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Monday, May 25, 2015

GLAAD Awards to Honor Kristin Chenoweth and Ricky Martin by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth and Grammy winner Ricky Martin are the special honorees of the 2011 GLAAD Media Awards, which will be presented March 19 in Manhattan and April 10 in Los …

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Marsha Mason and Emily Bergl Have a Date With Becky Shaw in L.A. Beginning Feb. 9 by Adam Hetrick

The L.A. Theatre Works production of Becky Shaw, featuring original Off-Broadway cast member Emily Bergl and Academy Award nominee Marsha Mason, begins performances Feb. 9 at the Skirball Ce…

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Merchant of Venice, With F. Murray Abraham, Will Return to NYC Prior to Tour by Adam Hetrick

New York audiences will have the chance to compare Shylocks. F. Murray Abraham will reprise his performance as the Shakespearean moneylender in the Theatre for a New Audience's 2007 producti…

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Harry Connick, Jr. In Concert on Broadway Will Air on PBS March 2; Repertoire Announced by Adam Hetrick

PBS' "Great Performances" will air Harry Connick, Jr. In Concert on Broadway March 2 in the New York metropolitan area. The concert promises songs from his short-lived Broadway musical Thou …

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David Kennedy Replaces John Rando as Director of Westport Playhouse's Beyond Therapy by Adam Hetrick

Westport Country Playhouse associate artistic director David Kennedy will stage Christopher Durang's Beyond Therapy for the Connecticut theatre company.

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Dennis Boutsikaris, Aya Cash Will Join Laurie Metcalf in Off-Broadway's The Other Place by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award nominee Laurie Metcalf will be reunited with her Brighton Beach Memoirs co-star Dennis Boutsikaris for the MCC Theater world premiere of Sharr White's The Other Place.

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"Glee Live! In Concert" Will Return for 16-City U.S. Summer Tour by Adam Hetrick

Prior to making their European concert debut in June, the cast of "Glee," including Golden Globe Award winner Chris Colfer, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith and Amber Riley, will return for a seco…

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Alan Blumenfeld Replaces James Harper in Tennessee Williams' A House Not Meant to Stand by Adam Hetrick

"Heroes" actor Alan Blumenfeld has joined the Fountain Theatre production of Tennessee Williams' rarely-seen work A House Not Meant to Stand.

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When I Come to Die, About a Spared Death Row Inmate, Opens Off-Broadway Feb. 10 by Adam Hetrick

A death row inmate is granted an unlikely second chance in the world premiere of Nathan Louis Jackson's When I Come to Die, which officially opens Off-Broadway Feb. 10 after previews that be…

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Broadway Cuckoo's Nest Veteran Will Be Admitted for Portland Center Stage Production by Adam Hetrick

Actor Tim Sampson, who appeared in the Steppenwolf and subsequent Tony-winning Broadway revival of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, will repeat his work as Chief Bromden for Portland 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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Pan African Film Festival Will Honor Phylicia Rashad Feb. 17 by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award-winning actress Phylicia Rashad will be presented with the Lifetime Achievement honor in Los Angeles during the Pan African Film Festival, according to the New York Times.

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Tony Winner Chuck Cooper Will Preside Over African-American Family in Intiman's All My Sons by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award-winning actor Chuck Cooper and Margo Moorer will lead the Intiman Theatre production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons, which will focus on an African-American family struggling to h…

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Jennifer Harmon, Josie de Guzman, Louisa Flaningam to Spar in August: Osage County at the Alley by Adam Hetrick

Jennifer Harmon, Sarah Gay, Louisa Flaningam and Tony Award nominee Josie de Guzman will be the volatile family members of August: Osage County at the Alley Theatre beginning Feb. 18.

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Spring Episode of "Modern Family" Will Take Theatrical Turn by Adam Hetrick

Some of Broadway's greats will be referenced on an upcoming spring episode of ABC's "Modern Family," according to TVGuide.com.

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GLAAD Awards to Honor Kristin Chenoweth and Ricky Martin by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth and Grammy winner Ricky Martin are the special honorees of the 2011 GLAAD Media Awards, which will be presented March 19 in Manhattan and April 10 in Los …

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"Sing Happy": Kander and Ebb's Flora the Red Menace Bows at Lyric Stage Feb. 11 by Adam Hetrick

John Kander and Fred Ebb's first Broadway musical collaboration, Flora the Red Menace, starring Kristin Dausch, begins performances Feb. 11 at Lyric Stage in Irving, TX.

