669 stories by "Michael C. Gioia"
How does the cast of the hit Fox series “Glee” always look so good? Dancing in the rain"with umbrellas in hand"and recreating the looks of pop diva Britney Spears can be credited…
Catch Me If You Can’s Alex Ellis shares her experience of the demanding preview process of opening an original Broadway show. Ellis must rehearse during the day and then get ready for …
The Tony Award-winning revival of La Cage aux Folles played its final performance at the Longacre Theatre May 1 at 3 PM. Harvey Fierstein, who closed the production as Albin and also wrote t…
The new musical Baby It’s You! officially opened at The Broadhurst Theatre April 27.
Baby It’s You! is “the story of the groundbreaking girl group, the Shirelles, and Flore…
“Little Boy, Be a Man” and “Fly, Fly Away” are the latest musical numbers from Catch Me If You Can to be released"a preview to the second act. “Live in Living C…
In the next episode of Fox’s hit series “Glee,” Rachel Berry, played by Lea Michele, will cover “Go Your Own Way” by Fleetwood Mac. Tony Award winner Kristin Ch…
Tony Award winner Hugh Jackman (The Boy From Oz) took a break from rehearsals for his upcoming San Francisco concert, Hugh Jackman in Performance at The Curran Theatre, to answer five out of…
Here are the most-read Playbill.com stories for the week of April 17-23, 2011, from information compiled by Playbill.com
High Hits a Low: Broadway Drama Will Close April 24.
STAGE TO SCREENS…
Cirque du Soleil’s new acrobatic spectacle, Zarkana, is set to play Radio City Music Hall in summer 2011. Performances will begin June 9 and run until Sept. 4.
The world premiere of th…
Supermodel Christie Brinkley made her Broadway debut April 8 as Roxie Hart in the musical Chicago at the Ambassador Theatre.
Brinkley sat down with the ladies of “The View” to ta…
Seth Numrich and Matt Doyle, both currently starring in War Horse at Lincoln Center, also star together in a new take on Romeo and Juliet, this time with two guys, entitled “Private Ro…
Fox’s hit television series “Glee” has been filming the Nationals in New York City all week long. Besides dancing on the TKTS booth in the middle of Times Square and filmi…
Here are the top-grossing Broadway productions for the week of April 18-24, 2011, as reported by The Broadway League.
MUSICALS
The Lion King (Minskoff Theatre), $1,911,078
Wicked (Gerswhin T…
Darren Criss, who plays Blaine Anderson on Fox's hit show “Glee,” sat down with E! Online to discuss what will happen next for the students at both McKinley High and Dalton Acade…
“Don’t Break the Rules” and “Butter Outta Cream” are the latest musical numbers from Catch Me If You Can to be released. “Live in Living Color,” the…
Daniel Radcliffe, who recently received a Drama Desk nomination and an Outer Critics Circle nomination for his performance as J. Pierrepont Finch in How to Succeed in Business Without Really…
Born Yesterday, Garson Kanin’s 1940s comedy about a rough-edged chorus girl named Billie Dawn, officially opened on Broadway at the Cort Theatre April 24.
Of course, special guests wer…
Sleeping Beauty Wakes, the new musical from the creators of the pop-rock holiday musical Striking 12, will begin previews at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, NJ, April 29 and run through J…
The cast recording of the new musical Wonderland is set to hit shelves May 3. Before you buy it, you can check out the cast at the recording studio singing the score written by Frank Wildho…
In addition to Scott Alan, performers at the composer-lyricist’s April 18 Manhattan concert at Birdland included Broadway stars Christopher Sieber, Mykal Kilgore, Crystal Monee Hall, C…
Donna Murphy, Brian Bedford and Adam Godley are currently starring in three of this season’s Roundabout Theatre Company productions"The People in the Picture, The Importance of Being E…
Missed last night’s super-sized 90-minute episode of “Glee”? Don't worry"you can catch it here on Playbill.com and check out the Gleeks in action as they, yet again, channe…
Wonderland choreographer Marguerite Derricks recently received an Astaire Award nomination for her work on the new Broadway musical that opened at the Marquis Theatre April 17. Here, she tal…
Catch Me If You Can’s Alex Ellis gets ready for preview performances at the Neil Simon Theatre and shares her excitement about making her Broadway debut alongside her elementary school…
Producer Bette Midler and the cast of Priscilla Queen of the Desert, the new musical that opened on Broadway March 20 at the Palace Theatre, stopped by ABC’s “The View” Apr…
