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Here are the top-grossing Broadway productions for the week of March 7-13, 2011, as reported by The Broadway League.
MUSICALS
Wicked (Gerswhin Theatre), $1,545,232
The Lion King (Minskoff Th…
The Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical Jersey Boys became the 27th longest-running Broadway show in history when it reached 2,213 performances March 17.
The Book of Mormon co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone recently discussed the new musical with Jake Tapper on “Good Morning America.”
The musical-loving (and crude-comedy-lov…
The final New York concert presentation of You Made This Tour, featuring the work of the Kleban, Larson and Richard Rodgers Award-winning songwriting team of Kait Kerrigan and Brian Low…
Stage and screen stars Jimmy Smits and the father-and-son acting duo of Donald and Kiefer Sutherland have been cast in pilots for the upcoming TV season, according to deadline.com.
Bette Midler introduced the cast of Priscilla Queen of the Desert on “The Today Show” March 18 before they performed their rendition of the disco classic “I Will Survive.…
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson star Benjamin Walker, who was previously announced for the title role in the comic horror film "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter," will have plenty of f…
Emmy Award winner Kelsey Grammer, who recently completed a Tony-nominated Broadway run in La Cage aux Folles, will direct "Vince Uncensored," a comedy pilot for CBS, according to d…
A trailer for the upcoming HBO broadcast of the recent Broadway edition of The Pee-wee Herman Show has been released.
The show, based on Paul Reubens’ classic Pee-wee Herman character …
Golden Globe Award nominee Brooke Shields heads the cast of Girls Talk, a new play written and directed by Roger Kumble. The satirical comedy officially opens March 18 following previews tha…
Songwriter Drew Gasparini will present his first concert on the Joe's Pub stage March 28 at 9:30 PM.
How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying star Daniel Radcliffe visited “Live with Regis and Kelly” March 17 to chat about making his Broadway musical debut.
Best known fo…
Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein recently visited “Today Show” co-host Hoda Kotb and her guest, Paula Deen, to discuss playing drag performer Albin/Zaza in the Tony-winning Bro…
Stage and screen star Bette Midler will introduce the cast of Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical when they perform on "The Today Show" March 18.
"Ugly Betty" star Mark Indelicato and Tony Award nominee Alyson Reed will star in "Madison High," a pilot for a proposed Disney Channel spin-off series based on the "…
The upcoming Off-Broadway production of the Tony Award-winning musical Rent will hold open auditions March 18 from 11 AM-2 PM at New World Stages.
As many as 500-1,000 performers are expecte…
Tony and Emmy Award winner Kristin Chenoweth will get into the "Glee" original-music swing of things when she returns to the hit Fox series later this spring, series co-creator Rya…
A public service announcement asking for help on behalf of the people of northern Japan, in the wake of the recent earthquake and tsunami disaster they experienced, features actor George Tak…
Legally Blonde alum Natalie Joy Johnson will give an encore performance of Natalie Joy Johnson Is Relenteless at Joe's Pub April 4 at 9:30 PM.
Stephen Sondheim received the Olivier Special Award at the 2011 Olivier Awards ceremony March 13. A special tribute to the composer-lyricist’s work and contributions to theatre in Lon…
Several veterans of the theatre and cabaret will play the Metropolitan Room in April.
All the joys and challenges of making a Broadway debut will be chronicled in “Diary of a Chorus Girl,” a ten-episode webseries that follows Alex Ellis as she takes her first bow …
If you missed the “Original Song” episode of “Glee” that aired March 15, or you want to watch it again, here it is on Playbill.com for your entertainment.
Kathy Griff…
The Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation (REAF) will present Divas & Dames: Bay Area Divas and Friends in Concert To Fight AIDS May 1 at 7:30 PM at the Marines Memorial Theatre in Sa…
Wonderland, the new Frank Wildhorn-Jack Murphy-Gregory Boyd musical update of the “Alice in Wonderland” story, will be stream live, courtesy of USTREAM, from backstage at the Mar…