New York City's preeminent high school for performing arts has an impressive list of alumni who became big-time Broadway successes. From Priscilla Lopez to Julia Murney and Al Pacino…
From Fun Home to Big River, many of Broadway's best plays and musicals started out as a banned books!
Any Broadway super-fan can tell you, rush lines and lotteries are standard fare and a great way to get inexpensive tickets, but where did that trend start? Before #Ham4Ham and TodayTix, …
As we prepare to say goodbye to Broadway's mega-hit Mamma Mia!, we check in with the original Broadway cast to see what they're up to today. From actors to agents, swings to chor…
People flock to see shows with Audra McDonald and Matthew Morrison's names above the title, but who knew these two top-billers began their careers as unknowns in Broadway ensembles? …
Fans of The Wiz and several of its original cast members, including André de Shields, Phylicia Rashad and Dee Dee Bridgewater, joined together at Central Park's SummerStage Au…
Legendary choreographer George Faison tells Playbill about creating the Tony Award-winning dances of The Wiz, which will be recreated and presented at SummerStage. He also has some valua…
Spamalot, the hilarious musical adaptation of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," comes to the Hollywood Bowl this weekend, in an all-star production — but what about …
As part of Playbill.com's Women in Theatre Week, we invite readers to commune with their favorite historical Broadway women by visiting our top five historical landmarks. From the site o…
Did you miss Tyne Daly in Gypsy or Patti LuPone's Anything Goes? Celebrate women in theatre throughout Broadway's history with our top five female-centric productions to watch at…
Encores! Off-Center presents New York City's first revival of Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party, which opened Off-Broadway 15 years ago at the Manhattan Theatre Club. Check in wi…
Jonathan Groff recently attended an exciting new production of Spring Awakening in Ithaca, New York. Read Groff's emotional response to experiencing the show from the other side of the s…
The 2009 Broadway revival of Hair made quite a splash with its stellar vocal performances by a cast that became committed to real-life political activism during the run of the show. Chec…
Are you a proud theatre nerd? Plan a fascinating NYC staycation this summer with our round-up of theatrical museums and exhibitions. We've got everything from an exhibition about 19t…
Little Shop of Horrors is back in New York City this week, and with its original leading lady Ellen Greene reprising her legendary performance as Audrey. In honor of this exciting event, we&…
Little Shop of Horrors began its life Off-Off Broadway as an Equity showcase at the WPA Theatre before becoming a smash hit Off-Broadway at the Orpheum in the East Village. Come flip…
What's been happening to Ivy Lynn and Karen Cartwright since "Smash" went off the air? We give you the third season of "Smash" we may never get in this edition of Whe…
You might only glance at the understudy list in your Playbill, but it's time to start paying more attention. Often the understudies of today are the big-time Broadway stars of tomorr…
The cast of the 1999 Broadway revival of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown was filled with many stars-to-be just starting their careers, like Kristin Chenoweth, Roger Bart and BD …
As theatregoers prepare for this year's Tony Awards, Playbill.com looks back at one of the most surprising Tony races in history; almost no one could guess how it would turn out, nor the…
We've got a special treat for fans of TV's "Smash" today: a fantasy Broadway Playbill for Bombshell starring Megan Hilty–Ivy Lynn, that is.
Best Musical is the Tony Awards' highest honor, but what about the shows that don't win big? The Playbill Vault takes a look at the impact of the shows that didn't take home the …
Curtain up! Light the lights! Today in 1959, the original production of Broadway's greatest backstage musical, Gypsy, opened at the Broadway Theatre. Take a trip back in time with Playbi…
In honor of The Visit's legendary creative team and leading lady, Playbill Vault is looking back at Kander, Ebb, McNally and Rivera's Broadway history together with newly-added c…
Sunday in the Park with George, which opened 21-years ago on Broadway this May, is a favorite for countless fans of Stephen Sondheim and musical theatre. Check in on the original Broadwa…