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Thursday, August 29, 2013

Theater News: Adam Chanler-Berat, Kerry Butler, and Alex Gemignani Lead Staged Reading of The Dogs of Pripyat by Bethany Rickwald

The Dogs of Pripyat, a new musical with music by Aron Accurso, lyrics by Jill Abramovitz, and book by Leah Napolin and Abramovitz, will receive a staged reading on September 10 and 11. The r…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:45PM

Photo Flash: Pictures From Rehearsal of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Directed by Spider-Man's Julie Taymor by Bethany Rickwald

Theatre for a New Audience has begun rehearsals for its upcoming Julie Taymor-directed production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, which will run October 19-January 12. Taymor's vision for this…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:37PM

Theater News: Bryce Clyde Jenkins and Acclaimed Director David Cromer Join the Cast of Denzel Washington-Led A Raisin in the Sun by Bethany Rickwald

Additional casting and an official on-sale date have been announced for the Broadway revival of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, starring Denzel Washington. The production, which wi…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:06PM
Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Photo Flash: The Amoralists' The Cheaters Club Celebrates Its Opening Night Off-Broadway by Bethany Rickwald

Edgy downtown theater group The Amoralists celebrated the opening of its most recent production, The Cheaters Club, last night. Guests included playwright Derek Ahonen, Anthony Haden-Guest, …

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:31PM

Special Reports: Patrick Stewart Gives a Gleeful Video Master Class on the "Quadruple Take," Kisses a Puppy… by Bethany Rickwald

Seriously, how is this guy going to have time to perform two shows in repertory on Broadway this fall with such a hectic Internet career to maintain? Sir Patrick Stewart is currently starri…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:37PM

Theater News: Tony Winner Geoffrey Rush to Star in a New Film Version of The Drowsy Chaperone by Bethany Rickwald

Geoffrey Rush (Exit the King) will star in and produce a new movie adaptation of the musical favorite The Drowsy Chaperone, according to multiple sources. Shooting is scheduled to begin next…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:09AM
Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Theater News: New Plays by David Adjmi and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Set for Soho Rep's 2013-2014 Season by Bethany Rickwald

Soho Rep has announced that its 2013-2014 season will comprise one New York premiere by David Adjmi and one world premiere by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. Both shows will feature large casts and …

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:41PM

Theater News: Human Fruit Bowl, The Unfortunates, and Others Among the FringeNYC Encore Series Offerings by Bethany Rickwald

The FringeNYC Encore Series, an event composed of two mini-festivals that restage the best of FringeNYC, will take place September 6 -October 20 at Baruch Performing Arts Center and The Play…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:41PM

Theater News: Full Cast and Creative Team Announced for Broadway-Bound If/Then Starring Idina Menzel by Bethany Rickwald

Joe Cassidy (Working), Miguel Cervantes (American Idiot), Curtis Holbrook (West Side Story), Stephanie Klemons (In the Heights), Tyler McGee (Ghost), Ryann Redmond (Bring It On), Joe Aaron R…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:38PM
Monday, August 26, 2013

Theater News: Robert Hartwell, Matthew Steffens, and Charlie Sutton Talk About "Doubling Up" Broadway Shows on The Ensemblist by Bethany Rickwald

The fifth installment of Mo Brady and Nikka Graff Lanzarone's show-business podcast, The Ensemblist, is now available for download. It features Broadway performers Robert Hartwell (Rodgers +…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:46PM

Theater News: Jersey Boys Becomes One of the Longest-Running Shows on Broadway by Bethany Rickwald

The Tony and Grammy-winning hit musical Jersey Boys staged its 3,225th performance on August 23, surpassing the 1940s comedy Life With Father to become Broadway's 16th longest-running show. …

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:50AM

Reviews: FringeNYC: Half; Judgment Day; Ndebele Funeral by Bethany Rickwald

Half by Bethany Rickwald In real life, divorces are almost always hard to understand and much too complicated to be funny. From that perspective, FringeNYC's Half: A Divorce Farce hit the …

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:20AM
Friday, August 23, 2013

Theater News: Cuba Gooding Jr. to Play Final Performance Opposite Tony Winner Cicely Tyson in The Trip to Bountiful by Bethany Rickwald

Broadway's The Trip to Bountiful has announced that Oscar-winner Cuba Gooding Jr. will exit the production on August 27, with current cast member Leon Addison Brown taking on the vacated rol…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:31PM

Reviews: FringeNYC: The Dead Hooker Play; Human Fruit Bowl; Marshall's Law by Bethany Rickwald

The Dead Hooker Play by Pete Hempstead When you go to a show with a title like The Dead Hooker Play, you enter the theater with two expectations: to laugh and to be appalled that you are l…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:06PM

Theater News: Five Point Productions' Staging of American Games by Kevin Slack to Hit Off-Broadway by Bethany Rickwald

The off-Broadway premiere of Kevin Slack's American Games is set to run at The American Theater of Actors from September 3-8 with direction by Phil Blechman. The production will be produced …

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:28PM

Theater News: Tony Winner Betty Buckley to Bring The Vixens of Broadway to Bay Street Theatre by Bethany Rickwald

