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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…

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Convicted Producer Garth Drabinsky Gets "Day Parole" to a Halfway House by Kenneth Jones

White collar criminal Garth Drabinsky — the theatre impresario who once ran the Broadway producing organization Livent, which collapsed in a $500 million financial scandal — has …

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Ella Minnow Pea Musical Sings in NYC Lab, With Rebecca Luker, Lilli Cooper, Donna Lynne Champlin, Heidi Blickenstaff by Kenneth Jones

Ella Minnow Pea, a new musical fantasy about disintegrating language on an island, by Larson Award-winning writers Scott Burkell and Paul Loesel, gets private performances in Manhattan Oct. …

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Jon Fosse's Time-Straddling Work A Summer Day, Starring Karen Allen, Opens Off-Broadway Oct. 25 by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

Two old friends reunite in the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater American premiere of Jon Fosse's A Summer Day, starring stage and film actress Karen Allen, which officially opens Off-Broa…

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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Donald Margulies' Coney Island Christmas Premiere To Star Angela Paton, Arye Gross, Annabelle Gurwitch by Kenneth Jones

Coney Island Christmas, billed as a "Jewish Christmas show" for people of all ages and all faiths, by Pulitzer Prize winner Donald Margulies, will star Arye Gross and Isabella Acre…

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Justin Guarini, Garth Kravits, Lauren Molina, Jill Paice, Kevin Pariseau Cast in Bucks County's It's a Wonderful Life by Michael Gioia and Kenneth Jones

Justin Guarini, Garth Kravits, Lauren Molina, Jill Paice and Kevin Pariseau will star in Bucks County Playhouse's It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play by Joe Landry, the com…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:37PM

Signature's Piano Lesson, With Chuck Cooper, Brandon J. Dirden, Roslyn Ruff, Given Additional Week Off-Broadway by Michael Gioia and Kenneth Jones

Director Ruben Santiago-Hudson's Signature Theatre Company staging of the late August Wilson's The Piano Lesson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play about family, legacy and ghosts, has …

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Source of "Rear Window" Will Be Adapted for Broadway Stage, Producers Say by Kenneth Jones

A stage adaptation of the thriller short story that inspired the film "Rear Window" hopes to raise a blind on Broadway, producers announced on Oct. 24. The Cornell Woolrich tale of…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:54AM

Chicago-Area My One and Only To Star Tony Nominees Felicia P. Fields and Ted Levy, Plus Andrew Lupp and Summer Naomi Smart by Kenneth Jones

Marriott Theatre's revival of My One and Only, the 1983 Broadway musical comedy about an aviator and a lady endurance swimmer, will feature The Color Purple Tony Award nominee Felicia P.…

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Stars of David, Revue of Jewish Personalities, With Songs by William Finn, Tom Kitt, Amanda Green and More, Opens by Kenneth Jones

The Philadelphia world premiere of the new musical song cycle Stars of David, featuring musical contributions by major writers of the musical theatre, with a script by Tony Award nominee Cha…

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Thomas Sadoski, Laura Heisler and Peter Katona Build Michael Golamco's New Play, Opening Oct. 24 by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award nominee Thomas Sadoski, of TV's "The Newsroom" and Broadway's reasons to be pretty and Other Desert Cities, stars with Laura Heisler and Peter Katona in the…

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Theydunnit, With Music! Something's Afoot, With Audrie Neenan, Benjamin Eakeley, Hunter Ryan Herdlicka, Opens by Kenneth Jones and Michael Gioia

The musical murder-mystery spoof Something's Afoot opens Oct. 24 following previews from Oct. 5 as the final mainstage show of Goodspeed Musicals' 2012 season. The riff on Agath…

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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Victory Gardens Reveals Cast of Failure, a Musical About Sisterhood and Mortality, Featuring Actor-Musicians by Kenneth Jones

Chicago's Victory Gardens Theater, the Tony Award winner as Outstanding Regional Theatre, will launch the world premiere of Failure: A Love Story, a "magical, musical fable" ab…

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Golden Child, Ringing in NYC Signature's David Henry Hwang Residency, Begins by Kenneth Jones

Drama Desk Award nominee Jennifer Lim of Broadway's Chinglish and Tony Award nominee Julyana Soelistyo of Off-Broadway's The Glorious Ones are among cast members of the new Off-…

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Tony Lo Bianco Is His Honor, Mayor LaGuardia, in The Little Flower, Starting Oct. 23 in NYC by Kenneth Jones

Tony Lo Bianco plays late, beloved New York City Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia in a new solo play The Little Flower, written and directed by the actor, in a brief Off-Broadway engagement that …

