Meet Jake Epstein and Jarrod Spector, who take on their first original roles as real-life music icons Gerry Goffin and Barry Mann, respectively, in Broadway's Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.
Paul Nolan, who made his Broadway debut in the 2012 revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar, returns to the Great White Way as the new "Guy" in the Tony Award-winning musical Once. Playbill.com catches up.
Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark has survived so many delays, debacles, accidents and legal battles that it's time to truly "marvel" at Reeve Carney's superheroic efforts as its leading man. On Sept. 15, the 6-foot, pop-rock star and actor will leave the multi-million-dollar musical, having sung and swung through over 900 performances as Peter Parker/Spider-Man.
Lucas Steele struts and swaggers with a magnetic "czar quality" as Prince Anatole in Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812. In Dave Malloy's Obie-winning "electro-pop opera" of Leo Tolstoy's "War and Peace," the blond, 5-foot-10-inch tenor is constantly racing and rushing throughout Kazino, the show's lush and plush supper club, in pursuit of wine, women and song.
Billy Porter and Stark Sands, the leading men at the heart of Broadway's Kinky Boots, each earned a 2013 Tony Award nomination for his performance. Playbill catches up with the nominees.
British actor Matthew James Thomas, who made his Broadway debut as the Peter Parker alternate in Broadway's Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark — going on twice a week for star Reeve Carney — steps into the limelight in Pippin, flying to new heights and discovering his very own "Corner of the Sky."
A quick-changing Jefferson Mays plays an octet of heirs in the new musical comedy A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, now at The Old Globe in San Diego. The Tony Award-winning actor explains them all.
Corey Cott, fresh out of college — a graduate from the prestigious Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama — stars as rebellious paperboy Jack Kelly in the Disney musical Newsies, where he made his Broadway debut last summer.
Actor Ryan Silverman has escaped the Phantom's lair and Rebecca's Manderley, ending up in the clutches of love-hungry Fosca in the new Off-Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Passion.
Back on the boards for the first time since 2007's Talk Radio, the "Captain America" and "Political Animals" star reveals the truth about the shirtless torso that everyone's talking about.
Sons of the Prophet and The Importance of Being Earnest star Santino Fontana slips into something more charming for the Broadway premiere of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella.
In the acclaimed Broadway revival of The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Will Chase and Jim Norton star as two pieces of the mystery's puzzle — the devious John Jasper and the charming master of ceremonies, The Chairman.
After a Bloody Bloody presidential detour, Benjamin Walker comes back to the classics as Brick in Broadway's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and considers what makes the revival special. Want to know if Brick's gay? Ask Walker's mom.
Meet Jason Hite and Taylor Trensch, who play the roles of star-crossed lovers Jason and Peter, respectively, in the Off-Broadway revival of the coming-of-age rock musical Bare.
Danny Burstein, lauded for his work as a musical theatre character actor, works up a sweat as Golden Boy's boxing trainer in a new Broadway revival of Clifford Odets' American classic.
Following performances in Kansas City, Seattle, Hershey, Tampa, Raleigh, Detroit and Chicago, seasoned stage actor John Bolton dusts off his Leg Lamp for New York City in the Broadway bow of A Christmas Story, The Musical.
Meet Jordan Gelber, who gave up his apartment on Avenue Q and has moved to West 45th Street, to Broadway's Al Hirschfeld Theatre, where he is the star of Elf.
Tommy Tune is getting his act together, shrinking it to cabaret size and singing and dancing in Manhattan again. We get the lowdown on Taps, Tunes and Tall Tales, plus an update about his hopes for directing and choreographing new musicals.
Sweet Smell of Success, Shrek and "Smash" star Brian d'Arcy James steps into the cowboy boots of Texas rancher Bick Benedict in the new musical Giant at the Public Theater.
Two-time Tony winner George Hearn (Sunset Boulevard, La Cage aux Folles) is playing two sides of a coin — a nurturing father and an adversarial preacher — in Broadway's Scandalous.
Audiences across America are opening their doors to two-time Tony Award nominee Gavin Creel, who is currently starring as missionary Elder Price in the national tour of the Tony-winning hit musical The Book of Mormon.
