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Friday, August 30, 2019

Tony Nominee Ashley Park Joins Frozen Star Caissie Levy in Concert at London’s Cadogan Hall by Adam Hetrick

Levy has appeared in the West End productions of Ghost the Musical and the 2010 revival of Hair.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:55AM

Tony Award Winner Sutton Foster to Play Ridgefield Playhouse This Fall by Adam Hetrick

Following an extended run at the Café Carlyle earlier this summer, Foster will bring her new solo show to Ridgefield, Connecticut, this fall.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:37AM
Thursday, August 29, 2019

Arkansas’ TheatreSquared Opens New State-of-the-Art Home With Shakespeare in Love by Adam Hetrick

The $31 million complex in downtown Fayetteville is the theatre’s first permanent residence since its founding a decade ago.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:37PM

Bayless Family Foundation Opens Up Second Year of Chicago Theatre Grants by Adam Hetrick

Three promising theatres will be awarded the $150,000 grants.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:02PM
Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Hamilton Tony Award Winner Renée Elise Goldsberry to Perform With Cincinnati Pops by Adam Hetrick

Goldsberry will perform from Hamilton, Rent, and The Lion King during her three-concert engagement.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:16PM

Cast Announced for West Side Story Choreographed by Hamilton’s Jon Rua by Adam Hetrick

The Milwaukee Repertory Theater production begins performances September 17.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:16PM

Tamlyn Hendersen Will Join London Cast of Waitress by Adam Hetrick

Hendersen will co-star opposite Lucie Jones in the West End run of the Sara Bareilles musical.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:48AM

92Y Taps Juilliard Dance Director Taryn Kaschock Russell to Lead Harkness Dance Center by Adam Hetrick

Russell will focus on diversifying programming at the historic institution that has served as a hub for new talent in modern dance since its founding in 1935.

SOURCE: Playbill at 07:21AM
Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Tony Winner André De Shields to Receive Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement by Adam Hetrick

The York Theatre Company will honor the Hadestown star at its November 11 gala.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:12PM

Upcoming at Feinstein’s/54 Below in September: Krysta Rodriguez, Kyle Dean Massey, and Andy Mientus by Adam Hetrick

Jason Danieley, Donna McKechnie, and Andrea McArdle will also play concert engagements in the coming weeks.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:10PM

Real-Life Political Drama American Scoreboard to Return This Fall by Adam Hetrick

The live performances are based on verbatim transcripts of U.S. Congressional hearings.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:44AM

Watch Lillias White Perform ‘Speechless’ from Disney’s Aladdin at D23 Expo by Adam Hetrick

The Broadway star (who voiced Calliope in Disney’s Hercules), performed the song written for the live-action remake of Aladdin.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:00AM
Monday, August 26, 2019

Tony Winner John Cullum Postpones Feinstein’s/54 Below Engagement by Adam Hetrick

The Shenandoah and On the Twentieth Century star is recovering from a recent bout of pneumonia.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:43PM

Tony Winner Cynthia Erivo to Perform With the Colorado Symphony by Adam Hetrick

The Color Purple Tony winner will play Denver as part of the Legendary Women’s Voices series.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:43AM

Kathleen Chalfant, John Doyle, Robert LuPone Join September Slate for Live at the Lortel by Adam Hetrick

The live conversations, which are free and open to the public, are recorded at the Lucille Lortel Theatre Off-Broadway.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:14AM
Friday, August 23, 2019

Teal Wicks and Bobby Conte Thornton to Star in Last Days of Summer Musical at George Street Playhouse by Adam Hetrick

The show, based on the best-selling novel by Steve Kluger, will open the season at the New Brunswick, New Jersey theatre this October.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:21PM

Hadestown Tony Nominee Eva Noblezada Announces Fall Residency at The Green Room 42 by Adam Hetrick

The two-time Tony nominee returns in September for her third engagement of Ballad of a Broadway Twenty-Something.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:34PM

Forbidden Broadway Will Return to New York This Fall by Adam Hetrick

The long-running musical spoof will take aim at Hadestown, Moulin Rouge!, Frozen, Dear Evan Hansen, and more.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:51AM
Thursday, August 22, 2019

Darren Brown Reveals the Subtle Science Behind His Secret by Adam Hetrick

The two-time Olivier Award-winning illusionist and mentalist begins a limited Broadway engagement at the Cort Theatre September 6.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:50PM

Derren Brown Reveals the Subtle Science Behind His Secret by Adam Hetrick

The two-time Olivier Award-winning illusionist and mentalist begins a limited Broadway engagement at the Cort Theatre September 6.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:50PM

Celebrating 25 Magical Years of Disney on Broadway Concert to Benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS by Adam Hetrick

The one-night-only concert at the New Amsterdam Theatre will feature songs from Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Newsies, and more.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:56PM

Tony Award Winner Faith Prince Will Return to Australia This Fall by Adam Hetrick

The Guys and Dolls Tony Award winner will perform two concerts at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre in Brisbane.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:31PM

Krystina Alabado, Kara Lindsay, and Natalie Weiss Set for Broadway Sings Unplugged: Sara Bareilles by Adam Hetrick

The monthly concert series at the Green Room 42 will celebrate the music of the Grammy Award–nominated Waitress songwriter.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:57PM

Casting Announced for New York Premiere of The Sleepy Hollow Experience by Adam Hetrick

Serenbe Playhouse Artistic Director Brian Clowdus helms the interactive musical that takes place on original author Washington Irving’s Hudson Valley estate.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PM

Laura Osnes to Join On Your Feet! Star Mauricio Martinez at Feinstein’s/54 Below by Adam Hetrick

After making his sold-out debut last year, Martinez returns with De México to Broadway.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:51AM

Drag Stars Eureka O’Hara, Thorgy Thor, and Miss Coco Peru to Star in Los Angeles Run of Women Behind Bars by Adam Hetrick

The Off-Broadway cult comedy by Dreamgirls Tony winner Tom Eyen will be revived in 2020.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:38AM
Sunday, August 18, 2019

Broadway's The Cher Show Takes Final Bow August 18 by Adam Hetrick

The musical about the pop icon opened December 3, 2018, at the Neil Simon Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

King Kong Musical Closes on Broadway August 18 by Adam Hetrick

The musical, featuring a 20-foot-high, 2,000-pound, puppeteer-operated gorilla as its star, opened last fall.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Thursday, August 15, 2019

Sam Shepard’s Fool for Love Will Play Limited Los Angeles Run by Adam Hetrick

Alex McKenna, Arron Shiver, and Sonny Valicenti will star.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:30PM

Carol Burnett, Norman Lear, Lily Tomlin, More to Receive Paley Honors by Adam Hetrick

The television comedy trailblazers and theatre veterans will be honored by the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:12PM

Casting Announced for New North American Tour of We Will Rock You by Adam Hetrick

The Queen musical will relaunch September 3 in Winnipeg, Canada.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:44PM

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