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Tuesday, January 8, 2013

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
Monday, January 7, 2013

Brad Oscar Will Play Limited Engagement in Broadway's Nice Work If You Can Get It by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

Tony Award nominee Brad Oscar will step into the role of lovable mobster Cookie McGee in the Broadway production of the Tony Award-nominated Gershwin musical Nice Work If You Can Get It,&nbs…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:23PM

Les Misèrables U.S. Film Grosses Exceed $100 Million by Adam Hetrick and Michael Gioia

Academy Award winner Tom Hooper's starry film adaptation of the international hit musical Les Misèrables has grossed over $100 million domestically since premiering in theatres De…

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:03PM
Thursday, January 3, 2013

Michelle Williams of Destiny's Child to Join Fela! National Tour by Adam Hetrick and Andrew Gans

Destiny's Child star Michelle Williams will join the national tour of the Tony Award-winning musical Fela! as Sandra Isadore when the production returns to Washington, D.C. Jan. 29 at th…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:50AM
Tuesday, January 1, 2013

More "Starstuff"! Peter and the Starcatcher Will Reopen Off-Broadway by Michael Gioia and Adam Hetrick

The Tony Award-winning play with music Peter and the Starcatcher will transfer to Off-Broadway's New World Stages following its acclaimed Broadway run at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 08:17PM
Thursday, December 27, 2012

Les Misèrables Film Takes in $58.6 Million Globally in First Days of Release by Adam Hetrick and Michael Gioia

Academy Award winner Tom Hooper's starry film adaptation of Les Misèrables, based on the international musical hit, has thus far grossed a total of $58.6 million globally, accordi…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:55PM
Wednesday, December 19, 2012

"The Movie in His Mind": Cameron Mackintosh May Develop Miss Saigon Film Following "Les Misérables" by Michael Gioia and Adam Hetrick

For producer Cameron Mackintosh, the next "Movie in His Mind" may be an adaptation of Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil's 1989 musical Miss Saigon.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:00AM
Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Time Out New York's Best (and worst) theater of 2012 by David Cote and Adam Feldman

A slew of splendid Broadway revivals and boundary-busting experiments Off Broadway made for a great year.

SOURCE: Time Out at 11:53AM
Friday, December 14, 2012

Time Out New York's Top 20 Shows to catch this Winter by David Cote and Adam Feldman

From Broadway to Off-Off, here are 20 plays, musicals and revivals you need to see this winter.

SOURCE: Time Out at 04:56PM

Terrence McNally's Golden Age, Starring Lee Pace and Bebe Neuwirth, Extends Off-Broadway Run by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

Manhattan Theatre Club announced that Terrence McNally's backstage-set operatic play Golden Age, starring Emmy Award nominee Lee Pace as a late-in-life composer Vincenzo Bellini, ha…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:56AM
Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Cory Michael Smith Will Join Emilia Clarke For Breakfast at Tiffany's at Broadway's Cort Theatre by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

Cory Michael Smith, who currently appears in the Playwrights Horizons staging of The Whale Off-Broadway, will co-star with Emilia Clarke in the world-premiere stage production of Truman Capo…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:40AM
Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Quiara Alegría Hudes' Pulitzer Prize-Winning Water by the Spoonful Makes NYC Premiere Dec. 11 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
Friday, November 30, 2012

Jan Maxwell Joins Starry Reading of Steel Magnolias, Featuring Blythe Danner, Annie Potts and Margo Martindale by Andrew Gans and Adam Hetrick

Multiple Tony nominee Jan Maxwell, most recently on Broadway in the acclaimed revival of Follies, has joined the cast of the 25th anniversary benefit reading of Robert Harling's poignant…

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:37AM
Friday, November 23, 2012

All Aboard! Music-Kissed Pullman Porter Blues, Starring Cleavant Derricks, Steams Into DC's Arena Stage by Kenneth Jones and Adam Hetrick

Tony Award winner Cleavant Derricks and the company of the play-with-music Pullman Porter Blues — seen earlier this fall in Seattle — gather again Nov. 23 at Arena Stage in Washi…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Revised Working, Featuring Donna Lynne Champlin, Joe Cassidy and More, Adds Off-Broadway Performances by Adam Hetrick and Michael Gioia

The newly revised version of the Stephen Schwartz musical Working, based on the book by Studs Terkel and featuring new material by Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda, has added additional …

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:20PM
Tuesday, November 20, 2012

My Gift of Thanks Holiday Concert Adds Ann Hampton Callaway, Jordan Gelber and Randy Redd by Adam Hetrick and Andrew Gans

Ann Hampton Callaway, Jordan Gelber and Randy Redd are among the performers who have joined My Gift of Thanks: New Songs for the Holidays, a Dec. 9 benefit for the Actors Fund at Feinstein&#…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:46PM
Monday, November 19, 2012

