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Monday, May 25, 2015

Tickets on Sale for L.A. God of Carnage, With Original Broadway Cast, Starting Jan. 30 by Adam Hetrick

Tickets for the Los Angeles engagement of God of Carnage, which reunites original Broadway cast members Marcia Gay Harden, James Gandolfini, Jeff Daniels and Hope Davis, go on sale to the ge…

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Ninth Annual Nightlife Awards, Hosted by Bruce Vilanch, Presented at Town Hall Jan. 31 by Adam Hetrick

The 2011 Nightlife Awards, featuring performances by Christine Ebersole, Colin Quinn, John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey, are presented Jan. 31 at Town Hall.

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Nathan Louis Jackson's When I Come to Die Begins Off-Broadway Run Jan. 31 by Adam Hetrick

The LCT3 world premiere of Nathan Louis Jackson's When I Come to Die, about a death-row inmate who is faced with questions about faith and hope when he survives a lethal injection, begins pe…

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Helen Hunt and Tom Irwin Attend The Trial of Hamlet in L.A. Jan. 31 by Adam Hetrick

Shakespeare's Hamlet takes the witness stand in The Trial of Hamlet, featuring Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy and actors Helen Hunt and Tom Irwin, Jan. 31 in Los Angeles.

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The Merchant of Venice, With Al Pacino, Returns to Broadway Feb. 1 by Adam Hetrick

After a brief hiatus, the acclaimed Broadway revival of The Merchant of Venice, starring Al Pacino and Lily Rabe, resumes performances Feb. 1 at the Broadhurst Theatre.

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Anne Frank Haunts Mandy Patinkin in Compulsion, Starting Feb. 1 at the Public Theater by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award-winning actor Mandy Patinkin portrays haunted playwright Sid Silver in Rinne Groff's Compulsion, which begins performances Feb. 1 Off-Broadway at the Public Theater.

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Elevator Repair Service Tackles Hemingway With The Select (The Sun Also Rises) in Boston by Adam Hetrick

Elevator Repair Service, which dazzled New York audiences with Gatz, its treatment of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby," is giving Ernest Hemingway a shot. The Select (The Sun Also Ri…

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Liz Callaway to Sing Sondheim and Loesser With Columbus Symphony by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award nominee Liz Callaway will perform the music of Stephen Sondheim and the late Frank Loesser when she joins the Columbus Symphony Orchestra Feb. 19.

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Catch Me If You Can Briefly Delays Start of Broadway Previews by Adam Hetrick

Catch Me If You Can, the new Broadway musical from Tony Award-winning Hairspray songwriters Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, has delayed the start of Broadway previews by four days.

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Billy Elliot's Lee Hall Penning Film Based on Elton John's Life by Adam Hetrick

A new film about the life of Grammy, Tony and Academy Award-winning songwriter Elton John is in the works. Billy Elliot collaborator Lee Hall is penning the screenplay.

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Ann Hampton Callaway Will Join Victor Garber, Kristin Chenoweth, Raúl Esparza for Defying Gravity by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award nominee Ann Hampton Callaway has been added to New York City Opera's April 21 concert Defying Gravity: The Music of Stephen Schwartz.

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Broadway Return of The Merchant of Venice Includes New Cast Members by Adam Hetrick

The Public Theater staging of The Merchant of Venice, starring Al Pacino and Lily Rabe, will return to Broadway Feb. 1 with a few new faces on the rialto.

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Alec Baldwin, Al Pacino, "Modern Family," "King's Speech" and More Take SAG Awards by Adam Hetrick

Al Pacino, Alec Baldwin, Natalie Portman and Colin Firth are among the winners of the 17th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, which were presented Jan. 30 at the Los Angeles Shrine Auditoriu…

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Oscar Wilde's Lover Recounts a Scandalous Life at Irish Rep, Starting Feb. 2 by Adam Hetrick

The life of Oscar Wilde's lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, is explored in Thomas Kilroy's My Scandalous Life at the Irish Repertory Theater, beginning Feb. 2 Off-Broadway.

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Wooster Group's Vieux Carré Begins Performances in New York Feb. 2 by Adam Hetrick

Tennessee Williams' dark memory play Vieux Carré takes on new life in a new production by New York's Wooster Group, beginning Feb. 2 at the Baryshnikov Arts Center.

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LAST CHANCE: What's Closing This Week by Adam Hetrick

Here's Playbill.com's weekly "Last Chance" reminder to catch Broadway, Off-Broadway and world-premiere productions before they take a final bow.

