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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

PHOTO CALL: Richard Brooks, Melba Moore and Melvin Van Peebles Attend Opening of Rain Pryor's Fried Chicken and Latkes by Joseph Marzullo

Edmund Gaynes in association with Daryl Sledge/Mother’s Boy LLC present the Off-Broadway premiere of Rain Pryor's one-woman show, Fried Chicken and Latkes, which began July 21, ope…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:26AM
Monday, August 6, 2012

PHOTO CALL: Patrick Page Takes Final Bow in Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark by Joseph Marzullo

Singing actor Patrick Page, who was presented with Actors' Equity Foundation's annual Richard Seff Award June 12, departed Broadway's Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark Aug. 5.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:10AM
Thursday, August 2, 2012

PHOTO CALL: Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals, Curtain Call and After Party by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

Brooklyn-born champion heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson tells the Undisputed Truth in his one-man show, which officially opened on Broadway Aug. 2 at the Longacre Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 08:04PM
Wednesday, August 1, 2012

PHOTO CALL: Bring It On: The Musical Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

Broadway steps up its game with Bring It On: The Musical, the new muscular, pop-fueled musical inspired by the popular film franchise about rival cheerleading teams, officially opening Aug. …

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:48PM

PHOTO CALL: Bring It On: The Musical Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals and Curtain Call by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

Broadway steps up its game with Bring It On: The Musical, the new muscular, pop-fueled musical inspired by the popular film franchise about rival cheerleading teams, officially opening Aug. …

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:48PM
Tuesday, July 31, 2012

PHOTO CALL: Kanye West, 50 Cent and Bryant Gumbel at Broadway's Mike Tyson Undisputed Truth by Joseph Marzullo

Brooklyn-born champion heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson tells the Undisputed Truth in his one-man show which began July 31 at Broadway's Longacre Theatre. Rap icons Kanye West and 50 Ce…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:52PM

PHOTO CALL: Nutty Professor Musical, With Mark Jacoby, Michael Andrew and Marissa McGowan, Debuts in Nashville by Joseph Marzullo

The world premiere of The Nutty Professor, the new Rupert Holmes-Marvin Hamlisch musical based on the 1963 Jerry Lewis film comedy, began previews in Nashville on July 24. The show is direct…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:24PM

PHOTO CALL: Jennifer Damiano, Heidi Blickenstaff and Destan Owens Join Jason Robert Brown for Birdland Concert by Matthew Blank and Joseph Marzullo

Heidi Blickenstaff, Jennifer Damiano and Destan Owens joined Tony Award-winning composer-lyricist Jason Robert Brown for a one-night-only pair of concerts July 30 at Birdland. The performanc…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:10PM
Sunday, July 29, 2012

PHOTO CALL: The Producers at the Hollywood Bowl, With Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Rebecca Romijn, Dane Cook and More by Joseph Marzullo

The Hollywood Bowl's production of the Tony-winning musical The Producers, directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman, who handled those same duties for the original Broadway production…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:33AM
Saturday, July 28, 2012

PHOTO CALL: First Look at Old Globe's God of Carnage by Joseph Marzullo

Caitlin Muelder, Erika Rolfsrud, Lucas Caleb Rooney and T. Ryder Smith are the parental foursome of the Old Globe production of Yasmina Reza's Tony-winning comedy God of Carnage, which b…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:07AM
Friday, July 27, 2012

The Cast and Creative Team of Detroit, Including David Schwimmer, Meet the Press by Joseph Marzullo

Tony Award winner John Cullum, Darren Pettie and Sarah Sokolovic will join Amy Ryan and David Schwimmer for the Playwrights Horizons New York City premiere of Lisa D'Amour's acclaime…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00PM

PHOTO CALL: The Cast and Creative Team of Detroit, Including David Schwimmer, Meet the Press by Joseph Marzullo

Tony Award winner John Cullum, Darren Pettie and Sarah Sokolovic will join Amy Ryan and David Schwimmer for the Playwrights Horizons New York City premiere of Lisa D'Amour's acclaime…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00PM

PHOTO CALL: Special Presentation of Donna Moore's Cougar The Musical by Joseph Marzullo

Cougar The Musical, which will make its premiere Off-Broadway Aug. 10 at St. Luke's Theatre, offered a special presentation to the press on July 26.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:38AM
Thursday, July 26, 2012

PHOTO CALL: Jersey Boys, Traces, Voca People and The Fantasticks Perform in Bryant Park by Joseph Marzullo

The Broadway in Bryant Park free concert series continued July 26 with performances from the casts of Jersey Boys, Traces, Voca People and The Fantasticks.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:57PM

PHOTO CALL: Arena Stage's The Normal Heart Benefit Gala by Joseph Marzullo

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater presents the 2011 Tony Award-winning production of Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart, directed by Tony winner George C. Wolfe, which ope…

