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Douglas Hodge, who won a Tony Award for playing Albin/Zaza in the current revival of La Cage aux Folles, passes the torch to Harvey Fierstein, the four-time Tony Award winner who succeeds Ho…
Tony Award winner Idina Menzel performs Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face” in this clip from her Feb. 5 concert with the New York Philharmonic.
Menzel previously performed the hit po…
The hit 80s rock musical Rock of Ages will be featured, in artwork form, on a new scratch game in the Iowa Lottery, the first-ever such merge between a Broadway show and the lottery. Ticket…
Footage of Tony Award winner Alice Ripley performing Bruce Springsteen’s “Thunder Road” and Jackson Browne and Glenn Frey’s “Take It Easy,” which are feat…
To conclude our weekend-long celebration of Valentine's Day, we offer two more performances of Rodgers and Hart's "My Funny Valentine," the evergreen love song from Babes in …
Playbill continues its celebration of Valentine's Day with a few jazz renditions of "My Funny Valentine," the classic Rodgers and Hart love ballad from the musical Babes in Arms.…
To celebrate Valentine's Weekend, Playbill brings you several renditions of "My Funny Valentine," the Rodgers and Hart ballad from the original "let's-put-on-a-show" …
Daniel Radcliffe, Rose Hemingway, John Larroquette, Tammy Blanchard and Christopher J. Hanke recently talked about the characters they will play in the upcoming revival of How to Succeed in …
In an exclusive clip from the Special Features section of the DVD of Tyler Perry’s film “For Colored Girls,” Playbill brings you several members of the cast and creative te…
Tony Award winner Beth Leavel recently discussed playing Florence Greenberg, the New Jersey housewife who discovered the singing group The Shirelles, in the upcoming musical Baby, It’s…
“Good Morning America” anchor George Stephanopoulos celebrated his 50th birthday on the show Feb. 10, and received a surprise visit from actors in some of his family’s favo…
The cast of Sister Act, which begins previews at the Broadway Theatre March 24, gave a special preview performance on “The View” Feb. 9.
Olivier Award nominee Patina Miller (as D…
Grammy and Emmy Award winner and Tony nominee Harry Connick, Jr. performed in concert for Broadway audiences in July 2010. Viewers across the country will be able to enjoy Connick’s s…
Dan Lauria, who recently visited "Late Night with David Letterman" to give the host a pep talk in character as Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi, returned (again as Lombardi) Fe…
“Glee” fans got a double dose of the hit Fox series this week. Two days after “The Sue Sylvester Shuffle” kicked off the show’s spring season following the Sup…
Anna Deavere Smith, who is currently performing Let Me Down Easy, her acclaimed play about the effects of the U.S. healthcare system, at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., recently sat down wi…
The cast of the national tour of A Chorus Line have added their voices to the “It Gets Better” project with a special video in which they share their experiences in a “line…
“Theater Geek,” Mickey Rapkin’s inside look at the popular theatre camp Stagedoor Manor, will be released in paperback Feb. 15. The paperback edition will feature 10 Q&…
A new commercial for Jerusalem, the Broadway transfer of Jez Butterworth's new hit play from London, has been released.
The play stars Tony Award winner Mark Rylance in his Olivier Awar…
In a special commercial aired during the Super Bowl pre-game festivities Feb. 6, Dan Lauria, who is currently playing the mythic Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi in Lombardi on Broadwa…
"Glee" returned for its spring season Feb. 6 with a special episode that aired after the Super Bowl. If you missed it, or want to see it again, you can catch it right here on Playbi…
"American Idol" has been the launching pad for many successful Broadway careers. Will Simon Cowell's latest venture, TV’s "The X Factor," follow suit?
The first s…
Here are the most-read Playbill.com stories for the week of Jan. 23-29, 2011, from information compiled by Playbill.com.
Jonathan Groff Chats About Deathtrap, “Glee,” “The …
Two-time Tony Award winner James Earl Jones chats about performing in the current Broadway production of Driving Miss Daisy in this interview with “Today Show” co-hosts Kathie Le…
Grammy and Academy Award winner Melissa Etheridge, who is playing St. Jimmy in American Idiot through Feb. 6, posted this vlog from her dressing room at the St. James Theatre.
Etheridge earn…