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Friday, June 24, 2011

PHOTO CALL: John Larroquette, Brooke Shields Honored at Inside Broadway's 2011 Broadway Beacon Awards by Lucas Lilieholm

Tony Award winner John Larroquette and Brooke Shields, who will soon step into the role of Morticia in The Addams Family, were among the honorees at Inside Broadway's 2011 Broadway Beaco…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:09AM
Wednesday, June 22, 2011

PHOTO CALL: Lisa Howard, D.B. Bonds and Lauren Ashley Zakrin in Legally Blonde at the Muny by Lucas Lilieholm

Legally Blonde The Musical kicked off the summer 2011 season June 20 at the St. Louis Muny, the nation's oldest and largest outdoor theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:28AM
Tuesday, June 21, 2011

PHOTO CALL: Guys and Dolls, With Morgan James and Leslie Kritzer, at Barrington Stage by Lucas Lilieholm

John Rando directs Guys and Dolls for Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield, MA. The company is led by Michael Thomas Holmes as Nathan Detroit, Morgan James as Sarah Brown, Leslie Kritzer a…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:06AM
Monday, June 20, 2011

PHOTO CALL: Jenn Colella, Gretchen Cryer and More Celebrate Mufti I'm Getting My Act Together and Sequel by Lucas Lilieholm

Jenn Colella plays Heather in the York Theatre Company revival of Nancy Ford and Gretchen Cryer's rueful pop musical I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It On the Road. Cryer, who…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:32PM

PHOTO CALL: Aaron Tveit, Vanessa Redgrave, Lucy Simon, Molly Ranson and More Celebrate Side Effects Opening by Lucas Lilieholm

Golden Globe winner Joely Richardson and Cotter Smith star in Michael Weller's Side Effects, which opened June 19 at MCC Theater.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:11AM
Friday, June 17, 2011

PHOTO CALL: Love, Loss, and What I Wore Celebrates 700th Performance Off-Broadway by Lucas Lilieholm

The cast of the Off-Broadway's Love, Loss, and What I Wore celebrated the show's 700th performance on June 16th.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:19AM
Thursday, June 9, 2011

PHOTO CALL: Tales of the City Musical Opens in San Francisco by Lucas Lilieholm

The San Francisco-set musical Tales of the City, based on Armistead Maupin's novels, opened at American Conservatory Theater May 31.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:20AM
Wednesday, June 8, 2011

PHOTO CALL: Lea Salonga Opens at the Café Carlyle by Lucas Lilieholm

Tony Award winner Lea Salonga returned to Café Carlyle June 7 for an exclusive three-week return engagement with a show titled Lea Salonga: New York in June.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:33AM
Tuesday, June 7, 2011

PHOTO CALL: Through a Glass Darkly, Starring Carey Mulligan and Jason Butler Harner, Opens Off-Broadway by Lucas Lilieholm

The fragile mind of an Ingmar Bergman heroine fresh from the psych ward is explored anew in Through a Glass Darkly, the American premiere of Jenny Worton's adaptation of Bergman's bl…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:40AM

PHOTO CALL: Daisy Eagan, Ruby Dee, Star Jones and More Celebrate Opening Night at Desperate Writers by Lucas Lilieholm

Broadway's Maddie Corman and Jim Stanek are the titular Desperate Writers of the Joshua Grenrock-Catherine Schreiber comedy, which officially opened Off-Broadway June 6 at the …

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:18AM
Friday, June 3, 2011

PHOTO CALL: Gary Cole, Kathryn Joosten and "Twilight" Actor Edi Gathegi in L.A. Superior Donuts by Lucas Lilieholm

Gary Cole, Edi Gathegi, Mary Beth Fisher and Kathryn Joosten are among cast members in the Geffen Playhouse production of Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Letts' Superior Donuts, running May …

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:41PM

PHOTO CALL: Julie Halston, Emily Bergl, Ashley Austin Morris and More Join Off-Broadway's Love, Loss, and What I Wore by Lucas Lilieholm

Emily Bergl, Emme, Julie Halston, Ashley Austin Morris and Susan Sullivan joined the New York cast of Love, Loss, and What I Wore June 2.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:01AM
Wednesday, June 1, 2011

PHOTO CALL: Mamma Mia! Celebrates 4,000 Performances on Broadway by Lucas Lilieholm

The hit Benny Andersson-Björn Ulvaeus musical Mamma Mia! celebrated its 4,000th performance at the Winter Garden Theatre on May 31.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:07AM

PHOTO CALL: Tony Kushner's The Illusion, With Peter Bartlett, Lois Smith and David Margulies, Plays the Signature by Lucas Lilieholm

The Signature Theatre Company's production of Tony Kushner's The Illusion, based on the play by 17th-century tragic playwright Pierre Corneille, began casting its spell May 17 at the…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AM
Friday, May 27, 2011

