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Thursday, November 1, 2012

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
Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Light the Lights! Most Broadway Shows Resume Performances Oct. 31; Broadway To Be Fully Functioning Nov. 1 by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

The Broadway League announced that most shows regularly scheduled to go on Oct. 31 will offer both matinee and evening performances.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:43PM

UPDATED! After Storm, Broadway Awakens; On Nov. 1, All of Broadway Will Be Back to Normal Schedule by Kenneth Jones

Hurricane Sandy, downgraded to a tropical storm when it made landfall the evening of Monday, Oct. 29, has left a lasting mark on New York City this week. A blackout south of 38th Street in M…

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:31PM

Broadway's Nice Work If You Can Get It Offers Post-Storm Ticket Special to Affected Residents by Kenneth Jones

The producers of the Broadway musical Nice Work If You Can Get It are offering a discount ticket offer to residents of no less than 14 states affected by Hurricane Sandy for performances Oct…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:15PM

UPDATED! After Storm, Broadway Awakens Wednesday, But Downtown Stages Are Dark; Partial Subway Service Expected Nov. 1 by Kenneth Jones

Hurricane Sandy, downgraded to a tropical storm when it made landfall the evening of Monday, Oct. 29, has left a lasting mark on New York City this week. A blackout south of 38th Street in M…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:59PM

The Whale Resumes Off-Broadway Performances Oct. 31; Storm Discount Available by Kenneth Jones

The New York City premiere of The Whale, Samuel D. Hunter's character study of a housebound, morbidly obese man, resumes performances 7:30 PM Oct. 31 following canceled performances on S…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:57PM

UPDATED! After Storm, Broadway Awakens Wednesday, But Downtown Stages Are Dark; Partial Subway Service Expected Nov. 1 by Kenneth Jones

Hurricane Sandy, downgraded to a tropical storm when it made landfall the evening of Monday, Oct. 29, left a lasting mark on New York City. A blackout south of 38th Street in Manhattan on Mo…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:06PM

The Mouse Buys the Wookie: Disney Acquires Lucasfilm, Plans More "Star Wars" Films by Kenneth Jones

When Disney buys the characters who populate the "Star Wars" franchise, can a Broadway musical set in "a galaxy far, far away" be far behind?

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:51AM

Wicked's Gene Weygandt Is Daddy Warbucks in Annie in Suburban Chicago; Complete Cast Announced by Kenneth Jones

The new resident Chicago-area production of the musical Annie, produced by Paramount Theatre this fall, will star Gene Weygandt (Broadway's Big, Chicago's Wicked) as Daddy Warbucks, …

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:14AM

Murder Ballad, New Musical With Karen Olivo, Will Swenson, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Begins Off-Broadway Oct. 31 by Kenneth Jones

Manhattan Theatre Club's Murder Ballad, a new rock musical that launches the company's new Studio at Stage II Harold and Mimi Steinberg New Play Series, begins previews Oct. 31 &mdas…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Tuesday, October 30, 2012

UPDATED! After Tropical Storm Sandy, and Despite Partial Transit Shutdown, Broadway Prepares to Awaken Wednesday by Kenneth Jones

Hurricane Sandy, downgraded to a tropical storm as it made landfall the evening of Monday, Oct. 29, left a lasting mark on New York City. A blackout south of 38th Street in Manhattan on Mond…

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:57PM

George Wendt Takes Ill in Illinois, Won't Star in The Odd Couple; Marc Grapey Steps In by Kenneth Jones

Actor George Wendt has left the in-rehearsal company of The Odd Couple at the Chicago-area's Northlight Theatre due to medical reasons, the not-for-profit announced on Oct. 30. Marc Grap…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:56PM

How Theatre People Weathered Hurricane Sandy; Wine! Food! Friends! Kids! Pets! by Kenneth Jones

Playbill.com reached out to housebound theatre people in New York City and surrounding states to ask what they were doing Oct. 29-30 as Hurricane Sandy lashed the area. Here's what we le…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:32PM

Tropical Storm Sandy Pulls Out of NYC; Transit Shutdown, Blackouts, Flooding Impact Theatregoing by Kenneth Jones

Hurricane Sandy, downgraded to a tropical storm as it made landfall the evening of Monday, Oct. 29, left its mark on New York City, and the effects will be felt for days to come. A blackout …

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:02PM

Blackout Prompts Vineyard Theatre to Postpone Opening of New Play Checkers by Kenneth Jones

Vineyard Theatre, one of thousands of downtown tenants in the shadow of a blackout following the Oct. 29 landfall of Hurricane Sandy, is suspending performances of its world-premiere product…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:03PM

Neil Patrick Harris Has Magic to Do, Directing Nothing to Hide in L.A. by Kenneth Jones

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

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:42PM

Tropical Storm Sandy Pulls Out of NYC; Transit Shutdown, Blackouts, Flooding Impact Tuesday Theatregoing by Kenneth Jones

