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Thursday, December 13, 2012

Carole King Is Winner of Gershwin Prize for Popular Song by Kenneth Jones

Pop singer-songwriter Carole King — known for the songs "You've Got a Friend," "I Feel the Earth Move," "Natural Woman" and more — is the 2013 r…

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PLAYBILL EXCLUSIVE: Goodspeed Musicals and Johnny Mercer Foundation Create Winter Colony for Writers of Musicals by Kenneth Jones

Writers of new musicals will find a place to sharpen their developing works on the Goodspeed Musicals campus in Connecticut in an ambitious new writers-colony program supported by The Johnny…

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George Wendt Joins Cory Michael Smith and Emilia Clarke For Broadway's Breakfast at Tiffany's by Kenneth Jones

George Wendt, the six-time Emmy Award nominee of TV's "Cheers," and a Broadway veteran from Elf, Hairspray and Art, will play Joe Bell in the new Broadway production of Breakfa…

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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Christopher Lloyd Will Star in Classic Stage's Caucasian Chalk Circle With Music by Duncan Sheik by Kenneth Jones

Film and television actor Christopher Lloyd, of "Back to the Future" and "Taxi," will star as the writer-judge Azdak in Classic Stage Company's new production of Bert…

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Neil Patrick Harris-Directed Illusion Show Nothing to Hide Extended in L.A. by Kenneth Jones

Neil Patrick Harris, a fan of magic since his childhood, directs Nothing to Hide, a unique theatrical event featuring sleight-of-hand artists Derek DelGaudio (2011 Close-Up Magician of …

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Neil Patrick Harris, Curt Hansen, Charlene Tilton, Ariana Grande Give Snow White the Panto Treatment in CA Dec. 12-30 by Kenneth Jones

Curt Hansen, of Broadway's Hairspray and Next to Normal, plays Snow White's Prince in an English-flavored "panto" production of A Snow White Christmas at Pasadena Playhouse…

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Neil Patrick Harris, Curt Hansen, Charlene Tilton, Ariana Grande Give Snow White the Panto Treatment in CA Dec. 12-23 by Kenneth Jones

Curt Hansen, of Broadway's Hairspray and Next to Normal, plays Snow White's Prince in an English-flavored "panto" production of A Snow White Christmas at Pasadena Playhouse…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:10PM

Cory Michael Smith Will Join Emilia Clarke For Breakfast at Tiffany's at Broadway's Cort Theatre by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

Cory Michael Smith, who currently appears in the Playwrights Horizons staging of The Whale Off-Broadway, will co-star with Emilia Clarke in the world-premiere stage production of Truman Capo…

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STAGE TO SCREENS: Looking at Les Misérables Through a New Lens; Recapping the Movie by Kenneth Jones

A closer look at the new Tom Hooper-directed film version of the London, Broadway and international stage hit Les Misérables, with notes, comment and spoilers.

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Little Miss Scrooge, a Dickensian Musical Mashup, Dawns in CA Concert; Amanda McBroom, Jeff Edgerton, Sarah Litzsinger Star by Kenneth Jones

Librettist-director John Caird and composer-lyricist-librettist Paul Gordon, who created the musicals Daddy Long Legs and Jane Eyre, are together again for Little Miss Scrooge, a new yule-fl…

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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Requiem! Broadway's Evita Will Close Jan. 26; Tour Will Launch in RI by Kenneth Jones

Producers Hal Luftig and Scott Sanders announced on Dec. 11 that the 2012 Tony Award-nominated production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita would close Jan. 26, 2013, after 26 …

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Broadway's Evita Will Close Jan. 26 by Kenneth Jones

Producers Hal Luftig and Scott Sanders announced on Dec. 12 that the 2012 Tony Award-nominated production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita would close Jan. 26, 2013, after 26 …

SOURCE: Playbill at 07:28PM

Cast Recording of Off-Broadway's Now. Here. This. Sets Release Date (Plus Video) by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

Ghostlight Records will release the Original Cast Recording of the Vineyard Theatre’s production of Now. Here. This Dec. 18 in both digital and physical CD formats; funding for the CD …

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Owing to Crowded Lines, TKTS Adjusts Simultaneous Availability of Matinee and Eve Tix; New Hours Set by Kenneth Jones

Theatre Development Fund's new program of selling matinee and evening tickets simultaneously at the main TKTS Discount Booth in Times Square is being suspended during the holidays, but w…

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Myra Lucretia Taylor, Ken Marks, Kristin Griffith Join America Ferrera in NYC's Bethany; Full Cast Announced by Kenneth Jones

Women's Project Theater's world-premiere of Laura Marks' dark comedy Bethany, starring the previously announced America Ferrera (Emmy Award winner of TV's "Ugly Betty&qu…

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"Idol" Favorite Bo Bice Headlines Broadway's Pump Boys and Dinettes, With Alex Gemignani, Jane Pfitsch and More by Kenneth Jones

"American Idol" country boy Bo Bice will star with Alexander Gemignani, Erik Hayden, Justin Hosek, Jane Pfitsch and Leenya Rideout in director John Doyle's new Broadway product…

