Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill, starring Audra McDonald, opens on this date in 2014. McDonald subsequently wins her record-breaking sixth Tony Award.

Hello, diva lovers! There’s some exciting news on the diva front. It looks like CBS’s Sunday morning news show, “CBS News Sunday Morning” (with Charles Osgood), is in the process of arranging a series -- to be aired around Tony time -- devoted to some of the musical theatre’s greatest ladies. Already in progress is a piece on Betty Buckley, who finishes her acclaimed run at the Cafe Carlyle this evening, March 17. In fact, CBS recently taped parts of Buckley’s latest act, and the production team will soon head to Fort Worth, Betty’s home town, to film a few interviews. Stay tuned for more info, including the names of the other talented women who will be part of this series on “CBS News Sunday Morning.” . . . And, speaking of Buckley, the Tony-winning actress will receive another honor, a Sardi’s caricature. The drawing will be displayed at the famed restaurant the same day her new KO Productions recording, (“Heart to Heart”) is released, March 28. Congratulations, Ms. B. It’s a long-overdue tribute!

Hello, diva lovers! There’s some exciting news on the diva front. It looks like CBS’s Sunday morning news show, “CBS News Sunday Morning” (with Charles Osgood), is in the process of arranging a series -- to be aired around Tony time -- devoted to some of the musical theatre’s greatest ladies. Already in progress is a piece on Betty Buckley, who finishes her acclaimed run at the Cafe Carlyle this evening, March 17. In fact, CBS recently taped parts of Buckley’s latest act, and the production team will soon head to Fort Worth, Betty’s home town, to film a few interviews. Stay tuned for more info, including the names of the other talented women who will be part of this series on “CBS News Sunday Morning.” . . . And, speaking of Buckley, the Tony-winning actress will receive another honor, a Sardi’s caricature. The drawing will be displayed at the famed restaurant the same day her new KO Productions recording, (“Heart to Heart”) is released, March 28. Congratulations, Ms. B. It’s a long-overdue tribute!

Playbill’s 2019 guide to the Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway shows, dance works, and cabarets and concerts starring Broadway talent celebrating Christmas, Chanukah, and general seasonal cheer!

While theatres remain dark, revisit some of your favorites with Inside the Theatre, and get a closer look at the details you might miss before the show—plus a deep dive into the theatre's history.

A chorus dancer who became a Broadway star. Two rival producers who made headlines. A weathered interpreter of Eugene O'Neill. Two of the greatest British actors of all time.

A chorus dancer who became a Broadway star. Two rival producers who made headlines. A weathered interpreter of Eugene O'Neill. Two of the greatest British actors of all time.

We listen to the 1958 West End cast album of Where's Charley?, Nancy Walker's 1952 exploration of Ira Gershwin and a 1987 Styne songbook from jazz singer Maxine Sullivan.

We listen to the 1958 West End cast album of Where's Charley?, Nancy Walker's 1952 exploration of Ira Gershwin and a 1987 Styne songbook from jazz singer Maxine Sullivan.

This month we chat with Željko Ivanek and Victor Garber, and take a look at "Just Outside the Spotlight: Growing Up with Eileen Heckart" (Back Stage Books), a sterling new biography written by Luke Yankee, the youngest son of the late actress.

This month we chat with Željko Ivanek and Victor Garber, and take a look at "Just Outside the Spotlight: Growing Up with Eileen Heckart" (Back Stage Books), a sterling new biography written by Luke Yankee, the youngest son of the late actress.

MTC, THE PLACE TO BE: Manhattan Theatre Club, the nonprofit resident Off-Broadway company that two years ago was bruised in a public relations nightmare over Terrence McNally's controversial Corpus Christi, is riding high as the hitmaker company of 2000. Both Charles Busch's The Tale of the Allergist's Wife and David Auburn's Proof started at MTC in 2000 and transferred to Broadway by fall, earning raves, and A Class Act, the intimate musical portrait of lyricist Ed Kleban, ended its run there Dec. 10 prior to a spring 2001 Broadway transfer. The U.S. premiere of Alan Ayckbourn's Comic Potential was embraced by critics and audiences and a commercial transfer was mulled, but a suitable theatre could not be found. Late in 2000, the troupe announced a plan with a developer to restore and take up residence at the dilapidated Biltmore Theatre, which would finally give MTC a home on Broadway. The multi-million dollar plan has some hurdles to jump, but an opening in the 2002-2003 season is planned.

From Orson Welles to high school musicals, there are plenty of films set in a backstage milieu.

November 18 is opening night for Boston's Huntington Theatre Company's stage adaptation of the Pulitzer-winning novel A Confederacy of Dunces, starring Nick Offerman — best known as the super-macho Ron Swanson in the NBC-TV sitcom "Parks and Recreation."

Nick Offerman — best known as the super-macho Ron Swanson in the NBC-TV sitcom "Parks and Recreation" — appeared on "The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon" Nov. 10 to promote Boston's Huntington Theatre Company's stage adaptation of the Pulitzer-winning novel A Confederacy of Dunces, in which he stars.

Performances begin Nov. 11 for Boston's Huntington Theatre Company's stage adaptation of the Pulitzer-winning novel A Confederacy of Dunces, starring Nick Offerman — best known as the super-macho Ron Swanson in the NBC-TV sitcom "Parks and Recreation."