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Monday, May 25, 2015

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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Send in the Clones: Off-Broadway's A Number, With James Saito, Joel de la Fuente, Begins March 12 by Kenneth Jones

A Number, Caryl Churchill's acclaimed play about human cloning and identity, gets a fresh Off-Broadway production by the National Asian American Theatre Company (NAATCO) March 12-April 3 at …

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Double Falsehood, Inspired by Lost Shakespeare Play, Resurfaces Off-Broadway March 12 by Kenneth Jones

Double Falsehood, Lewis Theobald's 18th-century adaptation of a play by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher, get its first professional staging in 250 years starting March 12 at Classic St…

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Groundswell, Ian Bruce's South African Play, Begins at Old Globe March 12 by Kenneth Jones

The new Old Globe Theatre production of Groundswell, Ian Bruce's psychological drama set in South Africa, begins previews March 12 in anticipation of a March 17 opening. Antony Hagopian, Owi…

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Douglas Sills Will Play Record Producer in Musical White Noise by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award nominee Douglas Sills has joined the cast of the new Broadway-aimed rock musical White Noise, about a band with a white-supremacy edge, the producers announced March 11. The star …

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Spider-Man Will Shut Down For More Than Three Weeks Before Officially Opening June 14 by Kenneth Jones

Lead producers Michael Cohl and Jeremiah J. Harris announced on March 11 that they have rescheduled the opening of Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark for June 14 at Broadway's Foxwoods Theatre.

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Edith Can Shoot Things, a Coming-of-Age Tale, Begins World Premiere at Humana Festival by Kenneth Jones

Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them by A. Rey Pamatmat begins a world-premiere engagement March 11 as part of the Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville in Ken…

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L.A. Run of In Mother Words Adopts Harriet Harris and Mia Barron by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award winner Harriet Harris (Thoroughly Modern Millie) and Geffen Playhouse alumna Mia Barron (Farragut North) join Drama Desk Award nominee Saidah Arrika Ekoluna (Ruined) and actor/act…

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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 Ba…

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Laughing Liberally, Dunking the Tea Party With Comedy and Song, Begins NYC Run by Kenneth Jones

Laughing Liberally: This Ain't No Tea Party, an evening of comedy with music and multi-media presentations, makes its Off-Broadway debut beginning March 14 at the Midtown Theatre, 163 W. 46t…

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Chris Pine, Andy Blankenbuehler, Leslie Uggams Among Nominees for March 14 L.A. Critics Awards by Kenneth Jones

The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle's 42nd annual awards ceremony is March 14 at Burbank's Colony Theatre. Among the nationally-known nominees are performers Chris Pine, Harry Groener, Lesl…

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Three Men on a Horse, a Depression-Era Hit, Returns to Recession-Era NYC March 14 by Kenneth Jones

Three Men on a Horse, John Cecil Holm and George Abbott's 1935 comedy about gamblers who take advantage of a greeting-card writer with a knack for picking winning ponies, begins an Off-Broad…

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Cass Morgan Exits Memphis, But Her Heart Finds a New Home by Kenneth Jones

Cass Morgan played her final performance as Huey’s evolving Mama in Broadway’s Memphis on March 13 at the Shubert Theatre. A soulful actress of a certain age, she was one of the …

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Opus, Emmett Till, Cousin Bette, Chris Pine, Gregory Itzin, Leslie Uggams Among Winners of L.A. Critics Awards by Kenneth Jones

The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle announced winners and special awards for excellence at a ceremony held March 14 at the Colony Theatre in Burbank. The 42nd annual awards represent excell…

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EXCLUSIVE: Chita Rivera Is Matriarch in Roundabout Reading of New Musical The Distant Bells, With Gasteyer, Sieber, Skinner by Kenneth Jones

Roundabout Theatre Company will produce a 29-hour reading of a new original musical called The Distant Bells, featuring Tony Award winner Chita Rivera, famed for West Side Story, Bye Bye Bir…

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Complete Cast Announced for NYC Premiere of The Shaggs Musical; Annie Golden Among Players by Kenneth Jones

Annie Golden, Steve Routman and Emily Walton will join the previously announced Peter Friedman and Kevin Cahoon for the new musical The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World, an Off-Broadway co-pr…

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What a Difference a Rave Makes: Starcatcher Gets Two-Week Extension by Kenneth Jones

Peter and the Starcatcher, one of the best-reviewed productions in the history of Off-Broadway's New York Theatre Workshop, will get a two-week extension, to April 17.

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Shirelles Musical Baby It's You!, With Beth Leavel, Will Play the Broadhurst; Complete Cast Announced by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

Tony Award-winning actress Beth Leavel has been confirmed to star as late recording industry pioneer Florence Greenberg in the new Broadway musical Baby It's You!, which will make Broadway t…

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Good People, With Frances McDormand, Tate Donovan, Estelle Parsons, Extends Broadway Run by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

Good People, the latest work from Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire, has extended its Broadway engagement an additional two weeks through May 8 at the Samuel J. Friedman…

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Angels in America Announces Fourth Off-Broadway Extension; Jonathan Hadary to Join Cast by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

The Off-Broadway revival of Tony Kushner's Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, the historic play documenting the American AIDS crisis in the mid 1980's, has extended for a …

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Davey Havok, Justin Guarini, Van Hughes Will Be New Leads of Broadway's American Idiot by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

The Broadway musical American Idiot will feature several new leads beginning March 1 at the St. James Theatre.

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