Playbill Radio visits the rehearsal hall to talk with the creators and stars of the new Broadway musical "A Tale of Two Cities," which begins previews Aug. 19 at the Hirschfeld Theatre.
Playbill Radio visits the cast of the new Broadway revival of "Gypsy" in the recording studio. Listen in as they create their cast album, scheduled for release Aug. 26 on the Time Life Records label.
Special guests are Joe DiPietro and Jimmy Roberts, writers of the long-running Off-Broadway revue "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change," which is closing at the end of July after a run of 5,003 performances. They tell host Robert Viagas how they hatched the idea for the show, what its long run has meant to their lives, and what they're working on next.
Playbill Radio goes to the annual Kleban Awards ceremony, saluting the most promising songwriters and shows, samples of which will be performed. Among this year's winners are Jeanine Tesori and Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire, who describe details of their forthcoming
Broadway project, "Shrek the Musical."
Lin-Manuel Miranda, 2008 Tony Award winner for "In The Heights," joins director/choreographer Graciela Daniele, and actors Bianca Marroquín and Eugenio Derbez in a New York Times "Times Talk" roundtable on the Latino boom on Broadway.
