Extended Highlights From Pippin on Broadway Stephen Schwartz and Roger O. Hirson's Tony Award-winning 1972 pop musical Pippin dares audiences to enter the tent of a new circus-inspired staging, now playing on Brodway at the Music Box Theatre. Conceived by Tony Award-nominated director Diane Paulus and circus artist Gypsy Snider, the production stars Matthew James Thomas in the title role and Tony and Olivier Award nominee Patina Miller as the Leading Player. Schwartz's classic score includes such popular songs as "Magic To Do," "Corner of the Sky" and "Morning Glow." For more information on Pippin, including a look inside the opening night Playbill, visit PlaybillVault.com.
Highlights From I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers Starring Bette Midler Tony winner John Logan's one-character play I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers
stars Bette Midler as Sue Mengers, a self-invented woman in the boys' club of Hollywood agents. Outshining her contemporaries with her wit and intelligence, she came to represent some of the biggest stars Hollywood, including Barbra Streisand, Steve McQueen, Cher and Burt Reynolds. Joe Mantello directs the production at the Booth Theatre. See a Photo Call from the show.
Highlights From Pippin on Broadway Stephen Schwartz and Roger O. Hirson's Tony Award-winning 1972 pop musical Pippin dares audiences to enter the tent of a new circus-inspired staging, now playing on Brodway at the Music Box Theatre. Conceived by Tony Award-nominated director Diane Paulus and circus artist Gypsy Snider, the production stars Matthew James Thomas in the title role, Tony and Olivier Award nominee Patina Miller as the Leading Player, Tony Award winner Andrea Martin as Berthe, Tony nominee Terrence Mann as King Charles and Tony nominee Charlotte d'Amboise as Fastrada. For more information on Pippin, including a look inside the opening night Playbill, visit PlaybillVault.com.
Highlights From Alan Cumming's One-Man MacBeth on Broadway Tony and Olivier Award winner Alan Cumming brings "toil and trouble" to Broadway in his one-man adaptation of Macbeth, staged by Tony-winning Once director John Tiffany. Set in a psychiatric unit, Cumming plays a patient who is reliving the story of Macbeth by inhabiting all of the characters in Shakespeare's bloody work, while Jenny Sterlin and Brendan Titley perform as ward attendants. The production plays Broadway's Ethel Barrymore Theatre. See a Playbill Photo Call of the show.
Highlights From Orphans Starring Alec Baldwin, Ben Foster and Tom Sturridge The first Broadway production of Lyle Kessler's Orphans — starring Alec Baldwin, Ben Foster and Tom Sturridge — is now playing at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. In the play, two orphaned brothers are living in a decrepit North Philadelphia row house. One night, elder brother Treat (Foster) kidnaps a rich older man, Harold (Baldwin), who turns out to have his own motives and becomes the father figure the boys have always yearned for. For more information on Orphans, including a look inside the opening night Playbill, visit PlaybillVault.com.
Highlights From The Assembled Parties Starring Jessica Hecht and Judith Light The world premiere of Richard Greenberg's Manhattan-set family drama The Assembled Parties is now playing on Broadway at Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. The play, set in a sprawling Central Park West apartment on Christmas Day 1980 and 2000, stars Tony Award nominee Jessica Hecht as former movie star Julie Bascov, Tony Award winner Judith Light as her sister-in-law Faye, and Tony Award nominee Jeremy Shamos as house guest Jeff. For more information on The Assembled Parties, including a look inside the opening night Playbill, visit PlaybillVault.com.
Highlights From The Rascals: Once Upon a Dream on Broadway In the mid-1960s Felix Cavaliere, Eddie Brigati, Dino Danelli and Gene Cornish helped popularize "blue-eyed soul" as The Rascals. After 40-plus years, they reunite for The Rascals: Once Upon a Dream, a concert performance featuring hits like "Good Lovin'," "Lonely Too Long," "It's a Beautiful Morning," "How Can I Be Sure" and "Groovin'." Along with the music, the history of the group is told through archival footage, narration and dramatic film segments. Steven Van Zandt (star of "The Sopranos" and guitarist in Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band) and Marc Brickman direct the production at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. See all of the show's details at Playbillvault.com.
