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Monday, March 25, 2013

Primary Stages Revival of David Ives' All in the Timing Gets Second Extension by Michael Gioia and Adam Hetrick

Primary Stages' revival of All in the Timing, a collection of short comic plays by Tony Award-nominated playwright David Ives, has been given a second and final extension through April 2…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:14AM

Elf The Musical Will Play Mini-Holiday Tour Beginning in November by Andrew Gans and Adam Hetrick

Elf The Musical, which played Broadway engagements in 2010 and 2012, will spread Christmas cheer during a limited holiday tour, according to an Equity casting notice.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:40AM
Monday, March 11, 2013

Bartlett Sher In Discussions to Stage My Fair Lady Broadway Revival by Adam Hetrick and Michael Gioia

Tony Award-winning director Bartlett Sher has been tapped to direct a Broadway revival of My Fair Lady, Grammy-winning producer Clive Davis confirmed to Showbiz411.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:13PM

Clive Davis Picks Bartlett Sher to Stage My Fair Lady Broadway Revival by Adam Hetrick and Michael Gioia

Tony Award-winning director Bartlett Sher has been tapped to direct a Broadway revival of My Fair Lady, Grammy-winning producer Clive Davis confirmed to Showbiz411.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:41PM

THE SCREENING ROOM: The Skivvies Los Angeles Concert, With Barrett Foa, Laura Benanti, Daisy Eagan and More (Video) by Michael Gioia and Adam Hetrick

The scantily-clad music duo The Skivvies made their Los Angeles debut March 4 with special guests including Tony Award winners Laura Benanti and Daisy Eagan.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:55AM
Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Oscar Winner Rachel Weisz Confirms Plans for Broadway Debut by Michael Gioia and Adam Hetrick

Olivier and Oscar winner Rachel Weisz will make her Broadway debut, the actress confirmed on the U.K. morning show "Daybreak." 

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:02PM

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…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Tuesday, March 5, 2013

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

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

Will The Hustler, Starring Renée Zellweger, Play the West End? by Michael Gioia and Adam Hetrick

Academy Award winner Renée Zellweger is planning to star in a stage adaptation of Walter Tevis' 1959 novel "The Hustler" that will open in the West End this autumn,…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:30PM
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
Thursday, February 21, 2013

S. Epatha Merkerson, Howard McGillin, Jose Llana and More Join Cast of Actors Fund's Our Town Benefit by Kenneth Jones and Adam Hetrick

S. Epatha Merkerson, Howard McGillin, Jerry Dixon, Wally Dunn, Philip Hoffman, Jose Llana and Tyrah Skye Odoms are the latest names added to the cast of the Actors Fund's March 4 benefit…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:12PM

Really Really Playwright Paul Downs Colaizzo Will Step Into Off-Broadway Show Feb. 23-24; Kobi Libii Lands Pilot by Michael Gioia and Adam Hetrick

Really Really playwright Paul Downs Colaizzo will assume the role of Johnson, normally played by actor Kobi Libii, in his Off-Broadway play Feb. 23-24 while Libii shoots a comedy pilot for A…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:01PM

Ryan Silverman and Hannah Elless Will Join Marc Kudisch for Portland World Premiere of Somewhere in Time by Michael Gioia and Adam Hetrick

Ryan Silverman, who currently stars in the Off-Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim's Passion, and Hannah Elless, a former trouper from the Broadway revival of Godspell, have joined the …

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:09PM
Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Les Misérables Film Will Get Home Video Release March 22; Bonus Features Announced by Kenneth Jones and Adam Hetrick

Tom Hooper's hit film Les Misérables, starring Academy Award nominees Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway, will be released March 22 on Blu-ray and DVD from Universal Studios Home Ente…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:18PM

Patti LuPone Will Bring Far Away Places to California, Carnegie Hall and More by Andrew Gans and Adam Hetrick

Two-time Tony Award-winning actress Patti LuPone, who returns to 54 Below Feb. 12 for her fourth engagement at the posh nightlife venue with an evening entitled Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda,…

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:56AM
Monday, February 4, 2013

Robert Britton Lyons, Martin Kaye, Benjamin D. Hale, Tyler Hunter Comprise a Million Dollar Quartet, Starting Feb. 4 by Andrew Gans and Adam Hetrick

