January 9, 2009

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Features: All

Mary-Louise Parker Is a Hipper Hedda
08 Jan 2009
Actress Mary-Louise Parker puts a contemporary spin on Ibsen's tragic heroine, Hedda Gabler, in a new Broadway production.
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In Memoriam: Playbill.com Remembers Those We Lost in 2008
05 Jan 2009
A Nobel Prize-winning playwright. A major Broadway theatre owner and producer. A longtime New York City theatre critic. A sultry cabaret star who sexily purred songs into her eighties.



PLAYBILL ON CLOSING NIGHT: Hairspray — The Fat Lady Sings
05 Jan 2009 -- Edna Turnblad croaked her last on Jan. 4 at the Neil Simon Theatre as Hairspray went out in a blue blaze of glory with its 2,641th — and final — performance.

Broadway Grosses: Dec. 29 - Jan. 4
05 Jan 2009 --

ON THE RECORD: Flaherty and Ahrens' The Glorious Ones and the Reconstructed Sound of Cohan (04 Jan 2009)

Star System: A Preview of the 2009 Broadway Season (02 Jan 2009)

Broadway Grosses: Dec. 22-28 (29 Dec 2008)

THE DVD SHELF: Meryl Streep in "Mamma Mia!," and Buster Keaton's "The General" (28 Dec 2008)

Playbill.com Picks the Top Theatre Stories of 2008 (26 Dec 2008)

PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Dec. 20-26: Farewell, Purr and Pause (26 Dec 2008)

A Life in the Theatre: Ken Billington (25 Dec 2008)

All Hail Hallie Foote (24 Dec 2008)

Broadway Grosses: Dec. 15-21 (22 Dec 2008)

ON THE RECORD: Lea Salonga in Cinderella and Scott Alan's "Keys" (22 Dec 2008)

Baby Comes of Age in Dirty Dancing (19 Dec 2008)

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Pal Joey — Love Has Many Phases (19 Dec 2008)

The Sound of Lyrics: The Search for Hammerstein's Gold (18 Dec 2008)

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Shrek — Back Into the Woods (15 Dec 2008)

Broadway Grosses: Dec. 8-14 (15 Dec 2008)

Liza with a Kay (15 Dec 2008)

STAGE TO SCREENS: "Doubt"-ers Streep, Hoffman, Shanley, Davis, Adams; Plus Michael Sheen (14 Dec 2008)

Eclectic: American Songbook Enters 11th Season (13 Dec 2008)

PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Dec. 6-12: Catch a Falling Star (12 Dec 2008)

Twelfth Night in DC Gets the Taichman Touch (11 Dec 2008)

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Slava's Snowshow — The Sound and the Flurry (08 Dec 2008)

Broadway Grosses: Dec. 1-7 (08 Dec 2008)

ON THE RECORD: Holiday Gift List (08 Dec 2008)

PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Nov. 29-Dec. 5: Not Everyone's a Critic, Anymore (06 Dec 2008)

Making Merry: White Christmas Plays Broadway (06 Dec 2008)

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Liza's at the Palace... — Garlands for Minnelli (04 Dec 2008)

New Awakenings: Groff Finds Freedom in New Roles (04 Dec 2008)

Broadway Grosses: Nov. 24-30 (01 Dec 2008)

THE DVD SHELF: "Studio One" Hits, Columbia Oscar Winners, "Wall-E" and "Dolly!" and Three From WWII (01 Dec 2008)

Shrek: Finding the "Funny" in Fairyland (30 Nov 2008)

A Life in the Theatre: Ira Weitzman (29 Nov 2008)

PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Nov. 22-28: Jerry and Joey (28 Nov 2008)

Estelle Parsons Goes Weston (28 Nov 2008)

Remembering Gerald Schoenfeld, a "Gentleman of the Theatre" (26 Nov 2008)

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: White Christmas — There's No Business Like Snow Business (24 Nov 2008)

Broadway Grosses: Nov. 17-23 (24 Nov 2008)

ON THE RECORD: Cook's New "Rainbow," Chaffin's "When the Wind Blows South," Plus "Carols for a Cure" (24 Nov 2008)

PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Nov. 15-21: Now Departing (22 Nov 2008)

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Dividing the Estate — Setting Foote on Broadway (21 Nov 2008)

Piven Goes From TV's Gold to Broadway's Gould (21 Nov 2008)

Scott Ellis Is an Actor's Director (19 Nov 2008)

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: American Buffalo — An Effin' Proposition (18 Nov 2008)

Broadway Grosses: Nov. 10-16 (17 Nov 2008)

STAGE TO SCREENS: Chats with Osment, Lindsay-Abaire, Ashley and Gaynor (17 Nov 2008)

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Billy Elliot — A Balletic Leap for Broadway (14 Nov 2008)

PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Nov. 8-14: Billy, Do Be a Hero! (14 Nov 2008)

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