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Friday, March 8, 2013

Steven Culp and Dana Delany to Star in CA World Premiere of Beau Willimon's Parisian Woman by Kenneth Jones

Dana Delany, Steven Culp, Linda Gehringer, Rebecca Mozo and one actor to be announced will star in the South Coast Repertory world-premiere production of The Parisian Woman by Beau Willimon,…

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Terrence McNally's And Away We Go Bumped to Fall, as Pearl Fundraising Continues; J.M. Barrie Flies In by Kenneth Jones

Off-Broadway's not-for-profit Pearl Theatre Company, in the midst of a fundraising campaign, has rescheduled the spring world premiere of Terrence McNally's And Away We Go to this fa…

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NY Pops Gala Will Salute Jule Styne, Frank Loesser, Danny Kaye; Donna Murphy, Anthony Warlow, Kelli O'Hara Among Singers by Kenneth Jones

Broadway stars of today will celebrate three Broadway icons of yesteryear — namely, songwriters Frank Loesser and Jule Styne and actor Danny Kaye — at the April 29 gala performan…

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Jefferson Mays, Playing an Octet of Heirs, Begins West Coast Leg of Gentleman's Guide Musical by Kenneth Jones

The fall 2012 Hartford Stage troupers of the new musical comedy A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder reunite starting March 8 at The Old Globe in San Diego. Tony Award winner Jeff…

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Thursday, March 7, 2013

Honeymooners Musical Will Not Happen at Old Globe This Fall by Kenneth Jones

The Old Globe in San Diego is postponing its fall production of the new musical The Honeymooners due to a "conflict with artist schedules." The world premiere by Dusty Kay and Bill…

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:29PM

Lanford Wilson Romance, Talley's Folly, Starring Danny Burstein and Sarah Paulson, Gets Added Week by Kenneth Jones

The run of Roundabout Theatre Company's new Off-Broadway production of Lanford Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Talley's Folly, the delicate study of two disparate souls…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:17PM

Yiddish Play Contest Jury Includes Jason Robert Brown, Emanuel Azenberg, Joe DiPietro and More by Kenneth Jones

The Drama Desk Award-winning National Yiddish Theatre – Folksbiene is sponsoring a new play contest, seeking works "in Yiddish, or based on Yiddish sources, to add to the great le…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:17PM

Rising Star Elizabeth Olsen Will Play Juliet For Off-Broadway's Classic Stage by Kenneth Jones

Elizabeth Olsen, the actress known for the indie film "Martha Marcy May Marlene," has a date with a balcony — Juliet's — in fall 2013. Off-Broadway's Classic St…

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Edie Falco Will Inhabit The Madrid Longer Than Expected; Second Extension Announced by Kenneth Jones

Edie Falco plays a mother and teacher who sheds her life and moves to a rundown apartment building in the Off-Broadway world premiere of The Madrid, Liz Flahive's comedy that opened Feb.…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:59AM

A Lone Star: Holland Taylor's Ann, a Solo Show About Governor Ann Richards, Opens on Broadway by Kenneth Jones

Ann, actress-writer Holland Taylor's biographical play about late Texas Governor Ann Richards, opens on Broadway March 7 following previews from Feb. 18 at Lincoln Center Theater's V…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Wednesday, March 6, 2013

THE "SMASH" REPORT: Season Two, Episode 5, Or, The "C" Plot Thickens by Kenneth Jones

Playbill's weekly recap, with notes and comment, of the latest episode of the NBC musical drama series "Smash," about the dreamers behind Broadway musicals. Here's a look a…

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Pam MacKinnon and Bruce Norris Will Reunite for The Qualms; Steppenwolf Season Announced by Kenneth Jones

Steppenwolf Theatre Company's 2013-14 season in Chicago will feature the world premiere of The Qualms, a new play about partner-swapping among friends, by Clybourne Park Pulitzer Prize w…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:44PM

Denver Center Season Has New Plays Black Odyssey, The Most Deserving, Just Like Us and Georgia McBride by Kenneth Jones

In a major show of good faith toward the new American play, four of eight productions in the Tony Award-winning Denver Center Theatre Company's 2013-14 subscription season will be world …

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:40PM

Donnybrook!, With James Barbour and Jenny Powers, Will Raise a Ruckus for Four Added Weeks in NYC by Kenneth Jones

The Irish Repertory Theatre's Donnybrook!, the Johnny Burke-scored 1961 Broadway musical about the code of masculinity in Ireland, will play an additional four weeks, now to April 28, th…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:49PM

Appropriate, The Gospel of Lovingkindness and Sandra Oh Will Appear at Chicago's Victory Gardens in 2013-14 by Kenneth Jones

The 2013-14 season of Victory Gardens Theater — the Tony Award-winning Chicago company devoted to new works, many from its own Playwrights Ensemble — will include the co-world-pr…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:57AM

