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Monday, May 25, 2015

Jessie Austrian, Jayne Houdyshell and Brian Murray Will Join Broadway's Earnest by Kenneth Jones

The cast of Broadway's extended production of The Importance of Being Earnest will welcome Brian Murray, Jayne Houdyshell and Jessie Austrian to the American Airlines Theatre on March 22.

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Arena's Albee Festival Launches With At Home at the Zoo and Steppenwolf Virginia Woolf by Kenneth Jones

The critically embraced Steppenwolf Theatre Company production of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? has moved from the frigid Windy City to the more moderate Mid-Atlantic. It be…

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Kin, Featuring Patch Darragh, Kristen Bush and Bill Buell, Begins at Playwrights Horizons by Kenneth Jones

Bathsheba Doran's Kin, about the connection between a scholar and a personal trainer, begins a world-premiere engagement at Off-Broadway's Playwrights Horizons Feb. 25.

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The Dream of the Burning Boy, About Survivors of a High School Tragedy, Begins NYC Run by Kenneth Jones

Roundabout Underground launches David West Read's new play, The Dream of the Burning Boy, about a high school tragedy, on Feb. 25. The Off-Broadway staging features Reed Birney, Josh Caras, …

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Max Wilk, Playwright, Showbiz Journalist and O'Neill Center Dramaturg, Dead at 90 by Kenneth Jones

Max Wilk, a novelist, a nonfiction chronicler of show business subjects, playwright, screenwriter -- and a dramaturg for the National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Cen…

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Will "King's Speech" Director Tom Hooper Direct "Les Miz" Movie? by Kenneth Jones

Tom Hooper, the Oscar-nominated director of "The King's Speech," has been offered to direct the film version of the musical Les Miserables, according to the "24 Frames" blog in the Los Angel…

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James Earl Jones Will Be Mr. President in Broadway's The Best Man by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award winner James Earl Jones has been picked to play the former President of the United States in the upcoming Broadway revival of Gore Vidal's The Best Man.

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Geoff Packard Will Play Liberty Smith in DC World Premiere of Historical Musical Romp by Kenneth Jones

Casting has been announced for Liberty Smith, the musical comedy about a fictional patriot's encounters with figures from the American Revolution. Ford's Theatre in Washington, DC, will prod…

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Playbill Unveils New "Director's Cut" Video Series, With Rob Ashford and Daniel Radcliffe by Kenneth Jones

Following in the tradition of recent Playbill magazine features in which directors of Broadway shows interviewed their famous collaborators, Playbill Video debuts "Director's Cut" this week.…

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Zabyrna Guevara and Adam Rothenberg Are Tempestuous Couple of Burn This; Brooks Ashmanskas Also Cast by Kenneth Jones

Brooks Ashmanskas, Ken Barnett, Zabryna Guevara and Adam Rothenberg will star in Center Theatre Group's new production of Lanford Wilson's Burn This, now in rehearsal under the direction of …

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Stephen Bogardus, Lisa Banes, Tim Hopper Cast in David Greenspan Comedy Go Back to Where You Are by Kenneth Jones

Obie Award winner Lisa Banes, Obie nominee Tim Hopper and Tony Award nominee Stephen Bogardus are among the players who will join David Greenspan in the world premiere of his comedy Go Back …

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Christian Borle Will Make Music in "Smash," the TV Pilot About a New Musical by Kenneth Jones

Christian Borle, a Tony Award nominee for Legally Blonde, has snagged the central role of a composer in the NBC pilot for "Smash," a proposed series about the making of a Broadway musical.

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EXCLUSIVE: Playbill.com Gets First Look at Linda Eder Singing "What's Never Been Done Before" From New Album by Kenneth Jones

In anticipation of the March 1 release of "Now," the new album that reunites singer-actress Linda Eder with Broadway and pop songwriter Frank Wildhorn, Sony Masterworks offered Playbill Vide…

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Nine Lives, a Musical About New Orleanians, Gets NYC Sneak Peek Feb. 27; Michael Cerveris Performs by Kenneth Jones

The nonfiction book "Nine Lives," a biography of nine New Orleans residents and their relationship with the fabled city, has inspired a song cycle and forthcoming album, getting exposure Feb…

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35th Annual Humana Festival Begins Feb. 27 in Louisville; Rapp, Washburn, Nachtrieb Among Scribes by Kenneth Jones

The 35th annual Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville begins Feb. 27 with the first preview of the world premiere of Anne Washburn's A Devil at Noon, directed…

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Idiot Loses Billie Joe Armstrong, Michael Esper, John Gallagher, Jr. Feb. 27; Newcomers in the Wings by Kenneth Jones

