47 stories by "Mgioia"
Allison Case (Hair, Mamma Mia!) and Derrick Baskin (Memphis, The Little Mermaid, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee) appear in the fifth episode of “Submissions Only,” th…
Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, who returns to the role of St. Jimmy in Broadway’s American Idiot April 5 for the final weeks of the run, shares a message from the Broadway Gr…
The new musical Baby It’s You!, set to officially open April 27 at The Broadhurst Theatre, is offering a “blogger” performance on April 19.
The creative team is looking fo…
Broadway and "Glee" star Matthew Morrison has teamed up with Funny or Die to promote his upcoming 20-city tour that launches June 18 at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis.
Here, Morr…
Hannah Waddingham, who plays Miss Gulch and the Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz at the London Palladium, shows how she transforms into Miss Gulch with the addition of a new nose and chin.
T…
Fox NY’s Julie Chang recently interviewed producer Whoopi Goldberg about the new Broadway musical Sister Act.
Goldberg joined the cast of Sister Act in the West End as Mother Superior…
Chris Rock recently sat down with CBS’ Harry Smith to talk about starring in the new Broadway play, The Motherf**ker With the Hat, which officially opens on April 11.
Smith profiles Ro…
Tom Kanavan, ensemble member in The Wizard of Oz at the London Palladium, offers a glimpse on how he prepares to fly above the audience as one of the Wicked Witch’s monkeys in the wond…
The creative team of the new Broadway musical The People in the Picture share their stories, so why don’t you share your story as well?
By going to www.thepeopleinyourpicture.com, you …
Here are the most-read Playbill.com stories for the week of March 20-26, 2011, from information compiled by Playbill.com.
Broadway Rush, Lottery and Standing Room Only Policies.
Performance …
“Fiddler on the Roof: 40th Anniversary” is set to hit shelves on Blu-ray and DVD April 5.
The film was originally released in November 1971 and starred Chaim Topol as Tevye and e…
In the video that follows, the sisters of Broadway’s new musical Sister Act introduce themselves while in rehearsals for the production, which is set to open at the Broadway Theatre on…
Here are the top-grossing Broadway productions for the week of March 21- 27, 2011, as reported by The Broadway League.
MUSICALS
Wicked (Gerswhin Theatre), $1,627,422
The Lion King (Minskoff …
Will Swenson, one-third of Priscilla Queen of the Desert’s leading trio, talks to the Associated Press about the new Broadway musical that opened March 20.
Swenson describes the new mu…
Chris Rock, star of the new play The Motherf**ker With the Hat, appeared on “The Late Show with David Letterman” March 31 to talk about his kids, his Broadway debut and, of cours…
Broadway Impact, a marriage equality organization, will present an Equality Happy Hour April 4 at 6:30 PM at Therapy, at 348 West 52nd St. in NYC.
Rory O’Malley, from the new Broadway …
Puppet directors Basil Jones and Adrian Kohler of the Handspring Puppet Company showed audiences at this year’s Technology Entertainment and Design (TED) conference how the puppetry us…
In the Heights’ Mandy Gonzalez and Big River’s Michael Arden sang at the final New York City stop on Kait Kerrigan and Brian Lowdermilk’s “You Made This Tour” a…
Ghetto Klown star John Leguizamo sits alongside director Fisher Stevens at the People.com offices to talk about Leguizamo’s one-man Broadway show"in multiple languages.
The show, accor…
Catch Me If You Can’s Alex Ellis gets her leotard and tights ready for “press day” of the Broadway musical. In Episode 3 of “Diary of a Chorus Girl,” catch Ell…
Jez Butterworth’s Jerusalem, directed by Ian Rickson, will begin previews at the Music Box Theatre April 2 with an official opening April 21 for a limited 16-week engagement.
The thr…
The cast of The York Theatre Company’s musical Tomorrow Morning, which includes D.B. Bonds (The Phantom of the Opera), Autumn Hurlbert (Legally Blonde), Matthew Hydzik (West Side Story…