24 stories by "Marc Acito"
Director Joe Mantello has four Broadway shows running at one time. Is he terrified? Let's hope so.
What led the Grammy-winning writing duo to Bright Star? And how did they find their star, Carmen Cusack?
As the book writer of Allegiance, a new musical starting previews Oct. 6 at the Longacre Theatre, Playbill contributor Marc Acito will provide a first-hand look into the process of bring…
More than two decades after he left the New York stage for a starring role on TV, Jason Alexander returns to Broadway thanks to Larry David, the same man who took him to the small screen.
As the book writer of Allegiance, a new musical starting previews Oct. 6 at the Longacre Theatre, Playbill contributor Marc Acito will provide a first-hand look into the process of bring…
As the book writer of Allegiance, a new musical starting previews Oct. 6 at the Longacre Theatre, regular Playbill contributor Marc Acito will provide a first-hand look into the process …
Jim Parsons, last seen on Broadway as Elwood P. Dowd in in the Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of Harvey, returns to the Great White Way in a slightly more powerful role - the A…
Three boundary-breaking female characters take center stage on Broadway this spring in The Heidi Chronicles, Wolf Hall and Fun Home. We talk to the women who bring their stories to life.
Playbill goes behind the scenes at the Broadway musical Aladdin, where production supervisor Clifford Schwartz and music supervisor Michael Kosarin share stories about the non-stop actio…
Broadway swings share their stories of going on at a moment's notice, from playing 15 instruments in one show to performing without having rehearsed the role.
Award-winning singer-songwriter Sting chats with Playbill.com about overcoming years of writer's block with the new musical The Last Ship.
Tony Award winner Cynthia Nixon, currently starring in The Real Thing, remembers making history while appearing in two Broadway shows at the same time.
Harvey Fierstein's first new play in nearly 30 years explores a real-life secret world that catered to "Mad Men"-type execs with a taste for "The Ladies Who Lunch."
Tony nominee Kelli O'Hara and "Rescue Me" star Steven Pasquale chat with Playbill.com about playing onstage lovers for the second time around.
Celia Keenan-Bolger, starring on Broadway in The Glass Menagerie, reveals her stronger side to Playbill.com.
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Award-winning actors, knights and friends Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen team up on Broadway in repertory performances of Waiting for Godot and No Man's Land.
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Tony winner Susan Stroman, director and choreographer of the Broadway musical Big Fish, chats with Playbill.com about the adventures of her youth and the Edward Bloom in her own life.
"I'm constantly scared," admitted Shalita Grant. "I mean, all the time. I walk down the street and I'm like, 'That scaffolding is gonna decapitate me.'"
"I did everything wrong," admits actress Annaleigh Ashford. Yet somehow the big-eyed blonde managed to end up on Broadway as a contender for almost every top award this season, inc…
Broadway veterans Amanda Green and Doug Wright helped Phish frontman Trey Anastasio finally get his hands on a musical. Learn about his Broadway composing debut with Hands On a Hardbody.
Henry Winkler, star of TV's "Happy Days" and Broadway's "The Dinner Party," returns to the Great White Way — in a great big way — in The Performers.
Paul Rudd, the frequent star of Judd Apatow films, satisfies his appetite for theatre in the new Broadway production of Craig Wright's Grace, a play that asks Big Questions
The belly laughs of the Broadway engagement of the London hit One Man, Two Guvnors leave British funnyman James Corden — a 2012 Best Actor Tony Award nominee — hungry for more.
Veteran musical book writers Marsha Norman, Harvey Fierstein and Douglas Carter Beane spill the beans on the profession that gets "all of the blame and none of the praise."
