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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…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:03PM

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…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

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…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
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…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:14PM

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…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
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…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

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…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
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…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM

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…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

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…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
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 …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
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…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
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…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:15AM
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…

SOURCE: Playbill at 07:00PM
Thursday, April 4, 2013

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…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:31PM
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.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:40AM

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…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:14AM
Tuesday, March 26, 2013

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.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:50PM
Friday, March 22, 2013

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 …

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
Tuesday, March 5, 2013

C.J. Wilson Replaces Adam Rapp in Broadway's The Big Knife by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

C.J. Wilson (Glengarry Glen Ross, A Steady Rain, Festen) has replaced Adam Rapp in Clifford Odets' drama of Hollywood secrets, The Big Knife, which will begin Broadway previews March 22 …

SOURCE: Playbill at 06:30PM

Annie Broadway Revival Will Get Cast Album; Spring-Early Summer Release Planned by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

A cast album for the 35th anniversary Broadway revival of Annie, starring Lilla Crawford, Anthony Warlow and Tony Award winner Katie Finneran, will be released this spring on the Shout! Broa…

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:14PM
Monday, March 4, 2013

The Last Five Years, With Adam Kantor and Betsy Wolfe, Extends Prior to Off-Broadway Bow by Michael Gioia and Kenneth Jones

Second Stage Theatre's new production of Jason Robert Brown's musical The Last Five Years, which will star Adam Kantor (Mark in the final Broadway cast of Rent) and Betsy Wolfe …

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:48PM

Revival of Stephen Sondheim's Passion, Starring Judy Kuhn, Melissa Errico and Ryan Silverman, Extends Run by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

Classic Stage Company has extended the critically acclaimed revival of the Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine musical Passion, starring Judy Kuhn, Melissa Errico and Ryan Silverman, an additional…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:36PM
Sunday, March 3, 2013

National Tour of Tony-Winning Musical Once Will Debut in Providence This Fall by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

The Tony Award-winning musical Once will launch a U.S. national tour in October at the Providence Performing Arts Center, in Providence, RI.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:02AM
Friday, March 1, 2013

The Revisionist, Starring Jesse Eisenberg and Vanessa Redgrave, Extends Off-Broadway Run by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

The Rattlestick Plawrights Theater world premiere of The Revisionist, Jesse Eisenberg's new play about an antsy young novelist seeking refuge at a distant relative's flat in Poland, …

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:30AM
Thursday, February 28, 2013

The Revisionist, Starring Jesse Eisenberg and Vanessa Redgrave, Opens Off-Broadway by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

Academy and Tony Award-winning actress Vanessa Redgrave and Academy Award nominee Jesse Eisenberg co-star in the Rattlestick Plawrights Theater world premiere of The Revisionist, Eisenberg&#…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Friday, February 1, 2013

"Broadway Idiot," Documentary About American Idiot Musical, Will Debut in March by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

A documentary about American Idiot's road to Broadway, entitled "Broadway Idiot," will debut at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Texas.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:55PM
Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Fiorello! Returns to City Center Jan. 30; "New" Song Added by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

Fiorello!, the award-winning Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick musical that launched the City Center Encores! series in 1994, returns Jan. 30-Feb. 3 as the opening musical of the Encores! 20th-…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Monday, January 28, 2013

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Will End Broadway Run in March by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

Producers of the Broadway revival of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? have announced that the critically praised production will end its run March 3, three weeks prior …

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:33AM

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