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The La Jolla Playhouse has posted two of the costume sketches for young Olive Hoover, the adorable would-be beauty contestant, from its upcoming world premiere production of Little Miss Suns…
Video of the full tribute to Broadway composer-lyricist Jerry Herman at the Kennedy Center Honors, featuring many starry performances of his classic songs, is now available. The ceremony to…
Stephen Sondheim appeared on “Nightline” Dec. 28. The legendary composer-lyricist, whose first book of lyrics, “Finishing the Hat,” has recently been published, spok…
The 33rd annual Kennedy Center Honors, held Dec. 5 in Washington, DC, and broadcast Dec. 28 on CBS, featured a plethora of starry tributes to the five men and women honored for their contrib…
The national tour of Les Miserables is keeping the holiday festivities going with this video featuring cast and crew members’ rendition of “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town.”
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Tony Award winner Brian Bedford discusses returning to the Roundabout Theatre Company in Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, which he directs and stars as Lady Bracknell.
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Tony and Grammy Award winner Elton John and his partner David Furnish welcomed their own little Billy Elliot (Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John, to be exact) on Dec. 25, according to Time.
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Dan Lauria visited “Good Morning America” Dec. 27 to discuss playing legendary football coach Vince Lombardi in Lombardi.
Lauria, best known for playing the dad on “The Won…
If you’re on the East Coast and looking to escape the blizzard blues, or if you’re just still in the mood for some holiday warmth and cheer, here’s a video of two-time Tony…
Broadway and “Glee” star Matthew Morrison offers a look at the process of recording his upcoming solo album in this special teaser video.
Morrison, a Tony Award nominee for The L…
Rock of Ages Tony Award nominee Constantine Maroulis and his girlfriend, fellow Broadway performer Angel Reed, welcomed daughter Malena James on the night of Dec. 23, according to the Los An…
Darren Criss, who currently plays Blaine on “Glee,” recently visited the Los Angeles offices of ASCAP (The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) to perform a ten…
As a special holiday treat, here are videos of Tony Award winners Angela Lansbury and Brian Stokes Mitchell singing some classic Christmas tunes from Broadway and popular music, in separate …
A wintry Christmas has its great points, but what about Christmas on an island paradise? Tony and Emmy Award winner Kristin Chenoweth takes you to that island in this music video of “…
Musical: The Online Musical, the innovative Web series that has been created largely interactively, through audience suggestions and online feedback, has completed its season with a two-part…
A special message from Broadway stars including Carol Channing, Kristin Chenoweth, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Cherry Jones, Sean Hayes and many more was filmed backstage during the annual Gypsy of …
The National Theatre production of Fela!, the musical celebrating the life of Nigerian musician and activist Fela Kuti, will be broadcast around the U.K. and the world as part of the NT Live…
Here are the best-selling theatre CDS, as reported by billboard.biz, issue date Dec. 18, 2010.
Jersey Boys, Original Broadway Cast Recording
Wicked, Original Broadway Cast Recording
Rock of …
A special holiday video has been released by Jujamcyn Theaters. Set to American Idiot’s “Good Riddance (The Time of Your Life),” the video features nods to the Broadway sh…
Here are the most-read Playbill.com stories for the week of Dec. 5-11, 2010, from information compiled by Playbill.com.
Will The Scottsboro Boys Return to Broadway in Time for Tonys?
Colin D…
British comedian and actor Russell Brand has the plum role of the jester Trinculo in Julie Taymor’s film version of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, and as is clear from this r…
Here are the top-grossing Broadway productions for the week of Dec. 6-12, as reported by The Broadway League.
MUSICALS
Wicked (Gerswhin Theatre), $1,645,313
The Lion King (Minskoff Theatre),…
Audience members who purchase tickets to Marc Kudisch’s Jan. 15, 2011, Town Hall concert In Defense of the Baritone Voice by mail order postmarked between Dec. 16 and Dec. 31 will rece…
Chandra Lee Schwartz and Carla Stickler, who star as Galinda and Elphaba, respectively, in the Chicago edition of the hit musical Wicked, will compete in a special Culinary Collision at Chic…
Roundabout Theatre Company has released a special video preview of its 2011 winter and spring season, which will include everything from revivals of Oscar Wilde and Cole Porter to a lesser-k…