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Monday, May 25, 2015

L.A. Run of In Mother Words Adopts Harriet Harris and Mia Barron by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award winner Harriet Harris (Thoroughly Modern Millie) and Geffen Playhouse alumna Mia Barron (Farragut North) join Drama Desk Award nominee Saidah Arrika Ekoluna (Ruined) and actor/act…

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She Loves Him: Kate Baldwin Sings Sheldon Harnick, With Harnick in the House by Kenneth Jones

One of the great voices of the American musical theatre is meeting one of the great voices of the American musical theatre at Feinstein’s at the Loews Regency through March 12. Kate Ba…

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Laughing Liberally, Dunking the Tea Party With Comedy and Song, Begins NYC Run by Kenneth Jones

Laughing Liberally: This Ain't No Tea Party, an evening of comedy with music and multi-media presentations, makes its Off-Broadway debut beginning March 14 at the Midtown Theatre, 163 W. 46t…

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Chris Pine, Andy Blankenbuehler, Leslie Uggams Among Nominees for March 14 L.A. Critics Awards by Kenneth Jones

The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle's 42nd annual awards ceremony is March 14 at Burbank's Colony Theatre. Among the nationally-known nominees are performers Chris Pine, Harry Groener, Lesl…

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Three Men on a Horse, a Depression-Era Hit, Returns to Recession-Era NYC March 14 by Kenneth Jones

Three Men on a Horse, John Cecil Holm and George Abbott's 1935 comedy about gamblers who take advantage of a greeting-card writer with a knack for picking winning ponies, begins an Off-Broad…

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Cass Morgan Exits Memphis, But Her Heart Finds a New Home by Kenneth Jones

Cass Morgan played her final performance as Huey’s evolving Mama in Broadway’s Memphis on March 13 at the Shubert Theatre. A soulful actress of a certain age, she was one of the …

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Opus, Emmett Till, Cousin Bette, Chris Pine, Gregory Itzin, Leslie Uggams Among Winners of L.A. Critics Awards by Kenneth Jones

The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle announced winners and special awards for excellence at a ceremony held March 14 at the Colony Theatre in Burbank. The 42nd annual awards represent excell…

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EXCLUSIVE: Chita Rivera Is Matriarch in Roundabout Reading of New Musical The Distant Bells, With Gasteyer, Sieber, Skinner by Kenneth Jones

Roundabout Theatre Company will produce a 29-hour reading of a new original musical called The Distant Bells, featuring Tony Award winner Chita Rivera, famed for West Side Story, Bye Bye Bir…

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Complete Cast Announced for NYC Premiere of The Shaggs Musical; Annie Golden Among Players by Kenneth Jones

Annie Golden, Steve Routman and Emily Walton will join the previously announced Peter Friedman and Kevin Cahoon for the new musical The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World, an Off-Broadway co-pr…

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What a Difference a Rave Makes: Starcatcher Gets Two-Week Extension by Kenneth Jones

Peter and the Starcatcher, one of the best-reviewed productions in the history of Off-Broadway's New York Theatre Workshop, will get a two-week extension, to April 17.

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Shirelles Musical Baby It's You!, With Beth Leavel, Will Play the Broadhurst; Complete Cast Announced by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

Tony Award-winning actress Beth Leavel has been confirmed to star as late recording industry pioneer Florence Greenberg in the new Broadway musical Baby It's You!, which will make Broadway t…

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Good People, With Frances McDormand, Tate Donovan, Estelle Parsons, Extends Broadway Run by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

Good People, the latest work from Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire, has extended its Broadway engagement an additional two weeks through May 8 at the Samuel J. Friedman…

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Angels in America Announces Fourth Off-Broadway Extension; Jonathan Hadary to Join Cast by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

The Off-Broadway revival of Tony Kushner's Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, the historic play documenting the American AIDS crisis in the mid 1980's, has extended for a …

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Davey Havok, Justin Guarini, Van Hughes Will Be New Leads of Broadway's American Idiot by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

The Broadway musical American Idiot will feature several new leads beginning March 1 at the St. James Theatre.

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Will Harry Connick, Jr. Star in Broadway Revival of On a Clear Day You Can See Forever? by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

Harry Connick, Jr., who starred in the revival of The Pajama Game and was seen last summer in Harry Connick, Jr. In Concert on Broadway at the Neil Simon Theatre, may be returning to the Gre…

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Erin Davie, Bobby Steggert, Kevin Earley, Kate Baldwin Among Those Singing Broadway Musicals of 1921 in NYC by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

The Town Hall's 11th season of the Broadway By The Year series, created, written and hosted by Scott Siegel, kicks off Feb. 14 at 8 PM with The Broadway Musicals of 1921.

