On March 28, Barbara Cook's Broadway opened at Lincoln Center Theater.

Sunday night, when she hit the stage of the Vivian Beaumont for opening night of Barbara Cook's Broadway—the manly, wood-paneled court usually inhabited by Christopher Plummer's King Lear—Barbara Cook couldn't help but wonder aloud what the king is doing tonight, "What merriment is Chris Plummer pursing tonight?" Actually, he was sitting down front watching her take command of his stage, doing it with the artless ease of a majestic performer. There was no discernible dip in royalty between His Majesty and Her Blondeness. They just get there different ways—he in drama, she in song, and both as consummate actors who can pull you in.

You may recognize Laura Osnes and Max Crumm, but which Tony Award winner made her Broadway debut at Rydell High? What Moulin Rouge! star was a Pink Lady?

Morgan James, Taylor Louderman, Derek Klena, Will Blum, Alysha Umphress, Tony Sheldon and many more Broadway stars give life to a Broadway-bound "Frozen" sequel in a first-look parody video on YouTube.

Michael McElroy and Phylicia Rashad open Off-Broadway in Blue in 2001.

Shereen Pimentel stars as Maria opposite Isaac Powell as Tony in the revamped production.

Shereen Pimentel stars as Maria opposite Isaac Powell as Tony in the revamped production.

Sheldon Patinkin, who was a driving force in Chicago theatre, as a director, teacher and mentor, died Sept. 21. The cause was a heart attack, which he suffered three days prior. He was 79.