Celebrity-skewering blogger Perez Hilton returns to his acting roots in the celebrity-skewering Off-Broadway revue NEWSical the Musical. The NYU grad talks about Rosie O'Donnell, his love of theatre, the first Broadway show he saw and more.
Jonathan Groff, a Tony Award nominee for playing the rebellious and experiment-friendly German lad Melchior Gabor in the musical Spring Awakening, talks about past lessons and new challenges.
Rob McClure, who originated the title role in the La Jolla Playhouse production of Chaplin — then under the title of Limelight — revisits the baggy pants of the "Little Tramp" for Chaplin's Broadway bow.
In 1987 Chip Zien originated the role of the Baker in the Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine musical Into the Woods. More than two decades later he's returning to the twisting path, this time as the Mysterious Man in the Shakespeare in the Park outdoor staging, which will debut July 23 at the Delacorte Theater.
Anthony Fedorov, up-and-coming musical theatre performer and former "American Idol" contestant, explores the final "Season of Love" in the Off-Broadway revival of Jonathan Larson's Rent, which concludes this summer at New World Stages.
Meet Ramin Karimloo, the Iranian-born, Canadian-raised actor who became a West End star wearing the mask of the Phantom of the Opera. He talks about his past work and his new album.
It has only taken David Alan Grier 31 years and five Broadway shows to go from a pennant-winning sports legend to a dope-peddling Sporting Life. It's called a career.
Ghost The Musical's Richard Fleeshman opens up about staying in shape for his shirtless love scenes, signing body parts at the stage door and making the London import even sexier for Broadway.
Adam Chanler-Berat returns to the role of Boy — leading a group of "Lost Boys," discovering Neverland and obtaining a life of eternal youth — in Broadway's Peter and the Starcatcher.
Andrew Keenan-Bolger and Ben Fankhauser co-star as Jack Kelly's trusty comrades, Crutchie and Davey, respectively, in the Broadway production of the new Disney musical Newsies.
Meet Broadway newcomers Josh Young and Paul Nolan, who starred as Judas and Jesus, respectively, in the Stratford Shakespeare Festival production of Jesus Christ Superstar and reprise their performances for Broadway.
It's not as though Steve Kazee never played a principal role on Broadway, so why does it feel like only now, with the Broadway musical Once, that he's making his Big Breakthrough?
Leaving a life of crime behind, Jeremy Jordan, of Broadway's Bonnie & Clyde, dusts off his newsboy cap for the Broadway bow of Disney's Newsies in the role of street-smart paperboy Jack Kelly.
Aaron Carter, who made his Broadway debut as a teenager in Seussical, returns to the New York stage after an 11-year hiatus. Meet the new Matt of Off-Broadway's The Fantasticks.
Colin Donnell is taking a break from playing Billy Crocker in Broadway's Anything Goes to explore the complexities of Merrily We Roll Along in an Encores! concert.
Norm Lewis, of Broadway's Sondheim on Sondheim and the most recent Les Miserables, is plenty of something in The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess on Broadway.
Teen heartthrob Nick Jonas is preparing to star as the new Finch in Broadway's How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, but he's no Broadway novice. He talked to Playbill in between rehearsals.
Playbill's Leading Men series focusing on the disciples of Broadway's Godspell zeroes in on Nick Blaemire, who chats about his rock band and his return to Circle in the Square, site of his Glory Days.
The Playbill Leading Men columns this month focus on the disciples of Broadway's Godspell. Wallace Smith chats about his handful of Broadway credits, his aspirations as a songwriter and the Godspell "Graveyard."
This month's Leading Men columns focus on the disciples of Broadway's Godspell. George Salazar chats about making his Broadway debut, spending time on the road in Spring Awakening and his upcoming projects.
The Playbill Leading Men columns this month focus on the disciples of Broadway's Godspell. Telly Leung chats about his relationship with Stephen Schwartz, the Godspell creative process and "Glee."
Mandy Patinkin, starring in Broadway's An Evening With Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin, talks about the show's songlist, passion projects like Showtime's "Homeland" and his future in musical theatre.
A candid chat with Hugh Jackman about his Back on Broadway concert, plus cell phones, ticket prices, shirtlessness, show tunes, The Boy From Oz and more.
Death and Hannibal Lecter. Julian Ovenden and Brent Barrett's characters in their respective Off-Broadway shows are making quite a killing this summer.
