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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Irish Rep's Beyond the Horizon, Eugene O'Neill's Pulitzer-Winning Work, Begins Off-Broadway Feb. 15 by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

Rod Brogan, Patricia Conolly, Lucas Hall, Jonathan Judge-Russo, Aimee Laurence, Joanna Leister, Wrenn Schmidt, David Sitler and John Thomas Wait are featured in Irish Repertory Theatre's…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

CQ/CX, Inspired by the Journalism Scandal That Rocked the Times, Opens Off-Broadway Feb. 15 by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

Gabe McKinley's CQ/CX, the fact-inspired drama about a journalism scandal, officially opens Off-Broadway Feb. 15 following previews that began Jan. 25 at the Peter Norton Space on West 4…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Jeff Goldblum Will School Students of Broadway's Seminar; Additional Casting Expected in April by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

Academy Award nominee Jeff Goldblum will return to the Broadway stage in Theresa Rebeck's comedy Seminar this April, succeeding  Alan Rickman in the role of surly teacher Leona…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:16PM

Jeff Goldblum Says He Will School Students of Broadway's Seminar by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

Academy Award nominee Jeff Goldblum revealed plans for a return to the Broadway stage in Theresa Rebeck's comedy Seminar. The actor said he will succeed Alan Rickman in the role of surly…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:15PM

THE "SMASH" REPORT: Recapping Episode Two, Or, Fade In on the Casting Couch by Kenneth Jones

Playbill's weekly overview, with notes and comment, of the latest episode of the NBC series "Smash," about the people behind the creation of a new Broadway musical. Here's …

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:26AM

Jane Alexander Is The Lady From Dubuque, Making Her First Appearance at Signature Feb. 14 by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award winner Jane Alexander begins performances as the mysterious title character in Edward Albee's The Lady From Dubuque on Feb. 14, for Off-Broadway's Signature Theatre Compan…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Box Office for Broadway's Starry The Best Man Opens Feb. 14 by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

The box office at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, which is located at 236 West 45th Street, opens for business Feb. 14 at 10 AM ET for the star-studded Broadway revival of Gore Vidal’s …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Monday, February 13, 2012

Casting Complete for Broadway's Starry The Best Man; Previews Begin March 6 by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

Complete casting has been announced for the upcoming Broadway revival of Gore Vidal’s The Best Man.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:11PM

Lottery Announced for Tickets to Broadway's Once; Previews Begin Feb. 28 by Kenneth Jones

The producers of Once, the new Broadway musical based on the 2007 Academy Award-winning film about an Irish busker and a Czech immigrant, will offer a lottery ticket program that allows thea…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:59PM

All-Male Forum, With Chris Fitzgerald, Greg Hildreth, Brooks Ashmanskas, Billy Porter, Sings in NYC Feb. 13 by Kenneth Jones

Supporters of Roundabout Theatre Company will witness a starry presentation of director Jessica Stone's all-male production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, the musical…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Pulitzer-Winning How I Learned to Drive Opens in NYC Feb. 13; Elizabeth Reaser and Norbert Leo Butz Star by Kenneth Jones

The new Off-Broadway production of Paula Vogel's How I Learned to Drive, her dark Pulitzer Prize-winning coming-of-age play, opens Feb. 13 following previews from Jan. 24 at Second Stage…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Sunday, February 12, 2012

Book of Mormon Wins Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album by Kenneth Jones

The Broadway cast recording of the musical The Book of Mormon won the 2012 Grammy Award in the category of Best Musical Theater Album, formerly called Best Show Album. The 54th annual Grammy…

SOURCE: Playbill at 06:00PM

Book of Mormon Wins Grammy Award for Best Show Album by Kenneth Jones

The Broadway cast recording of the musical The Book of Mormon won the 2012 Grammy Award in the category of Best Show Album. The 54th annual Grammys, for excellence in the recording industry,…

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM

THE LEADING MEN: Colin Donnell of Merrily We Roll Along and Anything Goes by Kenneth Jones

Colin Donnell is taking a break from playing Billy Crocker in Broadway's Anything Goes to explore the complexities of Merrily We Roll Along in an Encores! concert.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM

Tour of Les Miz, in Revised 25th Anniversary Version, Hits 500th Performance by Kenneth Jones

The U.S. tour of Cameron Mackintosh's new 25th anniversary production of Les Misérables will celebrate its 500th performance 2 PM Feb. 12 at the Straz Center in Tampa, FL.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Francesca Zambello's Show Boat, With Ashley Brown, Nathan Gunn, Alyson Cambridge, Begins in Chicago Feb. 12 by Kenneth Jones

