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Saturday, December 8, 2012

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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Friday, December 7, 2012

La Cage Orchestrator Jason Carr Will Sweeten "Noël and Cole" Disc; Track Listing Announced by Kenneth Jones

Orchestrator Jason Carr, Tony Award nominee for the Broadway revivals of Sunday in the Park With George and La Cage aux Folles (2010), has joined the creative team for PS Classics' upcom…

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Brad Oscar, Maulik Pancholy, AJ Heekin, Polly Lee Conjure A Real Boy in NYC Reading Dec. 7 by Kenneth Jones

Stephen Kaplan's new play, A Real Boy, about an unusual teacher-student relationship, gets a private reading in New York City at 6:30 PM on Dec. 7. Brad Oscar (The Addams Family, The Pro…

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Thursday, December 6, 2012

Emmy-Winning "Smash" Will Finally Arrive on DVD, With Bonus Features, Jan. 8, 2013 by Kenneth Jones

The first season of the Emmy Award-winning musical drama series "Smash" — created by Broadway's Theresa Rebeck, with songs by Tony Award winners Marc Shaiman and Scott Wi…

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Patch Darragh, Keira Naughton, Todd Weeks, Christopher Jackson To Star in Rolin Jones' The Jammer Off-Broadway by Kenneth Jones

The New York City premiere of Rolin Jones' The Jammer — his 1950s-set play about roller derby — will feature Patch Darragh, Dan Domingues, Christopher Jackson, Billy Eugene J…

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Bill Irwin and David Shiner Collaborate With Tina Landau and Nellie McKay for Old Hats World Premiere at Signature by Kenneth Jones

Old Hats is the name of the new work by clowning Tony Award winners Bill Irwin and David Shiner, who will appear in the show's world premiere by Signature Theatre Company starting in Feb…

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Amazing Grace Musical's NYC Reading Welcomes Robert Petkoff; Robby Benson and Josh Young Also Star by Kenneth Jones

Robert Petkoff, of Broadway's most recent Ragtime and Fiddler on the Roof, has joined the special reading presentation of the new musical Amazing Grace, the backstory of the famous spiri…

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To the Moon, Alice! Honeymooners Musical Will Star Michael McGrath in 2013; Jerry Mitchell Helms by Kenneth Jones

Michael McGrath, the Broadway clown who won a Tony Award for playing a Noo Yawk bootlegger in Nice Work If You Can Get It, will bring his populist touch to the iconic role of bus driver Ralp…

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Grammy Nominees for Musical Album Include Nice Work, Once, Follies, Newsies and Porgy and Bess; Shaiman & Wittman, Too by Kenneth Jones

Cast recordings of the Broadway musicals Newsies, Once, Follies, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess and Nice Work If You Can Get It are among nominees of 55th Annual Grammy Awards, announced …

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John Malkovich's French-Language Staging of Les Liaisons Dangereuses Makes DC Premiere Dec. 6 by Kenneth Jones

The Shakespeare Theatre Company's presentation of Théâtre de l'Atelier's production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses, directed by stage and screen star John Malkovich and…

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Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Will Spider-Man Have a New Landlord? Broadway's Foxwoods Theatre Is For Sale by Kenneth Jones

Live Nation Entertainment is seeking to sell Broadway's Foxwoods Theatre, currently home to Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, according to an offering announcement by commercial real estate…

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Christopher Shinn's Teddy Ferrara Premiere Will Feature Patrick Clear, Ryan Heindl, Liam Benzvi, Josh Salt by Kenneth Jones

Goodman Theatre's 2013 world-premiere production of Teddy Ferrara by Pulitzer Prize finalist Christopher Shinn, will feature Ryan Heindl in the title role and Liam Benzvi as college-kid …

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Little Miss Scrooge, a Dickensian Musical Mashup, Dawns in CA, With Ted Neeley, Amanda McBroom, Jeff Edgerton, Sarah Litzsinger 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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Little Miss Scrooge, a Dickensian Musical Mashup, Dawns in CA, With Amanda McBroom, Jeff Edgerton, Sarah Litzsinger 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…

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:49PM

Jordan Roth and Richie Jackson Are Matching Donations to Support Freedom to Marry by Kenneth Jones

Broadway producer and theatre owner Jordan Roth and TV producer Richie Jackson, who were married earlier this year, announced a $100,000 matching grant supporting Freedom to Marry's 2013…

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Musicals Nine Wives, Come From Away and Princesses Will Find Voice in Goodspeed Readings in January by Kenneth Jones

Three new musicals — including one by 13 writer Dan Elish — will be presented in readings in January 2013 in the Eighth Annual Goodspeed Festival of New Artists, produced by Good…

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Broadway's Mystery of Edwin Drood Will Deepen, Now to March 2013 by Kenneth Jones

The critically acclaimed new production of The Mystery of Edwin Drood will get an extra four weeks on Broadway, Roundabout Theatre Company announced on Dec. 5.

