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Hugh Jackman was honored at this year's Tony Award ceremony with a Special Tony celebrating his contributions to the Broadway community, both as a performer and humanitarian. We look bac…
A concert presentation of songs from the new musical Pump Up the Volume, featuring Constantine Maroulis, Nancy Opel, Claybourne Elder and Leslie Odom, Jr., was held June 25 at Joe's Pub.
Tony Award nominee Constantine Maroulis and Grammy nominee Deborah Cox, who will headline the Broadway-bound national tour of Jekyll & Hyde, co-hosted the fourth annual National Hi…
Bruce Dow, currently stopping the show as King Herod in Jesus Christ Superstar, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire of random facts, backstage trivia and pop-culture tidbits.
Gavin Creel, Rory O'Malley, Andrew Keenan-Bolger and host of others representing Broadway Impact waved a banner in celebration of the 2012 NYC Gay Pride March on June 24. Playbill.com ph…
Cast member Billy Bustamante takes Playbill.com readers behind the scenes (and on a walking tour of Philly) at the new musical Tulipomania: The Musical, playing its world premiere at the Ard…
Michael Arden, the singing actor who has played leading roles in Broadway's Big River and The Times They Are A-Changin', co-stars in the new Charlie Sheen series "Anger Man…
The cast and creators of Broadway's Newsies were on hand at the Upper East Side Barnes and Noble June 22 to perform from the show and sign copies of the cast album.
Ashley Spencer (Grease, Priscilla...) joined the cast of Broadway's Rock of Ages in the role of Sherrie beginning May 11 at the Helen Hayes Theatre. Justin Matthew Sargent stepped into …
The cast of The Last Smoker in America, a new musical comedy that will make its New York premiere July 11 upstairs at the Westside Theatre, offered a sneak peek at a June 21 open rehearsal.
An comedic threesome takes shape in David Adjmi's latest play, 3C, which officially opened Off-Broadway June 21 at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater. Kate Buddeke, Anna…
Central Park is transformed into Shakespeare's Forest of Arden in the Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park production of As You Like It, starring Lily Rabe, David Furr and Stephe…
The Tony Award-nominated hit Rock of Ages receives its Asian premiere with a summer Manila staging featuring U.S. tour and Broadway star MiG Ayesa as Stacee Jaxx.
The Roundabout Theatre Company's 2011 Tony Award-winning production of Anything Goes celebrated its 500th performance on Broadway June 20. The cast marked the occasion by distributing s…
York Theatre Company presents the first New York City revival of the 1989 Off-Broadway revue Closer Than Ever — featuring the lyrics of Richard Maltby, Jr. and the music of David …
Seth Rudetsky celebrated the launch of his new entertainment network, Seth TV, by hosting and music-directing a benefit June 18 at XL.
Masterworks Broadway will release a 2-CD cast album of the new Evita revival on June 26. Here is a look at the company in the recording studio.
The Tony Award-nominated hit Rock of Ages receives its Asian premiere with a summer Manila staging featuring U.S. tour and Broadway star MiG Ayesa as Stacee Jaxx.
The LCT3 world premiere of Greg Pierce's two-actor drama Slowgirl, the inaugural production at Lincoln Center Theater's Claire Tow Theater, officially opened Off-Broadway June 1…
Broadway Bares XXII: Happy Endings, a fairytale evening of modern-day burlesque that was presented June 17 at the Roseland Ballroom, raised a record-breaking $1,254,176 to benefit Broadway C…
Brooklyn-born champion heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson will bring his one-man show Undisputed Truth to Broadway for a limited, six-night engagement at the Longacre Theatre, producers announced …
A starry line-up of talent from Broadway and downtown united to celebrate the legacy of late entertainer Judy Garland in Night of a Thousand Judys, a benefit for the Ali Forney Center, June …
Transport Group's one-night-only, all-star concert version of Baby, hosted by Liz Callaway and Todd Graff, who received Tony Award nominations for their performances in the original Broa…
Academy Award winners Kevin Kline and Meryl Streep — both veterans of The Public's Shakespeare in the Park — played star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet, respectively, in the…
Academy Award winners Kevin Kline and Meryl Steep — both veterans of The Public's Shakespeare in the Park — played star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet, respectively, in the …