They've had the time of their lives, but it's time to say goodbye. Billie Joe Armstrong and original cast members John Gallagher, Jr. and Michael Esper exit Broadway's American Idiot after t…

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Full Cast of Born Yesterday Will Feature Frank Wood, Michael McGrath, Terry Beaver and Patricia Hodges and More by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award winner Frank Wood, Tony nominees Terry Beaver and Michael McGrath, plus Patricia Hodges, will join the previously announced Jim Belushi, Nina Arianda and Tony winner Robert Sean L…

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MTC's "7@7" Play Reading Series Starts Feb. 28 With Matthew Lopez's Reverberation by Kenneth Jones

Manhattan Theatre Club's Ernst C. Stiefel "7@7" Reading Series, testing new works in front of the public, begins Feb. 28 with Reverberation, a new play by Matthew Lopez, who penned MTC's cur…

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For the Love of Mike: Marc Kudisch, Montego Glover Appear at Feb. 28 Tribute to Late Critic Kuchwara by Kenneth Jones

Michael Kuchwara, the respected late theatre critic for the Associated Press, will be celebrated by the Broadway showfolk that he wrote about in a benefit on Feb. 28, which would have been h…

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Rock On: Davey Havok Is St. Jimmy in American Idiot; Justin Guarini Is Jesus of Suburbia by Kenneth Jones

Davey Havok, the lead singer of the rock band AFI, steps into the role of St. Jimmy in Broadway's American Idiot starting March 1. He's one of several new leads at the St. James Theatre.

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Gavin Lee, Arena's Oklahoma!, Signature's Sycamore Trees, Phylicia Rashad Are Helen Hayes Nominees in DC by Kenneth Jones

Nominations for the 2011 Helen Hayes Awards, representing excellence in the Washington, DC-area theatre community, were announced Feb. 28.

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CSC's Sold-Out Three Sisters, Starring Gyllenhaal, Hecht, Rylance and Sarsgaard, Will Not Extend by Kenneth Jones

After exploring the idea of extending its sold-out and acclaimed production of Three Sisters, the leaders of Off-Broadway's Classic Stage Company will rest on their success. The run will end…

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Spider-Man Stars Are Early Birds on CBS March 1 by Kenneth Jones

The stars of Broadway's Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark will appear on CBS's "The Early Show" the morning of March 1 in anticipation of their appearance that night on "The Late Show."

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David Garrison Joins World Premiere of By the Way, Meet Vera Stark by Kenneth Jones

David Garrison, a Tony Award nominee for A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine, completes the cast of Lynn Nottage's new play, By the Way, Meet Vera Stark, which gets its world premiere …

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Rob McClure, Lauren Worsham, Sebastian Arcelus, Jill Paice Will Star in Encores! Concert Where's Charley? by Kenneth Jones

Rob McClure, late of Avenue Q, will sing the Frank Loesser classic "Once in Love With Amy" as romantic lead Charley in the March 17-20 City Center Encores! concert of Where's Charley?

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PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With David Lindsay-Abaire by Kenneth Jones

The playwright of Shrek the Musical, Fuddy Meers and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Rabbit Hole drew on his old neighborhood to write Broadway's Good People.

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Small-Cast Working, Singing of American Workers, Opens in Chicago; Is NYC Next? by Kenneth Jones

The new adaptation of the 1978 Broadway musical Working, inspired by Studs Terkel's best-selling collection of oral histories about vocations, opens in Chicago March 2 following previews fro…

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Kwame Kwei-Armah Will Be Artistic Director of Centerstage in Baltimore by Kenneth Jones

Leaders of Centerstage, Baltimore's resident Equity theatre company, announced that they will welcome British playwright, director, actor, singer and broadcaster Kwame Kwei-Armah as the thea…

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Dreamgirls, Shrek, Mandy Patinkin, Tarell Alvin McCarney Among Nominees for SF Bay Area Critics Awards by Kenneth Jones

Nominees for the 35th annual San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle
Awards, representing local theatrical excellence in 2010, were announced Feb. 28. The ceremony will be held 7…

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Zooming-In On a Handbag: Broadway's Importance of Being Earnest Will Be Filmed for Cinema by Kenneth Jones

Lady Bracknell is ready for her close-up. Roundabout Theatre Company's extended Broadway production of The Importance of Being Earnest will be filmed in high-definition for future screenings…

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Ten Chimneys, Black Pearl Sings, Stephen Schwartz's Snapshots Confirmed for IL's Northlight by Kenneth Jones

The leaders of Northlight Theatre in Skokie, IL, announced their 2011-12 season, which will feature the previously announced Stephen Schwartz musical Snapshots.

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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
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic