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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What does it take to write, create or star in a Broadway production? Hard work, talent, luck—all backed up by a good education. You have to supply the first three yourself, but Playbil…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]The lyricist of Fiddler on the Roof, The Applie Tree, She Loves Me, Tenderloin and Fiorello! tells how Northwestern University changed his life.
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Sheldon Harnick, the prolific lyricist, chats with Playbill.com about his approaching birthday and still-continuing career.
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What does it take to write, create or star in a Broadway production? Hard work, talent, luck—all backed up by a good education. You have to supply the first three yourself, but Playbil…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 20, 2013
What does it take to write, create or star in a Broadway production? Hard work, talent, luck—all backed up by a good education. You have to supply the first three yourself, but Playbil…
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A rundown on where the principals of the Broadway drama The Winslow Boy, which officially opens on Broadway Oct. 17, completed their college studies.
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Theatre, dance and music students need to know the difference between "Early Action," "Early Decision" and "Regular Decision" when applying to college. Playbill…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:00PM[SHARE]Playbill.com offers a look back at the great shows that played the Booth Theatre since its opening in 1913.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 13, 2013
1903 Victor Herbert's Babes in Toyland opens on Broadway, introducing the songs "I Can't Do the Sum," "Go To Sleep," "Toyland" and "The March of th…
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1914 Broadway premiere of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, with Mrs. Patrick Campbell as Eliza Doolittle. The drama will serve as the basis of the 1956 musical My Fair Lady.
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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 PlaybillED…
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Original backstage scrapbook pages compiled by the likes of Lewis Black, Ann Harada, Isabel Keating, Amy Spanger and Holland Taylor are among highlights of the ninth annual edition of The Pl…
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A look back at the great stars and shows that graced the venerable playhouse on West 44th Street.
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1886 Birthday of writer/director John Murray Anderson (1886-1954), whose work for revues Ziegfeld Follies, Greenwich Village Follies and John Murray Anderson's Almanac helped launch and furt…
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The musical phenomenon The Fantasticks celebrated its 20,000th Off-Broadway performance Sept. 15. Playbill.com was there.
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The musical phenomenon The Fantasticks is celebrating its 20,000th Off-Broadway performance September 15. Behind that impressive number lies a story.
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What theatre kid doesn't dream of having a career like Tony Award winner Alice Ripley's?
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1881 Birthday of B. Iden Payne (1881-1976) a producer and playwright, who, as a professor at the University of Texas, inspired three generations of Broadway artists, including Tommy Tune and…
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1983 Broadway lyricist Howard Dietz dies today at age 87. With composer Arthur Schwartz, Dietz wrote the score for The Band Wagon. Other songs by the duo include "Dancing in the Dark,&q…
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1938 Stage and film actor Burgess Meredith divorces Margaret Perry today. Perry, an actress, is the daughter of Antoinette Perry, after whom the Tony Awards are named. The union was rather s…
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1920 Opening night of the starry Ziegfeld Follies of 1920 at the New Amsterdam Theatre, featuring performances by Fanny Brice, W.C. Fields and Moran & Mack; and music by Irving Berlin, H…
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Worked on Broadway this past season? June 7 is the deadline to get your headshot in "The 2012-2013 Playbill Broadway Yearbook."
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1929 Some of the highlights of A Night in Venice are Ted Healy wrestling bears and the choreography of Busby Berkeley. This revue will run at the Shubert Theatre on Broadway for 22 weeks.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 23, 2013
The 27th annual Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Easter Bonnet Competition raised an all-time record of $4,250,542 in six weeks of nightly curtain-call appeals. The number was revealed at t…
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1918 Actor-manager Henry Miller opens his theatre in New York City. It's designed to seat 1,000 spectators and capable of handling the latest staging innovations. In 1998 the theatre is …
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1922 Birthday of actor Richard Kiley (1922-1999), who will create memorable roles in mid-20th century musicals, including Kismet, Redhead, No Strings and his signature role, the title charac…
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1858 Birthday of DeWolf Hopper (1858-1935), vaudeville comedian and musical comedy star, who was featured in Wang, Hoity-Toity and many early Gilbert & Sullivan productions. His signatur…
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1950 Joshua Logan transports the action of Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard to 19th century Louisiana for his adaptation, The Wisteria Trees. It will run 165 performances at the Martin…
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1924 Long before Madonna sang about Vogueing, there were the Vogues of 1924. This revue at the Shubert Theatre stars Fred Allen and Jimmy Savo. It will run for almost three months.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 26, 2013
1905 Actor Maurice Barrymore dies today. He was father to Lionel Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore and John Barrymore. He was 57 years old.
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