Hurricane Sandy, downgraded to a tropical storm as it made landfall the evening of Monday, Oct. 29, left its mark on New York City, and the effects will be felt for days to come. A blackout …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:31AM
Monday, October 29, 2012

Arf! Hurricane Sandy Howls Into NYC; Mass Transit Dormant, Broadway Closes Doors Monday and Tuesday by Kenneth Jones

Hurricane Sandy's trajectory into the mid-Atlantic coast, lashing New Jersey and New York Oct. 28-30, prompted New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to order a mass transit shutdown that…

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:34PM

How Theatre People Are Riding Out the Storm; Wine! Food! Friends! Kids! Pets! by Kenneth Jones

Playbill.com reached out to housebound theatre people in New York City and surrounding states to ask what they're doing Oct. 29-30 as Hurricane Sandy lashes the area.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:35PM

Bonnie Metzgar Will Exit as Artistic Director of Chicago's About Face by Kenneth Jones

Chicago's major resident theatre devoted to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, queer and ally (LGBTQA) experience is losing its artistic director. Bonnie Metzgar will …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Sunday, October 28, 2012

Arf! Hurricane Sandy Begins Howling Into NYC; Mass Transit Shut Down, Some Shows Canceled by Kenneth Jones

Hurricane Sandy's trajectory into the mid-Atlantic coast, eyeing New Jersey and New York Oct. 28-30, has prompted New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to order a masst transit shutdown …

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:44PM

Arf! Hurricane Sandy Begins Howling Into NYC; Mass Transit Shut Down, City Hunkers Down by Kenneth Jones

Hurricane Sandy's trajectory into the mid-Atlantic coast, eyeing New Jersey and New York Oct. 28-30, has prompted New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to order a masst transit shutdown …

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:44PM

Arf! Hurricane Sandy Will Howl Into NYC; Mass Transit Shut Down, Some Shows Canceled by Kenneth Jones

Hurricane Sandy's trajectory into the mid-Atlantic coast, eyeing New Jersey and New York Oct. 28-29, has prompted New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to order a shutdown of mass transi…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:54PM

Arf! Hurricane Sandy Will Howl Into NYC; Mass Transit Shut Down, Some Shows Cancelled by Kenneth Jones

Hurricane Sandy's trajectory into the mid-Atlantic coast, eyeing New Jersey and New York Oct. 28-29, has prompted New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to order a shutdown of mass transi…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:52PM
Saturday, October 27, 2012

PLAYBILL BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Jason Danieley, of Chicago's Hit Sunday in the Park With George by Kenneth Jones

Broadway's Jason Danieley, of Curtains, Candide, Next to Normal and The Full Monty, is inking-in the title role(s) in Sunday in the Park With George, for Chicago Shakespeare Theater.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Friday, October 26, 2012

Hugh Panaro Will Haunt Phantom's 25th Anniversary Performance on Broadway; New Troupers Announced for Fall by Kenneth Jones

Cameron Mackintosh/Really Useful Group, Inc., the producers of The Phantom of the Opera, confirmed on Oct. 26 that the man behind the mask for the show's milestone 25th anniversary perfo…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:24PM

Checkers, a Look at the Nixons at a Momentous Time, Gets Added Weeks Off-Broadway by Kenneth Jones

Vineyard Theatre is extending its world-premiere run of Oscar nominee Douglas McGrath's play Checkers, about Pat and Dick Nixon, by two weeks, now through Dec. 2. The Terry Kinney-direct…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:41PM

Reboot! American Dance Machine Returns With Workshop of Classics By Susan Stroman, Jerome Robbins, Bob Fosse, Hermes Pan by Kenneth Jones

American Dance Machine for the 21st Century, an organization committed to preserving the heritage of musical film and theatre choreography, will stage recreations of work by Susan Stroman, J…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:27PM

DC-Area Dreamgirls to Feature Nova Y. Payton, Cedric Neal, Crystal Joy, Sydney James Harcourt by Kenneth Jones

Nova Y. Payton will play Effie White, the most turbulent of the Dreamgirls in the Signature Theatre's holiday-season revival of the 1981 musical, in Arlington, VA. Associate artistic dir…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:18AM

Girl Power! Eve Ensler's Emotional Creature, a Pulse-Taking of Girls, Begins Off-Broadway by Kenneth Jones

Emotional Creature, the new play by Eve Ensler that had its world premiere at Berkeley Repertory Theatre in June, resurfaces Off-Broadway Oct. 26. Ensler, the Tony Award-honored playwright, …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Thursday, October 25, 2012

Reunion Concert of Broadway's Assassins, With Neil Patrick Harris, Denis O'Hare, Michael Cerveris, Nearly Sold Out by Kenneth Jones

Only a handful of tickets are left for Roundabout Theatre Company's Dec. 3 reunion concert of the 2004 Tony Award-winning revival of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's Assassins. Ne…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:32PM

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