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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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Sunday, March 31, 2013

Craig Lucas' The Lying Lesson, With Carol Kane Playing Bette Davis, Ends Run at NYC's Atlantic by Kenneth Jones

Mickey Sumner and Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Carol Kane star in the world premiere of Pulitzer Prize finalist and Tony nominee Craig Lucas' "comic thriller,"&n…

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Friday, March 29, 2013

Arena Stage Premieres Tazewell Thompson's Mary T. & Lizzy K., About First Lady and Seamstress, March 29 by Kenneth Jones

Mary T. & Lizzy K., Tazewell Thompson's drama about two unique women of the Lincoln White House, officially opens March 29 in a world-premiere production directed by the author at Ar…

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Prince of Broadway's Ascension to Broadway Stalled by Kenneth Jones

Prince of Broadway, the musical of a producer-director's lifetime — namely, 85-year-old Harold Prince's career in a retrospective revue — is in limbo. The show that borro…

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Jessie Mueller, John Treacy Egan and Conrad John Schuck Love a Gershwin Tune; They Join Nice Work March 29 by Kenneth Jones

Broadway's Nice Work If You Can Get It welcomes three new principals on March 29 following the March 24 exit of 2012 Tony Award nominee Kelli O'Hara, Stanley Wayne Mathis and Te…

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Thursday, March 28, 2013

Jungle Book Will Swing With Help of Christopher Gattelli; Sherman Bros. Trunk Songs, Indian Music Added by Kenneth Jones

The creative team of the new musical The Jungle Book, drawing from the 1967 animated Disney film and the work of Rudyard Kipling, will include Tony Award-winning choreographer Christopher Ga…

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Arena's Other Desert Cities to Be Populated by Larry Bryggman, Helen Carey, Emily Donahoe and More by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award nominees Larry Bryggman and Helen Carey will play Republican parents whose secrets are to be revealed in their daughter's memoir, in Arena Stage's in-the-round production …

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THE "SMASH" REPORT: Season Two, Episode 8, Or, Tomfoolery 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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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

PLAYBILL BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Steve Kazee; Broadway's Once "Guy" Talks About Exiting the Hit by Kenneth Jones

Steve Kazee, the Tony Award winner for playing Guy in the Broadway musical Once, talks about his sudden exit from the show — and addresses his social-media life, his health issues and …

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Thank Heaven! Gigi, Reinvented, Hopes to Return to Broadway by Kenneth Jones

Gigi, the Oscar-winning film musical that was later adapted for the Broadway stage, is being adapted anew for a Broadway run "possibly as soon as" 2013-14, producer Jenna Segal ann…

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Brits Off Broadway Fest Begins March 27 With David Harrower's Good With People by Kenneth Jones

The Brits Off Broadway festival, offering eclectic works from the U.K., returns March 27-June 30 for its ninth season. Good With People, David Harrower's new play, launches the season at…

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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Power of the Pause in Annie Baker's The Flick Inspires a Letter From Playwrights Horizons Artistic Director by Kenneth Jones

Playwrights Horizons artistic director Tim Sanford took the unusual step of emailing subscribers about a criticism some of them have expressed concerning the current world-premiere productio…

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A Time to Kill, the Race-Based Court Drama, Aiming for Broadway Bow in October by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

Rupert Holmes' A Time to Kill, based on the novel by John Grisham, is aiming for an October opening on Broadway, according to an Equity casting notice.

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Sarah Ruhl's Stage Kiss Will Get NYC Premiere at Playwrights Horizons in 2014 by Kenneth Jones

The New York City premiere of Sarah Ruhl's Stage Kiss is the sixth and final title in the coming 2013-14 season at Playwrights Horizons, the Off-Broadway company announced on March 26.

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Once Gets New Man and Muse on Broadway March 26; Ben Hope, Laura Dreyfuss, Carlos Valdes, Claire Wellin Join Cast by Kenneth Jones

Ben Hope and Laura Dreyfuss are the new "Guy" and "Girl," respectively, of Broadway's 2012 Tony Award-winning Best Musical Once, beginning March 26. Also joining the …

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Monday, March 25, 2013

Filles de Joie Cabaret, With Lauren Molina, Edwin Cahill, Rona Figueroa, Plays Soho House NY March 25 by Kenneth Jones

Lauren Molina, Katrina Yaukey, Edwin Cahill, Rona Figueroa and Piaf interpreter Floane will be in a French mood in a new cabaret show, Filles de Joie, bowing 10:30 PM March 25 for members of…

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Jessie Mueller, John Treacy Egan and Conrad John Schuck Will Begin Nice Work March 29; Estelle Parsons to Return by Kenneth Jones

Broadway's Nice Work If You Can Get It will welcome three new principals on March 29 following the March 24 exit of 2012 Tony Award nominee Kelli O'Hara, Stanley Wayne Mathis and Ter…

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Desmond Heeley, David Toser, Lawrence Vrba Among TDF/Irene Sharaff Design Recipients by Kenneth Jones

Recipients of the 2013 TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards include three-time Tony Award-winning costume and scenic designer Desmond Heeley and busy New York and regional costume designer David Toser.

