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When the Playbill Vault launched in December 2011, it included information on over 10,000 shows and 120,000 actors, creative teams and crew members who have worked or are currently working o…
On this date 42 years ago, the popular Jim Jacobs-Warren Casey musical Grease made its Broadway premiere. The Playbill Vault highlights a vintage Playbill, dated May 1, 1972, from the show…
Gregory Hines, the tap-dancing legend who won a Tony Award for his performance in Jelly's Last Jam, was born on this date in 1946. The Playbill Vault looks back on his memorable Broadway…
When the Playbill Vault launched in December 2011, it included information on over 10,000 shows and 120,000 actors, creative teams and crew members who have worked or are currently working o…
When the Playbill Vault launched in December 2011, it included information on over 10,000 shows and 120,000 actors, creative teams and crew members who have worked or are currently working o…
Renowned stage and screen actor Philip Seymour Hoffman passed away Feb. 2 at the age of 46. The Playbill Vault looks back at his performances on the Broadway stage.
When the Playbill Vault launched in December 2011, it included information on over 10,000 shows and 120,000 actors, creative teams and crew members who have worked or are currently working o…
Award-winning actress Vanessa Redgrave celebrates her birthday Jan. 30. To mark the occasion, the Playbill Vault looks back at her Broadway career.
Tony Award winner Alan Cumming, who will return to Broadway in the Roundabout Theatre Company revival of Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall's production of Cabaret, celebrates his birthday Jan.…
When the Playbill Vault launched in December 2011, it included information on over 10,000 shows and 120,000 actors, creative teams and crew members who have worked or are currently working o…
Two-time Tony Award winner Chita Rivera celebrates her birthday Jan. 23. To mark the occasion, the Playbill Vault highlights notable roles from her Broadway career.
When the Playbill Vault launched in December 2011, it included information on over 10,000 shows and 120,000 actors, creative teams and crew members who have worked or are currently working o…
Three-time Tony Award winner Frank Langella is currently starring in the Chichester Festival Theatre production of Shakespeare's King Lear at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The Playbill …
Legendary actress and singer Ethel Merman, who created such iconic roles as Rose in Gypsy and Annie Oakley in Annie Get Your Gun, was born on Jan. 16, 1908. The Playbill Vault revisits memor…
When the Playbill Vault launched in December 2011, it included information on over 10,000 shows and 120,000 actors, creative teams and crew members who have worked or are currently working o…
The Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of Sophie Treadwell's Machinal opens Jan. 16 at the American Airlines Theatre. To celebrate the opening, the Playbill Vault looks back at the…
When the Playbill Vault launched in December 2011, it included information on over 10,000 shows and 120,000 actors, creative teams and crew members who have worked or are currently working o…
Legendary singer-actress Eartha Kitt, who was twice nominated for a Tony Award, died Dec. 25, 2008, at the age of 81. The Playbill Vault looks back at some of her most memorable Broadway per…
Two-time Tony Award nominee Jane Fonda celebrates her birthday Dec. 21. To mark the special day, the Playbill Vault looks back at her Broadway career.
When the Playbill Vault launched in December 2011, it included information on over 10,000 shows and 120,000 actors, creative teams and crew members who have worked or are currently working o…
Tony Award-winning director Julie Taymor celebrates her birthday Dec. 15. To mark the occasion, the Playbill Vault looks back on her Broadway stage career.
Dick Van Dyke, who received a Tony Award for originating the role of Albert Peterson in Bye Bye Birdie, celebrates his birthday Dec. 13. The Playbill Vault revisits his Broadway stage career.
When the Playbill Vault launched in December 2011, it included information on over 10,000 shows and 120,000 actors, creative teams and crew members who have worked or are currently working o…
Nick & Nora, the legendary musical flop with a book by Arthur Laurents and a score by Charles Strouse and Richard Maltby, Jr., opened on this date 22 years ago. The Playbill Vault looks …
Mary Martin, who originated such iconic roles as Nellie Forbush in South Pacific and Maria in The Sound of Music, was born on Dec. 1, 1913. The Playbill Vault looks back at memorable roles f…