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Monday, May 25, 2015

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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A New Life! Harry Connick, Jr. Will Star in Broadway's On a Clear Day, as Reconceived by Michael Mayer by Kenneth Jones

The revised revival of the musical On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, once aimed for Off-Broadway, has been bumped to Broadway and will star Tony Award nominee Harry Connick, Jr.

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La Cage, Addams Family, Memphis Among Shows Coming to L.A.'s Pantages Theatre in 2011-12 by Kenneth Jones

The 2011-12 subscription season at the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles will include the national tours of Come Fly Away, Wicked, La Cage aux Folles, Memphis and more.

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View From the Bridge, With Larry Bull, Joseph R. Sicari, Gayton Scott, Kira McCarthy, Begins FL Run by Kenneth Jones

Gulfshore Playhouse in Naples, FL, is reviving Arthur Miller's A View From the Bridge, the tragedy about an Italian-American longshoreman's passion for his niece, March 3-20.

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Heidi Blickenstaff, Christopher Sieber, Bobby Steggert, Santino Fontana To Sing Songs of Sam Davis at Birdland by Kenneth Jones

The PS Classics CD "Love on a Summer Afternoon: Songs of Sam Davis" will come to life in an all-star performance at New York City's Birdland on March 21 at 7 PM.

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The Homecoming, With Kenneth Welsh and René Augesen, Begins at 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, plays March 3-27, featuring A.C.T. c…

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David Lindsay-Abaire's Good People Opens on Broadway; Frances McDormand, Tate Donovan Star by Kenneth Jones

Good People, David Lindsay-Abaire's humor-laced drama about a paycheck-to-paycheck single mom reaching out to an old flame, who is now a success, opens on Broadway March 3. Frances McDormand…

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American Idiot Has a Date With L.A. in Spring 2012 by Kenneth Jones

The national tour of American Idiot will play the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles March 14-April 22, 2012, Center Theatre Group announced on March 2.

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Broadway Box Office for High, Drama Starring Kathleen Turner, Opens March 4 by Kenneth Jones

The box office at Broadway's Booth Theatre opens 10 AM March 4 for tickets to High, the new Matthew Lombardo drama starring Kathleen Turner as a nun reaching out to a kid at risk.

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Alan Ayckbourn Will Direct World Premieres of Dear Uncle and Neighbourhood Watch This Summer by Kenneth Jones

The Stephen Joseph Theatre, playwright Alan Ayckbourn's longtime artistic home in Scarborough, England, will produce the world-premiere productions of his plays Dear Uncle and Neighbourhood …

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NJ's Surflight Books Rent, Grease, Art; Judd Hirsch, Cindy Williams, JoAnne Worley Among Stars by Kenneth Jones

Surflight Theatre producer Roy Miller announced that the Beach Haven, NJ, company's summer 2011 season will include stars from film, television and Broadway performing in titles ranging from…

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He Loves and She Loves: Tony Yazbeck and Gabrielle Ruiz Are My One and Only Stars for Goodspeed by Kenneth Jones

Tony Yazbeck, of Broadway's recent White Christmas, A Chorus Line and Gypsy, will play love-struck aviator Captain Billy Buck Chandler in Goodspeed Musicals' new production of My One and Onl…

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Steppenwolf Season to Feature John Mahoney, William Petersen, Tracy Letts, Premiere of The March by Kenneth Jones

Steppenwolf Theatre Company's 2011-12 season in Chicago will include plays by Bruce Norris, Enda Walsh and Donald Margulies, plus adaptations of Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters and E.L. Doctor…

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God of Carnage Gets Chicago Premiere, With Mary Beth Fisher as Steely Hostess, March 5-April 10 by Kenneth Jones

Mary Beth Fisher, Keith Kupferer, Beth Lacke and David Pasquesi begin their bickering in Chicago on March 5 as the badly behaved parents of Yasmina Reza's God of Carnage, at the Goodman Thea…

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From the Page to the Stage: Laura Eason's Ethan Frome Opens in Chicago World Premiere by Kenneth Jones

The world premiere of Lookingglass Theatre's Ethan Frome, Laura Eason's adaptation of the New England-set Edith Wharton novel, opens March 5 following previews from Feb. 23 in Chicago.

