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Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark will resume preview performances at the Foxwoods Theatre May 12, after going on a three-week hiatus.
Playwright Roberto Aguirre Sacasa (a Marvel comics writer an…
Catch Me If You Can’s Alex Ellis sits down with leading actress Kerry Butler to discuss the role of Brenda"the part that Ellis gets to cover in the original Broadway musical that opene…
On last night’s episode of “Glee” the students of McKinley High got their prom outfits ready and scrambled for dates to make their way to what Kurt Hummel referred to as &#…
You don’t have to go to church to step inside a confessional booth"you can go to the Broadway Theatre instead. Sister Act, the Tony-nominated Best Musical, has set up a confessional in…
Priscilla Queen of the Desert, the new Broadway musical that officially opened at the Palace Theatre March 20, stars 2011 Tony Award nominee Tony Sheldon (Bernadette), Will Swenson (Tick/Mi…
Anything Goes, the Broadway revival that was nominated for nine 2011 Tony Awards, invited Sara Gore of LX New York backstage at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre to talk to some of the show’…
Josh Gad visited "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" to talk about the Tony-nominated musical The Book of Mormon, which officially opened on Broadway at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre March 2…
Members of New Directions, the Warblers and Vocal Adrenaline will all be in attendance at this year’s McKinley High School prom. Jonathan Groff will reprise his role as Jesse St. James…
Catch Me If You Can is the new Broadway musical based on the life of conman Frank Abagnale Jr., played on stage by Aaron Tveit (Next to Normal). The production officially opened April 10 at …
Tom Cruise has landed the role of Stacee Jaxx in the upcoming film version of Rock of Ages. Is he ready to take on the challenge of singing and dancing 80s music among the star-studded cast …
Leslie Kritzer, who recently finished a run in the Off-Broadway musical revue Newsical stepping in for injured actress Christine Pedi, performed to three sold-out audiences at Joe’s Pu…
Here are the most-read Playbill.com stories for the week of April 24-30, 2011, from information compiled by Playbill.com.
56th Annual Drama Desk Nominations Announced; Book of Mormon Scores …
The cast of Million Dollar Quartet took a trip from their midtown home at the Nederlander Theatre to Tribeca to perform “Blue Suede Shoes” at the annual Tribeca Film Festival on …
The Normal Heart, which received five Tony Award nominations earlier this week, officially opened on Broadway April 27 at the Golden Theatre. Elton John and David Furnish recently visited th…
Patina Miller, recently nominated for a Tony Award for her role in Broadway’s Sister Act, made another appearance on “The View” to perform “Fabulous, Baby!”
Pro…
Is your mother normally compared to Mama Rose? Can she be caught singing showtunes while taking care of chores around the house? Not sure what to get her for Mother’s Day? Send her a B…
The White Knightz, the boy-band sensation of Broadway’s Wonderland, now have their own fan site, which includes a look into their first-act pop number, “One Knight.”
On th…
Here are the top-grossing Broadway productions for the week of April 25-May 1, 2011, as reported by The Broadway League.
MUSICALS
The Lion King (Minskoff Theatre), $1,754,459
Wicked (Gerswhi…
Broadway is seeking a new set of orphans to take up residency at the Municipal Girls Orphanage in the upcoming revival of the classic musical, Annie. If you are between the ages of 6 and 12,…
Whoopi Goldberg, producer of the recently Tony-nominated Sister Act, was recently a guest on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” to talk about the new musical that opened on Broadway …
“Good-Bye” is the seventh and final musical number from Catch Me If You Can to be released. “Live in Living Color,” the opening number to the new Broadway musical, wa…
Tony Sheldon, who recently received a Tony nomination for his performance in Priscilla Queen of the Desert, visited Fox’s “Good Day New York” to talk about the new musical …
The New York Philharmonic concert production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s Company, which starred Emmy winner Neil Patrick Harris as perennial bachelor Bobby and featured Tony…
Robin Williams made his Broadway acting debut in Rajiv Joseph's Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, which officially opened March 31 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre.
Williams plays the title cha…
Norbert Leo Butz, who was recently nominated for a Tony Award for his performance as Agent Carl Hanratty in the new Broadway musical Catch Me If You Can, visited “The Late Night Show W…
