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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Mike Tyson Will Bring His Undisputed Truth to the U.K. by Michael Gioia

Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth, Mike Tyson's one-man show chronicling the ups and downs of his life and career as a champion heavyweight boxer that was seen on Broadway in summer 2012 and …

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:28PM

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Cast in Will Gluck's "Annie" Film Remake; Columbia Pictures Bumps Up Release Date by Michael Gioia

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, who will appear in the upcoming films "Thor: The Dark World" and "Pompeii," has joined the cast of the upcoming film remake of the 1982 movie mu…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:41AM

PLAYBILL PLAYLIST: Cinderella's Laura Osnes, Santino Fontana, Rebecca Luker Pick Rodgers & Hammerstein Favorites by Michael Gioia

Laura Osnes, Santino Fontana and Rebecca Luker, who star in the Broadway bow of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's Cinderella, pick their favorite Rodgers & Hammerstein songs…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Free Reading of Michael Raver's Fire on Babylon, Starring Playwright and James Lloyd Reynolds, Held Sept. 25 by Michael Gioia

Paul Barnes, co-founder and former producing and artistic director of Minnesota's Great River Shakespeare Festival, directs a free reading of Michael Raver's new play Fire on Babylon…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Tuesday, September 24, 2013

The Last Five Years, With Betsy Wolfe and Adam Kantor, Will Play Boston Concert Engagement at the Huntington by Adam Hetrick and Michael Gioia

Adam Kantor and Betsy Wolfe, who co-starred in the acclaimed Second Stage Theatre revival of Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years, will offer a three-performan…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:52PM

One-Legged Tap Dancer and Musical Theatre Student Evan Ruggiero Fights Cancer One "Step" at a Time by Michael Gioia

Dancer Evan Ruggiero, a senior musical theatre student at New Jersey's Montclair State University, was diagnosed with osteosarcoma and faced the amputation of his right leg at the age of…

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:31PM

Sutton Foster Cancels Remainder of Carlyle Engagement Due to Family Emergency; Christine Ebersole and More Will Step In by Michael Gioia

Two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster, who returned to the Café Carlyle Sept. 10 with a new act, has canceled the remainder of her engagement due to a family emergency, a spokesper…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:51PM

The Vaudevillians, Starring "RuPaul's Drag Race" Winner Jinkx Monsoon, Extends for Fifth Time by Adam Hetrick and Michael Gioia

The Vaudevillians, a musical comedy co-starring "RuPaul's Drag Race" winner Jinkx Monsoon in her New York theatre debut alongside composer and musician Richard Andriessen, has …

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:19PM

First Date Broadway Cast Album Released Digitally Sept. 24 by Michael Gioia

The original Broadway cast recording of First Date, the new musical featuring "Smash" and The Addams Family actress Krysta Rodriguez opposite "Chuck" star Zachary Levi,&n…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:45PM

Dulé Hill and Cast Members from Broadway's After Midnight Perform for President Obama by Michael Gioia

Emmy Award-nominated actor Dulé Hill (Stick Fly, The Tap Dance Kid, "The West Wing," "Psych"), who will serve as "The Host" of the upcoming Broadway musi…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:40AM

Start Date of Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 Delayed by Michael Gioia

Dave Malloy's critically praised musical Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, which ended its downtown run Sept. 2 for a previously announced uptown move to Times Square, will …

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:59AM

Return of Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 Delayed by Michael Gioia

Dave Malloy's critically praised musical Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, which ended its downtown run Sept. 2 for a previously announced uptown move to Times Square, will …

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:58AM

Second Stage Recording of The Last Five Years, With Betsy Wolfe and Adam Kantor, Hits Shelves Sept. 24 by Michael Gioia

Sh-K-Boom/Ghostlight Records releases the 2013 Off-Broadway cast recording of the Second Stage Theatre production of Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years, whic…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Tony Nominee Tovah Feldshuh Is Pippin's New Berthe, Beginning Sept. 24 by Michael Gioia

Tovah Feldshuh, known for her Tony-nominated work in Golda's Balcony, Saravà, Lend Me a Tenor and Yentl, assumes the role of Berthe — the role she played while Tony Award wi…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Monday, September 23, 2013

Washington's Tony-Winning Shakespeare Theatre Company Reaches Settlement With Landlords by Michael Gioia

The Tony Award-winning Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, DC, has reached a settlement with the landlords of the Lansburgh building — who were demanding $480,000 (as opposed to…

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:39PM

Nikka Graff Lanzarone and Mo Brady Release "Ensemblist" Podcast Episodes, With David Abeles, LaQuet Sharnell and More by Michael Gioia

Mo Brady (The Addams Family, "Smash") and Nikka Graff Lanzarone (Chicago, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown) have released the sixth and seventh episodes of "The …

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:26PM

"Sing Along" Musical Film, With Alice Ripley, Myles Erlick and Heidi Blickenstaff, Will Screen in Los Angeles by Michael Gioia and Adam Hetrick

