669 stories by "Michael C. Gioia"
The ten-week Broadway engagement of Hair "swarmed-in" to Times Square Aug. 25 to perform songs from the musical and kick-off the "Great Hair Days: Countdown of the final Broadway…
Emmy Award winner Rosie O'Donnell returns to daytime television when her new talk show, "The Rosie Show," debuts on the OWN, The Oprah Winfrey Network, Oct. 10.
O’Donnell w…
The hit series, "Glee," is making its way back to Fox Sept. 20, when the third season kicks off at 8 PM ET. Here, the "Glee" stars gear up for season three and are featured i…
In "The Real Housewives of New York," Bravo offers an inside look into the lives of some of America’s most fabulous women. The reality series spotlights New York socialites Cin…
Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Jane Lynch and the stars of the Fox hit series, "Glee," prepare for the biggest night in fashion, also known as Fashion's Night Out, Sept. 8. For the …
PIX11’s "Curtain Up!" Broadway week series goes backstage with the stars of the Tony Award-winning hit musical Jersey Boys. Here, PIX 11 host Laurie Dhue visits the August Wils…
Traces, the acrobatic theatre show by the Montreal-based troupe 7 Fingers, officially opened at the Union Square Theatre Aug. 8, following previews that began July 29. The production got rav…
Priscilla Queen of the Desert stars 2011 Tony Award nominee Tony Sheldon (Bernadette), Will Swenson (Tick/Mitzi) and Nick Adams (Adam/Felicia) as "the trio of friends on a heart-warming…
American Repertory Theater's Broadway-bound Porgy and Bess began performances in Cambridge, MA, Aug. 17. The reimagined production, which converts the opera to a musical, with more focus…
The Woman in Black, based on the 1983 novel by Susan Hill, was adapted for the stage by Stephen Mallatratt in 1987 and is still playing in the West End. The tale is now being transferred to …
West End actress Carley Stenson (Grease) stars as Elle Woods in the London production of Legally Blonde, currently playing at the Savoy Theatre. Here, the production’s leading lady, al…
"Carnage," Roman Polanski's film adaptation of Yasmina Reza's God of Carnage will hit the big screen Dec. 16. The film stars Jodie Foster, John C. Reilly, Kate Winslet and Ch…
Sweeney Todd, starring four-time Tony Award nominee Gregg Edelman (Passion, Into the Woods, City of Angels) and Liz McCartney (Phantom of the Opera, Taboo, Thoroughly Modern Millie) as Sween…
Celia Keenan-Bolger, who was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance as Olive Ostrovsky in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, sat down with Seth Rudetsky on the latest episod…
On the season finale of "The Glee Project," which aired on Oxygen Aug. 21, the winner"or winners"of the competition were announced. "Glee" producer Ryan Murphy first told Sam…
Here are the most-read Playbill.com stories for the week of Aug. 7"13, 2011, from information compiled by Playbill.com
“Weeds” Star Hunter Parrish Will Play Jesus in BroadwayR…
Priscilla Queen of the Desert’s “divas” Jacqueline Arnold, Anastacia McCleskey and Ashley Spencer recently visited WCBS FM 101.1 and performed a medley of songs from the hi…
Ten Cents a Dance, the new Rodgers and Hart musical crafted by Tony Award-winning director John Doyle, began its U.S. premiere at the Williamstown Theatre Festival Aug. 11.
The cast features…
Robert Lopez, who won Tony Awards for Avenue Q and The Book of Mormon, recently sat down with WNYC’s “Soundcheck” to talk about his current Tony Award-winning musical and h…
The U.K. touring production of Chess, featuring a company of actor-musicians playing their own accompaniment, will hit Toronto’s Princess of Wales Theatre Sept. 24, with an official op…
“Footloose” is making its way back to the big screen; the reboot of the 1984 film hits movie theatres Oct. 14. Here, Playbill.com has the most recent trailer of the new Paramount…
The Mountaintop, starring Academy Award nominees Samuel L. Jackson and Angela Bassett, will begin preview performances on Broadway Sept. 22 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, prior to an offi…
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. In celebration of the upcoming produc…
Here are the top-grossing Broadway productions for the week of Aug. 8-14 2011, as reported by The Broadway League.
MUSICALS
Wicked (Gerswhin Theatre), $1,886,230
The Lion King (Minskoff Thea…
Priscilla Queen of the Desert stars 2011 Tony Award nominee Tony Sheldon (Bernadette), Will Swenson (Tick/Mitzi) and Nick Adams (Adam/Felicia) as the “trio of friends on a heart-warmi…
