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Monday, May 25, 2015

Rent Star Daphne Rubin-Vega Speaks About Marriage Equality (Video) by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award-nominated actress Daphne Rubin-Vega is the latest public figure to lend her support to the fight for LGBT Marriage Equality in New York State.The Rent actress is the first to film…

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Rent Star Daphne Rubin-Vega Speaks About Marriage Equality (Video) by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award-nominated actress Daphne Rubin-Vega is the latest public figure to lend her support to the fight for LGBT Marriage Equality in New York State.The Rent actress is the first to film…

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM

Million Dollar Quartet Adds Holiday Encore (Video) by Adam Hetrick

Broadway’s Million Dollar Quartet is gearing up for the holidays with a special encore of the 1958 song “Run, Run, Rudolph.”The musical, which conjures Johnny Cash, Jerry L…

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American Idiot's Alysha Umphress Sings "Lovable" (Video) by Adam Hetrick

The forthcoming album “Thirteen Stories Down: The Songs of Jonathan Reid Gealt” features a host of Broadway talent including Caissie Levy, Will Chase and Kate Baldwin.While theat…

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Von Trapp Family Visits The Sound of Music (Photos) by Adam Hetrick

The Engeman Theatre in Northport, Long Island is celebrating the holidays with the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music. Alison Walla, Rob Gallagher, Linda Balgord and …

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Von Trapp Family Visits The Sound of Music (Photos) by Adam Hetrick

The Engeman Theatre in Northport, Long Island is celebrating the holidays with the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music. Alison Walla, Rob Gallagher, Linda Balgord and …

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM

Darlene Love Sings With Million Dollar Quartet (Video) by Adam Hetrick

“He’s a Rebel” and “Today I Met the Boy I’m Gonna Marry” hit maker Darlene Love stopped by the Broadway production of Million Dollar Quartet to sing with…

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"Glee" Stars Jane Lynch and Matthew Morrison Get into the Holiday Spirit (Video) by Adam Hetrick

Nothing says Christmas like Sue Sylvester, right? She might be the Scroogiest character on “Glee,” but she’s also one of the funniest. The folks at Fox are hoping you’…

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Playbill.com Remembers Richard Rodgers (Video) by Adam Hetrick

Thirty-one years ago today, Richard Rodgers, the prolific composer whose works with Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II became synonymous with Broadway, died at the age of 77 in Manhattan.T…

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West End Theatre Folk Release "It Gets Better" Video by Adam Hetrick

The “It Gets Better” campaign, which was created by columnist Dan Savage in response to school bullying and a rash of suicides among young LGBT people, is truly going global.The …

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Simon Jones and Aaron Krohn Set for Divine Rivalry Premiere at Hartford Stage by Adam Hetrick

The Hartford Stage world premiere of Michael Kramer's Divine Rivalry will feature Simon Jones, Aaron Krohn, Scott Parkinson and Peter Strauss.

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Australian Creative Team Set for Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies by Adam Hetrick

The Australian production of Love Never Dies, Andrew Lloyd Webber's sequel to his international hit The Phantom of the Opera, will begin performances May 29 at the Regent Theatre in Melbourn…

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"The Microphone": Women on the Verge Record Broadway Cast Album Jan. 19; MTI Nabs Performance Rights by Adam Hetrick

The Broadway cast of the David Yazbek-Jeffrey Lane musical Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown heads to a Manhattan recording studio Jan. 19 to capture the original Broadway cast album.

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TheatreWorks Developing Musicals by Kara Lee Corthron, David Clement and Kate Moira Ryan by Adam Hetrick

TheatreWorks' 8th annual Writers Retreat is developing the new musicals Weatherman, Scheherazade, The Light Princess and an untitled project for Off-Broadway's Naked Angels.

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Intiman's Valentine's Cabaret to Feature Daniel Breaker and Colman Domingo by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award nominee Daniel Breaker, Colman Domingo and Condola Rashad will take part in the Intiman Theatre's Valentine's Cabaret Feb. 14 in Seattle.

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Joy Franz and Paul Anthony Stewart Will Sing Broadway in the Boro for Keen Company by Adam Hetrick

Off-Broadway's Keen Company will present a one-night-only concert, Broadway in the Boro, Jan. 24 at New Jersey's Chatham Community Playhouse.

