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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Miss Julie, Adapted by Neil LaBute and Starring Lily Rabe, Premieres in Los Angeles April 23 by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

Tony Award nominee Lily Rabe stars in Tony Award-nominated playwright Neil LaBute's new adaptation of August Strindberg's Miss Julie, which premieres April 23 at the Geffen Playhouse…

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Thursday, April 18, 2013

Following Boston Tragedy, Playwright Richard Greenberg Rewrites Portion of Broadway's The Assembled Parties by Michael Gioia and Kenneth Jones

Following the April 15 tragedy in Boston, where two explosions occurred near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three people and injuring over 100, playwright Richard Greenberg …

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

World Premiere of The Call, About Adoption and Race, Given Additional Week Off-Broadway by Michael Gioia and Kenneth Jones

Tanya Barfield's foreign-adoption drama The Call, a world-premiere co-production by Playwrights Horizons and Primary Stages, featuring Kelly AuCoin, Tony Award nominee Kerry Butler, Obie…

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World Premiere of Richard Greenberg Family Drama The Assembled Parties Opens on Broadway April 17 by Michael Gioia and Kenneth Jones

The world premiere of Richard Greenberg's The Assembled Parties, the Manhattan-set family drama starring Judith Light and Jessica Hecht, officially opens on Broadway April 17 in a M…

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Tim Martin Gleason, Chandra Lee Schwartz, Joe West Will Star in Sleepless in Seattle; Cast and Creatives Announced by Michael Gioia and Kenneth Jones

Tim Martin Gleason, Chandra Lee Schwartz and Joe West will star in the world-premiere production of Sleepless in Seattle — The Musical, which will be presented by Pasadena Pl…

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Broadway Engagement of The Rascals: Once Upon a Dream, Directed by Steven Van Zandt, Opens April 16 by Michael Gioia and Kenneth Jones

The Rascals: Once Upon a Dream, a new concert event written by guitarist Steven Van Zandt, with music and lyrics by Felix Cavaliere & Eddie Brigati, opens in a limited engagement at Broa…

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Hollywood Secrets Are Revealed in Clifford Odets' The Big Knife, Opening on Broadway April 16 by Michael Gioia and Kenneth Jones

Bobby Cannavale, C.J. Wilson, Marin Ireland, Chip Zien, Richard Kind, Brenda Wehle, Reg Rogers and more star in Clifford Odets' drama of Hollywood secrets, The Big Knife, officially open…

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Monday, April 15, 2013

Dogfight Cast Album Will Hit Shelves in May; Digital Release Set for April 30 by Michael Gioia and Kenneth Jones

The cast recording of the 2012 Off-Broadway production of the musical Dogfight — featuring a pop-rock score by rising theatre songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul — will be rel…

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The Rascals Reunite On Broadway in Once Upon a Dream, Beginning April 15; Steven Van Zandt Directs by Michael Gioia and Kenneth Jones

The Rascals: Once Upon a Dream, a new concert event written by guitarist Steven Van Zandt, with music and lyrics by Felix Cavaliere & Eddie Brigati, plays a limited engagement at Broadwa…

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Sunday, April 14, 2013

Steven Culp and Dana Delany Star in CA World Premiere of Beau Willimon's Parisian Woman, Beginning April 14 by Michael Gioia and Kenneth Jones

Dana Delany, Steven Culp, Linda Gehringer, Rebecca Mozo and Steven Weber star in the South Coast Repertory world-premiere production of The Parisian Woman by Beau Willimon, author of Farragu…

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Kerry Butler, Kelly AuCoin, Eisa Davis Make The Call, About Adoption and Race, Opening April 14 by Michael Gioia and Kenneth Jones

Tanya Barfield's foreign-adoption drama The Call, a world-premiere co-production by Playwrights Horizons and Primary Stages, featuring Kelly AuCoin, Tony Award nominee Kerry Butler, Obie…

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Saturday, April 13, 2013

Hands Off! Broadway's Hands on a Hardbody Rides Into the Sunset April 13; Cast Album Will Release in June by Michael Gioia and Kenneth Jones

Hands on a Hardbody, the cultural pulse-taking about a cross-section of Texans hoping to win a pickup truck in a grueling endurance competition, plays its final performance on Broadway April…

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Happiest Song, Final Chapter in Quiara Alegría Hudes' "Elliot Trilogy," Begins April 13 by Michael Gioia and Kenneth Jones

The Happiest Song Plays Last, the final play in Pulitzer Prize winner Quiara Alegría Hudes' "Elliot" Trilogy, begins performances April 13 at the Goodman Theatre. Armand…

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Hands Off! Broadway's Hands on a Hardbody Rides Into the Sunset April 13 by Michael Gioia and Kenneth Jones

Hands on a Hardbody, the cultural pulse-taking about a cross-section of Texans hoping to win a pickup truck in a grueling endurance competition, plays its final performance on Broadway April…

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Friday, April 12, 2013

Beth Glover, Mark Zimmerman, Chelsea Morgan Stock, Ross Lekites Share Good News! at Goodspeed Beginning April 12 by Michael Gioia and Kenneth Jones

Goodspeed Musicals' new adaptation of the Jazz Age musical Good News!, about college romance, football and a certain dance called "The Varsity Drag," begins performances April …

