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Monday, May 25, 2015

Broadway Marquees Will Dim in Tribute to Theoni V. Aldredge by Kenneth Jones

The marquees of Broadway theatres will be dimmed for one minute at 7 PM Jan. 25 to honor the work and life of Tony Award-winning costume designer Theoni V. Aldredge, who died Jan. 21 at the …

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A Wilde Hit! Broadway's Earnest Gets 17-Week Extension, Bumping People Musical to Studio 54 by Kenneth Jones

Roundabout Theatre Company announced a 17-week extension of the critically acclaimed Broadway production of Oscar Wilde's comedy The Importance of Being Earnest, directed by and starring Bri…

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Walnut Street Amadeus, With Dan Olmstead and Rob McClure, Opens Jan. 26 by Kenneth Jones

Dan Olmstead plays bitter composer Salieri opposite Rob McClure's rambunctious Mozart in Walnut Street Theatre's new production of Peter Shaffer's Amadeus, opening Jan. 26 following previews…

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Robinette, Schraf and Twyford Are The Carpetbagger's Children, Opening Jan. 26 at Ford's by Kenneth Jones

Ford's Theatre's new production of Horton Foote's The Carpetbagger's Children, his play about three daughters of a Union soldier who settled in Texas following the Civil War, opens Jan. 26 f…

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Broadway's Phantom Celebrates 23 Years Jan. 26 by Kenneth Jones

The Phantom of the Opera, Broadway's longest-running musical, celebrates another milestone on Jan. 26, the 23rd anniversary of the opening of the Harold Prince production of the Andrew Lloyd…

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David Auburn's The New York Idea, a Slice of Mahattan's Upper Crust, Opens Jan. 26 by Kenneth Jones

The Atlantic Theater Company world-premiere adaptation of The New York Idea, a play about social change and those who can and cannot adapt, opens Jan. 26 at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in Gre…

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Mayer, Shaiman, Wittman, Spielberg, Rebeck, Zadan and Meron Collaborating on "Smash," a Musical TV Series by Kenneth Jones

A new hourlong dramatic TV series about the making of a fictional Broadway musical, once aimed for development at Showtime, has been greenlighted as a pilot for NBC. Some major Broadway play…

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Lin-Manuel Miranda Gets L.A. Critics Award for Heights; Nominees Announced by Kenneth Jones

The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle has announced its nominations and special awards for excellence in Los Angeles and Orange County theatre for the year 2010.

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Kenneth Welsh and René Augesen Will Bring The Homecoming to Life for A.C.T. by Kenneth Jones

American Conservatory Theater's new production of late Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter's The Homecoming, directed by A.C.T. artistic director Carey Perloff, will feature A.C.T. core acting comp…

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Revamped New York Idea Will Linger Longer at the Lortel by Kenneth Jones

The Atlantic Theater Company world-premiere adaptation of The New York Idea, a play about social change and those who can and cannot adapt, will get two extra weeks at the Lucille Lortel The…

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The Eyes of Babylon, One Marine's Experience in Iraq, Will Play PA's Bristol Riverside by Kenneth Jones

Jeff's Key's one-man show The Eyes of Babylon, based on his journals from his military experience in Iraq, will replace Arthur Miller's All My Sons at Bristol Riverside Theatre in Bristol, P…

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Clybourne Park, Matilda and Suchet Honored in London's Critics' Circle Theatre Awards by Kenneth Jones

Bruce Norris' Clybourne Park was named Best New Play in the 2010 Critics' Circle Theatre Awards, the ceremony of which was held Jan. 25 at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London. The award fo…

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Kyle Dean Massey Is Lucky Guy in Musical About Nashville Dreamers; Merman, Collela, Jordan on Board by Kenneth Jones

Varla Jean Merman, Leslie Jordan, Jim Newman, Jenn Collela, Savannah Wise and Kyle Dean Massey will kick up their heels in the new Off-Broadway country-western musical comedy Lucky Guy, prod…

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Death of a Salesman, With "Walking Dead" Star Jeffrey DeMunn, Opens at Old Globe by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award nominee Jeffrey DeMunn, freshly noticed for his elder-survivor role in the hot TV series "The Walking Dead," plays Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's Death of Salesman, opening Jan. 2…

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Reed Birney Will Return to Roundabout Underground for Burning Boy; Cast Announced by Kenneth Jones

Roundabout Underground's winter-spring production of David West Read's new play, The Dream of the Burning Boy, about a high school tragedy, will feature Reed Birney, Josh Caras, Matt Dellapi…

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Jim Belushi and Nina Arianda Confirmed for Broadway's Born Yesterday; Tix Now on Sale by Kenneth Jones

