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Monday, August 12, 2013

Jerry Dixon, Jenn Colella, Jason Tam and Tamika Lawrence Join Cast of Broadway-Bound Musical If/Then by Adam Hetrick and Michael Gioia

Jerry Dixon, Jenn Colella, Jason Tam and Tamika Lawrence are the latest actors to join the cast of the Broadway-bound musical If/Then by Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning Next to Normal …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:09PM

The Vaudevillians, Starring "RuPaul's Drag Race" Winner Jinkx Monsoon, Extends for Fourth 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 11:41AM
Friday, August 9, 2013

Mike Doyle and Johnny Cannizzaro Join Clint Eastwood's Jersey Boys Film by Adam Hetrick and Andrew Gans

Mike Doyle ("Shameless," "Gayby," "A Gifted Man") and Johnny Cannizzaro ("The Muppets, Lost Angels") are the latest actors to join Clint Eastwood'…

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:41AM

John Tartaglia Is the Cat in the Hat for Youth Production of Seussical in Newtown, CT, Beginning Aug. 9 by Adam Hetrick and Michael Gioia

Tony Award nominee John Tartaglia (Avenue Q) and 86 young performers from the Newtown area are part of Seussical, the Lynn Ahrens-Stephen Flaherty musical based on the famed childr…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Thursday, August 8, 2013

Erich Bergen Lands Role in Clint Eastwood's Jersey Boys Film by Andrew Gans and Adam Hetrick

Erich Bergen, who played the role Bob Gaudio in the first national tour, Los Angeles and Las Vegas casts of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical Jersey Boys, will reprise that part in Clint E…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:15PM
Wednesday, August 7, 2013

James Snyder Cast in If/Then With Idina Menzel, Anthony Rapp and LaChanze by Adam Hetrick and Michael Gioia

James Snyder has joined Idina Menzel, Anthony Rapp and LaChanze in the Broadway-bound musical If/Then by Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning Next to Normal writers Tom Kitt and Brian Yorke…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:41PM
Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Tickets on Sale Aug. 6 for Broadway's A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, Starring Jefferson Mays by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

Tickets are now on sale for the Broadway production of the new musical A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, which arrives at the Walter Kerr Theatre in October starring Tony Award win…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Monday, August 5, 2013

Ed Harris Joins Ethan Hawke for Film Adaptation of Cymbeline by Adam Hetrick and Carey Purcell

Tony and Academy Award nominee Ed Harris will join Ethan Hawke for the new film adaptation of Shakespeare's Cymbeline, according to Deadline.com.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:52PM

Donnie Kehr, Jeremy Luke and Joey Russo Join Cast of Clint Eastwood's Jersey Boys Film by Adam Hetrick and Andrew Gans

Donnie Kehr, who originated the role of Norm Waxman in the Broadway production of Jersey Boys, will recreate his performance in Clint Eastwood's film adaptation of the Tony Award-winning…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:15PM
Friday, August 2, 2013

Kevin McCollum Considering Film Version of Avenue Q by Adam Hetrick and Andrew Gans

The 2004 Tony Award-winning Best Musical Avenue Q could be developed for the screen, according to a Wall Street Journal interview with producer Kevin McCollum.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:51PM
Thursday, August 1, 2013

Anthony Rapp Will Join Tony Winners Idina Menzel and LaChanze in Broadway-Bound Musical If/Then by Michael Gioia and Adam Hetrick

Anthony Rapp, who starred as Mark in the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Rent, will join former Rent cast member Idina Menzel in the new Tom Kitt-Brian Yorkey musical If/T…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:14PM

Cast Set for Scott Alan London Concert; John Owen-Jones, Shoshana Bean, Willemijn Verkaik, Richard Fleeshman and More to Sing by Adam Hetrick and Andrew Gans

The complete lineup has been announced for the Aug. 4 London concert celebrating the music of composer and lyricist Scott Alan which will take place at the IndigO2 Theatre Arena at the O2.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:56AM
Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Encores! I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road May Have Future Life by Adam Hetrick and Andrew Gans

The Gretchen Cryer-Nancy Ford musical I’m Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road may have a future commercial life following its recent staging as part of the Encores! …

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:12AM
Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Mark Hotton Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Rebecca Producers by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

Long Island businessman Mark Hotton, who was charged with defrauding producers of the Broadway-aimed musical Rebecca, has pleaded guilty in a Manhattan court, according to the New York Times.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:25PM

Creative Team Announced for A Night With Janis Joplin on Broadway; Motown's Patricia Wilcox Will Choreograph by Adam Hetrick and Andrew Gans

The creative team has been announced for the Broadway premiere of A Night With Janis Joplin, starring Mary Bridget Davies as the late rocker. Previews begin Sept. 20 at the Lyceum Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:03PM
Monday, July 29, 2013

LaChanze Joins Cast of Broadway-Bound Musical If/Then, Starring Tony Winner Idina Menzel by Adam Hetrick and Andrew Gans

