Wednesday, February 19, 2014
"Pushing Daisies" creator Bryan Fuller hopes to revive that TV show as a movie or a Broadway musical, according to Entertainment Weekly.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:09PM[SHARE]The Contemporary Musical Theatre Songwriters You Should Know: LIVE!, a concert featuring rising musical theatre songwriters that was based on the Playbill.com article of the same name, was h…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 18, 2014
"Here she is, boys! Here she is, world! Here's Rose!" — a dozen of them! We take a look back at 12 divas who took on the second-act, show-stopping ballad "Rose…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:20PM[SHARE]"Scrubs" creator Bill Lawrence recently said he is developing a musical for Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:42AM[SHARE]Friday, February 14, 2014
Playbill.com is celebrating Valentine's Day with a selection of love songs penned by Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:03PM[SHARE]Forbidden Broadway and NEWsical actress Christina Bianco recently took to the stage at Birdland to perform the Oscar-nominated song "Let It Go" from the animated Disney movie "…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:33AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 13, 2014
It looks like Elsa from the hit Disney animated musical "Frozen" has been conjuring the weather lately. To get in the spirit, we're taking a look at our favorite performances o…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:50AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Academy Award-winning screen icon Shirley Temple Black, the child star who was a darling of Hollywood's Depression-era film musicals, died Feb. 10 at the age of 85.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:22AM[SHARE]The New York City return of Broadway Loves the Spice Girls, a celebration of the pop group whose hits included "Wannabe," "Spice Up Your Life," "Stop" and …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:14AM[SHARE]Monday, February 10, 2014
"Let It Go," the popular single from the Disney animated musical "Frozen," has become an internet sensation. The song penned by Robert and Kristen Anderson-Lopez was also…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:38PM[SHARE]The world premiere of playwright-actor Charles Busch's new comedy The Tribute Artist, featuring Busch and actress Julie Halston, officially opened Off-Broadway Feb. 9 at 59E59 Theaters.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:15AM[SHARE]Friday, February 7, 2014
Bronx Bombers, the new Eric Simonson drama about the history of the New York Yankees framed through the eyes of baseball legend Yogi Berra, opened on Broadway Feb. 6 at Circle in the Square,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:30AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 4, 2014
The 1982 Tony Award-winning musical Nine by Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit played its final performance Feb. 4, 1984. In celebration of the musical, Playbill.com looks back at performances fr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PM[SHARE]Monday, February 3, 2014
Opera superstar Renée Fleming performed the National Anthem at the Feb. 2 Super Bowl. Here, Playbill.com takes a look back at previous Anthems performed by stars of the stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:42PM[SHARE]Sunday, February 2, 2014
Members of the entertainment industry, including The LAByrinth Theatre Company, The Public Theater, Steve Martin, John Leguizamo, David Lindsay Abaire and more, have shared thoughts on the d…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:02PM[SHARE]Unstoppable showbiz icon Elaine Stritch, the Tony-winning leading lady with a singular voice and demeanor who has become synonymous with Stephen Sondheim's "The Ladies Who Lunch,&qu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:46AM[SHARE]Playbill.com's weekly recap of its coverage of Broadway performances, celebrity interviews, web series and opening nights – in case they were missed the first time around.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]At Super Bowl XLVIII Renee Fleming will be the first opera singer in Super Bowl history to perform the National Anthem. With this divergence from previous performers, who include Kelly Clark…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tony winner Christian Borle will star in the Encores! production of Little Me, playing six very different roles, beginning Feb. 5. Portraying a variety of roles is nothing new to the Broadwa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, January 31, 2014
With Super Bowl XLVIII taking over Times Square and the Broadway theatre district, the Playbill.com staff decided to join in on the fun and edit a handful of Playbill covers in honor of the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:08PM[SHARE]Tony Award winner Carol Channing—the "larger-than-life" film, stage and television personality—celebrates her 93rd birthday Jan. 31. In honor of Dolly's big day, Pl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:20AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Following Governor Andrew Cuomo's statement that "extreme conservatives, who are right-to-life, pro-assault weapon, anti-gay... have no place in the state of New York," Fox New…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:54AM[SHARE]Monday, January 27, 2014
The Skivvies returned to 54 Below Jan. 25 for a late-night concert featuring special guests Lena Hall, Justin Matthew Sargent, Zak Resnick and Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Sophie B. Ha…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:18PM[SHARE]Marin Mazzie, who will soon star in the Broadway premiere of Woody Allen's Bullets Over Broadway, performed the National Anthem during the NHL Stadium Series Game Jan. 26 at Yankee Stadi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:53PM[SHARE]Saturday, January 25, 2014
The 2012 Tony-nominated revival of Evita played its final performance Jan. 26, 2013, at the Marquis Theatre. In celebration of the production, Playbill.com has surfed the web for various per…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, January 24, 2014
"Let It Go," the popular single from the Disney animated musical "Frozen" has become an internet sensation. The song penned by Robert and Kristen Anderson-Lopez was also …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:40PM[SHARE]The Manhattan Theatre Club world premiere of Tony and Oscar winner John Patrick Shanley's Outside Mullingar, starring Brían F. O’Byrne and Debra Messing, officially opened J…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:18AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 22, 2014
The critically acclaimed 2011 revival of Follies, which features a Tony Award-winning score by Stephen Sondheim, played its final performance on Broadway Jan. 22, 2012. In celebration of the…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:08PM[SHARE]Sunday, January 19, 2014
With Disney in the early stages of developing its hit animated musical "Frozen" for the stage, we wondered: Who should star as Snow Queen Elsa in the future adaptation?
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, January 17, 2014
Machinal, the 1928 drama inspired by real-life murderer Ruth Snyder, opened Jan. 16 at the American Airlines Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:42AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 16, 2014
Colm Wilkinson, the Tony Award-nominated original star of Les Misérables, who recently joined the Toronto company of that musical for a special charity performance on Jan. 11, offered…
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