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:39PM

First Look at the New Stars of Gore Vidal's The Best Man by Joseph Marzullo

Gore Vidal's The Best Man gave Cybill Shepherd and Kristin Davis their Broadway debut July 10 when they — along with John Stamos — joined the company of the star-package…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:16PM

PHOTO CALL: First Look at the New Stars of Gore Vidal's The Best Man by Joseph Marzullo

Gore Vidal's The Best Man gave Cybill Shepherd and Kristin Davis their Broadway debut July 10 when they — along with John Stamos — joined the company of the star-package…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:16PM

PHOTO CALL: Jayne Houdyshell and Hallie Foote Star in Harrison, TX by Joseph Marzullo

Tony Award-nominated Clybourne Park director Pam MacKinnon stages Harrison, TX, a three-play collection about smalltown life by late playwright Horton Foote, which began performances July 24…

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:27AM
Wednesday, July 25, 2012

PHOTO CALL: Gala Re-Opening Celebration for Silence! The Musical at New Elektra Theatre in Times Square by Joseph Marzullo

Silence! The Musical, winner of the 2012 Off Broadway Alliance Award for Best Musical, reopened at the new Elektra Theatre July 18. The cast celebrated with a star-studded gala and special p…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:58PM

PHOTO CALL: First Look at Signature's The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas by Joseph Marzullo

The ladies and gentlemen populating The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas at the Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA, this summer and fall will include Helen Hayes Award winn…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:03PM

PHOTO CALL: First Look at The Last Smoker in America by Joseph Marzullo

The Last Smoker in America, which is billed as a "raucous, irreverent, and unfiltered new Off-Broadway musical," made its New York premiere July 11 upstairs at the Westside Theatre…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:11PM

PHOTO CALL: Cast and Creative Team of If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet Meets the Press by Joseph Marzullo

Oscar nominee Jake Gyllenhaal, the film actor known for such pictures as "Love and Other Drugs" and "Brokeback Mountain," will make his American stage debut starting in l…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:59PM

PHOTO CALL: Liz Callaway Stars in Sunset Boulevard at the Pittsburgh CLO by Joseph Marzullo

Tony Award nominee Liz Callaway descends the staircase as Norma Desmond in the Tony Award-winning Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Sunset Boulevard, which began July 24 at the Pittsburgh CLO.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:15AM
Tuesday, July 24, 2012

PHOTO CALL: Matthew McConaughey and Gina Gershon Offer TimesTalks Event by Joseph Marzullo

Matthew McConaughey, Gina Gershon and director William Friedkin from the film "Killer Joe" participated in the New York Times' TimesTalks series July 24, engaging in a discussi…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:58PM

PHOTO CALL: First Look at Irish Rep's New Girl in Town by Joseph Marzullo

New Girl in Town, Bob Merrill's 1957 musicalization of Eugene O'Neill's Anna Christie, about a prostitute with abuse in her past, gets a rare New York City revival beginning July…

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PM

PHOTO CALL: Broadway Stands Up for Freedom! Concert With Lindsay Mendez, Darius de Haas, Julia Murney and More by Joseph Marzullo

The Broadway Stands Up for Freedom benefit concert, featuring Lindsay Mendez, Darius de Haas and Julia Murney was held July 23 at the Skirball Center.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:22AM
Monday, July 23, 2012

PHOTO CALL: Far From Heaven Opens in Williamstown by Joseph Marzullo

The new musical Far From Heaven, based on the 2002 Todd Haynes film about a 1950s Connecticut housewife whose world is turned upside-down, received its developmental premiere July 19 at the …

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:37PM

PHOTO CALL: Jenifer Lewis In Rehearsal at 54 Below by Joseph Marzullo

Jenifer Lewis, who was last seen on Broadway in Hairspray, teams up with Tony-winning Hairspray composers Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman — who also create the original music on NBC'…

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:48PM

A COVER STORY: Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth by Joseph Marzullo

Brooklyn-born champion heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson will bring his one-man show, Undisputed Truth, to Broadway for a limited, 12-night engagement at the Longacre Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:55AM
Sunday, July 22, 2012

PHOTO CALL: Kelli O'Hara Stars in Far From Heaven In Williamstown by Joseph Marzullo

The new musical Far From Heaven, based on the 2002 Todd Haynes film about a 1950s Connecticut housewife whose world is turned upside-down, received its developmental premiere July 19 at the …

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:06PM

PHOTO CALL: Cate Blanchett and Richard Roxburgh Open in Sydney Theatre Company's Uncle Vanya in NYC by Joseph Marzullo

Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett and Richard Roxburgh lead the Sydney Theatre Company production of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, which officially opened July 21 at New York City Cente…

SOURCE: Playbill at 06:48PM

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