Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Janet Krupin, Jarrod Spector, Rachel Stern and More Make Noise With Composer Janine McGuire at May 21 Concert by Michael Gioia

Let's Make Noise: The Music & Lyrics of Janine McGuire, featuring the original music of composer-lyricist Janine McGuire, is presented May 21 in NYC. Janet Krupin and Jarrod Spector …

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PLAYBILL VAULT'S Today In Theatre History: MAY 21 by David Gewirtzman and Anne Bradley and Robert Viagas

1929 Some of the highlights of A Night in Venice are Ted Healy wrestling bears and the choreography of Busby Berkeley. This revue will run at the Shubert Theatre on Broadway for 22 weeks.

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Lea Salonga Goes Back to Before, Beginning May 21 at the Café Carlyle by Andrew Gans

Tony Award winner Lea Salonga, who will return to Broadway in spring 2014 in the new musical Allegiance, plays the Café Carlyle May 21-June 8.

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New Dramatists Honors Seth Gelblum May 21 at Annual Luncheon; Keith Carradine and Tonya Pinkins Perform by Andrew Gans

The Tony-honored playwright development workshop New Dramatists honors entertainment lawyer and New Dramatists Chairman of the Board Seth Gelblum with the 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award at …

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The Scottsboro Boys, With Hal Linden, Joshua Henry and J.C. Montgomery, Premieres in L.A. May 21 by Adam Hetrick

John Kander and Fred Ebb's The Scottsboro Boys, which musicalizes a flashpoint in American Civil Rights history, begins its Los Angeles premiere engagement May 21 at the Center Theatre G…

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Two-Disc Cast Album of Giant, Featuring Brian D'Arcy James, Kate Baldwin and P.J. Griffith, Released May 21 by Adam Hetrick

The cast album of the Michael John LaChiusa-Sybille Pearson musical Giant, based on Edna Ferber's Texas-set novel, is released in a two-disc set May 21 by Ghostlight Records.

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PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Tony Nominee Billy Magnussen by Matthew Blank

Billy Magnussen, a 2013 Tony Award nominee for his performance in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire of random facts, backstage trivia and pop-cu…

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Monday, May 20, 2013

Detroit, Grimly Handsome, Eisa Davis, John Rando, Shuler Hensley and More Are Obie Winners by Andrew Gans

The 58th Annual Village Voice Obie Awards, celebrating achievement in Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway theatre, were given out at a ceremony May 20 at Webster Hall hosted by The Assembled P…

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John Bucchino to Return to London to Appear with Friends at the St. James Theatre's Studio by Mark Shenton

Broadway composer and cabaret songwriter John Bucchino (whose songs have been performed and recorded by Liza Minnelli, Patti LuPone, Kristin Chenoweth, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Audra McDonald,…

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PHOTO CALL: Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Kerry Washington, Christian Slater, Clark Gregg, Bellamy Young and More at ABC's Upfront Presentation by Matthew Blank

ABC stars and executives were on hand May 14 at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall for the network's 2013-2014 Upfront Presentation, announcing the fall schedule.

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Tony Nominee Shalita Grant Receives 2013 Segal Award by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award nominee Shalita Grant, who is currently making her Broadway debut in Christopher Durang's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, as well as pianist Alessio Bax, are the&nbs…

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Will Rogers Will Be The Show-Off at Westport Playhouse by Adam Hetrick

Drama Desk Award nominee Will Rogers will join Tony Award nominee Jayne Houdyshell for the Westport Country Playhouse production of George Kelly's The Show-Off, which will begin previews…

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Kurt Vonnegut's Make Up Your Mind, Assembled by Nicky Silver, to Play SpeakEasy Stage Company by Carey Purcell

A new adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s 1993 play Make Up Your Mind, by playwright Nicky Silver, will be performed at the SpeakEasy Stage Company Nov. 1-30.

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Tony Nominee Amanda Green Brings Together Hardbody and Bring It On, as High Fidelity Sings at 54 Below by Michael Gioia

Amanda Green, who received her first Tony Award nomination this season for the Best Original Score of Hands on a Hardbody, fused the worlds of Hardbody and her Tony-nominated Best Musical Br…

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Kurt Vonnegut's Make Up Your Mind, Adapted by Nicky Silver, to Play SpeakEasy Stage Company by Carey Purcell

A new adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s 1993 play Make Up Your Mind, by playwright Nicky Silver, will be performed at the SpeakEasy Stage Company Nov. 1-30.

