Monday, August 12, 2013
Eydie Gorme, a popular singer of the '50s and '60s, who became known the world over as half of the duo Steve and Eydie when she married Steve Lawrence, died Aug. 10 at the age of 84.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:24AM[SHARE]Sunday, August 11, 2013
With casting almost complete for the starry film adaptation of Disney's "Into the Woods," featuring Oscar winner Meryl Streep, we wondered: Which cast member from the 1987 orig…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, August 10, 2013
On Aug. 6 a YouTube channel dedicated to the work of the late composer and lyricist Benjamin Rush "Rusty" Magee premiered, introducing dozens of never-before-seen performances.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, August 9, 2013
Grammy Award-winning singer Whitney Houston would have celebrated her 50th birthday Aug. 9. Playbill.com takes a look back at the musical icon.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:25PM[SHARE]Theatre couple Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel, who founded the A BroaderWay Foundation to provide arts-education to young women in underserved communities, created a special Wicked video to tha…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:46AM[SHARE]First Date, the new Broadway musical comedy that has a book by Austin Winsberg ("Gossip Girl"), with music and lyrics by Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner (Secondhand Lions, Twi…
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August 6, 2013, marks what would have been Lucille Ball's 102nd birthday. Playbill.com is loving Lucy today with a handful of video performances from her career.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:53AM[SHARE]Monday, August 5, 2013
The world-premiere musical version of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, featuring a score by Tony Award winners Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, officially opened …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:00PM[SHARE]The Tony Award-winning musical Memphis, which features a blues, rock and gospel score by David Bryan and Joe DiPietro, ended its hit Broadway run Aug. 5, 2012, after 1,166 regular performanc…
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With the recent success of the Encores! Off-Center one-night-only concert presentation of Violet, starring Tony winner Sutton Foster, we wondered: What should Foster's next Broadway proj…
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The Broadway cast of the hit musical Wicked currently boasts Katie Rose Clarke, Derek Klena and Lindsay Mendez in the central roles of Glinda, Fiyero and Elphaba, respectively.
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With a score by Tom Kitt, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Amanda Green, Bring It On: The Musical opened Aug. 1, 2012 at Broadway's St. James Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:50PM[SHARE]With a score by Tom Kitt, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Amanda Green, Bring It On: The Musical opened Aug. 1, 2012 at Broadway's St. James Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:49PM[SHARE]With a score by Tom Kitt, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Amanda Green, Bring It On: The Musical opened Aug. 1, 2012 at Broadway's St. James Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:48PM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 31, 2013
The Williamstown Theatre Festival is giving audiences a first look and listen to the new Jason Robert Brown musical The Bridges of Madison County, which premieres Aug. 1 in the Berkshires.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:33PM[SHARE]Avenue Q opened its 2,534-performance run on Jul. 31, 2003. The long-running musical comedy played Off-Broadway's Vineyard Theatre before transferring to Broadway, where it won the 2004 …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:21PM[SHARE]Avenue Q opened its 2,534-performance run on Jul. 31, 2003. The long-running musical comedy played Off-Broadway's Vineyard Theatre before transferring to Broadway, where it won the 2004 …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:21PM[SHARE]Tony Award-winning actress Kristin Chenoweth had a few "notes" for New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner during her July 30 appearance on "The Tonight Show with Jay L…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:17AM[SHARE]Monday, July 29, 2013
The hit Broadway musical Wicked, featuring a score by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman, celebrates its tenth year on Broadway this October. In anticipation of its tenth annivers…
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Our readers shared their picks July 28 for who they'd like to see play Eponine in the Broadway revival of Les Misérables. We are taking a look at the many actresses who have perfo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:21PM[SHARE]With the creative team of the 2014 re-imagined revival of the Tony Award-winning musical Les Misérables in the midst of auditions, we wondered: Who should play the iconic role of Epon…
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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.
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The 1992 revival of Man of La Mancha closed July 26, 1992. The production starred Raul Julia and Sheena Easton. To mark the day, Playbill.com is taking a look at selections from the Tony Awa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:09PM[SHARE]Thursday, July 25, 2013
Actors' Equity Association celebrated its centennial on May 26; to mark that milestone the editors of Playbill.com have combed through the past seven years of our popular Cue & A fea…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:11PM[SHARE]Let It Be, a concert experience of The Beatles' greatest hits, opened at Broadway's St. James Theatre July 24 following previews that began July 16.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:14PM[SHARE]The legendary 6,137-performance run of the Broadway musical A Chorus Line began July 25, 1975. Kelly Bishop, Donna McKechnie and Sammy Williams won Tony Awards for their roles in the landmar…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:34AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 24, 2013
The scantily-clad duo The Skivvies, otherwise known as musical theatre performers Nick Cearley and Lauren Molina, are taking Playbill.com along on their summer adventures in a new, stripped-…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:50PM[SHARE]The scantily-clad duo The Skivvies, otherwise known as musical theatre performers Nick Cearley and Lauren Molina, are taking Playbill.com along on their summer adventures in a new, stripped-…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:50PM[SHARE]Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth celebrates her birthday July 24. Playbill.com looks back at her career with clips of her Broadway outings, concert appearances and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:13AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Stage and screen actor Daniel Radcliffe, best known for his portrayal of the title character in the famed "Harry Potter" movie series, celebrates his birthday July 23. In celebrati…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:42AM[SHARE]Playbill Inc. today rolls out PlaybillEDU.com, the biggest, most comprehensive and most useful college-search site designed specifically for the needs and wants of theatre, dance and music s…
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