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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Photo Flash: Broadway's Motown the Musical Holds Open Auditions by David Gordon

Hundreds of prospective Broadway stars lined 45th Street through 8th Avenue on Friday, September 13 for their chance to audition for roles in Motown the Musical at the Lunt-Fontanne Thea

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Photo Flash: Kim Cattrall, Glenn Close, and Patrick Stewart Honor Legendary Broadway Director Harold Prince at 2013 American Theatre Wing Gala by David Gordon

The American Theatre Wing honored legendary Broadway director and producer Harold Prince at the organization's annual gala, held Monday, September 16, at the Plaza Hotel. Raising nearly $700…

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Photo Flash: Atlantic Theater Company Celebrates Off-Broadway Opening of Ethan Coen's Women or Nothing by David Gordon

Atlantic Theater Company toasted the opening night of Ethan Coen's Women or Nothing with a post-performance celebration on September 16 at the Dream Hotel. Directed by David Cromer, the come…

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Monday, September 16, 2013

Theater News: Casting for Disney's Aladdin on Broadway Announced by David Gordon

Adam Jacobs (The Lion King), James Monroe Iglehart (Memphis), Courtney Reed (In the Heights), and Jonathan Freeman (The Little Mermaid) will lead the cast of Disney's upcoming Toronto and Br…

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Photo Flash: Reeve Carney Swings Out of Broadway's Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark by David Gordon

Reeve Carney departed the Broadway production of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark at the Foxwoods Theatre on Sunday, September 15. Photographers were on hand to capture the actor's final flight…

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Photo Flash: Your First Look at Sebastian Arcelus and the Handsome Company of Broadway's A Time to Kill by David Gordon

The cast of Broadway's A Time to Kill, led by Sebastian Arcelus and John Douglas Thompson, met the press on Monday, September 16, at The Heath at the McKittrick Hotel. Inspired by th

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Interviews: Librettist Richard Thomas Brings Playboy-Playmate-Turned-Reality-Star Anna Nicole Smith (Back) to Life — On Stage by David Gordon

Richard Thomas, the British opera composer and librettist, burst onto the theatrical scene in 2004 with his controversial Jerry Springer: The Opera, a sung-through musical comedy about the t…

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Sunday, September 15, 2013

Reviews: You Never Can Tell by David Gordon

A cool ocean breeze blows through David Staller's production of Bernard Shaw's comedy You Never Can Tell, now being produced by the Pearl Theatre Company and Staller's Gingold Theatrical Gro…

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Friday, September 13, 2013

Photo Flash: Betty Buckley, Hallie Foote, and More Celebrate Horton Foote's The Old Friends Off-Broadway by David Gordon

Off-Broadway's Signature Theatre Company celebrated the opening night of Horton Foote's The Old Friends at the Pershing Square Signature Center on Thursday, September 12. Check out photos fr…

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Photo Flash: Playwright Jen Silverman Receives 2013 Yale Drama Series Award by David Gordon

Playwright Jen Silverman received the 2013 Yale Drama Series Award for her drama Still on Thursday on September 12 at Lincoln Center Theater's Claire Tow Theater. The evening included the pr…

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Interviews: 5 Questions With Les Misérables Tony Winner Frances Ruffelle by David Gordon

If you're one of the Les Misérables-obsessed, the kind of person who listened to that cassette tape or double-CD set nonstop, then you know the name Frances Ruffelle. You know that heavenly…

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Thursday, September 12, 2013

Reviews: The Old Friends by David Gordon

Funny; The Old Friends doesn't look like a Horton Foote play. Of course, it shares many a quality with other Foote plays: the Harrison, Texas setting; the devastatingly quiet moments of smal…

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Theater News: Cast Members From Broadway's Cinderella, Newsies, and Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark Featured in 2013 Broadway on the Hudson Concert by David Gordon

Cast members from the Broadway productions of Annie, Chicago, Cinderella, First Date, Newsies, The Phantom of the Opera, Pippin, Rock of Ages, Soul Doctor, and Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark w…

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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Theater News: Tovah Feldshuh Will Permanently Replace Andrea Martin in Broadway's Pippin by David Gordon

Four-time Tony Award nominee Tovah Feldshuh, who played the role of Berthe in the current Broadway revival of Pippin during Andrea Martin's vacation last month, will assume the role full-tim…

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Theater News: Melis Aker and Khris Davis to Be Featured in Charles Randolph-Wright's Love in Afghanistan by David Gordon

Melis Aker and Khris Davis will star in Arena Stage's world premiere production of Charles Randolph-Wright's Love in Afghanistan, to be directed by Lucie Tiberghien. The production is set to…

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Photo Flash: Roundabout Introduces the Stars of Its 2013 Fall Season by David Gordon

