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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

An "Enchanted" Choice: Oscar Nominee Amy Adams Will Go Into the Woods This Summer by Kenneth Jones

Three-time Academy Award-nominated actress Amy Adams, who showed her deft touch with musical numbers in the films "Enchanted" and "The Muppets," will play The Baker's…

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Author! Author! Neil Simon Surprises Cast at Lost in Yonkers Off-Broadway by Kenneth Jones

The cast of the new and critically acclaimed Off-Broadway production of Neil Simon's Lost in Yonkers had its breath taken away on March 30 when they learned that Simon himself was in the…

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Come All Ye Faithful: Raúl Esparza Begins Preaching in Broadway's Leap of Faith April 3 by Kenneth Jones

Leap of Faith, the new Broadway musical about a con-man preacher who blows into a small Kansas town, where he spars with a lady sheriff, begins making a joyful noise at the St. James Theatre…

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Good People Makes Its L.A. Debut, With Marylouise Burke, Jon Tenney, Jane Kaczmarek by Kenneth Jones

Geffen Playhouse veterans Jane Kaczmarek ("Malcolm in the Middle") and Jon Tenney ("The Closer") play former high school lovers in the West Coast premiere of David Lindsa…

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Seminar's New Group Leader, Jeff Goldblum, Joins Broadway Comedy April 3 by Kenneth Jones

Broadway's Seminar, the new play by Theresa Rebeck, gets a new poison pen in the form of Jeff Goldblum starting on April 3. The veteran of Broadway's The Pillowman and Hollywood'…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Come All Ye Faithful: Raul Esparza Begins Preaching in Broadway's Leap of Faith April 3 by Kenneth Jones

Leap of Faith, the new Broadway musical about a con-man preacher who blows into a small Kansas town, where he spars with a lady sheriff, begins making a joyful noise at the St. James Theatre…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Monday, April 2, 2012

Amy Brenneman and Kellie Overbey To Star in Gina Gionfriddo's Rapture, Blister, Burn by Kenneth Jones

The Playwrights Horizons world premiere of Rapture, Blister, Burn, a play by Pulitzer Prize finalist and Obie Award winner Gina Gionfriddo (Becky Shaw), will feature Amy Brenneman, Beth Dixo…

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NYC Signature Names David Henry Hwang as "Residency One" Playwright for 2012-13 by Kenneth Jones

Signature Theatre in New York City announced on April 2 that Tony Award winner David Henry Hwang will be the Residency One Playwright — the not-for-profit's foundation program, cov…

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I Love Lucy, War Horse, Sister Act, Peter Pan and Kinky Boots Confirmed for Broadway In Chicago by Kenneth Jones

Broadway In Chicago's season of national touring shows and special events includes the previously reported pre-Broadway engagement of the new musical Kinky Boots, plus the newly announce…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:10PM

Kieran Campion, Lucas Near-Verbrugghe, Kristen Bush Among College Pals of Off-Broadway's Common Pursuit by Kenneth Jones

Roundabout Theatre Company's new production of Simon Gray's comedy-drama The Common Pursuit, about college friends who are changed over the years, will feature Kristen Bush as Marigo…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:55PM

Rep of St. Louis, Michele Ragusa, Lewis J. Stadlen, Curtis Holbrook Are Kevin Kline Award Nominees April 2 by Kenneth Jones

Nominees for the 2012 Kevin Kline Awards, representing excellence in St. Louis-area theatre for the year 2011, gather at the Loretto-Hilton Center April 2 for the awards ceremony.

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FL Carbonell Awards Given April 2; Hairspray, Light in the Piazza, Michael McKeever Among Nominees by Kenneth Jones

The Carbonell Awards, celebrating South Florida professional theatrical productions from 2011, will be handed out at an April 2 ceremony at Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lau…

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Sunday, April 1, 2012

The Best Man, With James Earl Jones, Angela Lansbury, John Larroquette, Opens on Broadway by Kenneth Jones

The Best Man, Gore Vidal's 1960 play about the lead-up to a U.S. presidential election, about two candidates seeking their party's nomination, gets its second Broadway revival &mdash…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM

Seminar's Alan Rickman, Lily Rabe and Hamish Linklater Leave the Group Behind April 1 by Kenneth Jones

Broadway's Seminar, the new play by Theresa Rebeck, loses Alan Rickman, Lily Rabe and Hamish Linklater following the April 1 matinee at the Golden Theatre. They exit at the end of their …

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Saturday, March 31, 2012

Yussef El Guindi's Pilgrims Musa and Sheri Wins Steinberg New Play Award; Two Others Cited by Kenneth Jones

