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Thursday, May 3, 2012

Heat Wave: The Jack Cole Project, With David Elder, Rachelle Rak, Nadine Isenegger, Begins Dancing in NYC by Kenneth Jones

Broadway dancers stud the new musical Heat Wave: The Jack Cole Project, about the father of theatrical jazz and musical-theatre dance, in its world premiere May 3-20 at Queens Theatre in Flu…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Nathan Lane, Brian Dennehy, Stephen Ouimette Among Dreamers in Chicago Iceman, Opening May 3 by Kenneth Jones

Nathan Lane stars as Theodore Hickman in the new Robert Falls-directed production of Eugene O'Neill's epic The Iceman Cometh, opening May 3 following previews that began April 21 at …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Sarah Ruhl's Dear Elizabeth and Lawrence Wright's Fallaci Will Play Berkeley Rep in 2012-13 by Kenneth Jones

Berkeley Repertory Theatre has added two new plays to complete the California company's 2012-13 season: the world premiere of Lawrence Wright's Fallaci, directed by Gregory Mosher, a…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:10PM

More Mame to Love; Goodspeed Adds Week to Revival Run Starring Louise Pitre by Kenneth Jones

Goodspeed Musicals' new production of the muscial Mame, starring Tony Award nominee Louise Pitre, will get an extra eight performances at Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, CT.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:35PM
Tuesday, May 1, 2012

40 Tony Nominees of 2012, Including Steve Kazee, Audra McDonald, Kelli O'Hara, Linda Lavin, React to Nomination News by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones, Michael Gioia

Playbill.com reached out to the 2012 Tony Award nominees on May 1, shortly after they learned that they were nominated for Broadway's biggest award. Here's what they had to say.

SOURCE: Playbill at 06:32PM

Last Basket: Magic/Bird Will Close May 12 by Kenneth Jones

Magic/Bird, Eric Simonson's sports biography about the rivalry and friendship of basketball stars Earvin "Magic" Johnson and Larry Bird, will play its final performance on May …

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:16PM

UPDATED! Playbill Talks to a Slew of 2012 Tony Nominees, Including Steve Kazee, Audra McDonald, Kelli O'Hara and More by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones, Michael Gioia

Playbill.com reached out to the 2012 Tony Award nominees on May 1, shortly after they learned that they were nominated for Broadway's biggest award. Here's what they had to say. We&#…

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:20PM

Zounds! DC's Shakespeare Theatre Is 2012 Tony Award-Winning Regional Theatre by Kenneth Jones

On the recommendation of the American Theatre Critics Association, the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, DC, is the 2012 recipient of the Tony Award for Regional Theatre. The compan…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:42PM

Broadway's Seminar Will Be a Closed Book on May 6 by Kenneth Jones

The producers of Seminar, Theresa Rebeck's Broadway comedy about a caustic editor and a group of young novelists, announced on May 1 that the run will end May 6 at the Golden Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:16PM

Broadway Reacts! Playbill Talks to 2012 Tony Nominees on the Day of Their Good News by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

Playbill.com reached out to the 2012 Tony Award nominees on May 1, shortly after they learned that they were nominated for Broadway's biggest award. Here's what they had to say. We&#…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:40AM

My Children! My Africa!, With Music By Bobby McFerrin, Begins NYC Run May 1 by Kenneth Jones

Signature Theatre's new production of Athol Fugard's My Children! My Africa!, featuring new music by ten-time Grammy Award winner Bobby McFerrin, of "Don't Worry, Be Happy&q…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Tony Winner Deanna Dunagan, Formerly of Osage County, Goes Swedish in Chicago Night Music May 1 by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award winner Deanna Dunagan, the Chicago star who played the strained, cancerous and addicted matron Violet Weston in Broadway's August: Osage County, is Madame Armfeldt in Stephen …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Monday, April 30, 2012

Bad Guys at Second Stage Uptown To Include James McMenamin, Tobias Segal, Raviv Ullman and More by Kenneth Jones

Michael Braun, Roe Hartrampf, James McMenamin, Tobais Segal and Raviv Ullman will be featured in the Off-Broadway world premiere of Alena Smith's The Bad Guys, about five pals from child…

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:21PM

Valerie Harper To Star in NYC Reading of New Comedy My Mother, My Sister & Me by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award nominee Valerie Harper, of TV's "Rhoda" and Broadway's Looped and The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, will appear in a special industry reading of Sherri Helle…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:07PM
Sunday, April 29, 2012

Scottsboro Boys' West Coast Bow, With Original Broadway Troupers James T. Lane and Kendrick Jones, Begins at Old Globe by Kenneth Jones

The Scottsboro Boys, the Tony Award-nominated musical inspired by a Depression-era miscarriage of American justice, makes its West Coast debut April 29 at The Old Globe in San Diego. Veteran…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Bebe Neuwirth, Christina Ricci, Anthony Heald Are Into the Woods in Shakespeare's Midsummer, Opening April 29 by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award nominee Anthony Heald, performance artist and songwriter Taylor Mac, Tony winner Bebe Neuwith and Christina Ricci wander into the woods outside Athens in Classic Stage Company'…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Saturday, April 28, 2012

