From West Side Story to Kiss Me, Kate, do you know all these Bard-influenced musicals?

Following the successful live broadcasts of "The Sound of Music" and "Peter Pan," NBC will debut a new live television production of the hit Broadway musical The Wiz Dec. 3, with plans for a Broadway revival in the 2016-17 season.

Two-time Tony winner Stephen Oremus will serve as music director, orchestrator and co-producer of the music for NBC's upcoming live television production of The Wiz, which is scheduled for Dec. 3.

Stephanie Mills, who created the role of Dorothy in the original 1975 Broadway production of The Wiz, has landed a role in the upcoming NBC live television production of that musical, which is scheduled for Dec. 3.

Following the successful live broadcasts of "The Sound of Music" and "Peter Pan," NBC will debut a new live television production of the hit Broadway musical The Wiz Dec. 3, Robert Greenblatt, chairman, NBC Entertainment, announced March 30.

Following the successful live broadcasts of "The Sound of Music" and "Peter Pan," NBC will debut a new live television production of the hit Broadway musical The Wiz Dec. 3, Robert Greenblatt, chairman, NBC Entertainment, announced March 30.

Songs by theatre lyricist Tim Rice — the wordsmith of "I Don't Know How to Love Him," "Don't Cry For Me, Argentina" and "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?" — are heard in three Broadway shows at the moment. It seemed like a good time to catch up with Rice.

Songs by theatre lyricist Tim Rice — the wordsmith of "I Don't Know How to Love Him," "Don't Cry For Me, Argentina" and "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?" — are heard in three Broadway shows at the moment. It seemed like a good time to catch up with Rice.

In honor of the 80th birthday of composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim, we give a listen to the musicals he created in the 1980s and beyond, from Sunday to Road Show.

In honor of the 80th birthday of composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim, we give a listen to the musicals he created in the 1980s and beyond, from Sunday to Road Show.

This week's Brief Encounter is with Tony-winning composer Stephen Flaherty.

Following their mammoth musical, Ragtime, composer Stephen Flaherty and his lyricist, Lynn Ahrens, plunged into the whimsical world of Dr. Seuss for the bumpy Broadway experience, Seussical, the Musical. Though its Broadway run was short-lived, the show spawned a cast album and is now enjoying a new audience in a revised — and critically embraced — road tour starring Cathy Rigby. Flaherty, Ahrens and librettist Terrence McNally, who collaborated on Ragtime, liked working together so much that they reteamed for A Man of No Importance, a decidedly intimate, small-cast show about a middle-aged bus conductor and amateur drama director who comes out of the closet and finds riches within his small circle of friends in Dublin. Flaherty, Irish-Catholic, fell in love with the world of the film source material, and the show blossomed this fall at Lincoln Center Theater's Off-Broadway space, the Mitzi Newhouse (where it continues to Dec. 29 with Roger Rees in the central role of Alfie Byrne). Tony Award-winning composer Flaherty talked to Playbill On-Line's Kenneth Jones about the new work, which is likely to find its way into the regional theatre repertoire, and about works yet to come.

In honor of Pride, Playbill.com looks at the portrayal of same-sex parents and families onstage throughout the years.

In honor of Pride, Playbill.com looks at the portrayal of same-sex parents and families onstage throughout the years.

Bruce Dow, currently stopping the show as King Herod in Jesus Christ Superstar, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire of random facts, backstage trivia and pop-culture tidbits.

Bruce Dow, currently stopping the show as King Herod in Jesus Christ Superstar, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire of random facts, backstage trivia and pop-culture tidbits.