Yussef El Guindi's Pilgrims Musa and Sheri in the New World, a play about immigration and assimilation, was named winner of the $25,000 Harold and Mimi Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award for …

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Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award To Be Announced March 31; Sharr White, Yussef El Guindi, Quiara Alegria Hudes Among Finalists by Kenneth Jones

The American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA) will reveal the recipient among six finalists for the Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award on March 3…

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Friday, March 30, 2012

John Patrick Shanley's Storefront Church Will Star Ron Cephas Jones, Giancarlo Esposito, Tonya Pinkins by Kenneth Jones

Atlantic Theater Company announced on March 30 that John Patrick Shanley will direct the May 16-June 24 world premiere of his Bronx-set Storefront Church, the third play of his trilogy that …

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Laura Benanti, Howard McGillin and More Will Sing the Praises of Patti LuPone in DC Sondheim Award Gala by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award winner Laura Benanti, Howard McGillin, Joseph Thalken and Natascia Diaz are among performers who'll appear at the April 16 presentation of Signature Theatre's third Stephe…

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Long Day's Journey, Staged by Robin Phillips, Begins March 30; Helen Carey, Peter Michael Goetz Star by Kenneth Jones

Helen Hayes Award winner and Tony Award nominee Helen Carey plays drug-addicted Mary Tyrone opposite Peter Michael Goetz as husband and aging actor James Tyrone, Sr., in Arena Stage's ne…

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Don't Dress for Dinner, With Ben Daniels, Jennifer Tilly, Spencer Kayden, Makes Broadway Premiere by Kenneth Jones

Roundabout Theatre Company opens the door on Marc Camoletti's sex farce Don't Dress for Dinner, a sequel to Boeing-Boeing, March 30 at Broadway's American Airlines Theatre. Ben D…

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Thursday, March 29, 2012

Scottsboro Boys' West Coast Bow Will Star Original Troupers James T. Lane, Kendrick Jones and More by Kenneth Jones

The Scottsboro Boys, the Tony Award-nominated musical inspired by a Depression-era miscarriage of American justice, will make its West Coast debut with some veterans of the 2010 Broadway sta…

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Convicted Producer Garth Drabinsky's Appeal Won't Be Heard by Canadian Supreme Court by Kenneth Jones

Convicted white-collar criminal Garth Drabinsky, the impresario who once ran the Broadway producing organization Livent, which collapsed in a financial scandal, won't be able to appeal h…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:40PM

Thomashefskys, Musical Portrait of Yiddish Stage, Airs on PBS March 29; Shuler Hensley and Judy Blazer Star by Kenneth Jones

The Thomashefskys: Music and Memories of a Life in the Yiddish Theater, the concert stage show that celebrates the music of the American Yiddish theatre, airs March 29 on the PBS series &quo…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:07PM

Seminar and The Mountaintop Will Get Philly Premieres in 2012-13 by Kenneth Jones

Philadelphia Theatre Company's 2012-13 mainstage season will feature two Broadway titles, with more productions to be announced. Seminar by Theresa Rebeck and The Mountaintop by Katori H…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:08AM

Nice Work, the "New" Gershwin Musical Starring Matthew Broderick and Kelli O'Hara, Begins on Broadway by Kenneth Jones

A new generation of Broadway theatregoer will be exposed to the classic songs of composer George Gershwin and lyricist Ira Gershwin starting March 29 with the first preview of the new musica…

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Emily Donahoe and Nelson Lee Go Back in Time in March 29 West Coast Premiere of Maple and Vine by Kenneth Jones

American Conservatory Theater's West Coast premiere of Jordan Harrison's Maple and Vine, about modern people who escape to the past by joining a group of 1950s reenactors, plays Marc…

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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Pipe Dream, a Rodgers & Hammerstein Rarity, Will Get Live Concert Cast Album by Kenneth Jones

The long-dormant score of Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II's 1955 California seaside-set musical Pipe Dream will wash over listeners as never before with a complete recording c…

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Playwright Darren M. Canady Wins Theatre Critics' Osborn Award by Kenneth Jones

The American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA) announced Darren M. Canady as recipient of its 2012 M. Elizabeth Osborn New Play Award for an emerging playwright. The award will be presented…

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Life x Four: Now. Here. This., From the Makers of [title of show], Opens March 28 by Kenneth Jones

Now. Here. This., the new work from the creators and cast of the cult-hit Broadway musical [title of show], opens March 28 in its world premiere by Off-Broadway's Vineyard Theatre. The h…

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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

THE "SMASH" REPORT: Episode 8, Or, Girls, Girls, You're Both Pretty 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…

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Heat Wave: The Jack Cole Project Will Feature David Elder, Rachelle Rak, Nadine Isenegger and More by Kenneth Jones

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

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:46PM

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