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Composer-lyricist Ryan Scott Oliver, known for his dark and twisted musicals such as 35mm, Jasper in Deadland, Mrs. Sharp and Darling, will host Actor Therapy alongside Wicked'…
The world premiere of The Jungle Book, a new production by Tony Award winner Mary Zimmerman based on Rudyard Kipling's 1893 collection of stories set in the Indian jungle and Walt Disney…
With Newsies and The Lion King reigning on Broadway, and Aladdin set to fly in next year, Playbill.com asked our readers what other Disney projects they would like to see on stage.
The world-premiere musical version of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, featuring a score by Tony Award winners Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, officially opened …
When news broke that Academy Award winner Sandra Bullock was no longer attached to "Annie," the upcoming film remake of the 1982 movie musical that will star 2013 Academy Award nom…
Playbill.com is remembering iconic entertainer Judy Garland, who captured audiences in "The Wizard of Oz" and on stage at Carnegie Hall.
Tony Award-winning lyricist Don Black celebrates his birthday June 21. To mark the occasion, Playbill.com looks at clips from his musical projects, such as Bonnie & Clyde, Song and Dance…
Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown, whose The Last Five Years was recently seen Off-Broadway, celebrates his birthday June 20. Playbill.com looks back at Brown's career …
Bryan Terrell Clark — who plays legendary soul singer Marvin Gaye — took video camera in hand and led Playbill on a backstage tour of the Broadway hit Motown.
The Tony-winning musical Thoroughly Modern Millie closed June 20, 2004, after 903 performances. The production originally starred Sutton Foster, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Harriet Harris.
Producers announced June 17 that the iconic John Cameron Mitchell-Stephen Trask rock musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch would receive its Broadway debut in 2014 starring Emmy Award nominee Ne…
Michael Urie stars as a struggling Los Angeles actor who finds himself working in Barbra Streisand's basement in Jonathan Tolins' Buyer & Cellar, which returns Off-Broadway and b…
Special Tony Award recipient Barry Manilow, who was most recently seen on Broadway in his solo concert Manilow on Broadway, celebrates his birthday June 17. Playbill.com takes a look at…
Tony Award winner John Gallagher, Jr., who debuted on Broadway in Rabbit Hole and later rocked-out in Spring Awakening and American Idiot, celebrates a birthday June 17.
Billy Crystal's Tony Award-winning 700 Sundays and the dance-heavy Forever Tango are on their way back to Broadway for return engagements. We wondered: What other productions should retu…
The new musical Kinky Boots, featuring a score by Cyndi Lauper and a book by Harvey Fierstein, recently stomped away with six Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Score, Best Choreograph…
What does it take to direct a killer opening number for the Tony Awards? A behind-the-scenes video captures Emmy Award-wining director Glenn Weiss' direction during the final moments of …
The Broadway community gathered at Radio City Music Hall June 9 for the biggest night of the theatrical season – the Tony Awards. The star-studded, music-filled evening was full of mem…
The Broadway revival of Pippin, starring Matthew James Thomas and Tony Award winner Patina Miller, earned four Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical at the 67th Annual Tony Awards …
Playbill.com asked our readers to vote for the nominated artists and productions they would like to see take home the coveted Tony Awards June 9 at Radio City Music Hall. Now that the 6…
In addition to the 67th Annual Tony Awards telecast, which begins at 8 PM ET on CBS hosted by Emmy winner Neil Patrick Harris, theatre lovers will also want to join Playbill.com staff member…
With the theatre community buzzing about who will take home trophies at the 67th Annual Tony Awards, Playbill.com recently asked our readers to join the dialogue and vote for who they would …
The San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus has revealed a sneak peek at the world-premiere presentation of Tony Award-nominated composer Andrew Lippa's oratorio I Am Harvey Milk, which will …
The 67th Annual Tony Awards are just days away, so the staff at Playbill.com thought it would be a good time to take a look back at some of our favorite (Tony Award-winning) performances fro…
The 2013 Tony Awards will be held June 9 at Radio City Music Hall and broadcast live on CBS. In anticipation of Broadway's biggest night, CBS put together a series of promotional videos …