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Monday, May 25, 2015

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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Mary Ann Thebus Is Mom in The Boys Room, a World Premiere Opening Jan. 31 at Victory Gardens by Kenneth Jones

Adult brothers retreat to their childhood bedroom in the Victory Gardens Theater world premiere of Joel Drake Johnson's The Boys Room, opening Jan. 31 following previews from Jan. 21 in Chic…

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Gruesome Playground Injuries, Charting Lives (and Wounds) of Childhood Friends, Opens Jan. 31 by Kenneth Jones

The New York premiere of Rajiv Joseph's Gruesome Playground Injuries, featuring Jennifer Carpenter of TV's "Dexter" and Pablo Schreiber, a Tony Award nominee for Awake and Sing!, opens Jan. …

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Musical Dangerous Beauty, With Jenny Powers, James Snyder, Michael Rupert, Premieres in CA by Kenneth Jones

Renaissance Italy was not an easy place for a girl in love. Ask Shakespeare's Juliet. Better yet, ask Veronica Franco, the poet-lover of the new musical Dangerous Beauty, beginning a world-p…

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Whipping Man, Civil War Drama With a Twist, Opens Off-Broadway Feb. 1; Andre Braugher Stars by Kenneth Jones

The Whipping Man, Matthew Lopez's historical drama about a Confederate Jewish solider returning home to his former slaves, who are also Jewish, opens Feb. 1 in its New York City premiere by …

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Jeffrey Hawkins, James Murtaugh, Greg Salata Cast in Off-Broadway's Three Men on a Horse by Kenneth Jones

Casting for the new Off-Broadway production of the 1935 comedy Three Men on a Horse, by John Cecil Holm and George Abbott, was announced by TACT/The Actors Company Theatre on Jan. 31.

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Neil Pepe Will Direct Workshop of Hands on a Hardbody Musical for La Jolla Playhouse by Kenneth Jones

Hands on a Hardbody, a new musical commissioned by La Jolla Playhouse, will get a three-week Manhattan workshop by the California company.

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Tony Nominee David Grindley Will Direct Stratford's Misanthrope Starring Brian Bedford by Kenneth Jones

David Grindley will take over directorial duties for Stratford Shakespeare Festival's summer production of The Misanthrope, which was to be directed by Brian Bedford, who also stars.

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Catholic Girl's Guide Will Lose Its L.A. Virginity Feb. 2 at Burbank's Falcon Theatre by Kenneth Jones

Annie Hendy's comedy The Catholic Girl's Guide to Losing Your Virginity, a popular title in several regional theatres, begins a run Feb. 2 at the Falcon Theatre, the Burbank, CA, company kno…

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Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, With Six U.S. Actors, Opens in Vienna Feb. 2 by Kenneth Jones

English Theater of Vienna opens Tennessee Williams' Cat On a Hot Tin Roof Feb. 2 in Austria. The English-language staging features six performers from the United States, under the direction …

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Kevin Anderson Is Modern Prophet in Neil LaBute's Break of Noon, Opening Feb. 2 by Kenneth Jones

Kevin Anderson plays the modern-day prophet John Smith in the Los Angeles leg of the world premiere of Neil LaBute's The Break of Noon, opening Feb. 2 following previews from Jan. 25 at Geff…

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Rep Players Announced for NYC Season of Nora, Blood Wedding, Dybbuk and Shadow of the Glen by Kenneth Jones

Marvell Repertory Theatre, a rare American company that presents work in rotating repertory, launches its inaugural Off-Off-Broadway season with four works from the international stage.

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Pittsburgh Public's New Season Has Red, Freud's Last Session, Coward, Sophocles and More by Kenneth Jones

Pittsburgh Public Theater's 2011-12 season will include six productions, including two two-character dramas -- the hot Broadway title Red and Off-Broadway's popular Freud's Last Session.

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 15, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
TBA: Titanic