240 stories by "Matt Blank"
Patti LuPone may say she's rethinking her stage career after her confrontation with a cell-phone-using audience member July 8. But as of the night of July 9, she seemed to be rev…
Raul Esparza and Brooke Shields star in the new musical Leap of Faith, currently playing its world-premiere engagement at Los Angeles’ Ahmanson Theatre. “When his traveling minis…
Following successful runs Off-Broadway and at the Guthrie Theatre, The Scottsboro Boys begins performances at Broadway’s Lyceum Theatre Oct. 7.According to press notes, the show ̶…
Angela Lansbury, Howard Sherman and Lucie Arnaz were among those on hand at an Oct. 25 private luncheon to celebrate the 2010 recipients of the American Theatre Wing’s National Theatre…
Following a celebrated summer run at Shakespeare in the Park, the Public Theater’s staging of The Merchant of Venice, starring Al Pacino as Shylock, transfers to Broadway for a limited…
Simon Bent’s play Elling, previously seen in London, begins performances at Broadway’s Ethel Barrymore Theatre Nov. 2. The starry cast features Brendan Fraser, Denis O’Har…
Former NSYNC band member Lance Bass was the special guest star in My Big Gay Italian Wedding Dec. 16 at Off-Broadway’s St. Luke’s Theatre.Bass has also made guest appearances in …
The current cover of New Yorker magazine comments on the multiple injuries that have plagued the new musical Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark, which is currently in previews at the Foxwoods The…
Tony Award-winning director/choreographer Susan Stroman, Tony Award-winning actress Debra Monk and legendary composer John Kander paid a visit to a recent performance of the new musical The …
The new Frank Wildhorn-Gregory Boyd-Jack Murphy musical Wonderland - A New Alice. A New Musical begins performances March 21 at the Marquis Theatre. Here is an early look at cover of the Bro…
Rehearsals have begun for the world premiere of Randy Newman's Harps and Angels, which begins previews at the Mark Taper Forum on Nov. 10.The work was conceived by Jack Viertel and features …
Okay, it was the only celebrity holiday card we received, but we’re pretty sure it would have been our favorite anyway!The clever card comes from Avenue Q Tony nominee Stephanie D̵…
Hall of Fame former football player Paul Hornung, who is portrayed in Broadway’s Lombardi by Bill Dawes, took in the production the afternoon of Dec. 12 and stopped to meet the cast ba…
The Magnolia Bakery unveiled the official Priscilla Queen of the Desert cupcake on March 8. �The Priscilla Cupcake� marks the first time in Magnolia�s history that a Broadway…
National Corporate Theatre Fund (NCTF) held its annual Broadway Roundtable March 3. Participants included book writer Marshall Brickman (Jersey Boys, The Addams Family), actress Tyne Daly (G…
Cirque du Soleil’s winter show Wintuk, back in New York this holiday season, celebrated its return with an Oct. 16 Kids Fest. The event featured special performances by Wintuk Hoops pe…
The Book of Mormon, from the creators of “South Park” and a co-creator of Avenue Q, begins performances at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Feb. 24.The musical was penned by R…
On Nov. 5 Tony Award winner Bill Irwin rehearsed a special vaudeville routine with fourth graders at PS/IS 111. The routine will serve as the Finale of the Nov. 8 New 42nd Street Gala, celeb…
Producer Jordan Roth welcomed theatre luminary Elaine Stritch to the Dec. 6 installment of “Broadway Talks” at the 92nd Street Y. He led a discussion with Stritch, currently star…
The world premiere of David Lindsay-Abaire's Good People begins performances at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre Feb. 8. We've got your first look at the Playbill cover.Here’s how the dr…
The eagerly awaited new musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark is scheduled to begin previews Nov. 28 at the Foxwoods Theatre.“Drawing from more than 40 years of Marvel comic books for …
Catch Me If You Can, the new Broadway musical from Tony Award-winning Hairspray songwriters Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, begins previews at the Neil Simon Theatre March 11.The show, accor…
The Magnolia Bakery unveiled the official Priscilla Queen of the Desert cupcake on March 8. �The Priscilla Cupcake� marks the first time in Magnolia�s history that a Broadway…
Emmy Award winner John Leguizamo returns to Broadway Feb. 21 in his new solo show Ghetto Klown at the Lyceum Theatre.The 12-week engagement will take audiences “from his adolescent mem…
Elf - The Musical, with book by Tony Award winners Bob Martin and Thomas Meehan and score by Wedding Singer songwriters Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin, begins previews at the Hirschfeld The…