Tony Award-winning actress LaChanze will join fellow Tony winner Idina Menzel in the new Tom Kitt-Brian Yorkey musical If/Then, which will premiere in Washington, D.C. this fall prior to a 2…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:19PM

Bryce Pinkham to Join Jefferson Mays in A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder on Broadway by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

Bryce Pinkham will co-star opposite Tony Award winner Jefferson Mays in the Broadway production of the new musical A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, which arrives at the Walter Ker…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01PM
Friday, July 26, 2013

Hollywood Bowl Chicago, With Ashlee Simpson, Samantha Barks, Stephen Moyer, Gives L.A. the Old Razzle Dazzle July 26 by Adam Hetrick and Andrew Gans

The starry Hollywood Bowl production of John Kander and Fred Ebb's Chicago, starring Samantha Barks, Ashlee Simpson and Stephen Moyer, begins July 26 in Los Angeles under the direction o…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Thursday, July 25, 2013

Despite Injury, Tony Winner Nathan Lane Will Go on for July 25 Performance of The Nance by Andrew Gans and Adam Hetrick

Despite suffering an onstage injury during the July 24 performance of Douglas Carter Beane's The Nance, Tony Award winner Nathan Lane will return to the production July 25 at the Lyceum …

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:01PM

"August: Osage County" Film Will Premiere at Toronto International Film Festival by Adam Hetrick and Michael Gioia

The film adaptation of Tracy Letts' Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning drama August: Osage County, starring Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, will receive its premiere screening at the Toront…

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:56AM
Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Christopher Walken Lands Role in Film Version of Jersey Boys by Andrew Gans and Adam Hetrick

Christopher Walken, who earned a Tony Award nomination for his turn as Carmichael in Martin McDonagh's dark comedy A Behanding in Spokane, has landed a role in Academy Award-winning acto…

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:20AM
Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Public Theater Musical Here Lies Love in Search of Home for New York Transfer; Broadway Is a Possibility by Michael Gioia and Adam Hetrick

The Public Theater's acclaimed production of Here Lies Love, a new immersive musical by David Byrne, Fatboy Slim and Tony-nominated director Alex Timbers, is in search of a new home to c…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:41PM
Monday, July 22, 2013

Tony Nominee Billy Magnussen in Talks for Into the Woods Film Adaptation by Michael Gioia and Adam Hetrick

Billy Magnussen, who was nominated for a 2013 Tony Award for his performance in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, is in talks to join the cast of the Walt Disney Pictures film adapta…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:51PM
Sunday, July 21, 2013

Off-Broadway Rock Musical Murder Ballad Closes July 21 by Andrew Gans and Adam Hetrick

Murder Ballad, the new musical by Julia Jordon and Juliana Nash, which stars John Ellison Conlee, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Will Swenson and Caissie Levy, plays its final performances at the Unio…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Friday, July 19, 2013

Atlanta's Theater of the Stars Cancels Anything Goes; Fundraising Efforts Will Continue by Michael Gioia and Adam Hetrick

Atlanta's Theater of the Stars, the non-profit Georgia company that has offered 60 seasons of theatrical programming and recently revealed that it was in danger of closing its doors due …

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:26PM
Thursday, July 18, 2013

Jake Gyllenhaal No Longer Attached to Into the Woods Film Adaptation by Michael Gioia and Adam Hetrick

Jake Gyllenhaal, who starred in the Off-Broadway drama If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet, is no longer attached to the Walt Disney Pictures film adaptation of Into the Woods &…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:54PM

Joey deBettencourt, Megan Stern and John Sanders Will Lead Peter and the Starcatcher National Tour by Michael Gioia and Adam Hetrick

Complete casting has been announced for the national tour of the Tony Award-winning play with music Peter and the Starcatcher, which will play stops in San Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles, W…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PM

John Lloyd Young, Erich Bergen, Michael Lomenda and Vincent Piazza Being Eyed for Film Version of Jersey Boys by Andrew Gans and Adam Hetrick

A host of stage actors, including Tony Award winner John Lloyd Young, are being considered for Academy Award-winning actor-director Clint Eastwood's film of the Tony Award-winning hit Je…

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:22AM

Patti LuPone Offers Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda at 54 Below Beginning July 18 by Andrew Gans and Adam Hetrick

Two-time Tony Award-winning actress Patti LuPone returns to 54 Below July 18 for her fifth engagement at the posh nightlife venue with her acclaimed show Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Atlanta's Theater of the Stars Does Not Reach Financial Needs; Dreamgirls Canceled by Michael Gioia and Adam Hetrick

Atlanta's Theater of the Stars, the non-profit Georgia company that has offered 60 seasons of theatrical programming and recently revealed that it was in danger of closing its doors due …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:03PM
Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Pantages 2014 Engagement of The Book of Mormon, With Nic Rouleau, Ben Platt and Syesha Mercado, Extends by Michael Gioia and Adam Hetrick

The second national tour of the Tony Award-winning musical The Book of Mormon, starring Nic Rouleau, Ben Platt and Syesha Mercado, has extended its Los Angeles engagement at the Pantages The…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:46PM

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