Abingdon Theatre Company Honors Tyne Daly at 20th Anniversary Gala Nov. 19 by Adam Hetrick and Michael Gioia

The Abingdon Theatre Company's 20th anniversary gala honoring Tyne Daly, with appearances by Sharon Gless, Marilyn Horne, Liz Smith, David Hyde Pierce and Martin Charnin, is held Nov. 19…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Friday, November 9, 2012

Abingdon Sets New Date for 20th Anniversary Gala Honoring Tyne Daly by Adam Hetrick and Michael Gioia

The Abingdon Theatre Company's 20th anniversary gala honoring Tyne Daly, which was originally scheduled to take place Oct. 29 as Hurricane Sandy struck the New York area, has now been re…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:59AM
Saturday, November 3, 2012

My Fair Lady, Starring Manna Nichols, Begins Arena Stage Engagement Nov. 3 by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

Benedict Campbell and Manna Nichols co-star as Henry Higgins and Eliza Doolittle, respectively, in the Arena Stage engagement of Molly Smith's My Fair Lady, which arrives in Washington, …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM
Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Disney's Newsies, Mary Poppins and The Lion King to Resume Performances Nov. 1 by Adam Hetrick and Andrew Gans

Disney Theatricals has announced that its productions of Newsies, Mary Poppins and The Lion King will resume Broadway performances Nov. 1.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:34PM
Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Disney's Mary Poppins and The Lion King Will Not Perform Oct. 31 by Adam Hetrick and Andrew Gans

Disney Theatricals has announced that the Oct. 31 performances of Mary Poppins and The Lion King have been canceled as New York City recovers from Hurricane Irene.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:30PM
Thursday, October 25, 2012

Jon Fosse's Time-Straddling Work A Summer Day, Starring Karen Allen, Opens Off-Broadway Oct. 25 by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

Two old friends reunite in the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater American premiere of Jon Fosse's A Summer Day, starring stage and film actress Karen Allen, which officially opens Off-Broa…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Friday, October 19, 2012

London Production of The Last Session, Starring Darren Day, Will Get JAY Records Cast Album by Adam Hetrick and Mark Shenton

The London production of Steve Schalchlin and Jim Brochu's musical The Last Session, starring Darren Day as a songwriter battling AIDS, will be recorded by JAY Records in late October.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:10PM

The Mystery of Edwin Drood, With Stephanie J. Block, Chita Rivera and Will Chase, Casts Moonfall Over Broadway Oct. 19 by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

Rupert Holmes' Tony Award-winning musical whodunit The Mystery of Edwin Drood, which allows audiences to determine the ending of Charles Dickens' final, unfinished novel, casts a sha…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Thursday, October 18, 2012

Get More Ice! Acclaimed Broadway Revival of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Extends by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

George and Martha's marital woes will give an added chill to Broadway this winter. The 50th-anniversary production of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, which opened…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:46AM

Abingdon's 20th Anniversary Gala Adds Sharon Gless, David Hyde Pierce and Martin Charnin to Lineup by Adam Hetrick and Michael Gioia

Sharon Gless, Marilyn Horne, Liz Smith, David Hyde Pierce and Martin Charnin have joined the line-up for the Abingdon Theatre Company's 20th anniversary gala, honoring Tyne Daly, Sam D. …

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:39AM
Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Terry Teachout's Louis Armstrong Play Satchmo at the Waldorf Extends Long Wharf Run by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

The Long Wharf Theatre staging of the one-man Louis Armstrong play Satchmo at the Waldorf, starring John Douglas Thompson, has extended its run an additional four performances through Nov. 1…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:56PM

Cast Recording of Gabriel Kahane Musical February House Released Digitally Oct. 16; Joe's Pub Concert, Too by Andrew Gans and Adam Hetrick

The original Off-Broadway cast recording of February House, Gabriel Kahane and Seth Bockley's new musical about Brooklyn bohemians in the 1940s, is released digitally Oct. 16 prior to a …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Monday, October 15, 2012

Secondhand Lions Musical Aiming for 2013 Seattle Debut by Adam Hetrick and Robert Simonson

The new stage musical Secondhand Lions, based on the 2003 movie starring Michael Caine and Robert Duval, will debut at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre in August 2013, according to Variety.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:56PM

Film Adaptation of Tony-Winning Musical Memphis In the Works by Andrew Gans and Adam Hetrick

Memphis, which won the 2010 Tony Award for Best Musical, is heading to the silver screen.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:22AM
Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Karen Allen and Samantha Soule Share A Summer Day Off-Broadway Beginning Oct. 10 by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

The American premiere of Jon Fosse's A Summer Day, starring stage and film actress Karen Allen, dawns Off-Broadway Oct. 10 at the Cherry Lane Theatre under the wings of the Rattlestick P…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

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