The Lyric Opera of Chicago's new production of Show Boat, the 1927 musical drama that was a watershed in American theatre, plays Feb. 12-March 17 at The Civic Opera House. Opera and conc…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Lost on the Natchez Trace, Tale of Slavery and Salvation, Opens Feb. 12 in World Premiere by Kenneth Jones

A compromised slave auctioneer alone in the Mississippi swamps is at the mercy of a runaway slave in the world premiere of Jan Buttram's Lost on the Natchez Trace, opening Feb. 12 in an …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Saturday, February 11, 2012

Broadway's Phantom Hits 10,000th Performance on Feb. 11; Milestone Benefits The Actors Fund by Kenneth Jones

Alumni of the 24-year Broadway run of The Phantom of the Opera are expected to be sprinkled among the audience of the history-making 10,000th Broadway performance of the Andrew Lloyd Webber …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM
Friday, February 10, 2012

Cast Album of Once Will Get March 13 Release; Track List and Details Announced by Kenneth Jones

Masterworks Broadway will release the cast album of Once: A New Musical on March 13 in the same week that the delicate musical opens at Broadway's Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. Previews for…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:58PM

Tony Nominee Nancy Opel Is Memphis-Bound Again by Kenneth Jones

The 2010 Tony Award-winning Best Musical Memphis will embrace Nancy Opel again as Mama. She will return to the Broadway troupe at the Shubert Theatre Feb. 14.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:27PM
Thursday, February 9, 2012

They Love You, Porgy: Ticket Period for Broadway's Porgy and Bess Extended to Fall by Kenneth Jones

A healthy winter box office is prompting the producers of The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess to extend the sales period of the Broadway revival beyond its planned limited run. Originally anno…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:57PM

Second Stage Will Give Voice to New Plays by Alena Smith and Kenneth Lin in Summer; Uptown Series Turns Ten by Kenneth Jones

Second Stage Theatre's tenth anniversary season of its Uptown Series of new works at the McGinn/Cazale Theatre on the Upper West Side will feature the world premieres of Alena Smith'…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:43PM

Tom Wopat, Will Chase, James Clow and More Will Share a Pipe Dream in Encores! Concert of R&H Rarity by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award nominee Tom Wopat (Annie Get Your Gun, A Catered Affair) and Will Chase are among actors who will join the previously announced Laura Osnes in the New York City Center Encores! pr…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:41AM

Medieval Play Is Kenneth Lonergan's Next Work, Under His Own Direction by Kenneth Jones

Kenneth Lonergan's new work this spring for Off-Broadway's Signature Theatre Company is called Medieval Play, "set against the classic comic background of late 14th century eccl…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:50AM

Mistress of the House: Helena Bonham Carter Will Be Madame Thénardier in Les Miz Movie by Kenneth Jones

Helena Bonham Carter, the actress who created a frisky Mrs. Lovett in the film musical "Sweeney Todd," will play craven Madame Thénardier in the movie version of the interna…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM
Wednesday, February 8, 2012

One Song More! Les Miz Film Will Have New Song and Live Singing; Cameron Mackintosh Reveals All by Kenneth Jones

Les Misérables producer Cameron Mackintosh confirmed that the in-production film version of the epic Victor Hugo-inspired musical will feature a new song for Jean Valjean, the hero pl…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:40PM

Brian Hutchison, Alexis Bledel, Lucas Caleb Rooney Join MTC World Premiere of Regrets by Kenneth Jones

The complete company of the world-premiere production of Matt Charman's Regrets has been revealed by Manhattan Theatre Club. Carolyn Cantor directs the production at MTC's Off-Broadw…

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:12PM

CQ/CX, Tale of a Journalism Scandal, Extends to March 11 in NYC by Kenneth Jones

The Atlantic Theater Company world-premiere production of Gabe McKinley's journalism play CQ/CX, directed by Tony Award nominee David Leveaux, has been extended by one week in advance of…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:13PM

CSC's Midsummer Will Feature Taylor Mac, David Greenspan, Anthony Heald, Steven Skybell, Jordan Dean by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award nominee Anthony Heald and performance artist and songwriter Taylor Mac are among the troupers joining Tony winner Bebe Neuwith and Christina Ricci for Classic Stage Company's …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PM

Ford's Theatre's 1776 Patriots Include Robert Cuccioli, Brooks Ashmanskas, William Diggle, Gregory Maheu, Tom Story by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award nominee Brooks Ashmanskas (Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me) will be the "obnoxious and disliked" John Adams opposite fellow Continental Congressman — and Tony nomine…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PM

Ford's Theatre's 1776 Patriots Include Robert Cuccioli, Brooks Ashmanskas, William Diggle, Tom Story by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award nominee Brooks Ashmanskas (Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me) will be the "obnoxious and disliked" John Adams opposite fellow Continental Congressman — and Tony nomine…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:05PM

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