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Monday, October 22, 2012

Jeremy Strong Joins Cast of Amy Herzog's The Great God Pan in NYC by Kenneth Jones

Playwrights Horizons' world premiere of Amy Herzog's The Great God Pan will feature the newly announced Jeremy Strong (Broadway's A Man for All Seasons), who joins Becky Ann Bake…

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Looped Tour Will Reunite Valerie Harper and Brian Hutchison in 2013 by Kenneth Jones

Brian Hutchison will return to the role of secretive recording engineer Danny Miller, recreating his Broadway performance, in the national tour of Matthew Lombardo's seriocomic biographi…

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Julian Sands' Celebration of Harold Pinter Gets Extension in NYC; John Malkovich Directs by Kenneth Jones

Irish Repertory Theatre has added three weeks to its run of the well-reviewed A Celebration of Harold Pinter, starring Julian Sands under the direction of John Malkovich. The show, now playi…

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Richard Greenberg's The Assembled Parties Will Include Sam Robards, Jeremy Shamos and Mark Blum by Kenneth Jones

Jeremy Shamos, Mark Blum and Sam Robards will join the previously announced Jessica Hecht and Tony Award winner Judith Light in the world-premiere production of The Assembled Parties, Richar…

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Johanna Day and Daniel Gerroll to Star in William Goldman Adaptation of Misery by Kenneth Jones

Misery, a new stage version of the Stephen King novel about a novelist held captive and hobbled (literally) by his greatest fan, will star Tony Award nominee Johanna Day (Proof) as craz…

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Pump Boys and Dinettes, Country-Fried Musical, Will Get Broadway Revival Come Spring; John Doyle Directs by Kenneth Jones

Those filling-station attendants with farmer tans and those waitresses with hot pots of java will make harmony again on Broadway in spring 2013 when the Tony Award-nominated, country-and-pop…

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Looks Like He Made It: Manilow on Broadway Will Play the St. James; Opening Is Jan. 24 by Kenneth Jones

Barry Manilow, the singer-songwriter who writes the songs that make the whole world sing, as his lyric goes, will sing 'em on Broadway in a limited engagement at the St. James Theatre th…

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Friday, October 19, 2012

Broadway Producers of Rebecca Will File $100 Million Lawsuit Against Mark Hotton by Michael Gioia and Kenneth Jones

Producers of the Broadway-aimed musical Rebecca are planning to file a $100 million lawsuit Oct. 19 in Manhattan Supreme Court against Long Island businessman Mark Hotton for taking thousand…

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More Protests! Broadway's An Enemy of the People, Starring Boyd Gaines, Extends Run by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

Manhattan Theatre Club's new Broadway production of An Enemy of the People, which officially opened Sept. 27 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, has extended its limited engagement by one…

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Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, the Musical, Opens in CT; Jefferson Mays Is Multifarious by Kenneth Jones

The musical A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, starring Tony Award winner Jefferson Mays in eight roles, opens Oct. 19 at Hartford Stage in Connecticut following previews from Oct. …

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The Mystery of Edwin Drood, With Stephanie J. Block, Chita Rivera and Will Chase, Casts Moonfall Over Broadway Oct. 19 by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

Rupert Holmes' Tony Award-winning musical whodunit The Mystery of Edwin Drood, which allows audiences to determine the ending of Charles Dickens' final, unfinished novel, casts a sha…

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Revival of Glengarry Glen Ross, Starring Al Pacino, Begins Previews on Broadway Oct. 19 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, begins previews Oct. 19 prior to a Nov. 11 opening at the…

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Thursday, October 18, 2012

Get More Ice! Acclaimed Broadway Revival of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Extends by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

George and Martha's marital woes will give an added chill to Broadway this winter. The 50th-anniversary production of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, which opened…

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The Song Is Her: Rebecca Luker's Summer Jerome Kern Concert Will Be Recorded by Kenneth Jones

PS Classics, the label dedicated to the heritage of Broadway and American popular song, will record a new album of Tony Award nominee Rebecca Luker singing the songs of Jerome Kern, drawing …

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Brett Neveu's Boxing Play, The Opponent, Premieres in Chicago Oct. 18 by Kenneth Jones

A Red Orchid Theatre in Chicago presents the world premiere of Brett Neveu's The Opponent, about the world of small-time boxing, directed by Karen Kessler, Oct. 18-Dec. 2.

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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Pulitzer Winner Bruce Norris Retracts Rights to German Troupe's Clybourne Park Over "Blackface" Casting by Kenneth Jones

Bruce Norris, whose play Clybourne Park features white and African-American characters — to Pulitzer Prize-honored, Tony Award-winning effect — stripped a German theatre company …

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Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
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