The Las Vegas production of Million Dollar Quartet begins performances at Harrah's Las Vegas Feb. 4.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Thursday, January 31, 2013

THE SCREENING ROOM: The Skivvies Play the Highline Ballroom, With Mitchell Jarvis, Leigh Ann Larkin, Alice Ripley (Video) by Michael Gioia and Adam Hetrick

Tony Award winner Alice Ripley (Next to Normal), Mitchell Jarvis and Leigh Ann Larkin were among the performers who joined the Skivvies for their Jan. 28 concert and video premiere at the Hi…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:01AM
Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Michelle Williams of Destiny's Child Joins Fela! National Tour Jan. 29 by Adam Hetrick and Andrew Gans

Destiny's Child star Michelle Williams joins the national tour of the Tony Award-winning musical Fela! as Sandra Isadore beginning Jan. 29 at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washingto…

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
Friday, January 25, 2013

Box Office for Nora Ephron's Lucky Guy, Starring Tom Hanks, Opens Jan. 25 by Andrew Gans and Adam Hetrick

The box office at the Broadhurst Theatre, which will soon be the home of the Broadway premiere of late writer Nora Ephron's Lucky Guy — starring Academy Award winner Tom Hanks &mda…

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:37AM
Wednesday, January 23, 2013

THEIR FAVORITE THINGS: Multiple Tony-Winning Director-Producer Hal Prince Shares His Theatregoing Experiences by Adam Hetrick and Andrew Gans

Playbill.com's new feature series, Their Favorite Things, asks members of the theatre community to share the Broadway performances that most affected them as part of the audience. Th…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Monday, January 21, 2013

Andrew Lloyd Webber's Wizard of Oz Extends Toronto Engagement by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

The Toronto engagement of The Wizard of Oz, a new production based on the beloved MGM film with new music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, has extended its run to June 2 at the Ed Mirvish Theatre.&nb…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:50PM

Box Office for Broadway Production of Olivier-Winning Matilda Opens Jan. 21 by Andrew Gans and Adam Hetrick

The box office at the Shubert Theatre, located in Manhattan at 235 W. 44th Street, opens for business Jan. 21 for the Broadway premiere of the London hit Matilda The Musical, which will begi…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Friday, January 18, 2013

Box Office for Broadway Production of Olivier-Winning Matilda Will Open Jan. 21 by Andrew Gans and Adam Hetrick

The box office at the Shubert Theatre, located in Manhattan at 235 West 44th Street, will open for business Jan. 21 for the Broadway premiere of the London hit Matilda The Musical, which wil…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:56PM

Mathieu Amalric Cast in Roman Polanski Film Adaptation of David Ives' Venus in Fur by Michael Gioia and Adam Hetrick

Mathieu Amalric, who starred in the film "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," has been cast in the film adaptation of David Ives' Tony Award-nominated play Venus in Fur, accord…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:20AM
Thursday, January 10, 2013

Quiara Alegría Hudes' Pulitzer Prize-Winning Water by the Spoonful Gets Two Extra Weeks Off-Broadway by Kenneth Jones and Adam Hetrick

There are more opportunities to see Water By the Spoonful in New York City. Second Stage Theatre announced a two-week extension of the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, now playing to Feb. 10.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:24PM
Wednesday, January 9, 2013

THEIR FAVORITE THINGS: Lincoln Center Theater Artistic Director Andre Bishop Shares His Theatregoing Experiences by Adam Hetrick and Andrew Gans

Playbill.com's new feature series, Their Favorite Things, asks members of the theatre community to share the Broadway performances that most affected them as part of the audience. Th…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Robert Britton Lyons, Martin Kaye, Benjamin D. Hale, Tyler Hunter Among Cast of Las Vegas Million Dollar Quartet by Andrew Gans and Adam Hetrick

Complete casting has been announced for the Las Vegas production of Million Dollar Quartet, which begins performances at Harrah’s Las Vegas Feb. 4.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:53PM

Quiara Alegría Hudes' Pulitzer Prize-Winning Water by the Spoonful Opens in NYC Jan. 8 by Kenneth Jones and Adam Hetrick

Armando Riesco, Liza Colon-Zayas and Zabryna Guevara, who appeared in the 2011 Hartford Stage world premiere of Quiara Alegría Hudes' Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Water by the Spo…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

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