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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Sex and the Irish City: Dublin Ladies Are Looking For Love, Opening March 19 at NYC's Irish Rep by Kenneth Jones

Laoisa Sexton's For Love, about the sexual adventures of three women in modern-day central Dublin, opens March 19 following previews from March 13 as part of the Irish Repertory Theatre&…

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Monday, March 18, 2013

York's Adaptation of Silk Stockings To Star Erin Davie, Ben Davis, Leah Hocking, David Garrison, Stephen Wallem and More by Kenneth Jones

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

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:30PM

Once Gets New Man and Muse on Broadway; Ben Hope and Laura Dreyfuss Take Leads March 26 by Kenneth Jones

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

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:59PM

"Hands On a Hardbody" Documentary Gets DVD, On-Demand and Theatrical Re-Release by Kenneth Jones

Just in time for the new Broadway musical Hands On a Hardbody, which opens March 21 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, comes the home-video release of the source film documentary of the same na…

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Sunday, March 17, 2013

The Mound Builders, By Signature Alumni Playwright Lanford Wilson, Opens March 17 by Kenneth Jones

Lanford Wilson's The Mound Builders, a tale of archaeologists exploring the remains of an ancient culture, is being unearthed by Off-Broadway's Signature Theatre Company, opening Mar…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Friday, March 15, 2013

Somewhere Fun's Premiere Will Star Kathleen Chalfant, Kate Mulgrew, Greg Keller, Brooke Bloom at Off-Broadway's Vineyard by Kenneth Jones

The Vineyard Theatre's world-premiere production of Jenny Schwartz's Somewhere Fun, to begin Off-Broadway May 15, will star Kathleen Chalfant, Kate Mulgrew, Greg Keller and more. Ope…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:08PM

Rebecca Producers Bang Drum About Enemies, But Are Confident in New Angels for Broadway by Kenneth Jones

The producers of Rebecca are continuing to push their case that the show's former press rep scuttled the Broadway production last fall by scaring off an "angel investor." In a …

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Murder Ballad Musical Likely to Rock On in Downtown Remount by Kenneth Jones

Murder Ballad, the new rock musical about a New Yorker pulled between her uptown present and her downtown past, is expected to have a commercial life this summer.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:40AM

Philly Premiere of Seminar, Directed by Scott Schwartz, Begins March 15 by Kenneth Jones

Director Scott Schwartz's Philadelphia resident premiere of Theresa Rebeck's Seminar, featuring Rufus Collins as salty editor and literary lion Leonard, with Matt Harrington, Te…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

So Much Happiness! Off-Broadway Passion Will Get Two-Disc Recording From PS Classics by Kenneth Jones

Stephen Sondheim's score to Passion will gets its second American cast recording when PS Classics preserves the work of the current Off-Broadway Classic Stage Company production starring…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

DC Hello, Dolly!, With Broadway's Nancy Opel as the Matchmaker, Begins March 15 by Kenneth Jones

Ford's Theatre's revival of Hello, Dolly! — featuring Washington, DC actor Edward Gero as cantankerous Horace Vandergelder and Nancy Opel as Dolly — begins March 15,…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Thursday, March 14, 2013

Annie Baker's The Flick, a Tale of Movie-House Workers, Gets Extra Week Off-Broadway by Kenneth Jones

A week has been added to the run The Flick, Annie Baker's study of boredom, yearning and dysfunction in a crew of New England movie-house workers, now playing to April 7 at Off-Broadway&…

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:21PM

More "Happiness"! Passion Gets Four Extra Performances at Classic Stage by Kenneth Jones

Classic Stage Company's acclaimed, jewelbox-size revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Passion will get four additional performances Off-Broadway.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:52PM

L.A. Ahmanson Books London Sunshine Boys, Barry Manilow's Harmony, Tours of Porgy and Bess and Starcatcher by Kenneth Jones

Center Theatre Group's 2013-14 season at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles will feature the U.S. premiere of Danny DeVito and Richard Griffiths in the London production of Neil Simon&#…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:12AM

NYC Premiere of Cirque du Soleil's Totem, Created by Robert Lepage, Begins March 14 in Queens by Kenneth Jones

Totem, the new Cirque du Soleil show written and directed by visionary international director Robert Lepage, makes its New York City debut in a Big Top on the grounds of Citi Field — h…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Wednesday, March 13, 2013

THE "SMASH" REPORT: Season Two, Episode 6, Or, Voices and Visions 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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Alan Menken and Glenn Slater Score Musical Episode of ABC's "The Neighbors," Airing March 13 by Kenneth Jones

