Sunday, January 12, 2014
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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1910 American actress Agnes Booth dies today at age of 63. She was the wife of Junius Brutus Booth, Jr. and the sister-in-law of Edwin Booth.
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While working on Lincoln Center Theater's Macbeth, set designer Scott Pask uncovered the secret in a 400-year-old mandala that may ward off the legendary curse which haunts Shakespeare&#…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:04AM[SHARE]While working on Lincoln Center Theater's Macbeth, set designer John Pask uncovered the secret in a 400-year-old mandala that may ward off the legendary curse which haunts Shakespeare…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 10, 2013
The Lion King won Best Presentation for the second year in a row, while the new musical Kinky Boots took top fundraising honors at the 25th annual Gypsy of the Year Competition, which t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:32PM[SHARE]Friday, December 6, 2013
What does it take to write, create or star in a Broadway musical? Especially one that is broadcast live on network TV? Hard work, talent, luck—all backed up by a good education. You ha…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:21AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 4, 2013
1860 Birthday of Lillian Russell (1860-1922), who became the epitome of Gilded Age female sex appeal and stage presence starting in vaudeville at Tony Pastor's Theatre and graduating to …
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1895 Birthday of legendary film choreographer Busby Berkeley (1895-1976), whose career will be launched with a 12-show burst of creativity on Broadway between the end of 1926 and the beginni…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, November 24, 2013
What does it take to write, create or star in a Broadway play? Let alone two? Hard work, talent, luck—all backed up by a good education. You have to supply the first three yourself, bu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 21, 2013
What does it take to create or star in a Shakespeare play on Broadway? Hard work, talent, luck—all backed up by a good education. You have to supply the first three yourself, but Playb…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, November 17, 2013
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 PlaybillED…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, November 15, 2013
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 PlaybillED…
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Brian d'Arcy James, star of Broadway's Shrek and Macbeth, recalls his life-changing experiences at Northwestern University.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 13, 2013
What does it take to write, create or star in a Broadway show? Hard work, talent, luck—all backed up by a good education. You have to supply the first three yourself, but PlaybillEDU&t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:25PM[SHARE]Chad Kimball, star of Memphis, tells how The Boston Conservatory changed his life.
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1872 Birthday of Maude Adams (1872-1953), Broadway's first Peter Pan, who originated the role in 1904, and returned at least three times through 1915.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, November 10, 2013
What does it take to write, create or star in a Broadway play? Hard work, talent, luck—all backed up by a good education. You have to supply the first three yourself, but PlaybillEDU&t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]1900 Opening night of legendary musical Floradora at the Casino Theatre for a 553-performance run — the first major hit of the 20th century. The production is remembered principally for …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, November 8, 2013
1913 Birthday of June Hovik, better known as June Havoc, even better known as namesake of Baby June, the character based on her in the musical Gypsy. The show pretty accurately sums up her c…
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William Shakespeare's popularity continues to be in evidence in New York, while four of his plays are being presented on Broadway for the first time since 1987.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:34PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 5, 2013
1895 Birthday of Charles MacArthur (1895-1956), newsman-turned-playwright, whose wisecracking oeuvre includes The Front Page, Twentieth Century (the play on which the musical On the Twentiet…
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1787 Birthday of British actor Edmund Kean (1787-1833), considered one of the finest actors of the early 18th century. Among his greatest roles was Shakespeare's Richard III. He will be …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, November 3, 2013
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 PlaybillED…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]1916 A new play by a new playwright opens at the Provincetown Playhouse in New York's Greenwich Village, far from Broadway and Times Square, but the play and the author will soon revolut…
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1903 Daniel Frohman opens the New Lyceum Theatre on Manhattan's West 45th Street with E. H. Sothern in The Proud Prince. Designed by Herts & Tallant, the theatre was later rechristen…
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1920 Opening night for Eugene O'Neill's The Emperor Jones, starring Charles S. Gilpin as a onetime railway porter who goes to Africa and rises to become the corrupt head of a new empire ther…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 31, 2013
1896 Birthday of Ethel Waters (1896-1977), Broadway star of musicals and plays including The Member of the Wedding, As Thousands Cheer, Cabin in the Sky and Lew Leslie's Blackbirds.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 30, 2013
1896 Birthday of Ruth Gordon, later to star on Broadway in dozens of plays, including Ethan Frome, The Country Wife and her own Years Ago; also in Thornton Wilder's The Matchmaker (sour…
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1882 Birth of French playwright Jean Giraudoux, author of The Madwoman of Chaillot, Ondine, Intermezzo, Tiger at the Gates and Amphitryon 38. He lives to 1944.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Monday, October 28, 2013
1928 Six-time Tony-winning costume designer Florence Klotz is born today. Her designs will be worn by the original casts of Follies, A Little Night Music, Pacific Overtures, On the Twentieth…
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