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Irish Rep's Wonderful Life "Radio Play" Goes Live Dec. 5, 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 begins Off-Broadway Dec. 5 prior to its Dec. 10 opening on Irish Rep's intimate second stage, the W…

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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

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

Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson, a musical passion project by writer Kathie Lee Gifford, will close on Broadway Dec. 9, its producers announced on Dec. 4. The biogr…

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Brad Oscar, Maulik Pancholy, Polly Lee Will Create A Real Boy in NYC Reading Dec. 7 by Kenneth Jones

Stephen Kaplan's new play, A Real Boy, about an unusual teacher-student relationship, will get a private reading in New York City on Dec. 7. Brad Oscar (The Addams Family, The Producers)…

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:10PM

David Henry Hwang, Robbie McCauley, Adrienne Kennedy, Annie-B Parson Among USA Fellows Receiving $50,000 Award by Kenneth Jones

United States Artists, the not-for-profit organization that grants money to artists in multiple disciplines, announced its 2012 USA Fellows, including playwright David Henry Hwang.

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Denver's New Play Summit Will Include Matthew Lopez, Laura Eason, Marcus Gardley and More; Five Readings Planned by Kenneth Jones

Denver Center Theatre Company announced five plays to be explored in staged readings as part of the 8th Annual Colorado New Play Summit, to run Feb. 8-10, 2013. The playwrights are Catherine…

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Golden Age, Terrence McNally's Backstage Play of Musical Passion, Opens in NYC Premiere by Kenneth Jones

Manhattan Theatre Club's New York City premiere of Golden Age, four-time Tony Award winner Terrence McNally's play about the world of composer Vincenzo Bellini, opens Dec. 4 followin…

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Leap of Faith Original Broadway Cast Recording Released Digitally Dec. 4 by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

The cast recording of the short-lived Broadway musical Leap of Faith, which features a score by composer Alan Menken and Glenn Slater, is released digitally Dec. 4 prior to an in-store relea…

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Monday, December 3, 2012

NYC Golden Age Will Welcome Its Veteran "Rossini," George Morfogen, Dec. 11 by Kenneth Jones

George Morfogen, lately of Classic Stage Company's Ivanov, will step into the shoes of Italian composer Rossini in the New York City premiere of Terrence McNally's Golden Age startin…

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Bobby Steggert, Penny Fuller, Virginia Kull, Claybourne Elder Will Star in Pterodactyls Benefit in NYC 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, will star Emmy Award winner Penny Ful…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:16PM

Irish Rep to Give Charlotte Jones' Airswimming Its U.S. Premiere; Aedin Moloney and Rachel Pickup Star by Kenneth Jones

Airswimming, the 1997 play by Charlotte Jones — known for Humble Boy and The Woman in White — will get its U.S. premiere by The Irish Repertory Theatre in Manhattan beginning Jan…

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Company of Murder Ballad Will Rock On for Cast Album by Kenneth Jones

Murder Ballad, the new rock musical by Julia Jordan and Juliana Nash, now getting its world premiere by Manhattan Theatre Club, will be preserved on a cast recording from Yellow Label Sound.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:29PM

59E59 Theaters' Winter Slate Has Bears, Years of Sky, a Gluck Opera and the Return of Brits Off-Broadway by Kenneth Jones

Eclectic winter programming for Off-Broadway's 59E59 Theaters — the hive of intimate spaces on East 59th Street — was announced by artistic director Elysabeth Kleinhans and e…

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Neil Patrick Harris, Marc Kudisch, Michael Cerveris Take Aim in Assassins, Again, for Benefit Concert on Broadway by Kenneth Jones

Roundabout Theatre Company's musical theatre producing arm benefits from a Dec. 3 Broadway reunion concert of the company's 2004 Tony Award-winning revival of Stephen Sondheim and Jo…

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Friday, November 30, 2012

Camp for Christmas: New Musical We Three Lizas Begins in Chicago Nov. 30 by Kenneth Jones

We Three Lizas, a "queer culture" musical twist on Christmas wishes, gets its world premiere Nov. 30-Dec. 23 in a staging by About Face Theatre in Chicago. Performances play The St…

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