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Geoffrey Rush Pens The Diary of a Madman at BAM Beginning Feb. 11 by Adam Hetrick

Academy and Tony Award-winning actor Geoffrey Rush stars in The Diary of a Madman, Nikolai Gogol's satire of 19th century bureaucracy, which arrives at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Feb. 11.

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Betty Buckley and Tovah Feldshuh Open Arsenic and Old Lace in Dallas Feb. 11 by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award winner Betty Buckley and Tony Award nominee Tovah Feldshuh serve up spiked elderberry wine in Arsenic and Old Lace, which officially opens Feb. 11 at the Dallas Theater Center.

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Broadway-Aimed Revival of You Can't Take It With You and John Doyle's Ten Cents a Dance To Play Williamstown by Adam Hetrick

The Broadway-bound revival of You Can't Take It With You and the American premiere of Tony Award-winning director John Doyle's Rodgers and Hart musical Ten Cents a Dance will bow as part of …

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Richard Thomas Will Be Part of Public Theater's "Too Rich to Fail" Discussion by Adam Hetrick

Emmy Award-winning actor Richard Thomas, who will star in the Public Theater production of Timon of Athens, will take part in the Feb. 28 Public Forum "Too Rich to Fail" event.

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Andrew Long Will Be Educating Rita, Company's Jane Pfitsch, at the Huntington by Adam Hetrick

Andrew Long and Jane Pfitsch will co-star in Willy Russell's Olivier Award-winning play Educating Rita, a contemporary Pygmalion-tinged comedy about a hairdresser and her weary professor, wh…

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Jenna Leigh Green, Kate Reinders and Arielle Jacobs Sing For the Record: Baz Lurhmann in L.A. by Adam Hetrick

Wicked veterans Jenna Leigh Green and Kate Reinders head the cast of For the Record: Baz Lurhmann, a concert of music from the stage and film director's Red Curtain Trilogy, which will offic…

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"Fly Into the Future": Reworked Musical Vanities Opens in Seattle Feb. 10 by Adam Hetrick

A revised version of the Off-Broadway musical Vanities, based on the popular Jack Heifner play about the lifelong friendship between three women, opens Feb. 10 at Seattle's A Contemporary Th…

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John Cullum, Heidi Blickenstaff and Liz Callaway Sing Burton Lane at 92nd Street Y Beginning Feb. 12 by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award winner John Cullum, Heidi Blickenstaff and Liz Callaway celebrate the music of late composer Burton Lane beginning Feb. 12 as part of the 92nd Street Y's Lyrics & Lyricists series.

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Brent Harris Faces Post-War Life in Ajax at A.R.T. Starting Feb. 12 by Adam Hetrick

The American Repertory Theater explores the changed world faced by soldiers returning home from war in Sophocles' Ajax, which begins performances Feb. 12 under the direction of Soho Rep arti…

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Anne Bogart and Ellen Lauren Will Bring Virginia Woolf Work Room Back to NYC by Adam Hetrick

Anne Bogart and SITI Company will revive Room, the 2002 solo play based on Virginia Woolf's writings, which will play the Women's Project Off-Broadway beginning March 12.

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Tony-Winning Intiman Theatre Makes Public Plea in the Face of $1 Million Debt by Adam Hetrick

Seattle's Tony Award-winning Intiman Theatre is struggling to keep its doors open in the face of a $1 million financial crisis. Mounting debt due to financial mismanagement by the organizati…

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Audra McDonald In Talks for Porgy and Bess at American Repertory Theater by Adam Hetrick

Four-time Tony Award-winning actress Audra McDonald is in talks to star in a revamped staging of George Gershwin and DuBose Heyward's folk opera Porgy and Bess, which will bow at the America…

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Tom Cruise Signing Up to Play Stacee Jaxx in Rock of Ages Film by Adam Hetrick

Academy Award-nominated actor Tom Cruise is closing the deal to star as white-hot rock star Stacee Jaxx in the film adaptation of the Tony Award-nominated musical Rock of Ages, according to …

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Sister Act The Musical Broadway Box Office to Open Feb. 14 With Special Offer by Adam Hetrick

The box office for the new Broadway musical Sister Act, featuring a disco score by Academy Award winner Alan Menken, will open for business Feb. 14. Ticket buyers on the first day of sales w…

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Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
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Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
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