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Martin Charnin-Directed Sleuth Begins Thrilling Village Theatre Audiences Jan. 20 by Adam Hetrick

Anthony Shaffer's 1970 Tony-honored thriller Sleuth, under the direction of Tony Award-winning Annie lyricist Martin Charnin, officially opens Jan. 20 at the Village Theatre in Issaquah, WA.

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Lee Rocker Begins Limited Broadway Engagement in Million Dollar Quartet Jan. 21 by Adam Hetrick

Grammy Award-nominated Stray Cats musician Lee Rocker joins the Broadway cast of Million Dollar Quartet Jan. 21 for a limited 12-performance engagement.

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Lincoln Center Planning Broadway Transfer of Jon Robin Baitz's Other Desert Cities by Adam Hetrick

Jon Robin Baitz's Off-Broadway drama Other Desert Cities, which had originally been aiming for a Broadway world premiere, may still get its chance to play the Great White Way. Lincoln Center…

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Contested High School Production of Joe Turner's Come and Gone Will Proceed by Adam Hetrick

The show will go on for a Connecticut high school production of August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone, according to the New York Times.

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American Repertory Theater Will Honor Public Artistic Director Oskar Eustis by Adam Hetrick

Public Theater artistic director Oskar Eustis will be honored with the 2011 Robert Brustein Award at the American Repertory Theater's annual gala Feb. 14 in Boston, MA.

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Spring Awakening Prepares to Rock Melbourne by Adam Hetrick

The Tony Award-winning rock musical Spring Awakening will make its Melbourne debut Jan. 27 at the National Theatre. The dark, coming-of-age tale will be staged by the Young Australian Broadw…

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Julianne Moore Named Hasty Pudding's Woman of the Year by Adam Hetrick

Academy Award-nominated actress Julianne Moore has been named Harvard's Hasty Pudding 2011 Woman of the Year. The "Far From Heaven" star will take part in the annual Jan. 27 parade throughou…

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"Glee" Cast Will Sing "My Funny Valentine" and "Firework" for Valentine's Day Episode by Adam Hetrick

The Valentine's Day-themed episode of "Glee" will spread the musical love of Rodgers and Hart, Katy Perry and Michael Jackson, according to TVGuide.com.

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Hitchcock's The 39 Steps Officially Opens at TheatreWorks Jan. 22 by Adam Hetrick

The Tony Award-nominated four-person thriller The 39 Steps officially opens Jan. 22 at TheatreWorks Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts.

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Ten Chimneys World Premiere Begins in Arizona Jan. 22 by Adam Hetrick

Theatrical icons Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt are conjured in the world premiere of Jeffrey Hatcher's Ten Chimneys, which begins previews Jan. 22 at the Arizona Theatre Company.

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Kaufman and Lardner's June Moon, With Santino Fontana and James Patrick Cronin, Presented Jan. 24 by Adam Hetrick

Santino Fontana and James Patrick Cronin appear in the Acting Company's staged reading of George S. Kaufman and Ring Lardner's 1929 musical June Moon Jan. 24 in Manhattan.

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"Teenage Dream": "Glee" Season Two: Vol. 1 DVD Released Jan. 25 by Adam Hetrick

The "Glee" Season Two: Vol. 1 DVD, featuring the first ten episodes from the second season of the hit FOX musical series, hits stores Jan. 25.

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Tickets On Sale for Tony Kushner's Intelligent Homosexual's Guide Jan. 25 by Adam Hetrick

Tickets for the Public Theater and Signature Theatre Company New York City premiere of Tony Kushner's The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism With a Key to the Scriptu…

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Gregg Edelman Stars in A.R. Gurney's Black Tie Beginning Off-Broadway Jan. 25 by Adam Hetrick

A wedding toast puts the father of the groom on the spot in the world premiere of A.R. Gurney's comedy Black Tie, which begins previews Off-Broadway Jan. 25 at 59E59 Theaters.

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Mario Cantone, Cady Huffman and Christopher Sieber Dish Celebrity Autobiography by Adam Hetrick

Mario Cantone, Rachel Dratch and Tate Donovan read Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words Jan. 24 at the Triad Theater in Manhattan.

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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
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