Bay Street Theatre has announced that Tony winner Betty Buckley (Triumph of Love) will perform her show The Vixens of Broadway on October 12 at 8pm. In addition to the performance, VIP ticke…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:32AM

Theater News: New Documentary Following Green Day's American Idiot's Path to Broadway Is Set for Release by Bethany Rickwald

The Broadway show and staged punk-rock concept album American Idiot, which played at the St. James Theatre for a full year in 2010 and 2011, will now be seen in another medium. Broadway Idio…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:17AM
Thursday, August 22, 2013

Theater News: The Off-Broadway Run of Old Jews Telling Jokes to Retire Next Month by Bethany Rickwald

The long-running off-Broadway production of Peter Gethers and Daniel Okrent's Old Jews Telling Jokes, which has been playing at the Westside Theater since May 1, 2012, has announced that it …

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:12AM
Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Theater News: Twelfth Night and Richard III, Starring Mark Rylance, Will Include Matthew Schechter and Joseph Timms — and Onstage Seating by Bethany Rickwald

Kurt Egyiawan, Matt Harrington, Matthew Schechter, Hayden Signoretti, Joseph Timms, Dominic Brewer, and Dylan Clark Marshall will join Tony Award winner Mark Rylance (Jerusalem) and the prev…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:39PM

Theater News: Off-Broadway's Vineyard Theatre Debuts Four Shows to London Audiences This Season by Bethany Rickwald

New York-based theatergoers are well aware of the work of off-Broadway's Vineyard Theatre. The Manhattan nonprofit theater company dedicated to "new work" and "bold programming" that has hel…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:02AM
Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Theater News: Roger Rees and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Will Be Joined by Charlotte Parry in Broadway's The Winslow Boy by Bethany Rickwald

Roundabout Theatre Company has announced that Broadway veteran Charlotte Parry (The Importance of Being Earnest) will join the cast of the coming revival of Terence Rattigan's The Winslow Bo…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:04PM

Theater News: Famed Shakespearean Actor Kenneth Branagh to Make New York Theater Debut in Macbeth by Bethany Rickwald

The Park Avenue Armory has announced that its upcoming U.S. premiere staging of Rob Ashford and Kenneth Branagh's Macbeth will star Kenneth Branagh. The production is set to take place in Ju…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:58PM

Theater News: Classic American Musical Dames at Sea to Sail Onto Broadway in 2014 by Bethany Rickwald

Infinity Theatre Company has announced that its production of Dames at Sea, an American musical favorite with a book and lyrics by George Haimsohn and Robin Miller, music by Jim Wise, and mu…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:41PM
Monday, August 19, 2013

Theater News: Any Dream Will Do: Husband-and-Wife Team Ace Young and Diana DeGarmo to Lead Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Tour by Bethany Rickwald

Broadway and television star Diana DeGarmo and her Broadway star husband, Ace Young, have been announced to star in the upcoming national tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Joseph and the Amazing…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PM

Theater News: World Premiere of Charles Fuller's One Night to Launch Cherry Lane's 2013-2014 Season by Bethany Rickwald

Cherry Lane Theatre has announced the three productions that will constitute its upcoming 2013-2014 season. This fall, the theater will present the world premiere of One Night, with previews…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:22PM

Theater News: Jason Tam and Jenn Colella to Join Adam Chanler-Berat in Bromance: The Dude-sical by Bethany Rickwald

Joe's Pub's previously announced concert performance of Bromance: The Dude-sical, starring Adam Chanler-Berat (Peter and the Starcatcher), Andrew Kober (Hair), Molly Pope (The Diva-lution of…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:48PM

Theater News: Yiddish Waiting for Godot to Give Ian McKellan and Patrick Stewart's Rendition Some Competition by Bethany Rickwald

The New Yiddish Rep is set to present the world's first all-Yiddish production of Waiting for Godot. The company, in conjunction with Castillo Theatre, will stage this world premiere from Se…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:20AM
Friday, August 16, 2013

Theater News: Seussical Jr. to Open Walnut Street Theatre's WST for Kids Season by Bethany Rickwald

Walnut Street Theatre has announced that a production of Seussical Jr. will kick off the WST for Kids 2013-2014 season. The live performance will take place September 21 and 28. Seussical J…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:26PM

Theater News: Magic/Bird Star Francois Battiste and Lombardi Stars Keith Nobbs and Bill Dawes Stick to Sports With Bronx Bombers by Bethany Rickwald

Primary Stages has announced full casting for the world premiere of Bronx Bombers, written by Lombardi and Magic/Bird playwright Eric Simonson. The play will run September 17-October 19 at P…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:01PM

Theater News: The Public Theater Announces September Lineup for the New Work Now! Reading Series by Bethany Rickwald

New Work Now!, the Public Theater's program of free play readings, has announced its latest lineup of readings, planned for September 9-21. The events, which will take place in The Public's …

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:02PM

Theater News: 54 Below Names Jennifer Tepper as Director of Programming by Bethany Rickwald

Jennifer Tepper, a theater historian, producer, writer, and fixture of the New York theater scene, has been selected as the new Director of Programming for theater district nightclub 54 Belo…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:19PM

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