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ONSTAGE & BACKSTAGE: Audra McDonald's Bad Hair Day, Frances Ruffelle's Solo Show and Molly Ringwald as an Annie Orphan by Seth Rudetsky

A week in the life of actor, radio and TV host, music director and writer Seth Rudetsky. *

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UPDATED: U.K. Ambassador Theatre Group Acquires Broadway's Foxwoods Theatre, Home of Spider-Man by Michael Gioia

Ambassador Theatre Group, the largest owner-operator of theatres in the U.K. (with 39 venues) has, through its subsidiary, Lyric Theatre LLC, acquired The Foxwoods Theatre — which curr…

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PHOTO ARCHIVE: Celebrating Sierra Boggess by Matthew Blank

Musical theatre favorite Sierra Boggess celebrates her birthday May 20. Playbill.com takes a look at a few of her greatest stage roles so far. Happy birthday, Sierra!

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Michael Feingold, Longtime Critic, Let Go from Village Voice by Robert Simonson

Michael Feingold, the long-serving lead drama critic of The Village Voice, and one of the most senior voices within the New York theatre critics corps, was let go from that post May 17.

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Radio City Christmas Spectacular to Feature Brand-New Number for Rockettes by Carey Purcell

The Rockettes will debut a new number in the 2013 production of the annual Radio City Christmas Spectacular.

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Night of a Thousand Judys Adds Carolee Carmello, Justin Vivian Bond, Telly Leung and More by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award nominees Carolee Carmello and Justin Vivian Bond, along with Lea DeLaria and Telly Leung, are among the artists who have joined the lineup for Night of a Thousand Judys, which wil…

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Tony Nominee Stark Sands Will Head to the Chatterbox by Andrew Gans

Stark Sands, a 2013 Tony nominee for his performance in the new musical Kinky Boots, will be the special guest at Seth's Broadway Chatterbox — hosted by Seth Rudetsky — …

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PHOTO CALL: Colin Donnell, Caesar Samayoa, Lucas Near-Verbrugghe, Daniel Breaker Offer Preview of Love's Labour's Lost, A New Musical by Matthew Blank

On May 18 at Joe’s Pub, cast members offered a preview of the upcoming Shakespeare in the Park world-premiere musical Love's Labour's Lost.

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U.K. Ambassador Theatre Group to Purchase Broadway's Foxwoods Theatre, Home of Spider-Man by Michael Gioia

Ambassador Theatre Group, the largest owner-operator of theatres in the U.K. — with 39 venues — will purchase Broadway's Foxwoods Theatre, which currently houses Spider-Man: …

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PHOTO CALL: The 58th Annual Drama Desk Awards — The Winners by Matthew Blank

Christopher Durang's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, the British import Matilda The Musical and the revivals of Pippin and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? were among the winners…

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Theatregoer Topples Onto Lyceum Theatre Marquee Prior to May 19 Matinee of The Nance by Adam Hetrick

A theatregoer at the May 19 matinee performance of The Nance had to be rescued by members of the New York City Fire Department after he fell onto the marquee of the Lyceum Theatre when a win…

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Krysta Rodriguez and Zachary Levi Will Have a First Date on Broadway; Complete Cast Announced by Michael Gioia

Zachary Levi, star of TV's "Chuck," Disney's "Tangled" and the upcoming "Thor: The Dark World," will make his Broadway debut opposite "Smash" …

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Rory O’Malley, Wesley Taylor and B.D. Wong Ready for The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me 20th Anniversary

The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me, a one-person show written as a series of monologues, will have a special 20th anniversary performance May 20 at John Jay College’s Gerald W. Lynch Theater…

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Martin Scorsese Will Present Mel Brooks with AFI Lifetime Achievement Award by Andrew Gans

Mel Brooks, whose Broadway credits include The Producers and Young Frankenstein, will be honored by the American Film Institute in June.

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THE SCREENING ROOM: Happy Birthday, Sierra Boggess and Judy Kuhn by Playbill Staff

Tony Award nominee Judy Kuhn (Les Misérables, Chess, Passion) and Sierra Boggess (Phantom of the Opera, Love Never Dies, The Little Mermaid) celebrate birthdays May 20.

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Roger Hodgman Will Direct Australian Debut of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels by Michael Gioia

The Tony Award-nominated Best Musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels will make its Australian debut at Sydney's Theatre Royal in October for a limited engagement. Roger Hodgman (Australian prod…

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