The Broadway revival of Garson Kanin's 1946 comedy Born Yesterday, starring Jim Belushi and Nina Arianda, will begin performances March 31 at the Cort Theatre, the producers announced Jan. 2…

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Kristin Hanggi Will Direct Musical And the Curtain Rises; Creative Team Announced by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award nominee Kristin Hanggi, who staged Broadway's Rock of Ages, will direct the world premiere of composer Joseph Thalken's And the Curtain Rises, a musical about the seminal 19th-cen…

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Knickerbocker Holiday Pokes Democracy With Songs by Kenneth Jones

On Jan. 25, while many Americans were watching President Obama’s State of the Union address, a large audience at Alice Tully Hall was hearing the political views of Knickerbocker Holid…

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Susan Stroman's Double Bill of Ellington Jazz Ballets Premieres Jan. 28 at NY City Ballet by Kenneth Jones

Frankie and Johnny...and Rose, a new ballet by Tony Award-winning choreographer Susan Stroman, with music by composer Duke Ellington, premieres Jan. 28 in a performance by New York City Ball…

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Collapse, Inspired by a Minnesota Tragedy, Gets World Premiere by Berkeley's Aurora Theatre by Kenneth Jones

Aurora Theatre Company in Berkeley, CA, presents the world premiere of Allison Moore's Collapse, directed by Jessica Heidt, Jan. 28-March 6 as part of the National New Play Network program.

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DC's Arena Confirms Casting for Virginia Woolf and At Home at the Zoo; Albee Festival Reading Titles Unveiled by Kenneth Jones

Full productions of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and At Home at the Zoo are the centerpieces in a buffet of Edward Albee plays being laid out by Arena Stage in Washington, DC, this late w…

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Double Falsehood, Rewrite of Shakespeare & Fletcher's Cardenio, to Play NYC; Cast Announced by Kenneth Jones

Double Falsehood, Lewis Theobald's 18th-century adaptation of a play by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher, will get its first professional staging in 250 years at Classic Stage Company's…

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PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Cameron Mackintosh by Kenneth Jones

A 25th anniversary production of Les Misérables, with a fresh production team, is touring North America. Producer Cameron Mackintosh explains it all for us.

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American Sexy, an Encounter With the Grand Canyon, Gets NYC Premiere Jan. 29 at Flea Theater by Kenneth Jones

Trista Baldwin's American Sexy, a look at American college kids and sexuality in the digital age, opens Jan. 29 in its New York City premiere at the Flea Theater in lower Manhattan.

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Methtacular!, a One-Man Musical Journey Through Addiction, Gets NYC Readings Jan. 31 by Kenneth Jones

Methtacular!, a new musical solo show by actor-writer Steven Strafford, charting his addiction to crystal methamphetamine, will be seen in two public presentations Jan. 31 in Manhattan.

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Laura Eason's Ethan Frome Adaptation to Premiere in Chicago; Cast Announced by Kenneth Jones

The world premiere of Lookingglass Theatre's Ethan Frome, Laura Eason's adaptation of the Edith Wharton novel, will feature Lookingglass company members Philip R Smith, Andrew White, Louise …

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Tony Nominees De'Adre Aziza and Jon Michael Hill Among Residents of Hot L Baltimore at Steppenwolf by Kenneth Jones

Casting for Steppenwolf Theatre Company's new production of Lanford Wilson's The Hot L Baltimore is complete with the announcement of Broadway's de'Adre Aziza (Women on the Verge of a Nervou…

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Broadway's Time Stands Still, Acclaimed Drama About War Scars, Closes Jan. 30 by Kenneth Jones

Time Stands Still, Donald Margulies' Tony Award-nominated play about war correspondents returning home, ends its run at Broadway's Cort Theatre Jan. 30, when the contracts of its four princi…

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Irish Rep's Molly Sweeney, With Geraldine Hughes, Jonathan Hogan, Ciarán O'Reilly, Opens Jan. 30 by Kenneth Jones

Irish Repertory Theatre stages the first major New York City revival of Tony Award-winning playwright Brian Friel's Molly Sweeney, the story of a blind woman who undergoes an operation to re…

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Tennessee Williams' Milk Train, a Wild Ride for Olympia Dukakis, Opens Off-Broadway by Kenneth Jones

Tennessee Williams' The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore, a rarely seen title about a wealthy, aging Southern eccentric barking her memoirs to a secretary as a harbinger of death climbs …

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Sally Murphy and Stephen Louis Grush Explore Sex With Strangers, Opening Jan. 30 in Chicago by Kenneth Jones

Sex With Strangers, Laura Eason's new play about relationships, sex, identity and authenticity in the age of the Internet, opens in a world-premiere production Jan. 30 following previews fro…

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