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Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Avenue Q Producer Workshopping Improv Musical The Greatest Musical Never Written by Adam Hetrick

The cast and creative team create and perform an original, two-act musical at every performance.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:36PM

Cher Cheers on The Cher Show Tony Winner Stephanie J. Block by Adam Hetrick

The pop icon was in the audience for the first performance after Block won a Tony Award.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:16AM

Read Reviews for Shakespeare in the Park’s Much Ado About Nothing, Starring Danielle Brooks and Chuck Cooper by Adam Hetrick

Tony winner Kenny Leon directs the production that opened June 11 at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:32AM

Old Vic Sets Dates for Lungs, Starring The Crown's Claire Foy and Matt Smith by Adam Hetrick

Matthew Warchus will direct the new play by Duncan Macmillan that is set to debut in October.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:21AM

Liz Callaway Returns to Feinstein’s/54 Below With Sets in the City June 12 by Adam Hetrick

Sets in the City includes songs by Stephen Sondheim, Stephen Schwartz, Billy Joel, Jason Robert Brown, Irving Berlin, and more.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Complete Casting Announced for Cape Playhouse Little Shop of Horrors With Andrew Keenan-Bolger by Adam Hetrick

The production will also star Lauren Zakrin and Rema Webb.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:52AM

Sutton Foster Begins Café Carlyle Engagement June 11 by Adam Hetrick

The two-time Tony Award winner and star of TV’s Younger will perform selections from her recent album Take Me to the World.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:49AM

Caissie Levy and Cheyenne Jackson to Perform With Ocean City Pops by Adam Hetrick

The Broadway stars will appear in concert on Ocean City New Jersey’s Music Pier.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:02AM

U.K. Touring Cast of The Comedy About a Bank Robbery to Take Over West End Run by Adam Hetrick

The Olivier-nominated comedy from the creators of The Play What Goes Wrong is now in its third year at the Criterion Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:40AM

Audra McDonald to Play Provincetown With Seth Rudetsky by Adam Hetrick

The six-time Tony Award winner will head to Massachusetts for a series of Labor Day weekend concerts.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:31AM

Trans Voices Cabaret Will Celebrate WorldPride at the Duplex by Adam Hetrick

The popular concert series is also set to make its London debut at the Other Palace Theatre this summer.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:26AM
Monday, June 10, 2019

Watch Rachel Platten Perform Empowering Hit ‘Fight Song’ on Playbill’s Sing for Hope Piano by Adam Hetrick

The Playbill Pride piano is located in Christopher Park, just outside the historic Stonewall Inn.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:09PM

Hamilton Tony Winner Renée Elise Goldsberry to Perform Kansas City Benefit Concert by Adam Hetrick

Goldsberry will appear with the Kansas City Symphony September 28.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:32AM

Watch Lily Tomlin at Actors Fund’s Tony Awards Viewing Party in Los Angeles by Adam Hetrick

Tomlin received the Julie Harris Award for Artistic Achievement during the June 9 party.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:11AM

Full Cast Announced for U.K. Premiere of The Bridges of Madison County, Starring Jenna Russell by Adam Hetrick

Ed Baker-Duly, Georgia Brown, and Dale Rapley join the cast of the Menier Chocolate Factory production of the Jason Robert Brown–Marsha Norman musical.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:17AM

Watch Cynthia Erivo Perform ‘Can You Feel the Love Tonight’ During 2019 Tony Awards In Memoriam by Adam Hetrick

The Color Purple Tony Award winner performed the anthem from The Lion King during the ceremony June 9.

SOURCE: Playbill at 08:56AM
Sunday, June 9, 2019

Paula Vogel’s Indecent Opens in Los Angeles June 9 by Adam Hetrick

The original Broadway production, featuring members of the New York cast, is remounted for the Center Theatre Group production.

SOURCE: Playbill at 08:00AM
Friday, June 7, 2019

Shakina Nayfack, Eric William Morris, and Mary Kate Morrissey Set for The Disappearing Man Reading by Adam Hetrick

The Jahn Sood musical will be presented as part of the New York Music Theatre Festival reading series in July.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:05PM

Coronation Street Star Bill Ward to Join London’s Everybody’s Talking About Jamie by Adam Hetrick

Ward will take on the roles of Hugo/Loco Chanelle beginning July 1 at the Apollo Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:25AM

Young Vic’s Death of a Salesman to Transfer to the West End by Adam Hetrick

Marianne Elliott and Miranda Cromwell co-direct the production that stars Wendell Pierce in his U.K. stage debut.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:18AM

Melissa Errico to Curate Michel Legrand Film Festival by Adam Hetrick

The festival will screen The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The Young Girls of Rochefort, and The Thomas Crown Affair.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:26AM
Thursday, June 6, 2019

Melanie Moore, Emily Koch, Nathan Lucrezio Join 54 Sings ABBA by Adam Hetrick

The June 30 concert will also feature Samantha Hill, Allison Bailey, Diamond Essence White, and more.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:51AM

Klea Blackhurst Replaces Christine Ebersole in Glimmerglass Show Boat by Adam Hetrick

Performances will run July 6–August 24 in Cooperstown, New York.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:53AM

Mamma Mia!, Starring Jessica Hendy, Lauren Blackman, and Jen Cody, Begins June 6 by Adam Hetrick

Terrence Mann directs the ABBA musical that runs through June 22 at the Connecticut Repertory Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:33AM

Read Reviews for Long Lost Off-Broadway, Starring Alex Wolff, Kelly AuCoin, and Annie Parisse by Adam Hetrick

The new play from Donald Margulies opened Off-Broadway June 4.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:23AM
Wednesday, June 5, 2019

Christian Dante White, Alice Ripley, Lesli Margherita to Join The Skivvies at Joe’s Pub by Adam Hetrick

Julia Murney and Natalie Joy Johnson will also be part of the June 17 concert.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:22AM

Read Reviews for Little Women Off-Broadway, Starring Kristolyn Lloyd by Adam Hetrick

The Primary Stages production opened June 4 at the Cherry Lane Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:45AM

Read Reviews for Tarell Alvin McCraney’s Ms. Blakk for President by Adam Hetrick

The new play, co-written by Oscar winner McCraney and Tina Landau, opened June 3 in Chicago.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:02AM

Ore Oduba and Carly Stenson to Join Jason Manford in U.K. Tour of John Kander and Fred Ebb’s Curtains by Adam Hetrick

The tour launches October 4 at the Churchill Theatre Bromley.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:15AM
Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Phillip Boykin, Ali Ewoldt, Lesli Margherita, and More Set for Sacramento's Music Circus Season by Adam Hetrick

The summer season includes Shrek, Oklahoma!, The Drowsy Chaperone, Guys and Dolls, The Wiz, and In the Heights.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:33PM

Read Reviews for Christopher Shinn’s Dying City by Adam Hetrick

Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Colin Woodell star in the Second Stage theatre revival.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:40AM

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Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
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Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
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