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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

New Cast Album of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Pipe Dream Gets Sept. 18 Release by Kenneth Jones

The City Center Encores! concert cast recording of Pipe Dream, Rodgers & Hammerstein's tuneful 1955 oddity inspired by John Steinbeck's novel "Sweet Thursday," is in st…

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Detroit, With Amy Ryan, David Schwimmer, John Cullum, Opens in NYC by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award winner John Cullum, Darren Pettie, Sarah Sokolovic, Tony nominee Amy Ryan and David Schwimmer star in the New York City premiere of Lisa D'Amour's acclaimed suburban-set p…

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Brian Friel's Lovers Revived in NYC Beginning Sept. 18; Cameron Scoggins, James Riordan, Cynthia Darlow Star by Kenneth Jones

Off-Broadway's TACT/The Actors Company Theatre begins its 2012-13 season on Sept. 18 with the first preview of Brian Friel's Lovers, made up of two related one-acts. Opening night is…

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Monday, September 17, 2012

Casting Complete for Broadway's Glengarry Glen Ross; Box Office Opens Sept. 18 by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

Casting is now complete for the new Broadway production of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross, starring Al Pacino.

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First in Line for Scandalous Tickets Sept. 17 Will Get Surprise at Broadway Box Office by Kenneth Jones

The box office at Broadway's Neil Simon Theatre opens for business 10 AM Sept. 17 for walkup sales to the new musical Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson.

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Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon, Broadway's Groundbreaking Couple, Get an Official Website by Kenneth Jones

A new and official website devoted to the creative partnership of actress-dancer Gwen Verdon and director-choreographer Bob Fosse was launched over the summer by their daughter, Nicole Fosse.

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Grumpy Old Men Tour Producers Offer NYC Sampler Sept. 17 with John Rubinstein, Conrad John Schuck by Kenneth Jones

Highlights from Grumpy Old Men: The Musical will be seen and heard Sept. 17 in a midtown Manhattan industry reading aimed at venue operators interested in booking the show on its upcoming na…

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Sunday, September 16, 2012

"Smash" Wins Emmy Award for Choreography; Kennedy Center Honors and Tonys Are Also Recipients by Kenneth Jones

Winners of the 2012 Creative Arts Primetime Emmy Awards, announced on Sept. 15 in Los Angeles, include theatre choreographer Joshua Bergasse ("Smash"), music director Rob Berman (&…

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More "Possibilities"! Linda Lavin Appears at Birdland Sept. 16, and 54 Below Sept. 17 & 23 by Kenneth Jones

Linda Lavin, the Tony Award-winning actress-singer who famously sang "You've Got Possibilities," is still reaching for the possible. She's appearing in two Manhattan engagement…

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Friday, September 14, 2012

Vineyard Plans New-Play Readings and "Reunion" Presentations of Hits The Dying Gaul, Pterodactyls and More by Kenneth Jones

Off-Broadway's Vineyard Theatre announced a variety of special events to celebrate its 30th anniversary season, including "reunion readings" of some of its key play titles.

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Sam Shepard's Heartless Cast Will Welcome Claire van der Boom Off-Broadway by Kenneth Jones

Claire van der Boom, seen in HBO's "The Pacific" and CBS's "Hawaii Five-0," steps into the Off-Broadway cast of Sam Shepard's Heartless starting Sept. 18. She…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:23AM

Mais Oui! Broadway's Cyrano, With Douglas Hodge, Clémence Poésy, Patrick Page, Brandishes Its Rapier Sept. 14 by Kenneth Jones

Clémence Poésy, Patrick Page, Bill Buell, Kyle Soller and more join Tony Award winner Douglas Hodge in the new Broadway production of Edmond Rostand's romantic verse drama&…

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Sweet Bird of Youth Spreads Its Wings in Chicago Sept. 14; Diane Lane and Finn Wittrock Star by Kenneth Jones

David Cromer's new production of Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth, starring Diane Lane and Finn Wittrock, begins Sept. 14 at the Goodman Theatre.

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Director Joy Zinoman and Cygnus Ensemble Reinvent Samuel Beckett One-Acts With New Music, Starting Sept. 14 in NYC by Kenneth Jones

One-acts plays by Samuel Beckett are paired with original music compositions performed by Cygnus Ensemble in Sounding Beckett, getting a Sept. 14-23 Off-Broadway engagement.