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Forgiving John Lennon, a Look at Tolerance and Muslim Identity, Will Get World Premiere in MI by Kenneth Jones

Detroit Repertory Theatre will give William Missouri Downs' Forgiving John Lennon, the story of a Somali Muslim woman clashing with two American professors, its world premiere March 31-May 2…

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Alexis Rogers, Todd M. Kryger, Sean Blake Will Bring Porgy and Bess to Life at Chicago's Court by Kenneth Jones

The new Court Theatre production of George Gershwin and DuBose Heyward's folk music Porgy and Bess has its title lovers. The all-Chicago cast will be headed by Alexis Rogers (The Piano Lesso…

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Wonderland Troupe Will Record Cast Album Prior to Broadway Launch by Kenneth Jones

Wonderland, the new Broadway musical that reinvents "Alice in Wonderland" for the 21st century, will get a cast album from Masterworks Broadway. The score by composer Frank Wildhorn and lyri…

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Goodbye, Gomez: Nathan Lane Among Addams Family Actors Exiting Broadway Musical March 6 by Kenneth Jones

The mansion of Broadway's The Addams Family gets de-populated, but not for long, after the March 6 matinee at Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. Nathan Lane, Kevin Chamberlin, Carolee Carmell…

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God of Carnage Gets Chicago Premiere, With Mary Beth Fisher as Steely Hostess, March 5-April 10 by Kenneth Jones

Mary Beth Fisher, Keith Kupferer, Beth Lacke and David Pasquesi begin their bickering in Chicago on March 5 as the badly behaved parents of Yasmina Reza's God of Carnage, at the Goodman Thea…

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From the Page to the Stage: Laura Eason's Ethan Frome Opens in Chicago World Premiere by Kenneth Jones

The world premiere of Lookingglass Theatre's Ethan Frome, Laura Eason's adaptation of the New England-set Edith Wharton novel, opens March 5 following previews from Feb. 23 in Chicago.

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She Loves Him, Kate Baldwin's Sheldon Harnick Celebration, Plays Feinstein's March 8-12 by Kenneth Jones

Kate Baldwin, the 2010 Tony Award nominee for Finian's Rainbow, returns to Feinstein's at Loews Regency March 8-12 for a tribute show called She Loves Him, celebrating the work of lyricist (…

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Brad Oscar Is Uncle Fester, One of Several Newcomers to The Addams Family, Starting March 8 by Kenneth Jones

The mansion of Broadway's The Addams Family gets fresh blood March 8 in the form of new cast members, including Tony Award nominee Brad Oscar, Franz of The Producers, as Uncle Fester.

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Alex Timbers, Roger Rees, Rick Elice Give Peter Pan an Origin in Starcatcher, Opening March 9 by Kenneth Jones

The New York Theatre Workshop production of Peter and the Starcatcher, telling the origin of kid-lit hero Peter Pan in a bare-bones staging that encourages the audience to use its imaginatio…

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Anything Goes Sets Sail on Broadway March 10; Sutton Foster, Joel Grey Are Aboard by Kenneth Jones

Roundabout Theatre Company lays out the gangplank March 10 for the first performance of a new Broadway production of Cole Porter's shipboard musical comedy, Anything Goes, at the Stephen Son…

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Lights! Camera! Epigram! Broadway's Earnest Gets Captured on Hi-Def Film March 11-12 by Kenneth Jones

Lady Bracknell is ready for her close-up. Roundabout Theatre Company's extended Broadway production of The Importance of Being Earnest is being filmed in high-definition over three performan…

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Bengal Tiger, With Robin Williams, Makes Its First Roar on Broadway March 11 by Kenneth Jones

Robin Williams makes his Broadway acting debut as the title feline in Rajiv Joseph's Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, a Pulitzer Prize-finalist play set in war-torn Iraq, starting previews M…

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Wilma Will Give Our Class Its U.S. Premiere in 2011-12; Annie Baker, Angels, Sam Shepard Also Planned by Kenneth Jones

The Wilma Theater, Philadelphia's resident theatre company that does not shy away from international works and intellectually stimulating fare, will open its 2011-12 season with the U.S. pre…

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CSC's "Misanthropic" School for Lies Will Star Mamie Gummer, Hamish Linklater and Jenn Gambatese by Kenneth Jones

Mamie Gummer, Hamish Linklater and Jenn Gambatese are among players in the spring Classic Stage Company production of David Ives' The School for Lies, a comedy inspired by Molière's c…

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American Idiot Will Close April 24; Billie Joe Armstrong Will Play Final Weeks by Kenneth Jones

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong will return to the role of St. Jimmy for the final three weeks of the Broadway run of American Idiot, which will close April 24 at the St. James Theat…

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She Loves Him: Kate Baldwin Sings Sheldon Harnick, With Harnick in the House by Kenneth Jones

One of the great voices of the American musical theatre is meeting one of the great voices of the American musical theatre at Feinstein's at the Loews Regency through March 12. Kate Baldwin,…

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All that Chat

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 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic