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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

The Nightingale, Sater & Sheik's New Musical, Sings in CA; Bobby Steggert Among Stars by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award nominees Bobby Steggert and Charlayne Woodard, plus Broadway's Corbin Reid, Aaron Serotsky, Eisa Davis, Jonathan Hammond and more populate a California developmental productio…

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Monday, July 9, 2012

The Doctor Is Out! NYC Run of Freud's Last Session Will End July 22 by Kenneth Jones

The Off-Broadway production of Freud's Last Session, Mark St. Germain's imagined encounter between atheist psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud and Christian writer C.S. Lewis, will close at …

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Remi Sandri and Babak Tafti Will Plunge Into Rajiv Joseph's North Pool for Barrington by Kenneth Jones

The East Coast premiere of The North Pool, the new play by Pulitzer Prize finalist Rajiv Joseph, will feature Remi Sandri and Babak Tafti at Barrington Stage Company's intimate St. Germa…

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The Heiress Will Play the Walter Kerr; Judith Ivey Joins Broadway Revival by Kenneth Jones

The new Broadway production of The Heiress starring Jessica Chastain, Dan Stevens, David Strathairn and the newly announced Judith Ivey will open Nov. 1 following previews from Oct. 7 at the…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:58PM
Sunday, July 8, 2012

Tony-Winning Revival of Anything Goes, With Stephanie J. Block and Joel Grey, Sails Into the Sunset July 8 by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

The Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of Cole Porter's Anything Goes, the tap dancing romantic musical comedy set on the high seas, ends its Broadway run July 8 after more than 500 per…

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Tracy Letts and Anna D. Shapiro Reunite for Three Sisters, Opening July 8 at Steppenwolf by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

The new Steppenwolf Theatre Company production of Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters, adapted by Tony Award-winning, Pulitzer Prize-honored Tracy Letts, officially opens July 8 following prev…

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Thursday, July 5, 2012

Lysistrata Jones Sheet Music Available for Download Online by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

Songs from the Broadway musical Lysistrata Jones, featuring music and lyrics by Lewis Flinn, are now available for download online.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:38AM
Tuesday, July 3, 2012

The Exorcist Makes Stage Debut July 3 With Brooke Shields, Richard Chamberlain, Harry Groener by Kenneth Jones

A stage version of William Peter Blatty's horror novel "The Excorcist" will have heads turning starting July 3 at Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles, where Brooke Shields plays th…

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Marvelous Wonderettes Gets a Next Chapter in Caps & Gowns, Beginning July 3 in CA by Kenneth Jones

The Marvelous Wonderettes, the regional and Off-Broadway musical revue about a high-school pop foursome in the 1960s, gets a sequel July 3 with the California world premiere of Marvelous Won…

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Monday, July 2, 2012

Amelia, the Cult-Hit Civil War Romance, Returns to DC on July 2 for One Night Only by Kenneth Jones

Amelia, actor-playwright Alex Webb's two-person Civil War drama about a wife disguising herself as a Union soldier to find her missing husband Down South — seen in a winter world-p…

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The Song Is Him: Rebecca Luker Talks About the Joy of Singing Jerome Kern by Kenneth Jones

Rebecca Luker, the Tony Award-nominated star of Show Boat, knows her way around a Jerome Kern song — and she'll prove it in an upcoming 54 Below concert. She shares her thoughts on…

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Bucks County Playhouse Re-Lights July 2 With A Grand Night for Singing; Erin Davie, Ron Bohmer Star by Kenneth Jones

Bucks County Playhouse's new production of the Rodgers & Hammerstein revue A Grand Night for Singing, starring Erin Davie, Courtney Balan, Ron Bohmer, Greg Bosworth and Kenita R…

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Sunday, July 1, 2012

Nicky Silver's The Lyons Ends Its Broadway Roar July 1 by Kenneth Jones

The Lyons, Nicky Silver's dysfunctional-family comedy starring Tony Award winners Linda Lavin and Dick Latessa, closes July 1 at Broadway's Cort Theatre following 21 previews and 80 …

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Friday, June 29, 2012

Broadway-Aimed Magic Mike Will Be a Musical; Steven Soderbergh, Channing Tatum Attached by Michael Gioia and Kenneth Jones

Steven Soderbergh and Channing Tatum, director and star, respectively, of the new movie "Magic Mike"—about the lifestyle of male strippers — will produce the musical ad…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:35PM

Tony Award-Winning Jay Johnson: The Two and Only! Will Be Filmed in NC by Kenneth Jones

Jay Johnson: The Two and Only!, ventriloquist Johnson's Tony Award-winning theatrical memoir tracing the history of his craft, and his place in it, will be filmed for future video releas…

