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Mosaic Legends has partnered with the hit musical Wicked to "go green" with the Wicked Mosaic Electronic Program Book, a digital alternative to the traditional paper format of its so…
The Broadway-bound American Repertory Theater production of Porgy and Bess, starring four-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald and Norm Lewis, has been transformed from an opera to a musica…
Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth released her latest solo recording, “Some Lessons Learned,” on the Sony Masterworks label Sept. 13. In celebration of the new album, the perfo…
Newsies will make its world premiere at New Jersey’s Paper Mill Playhouse when the new adaptation of the 1992 Disney movie musical hits the stage Sept. 15, prior to an official opening…
Marc Warren (West End’s The Rise and Fall of Little Voice) will star in Cool Hand Luke, a new stage adaptation of Donn Pearce's 1965 novel of the same name, beginning Sept. 23 at the W…
James Goldman and Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award-winning musical Follies opened in May at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in DC. Following a successful run, the star-studded …
Acclaimed opera singer, Grammy and Emmy Award winner Rosalind Elias is currently making her Broadway debut in Follies, where she plays the role of Heidi Schiller; the production officially o…
Roundabout Theatre Company’s revival of Terence Rattigan’s Man and Boy, starring Oscar nominee and three-time Tony winner Frank Langella, recently began previews at the American …
Former "American Idol" judge Kara DioGuardi, who made her Broadway stage debut Sept. 6 when she stepped into the role of Roxie Hart in Chicago at the Ambassador Theatre, visited "…
Here are the most-read Playbill.com stories for the week of Aug. 28"Sept. 3, 2011, from information compiled by Playbill.com.
Phantom Will Welcome New “Piangi” and “Monsieu…
Tony Award nominee Tony Sheldon, Nick Adams and Will Swenson were recently visited at the Palace Theatre by stage and screen actor Tony Danza and R&B singer Martha Wash.
After taking pic…
Jane Lynch, Matthew Morrison, Chris Colfer, Cory Monteith and the rest of the “Glee” gang are gearing up for their return to McKinley High when Fox’s hit television show ma…
Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth will release her latest solo recording, "Some Lessons Learned," on the Sony Masterworks label Sept. 13. Here, Playbill.com has tracks from her upc…
Here are the top-grossing Broadway productions for the week of Aug. 29-Sept. 4, 2011, as reported by The Broadway League.
MUSICALS
Wicked (Gerswhin Theatre), $1,602,104
The Lion King (Minsko…
The Old Globe’s new production of The Rocky Horror Show is set to begin performances Sept. 15 in San Diego, CA, with an official opening Sept. 23. The production, scheduled to run thro…
Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth (You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown; Wicked; Promises, Promises) and "Glee" star Chris Colfer were guests on "The Tonight Show With Jay Le…
The 25th anniversary of the world premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera will be marked with a fully staged production that will play three performances at London's Royal…
The Voca People, also known as the “snow-white ruby-lipped aliens” from the new Off-Broadway musical currently playing the Westside Theatre, took a trip to the MDA Telethon durin…
Goldstar, the popular membership-based web retailer of half-price live entertainment tickets, recently sold its five millionth ticket. In celebration of the landmark sale, Goldstar announced…
The Voca People, Adam Kantor (Avenue Q, Rent) and Derrick Baskin (Memphis) are the newest Givenik Ambassadors, joining John Tartaglia (Avenue Q), Judy Gold (Off-Broadway’s The Judy Sho…
Lysistrata Jones, the pop musical spin on the ancient Greek classic by Aristophanes, was seen this summer on the Off-Broadway basketball court. The musical will now dribble its way to midtow…
George Lee Andrews holds the Guinness World Record as the longest-running actor in the same Broadway show for his 23-year stint in The Phantom of the Opera. After 9,382 performances, Andrews…
Academy Award nominees Samuel L. Jackson and Angela Bassett will celebrate New York City’s Fashion’s Night Out with an appearance at the Giorgio Armani boutique, located at 760 M…
Sierra Boggess, who recently finished her run as Sharon Graham in Broadway’s Master Class alongside Tony Award winner Tyne Daly, sat down with Seth Rudetsky on the latest episode of Pl…
Tony Award-winning songwriters Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman joined the cast of Catch Me If You Can for the final curtain call at the Neil Simon Theatre Sept. 4, following a six-month run w…