From the Archives: Into the Woods Is a Cautionary Fairy Tale for the '80s
James Lapine, Chip Zien, Joanna Gleason, and Paul Gemignani explain how Into the Woods changed up until opening night on Broadway, November 5, 1987.
James Lapine, Chip Zien, Joanna Gleason, and Paul Gemignani explain how Into the Woods changed up until opening night on Broadway, November 5, 1987.
James Lapine, Stephen Sondheim, and star Donna Murphy sat down with Playbill for this interview before Passion opened on Broadway May 9, 1994.
The musical adaptation of the classic film opened March 14, 2002, with a cast that included John Lithgow, Brian D'Arcy James, and Kelli O'Hara.
In this 1989 Playbill feature, the soon-to-be Tony-winning musical gets explored as the legendary choreographer recreated his work.
Before the show became an international sensation, the two stars sat with Playbill for this 2003 interview about the multi-layered story they were telling at the Gershwin Theatre.
Prince spoke to Playbill in 1986 about returning to the Leonard Bernstein musical with an "opera house version."
After a previous Broadway production and two at opera houses, Prince returned to Candide with a circus flair in 1997.
The tour ended July 2, and star Euan Morton shares what it was like taking Hedwig and the Angry Inch around the United States.
The hit Broadway musical is still cracking up audiences on its national tour, headlined by Rob McClure, Adam Pascal, and Josh Grisetti.
In the words of Ben Platt, “What makes you strange makes you powerful.”
Named for the Audrey Hepburn film of the same name, the musical with a score of Cole Porter songs premieres in San Francisco before heading to New York.
In this 1995 interview, Channing reflects on her third Broadway outing as Dolly Levi and why—even after over 4,000 performances—her Dolly is sexier than ever
With no narrator, no orchestra, and minimal design, critics call the touring production a revelation.
This month in national touring news, Finding Neverland hits the road with some substantial changes and a new perspective on Captain Hook.
It's very rare these days for the stars of a Broadway show to hit the road in a role they originated. But when the If/Then national tour opens in Denver Oct. 13, and for the following 15…
Playbill.com digs into its archives to explore past articles. In the next installment, readers are invited into the world of creating Jerome Robbins' Broadway, the 1989 tribute to the le…
Award-winning costume designer William Ivey Long shares the inspiration behind the magical transformation from rags to riches in Cinderella.
The fourth wall will be shattered for audiences at La Mirada Theatre when they attend a high school prom gone horrifically wrong in the immersive production of the cult musical Carrie.
Heidi Thomas shares her history with the film "Gigi" and how she has lovingly adapted the play for a modern-day audience.
Angela Lansbury, a five-time Tony Award winner, will return to "the best comedy role" she has ever played when she begins touring North America in Noel Coward's Blithe Spi…
Former boxer Mike Tyson tours the country with his Spike Lee-directed solo show Undisputed Truth, in which he talks about his hard-knock life in and out of the ring.
All those elaborate, gaudy, award-winning costumes in the national tour of Priscilla Queen of the Desert keep wardrobe personnel on their toes. Actor Bryan West explains.
A national tour of Flashdance — The Musical moves to the beat of hit songs that made its movie source a smash in the 1980s. But new tunes, a new script and Broadway's Sergio Trujil…
Meet Kingsley Leggs, slipping into the flared pants and thick heels of Curtis, the urban-'70s gangster in Sister Act on the road.
The life and times of con-man Frank Abagnale, Jr., provide potent source material for the jazzy and anxious musical Catch Me If You Can.