John Kander, composer of the newly opened musical The Visit, shares the story of adapting "Zorba the Greek" into the musical Zorba!, which is being staged at City Center beginning May 6.

The Band's Visit, Come From Away, and Hello, Dolly! also received several nominations.

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.

As busy as Broadway will be this autumn, Off-Broadway is just as active -- and the names are exciting, indeed: Kushner, Wolfe, Coonrod, McNally, Lapine, Finn, Busch, Howe, Andersen, Langella, Larson, MacLeod, McCourt, Gotanda, Blessing -- not to mention Shakespeare, Williams, Miller, Shaw, Brel, Ibsen, Rostand, et al. Here's a partial run-down of shows scheduled to open in the next couple of months:

From now A-listers like Sarah Jessica Parker and Ariana Grande to the kids who originated Broadway’s most famous young roles (Gavroche, Chip, Matilda), find out where these child actors are now.

I've always found it curious that so many collectors I know anticipate with bated breath the issue of newly remastered versions of classic cast albums that they already have on CD, and that they have been listening to in one form or another throughout their lives. Of course, as technology advances, the latest remasterings should make the recordings sound better each time. But I ask myself: Even in remastered form, how many times am I going to listen to a cast album I've been playing for decades? And will cast albums I already have on CD really sound that much better this time around, when they were simply two-track stereo, analog recordings to begin with?

I've always found it curious that so many collectors I know anticipate with bated breath the issue of newly remastered versions of classic cast albums that they already have on CD, and that they have been listening to in one form or another throughout their lives. Of course, as technology advances, the latest remasterings should make the recordings sound better each time. But I ask myself: Even in remastered form, how many times am I going to listen to a cast album I've been playing for decades? And will cast albums I already have on CD really sound that much better this time around, when they were simply two-track stereo, analog recordings to begin with?

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.

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Bryce Pinkham, Lora Lee Gayer, and Megan Lawrence joined Playbill LIVE! May 29 to talk about the 2016 musical.

The Williamstown Theatre Festival will host the world premiere of Off the Main Road, a play by William Inge. It opens the 2015 Williamstown summer season, which includes the anticipated staging of Eugene O'Neill's A Moon for the Misbegotten starring Audra McDonald and Will Swenson.

New York will soon see an important revival of the 1966 John Kander-Fred Ebb- Joseph Masteroff classic Cabaret, and RCA Victor is likely to record it. British TER has just issued a major new recording that ranks as an unprecedented preservation of multiple versions of the score. So we will this week look back at earlier Cabaret recordings then discuss the latest release.

New York will soon see an important revival of the 1966 John Kander-Fred Ebb- Joseph Masteroff classic Cabaret, and RCA Victor is likely to record it. British TER has just issued a major new recording that ranks as an unprecedented preservation of multiple versions of the score. So we will this week look back at earlier Cabaret recordings then discuss the latest release.