The stars of Roundabout Theatre Company's upcoming productions of The Winslow Boy and Bad Jews met the press at a cocktail party at the American Airlines Theatre on Tuesday, September 10. Fe…

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Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Photo Flash: In Rehearsal With Paper Mill Playhouse's Honeymoon in Vegas, Starring Tony Danza by David Gordon

Tony Danza, Rob McClure, Brynn O'Malley, and the cast of the Broadway-bound Jason Robert Brown-Andrew Bergman musical Honeymoon in Vegas held an open press rehearsal on Tuesday, September 10…

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Photo Flash: Your First Look at Mary-Louise Parker and the Cast of Broadway's The Snow Geese by David Gordon

Mary-Louise Parker, Danny Burstein, Victoria Clark, and the cast of Sharr White's new World War I-era drama The Snow Geese met the press at their rehearsal studio on Tuesday, September 10. T…

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Monday, September 9, 2013

Theater News: Broadway Premiere of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Starring Neil Patrick Harris, to Play the Belasco Theatre by David Gordon

The Broadway premiere of John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask's legendary musical, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, will play Broadway's Belasco Theatre this spring. As previously announced, Ne…

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Theater News: Harvey Fierstein's New Play Casa Valentina Will Premiere on Broadway This Spring by David Gordon

Manhattan Theatre Club will present the Broadway and world premiere of Harvey Fierstein's new play, Casa Valentina, this spring at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Directed by Joe Mantello (I…

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Theater News: Lauren Ambrose and Michael Shannon Lead Benefit Reading of Craig Lucas' Reckless by David Gordon

Lauren Ambrose (Six Feet Under), Michael Esper (The Lyons), and Michael Shannon (Grace) will star in a one-night-only reading of Craig Lucas' dark comedy Reckless, a production of The Indigo…

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Reviews: Brian d'Arcy James: Under the Influence by David Gordon

In Under the Influence, Brian d'Arcy James' cabaret act at 54 Below this past weekend, the secret word was "groovy." A return engagement of a well-received show he played there last summer, …

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Saturday, September 7, 2013

Interviews: 8 Questions With Lindsay Mendez by David Gordon

Lindsay Mendez had a banner 2012. After blowing the roof off the Circle in the Square Theatre nightly with her rendition of "Bless the Lord" in Broadway's Godspell, she moved a few blocks aw…

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Interviews: 8 Questions With Wicked's Lindsay Mendez by David Gordon

Lindsay Mendez had a banner 2012. After blowing the roof off the Circle in the Square Theatre nightly with her rendition of "Bless the Lord" in Broadway's Godspell, she moved a few blocks aw…

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Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Theater News: Alan Cumming and Michelle Williams Will Star in Roundabout's Officially Official Revival of Cabaret by David Gordon

It's official! After months of rumors, Roundabout Theatre Company has announced that it will bring back the classic John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Joe Masteroff musical Cabaret this spring, in …

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Photo Flash: Taye Diggs, Christina Hendricks, and Geoffrey Arend Celebrate the Opening Night of Colt Coeur's Everything Is Ours by David Gordon

Everything Is Ours, Nikole Beckwith's new comedy about a couple given custody of a 10-year-old girl when her parents die in a car accident, celebrated its opening night at HERE on Tuesday, S…

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Photo Flash: Meet the Casts of Off-Broadway's The Landing and The Model Apartment by David Gordon

The casts of Primary Stages' upcoming production of Donald Margulies' The Model Apartment and Vineyard Theatre's The Landing met the press at their respective rehearsal rooms on Wednesday, S…

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Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Theater News: Malcolm Gets, Brian d'Arcy James, Daniel Sunjata, and More Join Ethan Hawke in Broadway's Macbeth by David Gordon

A host of Broadway veterans including Brian d'Arcy James, Malcolm Gets, and John Glover will join Ethan Hawke and Anne-Marie Duff in Jack O'Brien's revival of William Shakespeare's Macbeth a…

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Photo Flash: The Marquees of the 2013-2014 Broadway Season by David Gordon

With the arrival and departure of Labor Day comes the installation of new marquees for Broadway's upcoming season. We searched the Theater District high and low, and with the help of handy-d…

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Theater News: Switching Wills: Swenson to Replace Chase in Off-Broadway's Little Miss Sunshine by David Gordon

Second Stage Theatre's upcoming off-Broadway production of Little Miss Sunshine is trading its Tony-nominated Wills. In the leading role of Richard Hoover, Will Swenson (Murder Ballad) will …

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Theater News: Lisa O'Hare, Eddie Korbich and Don Stephenson Join Jefferson Mays in Broadway's A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder by David Gordon

Full casting has been announced for the upcoming Broadway premiere of the new musical A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, starring Tony Award winner Jefferson Mays in eight principal rol…

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