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Monday, May 2, 2016

2016 Lucille Lortel Awards: Full List by Courtney Kochuba

The first of the awards have been announced for the 2016 season! Last night at the NYU Skirball Center in New York City, Zachary Levi, star of Broadway’s She Loves Me, hosted the 31st …

SOURCE: breakingcharactermagazine.com at 10:54AM

2016 Lucille Lortel Awards: Full List by Courtney Kochuba

The first of the awards have been announced for the 2016 season! Last night at the NYU Skirball Center in New York City, Zachary Levi, star of Broadway’s She Loves Me, hosted the 31st …

SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 10:54AM
Thursday, April 28, 2016

Tony Awards 2016 Calendar of Events by Courtney Kochuba

  Awards season is here! And if you’re like us, you’re ready for the ultimate showstopper: The Tony Awards. Below, you’ll find all of the important dates from when the…

SOURCE: breakingcharactermagazine.com at 12:39PM

Tony Awards 2016 Calendar of Events by Courtney Kochuba

  Awards season is here! And if you’re like us, you’re ready for the ultimate showstopper: The Tony Awards. Below, you’ll find all of the important dates from when the…

SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 12:39PM

2016 Drama Desk Award Nominations Announced by Courtney Kochuba

Nominations for the 2016 Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced this morning at Feinstein’s/54 Below by Vanessa Williams (Into the Woods, The Trip to Bountiful “Ugly Betty&#…

SOURCE: breakingcharactermagazine.com at 11:08AM
Tuesday, April 26, 2016

RUTHLESS!, GLORIA and More Nominated for 2016 Off Broadway Alliance Awards by Courtney Kochuba

The Off Broadway Alliance, the organization of Off Broadway producers, theaters, general managers, press agents, and marketing professionals, has announced the nominees for the 6th Annual Of…

SOURCE: breakingcharactermagazine.com at 04:51PM

Honorees Announced for 7th Annual Lilly Awards, Celebrating Women of Distinction in the American Theater by Courtney Kochuba

The 7th Annual Lilly Awards Ceremony, which celebrates women of distinction in the American Theater, will this year honor playwright Danai Gurira, actor Martha Plimpton, director Kate Whoris…

SOURCE: breakingcharactermagazine.com at 04:26PM
Thursday, April 21, 2016

The Drama League Announces the Nominees for the 82nd Drama League Awards to be Held May 20 by Courtney Kochuba

The Drama League has announced the 2016 Drama League Awards Nominees for Outstanding Play, Outstanding Revival of a Play, Outstanding Musical, Outstanding Revival of a Musical, and the much-…

SOURCE: breakingcharactermagazine.com at 10:09AM
Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Outer Critics Circle Nominations Are Announced, Kicking off the 2016 Award Season! by Courtney Kochuba

Award season is kicking off with the 2015-16 Outer Critics Circle nominations! The post Outer Critics Circle Nominations Are Announced, Kicking off the 2016 Award Season! appeared first on B…

SOURCE: breakingcharactermagazine.com at 01:30PM

Donmar’s LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES Will Transfer to Broadway by Courtney Kochuba

Donmar Warehouse’s hit London revival of Christopher Hampton’s Les Liaisons Dangereuses will transfer to Broadway this fall, marking the stage return of Tony Award winners Janet …

SOURCE: breakingcharactermagazine.com at 01:04PM
Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Vanessa Williams and Matthew Morrison to Announce 61st Annual Drama Desk Awards Nominations on April 28 by Courtney Kochuba

Drama Desk, Tony®, and Emmy® Award nominee and Theater World Award and NAACP Image Award winner Vanessa Williams (Into The Woods, The Trip to Bountiful, “Ugly Betty”) and Drama…

SOURCE: breakingcharactermagazine.com at 03:37PM

Pulitzer Prize in Drama: A Review of the Past 100 Years by Courtney Kochuba

Did you know that the Pulitzer Prize for Drama turns 100 in 2017? To celebrate, we're highlighting some of the major title anniversaries coming up this year. Take a read! The post Pulitzer P…

SOURCE: breakingcharactermagazine.com at 11:48AM

Adam Jacobs, Courtney Reed and James Monre Iglehart to Announce 2016 Drama League Award Nominees April 20 at Sardi’s by Courtney Kochuba

The Drama League (Executive Director, Gabriel Shanks) has announced that Adam Jacobs, Courtney Reed, and Tony® Award Winner James Monroe Iglehart from Disney’s hit Broadway musical Aladdi…

SOURCE: breakingcharactermagazine.com at 11:24AM
Monday, April 11, 2016

Dramatists Guild Fund’s Traveling Masters Program to Feature Playwright Lauren Yee in Kansas City, Missouri April 17 and 18 by Courtney Kochuba

The Dramatists Guild Fund (DGF) announces that playwright Lauren Yee (King Of The Yees, The Hatmaker’s Wife) will visit Kansas City as part of the Traveling Masters Program to lead worksho…

SOURCE: breakingcharactermagazine.com at 02:38PM

ATCA critics award Qui Nguyen $25,000 Steinberg prize at Humana Festival by Courtney Kochuba

This past Saturday at the 2016 Humana Festival at Actors Theatre of Louisville, the American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA) selected Qui Nguyen’s Vietgone as the winner of the 2015 H…

SOURCE: breakingcharactermagazine.com at 01:16PM
Friday, April 8, 2016

UGLY LIES THE BONE: A Story of Healing, Small Town America and Magical Realism by Courtney Kochuba

UGLY LIES THE BONE is the perfect story to tell during a time when America is trying to heal. Read this Staff Pick to find out more. The post UGLY LIES THE BONE: A Story of Healing, Small To…

