broadway productions for the week of Dec. 6-12, as reported by The Broadway League.
MUSICALS
Wicked (Gerswhin Theatre), $1,645,313
The Lion King (Minskoff Theatre),…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:57PMAudience members who purchase tickets to Marc Kudisch’s Jan. 15, 2011, Town Hall concert In Defense of the Baritone Voice by mail order postmarked between Dec. 16 and Dec. 31 will rece…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:03AMChandra Lee Schwartz and Carla Stickler, who star as Galinda and Elphaba, respectively, in the Chicago edition of the hit musical Wicked, will compete in a special Culinary Collision at Chic…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:43AMThursday, December 16, 2010
Roundabout Theatre Company has released a special video preview of its 2011 winter and spring season, which will include everything from revivals of Oscar Wilde and Cole Porter to a lesser-k…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:43PMThe cast of Love Never Dies, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s West End musical sequel to The Phantom of the Opera, recorded a special holiday video set to “The Twelve Days of Christmas.R…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:54AMWednesday, December 15, 2010
Legendary singer, actress and political activist Barbra Streisand sat down with CNN’s Larry King for what will be the penultimate interview the talk-show host does on “Larry King…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:44PMThe men of American Idiot will play acoustic holiday concerts around New York City Dec. 16 to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, according to the show’s Twitter page.
The conc…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:43PMTony Award nominee Matthew Morrison, who recently received his second Golden Globe nomination for the hit musical series “Glee,” celebrated his nomination with a glass of champag…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:17PMDaniel Ezralow, the choreographer of Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark, spoke with “Dance On” about creating the aerial choreography for the musical with Cirque du Soleil and director…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:17AMHer "Glee" co-stars Lea Michele, Cory Monteith and Amber Riley have already made guest vocal appearances on “The Simpsons.” So it was only a matter of time before Jane L…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:39AMStephen Sondheim sat down with Stephen Colbert Dec. 14 to talk about his new anthology of lyrics, “Finishing the Hat,” and how he got his start in writing musicals.
Colbert also…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:38AMTuesday, December 14, 2010
In a short but memorable nod to the hit Broadway musical Wicked, the Fox series “The Simpsons” recently took its characters Homer and Moe the bartender on stage with Glinda and t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:47PMThe Great Game: Afghanistan, an epic series of plays on Afghani history, which the Public Theater is currently presenting Off-Broadway after a run at London’s Tricycle Theatre, feature…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:44AMMonday, December 13, 2010
Liza Minnelli’s “Private Screenings” interview with Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne, which aired on TCM Dec. 11, is now available in full on YouTube.
The intervie…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:55PMTony Award nominee and “Glee” star Matthew Morrison stopped by “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” Dec. 10 to talk about performing at the Kennedy Center Honors for Broa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:42PMA trailer for Matilda, the Royal Shakespeare Company’s new musical adaptation of the beloved Roald Dahl children’s novel, has been released.
The musical, about a little girl with…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:41PMTony Award-winning director Julie Taymor recently spoke about her two current projects – the film adaptation of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest and the new Broadway musical Spider-…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:13AMSunday, December 12, 2010
Here are the best-selling theatre CDS, as reported by billboard.biz, issue date Dec. 11, 2010.
Jersey Boys, Original Broadway Cast Recording
Wicked, Original Broadway Cast Recording
Prom…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:51PMSaturday, December 11, 2010
Tony Award nominee Christiane Noll performed “I Remember,” a song of letting love go by composer-lyricist Scott Alan, at a recent Lincoln Triangle Barnes and Noble signing of “…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:19AMHere are the most-read Playbill.com stories for the week of Nov. 28-Dec. 4, 2010, from information compiled by Playbill.com.
First Preview of Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark Plagued with Techni…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:53AMTony Award winner Adriane Lenox and Storm Large are two of the cast members of Harps and Angels, the new musical revue of Randy Newman songs currently playing Los Angeles’ Mark Taper Forum…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:50AMFriday, December 10, 2010
Here are the top-grossing Broadway productions for the week of Nov. 29-Dec. 5, 2010, as reported by The Broadway League.
MUSICALS
Wicked (Gerswhin Theatre), $1,566,919
The Lion King (Minskof…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:48PMLiza Minnelli recently sat down with Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne to discuss her famous family on TCM’s “Private Screenings.” The conversation will air Dec. 11, but here …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMThursday, December 9, 2010
MAC and Bistro Award-winning concert artist Lee Lessack is launching a KickStarter campaign to raise funds for a recording of his recent concert, “Chanteur.”
The singer has gone…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:37PMBenjamin Walker, who currently stars in Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson at Broadway’s Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, recently sat down with NY1’s “On Stage” correspondent Pa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:43PMLegendary composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim recently sat down with Jeffrey Brown, of PBS’ “Newshour,” to discuss his lyrics, which are the focus of his new book “Fin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:37PMPerforming siblings Donny and Marie Osmond are returning to Broadway with Donny & Marie – A Broadway Christmas, and they visited “Good Morning America” Dec. 8 to talk about…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:36PMMiss Abigail’s Guide to Dating, Mating and Marriage, which stars Eve Plumb of “The Brady Bunch” fame, will host a post-show talkback with relationship expert Dr. Gilda Carl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:36AMWednesday, December 8, 2010
In this special preview clip from the Dec. 9 season finale of “The Apprentice,” Liza Minnelli appears at a party put together by contestant Clint (and introduced by Kathy Griffin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:45PM 
