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With the 2012 Tony Awards less than two weeks away, we take a look back at last year's festivities.
With the 2012 Tony Awards less than two weeks away, we take a look back at last year's festivities.
The company of the Broadway revival of Stephen Schwartz's Godspell performed the songs of their Tony Award-nominated composer May 23 at Joe's Pub.
Roundabout Theatre Company's new production of Simon Gray's comedy-drama The Common Pursuit, about literary-minded college friends who are changed over the years, opens May 24 follow…
Signature Theatre's new production of Athol Fugard's My Children! My Africa!, the tale of race and achievement, teachers and students, freedom and apartheid — featuring new mus…
The 62nd Annual Outer Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best of Broadway and Off-Broadway, were presented May 24 at 4 PM at Sardi's Restaurant in Manhattan.
Earlier this year Kate Rockwell (Hair, Legally Blonde), who plays "Skylar" in the Broadway-bound national tour of Bring It On: The Musical, shared exclusive photos from the road. W…
Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein hosted a May 24 party to celebrate the the 100th anniversary of Broadway's Helen Hayes Theatre originally the Little Theatre), which opened on March 12…
New Dramatists honored two-time Tony winner Bernadette Peters, recently on Broadway in the critically acclaimed, Tony-nominated revival of Follies, with the 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award …
Idina Menzel, Taye Diggs and Steven Pasquale were on hand for the May 23 performance of Broadway's Clybourne Park. They headed backstage after the show to meet with the cast.
New York's cabaret community celebrated the life and legacy of the late Donald F. Smith May 22 at The Town Hall in an evening titled Remembering Donald Smith — A Memorial Concert.
Last month Lauren Kennedy and Nikka Graff Lanzarone introduced Into the Woods veteran "Twan Baker," their co-star in the Westport-Baltimore production of the Sondheim-Lapine musica…
New York Theatre Workshop presented its 2012 spring gala, honoring board chair Barbara Warner Howard, Thomas Schumacher and Disney Theatrical Group, May 22 at the Plaza.
PS Classics released the two-disc Broadway revival cast album of The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, featuring Tony Award winner Audra McDonald and Norm Lewis, May 22. Cast members celebrated…
Following open-call auditions attended by more than 500 kids, the creative and producing team of the Broadway revival of Stephen Schwartz's Godspell selected five boys and five girl…
Paper Mill Playhouse's upcoming production of Once On This Island, which features book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and music by Stephen Flaherty, will begin May 30 with an official opening…
Meredith Willson's The Music Man, the Americana-striped musical comedy about a corrupt salesman who charms — and is charmed by — a small town in Iowa, began performances in-t…
Sanaa Lathan, Gabourey Sidibe, Hank Aaron, Holly Robinson Peete and Diahann Carroll are among the celebrities who have paid a visit to Broadway's starry revival of A Streetcar Named Desi…
The 57th Annual Obie Awards, honoring the best of Off-Broadway and Off-Off Broadway, were given out at a ceremony May 21 at Webster Hall in Greenwich Village.
Brian Stokes Mitchell, Blair Underwood, Angela Lansbury and more were on hand May 21 for the Actors Fund Annual Gala honoring Harry Belafonte, acting duo Anne Meara and Jerry Stiller and rea…
Spencer Kayden, a 2012 Tony Award nominee for her performance in Roundabout's Don't Dress for Dinner, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire of random facts, backstage trivia and…
Real-life married couple Robyn Hurder and Clyde Alves are currently appearing onstage together in the Broadway production of Nice Work If You Can Get It. They share a recent two-show day wit…
On May 7, Broadway's Godspell introduced the talented young performers who are set to perform onstage at Circle in the Square Theatre May 22 as "The Godspell Cast of 2032." Her…
Old Jews Telling Jokes, which is co-created by Peter Gethers and Daniel Okrent, officially opens May 20 following previews that began May 1 at Off-Broadway's Westside Theatre.
Will Eno's Title and Deed, a new solo play about a mysterious traveler, opened in its American premiere May 20 following previews from May 8 as part of Signature Theatre Company's se…
