Wednesday, September 25, 2013
The Tony Award-winning Best Musical Evita, featuring music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and a libretto by Tim Rice, opened Sept. 25, 1979, at the Broadway Theatre. In celebration of the production…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:40PM[SHARE]Monday, September 23, 2013
Forbidden Broadway and NEWsical actress Christina Bianco, whose performance of "Total Eclipse Of The Heart" as a dizzying number of divas went viral in August, was a special guest …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:44PM[SHARE]The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards were held Sept. 22. The awards, which were hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, featured several musical numbers throughout the ceremony, including a mid-show song a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:41PM[SHARE]Are you online? We are! Playbill, the most recognized brand in the theatre for almost 130 years, is available and active on various social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter and In…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:24PM[SHARE]Sunday, September 22, 2013
Stage and screen star Patrick Wilson, who appeared on Broadway in The Full Monty, Oklahoma!, Barefoot in the Park and All My Sons, recently revealed that he will return to Broadway in spring…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Playbill.com recaps its weekly 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]Friday, September 20, 2013
Neil Patrick Harris will host the Emmy Awards Sept. 22. Hosting duties are nothing new to the Emmy-winning actor, who has previously hosted the Emmy Awards as well as Tony Awards, the TVLand…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:24AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 19, 2013
Stephanie J. Block, a recent Tony nominee for The Mystery of Edwin Drood, celebrates her birthday Sept. 19. She debuted on Broadway in The Boy From Oz and later starred in Wicked, 9 to 5 and…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Rehearsals are currently underway for the Toronto premiere of the 25th-anniversary edition of Les Misérables, starring Ramin Karimloo (London's The Phantom of the Opera and L…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:32PM[SHARE]Ethan Coen’s first full-length play, Women Or Nothing, starring Tony Award nominee Deborah Rush, Halley Feiffer, Susan Pourfar and Robert Beitzel, officially opened Sept. 16 at the Atl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:11PM[SHARE]Monday, September 16, 2013
Two-time Tony nominee Patrick Wilson told Examiner.com that he will be returning to Broadway in spring 2014 in a musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:05PM[SHARE]With the impending 75th anniversary of "The Wizard of Oz" and the IMAX 3D release of the movie, Playbill.com offers a selection of of the film's most-famous song, "Over th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, September 15, 2013
Last week "Glee" shared a teaser image of Spring Awakening actress Lea Michele on the corner of 44th Street in Times Square, in front of a fake marquee for a Broadway revival of Fu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, September 13, 2013
A video preview of The Last Goodbye, a musical adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet featuring songs by Jeff Buckley, has been released by the Old Globe Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:00PM[SHARE]Horton Foote's The Old Friends, starring Tony winner Betty Buckley, Tony nominee Hallie Foote and Tony nominee Lois Smith, officially opened Sept. 12 following previews th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:24AM[SHARE]Will Power's Fetch Clay, Make Man, which tells a behind-the-scenes story of a friendship between boxing champion Muhammad Ali and Hollywood actor Stepin Fetchit, officially opened Sept. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:06AM[SHARE]A new trailer for the film adaptation of Tracy Letts' Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning drama August: Osage County, starring Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, has been released.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:49AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 11, 2013
On a day of reflection and remembrance, Playbill.com shares some of our favorite songs that celebrate New York City.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:25PM[SHARE]Lyricist Fred Ebb, whose collaboration with composer John Kander earned the duo three Tony Awards for their iconic musical theatre scores, died Sept. 11, 2004, at the age of 76.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:16AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 10, 2013
A teaser video has been released for the upcoming season of "American Horror Story: Coven," starring Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates and Angela Bassett. The third season will premiere O…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:16PM[SHARE]The legendary run of Cats ended on this date in 2000. Featuring music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by T.S. Eliot, the musical enjoyed an 18-year run of 7,485 performances.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:46AM[SHARE]Sunday, September 8, 2013
As the long-running hit musical Wicked approaches its tenth anniversary on Broadway, Playbill.com begins to dream cast a possible film adaptation, and we wondered: Who would you like to see …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, September 7, 2013
Playbill.com recaps its weekly 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]Playbill editorial staffers put together individual lists of productions we're especially looking forward to seeing this fall in New York City and London. What are you eagerly awaiting?
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 4, 2013
The Roundabout Theatre Company is expected to announce that Academy Award nominee Michelle Williams will star as Sally Bowles in a 2014 Broadway revival of the Kander and Ebb musical Cabaret.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:40PM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Into the Woods ended its original Broadway run Sept. 3, 1989. The musical features a Tony-winning score by Stephen Sondheim, a Tony-nominated book by James Lapine and a Tony-winning performa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:04AM[SHARE]Monday, September 2, 2013
From "Dance Moms" and "The Real Housewives," to Lady Gaga, Joan Rivers and Katy Perry, these are the pop culture guilty pleasures that entertain New York City actors when…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, September 1, 2013
As the long-running hit musical Wicked approaches its tenth anniversary on Broadway, Playbill.com begins to dream cast a possible film adaptation, and we wondered: Who would you like to see …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, August 30, 2013
Playbill.com takes a look at the flash mob phenomenon - here are some with a musical theatre twist.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:48PM[SHARE]Thursday, August 29, 2013
"Glee" star Lea Michele made her Broadway debut in Les Misérables and went on to perform in Ragtime, Fiddler on the Roof and Spring Awakening. She celebrates her birthday Au…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:38PM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Tony Award-nominated actor Patrick Stewart, who will return to Broadway this season in the double-bill of No Man's Land and Waiting for Godot alongside Ian McKellen, shares some comedic…
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