PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Kinky Boots; Some Girls Just Wanna Give Fun

Meet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of the new Cyndi Lauper-Harvey Fierstein musical Kinky Boots.

Elaine Stritch Bids the Stage Farewell at Cafe Carlyle; Playbill Was There

Tony Award winner Elaine Stritch offered stories and songs on April 2, the start of a weeklong engagement — her farewell to showbiz — at the Cafe Carlyle. 

THE "SMASH" REPORT: Season Two, Episode 9, Or, I'm a Pretty Girl, Mama

Playbill's weekly recap, with notes and comment, of the latest episode of the NBC musical drama series "Smash," about the dreamers behind Broadway musicals.

From Bring It On to Pippin, A Look at the 2012-13 Season: The Musicals

With the 2012-13 Broadway season coming to a close, Playbill.com offers a four-part look at the current season. First up are the musicals.

CUE & A REVISITED: When Did You Know You Wanted to Perform For a Living?; 60 Actors Respond

Sixty actors answer the question, "When did you know you wanted to perform for a living?"

STAGE PORTRAIT: Billy Porter, Stark Sands, Annaleigh Ashford and Daniel Sherman in Kinky Boots

Acclaimed illustrator Ken Fallin's drawings of the greatest stars and scenes of the theatrical world are a recurring part of Playbill.com.

THEIR FAVORITE THINGS: Hands on a Hardbody Star Hunter Foster Shares His Theatregoing Experiences

Members of the theatre community share the Broadway performances that most affected them as part of the audience.

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Seattle Children's Theatre

New London Barn Summer Reed Player

New London Barn Playhouse

Super Fly / The Musical - ECC Singers

Tommy Mottola And The Mottola Media Group And The Dodgers

General Management Intern

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PLAYBILL BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Songwriter Tim Minchin on Making Matilda Sing

THE SCREENING ROOM: Performances from "Glee" Episodes "Guilty Pleasures," "Feud," "Girls (and Boys)" and "I Do"

STAGE VIEWS: Broadway's Christianne Tisdale, Star of the New Web Series, "Wallflowers"

THE WEEK AHEAD, April 6-12: Matilda and Macbeth Storm Broadway; Forever Dusty and The Flick End NYC Runs

Silence! The Musical Welcomes Cry-Baby's Laura Jordan April 6

Paul Gordon-Jay Gruska Musical Being Earnest, Starring Tony Nominee Euan Morton, Opens at TheatreWorks April 6

Broadway Revival of Betrayal, With Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz and Rafe Spall, Sets Fall Broadway Dates at Barrymore

Rent Star Adam Pascal Will Join Cast of Broadway's Chicago

PHOTO CALL: New Production Shots from London's Book of Mormon, Starring Gavin Creel, Jared Gartner and Alexia Khadime

DIVA TALK: A Chat With Phantom of the Opera and International Concert Star Sarah Brightman

Erin Mackey, Heidi Blickenstaff, Rebecca Luker, James Clow, Matthew Scott Sing The Music of Vernon Duke April 6-8

West Coast Broadway, My Way Benefit, With Tyne Daly, Andrew Rannells, Bruce Vilanch, Lillias White, Held April 6

Chaplin Star Rob McClure Will Join Tony Danza in Paper Mill's Broadway-Bound Musical Honeymoon in Vegas

Track Listing Announced for Drew Gasparini's "I Could Use a Drink," With Jeremy Jordan, Lindsay Mendez and More

PHOTO CALL: A First Look at Matilda The Musical on Broadway

PLAYBILL THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, March 30-April 5: The Critics Respond to Lucky Guy, Kinky Boots; Stritch's Last Stand

Brett Ryback and Ben D. Goldberg Will Be Rodgers and Hart in World Premiere of Falling For Make Believe