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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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 …

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Friday, March 8, 2013

Steven Culp and Dana Delany to Star in CA World Premiere of Beau Willimon's Parisian Woman by Kenneth Jones

Dana Delany, Steven Culp, Linda Gehringer, Rebecca Mozo and one actor to be announced will star in the South Coast Repertory world-premiere production of The Parisian Woman by Beau Willimon,…

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Terrence McNally's And Away We Go Bumped to Fall, as Pearl Fundraising Continues; J.M. Barrie Flies In by Kenneth Jones

Off-Broadway's not-for-profit Pearl Theatre Company, in the midst of a fundraising campaign, has rescheduled the spring world premiere of Terrence McNally's And Away We Go to this fa…

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NY Pops Gala Will Salute Jule Styne, Frank Loesser, Danny Kaye; Donna Murphy, Anthony Warlow, Kelli O'Hara Among Singers 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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Jefferson Mays, Playing an Octet of Heirs, Begins West Coast Leg of Gentleman's Guide Musical by Kenneth Jones

The fall 2012 Hartford Stage troupers of the new musical comedy A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder reunite starting March 8 at The Old Globe in San Diego. Tony Award winner Jeff…

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Thursday, March 7, 2013

Honeymooners Musical Will Not Happen at Old Globe This Fall by Kenneth Jones

The Old Globe in San Diego is postponing its fall production of the new musical The Honeymooners due to a "conflict with artist schedules." The world premiere by Dusty Kay and Bill…

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Lanford Wilson Romance, Talley's Folly, Starring Danny Burstein and Sarah Paulson, Gets Added Week by Kenneth Jones

The run of Roundabout Theatre Company's new Off-Broadway production of Lanford Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Talley's Folly, the delicate study of two disparate souls…

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Yiddish Play Contest Jury Includes Jason Robert Brown, Emanuel Azenberg, Joe DiPietro and More by Kenneth Jones

The Drama Desk Award-winning National Yiddish Theatre – Folksbiene is sponsoring a new play contest, seeking works "in Yiddish, or based on Yiddish sources, to add to the great le…

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Rising Star Elizabeth Olsen Will Play Juliet For Off-Broadway's Classic Stage by Kenneth Jones

Elizabeth Olsen, the actress known for the indie film "Martha Marcy May Marlene," has a date with a balcony — Juliet's — in fall 2013. Off-Broadway's Classic St…

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Edie Falco Will Inhabit The Madrid Longer Than Expected; Second Extension Announced by Kenneth Jones

Edie Falco plays a mother and teacher who sheds her life and moves to a rundown apartment building in the Off-Broadway world premiere of The Madrid, Liz Flahive's comedy that opened Feb.…

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A Lone Star: Holland Taylor's Ann, a Solo Show About Governor Ann Richards, Opens on Broadway by Kenneth Jones

Ann, actress-writer Holland Taylor's biographical play about late Texas Governor Ann Richards, opens on Broadway March 7 following previews from Feb. 18 at Lincoln Center Theater's V…

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Wednesday, March 6, 2013

THE "SMASH" REPORT: Season Two, Episode 5, Or, The "C" Plot Thickens 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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Pam MacKinnon and Bruce Norris Will Reunite for The Qualms; Steppenwolf Season Announced by Kenneth Jones

Steppenwolf Theatre Company's 2013-14 season in Chicago will feature the world premiere of The Qualms, a new play about partner-swapping among friends, by Clybourne Park Pulitzer Prize w…

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Denver Center Season Has New Plays Black Odyssey, The Most Deserving, Just Like Us and Georgia McBride by Kenneth Jones

In a major show of good faith toward the new American play, four of eight productions in the Tony Award-winning Denver Center Theatre Company's 2013-14 subscription season will be world …

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Donnybrook!, With James Barbour and Jenny Powers, Will Raise a Ruckus for Four Added Weeks in NYC by Kenneth Jones

The Irish Repertory Theatre's Donnybrook!, the Johnny Burke-scored 1961 Broadway musical about the code of masculinity in Ireland, will play an additional four weeks, now to April 28, th…

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Appropriate, The Gospel of Lovingkindness and Sandra Oh Will Appear at Chicago's Victory Gardens in 2013-14 by Kenneth Jones

The 2013-14 season of Victory Gardens Theater — the Tony Award-winning Chicago company devoted to new works, many from its own Playwrights Ensemble — will include the co-world-pr…

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Acclaimed Old Hats, By Bill Irwin and David Shiner, Will Be Worn Into May by Kenneth Jones

Off-Broadway's Signature Theatre is adding four weeks to 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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George F. Walker's Dead Metaphor Opens at A.C.T. March 6, With George Hampe, Tom Bloom, René Augesen, Sharon Lockwood by Kenneth Jones

Canadian dramatist George F. Walker gets a major American spotlight with the American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) world premiere of his dark comedy Dead Metaphor. Directed by Irene Lewis, …

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Rajiv Joseph's The North Pool Opens at Off-Broadway's Vineyard March 6 by Kenneth Jones and Adam Hetrick

Stephen Barker Turner and Babak Tafti appear in the New York City premiere of Rajiv Joseph's The North Pool — a drama about tension between a high school principal and a Middle-Eas…

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