SOURCE: breakingcharactermagazine.com at 11:16AM

Tony Committee Rules on Awards Eligibility for SHE LOVES ME, NOISES OFF, and More by Courtney Kochuba

The Tony Awards Administration Committee met for the third time this season to determine award eligibility for 11 Broadway productions including School of Rock—The Musical, The Color Purpl…

SOURCE: breakingcharactermagazine.com at 10:45AM
Thursday, April 7, 2016

BroadwayCon 2017 To Be Held Jan. 27-29 at New York City’s Jacob Javits Center by Courtney Kochuba

  BroadwayCon, the hugely successful convention and fan-fest for theatregoers and Broadway enthusiasts returns to New York for its second annual convention. The event brings the Broadwa…

SOURCE: breakingcharactermagazine.com at 03:12PM
Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Sarah Ruhl’s THE OLDEST BOY Set for Benefit Readings Across the U.S.; Celia Keenan-Bolger to Appear in NYC by Courtney Kochuba

After a critically acclaimed run at Lincoln Center’s Mitzi Newhouse Theater in 2014, Sarah Ruhl’s play THE OLDEST BOY is set to be read at leading regional theaters around the co…

SOURCE: breakingcharactermagazine.com at 12:47PM
Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company & Jujamcyn Theaters Announce 8th Annual August Wilson Monologue Competition by Courtney Kochuba

True Colors Theatre Company (Kenny Leon, Co-Founding Artistic Director) and Jujamcyn Theaters (Jordan Roth, President) are proud to announce the 8th Annual August Wilson Monologue Compet…

SOURCE: breakingcharactermagazine.com at 01:41PM

FUN HOME Launches Partnership with StoryCorps, The National Oral History Project, to Celebrate the Musical’s One-Year Anniversary on Broadway by Courtney Kochuba

Producers Fox Theatricals (Kristin Caskey, Mike Isaacson) and Barbara Whitman are thrilled to announce that Fun Home, the groundbreaking, Tony Award-winning Best Musical, has launched a part…

SOURCE: breakingcharactermagazine.com at 01:02PM
Monday, April 4, 2016

Signature Theatre Announces Suzan-Lori Parks As The Residency One Playwright For The 2016-17 Season by Courtney Kochuba

Signature Theatre (James Houghton, Founding Artistic Director; Erika Mallin, Executive Director) is proud to announce that Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks will be the Resi…

SOURCE: breakingcharactermagazine.com at 03:20PM
Thursday, March 31, 2016

Aaron Sorkin’s A FEW GOOD MEN Will Receive Live NBC Broadcast by Courtney Kochuba

The West Wing and The Newsroom creator Aaron Sorkin will team up with NBC and veteran producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron for a live broadcast of Sorkin’s acclaimed drama A Few Good M…

SOURCE: breakingcharactermagazine.com at 10:39AM

31st Annual Lucille Lortel Award Nominations Have Been Announced by Courtney Kochuba

Check out nominations for the 31st Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway! The post 31st Annual Lucille Lortel Award Nominations Have Been Announced appeared f…

SOURCE: breakingcharactermagazine.com at 09:55AM
Tuesday, March 29, 2016

THE GREAT COMET Announces Full Broadway Cast, Creative Team, and Opening Night by Courtney Kochuba

Full casting has been announced for the new musical The Great Comet, featuring the Broadway debuts of 18 cast and creative team members including Josh Groban as ‘Pierre’ and Denée Bento…

SOURCE: breakingcharactermagazine.com at 04:04PM

Casting Announced & $25 Tickets Now On Sale for Signature Plays Adrienne Kennedy’s FUNNYHOUSE OF A NEGRO and More by Courtney Kochuba

Signature Theatre (James Houghton, Founding Artistic Director; Erika Mallin, Executive Director) is pleased to announce casting is confirmed and tickets are now on sale for Signature Plays, …

SOURCE: breakingcharactermagazine.com at 03:53PM

Nathan Lane, John Slattery, John Goodman & More Set for THE FRONT PAGE on Broadway by Courtney Kochuba

A starry revival of the classic play, The Front Page, will be gracing Broadway’s stage soon. Two-time Tony Award winner Nathan Lane will headline the production, and be joined by Mad M…

SOURCE: breakingcharactermagazine.com at 10:26AM
Monday, March 28, 2016

Alan Menken, Duncan Sheik, and More Set for Music Label Sh-K-Boom’s Sweet 16 Concert by Courtney Kochuba

Grammy Award winning Sh-K-Boom/Ghostlight Records will partner with Symphony Space to celebrate the label’s ‘”Sweet 16″ birthday with a concert event April 14. As p…

SOURCE: breakingcharactermagazine.com at 12:25PM
Thursday, March 24, 2016

31st Annual Lortel Awards to Honor Suzan-Lori Parks and James Houghton by Courtney Kochuba

The Lucille Lortel Awards have announced that they will honor Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks and Signature Theatre founding artistic director James Houghton during thei…

SOURCE: breakingcharactermagazine.com at 11:13AM
Wednesday, March 23, 2016

CURIOUS INCIDENT Will End Its Broadway Run In September by Courtney Kochuba

Simon Stephen’s adaptation of Mark Haddon’s best selling novel and Tony-award winning play, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, will officially end its Broadway run in S…

SOURCE: breakingcharactermagazine.com at 11:12AM
Tuesday, March 15, 2016

National Tour of FUN HOME To Re-Open San Francisco’s Curran Theatre in Jan 2017 – More Cities Announced by Courtney Kochuba

Producers Fox Theatricals (Kristin Caskey, Mike Isaacson) and Barbara Whitman are thrilled to announce that the National Tour of Fun Home, the groundbreaking and Tony Award-winning Best Musi…

SOURCE: breakingcharactermagazine.com at 10:48AM

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