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John Herrera, Natalie Toro, Joseph Morales Star in Utah Premiere of In the Heights, Starting Sept. 14 by Kenneth Jones

Broadway's John Herrera and Natalie Toro are among cast members of the Utah premiere of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical In the Heights at Pioneer Theatre Company's home in S…

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Thursday, September 13, 2012

Unspeakable, the New Play About Richard Pryor, Gets Postponed in Chicago by Kenneth Jones

A fall Chicago launch of Unspeakable, a "dramatic fantasia" inspired by the life of comedy star Richard Pryor, will not happen "due to major funding that did not come through,…

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Mariann Mayberry, Keith Kupferer Among Steppenwolf's Good People, Beginning Previews Sept. 13 by Kenneth Jones

Steppenwolf Theatre Company's production of David Lindsay-Abaire's Good People begins Sept. 13 for a run to Nov. 11, featuring Steppenwolf ensemble members Alana Arenas, Mariann…

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Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Samantha Soule and More Will Join Karen Allen for A Summer Day Off-Broadway by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

The Rattlestick Playwrights Theater has announced complete casting for the American premiere of Jon Fosse's A Summer Day, starring stage and film actress Karen Allen, which will dawn Off…

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Thomas Sadoski, Laura Heisler and Peter Katona Will Build Michael Golamco's New Play in CA by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award nominee Thomas Sadoski, lately a star of TV's "The Newsroom," will appear with Laura Heisler and Peter Katona in the world premiere of Michael Golamco's play abo…

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Ewan McGregor Joins Cast of August: Osage County Film Adaptation by Michael Gioia and Kenneth Jones

Stage and screen actor Ewan McGregor has joined the cast of the film version of Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize-winning play August: Osage County, Weinstein Company co-chairmen Harvey a…

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Manna Nichols Will Star in My Fair Lady at Arena Stage; Casting Complete by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

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

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PLAYBILL BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Kristin Chenoweth, Bouncing Back From Adversity by Kenneth Jones

Kristin Chenoweth, the Tony Award-winning Broadway baby of Wicked and You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, and TV's "GCB" and "Pushing Daisies," talks to Playbill fo…

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Love Story, the Musical, Opens Sept. 12 at Walnut Street; Alexandra Silber, Will Reynolds Star by Kenneth Jones

The American premiere of Love Story, the musical, based on the best-selling Erich Segal novel, starring Alexandra Silber (Broadway's Master Class) as Jenny Cavilleri and Will Reynolds (M…

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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

William Michals Replaces Robert Cuccioli As Shakespeare Theatre of NJ's Man of La Mancha by Kenneth Jones

The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey has invited Broadway and concert veteran William Michals to tilt at windmills this fall as Cervantes/Don Quixote in the musical Man of La Mancha, Oct. 1…

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AVID Touring Merges With AWA Touring for National Booking by Kenneth Jones

AWA Partners is the name of a new touring-show booking agency representing a merger between AVID Touring and AWA Touring. Alan Wasser, Allan Williams and Alison Spiriti announced on Sept. 11…

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Thomas Keegan and Rachel Zampelli Populate Dying City at VA's Signature by Kenneth Jones

Signature Theatre's staging of Christopher Shinn's Dying City, Oct. 2-Nov. 25 in Arlington, VA, will feature Thomas Keegan and Helen Hayes Award nominee Rachel Zampelli under the dir…

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Hal Linden, Megan Sikora and More Star in Premiere of Under My Skin, From the Creators of "The Nanny" by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award winner Hal Linden, of Broadway's The Rothschilds and TV's "Barney Miller," stars in the world premiere of the comedy Under My Skin, playing Sept. 11-Oct. 7 at Pa…

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Monday, September 10, 2012

NYC's Prospect to Produce Musicals Working, The Rockae, Unlock'd, Death for Five Voices by Kenneth Jones

Prospect Theater Company's 2012-13 season of musical-theatre programming includes the previously reported revised revival of Working, plus the world premiere of Death for Five Voices, a …

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Neil Patrick Harris Is Man in the Mirror of Lythgoe Family's Snow White Panto; Charlene Tilton Is Wicked by Kenneth Jones

Neil Patrick Harris will appear in the "onscreen role" of The Magic Mirror, with Charlene Tilton of TV's "Dallas" as The Wicked Queen and Ariana Grande of TV's &q…

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:32PM

Murder Ballad Will Be Sung by John Ellison Conlee, Karen Olivo, Will Swenson and Rebecca Naomi Jones 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, will star John Ellison Conlee…

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Sunday, September 9, 2012

Off-Broadway's Rent Closes Sept. 9 by Kenneth Jones

The Off-Broadway production of Rent, representing a rethought approach to the material by members of the Broadway creative team, including director Michael Greif and music supervisor and arr…

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