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Monday, May 25, 2015

City Center Launches iPhone Ticket App; On-Screen Ticket Scan Coming by Adam Hetrick

New York City Center has announced the launch of an iPhone app that allows theatregoers to purchase tickets for all City Center performances, including Encores! and Manhattan Theatre Club pr…

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MCC Theater Appoints Will Cantler as Artistic Director by Adam Hetrick

Off Broadway's MCC Theater has announced that associate artistic director Will Cantler has been promoted to the title of artistic director alongside founders Robert LuPone and Bernard Telsey.

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Joey Arias: Live at Town Hall! Will Bow in April by Adam Hetrick

Drag artist Joey Arias, who earned acclaim for the extended New York run of Arias with a Twist, will make his Town Hall debut April 21. The evening will benefit Lifebeat.

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Tony-Winning Musical Fela! Will Play Lagos, Nigeria in April by Adam Hetrick

The story of the Broadway musical Fela! will come full circle in April. The musical about the Nigerian musician and political figure Fela Anikulapo-Kuti will debut in Lagos, producers offici…

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WI Unions Ask "Do You Hear the People Sing?" (Video) by Adam Hetrick

We know there's a lot of news going on with Spider-Man and everyone is just dying to know who will join Harvey Fierstein in La Cage on Broadway after Jeffrey Tambor exited last week. But if …

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Harry Connick, Jr. In Concert on Broadway Airs on PBS March 2 by Adam Hetrick

Harry Connick, Jr. In Concert on Broadway, which was filmed live at the Neil Simon Theatre last summer, airs March 2 on PBS' "Great Performances" in the New York metropolitan area.

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Shirley MacLaine to Appear at Tribeca Barnes and Noble by Adam Hetrick

Academy Award-winning actress Shirley MacLaine will sign copies of her latest book "I'm Over All That: And Other Confessions" April 13 at the Tribeca Barnes and Noble in Manhattan.

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Theatre Museum Awards to Honor Sheldon Harnick, Bonnie Comley and More by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning lyricist Sheldon Harnick will be honored at the 2011 Theatre Museum Awards, which will be presented May 16 at the New York Players Club.

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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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Timon of Athens, With Richard Thomas, Opens at the Public March 1 by Adam Hetrick

Emmy Award-winning actor Richard Thomas stars in the title role of Shakespeare's rarely produced morality play, Timon of Athens, which officially opens March 1 at the Public Theater after pr…

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Hair Cast Will Hold Chicago "Be-In" for Broadway Impact March 14 by Adam Hetrick

The cast of the national tour of Hair will offer a one-night-only "Be-In" concert March 14 in Chicago to benefit Broadway Impact.

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Kate Baldwin, Tituss Burgess and Lauren Kennedy to Perform at NYC Barnes and Noble by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award nominee Kate Baldwin, Tituss Burgess and Lauren Kennedy will perform the music of songwriter Jonathan Reid Gealt March 30 at the Upper East Side Barnes and Noble.

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Neil Patrick Harris, Stacy Keach and Ron Rifkin to Celebrate Jon Robin Baitz at Ojai Benefit by Adam Hetrick

Neil Patrick Harris, Stacy Keach and Ron Rifkin will honor playwright Jon Robin Baitz at the Ojai Playwrights Conference's Substance and Desire benefit March 26 in California.

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WI Unions Ask "Do You Hear the People Sing?" (Video) by Adam Hetrick

We know there's a lot of news going on with Spider-Man and everyone is just dying to know who will join Harvey Fierstein in La Cage on Broadway after Jeffrey Tambor exited last week. But if …

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"A Stranger Here Myself": One Touch of Venus Comes to Life at the Boston Conservatory March 3 by Adam Hetrick

The Boston Conservatory stages 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, beginning M…

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Acclaimed Iraq War Drama Black Watch Will Return to St. Ann's Warehouse by Adam Hetrick

The National Theatre of Scotland's Iraq War ensemble drama Black Watch, which sold out both of its previous New York engagements, will return to St. Ann's Warehouse in April, the New York Ti…

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Compulsion, Detroit and History of Invulnerability Are Steinberg/ATCA Award Finalists by Adam Hetrick

Rinne Groff's Compulsion and the Broadway-aimed Lisa D'Amour play Detroit are among the finalists for the Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award.

