Theatre students in Rochester, NY, are cutting their teeth on a world-premiere collection of short comic pieces — including eight songs — by two-time Tony Award winner Greg Kotis (Urinet…
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 11:33AMA blog news item about the two world-premiere titles in InterAct Theatre Company's 2013-14 season in Philadelphia.
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 04:37PMInterAct Theatre Company, the Philadelphia troupe that produces “new and contemporary plays that explore the social, political, and cultural issues of our time,” will stage two w…
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 07:30AMThe Toronto premiere of the 25th-anniversary edition of Les Misérables, starring Ramin Karimloo (London's The Phantom of the Opera and Love Never Dies) as Jean Valjean, will …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:51AMTickets are now on sale for the Broadway production of the new musical A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, which arrives at the Walter Kerr Theatre in October starring Tony Award win…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMLong Island businessman Mark Hotton, who was charged with defrauding producers of the Broadway-aimed musical Rebecca, has pleaded guilty in a Manhattan court, according to the New York Times.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:25PMBryce Pinkham will co-star opposite Tony Award winner Jefferson Mays in the Broadway production of the new musical A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, which arrives at the Walter Ker…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01PMSheet music from the 2013 Lucille Lortel Award-winning musical Dogfight — featuring a pop-rock score by rising theatre songwriters and Tony Award nominees Benj Pasek and Justin Paul &m…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:32PMHuman Race Theatre Company, the Ohio resident Equity company that gave my musical Voice of the City a workshop production, has two new musicals planned for its summer 2013 Musical Theatre W…
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 01:48PMDavid Caudle’s new play Damsel, a psychological drama about a husband and wife — and the husband’s interest in a needy co-worker — will be presented 7 PM June 26-27 in the Ne…
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 01:48AMPlaywright Kelli Kerslake Colaco’s new play, You Are My Sunshine, the multi-decade character study of a man of mythic American proportions whose passions and demons lead to tragedy, wi…
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 08:01PMIn an interview with Australia's ABC Classic FM, multiple Tony Award winner Angela Lansbury revealed that she will be headed back to Broadway in the fall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:37AMThe July/August 2013 issue of American Theatre magazine, just out this week, has a great piece about Alabama Shakespeare Festival‘s 2013 Southern Writers’ Project Festival of New…
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 03:52PMIn a recent rainy-day exploration of the Barnes & Noble in Union Square, I came across “The Complete Lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein II” (Knopf, 2008) on the bargain shelf, for $…
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 12:11AMA revised production of In the Company of Men, an early play by Neil LaBute better known for its controversial film version, which opened May 16 at Chicago's Profiles Theatre, has extend…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:54PMThe Vineyard Theatre's world-premiere production of Jenny Schwartz's Somewhere Fun, starring Kathleen Chalfant, Kate Mulgrew and Greg Keller, officially opens June 4 Off-Broadway aft…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Roundabout Theatre Company revival of Clifford Odets' drama of Hollywood secrets, The Big Knife — which stars Bobby Cannavale, C.J. Wilson, Marin Ireland, Chip Zien, …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTim Martin Gleason, Chandra Lee Schwartz and Joe West star in the world-premiere production of Sleepless in Seattle — The Musical, which is presented by Pasadena Playhouse in…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMRobert Markus, Paul Nolan and Jeremy Kushnier star in Des McAnuff's new Stratford Festival staging of the rock musical The Who's Tommy, which officially opens May 30 in Ontario.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Off-Broadway revival of Bertolt Brecht's The Caucasian Chalk Circle, starring Christopher Lloyd and featuring music by Duncan Sheik, officially opens May 30 after previews that began…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTanya Barfield's foreign-adoption drama The Call, a world-premiere co-production by Playwrights Horizons and Primary Stages, featuring Kelly AuCoin, Tony Award nominee Kerry Butler, Obie…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Rascals: Once Upon a Dream, a new concert event written by guitarist Steven Van Zandt, with music and lyrics by Felix Cavaliere and Eddie Brigati, begins a North American tour beginning …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTim Martin Gleason, Chandra Lee Schwartz and Joe West star in the world-premiere production of Sleepless in Seattle — The Musical, which is presented by Pasadena Playhouse in…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMClassic Stage Company has announced an extension of its current production of Bertolt Brecht's The Caucasian Chalk Circle, which will welcome Lea DeLaria to the cast for the final two we…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMBritish actress Lisa O'Hare, who starred in the Hartford Stage-Old Globe Theatre premiere productions of the new musical A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, will repeat her work …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:10AMTony Award winner Lea Salonga, George Takei and Telly Leung were part of a May 20 New York City industry presentation of Allegiance, the award-winning new musical by Jay Kuo, Marc Acito and …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:34AMAfter well-received regional engagements at Hartford Stage and the Old Globe Theatre this past season, the new musical comedy A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder will arrive on B…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:35PMA revised production of In the Company of Men, an early play by Neil LaBute better known for its controversial film version, officially opens May 16 at Chicago's Profiles Theatre after p…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:00PMAllegiance, the award-winning new American musical about Japanese internment camps on U.S. soil during World War II, is planning to arrive on Broadway in spring 2014, a representative for th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:21AMThe Vineyard Theatre's world-premiere production of Jenny Schwartz's Somewhere Fun, starring Kathleen Chalfant, Kate Mulgrew and Greg Keller, begins previews May 15 Off-Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMEmmy Award-winning actress Jane Lynch, known for playing a bullying cheer coach on TV's "Glee," began performances as orphanage matron Miss Hannigan in Broadway's Annie&nbs…
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