Playbill News

The 31st annual Art Deco Weekend 2008 of Miami entitled 'Anything Goes: Art Deco Taps its Toes' brings Broadway tunes, celebrated music, films, lectures, parades, antiques and collectibles, and internationally recognized architecture tours to Miami Beach's famed Ocean Drive.

'Broadway Backwards 3', the gender-bending concert of show tune favorites benefiting the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, on Monday February 4 at 8PM, is nearly sold-out. The only remaining tickets available for the event are the $250 Orchestra Seats. Even more performers have been confirmed to participate, including Anthony Rapp, Kerry Butler, Ann Harada, Julie Halston, Michelle Blakely, Jessica Lee Goldyn and Aaron Lazar!

Tickets are on sale now for Kids' Night on Broadway, the night kids age 6 to 18 get to see a Broadway show for free when accompanied by a full-paying adult. With Rosie O'Donnell as the National Ambassador, this year's Kids' Night on Broadway will take place on February 5, 6, 12 & 13, 2008 in New York

An array of Broadway legends, as well as a host of up-and-coming players, will come together for a gender- bending concert featuring show tune favorites on Monday, February 4, 2008. 'Broadway Backwards 3' (BB3) will showcase a diverse cast of male singers performing songs traditionally performed by female singers

Broadway legend, Betty Buckley, will star in writer/director M. Night Shyamalan's (The Sixth Sense and Signs) next cinematic-thriller, The Happening, to arrive in theatres on June 13, 2008.

Venturing out of the chorus, André has had a lead in 'Pippin' regionally and a featured role in an ABC soap storyline.

Thomas Schumacher, producer of the Tony Award-winning The Lion King, will sign copies of his new theater book for young people, 'How Does the Show Go On?An Introduction to the Theater' (Disney Publishing Worldwide), this December in New York (December 12) and Los Angeles (December 13). The $20 book, which gives theater lovers a rare backstage pass to the industry, is currently in stores.

Mamma Mia! tour rolls into Colonial Theatre with a cast full of passion and energy, the renowned songs of ABBA, and fun and love on a Greek island

This Monday, December 3rd at 8:30 p.m. DEBRA and MARY will present a very special MUST-SEE SHOW. The guest will be Producer/Director RICHARD JAY-ALEXANDER.

Rosie O'Donnell, the 13-time Emmy Award-winning comedian, television talk show host, author, film, television, and stage actress will serve as the National Ambassador for this year's Kids' Night on Broadway, the annual event during which young people ages 6 to 18 can attend a Broadway show for free when accompanied by a full-paying adult. Tickets for the February events go on sale November 4 at 12PM (ET).

Gay Marshall brings her acclaimed solo show back to The Zipper Factory for four weekly performances beginning Tuesday, November 27.

A look at A Bronx Tale plus a tip for theatre district trick or treaters.

Michael Dale takes at look at the Roundabout's revival of 'Pygmalion' and Charles Busch's 'Die Mommie Die!'

BC/EFA is happy and proud to introduce their brand-new merchandise for 2007-2008! The web-store and newly printed A Catalog of Giving (available upon request) are chock-full of exciting gift ideas for Broadway and theatre-lovers everywhere! Here's a taste of what BC/EFA has to offer…

Betty Buckley will appear on NBC's 'The Today Show' the morning of Friday October 19. She will perform a song from her coming album 'Betty Buckley: 1967' and her Town Hall concert on October 20.

Bob Fosse's Dancin' will return to Broadway spring of 2009 following an engagement in Toronto. The new production will be directed by multiple Tony Award nominee Graciela Daniele. Ann Reinking serves as artistic consultant

Well, imagine my surprise when I opened my mailbox and not only did I receive a copy of the new Betty Buckley CD, Betty Buckley 1967 (being released on Playbill Records, a joint-venture partnership with SONY BMG Masterworks Broadway), BUT accompanying it, was a 12 inch LP, in all of its HI-FI 'MONO' glory.

Acclaimed actress/singer Betty Buckley makes her Town Hall solo concert debut on Saturday, October 20 at 8PM as part of the Third Annual Broadway Cabaret Festival in 'An Evening with Betty Buckley'.

Broadway producer Thomas Schumacher, a Tony Award-winner for The Lion King, will give young people a rare backstage pass to the theater with the publication of his first book, 'How Does The Show Go On? An Introduction to the Theater,' to be released mid-November 2007 by Disney Publishing Worldwide.