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Jerusalem, directed by Ian Rickson, officially opened on Broadway April 21 at the Music Box Theatre and recently extended its limited run until Aug. 21.
The three-hour drama opened at the Ro…
When preparing for your summer vacation, now you can be “Jet Set” too! Catch Me If You Can, Broadway’s new musical about the charming conman on the run, has teamed up with …
Here are the most-read Playbill.com stories for the week of May 5"21, 2011, from information compiled by Playbill.com
War Horse, Book of Mormon, Other Desert Cities, The Kid Are Outer Critic…
Casey Nicholaw, co-director, choreographer and Tony nominee for The Book of Mormon, talks about switching from performing to directing on “Theater Talk.”
The Book of Mormon, the …
The Normal Heart’s May 26 performance gave the opportunity for theatregoers under the age of 30 to see the performance for a special discounted price. The night also featured a pre-par…
The cast of the Fox hit series “Glee” was featured on the cover of the May 20 issue of The Hollywood Reporter. The issue presented a behind-the-scenes look at the $6 million seas…
Here are the top-grossing Broadway productions for the week of May 16-22, 2011, as reported by The Broadway League.
MUSICALS
Wicked (Gerswhin Theatre), $1,696,763
The Lion King (Minskoff The…
Lincoln Center recently opened The Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Lawn"Lincoln Center’s newest green space. To celebrate, the horses and puppeteers of Broadway’s War Horse trotted …
Follies cast members Bernadette Peters, Jan Maxwell, Danny Burstein, Ron Raines and Elaine Paige sat down with moderator Dwight Blocker Bowers for a Kennedy Center presentation entitled R…
Stephen Schwartz, composer of the Tony-nominated musical Wicked, talks about the origin of “For Good” from the hit musical and follows with a solo performance.
The song, which ha…
Baby It’s You!, the new musical that officially opened on Broadway at The Broadhurst Theatre April 27, is holding a “Timeless Style” contest on its Facebook fan page, in wh…
Patina Miller, a 2011 Tony Award nominee, stars as leading lady Deloris Van Cartier in the new Broadway musical Sister Act. In “Patina’s Journey,” Â we see that the perfo…
On the season finale of Fox’s “American Idol,” Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark’s Reeve Carney performed “Rise Above” with the show’s composers, Bono an…
A Minister’s Wife, the new musical version of George Bernard Shaw’s Candida, starring Tony Award nominees Bobby Steggert, Marc Kudisch and Jeff Award-winning Chicago actress Kate…
Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth, who created the role of Glinda in Broadway’s Wicked, performed “For Good” from the hit musical on the second part of Oprah Winfrey̵…
Priscilla fans: Now you can enjoy your favorite musical in midtown and the Upper East Side. Serendipity 3, the New York City restaurant known for extravagant deserts, is honoring Broadway's …
Andrew Rannells visited “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” to talk about the Tony nominated musical, The Book of Mormon, which officially opened on Broadway at the Eugene O'Neill The…
The New Directions made it to New York City all the way from Lima, OH, for the “ultimate singing showdown,” also known as nationals. If you missed last night’s “New Y…
Cirque du Soleil’s new acrobatic spectacle, Zarkana, is set to make its world premiere at Radio City Music Hall in summer 2011. Performances will begin June 9 and run until Sept. 4.
Za…
This year’s Emmy Awards will air on Fox, and if producer Mark Burnett decides to stay within network for the 2011 host, is it possible that Jane Lynch, also know as aggressive cheerlea…
The anticipation is building as the “Glee” season finale approaches, airing May 24 on Fox at 9 PM ET.
Will Schuester, Jesse St. James and the New Directions have made their way t…
The star-studded production of Stephen Sondheim’s Follies officially opened at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts May 21 following previews that began May 7.
Director Eric Scha…
Bono and The Edge recently sat down with ABC’s “Nightline” to talk about the newest version of Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark, which is currently playing Broadway’s Fo…
Daniel Radcliffe sat down with the ladies of "The View" to talk about the final "Harry Potter" movie, set for release July 15, and offered a glimpse into his current project …
Matilda the Musical, originally seen at Stratford-upon-Avon's Courtyard Theatre, is set to transfer to the West End. The Royal Shakespeare Company will present the new musical, written b…