PHOTO CALL: Carey Mulligan Stars in Through a Glass Darkly by Lucas Lilieholm

Atlantic Theater Company conjures a stage version of Ingmar Bergman's Oscar-winning "Through a Glass Darkly," starring Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:08AM

PHOTO CALL: The 2011 Outer Critics Circle Awards by Lucas Lilieholm

Winners of the 2010-11 Outer Critics Circle Awards, which honor the best in Broadway and Off-Broadway theatre, were celebrated May 26 at Sardi's Restaurant.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:28AM
Thursday, May 26, 2011

PHOTO CALL: A Star-Studded Opening Night for Cy Coleman Revue The Best Is Yet to Come by Matthew Blank and Lucas Lilieholm

The Best Is Yet to Come, a starry new revue for which director-conceiver David Zippel pulled songs from the catalog of his late collaborator, the Tony Award-winning composer Cy Coleman, open…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:32AM

PHOTO CALL: Melinda Chua, Eric Kunze and Bobby Martino Star in Philly Miss Saigon by Lucas Lilieholm

Walnut Street Theatre's new production of Miss Saigon, the Vietnam-era pop musical inspired by Madama Butterfly, featuring Melinda Chua as Kim, Eric Kunze as Chris and Bobby Martino…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:01AM
Wednesday, May 25, 2011

PHOTO CALL: The Best Is Yet to Come, With Lillias White, Howard McGillin, Rachel York and More by Lucas Lilieholm

The Best Is Yet to Come, a starry new revue for which director-conceiver David Zippel pulled songs from the catalog of his late collaborator, the Tony Award-winning composer Cy Coleman, play…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:31AM
Friday, May 20, 2011

PHOTO CALL: Amanda Peet, Michael Ian Black, Naomi Watts, Emily Mortimer and More at Public's Knickerbocker Opening Night by Lucas Lilieholm

Alexander Chaplin, Mia Barron, Ben Shenkman and Bob Dishy star in the New York premiere of Jonathan Marc Sherman's Knickerbocker — about a man facing fatherhood for the first time …

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:13AM
Thursday, May 19, 2011

PHOTO CALL: Jim Dale, Hal Prince, Howard McGillin, Blythe Danner and More Honor Sheldon Harnick at Theatre Museum Awards by Lucas Lilieholm

Tony Award-winning director Harold Prince was joined by Judy Kuhn, Howard McGillin, Rita Moreno and Boyd Gaines to honor Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning lyricist Sheldon Harnick at the 2011 …

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:23AM

PHOTO CALL: Cady Huffman Honored at Broadway at the Boathouse; LaChanze and Ann Hampton Callaway Perform by Lucas Lilieholm

Creative Alternatives of New York (CANY), which uses theatre to help New York's most vulnerable children and adults, presented its annual gala, Broadway at the Boathouse…Ovation, …

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:14AM
Monday, May 16, 2011

PHOTO CALL: Ben Shenkman, Mia Barron and More in Knickerbocker at the Public by Lucas Lilieholm

The New York premiere of Jonathan Marc Sherman's Knickerbocker, starring Alexander Chaplin, Mia Barron, Ben Shenkman and Bob Dishy, plays the Public Theater.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:01AM
Friday, May 13, 2011

PHOTO CALL: Brian Yorkey-Helmed Jesus Christ Superstar, With Rotating Jesus and Judas, at Village Theatre by Lucas Lilieholm

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Jesus Christ Superstar, directed by Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning Next to Normal co-creator Brian Yorkey, began performances May 11 at the Vill…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:20AM
Thursday, May 12, 2011

PHOTO CALL: August: Osage County, With Robert Foxworth, Angela Reed and Lois Markle, at the Old Globe by Lucas Lilieholm

The dysfunctional family of Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize-winning play August: Osage County at The Old Globe in San Diego includes Robert Foxworth as gone-missing Beverly Weston, Lois Mark…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:02AM

PHOTO CALL: Vanessa Williams, Laura Benanti, Victor Garber at Opening Night of Seven Deadly Sins, With Patti LuPone by Lucas Lilieholm

Tony Award-winning actress Patti LuPone made her New York City Ballet debut May 11 in Kurt Weill's The Seven Deadly Sins — under the direction of Tony nominee Lynne Taylor-Corbett …

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:07AM
Wednesday, May 11, 2011

PHOTO CALL: Mitzi Gaynor, Nancy Dussault, Karen Morrow, Barry Williams, Jo Anne Worley at Billy Barnes & Friends by Lucas Lilieholm

The Actors Fund of America's Musical Mondays concert series continued with Billy Barnes & Friends May 9 in Los Angeles.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:10AM

PHOTO CALL: Kenneth Branagh, William Shatner, Tom Hanks, Eugene Levy, Faith Hill and More at Merry Wives L.A. Benefit by Lucas Lilieholm

The Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles (SCLA) presented its 21st "Simply Shakespeare" reading of The Merry Wives of Windsor on May 9. The starry benefit evening featured reader…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AM

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May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
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Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
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Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
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Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
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