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Article | October 18, 2015
From Colony Records to Cafe Edison, 10 Broadway Landmarks That Are Gone (But Not Forgotten)
What bar did Al Pacino go to for a post-show drink? Where did Florenz Ziegfeld drown his sorrows when he thought his show was a failure? Take a tour through Broadway's history of watering holes and hamburgers, remembering 10 unofficial landmarks that no longer exist.
Article | By Playbill Staff | December 31, 2018
Remembering <em>the</em> <em>Theatre</em> Luminaries We Lost in 2018
Playbill looks back at the actors, directors, choreographers, and other theatre legends who died in the past year.
Article | By Wayman Wong | February 1, 2003
THE LEADING MEN: Movin’ Out and Movin’ Up
Valentine's Day is coming, so we had heart-to-heart talks with a trio of male musical stars from Broadway and cabaret.
Article | By Wayman Wong | February 1, 2003
THE LEADING MEN: Movin’ Out and Movin’ Up
Valentine's Day is coming, so we had heart-to-heart talks with a trio of male musical stars from Broadway and cabaret: John Selya from Movin’ Out, Stephen Buntrock from Oklahoma! and award-winning singer songwriter Johnny Rodgers. And here’s what they had to say about one of the biggest loves of their lives: performing.
Article | By Edward Karam | June 18, 2001
Breaking the Code: An Insiders' Guide to the Parodies, Homages and Allusions in The Producers
The fun of the Broadway musical The Producers derives not just from its frantic physical comedy and vaudeville moments—Max and Leo stuck in a doorway together, Leo discovered hanging inside a coat on a hanger—but also from the allusions to other shows and personalities. Some are obvious: Mel Brooks's lyrics mention Ibsen, Strindberg, and King Lear. But subtler nuggets of parody and homage can slip away in the show's cascades of laughter. Herewith, a guide to some of the choice moments in The Producers that depend on either musical or extra-textual knowledge.
Article | By Robert Viagas | April 2, 2015
Read an Excerpt From Theatrical Memoir "The Algonquin Kid"
Lyricist/librettist Michael Colby (Charlotte Sweet) had an advantage that few other theatre folk can boast. His grandparents owned New York's legendary Algonquin Hotel from 1946 to 1987 — a little too late for the famed Algonquin Round Table of wits in the 1920s, but still in plenty of time for the youngster to grow up in its hallways and pick up more than a little Broadway stardust memories.
Article | November 14, 2002
Off-Bway's Little Ham Cast Album Available; Troupe Appears On Fox and WB
The jazzy show tunes of Little Ham, the Langston Hughes-inspired musical comedy playing at Off Broadway's John Houseman Theatre, can be heard on a cast album available exclusively through Footlight Records, the Manhattan show tune emporium.
Article | September 26, 2002
Musical Comedy, Little Ham, Opens Off-Bway Sept. 26
Little Ham, the jazzy Langston Hughes-inspired musical that's being considered an uptown Guys and Dolls, opens Off-Broadway Sept. 26 following previews that started Sept. 12 at the John Houseman Theatre on 42nd Street.
Article | December 1, 2002
Harlem-Set Musical, Little Ham, Ends Off-Bway Run Dec. 1
Little Ham, the jazzy Langston Hughes-inspired musical comedy that has been billed as a kind of uptown Guys and Dolls, shutters Dec. 1 after 17 previews and 76 performances.
Article | November 20, 2002
Little Ham Won't Be Served Over Holidays; Off-Bway Musical to Close Dec. 1
Little Ham, the jazzy Langston Hughes-inspired musical comedy that has been billed as a kind of uptown Guys and Dolls, will shutter Dec. 1, producer Eric Krebs announced Nov. 20.
Article | By Kenneth Jones | January 14, 2012
PLAYBILL BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Robert Creighton of Anything Goes and the New CD "Ain't We Got Fun!"
The character actor Robert Creighton, currently playing the Purser (and Joel Grey's understudy) in Broadway's Anything Goes, talks about his new album of songs from the early 20th century.
Article | By Kenneth Jones | January 14, 2012
PLAYBILL BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Robert Creighton of Anything Goes and the New CD "Ain't We Got Fun!"
The character actor Robert Creighton, currently playing the Purser (and Joel Grey's understudy) in Broadway's Anything Goes, talks about his new album of songs from the early 20th century.
Article | By Blake Ross | May 14, 2011
The WEEK AHEAD: May 14-20
Broadway continues to fill its awards shelf this WEEK AHEAD!
Article | July 18, 1998
Playbill Poll: The Greatest Plays of the 20th Century -- Part 7
The American Film Institute recently published a list of the 100 greatest American films "of all time," though the film industry is scarcely more than a century old.
Article | By Andrew Gans | August 3, 2007
DIVA TALK: Chatting with Xanadu's Mary Testa Plus News of Buckley, Kuhn and Callaway
News, views and reviews about the multi-talented women of the musical theatre and the concert/cabaret stage.
Article | By Andrew Gans | August 3, 2007
DIVA TALK: Chatting with Xanadu's Mary Testa Plus News of Buckley, Kuhn and Callaway
News, views and reviews about the multi-talented women of the musical theatre and the concert/cabaret stage.
Article | By Harry Haun | October 20, 2006
For Whom the Beales Toll
Christine Ebersole's acclaimed performance in Grey Gardens brings to two haunted, aristocratic eccentrics the glory that eluded them in their lifetime.
Article | By Robert Viagas | May 25, 2015
Exclusive From The 2015 Tonys Playbill! How "Glee" and "Smash" Brought Backstage Life Into The Spotlight
What happens backstage at Broadway shows is supposed to be secret, private and not really important compared with what is happening onstage. But try telling that to the public.
Article | By Michael Gioia | June 26, 2014
Jonathan Groff on Coming Out, "Looking," "The Normal Heart," Larry Kramer, Lea Michele and More
Jonathan Groff has taken the film and television world by storm and, most recently, taken on gay-centric projects such as HBO's "Looking" and "The Normal Heart." As part of Playbill.com's 30 Days of Pride, we catch up with the Tony-nominated twentysomething, who speaks of his own coming-out process and more.
Article | By Michael Gioia | June 26, 2014
Jonathan Groff on Coming Out, "Looking," "The Normal Heart," Larry Kramer, Lea Michele and More
Jonathan Groff has taken the film and television world by storm and, most recently, taken on gay-centric projects such as HBO's "Looking" and "The Normal Heart." As part of Playbill.com's 30 Days of Pride, we catch up with the Tony-nominated twentysomething, who speaks of his own coming-out process and more.

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