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The Broadway production of Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' international hit musical Mamma Mia!, which continues to play the Winter Garden Theatre, welcomed a slew of new cast me…
Jayne Houdyshell, a 2012 Tony Award nominee for her performance in Follies, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire of random facts, backstage trivia and pop-culture tidbits.
National Asian Artists Project presents a staged reading of Rodgers and Hammerstein's award-winning musical Carousel June 4 at 7:30 PM at The Peter Jay Sharp Theater.
Atlantic Theater Company's world-premiere production of Fernanda Coppel's play Chimichangas and Zoloft, featuring Teddy Cañez, Zabryna Guevara, Alfredo Narciso, Xochitl R…
The Paper Mill Playhouse's new production of Once On This Island, which features book and lyrics by Tony winners Lynn Ahrens and music by Stephen Flaherty, officially opened June 3 at 7 …
Tony winner Kristin Chenoweth performed in concert June 2 at New York City Center, as part of her previously reported concert tour.
Stage and screen stars Brooke Shields and Brian d'Arcy James hosted the 57th Annual Drama Desk Awards June 3 at 8 PM at The Town Hall in Manhattan.
Stage and screen stars Brooke Shields and Brian d'Arcy James hosted the 57th Annual Drama Desk Awards June 3 at 8 PM at The Town Hall in Manhattan.
Cast member Bernie Yvon offers a peek backstage at the Marriott Theatre's production of W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance, which runs at the Illinois venue t…
Spiegelworld, the producer of tent-housed theatrical events that draw on circus, cabaret, variety and burlesque traditions, opened its new show, Empire, May 31 following previews from May 22…
Tony-nominated Other Desert Cities playwright Jon Robin Baitz was honored with a Sardi's caricature May 31. Friends and cast members were on hand to celebrate the occasion.
The Paper Mill Playhouse's production of Once On This Island, which features book and lyrics by Tony winners Lynn Ahrens and music by Stephen Flaherty, began previews May 30. A multi-eth…
Harvey, Mary Chase's 1944 Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy about a man whose best friend is a 6-foot-tall rabbit, hopped back to Broadway on May 18 in a Roundabout Theatre Company productio…
The Warner Bros./New Line feature film "Rock of Ages," based on the Tony-nominated musical of the same name, will arrive in cinemas around the country June 14.
Playbill.com offers a look at the nominees for the 66th Annual Antoinette Perry "Tony" Awards in the categories of Best Musical and Best Revival of a Musical.
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess star Norm Lewis was honored with a Sardi's caricature May 30. Friends and castmates were on hand to celebrate the occasion.
This month, Broadway's Ali Ewoldt, Kevin Kern and Natalie Cortez saw their talents bring them to the southeast coast of Africa for a one-night-only performance of West Side Story in Moza…
This month, Broadway's Ali Ewoldt, Kevin Kern, Natalie Cortez, Michael Jablonski and Karolina Blonski saw their talents bring them to the southeast coast of Africa for a one-night-only …
Playbill.com takes a look at James Earl Jones' stage triumphs in a career spanning over 50 years. The actor picked up his fourth Tony Award nomination this year for his performance in Th…
Katrina Lenk, who was seen in the world premiere of Lost Land at the Steppenwolf Theatre, joined the cast of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark beginning May 29 in the role of Arachne.
Michael McGrath, a 2012 Tony Award nominee for his performance in Nice Work If You Can Get It, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire of random facts, backstage trivia and pop-culture ti…
With the 2012 Tony Awards less than two weeks away, we take a look back at last year's festivities.
Filming is well under way for the movie musical "Les Misérables." Photos of the star-studded cast on set and onscreen have become available via Universal Pictures and the sh…
Taye Diggs visited his old Rent co-star Adam Pascal May 24 at Broadway's Memphis.
In honor of Fleet Week, Broadway’s own Spider-Man, welcomed real American heroes onboard the USS Wasp in the May 23 “Parade of Ships.” Spider-Man was given a tour of the sh…