Learn about Black LGBTQIA+ experiences through theatre and support more queer Black playwrights in this second installment.

Playbill looks back at the actors, directors, choreographers, and other theatremakers who died in the past year.

Playbill looks back at the actors, directors, choreographers, and other theatre legends who died in the past year.

On topics ranging from Show Boat to "Glee," from producing to new writers, composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim talked to Playbill.com. Look, we made a chat!

The Year of Stephen Sondheim. Sounds grand, doesn't it? But that's what 2010 was for those of us who still view the musical theatre as an important art form worth celebrating, examining and encouraging.

A chorus dancer who became a Broadway star. Two rival producers who made headlines. A weathered interpreter of Eugene O'Neill. Two of the greatest British actors of all time.

A chorus dancer who became a Broadway star. Two rival producers who made headlines. A weathered interpreter of Eugene O'Neill. Two of the greatest British actors of all time.

LAURIE BEECHMAN
The theatre and cabaret worlds lost one of its most talented performers this past week when Laurie Beechman lost her decade-long battle with ovarian cancer. Beechman will probably be best remembered for her work in two of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musicals, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, where she performed the role of the Narrator and received a Tony nomination for her work; and Cats, where she succeeded Betty Buckley in the role of Grizabella, the faded Glamour Cat. Beechman possessed a voice that seemed to originate from deep in her soul, evoking both the joys and pains of life. She had one of the strongest belt voices around, but she could also create delicate, softer sounds that moved listeners just as profoundly.

I had the good fortune to see Beechman perform live on a number of occasions, and the first time was actually one of my very first Broadway experiences, the Charles Strouse-Martin Charnin hit Annie. I believe I was nine or ten at the time, but I do remember this one woman who appeared as different characters throughout the show and had a great trumpet of a voice that she used during her solo in "N.Y.C." That woman was Laurie Beechman; years later, I read that the composers had actually beefed up her solo when they realized what a wonderfully powerful voice she had.

LAURIE BEECHMAN
The theatre and cabaret worlds lost one of its most talented performers this past week when Laurie Beechman lost her decade-long battle with ovarian cancer. Beechman will probably be best remembered for her work in two of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musicals, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, where she performed the role of the Narrator and received a Tony nomination for her work; and Cats, where she succeeded Betty Buckley in the role of Grizabella, the faded Glamour Cat. Beechman possessed a voice that seemed to originate from deep in her soul, evoking both the joys and pains of life. She had one of the strongest belt voices around, but she could also create delicate, softer sounds that moved listeners just as profoundly.

I had the good fortune to see Beechman perform live on a number of occasions, and the first time was actually one of my very first Broadway experiences, the Charles Strouse-Martin Charnin hit Annie. I believe I was nine or ten at the time, but I do remember this one woman who appeared as different characters throughout the show and had a great trumpet of a voice that she used during her solo in "N.Y.C." That woman was Laurie Beechman; years later, I read that the composers had actually beefed up her solo when they realized what a wonderfully powerful voice she had.

The 1997-98 Broadway season began June 1. As the fall rush of plays and musicals go into rehearsal, here is how the production schedule is shaping up. Proposed shows have been divided into categories, based on how firm their bookings are. Note that, in contrast to recent seasons, musicals seem to be scheduled early- or mid-season, rather than clustered at the end.

In 1990, Brian Stokes Mitchell stars in a Broadway revival of Oh, Kay!.

From Fred Astaire in Top Hat to Gene Kelly in Singin’ in the Rain, from West Side Story to The Sound of Music to Fiddler on the Roof and more, here’s how to rent or buy dozens of movie musicals without leaving your home.

Looking for a good book recommendation? Here are some you might have missed last year.

The new season is already shaping up following the 2017 Tony Awards.

Broadway's longest-running musical plays its 12,000th performance November 28.

Musicals like Anything Goes and Bye Bye Birdie are often considered old-fashioned classics that receive affectionate revivals. But when they first premiered, these musicals were ground-breaking works that opened doors for inventive new styles of theatre.