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Monday, May 25, 2015

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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Extended Honeymoon: A.R. Gurney's Black Tie Will Continue Through March 27 Off-Broadway by Adam Hetrick

Primary Stages has added an additional week of performances to the world-premiere engagement of A.R. Gurney's Black Tie, starring Daniel Davis and Gregg Edelman, which opened Off-Broadway Fe…

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Broadway Box Office for Sister Act The Musical Opens Feb. 14 by Adam Hetrick

The Broadway box office for Sister Act The Musical, starring Olivier Award nominee Patina Miller, opens for business Feb. 14. First day ticket buyers have the chance to win tickets to the Ap…

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Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick Celebrate Naked Angels With One Big Ball Gala Feb. 14 by Adam Hetrick

Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick, James Gandolfini, Marisa Tomei and Bobby Cannavale are among the stars celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Off-Broadway theatre company Naked Ang…

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Chris Jackson Celebrates "In the Name of Love" R&B Album Release With NYC Concert Feb. 15 by Adam Hetrick

Original In the Heights cast member Chris Jackson's new solo R&B album "In the Name of Love" is available for download Feb. 15 on the Yellow Sound Label.

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"Magic to Do": Ben Vereen's "Steppin' Out Live" Album Arrives in Stores Feb. 15 by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award-winning stage veteran Ben Vereen releases his live concert album "Steppin' Out Live" Feb. 15 on the Ghostlight Records label. The 11-track CD was recorded live during Vereen's con…

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Swashbuckling Treasure Island, With Tom Hewitt, Drops Anchor in Brooklyn Feb. 15 by Adam Hetrick

B.H. Barry's stage adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson adventure classic Treasure Island, starring Tony Award nominee Tom Hewitt as Long John Silver, sets sail Feb. 15 at Brooklyn's Iro…

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Richard Thomas Is Timon of Athens for The Public Theater Starting Feb. 15 by Adam Hetrick

Timon of Athens, Shakespeare's rarely produced morality tale about money's ability to corrupt mankind, begins previews Feb. 15 at the Public Theater. Emmy Award-winning actor Richard Thomas …

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LAByrinth Theater's Thinner Than Water Opens Off-Broadway Feb. 15 by Adam Hetrick

Melissa Ross' Thinner Than Water, about a dysfunctional family reunion, officially opens Off-Broadway Feb. 15 after performances that began Feb. 8.

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Janet Dacal and Hugh Panaro Will Sing With Young People's Chorus of NY March 7 by Adam Hetrick

Janet Dacal and Hugh Panaro will join the Young People's Chorus of New York City for a special one-night-only concert March 7 at the Rose Theater within Frederick P. Rose Hall.

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Extra! Extra! Disney's Newsies Will Debut at Paper Mill Playhouse by Adam Hetrick

The stage adaptation of the 1992 Disney film musical "Newsies" will premiere at New Jersey's Paper Mill Playhouse in September. The regional premiere will serve as the launch pad for the pro…

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Kathie Lee Gifford Musical Saving Aimee to Be Resurrected at 5th Avenue Theatre; Season Announced by Adam Hetrick

Kathie Lee Gifford, David Friedman and David Pomeranz will revive their musical Saving Aimee, about late Jazz-Age evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, at the 5th Avenue Theatre this fall in Se…

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Compulsion, With Mandy Patinkin, Adds Performances Off-Broadway by Adam Hetrick

The Public Theater production of Rinne Groff's Compulsion, starring Tony Award winner Mandy Patinkin, has added two additional performances to its limited Off-Broadway run.

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Celebrity Autobiography to Feature Luke Perry and Rosie Perez by Adam Hetrick

Luke Perry, Rosie Perez, Mario Cantone and Cady Huffman will appear in February presentations of Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words.

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Al Pacino Will Portray Henri Matisse in "Masterpiece" Film by Adam Hetrick

Academy Award-winning actor Al Pacino will depart Venice for France. Variety reports that the current Merchant of Venice star will take on French artist Henri Matisse in a new independent fi…

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One Touch of Venus Will "Speak Low" at the Boston Conservatory by Adam Hetrick

Kurt Weill and Ogden Nash's rarely seen 1943 musical One Touch of Venus, about a window dresser who brings the goddess of love to life with a kiss, will be staged by the students of the Bost…

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Todd Almond and Amy Ryan Explore Wyoming and Parts of Kansas Feb. 16 by Adam Hetrick

Wyoming and Parts of Kansas, a musical travelogue featuring two-time Tony Award nominee Amy Ryan and songwriter Todd Almond, is presented Feb. 16 at St. Mark's Church.

