Friday, July 12, 2013
Legendary lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II was born July 12, 1895. His numerous musicals include Show Boat, South Pacific, The King and I, Oklahoma and Carousel.
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Tony Award-winning Hello, Dolly! and Mame composer-lyricist Jerry Herman celebrates his 82nd birthday July 10, and Playbill.com has put together a musical tribute.
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The recent Broadway revival of Anything Goes closed July 8, 2012, after 521 performances. The Tony-winning production opened with Tony winner Sutton Foster in the role of Reno Sweeney. Steph…
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Last week talk-show host Wendy Williams stepped into the long-running Broadway revival of Chicago, while earlier this spring, "Glee" star Jane Lynch joined the cast of Annie. …
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French composer Claude-Michel Schonberg wrote the Tony-winning book and music to the international hit musical Les Misérables, as well as Miss Saigon and The Pirate Queen. He celebrates a b…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:15PM[SHARE]In the feature Playbill Video Week in Review, Playbill.com recaps its weekly coverage of Broadway performances, celebrity interviews, web series and opening nights – in case they were …
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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-…
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TKTS, the iconic red-and-white ticket hub located in Duffy Square operated by Theatre Development Fun, which allows theatre lovers and tourists the opportunity to purchase discounted same-da…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM[SHARE]TKTS, the iconic red-and-white ticket hub located in Duffy Square, which allows theatre lovers and tourists the opportunity to purchase discounted same-day tickets for Broadway and Off-Broad…
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Audra McDonald, the five-time Tony Award-winning actress last seen on Broadway in The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, celebrates her birthday July 3. Playbill.com takes a look at our favorite…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PM[SHARE]Bistro Award winner Ben Rimalower and some special guests, including Tony Award winners Alan Cumming and Tonya Pinkins, as well as nightlife sensation Bridget Everett and the original Evita …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:21AM[SHARE]That Tony-winning Texan talent Betty Buckley, who will be seen in Signature Theatre's world-premiere production of Horton Foote’s The Old Friends, celebrates her birthday July 3. T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Composer-lyricist Ryan Scott Oliver, known for his dark and twisted musicals such as 35mm, Jasper in Deadland, Mrs. Sharp and Darling, will host Actor Therapy alongside Wicked'…
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The world premiere of The Jungle Book, a new production by Tony Award winner Mary Zimmerman based on Rudyard Kipling's 1893 collection of stories set in the Indian jungle and Walt Disney…
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With Newsies and The Lion King reigning on Broadway, and Aladdin set to fly in next year, Playbill.com asked our readers what other Disney projects they would like to see on stage.
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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 …
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When news broke that Academy Award winner Sandra Bullock was no longer attached to "Annie," the upcoming film remake of the 1982 movie musical that will star 2013 Academy Award nom…
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Playbill.com is remembering iconic entertainer Judy Garland, who captured audiences in "The Wizard of Oz" and on stage at Carnegie Hall.
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Tony Award-winning lyricist Don Black celebrates his birthday June 21. To mark the occasion, Playbill.com looks at clips from his musical projects, such as Bonnie & Clyde, Song and Dance…
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Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown, whose The Last Five Years was recently seen Off-Broadway, celebrates his birthday June 20. Playbill.com looks back at Brown's career …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:51PM[SHARE]Bryan Terrell Clark — who plays legendary soul singer Marvin Gaye — took video camera in hand and led Playbill on a backstage tour of the Broadway hit Motown.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:46PM[SHARE]The Tony-winning musical Thoroughly Modern Millie closed June 20, 2004, after 903 performances. The production originally starred Sutton Foster, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Harriet Harris.
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Producers announced June 17 that the iconic John Cameron Mitchell-Stephen Trask rock musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch would receive its Broadway debut in 2014 starring Emmy Award nominee Ne…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:50PM[SHARE]Michael Urie stars as a struggling Los Angeles actor who finds himself working in Barbra Streisand's basement in Jonathan Tolins' Buyer & Cellar, which returns Off-Broadway and b…
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Special Tony Award recipient Barry Manilow, who was most recently seen on Broadway in his solo concert Manilow on Broadway, celebrates his birthday June 17. Playbill.com takes a look at…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:31PM[SHARE]Tony Award winner John Gallagher, Jr., who debuted on Broadway in Rabbit Hole and later rocked-out in Spring Awakening and American Idiot, celebrates a birthday June 17.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:49AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 16, 2013
Billy Crystal's Tony Award-winning 700 Sundays and the dance-heavy Forever Tango are on their way back to Broadway for return engagements. We wondered: What other productions should retu…
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The new musical Kinky Boots, featuring a score by Cyndi Lauper and a book by Harvey Fierstein, recently stomped away with six Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Score, Best Choreograph…
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What does it take to direct a killer opening number for the Tony Awards? A behind-the-scenes video captures Emmy Award-wining director Glenn Weiss' direction during the final moments of …
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The Broadway community gathered at Radio City Music Hall June 9 for the biggest night of the theatrical season – the Tony Awards. The star-studded, music-filled evening was full of mem…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:58PM[SHARE]The Broadway revival of Pippin, starring Matthew James Thomas and Tony Award winner Patina Miller, earned four Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical at the 67th Annual Tony Awards …
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