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Friday, November 9, 2012

Mia Yung's You for Me for You, With Jo Mei, Ruibo Qian, Francis Jue, Opens in DC by Kenneth Jones

The Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company's world-premiere staging of Mia Chung's You for Me for You, a fantasy about North Korean sisters facing the regime there, opens Nov. 9 following pr…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Miriam Margolyes Brings Dickens' Women to NYC's Morgan Library Nov. 9-10 by Kenneth Jones

Miriam Margolyes' Olivier Award-nominated one-woman show, Dickens' Women, an intimate evening of indelible characters that has been presented around the world, plays two Manhattan pe…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Cue the Camel! 2012 Radio City Christmas Spectacular Begins Nov. 9; Rockettes Go 3D by Kenneth Jones

The 2012 production of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular — the opulent holiday musical revue, complete with live nativity and high-kicking Rockettes (in their 85th year) &mdash…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Thursday, November 8, 2012

Robert Sean Leonard Will Be Prof. Higgins in Old Globe Pygmalion in Early 2013 by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award winner Robert Sean Leonard (Broadway's The Invention of Love, Long Day's Journey Into Night and Candida, and TV's "House") will play speech and dialect profe…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:44PM

Blythe Danner Finds Nice Work on Broadway This Winter by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award winner Blythe Danner will join the cast of Broadway's Nice Work If You Can Get It for 12 weeks only, starting Dec. 18 the Imperial Theatre. She'll take to rich-matron role…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:36PM

Irish Rep's Wonderful Life "Radio Play" to Feature Peter Maloney, Katie Fabel, Max Gordon Moore and More by Kenneth Jones

Casting has been announced for Irish Repertory Theatre's It's a Wonderful Life, The 1946 Live Radio Play, beginning Off-Broadway Dec. 5 prior to its Dec. 10 opening on Irish Repertor…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:33AM

Golden Child Gets Added Performances at NYC's Signature by Kenneth Jones

Signature Theatre Company in New York City will add a second one-week extension to the run of its revival of David Henry Hwang's Golden Child, now to Dec. 16. Leigh Silverman directs the…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:58AM

Great American Mousical, Directed by Julie Andrews, Begins World Premiere in CT; Emily Skinner Stars by Kenneth Jones

The Great American Mousical, the new musical directed by Julie Andrews, on whose children's book the show is based, begins performances Nov. 8 at Goodspeed Musicals' Norma Terris The…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM

Checkers, With Anthony LaPaglia as a Young Dick Nixon, Opens in NYC by Kenneth Jones

Checkers, Douglas McGrath's new play about Richard Nixon at a momentous period in his political career, opens Nov. 8 at Off-Broadway's Vineyard Theatre following a delay due to Hurri…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Annie, With Lilla Crawford, Katie Finneran and Anthony Warlow, Opens on Broadway by Kenneth Jones

"Tomorrow" is today. Annie, the 1977 show that introduced generations of children to the tuneful optimism of traditional Broadway musicals, opens in a new production on Broadway No…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Wednesday, November 7, 2012

DC-Area Signature Will Stage an Immersive Miss Saigon in 2013 by Kenneth Jones

Signature Theatre, the Tony Award-honored resident theatre in Arlington, VA, announced that its 2013-14 season will launch with the pop musical tragedy Miss Saigon.

SOURCE: Playbill at 06:26PM

Jenn Thompson, John Tiffany, Charlotte Moore, Steven Hoggett and More Named Callaway Award Finalists by Kenneth Jones

The Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation (SDCF) announced seven finalists for the Joe A. Callaway Awards, for excellence in New York City directing and choreography. The winner will…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:59PM

Golden Age Will Dawn Two Days Later Than Expected, Now On Nov. 15 by Kenneth Jones

Due to time lost during Hurricane Sandy the week of Oct. 29, Manhattan Theatre Club's New York City premiere of Golden Age, Terrence McNally's play about the world of composer Vincen…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:52PM

THE LEADING MEN: Aussie Anthony Warlow Keeps It Real as Annie's Daddy Warbucks by Kenneth Jones

Anthony Warlow, the Australian musical theatre star now making his Broadway debut as billionaire Republican Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks, talks about seeking the truth underneath the co…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM
Tuesday, November 6, 2012

John Malkovich's French-Language Staging of Les Liaisons Dangereuses Will Dawn in DC in December 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…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:41PM

Classic Stage's Ivanov, With Ethan Hawke, Adjusts Opening Date by Kenneth Jones

Classic Stage Company has shifted its opening night of Ivanov again, now settling on Nov. 11, following schedule issues resulting from Hurricane Sandy and conflicts with other productions.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:38AM

Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, With Tom Hewitt, Paul Nolan, Kimiko Glenn, Begins Nov. 6 in CA by Kenneth Jones

Veterans of director Des McAnuff's Canadian and Broadway revival of Jesus Christ Superstar punctuate the rockin', other-worldly production of his new musical Yoshimi Battles the…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM

David Loud's Noël and Cole Will Get Album With Euan Morton, Barbara Walsh, Elizabeth Stanley, Philip Chaffin and More by Kenneth Jones

PS Classics, the label dedicated to the heritage of Broadway and American popular song, will record and release a new album that pairs — and compares — the wit, sentiment and mel…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Monday, November 5, 2012

Angela Lansbury Will Tend The Chalk Garden in NYC in 2013 by Kenneth Jones

Five-time Tony Award winner Angela Lansbury plans to return to the New York stage in fall 2013 in a revival of Enid Bagnold's The Chalk Garden, according to the Sydney Morning Herald, wh…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:57PM

Opening of Revival of Glengarry Glen Ross, Starring Al Pacino, Delayed; Production Extends Run 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, has delayed its official opening to account for canceled …

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:50PM

Tony Winner Mark O'Donnell Will Be Remembered by Friends, Family and Colleagues at Nov. 12 Gathering by Kenneth Jones

The life and work of late Tony Award-winning librettist Mark O'Donnell, co-writer of Broadway's Hairspray, will be celebrated 3 PM Nov. 12 at Broadway's Samuel J. Friedman Theatr…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:55PM

Old Globe's Grinch Will Star Steve Blanchard, Steve Gunderson, Jason Edward Cook; Previews Begin Nov. 17 by Kenneth Jones

The Old Globe's 15th annual production of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! in San Diego will star Steve Blanchard (Broadway's Beauty and the Beast) as the green villain…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:12AM

Mia Yung's You for Me for You, Starring Francis Jue, Begins at DC's Woolly Mammoth Nov. 5 by Kenneth Jones

The Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company's world-premiere staging of Mia Chung's You for Me for You, a fantasy about North Korean sisters facing the regime there, begins Nov. 5. The troupe…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Tony Winner Shuler Hensley Is 600-Pound Man in NYC Premiere of The Whale, Opening Nov. 5 by Kenneth Jones

The New York City premiere of Obie Award winner Samuel D. Hunter's The Whale, the harrowing character study of the roots of dysfunction in the life of a morbidly-obese 600-pound man, ope…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Saturday, November 3, 2012

My Fair Lady, Starring Manna Nichols, Begins Arena Stage Engagement Nov. 3 by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

Benedict Campbell and Manna Nichols co-star as Henry Higgins and Eliza Doolittle, respectively, in the Arena Stage engagement of Molly Smith's My Fair Lady, which arrives in Washington, …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM
Friday, November 2, 2012

Northlight's Odd Couple, With Tom Kazurinsky and Marc Grapey, Begins in IL by Kenneth Jones

Tim Kazurinsky and Marc Grapey are Felix and Oscar, respectively, in The Odd Couple at the Chicago area's Northlight Theatre, starting Nov. 2. Grapey is a last-minute replacement for Geo…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PM

CSC Shifts Ethan Hawke Ivanov Opening After Loss of Power by Kenneth Jones

The ongoing (as of Nov. 2) power outage in downtown Manhattan, in many neighborhoods south of 34th Street, has prompted Off-Broadway's Classic Stage Company to move the opening night of …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12PM
Thursday, November 1, 2012

Ontario's Stratford Shakespeare Festival Drops Bard's Name From Branding by Kenneth Jones

Canada's Stratford Shakespeare Festival will go back to an earlier brand name — just "Stratford Festival" — effective immediately and in anticipation of its 2013 se…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:28PM

UPDATED: After Hurricane Sandy, Broadway Is Back On Its Feet Nov. 1; Downtown Stages Remain Challenged by Kenneth Jones

The sun'll come out tomorrow, insists the optimistic red-headed moppet in the musical Annie, and — for the Broadway theatre community — that day happens to be Nov. 1. Followi…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:36PM

Arf! After Hurricane Sandy, Broadway Is Back On Its Feet Nov. 1; Downtown Stages Remain Challenged by Kenneth Jones

The sun'll come out tomorrow, insists the optimistic red-headed moppet in the musical Annie, and — for the Broadway theatre community — that day happens to be Nov. 1. Followi…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM

The Heiress, Starring Jessica Chastain, Dan Stevens, David Strathairn, Judith Ivey, Opens on Broadway by Kenneth Jones

The new Broadway production of Ruth and Augustus Goetz's period drama The Heiress opens Nov. 1 following previews from Oct. 6 at the Walter Kerr Theatre. Oscar nominee Jessica Chast…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

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