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Reprise Gigi, With Matt Cavenaugh, Jason Graae, Millicent Martin, Begins Feb. 15 by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

The Reprise Theatre Company production of Gigi plays UCLA's Freud Playhouse Feb. 15-27 with an official opening scheduled for Feb. 16.

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Will Sierra Boggess Star in New Musical Rebecca on Broadway? by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

Original Little Mermaid actress Sierra Boggess -- who currently plays the tragic soprano Christine in London's Love Never Dies -- will star in the new musical Rebecca on Broadway next year, …

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Casting Complete for Broadway's People in the Picture, Starring Donna Murphy by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

Complete casting has been announced for the Roundabout Theatre Company's upcoming production of the new Broadway musical The People in the Picture, which will star two-time Tony winner Donna…

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Irish Rep's Molly Sweeney Extends Run; Simone Kirby to Join Cast by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

The Irish Repertory Theatre production of Tony Award-winning playwright Brian Friel's Molly Sweeney, the story of a blind woman who undergoes an operation to restore her sight, has been exte…

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D.B. Bonds, Autumn Hurlbert, Matthew Hydzik Cast in New Musical Tomorrow Morning by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

Complete casting has been announced for Tomorrow Morning, Laurence Mark Wythe's musical about "coupling and uncoupling," seen in London and Chicago, which will make its New York City premier…

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Katori Hall Wins 2011 Blackburn Prize by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

Katori Hall, whose The Mountaintop is Broadway-bound, is the winner of the 2011 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, honoring female playwrights and chosen from over 100 nominated plays, for her pla…

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Box Office for Broadway's Jerusalem Opens March 5 by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

The Music Box Theatre box office, located in Manhattan at 239 West 45th Street, opens March 5 at 10 AM for The Royal Court Theatre's production of Jez Butterworth's Jerusalem, which will sta…

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Box Office for Broadway's Jerusalem Opens March 5 by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

The Music Box Theatre box office, located in Manhattan at 239 West 45th Street, opens March 5 at 10 AM for The Royal Court Theatre's production of Jez Butterworth's Jerusalem, which will sta…

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Jeff McCarthy Returns to Broadway's Chicago March 8 by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

Owing to Christopher Sieber's sudden casting to replace Jeffrey Tambor as Georges in Broadway's La Cage aux Folles, Jeff McCarthy takes the role that Sieber was previously announced for -- B…

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Simone Kirby Joins Cast of Irish Rep's Molly Sweeney March 9 by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

Irish actress Simone Kirby joins the cast of the Irish Repertory Theatre production of Tony Award-winning playwright Brian Friel's Molly Sweeney, the story of a blind woman who undergoes an …

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AmEx Pre-Sale for Broadway's Baby It's You! Begins Jan. 26 by Kenneth Jones and Adam Hetrick

The new Broadway musical Baby It's You!, about the New Jersey housewife who developed the pop group The Shirelles to fame, is available in a special pre-sale to American Express cardholders …

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As Thousands Cheer! Bring It On: The Musical Opens in Atlanta Jan. 28 by Kenneth Jones and Adam Hetrick

Bring It On: The Musical, a pop theatrical look at cheerleading competitions, opens Jan. 28 at Atlanta's Alliance Theatre following previews from Jan. 16.

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Melissa Etheridge Is American Idiot's New Dark Force, St. Jimmy, Starting Feb. 1 by Kenneth Jones and Adam Hetrick

Grammy and Academy Award Award-winning singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge joins the Broadway cast of American Idiot for one week only Feb. 1-6, playing the dark alter ego known as St. Jimmy.

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The Hallway Trilogy, Adam Rapp's Decades-Spanning Plays, Opens on Three Consecutive Nights Starting Feb. 22 by Kenneth Jones and Adam Hetrick

Part one of Adam Rapp's ambitious trio of related 90-minute plays, The Hallway Trilogy, starring Tony Award nominee Maria Dizzia, Logan Marshall Green and Louis Cancelmi, opens Feb. 22 at th…

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Barbara Cook, Chita Rivera, Harvey Fierstein, Boyd Gaines Celebrate Late Composer Jerry Bock Jan. 24 by Kenneth Jones and Andrew Gans

Friends, colleagues and fans will celebrate the life and work of the late composer Jerry Bock, whose Broadway scores include Fiddler on the Roof, The Apple Tree, She Loves Me and The Rothsch…

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