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Sunday, July 30, 2023

Grey House Plays Final Broadway Performance July 30 by Logan Culwell-Block

The new thriller stars Tatiana Maslany, Laurie Metcalf, and Sophia Anne Caruso.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:33AM

TheatreWorksUSA's Cat Kid Comic Club Opens Off-Broadway World Premiere July 30 by Logan Culwell-Block

Written by Dog Man: The Musical writers Kevin Del Aguila and Brad Alexander, the musical is the company's 2023 Family Summer Theater selection.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:33AM

Saturday, July 29, 2023

A Tailor Near Me Opens World Premiere Run at New Jersey Rep July 29 by Logan Culwell-Block

Richard Kind and James Pickens Jr. star in the Michael Tucker play about a custom suit that changes lives.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:04AM

Friday, July 28, 2023

Tentative Agreement Reached for New Broadway Hair and Makeup Contract by Logan Culwell-Block

IATSE Local 798 was recently back at the negotiation table with The Broadway League and Disney Theatrical on a contract that had been expired since 2020.

SOURCE: Playbill at 06:13PM

Burn - A Folk Musical Will Host Public Presentations in Peoria, Illinois by Logan Culwell-Block

The presentations follow a three-week developmental workshop at Bradley University.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:13PM

Ride the Cyclone Gets High School Edition From Broadway Licensing by Logan Culwell-Block

The cult favorite musical played Off-Broadway in 2016.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:13PM

Harmony Releases Title Track From Upcoming Cast Album Ahead of Broadway Premiere by Logan Culwell-Block

The Barry Manilow-Bruce Sussman musical begins October 18 at the Barrymore Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:43AM

Thursday, July 27, 2023

Tony-Nominated Playwright Jerome Coopersmith Dies at 97 by Logan Culwell-Block

Awarded a Purple Heart during World War II, Coopersmith went on to write for Broadway's Baker Street and The Apple Tree and TV's Hawaii Five-O.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:49PM

Boston's Huntington Names Christopher Mannelli Executive Director by Logan Culwell-Block

Joining the Tony-winning company following a seven-year tenure at Geva Theatre, Mannelli becomes the theatre's second-ever top administrative leader.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:19PM

Isabelle McCalla to Join Broadway's Shucked; Caroline Innerbichler Sets Final Bow by Logan Culwell-Block

A veteran of Broadway's The Prom, McCalla will be the corn-y musical's new Maizy.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:43PM

Caitlin Cook's The Writing on the Stall Sets Off-Broadway Run at Soho Playhouse by Logan Culwell-Block

The "bathroom graffiti" musical solo show will begin performances in September.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:07PM

Sarah Paulson Will Return to Broadway in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Appropriate by Logan Culwell-Block

Second Stage is producing Jacobs-Jenkins' Broadway playwriting debut.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:37PM

See Who's Starring in Jocelyn Bioh's Jaja's African Hair Braiding on Broadway by Logan Culwell-Block

Full casting has been revealed for the Manhattan Theatre Club production beginning performances in September.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:13AM

Dolly Parton Musical Here You Come Again Begins at Goodspeed Musicals July 27 by Logan Culwell-Block

The new musical features a book by Bruce Vilanch, Gabriel Barre, and Tricia Paoluccio.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:25AM

A Tailor Near Me Begins World Premiere Run at New Jersey Rep July 27 by Logan Culwell-Block

Richard Kind and James Pickens Jr. star in the Michael Tucker play about a custom suit that changes lives.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:25AM

Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Sierra Boggess to Lead Studio Cast Album of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! by Logan Culwell-Block

The upcoming release will be the first to include the entire score performed with Robert Russell Bennett's original orchestrations.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:07PM

RuPaul's Drag Race Star Rosé Will Star as Glinda in LGBTQ+ The Wizard of Oz at Geva Theatre by Logan Culwell-Block

Bad Cinderella's Savy Jackson will be Dorothy in the upstate New York production of the screen-to-stage musical.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:55PM

Broadway Casting Director Mark B. Simon Dies at 70 by Logan Culwell-Block

The original productions of Parade, 13, and Hollywood Arms are among the shows Simon helped ready for the Main Stem.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:07PM

Cabaret Favorite Jeff Harnar Will Explore the Cy Coleman Song Catalog in New Album by Logan Culwell-Block

Liz and Ann Hampton Callaway, Nicolas King, and Danny Bacher join Harnar on the album releasing this September.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:25PM

IATSE, Broadway Producers Finally Renegotiating Long-Expired IATSE Hair and Makeup Contract by Logan Culwell-Block

IATSE Local 798 members have been working on the contract, which expired pre-pandemic, since the 2021 return of live theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:55AM

Kids' Night on Broadway Plans Summer Return; See Which Shows Are Participating by Logan Culwell-Block

The program sends kids and teens to Broadway for free, with accompanying restaurant discounts and special in-theatre activites.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:43AM

Tuesday, July 25, 2023

LaChanze, Taraji P. Henson, More Join Producing Team for Manhattan Theatre Club's Jaja's African Hair Braiding by Logan Culwell-Block

The world premiere from Jocelyn Bioh is scheduled to begin on Broadway in September.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:07PM

Broadway Grosses Analysis: Box Office Expands as Summer Theatregoers Head to Back to the Future, Parade, Good Night, Oscar, More by Logan Culwell-Block

Several shows saw their highest-grossing weeks yet as 257,204 people saw a Broadway show last week.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:55PM

Photos: Go Inside the Starry Opening Night at Broadway's The Cottage by Logan Culwell-Block

Bernadette Peters, Chuck Cooper, and Richard Kind were among the Broadway notables that walked the red carpet.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:25PM

Original A Chorus Line Star Pamela Blair Dies at 73 by Logan Culwell-Block

Blair created the role of plastic surgery advocate Val in the 1976 Tony-winning musical.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:04AM

Monday, July 24, 2023

Pulitzer Winner James Ijames Named Honorary Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival Playwright; Finalists Revealed by Logan Culwell-Block

The 2023 competition, the festival's 48th, will be held in August.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:07AM