From The Phantom of the Opera to Annie, Playbill details the eight musicals that earned sequels—and where those productions are now.

The lineup also includes revivals of Ntozake Shange’s for colored girls and Tony Kushner’s A Bright Room Called Day.

Playbill.com's weekly planner reminds you that Cindy Lauper's Boots were made for Broadway!… Scar Jo's inner "Cat" is exorcised… aspiring actors get schooled by Patti LuPone… and the Hollywood invasion of Broadway continues with Bette Midler, Tom Hanks, Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Cicely Tyson. Here's to hoping that April's flowers hurry up and grow this Easter WEEK AHEAD (we are so over winter coats!).

ABC-TV broadcasts the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards Sept. 21 live from the NOKIA Theatre in Los Angeles beginning at 8 PM ET. Reality-TV personalities Tom Bergeron ("Dancing with the Stars"), Heidi Klum ("Project Runway"), Howie Mandell ("Deal or No Deal"), Jeff Probst ("Survivor") and Ryan Seacrest ("American Idol") host.

Max von Essen — who stars in the Carnegie Hall concerts of Jerry Springer - The Opera — fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire with random facts, backstage trivia and pop culture tidbits.

Max von Essen — who stars in the Carnegie Hall concerts of Jerry Springer - The Opera — fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire with random facts, backstage trivia and pop culture tidbits.

For his March 25, 1998 STAGESTRUCK column, Peter Filichia announced his choices for the 100 top Broadway musical performers of all time. Playbill On-Line invited readers to suggest names that they would have added to the list -- and names they would have left off the list.