The Matt Conner-Stephen Gregory Smith musical will make its debut in Virginia.

Playbill.com staff members share their wishlists for musicals they'd like to see return to Broadway. From classics to rock operas, Tony-winning hits and rarely-seen flops, here's what made our list.

Playbill.com staff members share their wishlists for musicals they'd like to see return to Broadway. From classics to rock operas, Tony-winning hits and rarely-seen flops, here's what made our list.

Australian performer Thomas Lacey has been cast as Scott Hastings in the stage premiere of Baz Luhrmann's Strictly Ballroom, which will begin performances March 25, 2014, at the Lyric Theatre in Sydney, Australia.

In 1957, The Music Man opens on Broadway.

We profile 10 women over 40 who found second careers in musical theatre.

I am as pleased as anyone, I suppose, by the recent flurry of CD issues of long-out-of-print original cast albums. Some have remained obscure since the first printing of the LPs, 20 or 30 or 50 years ago. Others have been issued on CD in the interim, but quickly fell back out of the catalogue.

I am as pleased as anyone, I suppose, by the recent flurry of CD issues of long-out-of-print original cast albums. Some have remained obscure since the first printing of the LPs, 20 or 30 or 50 years ago. Others have been issued on CD in the interim, but quickly fell back out of the catalogue.

Hello, diva lovers! Well, I must admit it was a bit daunting to open a blank Word Perfect document this past Tuesday morning to attempt to write a millennium-based diva column while finishing our January subscription issue and starting our February theatre edition. At one point I decided I would just write a regular weekly column and not deal with the approaching 2000 mark, but then I thought I would simply list many of the women of the musical theatre/cabaret worlds who have brightened our lives throughout the past few decades. So, in alphabetical order, here they are. (I’m sure I’ve left out many of your favorites, so please excuse any omission!) Following this grand diva list are more detailed thoughts and musings about some (but not all) 25 of my very favorite gals (alphabetically, of course). I hope you enjoy reading this column, and may the New Year bring every diva lover out there much joy and happiness, and may it also be diva-filled!

Hello, diva lovers! Well, I must admit it was a bit daunting to open a blank Word Perfect document this past Tuesday morning to attempt to write a millennium-based diva column while finishing our January subscription issue and starting our February theatre edition. At one point I decided I would just write a regular weekly column and not deal with the approaching 2000 mark, but then I thought I would simply list many of the women of the musical theatre/cabaret worlds who have brightened our lives throughout the past few decades. So, in alphabetical order, here they are. (I’m sure I’ve left out many of your favorites, so please excuse any omission!) Following this grand diva list are more detailed thoughts and musings about some (but not all) 25 of my very favorite gals (alphabetically, of course). I hope you enjoy reading this column, and may the New Year bring every diva lover out there much joy and happiness, and may it also be diva-filled!

BETTY BUCKLEY
Sitting in the audience of the Royale Theatre, recovering from the wave of emotion that spread over the audience as Betty Buckley poured out her soul and voice in her Act I show-stopper, I realized that this is why I love the theatre. As good as TV and film can be, there is nothing like the emotional connection an actor--especially one as gifted as Buckley--can make with her (or his) audience in a live theatrical performance. And Buckley's connection has never been greater.

BETTY BUCKLEY
Sitting in the audience of the Royale Theatre, recovering from the wave of emotion that spread over the audience as Betty Buckley poured out her soul and voice in her Act I show-stopper, I realized that this is why I love the theatre. As good as TV and film can be, there is nothing like the emotional connection an actor--especially one as gifted as Buckley--can make with her (or his) audience in a live theatrical performance. And Buckley's connection has never been greater.

See what's coming to Netflix, Disney+, HBO Max, and more this month.

Here's Playbill.com's weekly "Last Chance" reminder to catch Broadway, Off-Broadway and world-premiere productions before they take a final bow.

Playbill.com digs into its archives to explore past articles. In the next installment, John Kander and Fred Ebb share the story of how, after an early disappointment, Kiss of the Spider Woman finally made it to Broadway with plenty of changes along the way.

The star-studded production of Terrence McNally's It's Only a Play opened on Broadway Oct. 9. Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick and Megan Mullally were there. So was Playbill.

A star-studded revival of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play You Can't Take It With You opened on Broadway Sept. 28. Rose Byrne, Julie Halston and Kristine Nielsen were there. So was Playbill.

Teal Wicks, who plays Emma Carew in the new Broadway revival of Jekyll & Hyde, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire of random facts, backstage trivia and pop-culture tidbits.

Teal Wicks, who plays Emma Carew in the new Broadway revival of Jekyll & Hyde, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire of random facts, backstage trivia and pop-culture tidbits.