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Thursday, June 28, 2012

Man and Superman, With Brian Murray, Will Be Preserved for Lincoln Center Archives by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

Irish Repertory Theatre and Gingold Theatrical Group's co-production of George Bernard Shaw's complete four-act Man and Superman — his 1903 comedy set in England, Spain and Hel…

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Broadway's New Drood Will Feature Stephanie J. Block, Jessie Mueller, Betsy Wolfe, Will Chase, Gregg Edelman by Kenneth Jones

Roundabout Theatre Company's new Broadway production of Rupert Holmes' The Mystery of Edwin Drood, starring the already-revealed Chita Rivera as Princess Puffer, will also boast Tony…

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Tracy Letts and Anna D. Shapiro Reunite for Three Sisters, Dawning June 28 at Steppenwolf by Kenneth Jones

The new Steppenwolf Theatre Company production of Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters, adapted by Tony Award-winning, Pulitzer Prize-honored Tracy Letts, opens June 28 with Ora Jones as Olga, …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Wednesday, June 27, 2012

"Smash" Season Two Will Feature a Rival Musical, Additional Songwriters by Kenneth Jones

Robert Greenblatt, chairman of NBC Entertainment, revealed in an interview with Variety that the second season of the TV series "Smash" will have theatre songs by songwriters other…

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:50PM

Good News For New Plays: MTC Launches Studio at Stage II; Murder Ballad and Choir Boy Find Home by Kenneth Jones

Manhattan Theatre Club, the New York City not-for-profit theatre that produces works on Broadway at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre and Off-Broadway at New York City Center Stage I, unveiled …

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:58PM

Barrington's All My Sons Will Star Jeff McCarthy, Lizbeth MacKay, Rebecca Brooksher, Josh Clayton, in MA by Kenneth Jones

Barrington Stage Company's new production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons July 19-Aug. 4 will feature Jeff McCarthy and Lizbeth Mackay as Joe and Kate Keller. Full casting was reveale…

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Sam Shepard's Heartless Premiere Will Feature Lois Smith, Gary Cole and More at NYC's Signature by Kenneth Jones

The world-premiere production of Sam Shepard's Heartless, directed by Daniel Aukin for Signature Theatre Company, will feature Jenny Bacon (In the Wake), Gary Cole ("Office Space,&q…

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

Emotional Creature, the new play by Eve Ensler now having its world premiere at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, will move to Off-Broadway this fall, producers Carole Black and Pat Mitchell annou…

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Erich Bergen Is Hero in New Chicago Musical Opening June 27 by Kenneth Jones

Hero, a new musical about a young comic-book artist, gets its world premiere on June 27 following previews from June 20 at Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire, IL. Erich Bergen, of the national…

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Dogfight, the New Musical About Unlikely Love, Begins in NYC; Lindsay Mendez and Derek Klena Star by Kenneth Jones

Dogfight, the new musical that tells a tender and brutal tale of young people meeting in a situation certain to end in heartbreak, begins a world-premiere run June 27 at Off-Broadway's S…

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Scottsboro Boys, With Hal Linden, Clifton Duncan, James T. Lane, Opens in San Francisco June 27 by Kenneth Jones

The San Francisco engagement of The Scottsboro Boys, the multiple Tony Award-nominated musical, opens June 27 following previews from June 21 at American Conservatory Theatre. Tony winner Ha…

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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Broadway's Anything Goes Will End Cruise Earlier Than Expected; July 8 Is Final Day at Sea by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

The Tony Award-winning Roundabout Theatre Company revival of Anything Goes, which was scheduled to end its run Aug. 5, will now play its final performance July 8 at the Stephen Sondheim Thea…

SOURCE: Playbill at 06:57PM

A Good Witch Finds "The Good Wife": Kristin Chenoweth Lands New TV Role by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth, recently of ABC-TV's prematurely canceled "GCB," has been picked up by CBS for a recurring role on the hit drama "The Good Wife."

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:28PM

"Smash" Producers Cast Rising Star Andy Mientus in Second Season by Kenneth Jones

Andy Mientus, a young New York musical-theatre actor whose credits include Off-Broadway's Carrie, the national tour of Spring Awakening and the New York Musical Theatre Festival producti…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:37PM

"Smash" Casts Rising Star Andy Mientus in Second Season by Kenneth Jones

Andy Mientus, a young New York musical-theatre actor whose credits include Off-Broadway's Carrie, the national tour of Spring Awakening and the New York Musical Theatre Festival producti…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:35PM

In Toronto, Topdog/Underdog, War Horse, Tomasso's Party Are Dora Award Winners by Kenneth Jones

The winners of the 33rd Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards, recognizing excellence in Toronto's performing arts community, include War Horse, Topdog/Underdog, Tomasso's Party, Ride the C…

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