The March 13 episode of the ABC sitcom "The Neighbors" — the series about an average human family moving into a New Jersey community populated by quirky aliens — includ…

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Will Des McAnuff's Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Blast Its Way to Broadway? by Kenneth Jones

The Korean theatrical impresario Chunsoo Shin is one of the lead producers behind a plan to bring the sci-fi musical Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots to Broadway, according to a report in the…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:59PM

NYC's Signature Will Produce Edward Albee's Laying An Egg in "All-Premiere" Season, With August Wilson, Will Eno and More by Kenneth Jones

Signature Theatre, the Off-Broadway company known for focusing on one playwright-in-residence per season, as well as works by alumni writers and a unit of new playwrights, will produce an &q…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:49AM

Barber Shop Quartet Reinvented in Fabulous Lipitones Musical, Added to Goodspeed's Norma Terris Season in CT by Kenneth Jones

The Fabulous Lipitones, a new musical comedy about a not-so-traditional barber shop quartet, will be one of three shows in Goodspeed Musicals' 2013 season at the Norma Terris Theatre, th…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Sex and the Irish City: Dublin Ladies Are Looking For Love at Irish Rep Starting March 13 by Kenneth Jones

Laoisa Sexton's For Love, about the sexual adventures of three women in modern-day central Dublin, begins performances March 13 as part of the Irish Repertory Theatre's season in its…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Craig Lucas' The Lying Lesson, With Carol Kane Playing Bette Davis, Opens 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…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

The Money Shot, Neil LaBute's Latest, Gets March 13 Reading With Cynthia Nixon, Hank Azaria, Jane Krakowski by Kenneth Jones

Neil LaBute's new play, The Money Shot, billed as "an old-fashioned comedy about real family values, L.A.-style," gets a private Manhattan reading on March 13. Terry Kinne…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Jefferson Mays, Times Eight, Sings in West Coast Premiere of Gentleman's Guide, Opening March 13 by Kenneth Jones

The fall 2012 Hartford Stage troupers of the new musical comedy A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder are reunited at The Old Globe in San Diego for the next leg of the praised sho…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Future of ABC Family's "Bunheads," With Tony Winner Sutton Foster, Undecided by Michael Gioia and Kenneth Jones

"Bunheads," the whimsical hour-long ABC Family dramedy-with-dance series starring Broadway's Sutton Foster and Kelly Bishop, is eyeing a second season, according to Deadline.co…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:18PM

ABC Family's "Bunheads," With Tony Winner Sutton Foster, Renewed for Second Season by Michael Gioia and Kenneth Jones

"Bunheads," the whimsical hour-long ABC Family dramedy-with-dance series starring Broadway's Sutton Foster and Kelly Bishop, has been renewed for a second season, according to …

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:17AM

Annie Baker's The Flick, Irising In On Movie-House Workers, Opens in NYC; Sam Gold Directs by Kenneth Jones

Alex Hanna, Louisa Krause, Matthew Maher and Aaron Clifton Moten are featured in The Flick, Annie Baker's new Off-Broadway play that reunites her with director Sam Gold. Playwrights Hori…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Monday, March 11, 2013

Court Says Jersey Boys Producers Were Free to Use Copyrighted "Ed Sullivan" Clip in Show by Kenneth Jones

A three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Central California filed on March 11 a ruling that the producers of Jersey Boys were entitled to use a seve…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:46PM

Chicago Shakespeare To Stage Henry V, Harry Groener as Cyrano, Plus Gypsy, Road Show and More by Kenneth Jones

Chicago Shakespeare Theater's 2013-14 season will feature The Merry Wives of Windsor, Henry V, Harry Groener as Cyrano de Bergerac and a simultaneous pairing of works by Stephen Sondheim…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:46AM
Sunday, March 10, 2013

The Mystery of Edwin Drood Gets Solved; Broadway Revival Ends March 10 by Kenneth Jones

The troupers of The Mystery of Edwin Drood, one of the best-reviewed musicals of the 2012-13 Broadway season, pack their trunks after the March 10 matinee. Roundabout Theatre Company's e…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Saturday, March 9, 2013

Megan Hilty Makes Her Carnegie Hall Debut With NY Pops; Ryan Silverman Swings by Kenneth Jones

Megan Hilty, the Broadway and television actress-singer whose volcanic voice is one of the primary reasons to watch the NBC musical series "Smash," made her Carnegie Hall debut Mar…

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:26PM

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