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Judith Ivey Helms Carapace World Premiere, Opening at the Atlanta's Alliance Feb. 16 by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award-winning actress Judith Ivey stages the world premiere of David Mitchell Robinson's Carapace, the 2010 Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition-winning work about a sportscaster on…

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Geoffrey Rush Takes a Page from The Diary of a Madman, Opening at BAM Feb. 16 by Adam Hetrick

The Diary of a Madman, starring Academy and Tony Award-winning actor Geoffrey Rush, officially opens Feb. 16 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

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Alice Ripley's Acoustic Album "Daily Practice" Hits Stores Feb. 15 by Adam Hetrick

"Daily Practice, Volume 1," the new acoustic rock album from Tony Award-winning Next to Normal actress Alice Ripley, arrives in stores Feb. 15 on the Sh-K-Boom Records label.

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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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Jeff Talbott Named Inaugural Recipient of Laurents-Hatcher Playwriting Award by Adam Hetrick

Jeff Talbott, an unproduced New York City playwright, has been named the inaugural recipient of the Laurents-Hatcher Award, which comes with a $50,000 prize for the writer and $100,000 for a…

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Novella Nelson and Stephen Tyrone Williams Will Polish a Gem of the Ocean at Hartford Stage by Adam Hetrick

Novella Nelson, Stephen Tyrone Williams and Frankie Faison will star in late playwright August Wilson's Gem of the Ocean, which will wash ashore at Hartford Stage in May.

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Randy Harrison and Kate Forbes to Workshop Margaret, A Tyger's Heart for Red Bull by Adam Hetrick

The Red Bull Theater's "In the Raw" workshop of Margaret, A Tyger's Heart, which explores the role of the French Queen throughout Shakespeare's history plays, will be presented to the public…

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Jared Mason Will Succeed Tony Winner Levi Kreis in Broadway's Million Dollar Quartet by Adam Hetrick

Jared Mason will succeed Tony Award winner Levi Kreis as rock pianist Jerry Lee Lewis in the Broadway production of Million Dollar Quartet beginning March 15 at the Nederlander Theatre.

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Mandy Patinkin Fights to Honor Anne Frank in Compulsion, Opening at the Public Feb. 17 by Adam Hetrick

A man's obsession to bring Anne Frank's story to the Broadway stage is dramatized in the New York premiere of Rinne Groff's Compulsion, starring Tony Award-winning actor Mandy Patinkin, whic…

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PBS to Air "Motown Sound" White House Concert With Nick Jonas, Amber Riley, Mark Salling and Jordin Sparks by Adam Hetrick

Jamie Foxx, Amber Riley, Mark Salling and Jordin Sparks will celebrate Black History Month with "The Motown Sound," a special Feb. 24 concert at the White House. PBS will record the event fo…

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Tony Winner Eagan to Offer Still Daisy After All These Years at the Beechman by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award-winning Secret Garden actress Daisy Eagan will bring Still Daisy After All These Years to New York's Laurie Beechman Theatre March 28.

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Trinity Rep to Stage Clybourne Park, Boeing-Boeing and Three World Premieres by Adam Hetrick

Bruce Norris' Clybourne Park and repertory productions of three world premieres from Deborah Salem Smith, George Brant and artistic director Curt Columbus are on the 2011-2012 bill for Rhode…

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Casting Announced for Los Angeles Debut of LaBute's 9/11 Work, The Mercy Seat by Adam Hetrick

Michelle Clunie and Johnny Clark will co-star in the Los Angeles premiere of Neil LaBute's provocative, 9/11-set play The Mercy Seat. Performances will begin March 17 at [Inside] the Ford.

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Chicago Theatre Community Rallies for Being Harold Pinter Benefit by Adam Hetrick

Members of the Chicago theatre community will join cast members of the Belarus Free Theatre for a Feb. 21 benefit performance of Being Harold Pinter, the heralded political work that debuted…

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