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Read interviews with luminaries of the stage.
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From the Archives
By Fran Weil | 05/21/2019Fifteen years after the original production opened on Broadway May 21, 1959, the then-two-time Tony Award winner made Rose all her own. -
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By Mark Peikert | 05/21/2019The star earned her third of five Tony Awards for the 1974 revival, directed by Arthur Laurents.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 05/20/2019The costume designer considered infinite options to create Hadestown’s underworld.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 05/17/2019The 2019 Tony Award nominee on the challenge of taking on the Aaron Sorkin play and creating a new character for the stage.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 05/16/2019The star of Broadway’s All My Sons talks about the first time she acted opposite Annette Bening and Tracy Letts, and more theatre firsts.
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By Mervyn Rothstein | 05/16/2019The Fairview director uncovers how Act 2 of the Pulitzer Prize–winning play was made, her directing philosophy, and more.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 05/15/2019Broadway’s Zach Adkins, Melissa Errico, John Lloyd Young, and more join Feinstein in his upcoming May and June concerts.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 05/15/2019Watch two exclusive clips from Ashford’s Stars in Concert special on PBS.
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By Mark Peikert | 05/15/2019Howard talks about bringing the opera superstar's story to cinemas this June.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 05/14/2019The creator and star chats about her sold-out New York City concert and hosting the upcoming Obie Awards.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 05/13/2019With four original musicals currently on the boards—including The Prom—Nicholaw has become the go-to director-choreographer for the staple style of Broadway.
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By Olivia Clement | 05/13/2019The Stick Fly playwright returns to Off-Broadway in a kinetic and sensitive production to resurrect an historic figure.
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By Barry Singer | 05/12/2019The 82-year-old maestro reveals his process creating a Shakespearean score—plus a preview before the recording is released this fall.
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By Olivia Clement | 05/12/2019Playwright Cori Thomas’ chance encounter at a prison led to her newest play at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater and a whole new outlook on the incarcerated.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 05/10/2019Siff is currently starring in a revival of Sam Shepard's Curse of the Starving Class Off-Broadway.
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By Mark Peikert | 05/10/2019Tony Award winner Beowulf Boritt, who has built a Broadway swimming pool and supercomputer, says the his work always lies in simplicity.
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By Olivia Clement | 05/09/2019How the Audible Emerging Playwright uses theatre to get “people who do not ordinarily care about people like me, care about people like me.”
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 05/08/2019Watch two exclusive clips from Erivo’s Stars in Concert special, airing May 10 on PBS.
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By Mark Peikert | 05/08/2019With Ink, Tony Award-nominated playwright James Graham evokes the drama, betrayals, and thrills of 1969 Fleet Street.
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By Mark Peikert | 05/07/2019The director behind Kiss Me, Kate and Tootsie says working on the shows simultaneously led to better work.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 05/06/2019The Tony Award winner tells Playbill about camp, fashion as theatre, and the Broadway boys playing subjects to his Sun God.
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Photo Features
How Scenic Designer Rob Howell Captures the Emotions of The Ferryman In a Simple Irish Farmhouse SetBy Ruthie Fierberg | 05/06/2019Go on this set tour with the Tony-nominated designer as he reveals the storytelling in the smallest details.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 05/06/2019Choreographer Sarah O’Gleby reveals how she staged Robbins’ dance to a T and crafted some choreography of her own.
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By Mark Peikert | 05/05/2019In her new autobiographical solo show, Corman shares the worst chapter of her life.
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By Olivia Clement | 05/05/2019Theatre For a New Audience (TFANA) is on a mission to produce the next generation of groundbreaking theatremakers.
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By Mark Peikert | 05/04/2019The 2019 Tony Nominee reconciles the way she always imagined the role and actually playing it alongside co-stars Tracy Letts and Benjamin Walker.
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By Olivia Clement | 05/03/2019The Tony Award-nominated actor and playwright explains why different audiences get a different Heidi.
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By Felicia Fitzpatrick | 05/02/2019The Broadway newcomer wowed audiences twice this season—with no day off in between, but a big payoff at the end.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 05/01/2019The Lucille Lortel nominee reveals how she learned to play the drums specifically for her standout role.
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Special Features
By Mark Peikert | 04/30/2019The 83-year-old playwright made his Broadway debut last season with a 50-year-old play—and just earned a Tony nomination, too.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 04/29/2019Inside the “family picnic” with the full cast of the hit musical by David Hein and Irene Sankoff.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 04/29/2019The choreographer behind the Sara Bareilles musical deconstructs the movement in La Traviata, Merrily We Roll Along, and more.
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By Genesis Johnson | 04/26/2019The Studio’s Outreach Division proves theatre’s power within the criminal justice system.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 04/25/2019A look inside the production conceived by The Skivvies’ Nick Cearley and Lauren Molina.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 04/24/2019The book writer of the smash musical reveals the first six pages of notes in her script—with secrets about the show’s stunning opening number.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 04/23/2019The former Dear Evan Hansen star brings nuance to his new role: leading man.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 04/23/2019The extended interview of what songs he hopes to bring to the stage—there’s one you won’t expect—the dances he’ll recreate, and the never-before-heard stories.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 04/23/2019The writer famous for The Social Network reveals Mockingbird connections to The West Wing, the origin of Sorkin “dialect,” and how his play is a companion to Harper Lee’s original novel.
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By Keith Loria | 04/22/2019The stars of the April 24-29 Kennedy Center production talk about what to expect.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 04/21/2019The husband-and-husband team talk about their latest co-written musical The Family Project, why they won’t smooth over their art, and why students are the best audiences.
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By Keith Loria | 04/20/2019As she prepares to play in the funhouse of Broadway’s Beetlejuice, Butler looks back on six daring set designs that pushed her to the next level.
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By Genesis Johnson | 04/18/2019Broadway’s new Hermione Granger Jenny Jules and new Muldoon Ralph Brown talk about taking over in two blockbuster hits, representation onstage, and more.
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By Roberto Araujo | 04/17/2019The model and actor will start performances as Roxie Hart on April 18.
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By Keith Loria | 04/16/2019Rachelle Rak, director Richard Matlby, Jr., and more remember the unconventional casting process, backstage (and onstage) pranks, showmances, and more behind the Tony-winning Broadway revue.
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By Genesis Johnson | 04/15/2019The Watchmen and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt star takes a break from the spotlight to pen the story of the Greek philosopher for the Off-Broadway stage.
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By Mervyn Rothstein | 04/11/2019Inside the mind of the South Pacific Tony winner and man behind Broadway smashes To Kill a Mockingbird, My Fair Lady, The King and I, and more.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 04/10/2019Which character died in an early draft of the final Sondheim-Prince collaboration? What is the most important moment in the whole show?
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By Genesis Johnson | 04/09/2019The original Elizabeth Schuyler takes on a new role with CBS’ The Code.
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By Olivia Clement | 04/07/2019Led by artistic director Paige Evans, the Signature operates on a model that cultivates playwrights and community.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 04/05/2019Stars Santino Fontana and Lilli Cooper emphasize the woman’s perspective in the hilarious musical adaptation of Tootsie.
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