Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Two-time Tony Award winner Chita Rivera, who currently stars in Roundabout Theatre Company's acclaimed revival of The Mystery of Edwin Drood, celebrates her birthday Jan. 23. In honor of…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:59AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 22, 2013
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 03:20PM[SHARE]Schools, colleges, amateur and community productions can now make their own Playbills online and distribute them in theatres via PlaybillVIP.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Monday, January 21, 2013
Sierra Boggess, who originated the role of Christine in London's Love Never Dies, the sequel to Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, joins the Broadway company of Pha…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:14PM[SHARE]In Performance at the Kennedy Center, an event honoring the presidential inauguration and Latino arts and culture, was held Jan. 20. Tony Award winners Rita Moreno and Chita Rivera were amon…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:01AM[SHARE]Saturday, January 19, 2013
Michael Crawford, who won a 1988 Tony Award for his performance in the title role of the long-running musical The Phantom of the Opera, celebrates his birthday Jan. 19. Here, Playbill.com ta…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, January 18, 2013
The Tony Award-nominated Best Musical Ragtime opened on Broadway Jan. 18, 1988. In celebration of the Lynn Ahrens-Stephen Flaherty-Terrence McNally musical, Playbill.com looks back at Ragtim…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:46AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 17, 2013
January 17, 2013, marks what would have been Tony Award-nominated singer-actress Eartha Kitt's 86th birthday. In celebration of the late Broadway and film actress, Playbill.com looks bac…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:45AM[SHARE]The 2013 theatre season continues with a fresh crop of productions popping up in New York, London and across the country. As we head into the busy theatrical awards season, Playbill.com staf…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Ethel Merman – who possessed the voice that defined the Broadway belt – would have turned 105 Jan. 16. Rose, Reno Sweeney and Annie Oakley were all strong, no-nonsense women and …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:20AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Tony Award winner Andrea Martin, who was last seen on Broadway in Exit the King, celebrates her birthday Jan. 15. Here, Playbill.com looks back at Martin's career with clips from her Bro…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:55AM[SHARE]Monday, January 14, 2013
Julia Murney, who was recently seen in the Off-Broadway drama Falling, celebrates her birthday Jan. 14. Here, Playbill.com takes a look back at Murney's career with clips from her Broadw…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:43AM[SHARE]Friday, January 11, 2013
The 2008 revival of Stephen Sondheim, Arthur Laurents and Jule Styne's iconic musical Gypsy took its final bow on Broadway Jan. 11, 2009. Here, we take a look at various divas who took o…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:21AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 10, 2013
Nominations for the 85th Academy Awards were announced Jan. 10. Tony-winning songwriters Claude-Michel Schonberg and Alain Boublil were nominated for the new song written for "Les Mis&e…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:13AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 9, 2013
The 2009 revival of A Little Night Music, which features a Tony Award-winning score by Stephen Sondheim, closed on Broadway Jan. 9, 2011. In celebration of the musical, Playbill.com takes a …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Billy Elliot: The Musical, featuring a score by Elton John and Lee Hall, closed on Broadway Jan. 8, 2012. In celebration of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical, Playbill.com looks back at Bi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:44AM[SHARE]Monday, January 7, 2013
Matilda The Musical, which won seven Olivier Awards, more than any other production in London history, is heading to Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PM[SHARE]The original Broadway production of Jekyll & Hyde, the Frank Wildhorn musical that will be revived this spring, played its final performance Jan. 7, 2001. In celebration of the musical, …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:51AM[SHARE]Sunday, January 6, 2013
Belter Leslie Kritzer is back on Broadway this holiday season in the return of Elf the musical, which ends another successful Christmas run Jan. 6 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, January 5, 2013
The Tony Award-winning Best Musical The Wiz opened on Broadway Jan. 5, 1975. In celebration of the musical, Playbill.com has put together our favorite performances of the show's iconic b…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, January 4, 2013
The Tony Award-winning Best Musical Hairspray, which features a score from Tony winners Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman ("Smash"), played its final performance on Broadway Jan. 4, 2…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:46AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 3, 2013
The editors of Playbill.com have combed through the past seven years of our popular Cue & A feature to select some of our favorite answers to the question, "What is the one performa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PM[SHARE]The original production of the Tony Award-nominated Best Musical Mame, which features a classic score by Jerry Herman, closed Jan. 3, 1970. Playbill.com has put together a musical tribute, i…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:42AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Throughout the year, Playbill Video is on hand to capture the most exciting moments in theatre. We look back at a few of the standouts from 2012.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 1, 2013
In 2012 Playbill introduced the Playbill Vault, the largest and most comprehensive Broadway database on the internet, which features Playbills, pictures and video from past Broadway producti…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Monday, December 31, 2012
Playbill.com is ringing out the old and ringing in the new with a collection of videos featuring "The Perfect Year" from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, December 30, 2012
This year, NBC brought the magic — and backstage drama — of Broadway into households around the world with the new musical drama "Smash." Here, Playbill Video looks bac…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, December 29, 2012
From The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, the first Broadway production to open in 2012, to A Christmas Story, the Musical, the holiday hit that wrapped up this year in musicals, Playbill.com …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, December 28, 2012
Let's face it: Musical theatre fans are a devoted bunch, who often travel the world to catch the latest Rose, Norma Desmond, Elphaba and other iconic theatrical characters. And, sometime…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 27, 2012
The 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors were presented Dec. 2 to bluesman Buddy Guy, actor Dustin Hoffman, comedian and television host David Letterman, ballerina Natalia Makarova and rock ban…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:46PM[SHARE]The intricate lives of people living on a Show Boat first came to life at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Dec. 27, 1927. Adapted by Oscar Hammerstein II from Edna Ferber's novel, with music…
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