From stars on the red carpet to curtain calls, flash bulbs pop all around New York City’s stages. But here at Playbill, we pride ourselves on capturing candid moments with your favorite stars, up-close details of Tony-nominated costumes and props, and the quiet beauty in the chaotic theatre district.
Whether snapping historic firsts like Ali Stroker's Tony Award win for her performance in Oklahoma!, momentous reunions like the 15th anniversary Brooklyn concert, or inside glimpses at the lives of your favorite performers, Playbill captures every facet of theatre.
The year began with Tarell Alvin McCraney's Choir Boy opening at the Samuel Friedman Theatre January 8.
Fox brought Rent to the small screen.
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Following a New Jersey world premiere at Two River Theater in 2015, developing a cult following online, and a subsequent hit Off-Broadway run in 2018, Be More Chill arrived to Broadway.
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Shoshana Bean takes her first bow in Waitress, marking her return to Broadway since concluding her run in Wicked in 2006.
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Jeremy Pope smolders for a photo ahead of his second Broadway opening of the year, Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations.
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Ali Stroker and James Davis bring the heat to Circle in the Square during Oklahoma!. Stroker would go on to become the first actor in a wheelchair to win a Tony Award for her performance as Ado Annie.
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Heidi Schreck is all smiles after brining What the Constitution Means to Me to Broadway. The production would be nominated for Tony Award for Best Play as well as become a Pulitzer Prize finalist.
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Amber Gray gives Playbill a glimpse at her pre-show process backstage at Hadestown.
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Alex Brightman shows the man behind the demon in a minamlist photoshoot for Beetlejuice.
Gayle King, Bebe Neuwirth, and Brandon Victor Dixon announce the 73rd annual Tony Award nominees.
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Billy Porter stuns with his entrance to the Met Gala.
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Michael Shannon and Audra McDonald usher in the 2019/2020 season with Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune
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Michelle Williams and Sam Rockwell star in Fosse/Verdon
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James Corden poses with Julia Carey before hosting the 73rd annual Tony Awards.
Celia Keenan-Bolger poses with her Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for her performances as Scout in To Kill A Mockingbird.
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Anaïs Mitchell and Rachel Chavkin are all smiles after their Tony wins for Hadestown.
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Rachel Bay Jones stands in the craters of Santorini, joining Playbill Travels on Broadway on the High Seas 10: An Odyssey through the Greek Isles
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Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS raises a record-breaking $2,006,192 at the 29th annual Broadway Bares
With the warm weather of the summer, Noah Galvin soaks up sun at Riverside Park before heading to perform in Waitress
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While many stars took the summer to play, the cast of West Side Story stayed hard at work filming for the upcoming 2020 movie adaptation.
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The barrio got a little hotter as Anthony Ramos and Melissa Barrera film In the Heights, also set for a 2020 release.
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Jelani Alladin takes center stage in the highly anticipated Public Works production of Hercules in Central Park.
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Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom Sturridge pose for a portrait ahead of their return to Broadway in Sea Wall/A Life.
Hillary Clinton visits Ain't Too Proud.
The cast of Come From Away sings at Playbill's Sing for Hope Pride Piano, honoring the LGBTQIA+ theatre community and the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots.
Sarah Jessica Parker takes over Time Square with Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
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Reneé Rapp steps into Mean Girls on Broadway, serving Regina George's signature swagger.
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Ben Platt returns to the screen, starring in The Politician on Netflix.
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Following an acclaimed run at the New York Theatre Workshop, Jeremy O. Harris gives a tearful wave to the audience on opening night of Slave Play on Broadway.
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Brooklyn celebrates its 15th anniversary with a one-night-only reunion concert.
Hercules stars Susan Egan and Krysta Rodriguez, the film and stage's Meg, honor 25 years of Disney on Broadway.
The cast of Moulin Rouge! pose with the vinyl of their grammy-nominated cast album.
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Performing is a family affair for daughter and mother Celia Rose Gooding and LaChanze, who are starring on Broadway concurrently. Gooding stars as Frankie Healy in Jagged Little Pill and LaChanze stars as the Ghost of Christmas Present in A Christmas Carol.
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André De Shields presents at the Red Bucket Follies, which raised $5.6 Million for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
The highly anticipated film adaptation of Cats hits the big screen.
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Jagged Little Pill opens on at the Broadhurst Theatre, the last Broadway show to open in 2019.
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