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Thursday, April 11, 2013

Sense & Sensibility Musical, Starring Robert Petkoff, Nick Verina, Ed Dixon, Stephanie Rothenberg, Opens April 11 by Michael Gioia and Kenneth Jones

Nick Verina, Jeremiah James, Ruth Gottschall, Stephanie Rothenberg, Mary Michael Patterson, Robert Petkoff and Ed Dixon are among the players in the Denver world premiere of Sense & Sens…

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Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Natascia Diaz, Paul Downs Colaizzo, E. Faye Butler and More Among DC Helen Hayes Award Winners by Michael Gioia and Kenneth Jones

The 29th annual Helen Hayes Awards, representing excellence in Washington, DC-area professional theatre, were handed out April 8. Natascia Diaz, Paul Downs Colaizzo and E. Faye Butler a…

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Monday, April 8, 2013

Hard Times: Broadway's Hands on a Hardbody Will Close April 13 by Michael Gioia and Kenneth Jones

Hands on a Hardbody, the cultural pulse-taking about a cross-section of Texans hoping to win a pickup truck in a grueling endurance competition, will close on Broadway April 13, its producer…

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DC Helen Hayes Awards Presented April 8; Nominees Include Kathleen Turner, Robert Cuccioli, Christopher Sieber by Kenneth Jones

The 29th annual Helen Hayes Awards, representing excellence in Washington, DC-area professional theatre, are handed out April 8. Nationally-known names and respected resident artists are amo…

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Friday, April 5, 2013

Sense & Sensibility Musical, Starring Robert Petkoff, Nick Verina, Ed Dixon, Stephanie Rothenberg, Begins April 5 in Denver by Kenneth Jones

Nick Verina, Jeremiah James, Ruth Gottschall, Stephanie Rothenberg, Mary Michael Patterson, Robert Petkoff and Ed Dixon are among the players in the Denver world premiere of Sense & Sens…

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Thursday, April 4, 2013

Chicago's Court Theatre Season To Feature Katori Hall, David Henry Hwang, August Wilson, Quiara Alegría Hudes and More by Kenneth Jones

Court Theatre in Chicago will produce five productions in its 2013-14 season, including the Chicago premiere of Katori Hall's Olivier Award-winning The Mountaintop, directed by resident …

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Geffen to Premiere The Country House, Donald Margulies' Spin on Seagull; 2013-14 Season Announced by Kenneth Jones

The Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles will produce three world premieres, three West Coast premieres, the return of Donald Margulies' Coney Island Christmas and the classic thriller Wait U…

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Stephanie J. Block, Max Von Essen, Liz Callaway, Will Chase, Megan Hilty, Leslie Uggams Join Starry Cast of NY Pops Gala by Kenneth Jones

Broadway stars of today will celebrate three Broadway icons of yesteryear — namely, songwriters Frank Loesser and Jule Styne and actor Danny Kaye — at the April 29 gala performan…

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Mary Testa and Elizabeth A. Davis to Join Christopher Lloyd for CSC's Caucasian Chalk Circle by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

Tony Award nominees Mary Testa and Elizabeth A. Davis have joined the Classic Stage Company production of Bertolt Brecht's The Caucasian Chalk Circle, starring Christopher Lloyd, which w…

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Goodspeed Will Produce LMNOP Musical at Terris Theatre; Joe Calarco To Direct by Kenneth Jones

LMNOP, the new musical fantasy about disintegrating language on an island, by Larson Award-winning writers Scott Burkell and Paul Loesel, will get a full production this summer at Goodspeed …

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Wednesday, April 3, 2013

THE "SMASH" REPORT: Season Two, Episode 9, Or, I'm a Pretty Girl, Mama by Kenneth Jones

Playbill's weekly recap, with notes and comment, of the latest episode of the NBC musical drama series "Smash," about the dreamers behind Broadway musicals. Here's a look a…

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Lucille Lortel Nominees Include The Flick, Murder Ballad, Jake Gyllenhaal, Vanessa Redgrave by Kenneth Jones

Nominations for the 2013 Lucille Lortel Awards, noting excellence in Off-Broadway theatre, were announced on April 3. Signature Theatre's The Piano Lesson earned the most nominations, wi…

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Michael Urie Stars in Jonathan Tolins' Hollywood Tale Buyer & Cellar, Opening April 3 in NYC by Kenneth Jones

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater presents the world premiere of Jonathan Tolins' Buyer & Cellar, starring Michael Urie as a struggling Los Angeles actor working for a mega-superstar, …

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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Off-Broadway Run of Acclaimed Old Hats, By Bill Irwin and David Shiner, Extended Again by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

Off-Broadway's Signature Theatre has again extended the run of its world premiere, Old Hats, the praised new clowning revue-with-music by Bill Irwin and David Shiner.

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Marcia Milgrom Dodge, Vicki Lewis, Matt Loehr and More Are Florida Carbonell Award Winners by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

The Maltz Jupiter Theatre productions of The Music Man and Hello Dolly!, as well as the GableStage engagement of Ruined took top honors at the 37th Annual Carbonell Awards, representing…

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Monday, April 1, 2013

FL Carbonell Awards Ceremony Is April 1; Nominees Include Marcia Milgrom Dodge, Vicki Lewis, Joe Calarco, Michael McKeever by Kenneth Jones

Recipients of the 37th Annual Carbonell Awards, representing excellence in southeast Florida theatre for the 2012 calendar year, will be revealed April 1 in Fort Lauderdale. Resident product…

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