261 stories by "Blake Ross"
The leaves are changing and there's a chill in the air. This can only mean fall is in full swing…and the new theatre season is well under way this WEEK AHEAD.
Frank Langella as a mesmerizi…
Usher in October with a healthy dose of theatre happenings this WEEK AHEAD!
Audra McDonald on tour… The Phantom turns 25…Stephen Sondheim and the hunt of a lifetime…and Mother's Day co…
Imagine there is a monster eating all your friends and you don't know where to go, what to do or how to stop it. This is how The Normal Heart co-director George C. Wolfe describes the terror…
Yesterday I wondered who would be in, who would be out and who would “forget” that the Tony Award nominations were being announced today. The answers!
WHO’S IN?
The Book o…
Tomorrow at exactly 8:30 AM EST my life will no longer be my own. Anika Noni Rose and Matthew Broderick will officially kick-off the most exciting (and exhausting) time of year for us Broad…
You've got an extra hour of daylight each day of this WEEK AHEAD. What will you do with all this time on your hands?! How about trying out…
Shirley Jones after dark….The Palace gets …
Kathy Griffin admits in her new Broadway show, Kathy Griffin Wants a Tony, that she knows diddly about Broadway, and that her chances of winning one of Broadway’s biggest trophies i…
10,080 minutes. How do you measure a WEEK AHEAD?
Let's find out, shall we?
Andy Cohen helps MCC celebrate its 25th birthday… Chris Rock previews Motherf**ker… Mrs. Partridge after dark 
This week, the sh**t hit the proverbial fan when the producers of the $65 million spectacular Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark announced that its fearless captain, Julie Taymor, would step aside…
We're Marching to the beat of our own drum this WEEK AHEAD!
Kathy Griffin trades the D list for the B (for Broadway) list… Kiefer Sutherland leads an all-champ roster… Colin Quinn depart…
The grandest of Broadway’s queens " from Ethel Barrymore to Sarah Bernhardt to Ethel Merman to Judy Garland to Bette Midler to Liza Minnelli " have, at one point or another, inhabit…
For a long time I have suffered from a horrible condition. A secret, shameful disease that I suspect thousands, if not millions, of people suffer from but are too afraid, embarrassed or asha…
Broadway's Spring season comes in like a lion this WEEK AHEAD
Harry Potter dances!… Arcadia enters a new century… the Academy Awards got stage cred… and a former President finds hi…
Broadway's spring season starts heating up this WEEK AHEAD!
Priscilla sing-a-long! … John Leguizamo sends in the klown… Pacino takes his last pound of flesh… and A Tree Grows in Br…
Love fills the air in this special Valentine's edition of the WEEK AHEAD
Jeffrey Tambor and Harvey Fierstein prove they're a match made in Broadway heaven… "Love is the Answer" for Barbra …
The "short month" gets off to a big start this WEEK AHEAD!
Geoffrey Rush goes mad… Douglas Hodge is a man…. Idina Menzel sings for her supper…. And Kids take over Broadway!
Saturday, F…
Time Stands Still exits the Main Stem… life is (once again) a cabaret for Brooke Shields… and the Road to Quatar is paved with show tunes!
Blake
Saturday, January 29
BEFORE IT CLOSESâ 
The inimitable choreographer Bob Fosse will be the subject of a new HBO film produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, directed by Bryan Singer (”X-Men”).
If Fosse’s own semi…
Now that you've gotten past "Blue Monday," it's all uphill from here, this WEEK AHEAD!
NYC kicks-off a “week” of good food and good shows for a good price!….Mamet heads to …
This holiday WEEK AHEAD gives us a chance to reflect on the legacy of some historic Americans and one of Broadway’s angels.
Rep. Ruth Messinger hosts a free evening of song and dance i…
Kick-off 2011 with a theatre-filled, spectacular WEEK AHEAD!
Wilde women start off Broadway’s New Year… four Main Stem departures… Rent men take up residence at Town Hall&#…
Every year, Playbill asks our friends in the community " actors, producers, directors, playwrights, journalists and readers " to tell us their favorite theatre moment of the year. 2010 was a…
For 126 years, our magazine, the Playbill, has somehow, some way, made its way into theatres every night. On Dec. 28, for the first time, it looked as though our streak of getting theatr…
You’ve heard from us, now we want to hear from you! What was your most memorable theatre moment of 2010?
From the triumphant Broadway debuts from the likes of Douglas Hodge and Scarlet…
