Thursday, March 22, 2012
Tony Award-winning composers and musical theatre legends Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber share a wealth of common ground: Both have written long-running Broadway sensations, taken h…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:07PM[SHARE]Saturday, March 17, 2012
Tony nominee Gavin Creel returns to the stage of Joe's Pub for two special sold-out concerts on March 19, which will be live streamed online.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 15, 2012
With the 2011-12 Broadway season coming to a close next month (April 26 is the cut-off date for eligibility for the 66th Annual Tony Awards), Playbill.com offers a three-part look at the cur…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:00PM[SHARE]Monday, March 12, 2012
Who could ever think of the songs "New York, New York," "Cabaret" or "Ring Them Bells" without hearing the voice of Liza Minnelli giving them the full-throttle …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:59PM[SHARE]Friday, March 9, 2012
With the 2011-12 Broadway season coming to a close next month (April 26 is the cut-off date for eligibility for the 66th Annual Tony Awards), Playbill.com offers a two-part look at the curre…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:30PM[SHARE]Thursday, March 1, 2012
Tony Award nominee Marin Mazzie is running a tight ship as Margaret White, the religiously fanatic mother in the Off-Broadway revival of Carrie, which officially opens March 1 at the Lucille…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:20AM[SHARE]Friday, February 24, 2012
The 84th Academy Awards will be presented Feb. 26 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, and Playbill.com is taking a look back at some special musical moments from ceremonies past.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 23, 2012
As auditions continue for the young performers who will play the orphans in the upcoming Broadway revival of Annie, the Playbill staff would like to suggest a few of the actresses we'd l…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, February 18, 2012
Tony Award winner Donna McKechnie, best known for tearing up the stage in a red wrap dress as Cassie in Michael Bennett's landmark musical A Chorus Line, is performing her critically acc…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Monday, February 13, 2012
On Feb. 11 the entertainment industry lost an icon when Grammy Award-winning singer Whitney Houston died at the age of 48. While "The Bodyguard" star never performed on Broadway, s…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:32PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Two-time Tony Award winner Christine Ebersole, known for her acclaimed performances in Grey Gardens and 42nd Street, has returned to the Cafe Carlyle for a winter engagement through Feb. 25.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:00PM[SHARE]Saturday, February 4, 2012
Acclaimed illustrator Ken Fallin's drawings of the greatest stars and scenes of the theatrical world are a recurring part of Playbill.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, February 3, 2012
Acclaimed illustrator Ken Fallin's drawings of the greatest stars and scenes of the theatrical world are a recurring part of Playbill.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 2, 2012
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 11:25AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Tony Award winner Carol Channing—the "larger-than-life" film, stage and television personality—celebrates her 91st birthday Jan. 31. In honor of Dolly's big day, Pl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:13PM[SHARE]Saturday, January 28, 2012
This season Broadway audiences had the chance to see and hear Alan Jay Lerner and Burton Lane's On A Clear Day You Can See Forever from a whole new perspective, with a new twist from dir…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 25, 2012
January 25, 2012, marks the 16-year anniversary of the death of 35-year-old Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning Rent author Jonathan Larson – who died one day before his landmark mus…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:54PM[SHARE]Earlier this month, “Glee” and Spring Awakening star Lea Michele took home the People’s Choice Award for Favorite TV Comedy Actress for her work as Rachel Berry on Fox'…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:30PM[SHARE]Saturday, January 21, 2012
The girls upstairs are preparing to click their heals down that infamous staircase for the last time when the Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's Follies ends its li…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, January 20, 2012
Nearly 10,000 votes were cast in the first-ever "Broadway Belt-Off Challenge," which featured the cast of the Tony-winning revival of Anything Goes competing against the company of…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PM[SHARE]Monday, January 16, 2012
Ethel Merman – who possessed the voice that defined the Broadway belt – would have turned 102 Jan. 16. Rose, Reno Sweeney and Annie Oakley were all strong, no-nonsense women and …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:57PM[SHARE]Nearly 30 years ago, the life of blonde bombshell Marilyn Monroe served as inspiration for the short-lived 1983 Broadway musical Marilyn. Beginning in February, the new NBC series "Smas…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:27PM[SHARE]Saturday, January 14, 2012
Olivier Award-winning actress Elaine Paige is currently starring as unstoppable showbiz survivor Carlotta Campion in the Broadway revival of Follies.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 12, 2012
Playbill kicks off its first-ever "Broadway Belt-Off Challenge" with the casts of the Tony-winning revival of Anything Goes and the long-running Abba hit Mamma Mia!
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:48PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Playbill has announced the acquisition of the online professional theatre index Boffo Box (www.boffobox.com), which will serve as the foundation for a new subscription-based service aimed at…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:00AM[SHARE]Friday, January 6, 2012
It's been 32 years since Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin shared a tense waltz together on Broadway in Evita, nabbing Tony Awards for their electrifying performances.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, December 31, 2011
On December 31, Playbill.com has been experiencing alerts on some internet browsers for malware. Our engineers have diagnosed the issue and eliminated the threat. We have requested our site …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:15PM[SHARE]Friday, December 30, 2011
Acclaimed illustrator Ken Fallin's drawings of the greatest stars and scenes of the theatrical world are a recurring part of Playbill.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:03PM[SHARE]Sunday, December 25, 2011
Within two years of making her Broadway debut in the ensemble of The Secret Garden, Audra McDonald landed the role of Carrie Pipperidge in the Broadway revival of Carousel and took home the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, December 23, 2011
Acclaimed illustrator Ken Fallin's drawings of the greatest stars and scenes of the theatrical world are a recurring part of Playbill.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:05PM[SHARE]Friday, December 16, 2011
Acclaimed illustrator Ken Fallin's drawings of the greatest stars and scenes of the theatrical world are a recurring part of Playbill.com.
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