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Oprah paid a visit to the Broadway production of After Midnight the evening of May 14. She met with the cast after the show.
The television network Univision bought out the Al Hirschfeld Theatre for its upfront presentations May 8-13. As a result the cast of Tony-winning musical Kinky Boots found themselves with …
Frank Wildhorn's Wonderland closed on May 15, 2011, following 33 performances. We remember the show by looking back at the two-show day documented by cast members Jose Llana and Heather Par…
Tony-winning Broadway composer Jason Robert Brown was honored May 14 with a portrait that now adorn the walls of the famed eatery.
Amber Petty, who stars in 50 Shades! The Musical, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire of random facts, backstage trivia and pop-culture tidbits.
George Takei, Billy Porter and Sara Gilbert all attended the May 13 performance of Mothers and Sons at the Golden Theatre. They met with the cast after the show.
The Kansas City Repertory Theatre production of Nick Blaemire's new musical A Little More Alive played a run through May 11 on the Rep's Copaken Stage. Cast member Michael Tacconi d…
Producer Bellanca Smigel Rutter (The Bridges of Madison County, Macbeth) present industry readings of The Me Nobody Knows, helmed by Stafford Arima, Bryan Perri and Taye Diggs, May 14-15 in …
The Gersh Agency celebrated New York Upfronts Week with a private party held at Aselina Ristorante. Guests included numerous stars of stage and screen.
Award-winning Latina stage and screen actress Bianca Marroquin, a frequent presence in the Broadway production of Chicago, released her first-ever full-length solo album "El Mundo Era M…
Mitchell Jarvis and Natascia Diaz star in the Signature Theatre production of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's Threepenny Opera, which began performances April 22 in Arlington, VA. Member…
The hit Fox series "Glee" continues with weekly Tuesday installments. Here's a first look at the May 13 episode, titled "The Untitled Rachel Berry Project."
Ryan Murphy's film adaptation of Larry Kramer's landmark AIDS drama The Normal Heart, starring Julia Roberts, Matt Bomer, Mark Ruffalo and Jim Parsons, will premiere on HBO May 25 at…
Tony Award nominee Norm Lewis and Sierra Boggess took over the roles of The Phantom and Christine Daaé, respectively, in the Broadway production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's long-runn…
Gayle Rankin, making her Broadway debut as Fräulein Kost in the Roundabout revival of Cabaret, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire of random facts, backstage trivia and pop-cultu…
Tony Award nominee Norm Lewis and Sierra Boggess take over the roles of The Phantom and Christine Daaé, respectively, in the Broadway production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's long-runn…
The infamous musical Carrie — based on the Stephen King novel — opened Broadway May 12, 1988. It would close 3 days later after 16 previews and 5 performances. We look back at …
The City Center Encores! production of Irma La Douce, featuring Jennifer Bowles and Tony Award nominee Rob McClure, concluded its engagement May 11. Playbill.com has exclusive photos of the…
The short-lived 1988 Broadway cult musical Carrie, based on the Stephen King horror novel, returned to NYC last weekend for a sold out run at Baruch Performing Arts Center. The show was pro…
Tony Award winner Hugh Jackman will return to Broadway in the new Jez Butterworth play The River, which will begin performances Oct. 31 at the Circle in the Square. We look at his stage car…
Teal Wicks, who has starred on Broadway in Wicked and Jekyll & Hyde, made her solo cabaret debut May 8 at the Manhattan nightspot 54 Below.
It may be the heart of Tony Season, but we have also reached that time of the year where we pay tribute to those who gave us life by celebrating Mother's and Father's Day. Playbill.c…
Nominations for the 2014 Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced April 25 at 54 Below by Academy Award winners Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez and two-time Emmy and Golden Globe nomi…
The City Center Encores! production of Irma La Douce, featuring Jennifer Bowles and Tony Award nominee Rob McClure, begins performances May 7.
The company of the first North American tour of the hit Stephen Schwartz-Winnie Holzman musical Wicked welcomed Emma Hunton as Elphaba beginning April 23 in Richmond, VA, at the Altria Theat…