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Village Theatre to Premiere Musicals Take Me America and It Shoulda Been You in 2011-2012 by Adam Hetrick

Washington State's Village Theatre, which aided in the development of the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Next to Normal, will debut two new musicals as part of its 2011-2012 season.

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Brian Murray, Molly Ephraim, Mia Dillon to Read Angel Street at Westport by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award nominee Brian Murray has joined the cast of the Westport Country Playhouse reading of the 1941 Broadway thriller Angel Street, which will take place March 14.

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Colin Quinn Long Story Short Ends Extended Broadway Run March 5 by Adam Hetrick

Long Story Short, former "Saturday Night Live" cast member Colin Quinn's one-man comedy about the decline of the world's great empires, concludes its extended Broadway engagement March 5 at …

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Tom Hewitt Is Long John Silver in Treasure Island, Opening March 5 in Brooklyn by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award nominee Tom Hewitt captains B.H. Barry's stage adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson adventure classic Treasure Island, which officially opens March 5 at the Irondale Center in…

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Kyle Jarrow's Hypochondria Will Get Free Columbia Staging in April by Adam Hetrick

Writer-musician Kyle Jarrow's new play with rock music, Hypochondria, will debut in April at Columbia University.

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Eve Ensler's Swimming Upstream to Play the Alley Theatre by Adam Hetrick

Obie Award winner Eve Ensler will stage her theatre piece Swimming Upstream, about women in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, as a one-night-only benefit March 21 at the Alley Theatre in H…

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Colin Quinn Long Story Short Will Air on HBO in April by Adam Hetrick

Colin Quinn Long Story Short, the former "SNL" cast member's solo comedy about the rise and fall of the world's greatest empires, will debut April 9 on HBO at 10 PM ET.

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Dallas Theater Center Season Includes God of Carnage, Next Fall and Giant by Adam Hetrick

The Dallas Theater Center will stage Yasmina Reza's Tony Award-winning comedy God of Carnage, Geoffrey Nauffts' Tony-nominated drama about faith and love Next Fall and Michael John LaChiusa'…

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How to Succeed Cancels Three Performances for Daniel Radcliffe's Final "Harry Potter" Spell by Adam Hetrick

Daniel Radcliffe will make a quick trip from the World Wide Wicket Company to the world of wizards this summer. The Broadway revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying will …

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John Doyle to Stage Actor-Musician Revival of Merrily We Roll Along in Cincinnati by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award-winning director John Doyle, who staged the Broadway revivals of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd and Company, will take on the composer-lyricist's short-lived musical Merrily We R…

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Colin Quinn Long Story Short Ends Extended Broadway Run March 5 by Adam Hetrick

Long Story Short, former "Saturday Night Live" cast member Colin Quinn's one-man comedy about the decline of the world's great empires, concludes its extended Broadway engagement March 5 at …

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Tom Hewitt Is Long John Silver in Treasure Island, Opening March 5 in Brooklyn by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award nominee Tom Hewitt captains B.H. Barry's stage adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson adventure classic Treasure Island, which officially opens March 5 at the Irondale Center in…

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The 24 Hour Musicals, With Mandy Gonzalez, America Ferrera, Anthony Rapp, Presented March 7 by Adam Hetrick

The marathon theatre event, The 24 Hour Musicals, featuring Kristoffer Diaz, Mandy Gonzalez, America Ferrera and Anthony Rapp, culminates in a one-night-only March 7 performance.

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Punchdrunk's Interactive Sleep No More Begins Haunting NYC March 7 by Adam Hetrick

The British theatre company Punchdrunk invites New York audiences to enter the haunting world of Sleep No More, an immersive theatrical event inspired by Shakespeare's Macbeth, beginning Mar…

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