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Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Heathers Musical, Based on Cult 1988 Film, Sets One-Night-Only Concert Return by Adam Hetrick

The Off-Broadway musical by Tony nominee Laurence O’Keefe and Kevin Murphy will come to Feinstein’s/54 Below in March.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:26PM

Ramin Karimloo Will Play Australia With Special Guest Anna O’Byrne by Adam Hetrick

The two stars of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom sequel Love Never Dies will appear together for the June concerts.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:01PM

Drew Cohen Appointed CEO of Theatrical Licensing Agency Music Theatre International by Adam Hetrick

Along with Cameron Mackintosh and Freddie Gershon, Cohen sets plans for the vanguard of Broadway licensing agencies as it expands its global reach.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:13PM
Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Chita Rivera Packs March Slate With 54 Below Run, Plus Appearances With Tommy Tune and Seth Rudetsky by Adam Hetrick

The Broadway legend has lined up appearances across the country, starting with a 10-performance New York City concert engagement.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:59PM

Stacey Yen on Building Off-Broadway's Miles for Mary With The Mad Ones by Adam Hetrick

Yen is the latest guest on the artists’ podcast The Compass, hosted by Leah Walsh.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:18AM
Friday, February 16, 2018

Laura Benanti and Andrew Keenan-Bolger Will Join the Skivvies at Joe’s Pub by Adam Hetrick

The theatrical musical duo are bringing their act back downtown for a March 5 concert that will also feature Nick Adams and Paige Davis.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:42PM

Christine Ebersole, Laura Osnes, and Andy Karl Will Honor Tony-Winning Costume Designer William Ivey Long by Adam Hetrick

The gala concert celebrates the man who created Tony Award-winning designs for The Producers, Hairspray, Nine, Crazy for You, Cinderella, and the 2004 revival of La Cage aux Folles.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:11PM

La Jolla Playhouse to Stage Bengsons’ Musical Memoir Hundred Days by Adam Hetrick

The folk-rock musical from husband-and-wife musical duo The Bengsons has been tapped as the final production in the theatre's 2018–2019 season.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:42PM

Michael Ball, Murray Head, Alexandra Burke, More Cast in London Chess Revival by Adam Hetrick

Head, who scored a hit with “One Night in Bangkok” from the show’s 1984 concept album, went on to star in the original West End run.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:12AM
Thursday, February 15, 2018

Kate Baldwin, Nathan Gunn, and Susan Graham Will Celebrate 100 Years of Bernstein in Chicago by Adam Hetrick

The concert will include a full performance of Leonard Bernstein’s 1951 one-act opera Trouble in Tahiti featuring mezzo soprano Susan Graham.

SOURCE: Playbill at 07:43PM

Lillias White, Sasha Allen, and Jeannette Bayardelle Headline Queens of Soul Tribute Concert by Adam Hetrick

The music of soul icons Aretha Franklin, Patti LaBelle, Diana Ross, Chaka Khan, Whitney Houston, and more will be celebrated at the Triad in April.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:49PM

Heath Saunders, Ryan Shaw, and Jo Lampert to Rock Jesus Christ Superstar for Lyric Opera of Chicago by Adam Hetrick

The Olivier-winning Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice musical makes its U.S. debut in April.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:50PM

Tony Winner Christine Ebersole Sets Spring Return to Feinstein’s/54 Below by Adam Hetrick

The Grey Gardens star will perform an updated version of her acclaimed cabaret show After the Ball.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:24PM

Educational Theatre Association Receives NEA Grant to Create Standards-Based Theatre Curriculum by Adam Hetrick

The National Endowment for the Arts is putting $36,000 behind the project that aims to create a nationwide framework for theatre education.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:00AM
Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Cady Huffman, Jessica Vosk, and Nick Adams Set for Home Enough to Me Benefit Concert by Adam Hetrick

The evening, featuring the songs of Rachel Dean and David Brush, serves as a benefit for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:59PM

