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Mark Evans and Christopher John O'Neill have taken over the roles of Elder Price and Elder Cunningham, respectively, in the first national tour of the Tony-winning musical The Book of Mo…
Fiorello!, the award-winning Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick musical that launched the City Center Encores! series in 1994, returns Jan. 30-Feb. 3 as the opening musical of the Encores! 20th-…
After resting from a bout with bronchitis Jan. 22-28, singer-songwriter Barry Manilow took the stage of the St. James Theatre Jan. 29, resuming his engagement of Manilow On Broadway.
New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira lived out one of his Broadway dreams Jan. 29 when he made a surprise onstage appearance in Rock of Ages. "Tex" is a two-time All-Star a…
The Tony Award-nominated musical Sister Act is currently traveling the country in its first national tour. Blair Goldberg (Carrie) takes readers on the road as the troupe spread the joy…
Two-time Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz celebrates his birthday Jan. 30. Playbill.com looks back at his stage career thus far, dating back to his Broadway debut in Rent.
The second season of the NBC musical drama "Smash" will begin Feb. 5, 2013. Here is a further look at the upcoming season, which will welcome a slew of newcomers to the series.
Tony Award winner Alice Ripley, Mitchell Jarvis and Leigh Ann Larkin were among the performers joining the Skivvies for their Jan. 28 concert and video premiere at the Highline Ballroom.
Some extra romance was in the air at the new Broadway production of Cinderella Jan. 28 when Alan Chau, a sergeant in the NYPD's 19th precinct, proposed onstage to his girlfriend Maria Ro…
Manhattan Theatre Club's annual Winter Benefit — an evening of cocktails and dinner followed by a cabaret-style show featuring Broadway stars — was presented Jan. 28 at The A…
Jack Noseworthy (Sweet Smell of Success), Alysha Umphress (American Idiot, On a Clear Day...) and five-time Emmy Award winner Candice Bergen ("Murphy Brown") were part of the …
Stage and screen actor Matt Lauria, who begins previews Jan. 31 in Paul Downs Colaizzo's Really Really at MCC Theater, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire of random facts, backsta…
Sharon Gless was on hand for the Jan. 26 performance of Off-Broadway's Bare. She greeted cast member Missi Pyle after the show.
In just under a month, male swing Anthony Festa has played 5 roles in the Off-Broadway production of Bare, including the adult role of Father Mike. He shares his thoughts on (and photos of) …
Tony Award nominee joins his sister Sutton Foster in a recurring guest role on the ABC Family series "Bunheads." He will play the brother of Sutton's character Michelle. His fi…
A milestone previously unthinkable in American theatre became a reality on Jan. 26 when a Broadway show, The Phantom of the Opera, celebrated its 25th anniversary. A special curtain-call ev…
Matt Lauria, Zosia Mamet and Evan Jonigkeit will be part of MCC Theater's New York premiere of Paul Downs Colaizzo's Really Really, which will debut Jan. 31, 2013, at the Lucille Lor…
Amanda Brown, a finalist on the third season of "The Voice," attended the Jan. 23 performance of Forever Dusty at New World Stages. She met with the cast following the show.
Tony Award-winning Newsies composer Alan Menken, Tony-nominated director Jeff Calhoun, Tony-winning Disney producer Thomas Schumacher and cast members Kara Lindsay, Andrew Keenan-Bolger and …
Phantom of the Opera, the longest-running Broadway show in history, celebrates its 25th anniversary on January 26, 2013. Playbill.com looks back at the men who have donned the famous mask ov…
The new musical Frog Kiss, a major hit at numerous festivals, is receiving its first fully-staged production at Virginia Stage Company. Cast member Diane Phelan lends her photographic talent…
The Tony Award-nominated Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, a rock-musical portrait of the controversial populist American president, gets its Philadelphia debut at Plays & Players Theatre.
Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick’s Fiorello!, the opening musical of the Encores! 20th Anniversary season, will play New York City Center Jan. 30-Feb. 3.
Destiny's Child star Michelle Williams will join the national tour of the Tony Award-winning musical Fela! as Sandra Isadore when the production returns to Washington, D.C. Jan. 29 at th…
The hit series "Glee" continues its fourth season at 9 PM Jan. 24 with an episode titled "Sadie Hawkins." In the following Jan. 31 episode, "Naked," the glee club "puts together a…