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The Tony Award-winning Best Musical The Wiz opened on Broadway Jan. 5, 1975. In celebration of the musical, Playbill.com has put together our favorite performances of the show's iconic b…
The Tony Award-winning Best Musical Hairspray, which features a score from Tony winners Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman ("Smash"), played its final performance on Broadway Jan. 4, 2…
The editors of Playbill.com have combed through the past seven years of our popular Cue & A feature to select some of our favorite answers to the question, "What is the one performa…
The original production of the Tony Award-nominated Best Musical Mame, which features a classic score by Jerry Herman, closed Jan. 3, 1970. Playbill.com has put together a musical tribute, i…
Throughout the year, Playbill Video is on hand to capture the most exciting moments in theatre. We look back at a few of the standouts from 2012.
In 2012 Playbill introduced the Playbill Vault, the largest and most comprehensive Broadway database on the internet, which features Playbills, pictures and video from past Broadway producti…
Playbill.com is ringing out the old and ringing in the new with a collection of videos featuring "The Perfect Year" from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard.
This year, NBC brought the magic — and backstage drama — of Broadway into households around the world with the new musical drama "Smash." Here, Playbill Video looks bac…
From The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, the first Broadway production to open in 2012, to A Christmas Story, the Musical, the holiday hit that wrapped up this year in musicals, Playbill.com …
Let's face it: Musical theatre fans are a devoted bunch, who often travel the world to catch the latest Rose, Norma Desmond, Elphaba and other iconic theatrical characters. And, sometime…
The 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors were presented Dec. 2 to bluesman Buddy Guy, actor Dustin Hoffman, comedian and television host David Letterman, ballerina Natalia Makarova and rock ban…
The intricate lives of people living on a Show Boat first came to life at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Dec. 27, 1927. Adapted by Oscar Hammerstein II from Edna Ferber's novel, with music…
The editors of Playbill.com have combed through the past seven years of our popular Cue & A feature to select some of our favorite answers to the question, "Which Broadway or screen…
Legs Diamond, which features a score by late Australian songwriter and entertainer Peter Allen, opened on Broadway Dec. 26, 1988. Here, Playbill.com looks back at the music of Allen.
To celebrate the holiday season, Playbill.com offers a mix of Christmas tunes performed by two-time Tony winner Bernadette Peters.
The inviting new nightlife venue 54 Below, designed by Tony Award winner John Lee Beatty and architect Richard Lewis, opened its doors last summer with a special engagement by Tony Award win…
For theatregoers, nothing tops the gift of live performance. As the New Year approaches, the Playbill.com staff looks back at holiday theatregoing experiences.
Ricky Martin, who currently stars as Che in the Broadway revival of Evita, celebrates his birthday Dec. 24. Here, Playbill.com looks back at Martin's career with clips of his Broadway ou…
With Christmas right around the corner, Playbill.com takes a look at our favorite covers of the Mariah Carey holiday hit "All I Want For Christmas Is You."
Playbill.com has put together a collection of performers from Broadway and beyond, performing the holiday classic "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas."
The highly anticipated, star-studded film adaptation of the Tony Award-winning musical Les Misérables will hit theatres on Christmas Day. With the film release a few days away, Playbi…
The Tony-nominated Best Musical Dreamgirls opened on Broadway Dec. 20, 1981, and starred Tony winner Jennifer Holliday as Effie White. In celebration of the musical, Playbill.com takes a loo…
The cast of Roundabout Theatre Company's acclaimed new Broadway production of The Mystery of Edwin Drood picked up their quill pens to create mock Playbill-style biographies of the Victo…
Carly Rose Sonenclar, the young singing actress who has been seen on Broadway in Wonderland and Les Miserables, is among the finalists for Fox TV's singing competition, "The X Facto…
The original production of The Music Man opened Dec. 19, 1957, featuring Tony-winning performances from Robert Preston and Barbara Cook. It won the 1958 Tony for Best Musical and enjoyed a 1…