Prince of Broadway Loses Lead Producer, But Show Will Go On by Kenneth Jones

Aubrey Dan, the Canadian producer who presented touring shows in Toronto and won a Tony Award as one of the producers of the Broadway musical Memphis, told the Toronto Star that he has withd…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:58PM

Now. Here. This., the New Revue From [title of show] Gang, Ends April 28 by Kenneth Jones

Now. Here. This., the new musical revue created by and featuring the cast of Broadway's [title of show], ends its extended run at Off-Broadway's Vineyard Theatre on April 28. The wor…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Friday, April 27, 2012

Amelia, Acclaimed Civil War Romance, Will Get NYC Premiere on Governors Island by Kenneth Jones

Amelia, Alex Webb's two-person Civil War drama about a wife disguising herself as a Union soldier to find her missing husband Down South, will make its New York City premiere in a unique…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:30PM

Goodman's Other Desert Cities Snags Tony Winner to Play Republican Mom by Kenneth Jones

Deanna Dunagan, the Chicago actress who won a Best Actress Tony Award for playing the strained drug-addicted matriarch Violet Weston in August: Osage County, will play the strained Republica…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:54AM

Hands on a Hardbody Musical, With Keith Carradine, Hunter Foster, Jim Newman, Begins to Rev in CA April 27 by Kenneth Jones

The world premiere of Hands on a Hardbody, the new musical about a Texas-set endurance competition, starring Jim Newman and Tony nominees Keith Carradine, Hunter Foster and Mary Gordon Murra…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM

Allegiance, Starring Lea Salonga and Telly Leung, To Play Old Globe Season With Gentleman's Guide, Ibsen, Shaw and More by Kenneth Jones

The Old Globe's 2012-13 season in San Diego will include the world-premiere productions of the musicals Allegiance, starring Lea Salonga and George Takei and Telly Leung, and A Gentleman…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

David Cromer's Chicago Rent Begins to Rant April 27 by Kenneth Jones

Acclaimed director David Cromer's new production of Jonathan Larson's Pulitzer Prize-winning Rent begins April 27 in Chicago. The troupe includes resident performers Alex A…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Thursday, April 26, 2012

Steve Roland, Broadway and Commercial Actor, Dies at 83 by Kenneth Jones

Steve Roland, 83, an actor at home in Broadway shows, TV commercials and smoky clubs over a long career, died April 26 of natural causes at his home in New York City.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:21PM

Atlantic Will Stage World-Premiere Plays of John Guare and Melissa James Gibson in 2012-13 by Kenneth Jones

New plays by John Guare, Rolin Jones, Melissa James Gibson, Simon Stephens will populate Atlantic Theater Company's 2012-13 season. Two final productions, dates and additional directors …

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:39PM

NYC's Signature Will Premiere New Works By David Henry Hwang, Sam Shepard, Regina Taylor by Kenneth Jones

Off-Broadway's Signature Theatre announced an eight-title 2012-13 season, including the world premiere of David Henry Hwang's Kung Fu. Expect a mix of plays by Signature alumni write…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:06PM

They Got Annie! Producers of Revival Will Reveal (Little) Leading Lady April 27 by Kenneth Jones

The name of the child actress to play the title "little orphan" in the new Broadway production of the Tony Award-winning musical Annie will be announced at 9:30 AM (ET) April 27 on…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:29PM

Leap of Faith, With Raúl Esparza at the Musical Pulpit, Opens on Broadway by Kenneth Jones

Leap of Faith, the new Broadway musical about a con-man preacher who blows into a depressed, drought-plagued Kansas town, where he spars with a lady sheriff, opens April 26 at the St. James …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Don't Dress for Dinner, a Saucy Farce With Ben Daniels, Jennifer Tilly, Spencer Kayden, Opens on Broadway by Kenneth Jones

Roundabout Theatre Company opens a revival of Marc Camoletti's 1960-set sex farce Don't Dress for Dinner — a sort of sequel to Boeing-Boeing, featuring the same randy male…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Wednesday, April 25, 2012

THE "SMASH" REPORT: Episode 12, Or, That Screwy Ballyhooey Bollywood by Kenneth Jones

Playbill's weekly recap, with notes and comment, of the latest episode of the NBC musical drama series "Smash," about the creation of a new Broadway musical about Marilyn Monro…

SOURCE: Playbill at 08:40PM

The Bikinis, Pop Musical About a Girl Group, Will Twist Into Goodspeed's Season This Summer by Kenneth Jones

Goodspeed Musicals has stuffed The Bikinis — a musical bursting with pop standards from the '60s and '70s — to its 2012 season at the Norma Terris Theatre in Chester, CT.…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:57PM

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