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Janet Dacal to the Rescue! In the Heights Veteran Steps Into Miami-Area Run of Show by Kenneth Jones

A "whirlwind of a weekend" is how Broadway actress Janet Dacal describes it. On short notice, she flew from Los Angeles to Miami to step into the lead role of Nina Rosario in the A…

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Janet Dacal to the Rescue! In the Heights Veteran Steps Into Miami Run of Show by Kenneth Jones

A "whirlwind of a weekend" is how Broadway actress Janet Dacal describes it. On short notice, she flew from Los Angeles to Miami to step into the lead role of Nina Rosario in the A…

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Sunday, March 24, 2013

Choir Boy's NYC Premiere Will Star Chuck Cooper, Austin Pendleton, Jeremy Pope and More by Kenneth Jones

The American premiere Tarell Alvin McCraney's Choir Boy, a play with gospel music, will feature Nicholas L. Ashe, Kyle Beltran, Tony Award winner Chuck Cooper, Grantham Coleman, Austin P…

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Blackburn-Winning Play The Nether Opens at L.A.'s Kirk Douglas by Kenneth Jones

Brighid Fleming, Adam Haas Hunter, Robert Joy, Dakin Matthews and Jeanne Syquia star in Jennifer Haley's Susan Smith Blackburn Prize-winning The Nether, about the addictive world of…

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Friday, March 22, 2013

Armando Riesco Returns to Pulitzer-Kissed "Elliot Trilogy" for Its Final Chapter, Happiest Song, at Goodman by Kenneth Jones

The Happiest Song Plays Last, the final play in Pulitzer Prize winner Quiara Alegría Hudes' "Elliot" Trilogy, has its cast, Goodman Theatre announced. Armando Riesco, wh…

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Pasadena Playhouse to Premiere Above the Fold in 2014; Season Includes Smokey Joe's Café, French Stewart and More by Kenneth Jones

Pasadena Playhouse's 2013-14 season, announced March 22, will include the world premiere of Bernard Weinraub's journalism drama Above the Fold, directed by Steve Robman. The season w…

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Terrence McNally and Tyne Daly Will Reunite for World Premiere Play at Bucks County Playhouse by Kenneth Jones

Bucks County Playhouse, the historic American summer theatre that has lured stars and been a launching pad for Broadway plays, will present the world premiere of a play by four-time Tony Awa…

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Hartford Stage's 50th Season Will Make a Star of Aesop in New Musical; Shakespeare, Coward and More Planned by Kenneth Jones

The 50th-anniversary season at Hartford Stage will offer classics and new works, including a world-premiere musical, the East Coast premiere of Matthew Lopez's new play and more, artisti…

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Clifford Odets' The Big Knife, With Bobby Cannavale, Begins on Broadway by 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, beginning March…

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Kerry Butler, Kelly AuCoin, Eisa Davis Make The Call, About Adoption and Race, Starting March 22 by 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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Mufti Silk Stockings, With Erin Davie, Ben Davis, Leah Hocking, David Garrison, Begins York Run March 22 by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

The York Theatre Company's new Musicals in Mufti presentation of the 1955 Cole Porter musical Silk Stockings, inspired by the film "Ninotchka," features Erin Davie as a Soviet …

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Thursday, March 21, 2013

Far From Heaven to Star Kelli O'Hara, Steven Pasquale, Korey Jackson, Nancy Anderson, Isaiah Johnson by Kenneth Jones

Kelli O'Hara and Steven Pasquale will play the broken married couple at the center of the world premiere of the musical Far From Heaven, reuniting this spring at Playwrights Horizons fol…

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Playwrights Horizons Plans Musical Fly By Night and Plays by Anne Washburn, Kirk Lynn, Marlane Meyer and More by Kenneth Jones

Playwrights Horizons has announced the first five titles of its 2013-14 Off-Broadway season, to include three world premieres and two New York premieres. The dramatists are Anne Washburn, Mi…

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2025-2026 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 12, 2025: Call Me Izzy - Studio 54
Sep 16, 2025: Art - Music Box Theatre
Oct 08, 2025: Beetlejuice - Palace Theatre
Nov 13, 2025: Oedipus - Studio 54
Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off