Craig Lucas Premiere, Starring Russell Harvard and Lois Smith, Will Open Playwrights Horizons’ 2018-2019 Season by Adam Hetrick

The upcoming season will also include the world-premiere musical A Strange Loop by Jonathan Larson Award-winning writer Michael R. Jackson.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:12PM

Video Exclusive: Which Hamilton Role Does Renée Elise Goldsberry Think Miss Piggy Should Play? by Adam Hetrick

The Tony-winning Hamilton star will perform the theme song for the Disney Junior remake of the classic Muppet Babies series.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:00AM

Chess, Starring Raúl Esparza, Ramin Karimloo, Ruthie Ann Miles, and Karen Olivo, Begins at the Kennedy Center by Adam Hetrick

Michael Mayer directs the semi-staged concert presentation of the operatic pop-rock musical that features a revised book by Danny Strong.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:43AM
Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Tommy Tune Will Bring Autobiographical Show to San Francisco by Adam Hetrick

The 10-time Tony winner will bring his nightclub act Tommy Tune, Tonight! to Feinstein’s at the Nikko in March.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:33PM

How Hairspray’s Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman’s Downtown Roots Took Them Uptown to Broadway by Adam Hetrick

Before they won Tony Awards for the Baltimore-set musical, the songwriters were among a collective of artists starting out in the East Village nightclub scene in the 1980s.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:28PM

Alan Cumming Will Return to Café Carlyle With New Nightclub Act by Adam Hetrick

The Tony-winning Cabaret and Good Wife star will premiere his latest show, Legal Immigrant, at the Carlyle in June.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:40PM

Patti LuPone Joins Evita Co-Star Mandy Patinkin for His Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Unveiling by Adam Hetrick

Homeland co-star Rupert Friend was also on hand to celebrate Patinkin’s work on stage and screen.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:47PM
Monday, February 12, 2018

Watch Now: MoMA Livestreams Tonight’s Concert and Talk With Hairspray and Smash Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman by Adam Hetrick

The Tony-winning writers join Michael Musto for a conversation about the birth of their careers in New York City's downtown club scene in the 1980s.

SOURCE: Playbill at 07:00PM

National Endowment of the Arts Awards Over $3 Million in Grants to 149 U.S. Theatres by Adam Hetrick

The grants support a range of theatrical projects, including new musicals in development and programs dedicated to work by women and transgender artists.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:03PM

Full Casting Announced for Broadway’s Summer: The Donna Summer Musical by Adam Hetrick

The production will star the previously announced LaChanze, Ariana DeBose, and Storm Lever as the late disco icon.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:26PM
Sunday, February 11, 2018

How Award-Winning Designers Created a Zero Gravity Set for New York’s Most High-Tech New Show by Adam Hetrick

In the new sci-fi drama Spaceman, groundbreaking audio design and simple visual effects simulate space travel.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Friday, February 9, 2018

Brian Stokes Mitchell and Patti LuPone Perform West Coast Concerts This Week by Adam Hetrick

The Tony winners will bring Broadway to California audiences with separate appearances in Santa Monica and Beverly Hills.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:53AM

Brandon Victor Dixon, Leslie Kritzer, and Tony Yazbeck Join Musical Salute to Grey Gardens Writers by Adam Hetrick

Composer Scott Frankel and lyricist Michael Korie will be joined by special guests for the February 17 American Songbook series concert.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:46AM

Rock of Ages Will Launch 10th Anniversary Tour by Adam Hetrick

The Broadway musical featuring some of the biggest rock anthems of the 1980s is heading back out on tour.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:24AM
Thursday, February 8, 2018

Carmen Cusack Returns to Feinstein’s/54 Below Beginning February 8 by Adam Hetrick

After two previous sold-out engagements, the Bright Star Tony Award nominee returns to the midtown venue for three additional shows.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:27PM

Hamilton Tony Winner Leslie Odom Jr. Will Headline Long Wharf Gala by Adam Hetrick

The stage and screen actor will perform a mix of pop and jazz standards with a bit of Hamilton thrown into the mix.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PM

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