Acclaimed Old Hats, By Bill Irwin and David Shiner, Will Be Worn Into May by Kenneth Jones

Off-Broadway's Signature Theatre is adding four weeks to the run of its world premiere, Old Hats, the praised new clowning revue-with-music by Bill Irwin and David Shiner.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:10AM

George F. Walker's Dead Metaphor Opens at A.C.T. March 6, With George Hampe, Tom Bloom, René Augesen, Sharon Lockwood by Kenneth Jones

Canadian dramatist George F. Walker gets a major American spotlight with the American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) world premiere of his dark comedy Dead Metaphor. Directed by Irene Lewis, …

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Rajiv Joseph's The North Pool Opens at Off-Broadway's Vineyard March 6 by Kenneth Jones and Adam Hetrick

Stephen Barker Turner and Babak Tafti appear in the New York City premiere of Rajiv Joseph's The North Pool — a drama about tension between a high school principal and a Middle-Eas…

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Tuesday, March 5, 2013

C.J. Wilson Replaces Adam Rapp in Broadway's The Big Knife by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

C.J. Wilson (Glengarry Glen Ross, A Steady Rain, Festen) has replaced Adam Rapp in Clifford Odets' drama of Hollywood secrets, The Big Knife, which will begin Broadway previews March 22 …

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Annie Broadway Revival Will Get Cast Album; Spring-Early Summer Release Planned by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

A cast album for the 35th anniversary Broadway revival of Annie, starring Lilla Crawford, Anthony Warlow and Tony Award winner Katie Finneran, will be released this spring on the Shout! Broa…

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Lanford Wilson Romance, Talley's Folly, Starring Danny Burstein and Sarah Paulson, Opens in NYC by Kenneth Jones

Roundabout Theatre Company's new Off-Broadway production of Lanford Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Talley's Folly, the delicate study of two disparate souls meant for …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Monday, March 4, 2013

The Last Five Years, With Adam Kantor and Betsy Wolfe, Extends Prior to Off-Broadway Bow by Michael Gioia and Kenneth Jones

Second Stage Theatre's new production of Jason Robert Brown's musical The Last Five Years, which will star Adam Kantor (Mark in the final Broadway cast of Rent) and Betsy Wolfe …

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Revival of Stephen Sondheim's Passion, Starring Judy Kuhn, Melissa Errico and Ryan Silverman, Extends Run by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

Classic Stage Company has extended the critically acclaimed revival of the Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine musical Passion, starring Judy Kuhn, Melissa Errico and Ryan Silverman, an additional…

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Bill Irwin and David Shiner Jump Into Old Hats, Opening March 4 in NYC World Premiere by Kenneth Jones

Old Hats is the name of the new work by clowning Tony Award winners Bill Irwin and David Shiner, who star in the world premiere by Signature Theatre Company. It opens March 4 following previ…

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Breakfast at Tiffany's, Adapted By Richard Greenberg, Begins on Broadway; Emilia Clarke Is Holly Golightly by Kenneth Jones

The world-premiere production of Breakfast at Tiffany's, adapted by Tony Award winner Richard Greenberg, conjures New York City in the 1940s starting March 4 at Broadway's Cort Theat…

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Sunday, March 3, 2013

National Tour of Tony-Winning Musical Once Will Debut in Providence This Fall by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

The Tony Award-winning musical Once will launch a U.S. national tour in October at the Providence Performing Arts Center, in Providence, RI.

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Broadway Run of Sharr White's The Other Place Ends March 3 by Kenneth Jones

The Broadway premiere of Sharr White's character study The Other Place, starring Laurie Metcalf as a woman in crisis, ends its Broadway run March 3, as scheduled. At close, it …

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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Ends Broadway Run March 3 by Kenneth Jones

The acclaimed Broadway revival of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? ends its run March 3 at the Booth Theatre, three weeks prior to a previously announced extension…

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Friday, March 1, 2013

The Revisionist, Starring Jesse Eisenberg and Vanessa Redgrave, Extends Off-Broadway Run by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

The Rattlestick Plawrights Theater world premiere of The Revisionist, Jesse Eisenberg's new play about an antsy young novelist seeking refuge at a distant relative's flat in Poland, …

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World Premiere of Chekhov-Inspired Man in a Case, Starring Mikhail Baryshnikov, Opens at Hartford Stage by Kenneth Jones

Hartford Stage opens the world-premiere production of Man in a Case, a movement-friendly stage adaptation of two stories by Anton Chekhov, March 1 following previews from Feb. 21 in Connecti…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Thursday, February 28, 2013

New Works by Rebecca Gilman, Noah Haidle, Seth Bockley on Goodman's 2013-14 Slate, Plus Brigadoon and The White Snake by Kenneth Jones

The Goodman Theatre in Chicago announced three world premieres for its 2013-14 season, including Luna Gale by Rebecca Gilman, directed by Robert Falls; Smokefall by Noah Haidle, a Goodman co…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:34PM