The short musical film "Sing Along," written and directed by Mark Oxman and featuring Tony Award winner Alice Ripley as the mother of young boy with Broadway dreams, will have a th…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:03PM

Alexander Sage Oyen's "Drafts (Volume Two)" Album Will Feature Corey Cott, Ben Fankhauser, Remy Zaken and More by Michael Gioia

Newsies stars Corey Cott and Ben Fankhauser are among the singers featured on "Drafts: The Music and Lyrics of Alexander Sage Oyen (Volume Two)," which will be released digitally O…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:29PM

The Last Five Years' Betsy Wolfe and Adam Kantor Will Perform at Barnes and Noble by Adam Hetrick and Michael Gioia

Adam Kantor and Betsy Wolfe, who starred in the Off-Broadway revival of Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years, will perform at the Upper East Side Barnes and No…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:22PM

Broadway on the Web: Justin Anthony Long, Jee Young Han and Jonathan Lee Invite Broadway Stars to Their "City of Dreams" by Michael Gioia

The trials and tribulations of life in the world of theatre are being materialized on computer screens. In the three-part series "Broadway on the Web," Playbill.com profiles the th…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Sunday, September 22, 2013

"Modern Family," "Candelabra," Bobby Cannavale, Jim Parsons, Jeff Daniels, Claire Danes and More Win 2013 Emmy Awards by Michael Gioia

Stage actors Bobby Cannavale, Jim Parsons, Jeff Daniels and Claire Danes were among the winners at the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards, which were hosted by Broadway star and Emmy-winning actor N…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:14PM

Neil Patrick Harris Hosts 2013 Emmy Awards Sept. 22; Jane Lynch, Mandy Patinkin, Jeff Daniels Among Nominees by Michael Gioia

The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards, hosted by Broadway star and Emmy-winning actor Neil Patrick Harris, air live Sept. 22 at 8 PM ET on CBS from the NOKIA Theater L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Saturday, September 21, 2013

Charlie Rosen's Broadway Big Band Returns to 54 Below Sept. 21; Daniel Breaker, Caissie Levy Among Performers by Michael Gioia

Charlie Rosen's Broadway Big Band returns to 54 Below Sept. 21 and includes a special tribute to late Broadway and swing legend Eydie Gorme. Tony Award nominee Daniel Breaker,&…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Cherry Jones, Inhabiting Broadway's Newest Glass Menagerie by Michael Gioia

Two-time Tony Award winner Cherry Jones, often referred to as one of the greatest stage actresses of her generation, returns to Broadway in Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie &mdash…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Tix for Broadway's A Raisin in the Sun, Starring Denzel Washington and Diahann Carroll, Go On Sale Sept. 21 by Michael Gioia

Tickets for the Broadway revival of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, starring Denzel Washington and Diahann Carroll, go on sale to the general public Sept. 21. Previews will beg…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

James Barry, John Countryman, Tyler Hunter and Scott Moreau Join Million Dollar Quartet Tour Sept. 21 in PA by Michael Gioia

James Barry, John Countryman, Tyler Hunter and Scott Moreau join the cast of the national tour of Million Dollar Quartet — the musical inspired by the true story of four rock '…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Friday, September 20, 2013

Tarzan Star Josh Strickland Will Join VEGAS! The Show by Michael Gioia

Josh Strickland, who starred in the Broadway production of Tarzan, will join the cast of VEGAS! The Show, which plays the Saxe Theater at Planet Hollywood, later this month.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:38AM

Tony Winner Kristin Chenoweth in Talks for "The Boy Next Door Film," Starring Jennifer Lopez by Michael Gioia

Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth is in talks to join the cast of "The Boy Next Door," the upcoming thriller film starring Jennifer Lopez, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:50AM

Goodspeed's The Most Happy Fella, With Bill Nolte, Mamie Parris, Ann Arvia, Natalie Hill and More, Begins Sept. 20 by Michael Gioia

Goodspeed Musicals presents Frank Loesser's The Most Happy Fella — part of the company's 50th anniversary season — beginning Sept. 20, prior to an official opening O…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Off-Broadway's How to Be a New Yorker Begins Planet Hollywood Run Sept. 20 by Michael Gioia

How to Be a New Yorker, the Off-Broadway comedy written and performed by Margaret Copeland and Kevin James Doyle, moves to The Screening Room Theater at Planet Hollywood Times Square beginni…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Thursday, September 19, 2013

Charlotte d'Amboise, Felicia Finley, Mara Davi Will Celebrate Catherine Zeta-Jones at Dance Alliance Foundation Gala by Michael Gioia

Tony Award nominee Charlotte d'Amboise (Pippin), Felicia Finley (Mamma Mia!) and Mara Davi (A Chorus Line, "Smash") are among the performers who will celebrate Tony and Ac…

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:35PM

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