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Jackie Hoffman's Jackie Five-Oh! Extends to April at Joe's Pub by Adam Hetrick

Jackie Five-Oh!, the latest show from Addams Family cast member Jackie Hoffman, has extended its run at Joe's Pub. Audiences will be delighted and offended through April 4.

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Victoria Clark, Fred Applegate, Chester Gregory Will Be Part of Broadway's Sister Act by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award-winning actress Victoria Clark will get into the habit of the new Broadway musical Sister Act. The Light in the Piazza star has been cast as Mother Superior in the new disco music…

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Lea DeLaria, Michael Cunio, Celina Carvajal Join Gavin Creel in Prometheus Bound at A.R.T. by Adam Hetrick

Complete casting has been announced for the world premiere of the Steven Sater-Serj Tankian musical Prometheus Bound, which will bow at the American Repertory Theater Feb. 25.

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Shakespeare in the Park Will Stage All's Well That Ends Well and Measure for Measure in Rep by Adam Hetrick

In 2010 the Public Theater brought repertory Shakespeare back to Central Park. The company will continue the tradition with repertory productions of All's Well That Ends Well and Measure for…

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New Memoir from "Glee" Star Jane Lynch Due in Early Fall by Adam Hetrick

"Glee" actress Jane Lynch will trace the roots of caustic cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester in her new memoir "Happy Accidents," due out this September, according to the New York Times.

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Lloyd Webber Casts Ben Lewis and Anna O'Byrne in Australian Love Never Dies by Adam Hetrick

Ben Lewis and Anna O'Byrne will star as the Phantom and Christine, respectively, in the Australian premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies, the dark sequel to the hit musical The P…

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Lea Michele, Natalie Portman Make Top 99 Most Desirable Women List by Adam Hetrick

The online men’s magazine Ask Men has named Natalie Portman, Keira Knightley and Lea Michele among its Top 99 Most Desirable Women of 2011.According to Ask Men, the list “ranks …

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Theodora Skipitares Takes on Aristophanes' Lysistrata at LaMaMa Starting Feb. 3 by Adam Hetrick

Puppeteer and director Theodora Skipitares pulls the strings on Lysistrata, Aristophanes' comedy about sexual politics and the mechanics of war, beginning Feb. 3 at LaMaMa e.t.c.

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Eisa Davis and LeRoy McClain Offer a Piano Lesson at Yale Rep, Opening Feb. 3 by Adam Hetrick

The Yale Repertory Theatre production of August Wilson's The Piano Lesson, starring Eisa Davis and LeRoy McClain, officially opens Feb. 3 after previews that began Jan. 28 at the Yale Repert…

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Andrew D. Hamingson Exits Role as Public Theater's Executive Director by Adam Hetrick

Andrew D. Hamingson will vacate his position as executive director of the Public Theater, the organization announced Feb. 2. Citing personal reasons for his departure, Hamingson will be temp…

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Ben Vereen to Sign "Steppin' Out Live" at Barnes and Noble Feb. 15 by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award-winning entertainer Ben Vereen will celebrate the release of his new album, "Steppin' Out Live," Feb. 15 at the Upper East Side Barnes and Noble.

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Keen Company Casts Daniel Jenkins and Vivienne Benesch in Benefactors by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award nominee Daniel Jenkins, Vivienne Benesch, Deanne Lorette and Stephen Barker Turner have been cast in the Keen Company's 25th anniversary production of Michael Frayn's Benefactors.

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Human Race to Stage Red, God of Carnage and Caroline, or Change by Adam Hetrick

Dayton, OH's Human Race Theatre Company has announced its 25th anniversary season, which will include the Jeanine Tesori-Tony Kushner musical Caroline, or Change, as well as the Tony Award-w…

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Cast Complete for LATW's Becky Shaw With Marsha Mason by Adam Hetrick

"Mad Men" actress Miss Yager and "Drop Dead Diva" cast member Josh Stamberg will also be part of the L.A. Theatre Works production of Becky Shaw, featuring Academy Award winner Marsha Mason.

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Tony Winner Judy Kaye Will Be Lost in Yonkers for Arizona Theatre Company by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award winner Judy Kaye will repeat her work as Grandma Kurnitz in Neil Simon's Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning family play Lost in Yonkers. Performances will begin Feb. 26 at the Arizon…

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