669 stories by "Michael C. Gioia"
Olivier Award winner Elaine Paige stars as Carlotta Campion in the recently revived production of James Goldman and Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award-winning musical Follies, which landed …
British pop star Kimberley Walsh will make the transformation into Princess Fiona when she steps into the West End production of Shrek the Musical, taking over for Amanda Holden, whose pregn…
At a recent press conference at the Foxwoods Theatre, Reeve Carney, star of Broadway’s Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark, announced a new initiative to honor "Everyday Heroes," as w…
Academy Award nominees Samuel L. Jackson and Angela Bassett visited theatre students at Brooklyn High School of the Arts in Boerum Hill Sept. 19 to talk about Katori Hall's Olivier Award-win…
Tony Award nominee Harry Connick Jr. (The Pajama Game) will return to Broadway in On a Clear Day You Can See Forever beginning Nov. 12 at the St. James Theatre, prior to an official openin…
Queen of the Mist, presented by Off-Broadway’s Transport Group, will begin performances Oct. 18 at The Gym at Judson Memorial Church, prior to an official opening Nov. 6. Here, Playbil…
8, the new drama by Academy Award-winning “Milk” screenwriter Dustin Lance Black that chronicles the reversal of California’s anti-gay marriage legislation, Prop. 8, receiv…
Tony Award nominee Nina Arianda (Born Yesterday) will star opposite Emmy Award nominee Hugh Dancy (Journey's End, "The Big C") in Manhattan Theatre Club’s Broadway premiere of …
Patti Murin and Josh Segarra, who played the lead roles of Lysistrata and Mick, in the Off-Broadway pop musical Lysistrata Jones, will reprise their performances when the musical makes the j…
Former “American Idol” judge Kara DioGuardi made her Broadway stage debut Sept. 6 when she stepped into the role of Roxie Hart in the Tony Award-winning revival of Chicago at the…
Andrea Burns, who starred as Daniela in the Tony Award-winning musical In the Heights, sat down with Seth Rudetsky for the latest episode of Playbill Video’s “Obsessed!”
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Here are the most-read Playbill.com stories for the week of Sept. 4-10 2011, from information compiled by Playbill.com.
BROADWAY FALL PREVIEW 2011: From Follies to Porgy and Bess, With Drama…
Roundabout Theatre Company’s New York premiere of Stephen Karam’s Sons of the Prophet will begin previews Sept. 28, prior to an official opening Oct. 20, at the Harold and Miriam…
Come Fly Away, Twyla Tharp’s dance musical that moves to the music of Frank Sinatra, began its U.S. national tour Aug. 2 at the Fabulous Fox Theatre in Atlanta. The tour is currently p…
The Woodshed Collective’s free engagement of The Tenant, a five-story theatrical adaptation of Roland Topor’s novel, has extended its run at the West-Park Presbyterian Church thr…
Here are the top-grossing Broadway productions for the week of Sept. 5-11, 2011, as reported by The Broadway League.
MUSICALS
The Lion King (Minskoff Theatre), $1,299,169
The Book of Mormon …
Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth released her latest solo recording, "Some Lessons Learned," on the Sony Masterworks label Sept. 13. Here, the singer-actress visits the Google off…
Tony Award-winning composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim has not only written musicals"the world-renowned artist, known for his tricky melodies and wordy lyrics, also crafted crossword puzzles …
Newsies, the new adaptation of the 1992 Disney movie musical, began performances at New Jersey’s Paper Mill Playhouse Sept. 15, prior to an official opening set for Sept. 25. Tony nomi…
If you "wish you could go back to college" like Princeton, Kate Monster and Nicky from Avenue Q, currently playing Off-Broadway at New World Stages, the chance has come. The Tony Awa…
Newest Givenik Ambassador Adam Kantor (Avenue Q, Rent) meets up with Rod on the set of Off-Broadway’s Avenue Q to talk about their favorite charity, Broadway in South Africa, which was…
Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark, currently playing at Broadway’s Foxwoods Theatre, features a rock score by Bono and The Edge and Reeve Carney in the title role. Here, Carney talks about …
The cult classic film "Newsies," featuring music by Alan Menken, has been adapted for the stage and officially hits New Jersey’s Paper Mill Playhouse Sept. 15, prior to an open…
The Tony Award-winning revival of Anything Goes is offering one lucky tap dancer a chance to win a trip for two to New York City to catch the production, featuring Tony Award-winning choreog…
Relatively Speaking, the upcoming Broadway production featuring three one-act comedies by Ethan Coen, Elaine May and Woody Allen, will begin previews Sept. 20 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre,…
