Wilbur News

On Friday, December 1 at 8 pm at The Wilbur Theatre, there will be a special for-mature-audiences-only performance of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Musicals Tonight! continues its ongoing salute to Broadway and Off-Broadway Standbys and Understudies with its current editions of At This Performance…™ to be held on Sunday, November 12th and Monday, November 13th at the McGinn/Cazale Theatre

Big girls and big hair set North Shore Music Theatre rockin' to the Sixties

The upcoming film version of Hairspray will be profiled on this weekend's 'Breakfast with the Arts,' airing on A&E on October 29th from 8 AM to 10 AM

Boston 'Spelling Bee' boasts a superb ensemble that earns perfect scores for brains, humor and heart

Lyric Stage presents a glowingly sung production of a rarely performed musical first presented in 1940.

The first national tour of the Tony Award-winning musical comedy The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will come to The Merriam Theater at 250 S. Broad Street in Philadelphia from Tuesday, October 17 through Sunday, October 22, 2006 for eight performances

Full casting has been announced for the North Shore Music Theatre's production of Hairspray

BroadwayWorld.com has learned that Jerry Stiller will be making a cameo appearance in the upcoming Hairspray film in the role of 'Mr. Pinky.' Hairspray's creator John Waters will have a cameo in the film as well.

Jessica-Snow Wilson will assume the role of Olive Ostrovsky in the Broadway production of the Tony Award-winning musical comedy The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, beginning Tuesday, September 19

'The West Wing' star Allison Janney has signed on to the upcoming film version of Hairspray

Jim Broadbent--who was previously rumoured to play Wilbur in the upcoming Hairspray but whose role in that film will instead be portrayed by Christopher Walken--may have signed on to the cast of Tim Burton's upcoming Sweeney Todd film

Full casting has been announced for the upcoming Boston resident production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, which starts its run at the Wilbur Theatre on September 26th

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Christopher Walken is the latest addition to the starry cast of the upcoming Hairspray film; he will play Wilbur Turnblad

Oscar-winner Jim Broadbent is the latest addition to the starry cast of the upcoming Hairspray film; he will play Wilbur Turnblad

X-Men star James Marsden will mutate into dance show host Corny Collins for the starry upcoming Hairspray film

Brittany Snow--previously rumored as the frontrunner in the role of bratty dance show star Amber Von Tussle--has been confirmed for the upcoming Hairspray film

Variety reports this morning that Michelle Pfeiffer has signed on to the upcoming Hairspray film as Velma von Tussle.