Interview
Read interviews with luminaries of the stage.
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From the Archives
By Sheryl Flatow | 05/09/2021James Lapine, Stephen Sondheim, and star Donna Murphy sat down with Playbill for this interview before Passion opened on Broadway May 9, 1994. -
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By Dan Meyer | 05/06/2021Plus, a Q&A with the writer-performer about making up a new art form for the film adaptation of her theatrical show.
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Special Features
By Andrew Gans | 05/05/2021Leavel will be part of the virtual concert Broadway by the Year: The Kander & Ebb Years, streaming May 10.
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From the Archives
By Howard Kissel | 05/01/2021In a 1985 feature, Playbill spoke to the playwright of groundbreaking As Is before its May 1 Broadway opening, and reported from a rehearsal of the Off-Broadway premiere of The Normal Heart.
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Theatre Alternatives
By Bethany Rickwald | 05/01/2021The new play by Dorothy Lyman offers a story about older adults.
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From the Archives
By Louis Botto | 04/30/2021Starring Zizi Jeanmaire, the heavily revised production opened April 30, 1981, at the MInskoff Theatre.
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Special Features
By Andrew Gans | 04/29/2021The actor is currently making her Off-Broadway debut in the production, one of the first to play to live audiences.
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From the Archives
By Harry Haun | 04/26/2021The Cy Coleman, Ira Gasman, David Newman musical, which opened April 26, 1997, put a human face on the inhabitants of 42nd Street.
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From the Archives
By Mervyn Rothstein | 04/25/2021Turner sat down with Playbill for this interview before opening in the adaptation of Jean Cocteau's Les Parents Terrible April 27, 1995.
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Interview
By Andrew Gans | 04/22/2021The actor's newest solo show, Carry On, will stream in May as part of the 54 Below Premieres series.
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Broadway Community Project
By Ryan McPhee | 04/20/2021Josie Bearden has worked as a music copyist on Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, the new Back to the Future musical, the upcoming West Side Story film, and more.
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Special Features
By Andrew Gans | 04/14/2021The actor will release his debut album of original songs, Monotony, in May.
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Special Features
By Dan Meyer | 04/08/2021What do people not know about casting—and why should young professionals consider it as a career?
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Special Features
By Andrew Gans | 04/08/2021"Learn and take the time to know and understand the people you’re employing, hiring, working with, and coming to see perform."
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Special Features
By Bethany Rickwald | 04/07/2021The immersive theatre production stars Bathsheba Piepe—and features a cameo by Dominic Monaghan.
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Broadway Community Project
By Ryan McPhee | 04/06/2021"Script coordinators free up creators to focus on creation rather than the nitty-gritty, and I’ve gotten to see firsthand how much of a difference that makes."
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Special Features
By Dan Meyer | 04/05/2021The Tony winner talks about expanding Arab-American representation and his solo show in development.
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Special Features
By Dan Meyer | 04/05/2021The playwright’s new book is out April 5.
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Interview
By Andrew Gans | 04/02/2021The Shed Artistic Director Alex Poots discusses the many precautions that have been taken to help ensure everyone's safety.
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Interview
By Felicia Fitzpatrick | 04/01/2021The Broadway alum gives an honest look at life behind the curtain with her new platform.
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Interview
By Andrew Gans | 04/01/2021John Lloyd Young By Request: Live From Las Vegas will stream May 1.
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Special Features
By Jonathan Mandell | 03/29/2021How some fancy footwork (and many stairs) made stars of the Newsies newsboys, including Ryan Steele and Ephraim Sykes.
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Interview
By Talaura Harms | 03/25/2021Heidi Schreck, Bobby Cannavale, Keanu Reeves, and Alia Shawkat star in the Spotlight on Plays virtual presentation of the title, streaming March 25.
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From the Archives
By Sheridan Morley | 03/25/2021One of Britain’s “national treasures” opened on Broadway in Peter Shaffer’s acclaimed comedy March 25, 1990—and ultimately earned a Tony Award.
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Interview
By Andrew Gans | 03/24/2021The Actors Fund and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS "get the money out to where it needs to go."
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Broadway Community Project
By Ryan McPhee | 03/23/2021Isaac Q Grivett has worked on such shows as Moulin Rouge!, Frozen, The Cher Show, and Beetlejuice.
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From the Archives
By Harry Haun | 03/21/2021Look back at Playbill's 1990 interview with the stage and screen star about her performance in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, which opened March 21, 1990.
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Interview
By Andrew Gans | 03/17/2021Recent streaming projects for the actor, who will be seen in HBO's The Gilded Age, include the solo show All The Devils Are Here and Shakespeare@ Home's Julius Caesar.
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Video
By Dan Meyer | 03/15/2021“I’m very bullish on the future for Broadway. When Broadway is back, New York is back and America is back.”
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From the Archives
By Michael Owen | 03/15/2021Before the musical opened at the Gershwin Theatre March 15, 1986, its composer sat down with Playbill to talk about lessons learned from London, and his career since Cats.
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Regional News
By Dan Meyer | 03/13/2021The virtual production began March 13.
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Interview
By Tom Sturridge, Jake Gyllenhaal | 03/12/2021The 2020 Tony Award nominees touched base to revisit their time performing deeply personal monologues.
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Interview
By Dan Meyer | 03/11/2021An exclusive interview highlighting her career path, advice for young directors, and the future of Black theatre.
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Special Features
By Andrew Gans | 03/11/2021"The issues raised in the last year are not new, and there are already generations of BIPOC leaders ready to bring the type of work that has the fullness of humanity included."
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Broadway Community Project
By Ryan McPhee | 03/09/2021The costumes are designed and produced, and the show's up and running. Then what?
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Special Features
By Dan Meyer | 03/08/2021How reflections, outsiders, and legacy play a role in the double Tony nominee's scenic and costume design.
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Interview
By Andrew Gans | 03/03/2021"I believe that this is such an opportunity to grow and reflect on ourselves. Growth is never comfortable."
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Special Features
By Dan Meyer | 03/02/2021How a pop anthem became one of the most crucial moments in a hit-filled musical.
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Interview
By Andrew Gans | 02/27/2021To celebrate Black History Month, the cast of Tina reunited virtually to record Watts' new poem, "The Gatherers."
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Broadway Community Project
By Ryan McPhee | 02/23/2021Learn about music directing and conducting from the Dear Evan Hansen and Wicked veteran.
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Interview
By Andrew Gans | 02/23/2021"I hope that we continue to educate ourselves and our potential audiences about the system in which we have been living for the past 400 years."
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The Theatre Channel
By Dan Meyer | 02/22/2021The star talks about Hairspray and returning to London’s West End.
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Interview
By Andrew Gans | 02/19/2021"The change has been a long time coming, and I believe the time to strike for the better is now as we consider how we reopen Broadway houses."
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Interview
By Andrew Gans | 02/15/2021"The arts community should be just that—a full community just as colorful as the works that can and will be envisioned."
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Special Features
By Andrew Gans | 02/14/2021Lea Salonga, Norm Lewis, Betty Buckley, André De Shields, Chita Rivera, Kelli O'Hara, Shereen Pimentel, and more recall their most memorable love-filled theatre outings.
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Interview
By Felicia Fitzpatrick | 02/12/2021The Jimmy Award-winning artivist is using her voice to save Black lives through her nonprofit, Claim Our Space Now.
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Interview
By Andrew Gans | 02/09/2021Lewis will be seen in the streaming premiere of Drew Larimore's Smithtown, which also features Michael Urie and Ann Harada.
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Book News
By Ryan McPhee | 02/09/2021The new children's book, illustrated by Peter Emmerich, shines a spotlight on theatre artists onstage and off.
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Special Features
By Mark Peikert | 02/08/2021With over 200 Broadway credits and a Tony Honor for Excellence to his name, the celebrated wig designer has announced that Diana will be his final show. In honor of his retirement, revisit his 2017 Playbill profile.
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Special Features
By Ryan McPhee | 02/03/2021The producer of Slave Play. A star of Six. The Pulitzer-winning composer of A Strange Loop. A site-specific visionary. Theatre may be on pause, but their careers are decidedly not.
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