Jonathan Groff and Liev Schreiber discuss working on Ang Lee's new film, "Taking Woodstock," which features a host of New York theatre actors.

Jonathan Groff and Liev Schreiber discuss working on Ang Lee's new film, "Taking Woodstock," which features a host of New York theatre actors.

Playbill looks back at the actors, directors, choreographers, and other theatremakers who died in the past year.

Jon Robin Baitz, David Henry Hwang and David Ives are anything but newbies. But their latest projects have them experiencing Broadway in a new way.

America's longheld fascination with side show entertainment and its assortment of cheek-flushing moments that blend brilliance with the bizarre are central to major plot lines on stage and screen this season. "American Horror Story: Freak Show," to The Elephant Man, Side Show, Pippin and beyond, invite audiences to peek inside the tent.

Hello, diva lovers. I'd like to dedicate today's column to one of the most gifted comedic actresses of her time, Madeline Kahn, who lost her battle with ovarian cancer last week. Kahn, who received a Tony Award for her riotous portrayal of Dr. Gorgeous Teitelbaum in Wendy Wasserstein's The Sisters Rosensweig, was equally at home on the stage or on screen, earning Tony nominations for her work in In the Boom Boom Room, On the Twentieth Century and Born Yesterday while meriting Academy Award nominations for such screen roles as "Blazing Saddles" and "Paper Moon." Though difficult to choose from her eclectic array of characters, I think my favorite Kahn performance was in the aforementioned "Paper Moon" as the good-bone-structured Trixie Delight, opposite the father-and-daughter team of Ryan and Tatum O'Neill. The operatically-trained performer had the ability to make you laugh with a simple inflection of the voice, and she could also move you in both song and the spoken word. This unique, multi-talented actress will be much missed. In lieu of flowers, Kahn's family asks that donations be made to the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund (One Penn Plaza, Suite 1610, New York, NY 10001).

Hello, diva lovers. I'd like to dedicate today's column to one of the most gifted comedic actresses of her time, Madeline Kahn, who lost her battle with ovarian cancer last week. Kahn, who received a Tony Award for her riotous portrayal of Dr. Gorgeous Teitelbaum in Wendy Wasserstein's The Sisters Rosensweig, was equally at home on the stage or on screen, earning Tony nominations for her work in In the Boom Boom Room, On the Twentieth Century and Born Yesterday while meriting Academy Award nominations for such screen roles as "Blazing Saddles" and "Paper Moon." Though difficult to choose from her eclectic array of characters, I think my favorite Kahn performance was in the aforementioned "Paper Moon" as the good-bone-structured Trixie Delight, opposite the father-and-daughter team of Ryan and Tatum O'Neill. The operatically-trained performer had the ability to make you laugh with a simple inflection of the voice, and she could also move you in both song and the spoken word. This unique, multi-talented actress will be much missed. In lieu of flowers, Kahn's family asks that donations be made to the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund (One Penn Plaza, Suite 1610, New York, NY 10001).

While theatres remain dark, revisit some of your favorites with Inside the Theatre, and get a closer look at the details you might miss before the show.

In honor of Playbill's 30 Day of Pride, we take a look back at one of our favorite past features in which we asked LGBT members of the theatre community to share their personal stories of love, self-acceptance and pride in their lives and in their work. #PlaybillPride

LGBT Americans have had much to celebrate in the past several years, with the passage of Marriage Equality in New York and other states around the country, as well as the Supreme Court's landmark decisions this week on DOMA and Prop 8.

LGBT Americans have had much to celebrate in the past several years, with the passage of Marriage Equality in New York and other states around the country, as well as the Supreme Court's landmark decisions this week on DOMA and Prop 8.

LGBT Americans have had much to celebrate in the past several years, with the passage of Marriage Equality in New York and other states around the country, as well as the Supreme Court's landmark decisions this week on DOMA and Prop 8.

From the Special Tony Playbill:

In 1978, the late Nick Cordero is born in Hamilton, Canada.

News, views and reviews about the multi-talented women of the musical theatre and the concert/cabaret stage.

News, views and reviews about the multi-talented women of the musical theatre and the concert/cabaret stage.

"Mister Sterling," which debuts on NBC-TV Jan. 10 at 8 PM ET, is an hour-long drama concerning a former California governor's son (Josh Brolin) who, following a politician's sudden demise, accepts a Senate appointment. However, it's the presence of a Sterling Miss that makes "Mister Sterling" of special interest to theatre fans.

Three-time Tony Award-winning actress Audra McDonald takes on series TV in NBC's "Mister Sterling."

News, views and reviews about the multi-talented women of the musical theatre and the concert/cabaret stage.

News, views and reviews about the multi-talented women of the musical theatre and the concert/cabaret stage.