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Monday, May 25, 2015

Box Office for Broadway's Jerusalem Opens March 5 by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

The Music Box Theatre box office, located in Manhattan at 239 West 45th Street, opens March 5 at 10 AM for The Royal Court Theatre's production of Jez Butterworth's Jerusalem, which will sta…

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM

Jeff McCarthy Returns to Broadway's Chicago March 8 by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

Owing to Christopher Sieber's sudden casting to replace Jeffrey Tambor as Georges in Broadway's La Cage aux Folles, Jeff McCarthy takes the role that Sieber was previously announced for -- B…

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM

Simone Kirby Joins Cast of Irish Rep's Molly Sweeney March 9 by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

Irish actress Simone Kirby joins the cast of the Irish Repertory Theatre production of Tony Award-winning playwright Brian Friel's Molly Sweeney, the story of a blind woman who undergoes an …

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM

AmEx Pre-Sale for Broadway's Baby It's You! Begins Jan. 26 by Kenneth Jones and Adam Hetrick

The new Broadway musical Baby It's You!, about the New Jersey housewife who developed the pop group The Shirelles to fame, is available in a special pre-sale to American Express cardholders …

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM

As Thousands Cheer! Bring It On: The Musical Opens in Atlanta Jan. 28 by Kenneth Jones and Adam Hetrick

Bring It On: The Musical, a pop theatrical look at cheerleading competitions, opens Jan. 28 at Atlanta's Alliance Theatre following previews from Jan. 16.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM

Melissa Etheridge Is American Idiot's New Dark Force, St. Jimmy, Starting Feb. 1 by Kenneth Jones and Adam Hetrick

Grammy and Academy Award Award-winning singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge joins the Broadway cast of American Idiot for one week only Feb. 1-6, playing the dark alter ego known as St. Jimmy.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM

The Hallway Trilogy, Adam Rapp's Decades-Spanning Plays, Opens on Three Consecutive Nights Starting Feb. 22 by Kenneth Jones and Adam Hetrick

Part one of Adam Rapp's ambitious trio of related 90-minute plays, The Hallway Trilogy, starring Tony Award nominee Maria Dizzia, Logan Marshall Green and Louis Cancelmi, opens Feb. 22 at th…

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM

Barbara Cook, Chita Rivera, Harvey Fierstein, Boyd Gaines Celebrate Late Composer Jerry Bock Jan. 24 by Kenneth Jones and Andrew Gans

Friends, colleagues and fans will celebrate the life and work of the late composer Jerry Bock, whose Broadway scores include Fiddler on the Roof, The Apple Tree, She Loves Me and The Rothsch…

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM

Ten-Hut! Bobby Steggert, Santino Fontana, Michael Berresse Recruited for Yank! Workshop by Kenneth Jones and Andrew Gans

Roundabout Theatre Company is producing a workshop of the Broadway-aimed musical Yank!, about gay men and women serving in World War II. Bobby Steggert, the Tony Award nominee featured in th…

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM

In Lieu of Sieber, Jeff McCarthy Will Step Into Chicago as Billy Flynn by Kenneth Jones and Andrew Gans

Owing to Christopher Sieber's sudden casting to replace Jeffrey Tambor as Georges in Broadway's La Cage aux Folles, Jeff McCarthy will take the role that Sieber was previously announced for …

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM

Original Broadway Cast Recording of Priscilla Queen of the Desert Gets Theatre Release March 15 by Kenneth Jones and Andrew Gans

The original Broadway cast recording of Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical is available at the Palace Theatre starting March 15 prior to going on wide sale starting April 5. Produced …

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM

NYC Memorial for Jill Haworth, Late Cabaret Actress, Planned for Feb. 3 by Kenneth Jones and Robert Simonson

Friends and family of Jill Haworth will gather in Manhattan on Feb. 3 to remember the late actress who created the role of Sally Bowles in the original Broadway production of Cabaret.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM

Memorial for Jill Haworth, Late Cabaret Actress, Offered Feb. 3 by Kenneth Jones and Robert Simonson

Friends and family of Jill Haworth will gather in Manhattan on Feb. 3 to remember the late actress who created the role of Sally Bowles in the original Broadway production of Cabaret. Some o…

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM

A Little Bit Country: Priscilla Performers Expose Their Southern Roots in NYC Concert Feb. 13 by Kenneth Jones and Thomas Peter

Tad Wilson and Jessica Phillips, Tennessee natives who will soon appear together on Broadway in Priscilla Queen of the Desert, will perform the music of their home state in South of Broadway…

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM

Theoni V. Aldredge, Costume Designer of Annie, La Cage, A Chorus Line, Dead at 78 by Robert Simonson and Kenneth Jones

Theoni V. Aldredge, the three-time Tony Award-winning costume designer, died Jan. 21 in a Stamford, CT, hospital after an illness, her husband actor Tom Aldredge announced.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM
Thursday, May 21, 2015

Plays By Jeff Talbott, Beth Henley, Vincent Delaney and York Walker To Be Read in NewTACTics Series in June by Kenneth Jones

NewTACTics, a program of Off-Broadway's TACT/The Actors Company Theatre, will present four staged readings of new works in June. The playwrights and titles have been announced.

SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 01:44PM
Friday, May 8, 2015

“Darling Grenadine,” Daniel Zaitchik’s Whimsical New Musical, Gets L.A. Concert; Kristin Hanggi Directs by Kenneth Jones

Pop and theatre singer-songwriter Daniel Zaitchik is testing his new musical romantic comedy in a May 12 concert reading in Los Angeles. He talks about his latest project.

SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 10:54AM
Thursday, May 7, 2015

#TBT: Nick Blaemire On His Short-Lived Glory, The Musical That Opened and Closed The Same Night by Kenneth Jones

Playbill.com digs into its archives to explore past articles. In the next installment, it talks with then-Broadway newcomers Nick Blaemire and James Gardiner, the twenty-something cr…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Monday, May 4, 2015

Alabama Shakespeare Festival’s 2015 Southern Writers’ Project Gives Wing to Four New Plays May 8-10 by Kenneth Jones

Playwrights Jeffrey Chastang, Nathaniel Lachenmeyer, Alex & Hana Mironoff and John Walch are in residence at Alabama Shakespeare Festival‘s home the week of May 4 to prep readings of their…

SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 04:47PM

“The White Road” Is Paved by Irish Theatre of Chicago; World Premiere Tracks Ernest Shackleton by Kenneth Jones

Playwright Karen Tarjan talks about her new play about the explorers who found themselves trapped in ice near Antarctica circa 1915.

SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 10:57AM
Monday, April 27, 2015

Patrick Riviere’s “The House of Nunzio,” Unlocking Secrets in an Italian-American Family, Gets NYC Reading by Kenneth Jones

Playwright Patrick Riviere talks about the inspiration behind his play about an aging grandfather's intolerance.

SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 11:05AM
Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Jeff Talbott, Enid Graham, David Cote, James Still Among 2015 National Playwrights Conference Finalists by Kenneth Jones

A look at some of the Finalists in the 2015 National Playwrights Conference of the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center.

SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 12:20PM
Thursday, April 16, 2015

Playwright Bess Wohl Talks About the Gold of Silence in “Small Mouth Sounds” by Kenneth Jones

An interview with Bess Wohl on the creation of her Off-Broadway play "Small Mouth Sounds," set at a silent retreat.

SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 02:42PM

“It Happened One Christmas,” New Holiday Musical Conceived by Karen Azenberg & Kenneth Jones, to Premiere at Pioneer Theatre by Kenneth Jones

Pioneer Theatre Company in Salt Lake City has announced its 2015-16 season, to include four musicals and a world-premiere play, among other titles.

SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 09:14AM
Wednesday, April 8, 2015

“The Road to Where,” Cass Morgan’s Solo Musical Play, Leads to Home, Roots and Family at Geva Theatre by Kenneth Jones

Broadway actress-writer Cass Morgan talks about her autobiographical musical being prepped in her hometown of Rochester, NY.

SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 12:21PM
Thursday, April 2, 2015

“Crotched Mountain,” the Sequel to Charles Morey’s “Granite State,” Gets NYC Reading April 13 by Kenneth Jones

"The Granite State," a hit last summer for Peterborough Players in New Hampshire, will get a sequel. Playwright Charles Morey is interviewed.

SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 11:43AM
Tuesday, March 31, 2015

David Meyers’ “Broken” Explores Mind of Young Mass Murderer, April 9-26 in NYC by Kenneth Jones

Actor-playwright David Meyers talks about the inspiration behind his new play "Broken," about a mass shooting, getting an Off-Off-Broadway run in April.

SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 10:44AM
Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Rob Zellers’ Rust Belt Play “Mr. Wheeler’s” Gets Pioneer Play-By-Play Reading by Kenneth Jones

"Mr. Wheeler's," Rob Zellers' play set in a restaurant in a declining town, gets a reading by Pioneer Theatre Company. The playwright talks.

SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 01:01PM
Tuesday, March 10, 2015

All These Tiny Moments Make a Romance by Kenneth Jones

In Bright Half Life, Tanya Barfield digs deeply into lifelong love — Playwright Tanya Barfield may live her life from Event A to Event B to Event C, but she says dream logic ruled when…

SOURCE: TDF at 09:00AM
Friday, March 6, 2015

Callie Kimball’s “Alligator Road,” a Comic Yarn About the Serious Business of Family, History and Race, Premieres in Maine by Kenneth Jones

Playwright Callie Kimball talks about her Florida-set comedy about a white business owner's approach to slavery reparations in "Alligator Road," premiering March 12 by Maine's Mad Horse Thea…

SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 01:21PM
Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Pioneer Theatre’s Play-By-Play Series Serves Up “Slow Food” by Wendy MacLeod by Kenneth Jones

Playwright Wendy MacLeod talks about her new play, "Slow Food," getting a March 6-7 reading by Pioneer Theatre Company in Salt Lake City.

SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 01:16PM

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