Friday, March 28, 2014
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, a musical based on the Mordecai Richtler film and novel, is getting a full production at the Segal Centre in Montreal, where the story is set. Performanc…
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Where the principals of the Broadway play Mothers and Sons pursued their college studies.
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Luck? Coincidence? Good sight lines? Short ladies' room lines? Outsized orchestra sections that can be sold at a premium price?
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Where the principals of the Broadway show Aladdin pursued their college studies.
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The 46th annual Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival has announced winners of its 2014 awards.
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Who will be writing, designing, staging and performing the Broadway musicals of the 2020s and beyond?
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PM[SHARE]Where the principals of the Broadway show Rocky: The Musical pursued their college studies.
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Previously the Ford Center and the Hilton Theatre, the Foxwoods Theatre will go back to its original name, the "Lyric."
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:40PM[SHARE]Where the principals of the Broadway drama All the Way pursued their college studies.
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Where the selected nominees for the 2014 Academy Awards pursued their college studies.
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Andy Karl talks with Playbill.com about preparing — mentally and physically — to open the musical Rocky on Broadway.
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What is the story of the long-lost Klaw Theatre?
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A rundown on where the principals of the Broadway musical The Bridges of Madison County pursued their college studies.
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New features give students the edge in their college search on PlaybillEDU.com.
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Where the principals of the Broadway drama Bronx Bombers pursued their college studies.
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1911 Hugh Herbert Hipple is born today in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After dropping two H's, he will become suave actor Hugh Marlowe. In 1940 he will appear in Elmer Rice's Flight T…
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1860 Birthday of Anton Chekhov (1860-1904), one of the fathers of modern drama, whose comparatively small oeuvre includes classics The Cherry Orchard, The Three Sisters, The Seagull and Uncl…
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1885 Birthday of master tunesmith Jerome Kern (1885-1945), who will write scores to many Broadway shows, including classics, Show Boat, Sally, Very Good Eddie and Roberta. His songs will res…
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1915 It'll be 90 in the Shade for only 40 performances. The unpaid actors will refuse to go on in this musical with a Jerome Kern score and book by Guy Bolton. Richard Carle and Marie Ca…
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1776 Birthday of E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776-1822), whose stories formed the basis of the ballets Coppelia and The Nutcracker.
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Where the principals of the Broadway drama Outside Mullingar pursued their college studies.
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1912 Stop in at the Liberty Theatre in New York and see just what it takes when you're Elevating a Husband. Edward Everett Horton, Conway Tearle and Jessie Carter are among the cast of t…
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1903 Dorothy, The Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion are first seen on Broadway today in the original musical The Wizard of Oz, with music by Paul Tietjens and book and lyrics by L…
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1896 Say good morning, George. Actually it was "Nathan" then — Nathan Birnbaum born today. As George Burns, he and Gracie Allen will become headliners of vaudeville. Together t…
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1887 Birthday of Alexander Woollcott (1887-1943), actor, author, radio personality, theatre critic of The New York Times, and one of the original members of the Algonquin Round Table is born…
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1911 Love is never easy, especially when a woman is the object of affection for The Scarecrow. Percy MacKaye used "Feathertop," Nathaniel Hawthorne's tale as a starting point f…
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Where the principals of the Broadway drama Machinal pursued their college studies.
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1903 Opening night of The Little Princess, Frances Hodgson Burnett play about a child, much in the same vein as her The Secret Garden. Little Princess will run just 34 performances.
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1925 Birthday of one of Broadway's all-time greatest leading ladies, Gwen Verdon (1925-2000). She was nominated for the Tony Award as Best Actress or Featured Actress in a Musical six ti…
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What does it take to write, create or star in a Broadway musical? Hard work, talent, luck — all backed up by a good education. You have to supply the first three yourself, but Playbill…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]1878 Hungarian playwright Ferenc Molnár (1878-1952) is born today in Budapest. He will write The Good Fairy, The Play's the Thing, The Guardsman, The Swan and Liliom, the latter of which …
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