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"Idol" Favorite Bo Bice Headlines Broadway's Pump Boys and Dinettes, With Alex Gemignani, Jane Pfitsch by Kenneth Jones

"American Idol" country boy Bo Bice will star with Alexander Gemignani, Erik Hayden, Justin Hosek, Jane Pfitsch and Leenya Rideout in director John Doyle's new Broadway product…

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Artistic Director Martin Platt Parts Ways With Olney Theatre Center; Search for Successor Begins by Kenneth Jones

Just six months after announcing programming for his first season as the new artistic director of Olney Theatre Center in Olney, MD, Martin Platt has parted ways with the suburban Equity com…

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EXCLUSIVE LISTEN: The Land Where the Good Songs Go, Jerome Kern Revue, Released; Rebecca Luker, Kate Baldwin Among Cast by Kenneth Jones

A sold-out 2010 Manhattan concert of Jerome Kern songs crafted by arranger, orchestrator and music director David Loud — and featuring Broadway stars — lives beyond the memories …

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Amazing Grace Gets NYC Industry Reading, Featuring Robert Petkoff, Robby Benson, Josh Young, Whitney Bashor by Kenneth Jones

Robert Petkoff, of Broadway's most recent Ragtime and Fiddler on the Roof, plays the narrator in a Dec. 11-12 reading presentation of the new musical Amazing Grace, the backstory of…

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Laurie Metcalf, Daniel Stern, Zoe Perry, John Schiappa Inhabit The Other Place on Broadway Starting Dec. 11 by Kenneth Jones

The Broadway premiere of The Other Place, Sharr White's mysterious play about a doctor whose life is shaken, featuring Laurie Metcalf, reprising her earlier Off-Broadway performance, plu…

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Quiara Alegría Hudes' Pulitzer Prize-Winning Water by the Spoonful Makes NYC Premiere Dec. 11 by Kenneth Jones and Adam Hetrick

Armando Riesco, Liza Colon-Zayas and Zabryna Guevara, who appeared in the 2011 Hartford Stage world premiere of Quiara Alegría Hudes' Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Water by the Spo…

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Monday, December 10, 2012

Chaplin's Rob McClure and Dancer Lauren Lovette Win 2012 Clive Barnes Awards by Kenneth Jones

The Clive Barnes Foundation's nominated actors and dancers for its Third Annual Clive Barnes Awards gathered at a reception 2:30 PM Dec. 10 at the Walter Reade Theatre at Lincoln Center,…

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Barrington's 2013 Season to Feature Annette O'Toole, Joshua Bergasse, John Rando, a Mark St. Germain Premiere and More by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award winner John Rando will direct the dance-heavy musical comedy On the Town, with choreography by Emmy Award-winning "Smash" choreographer Joshua Bergasse, in summer 2013, …

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Patrick Wilson, David Hyde Pierce, Julia Murney Among Stars Helping Hurricane Victims in Dec. 10 Concert by Kenneth Jones

City of Hope: Broadway Blows Back, a starry benefit concert to raise funds for New York and New Jersey communities affected by Hurricane Sandy, plays 7:30 PM Dec. 10 at the Gershwin Theatre.

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Brian Kerwin, Bobby Steggert, Penny Fuller, Virginia Kull, Claybourne Elder Star in Dec. 10 Pterodactyls Reading by Kenneth Jones

Vineyard Theatre's Dec. 10 benefit reading of Nicky Silver's Pterodactyls, a standout title from the not-for-profit's 30 years of producing, stars Emmy Award winner Penny Fuller,…

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Chaplin's Rob McClure Among Nominees for 2012 Clive Barnes Awards for Dancers and Actors; Reception Is Dec. 10 by Kenneth Jones

The Clive Barnes Foundation's nominated actors and dancers for its Third Annual Clive Barnes Awards will be in attendance at a reception 2:30 PM Dec. 10 at the Walter Reade Theatre at Li…

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Irish Rep's Wonderful Life "Radio Play" Opens Dec. 10, With Peter Maloney, Katie Fabel and Max Gordon Moore by Kenneth Jones

Irish Repertory Theatre's It's a Wonderful Life, The 1946 Live Radio Play opens Off-Broadway Dec. 10 following previews from Dec. 5 on Irish Rep's intimate second stage, the…

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Sunday, December 9, 2012

Scandalous, the Pop Musical About a Religious Superstar, Closes Dec. 9 by Kenneth Jones

Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson, a musical passion project by writer Kathie Lee Gifford, closes on Broadway Dec. 9, following the matinee performance. The biographi…

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Saturday, December 8, 2012

After Hiatus, If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet, With Jake Gyllenhaal, Resumes NYC Run Dec. 8 by Kenneth Jones

The U.S. premiere of Nick Payne's humor-kissed dysfunctional-family drama If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet, at Roundabout Theatre Company's Off-Broadway home at the Laura Pels …

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David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross, Starring Al Pacino, Opens on Broadway by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

The Broadway revival of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play about sharks in a real-estate office, officially opens Dec. 8 at 8 PM at the Gerald Schoenfeld …

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