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Monday, May 25, 2015

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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Playwrights Anne Washburn, Lisa D'Amour, Lisa Kron and Katori Hall Among Ten Blackburn Prize Finalists by Kenneth Jones

The ten finalists for the 2011 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, honoring female playwrights and chosen from over 100 nominated plays, were announced on Feb. 1.

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Lou Stancari, Helen Hayes Award-Winning DC Designer, Dead at 63 by Kenneth Jones

Lou Stancari, a Washington, DC, scenic designer was found dead on the tracks of the Farragut North Metro station in DC on Jan.15. Police are sill investigating the incident.

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Staff and Editorial Board Changes Announced for "Best Plays" Chronicle by Kenneth Jones

Best Plays Theater Yearbook editor Jeffrey Eric Jenkins has accepted the position of director of theatre studies in the department of drama at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts,…

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Three Sisters, With Gyllenhaal, Rylance, Hecht, Hamilton, Sarsgaard, Opens Off-Broadway by Kenneth Jones

Moscow is far out of reach -- again -- in a new Off-Broadway production of Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters, opening Feb. 3 following previews from Jan. 12. The Classic Stage Company's staging …

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Lynn Nottage's Meet Vera Stark Will Star Sanaa Lathan as Hollywood Dreamer by Kenneth Jones

Sanaa Lathan, a Tony Award nominee for the 2004 revival of A Raisin in the Sun, will play the title character in the world premiere of Lynn Nottage's By the Way, Meet Vera Stark, for Second …

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Druid's Award-Winning Cripple of Inishmaan Begins 16-Week U.S. Tour in Boston Feb. 2 by Kenneth Jones

The Druid and Atlantic Theater Company's production of Martin McDonagh's The Cripple of Inishmaan takes its first step in a 16-week U.S. tour on Feb. 2 at Boston's Paramount Center for the A…

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Charming Billy, Inspired by Award-Winning Novel, Is Now a World-Premiere Play in MD by Kenneth Jones

Charming Billy, Blake Robison's adaptation of Alice McDermott's novel about a community's memory of a dead man, gets its world premiere by Round House Theatre in Bethesda, MD, Feb. 2-20.

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Alan Cumming to Riffle Through Notebook of Trigorin, by Tennessee Williams, for Classic Stage by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award winner Alan Cumming will appear in a one-night-only staged reading of Tennessee Williams' The Notebook of Trigorin, freely adapted from Anton Chekhov's The Seagull, Feb. 13 at Cla…

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Furious Theatre Company Loses Home at Pasadena Playhouse by Kenneth Jones

Furious Theatre Company and The Pasadena Playhouse have mutually agreed to the end of Furious troupe's residency in the Carrie Hamilton Theatre in Pasadena, CA.

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People in the Picture Come Into Focus With Christopher Innvar, Alexander Gemignani, Chip Zien, Nicole Parker by Kenneth Jones

Alexander Gemignani, Nicole Parker, Christopher Innvar, Lewis J. Stadlen, Chip Zien and more will join two-time Tony Award winner Donna Murphy in the new Broadway musical The People in the P…

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Buy Broadway's Bengal Tiger in Person; Rodgers Box Office Opens Feb. 4 by Kenneth Jones

The box office of Broadway's Richard Rodgers Theatre opens 10 AM Feb. 4 for the spring launch of Rajiv Joseph's Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, starring Robin Williams as the title feline n…

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NYC Whipping Man, Acclaimed Civil War Drama, Gets Third Extension, Now to April 10 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, earned encouraging reviews following its Feb. …

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PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Jeffrey Tambor by Kenneth Jones

Jeffrey Tambor, of "Arrested Development" and "The Larry Sanders Show," has a song in his heart as the next Georges in Broadway's La Cage aux Folles.

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Baby It's You! Box Office Will Open Feb. 5 by Kenneth Jones

The box office at Broadway's Broadhurst Theatre opens Feb. 5 for ticket sales to the new musical Baby It's You! starring Beth Leavel (The Drowsy Chaperone, Elf, Mamma Mia!) as record produce…

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Brad Oscar Will Play Uncle Fester in Addams Family; Blickenstaff, Grupper, Potter Join Cast by Kenneth Jones

New family will pour through the door of Broadway's The Addams Family on March 8. The producers announced that Heidi Blickenstaff, Adam Grupper, Brad Oscar, Rachel Potter and Jesse Swenson w…

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Triangle Factory Fire Project Gets Feb. 7 Benefit Concert Reading in Centennial Year of NYC Tragedy by Kenneth Jones

The Triangle Factory Fire Project, the 2004 Off-Broadway theatrical event that used public documents to tell the true story of an American workplace tragedy, gets a benefit concert reading o…

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Charming Billy, Inspired by Award-Winning Novel, Opens in MD World Premiere Feb. 7 by Kenneth Jones

Charming Billy, Blake Robison's adaptation of Alice McDermott's novel about a community's memory of a dead man, gets its world premiere by Round House Theatre in Bethesda, MD, Feb. 7-20. Pre…

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Finding Neverland, Directed and Choreographed by Rob Ashford, Will Premiere at La Jolla Playhouse by Kenneth Jones

Finding Neverland, the musical about the children who inspired J.M. Barrie to create Peter Pan, will get its world premiere at La Jolla Playhouse in the 2011-12 season. Scott Frankel (music)…

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