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Friday, January 3, 2014

Tickets Now On Sale for Husband & Wife Drama Annapurna, Starring Real-Life Couple Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally by Megan Meadows

Art imitates life! Tickets are now on sale for the New York premiere of Sharr White’s drama Annapurna, starring real-life couple Nick Offerman (Parks and Recreation…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:27PM
Thursday, January 2, 2014

Here’s To the Ladies Who Tony! Watch Nikki M. James Pay Tribute to Every Best Featured Actress Tony Winner Ever by Megan Meadows

Broadway’s newest Eponine and Tony winner Nikki M. James is certainly not on her own when it comes to being one of the many talented ladies of Broadway. At a performance at Joe's P…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:06PM

Debra Messing and Brian F. Byrne Channel the Luck of the Irish as Outside Mullingar Starts Previews on Broadway by Megan Meadows

Erin go bragh! Manhattan Theatre Club's Outside Mullingar, starring Emmy winner Debra Messing and Tony winner Brian F. O’Bryne, begins performances January 2. Written by Tony …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM

Debra Messing and Brian F. O'Byrne Channel the Luck of the Irish as Outside Mullingar Starts Previews on Broadway by Megan Meadows

Erin go bragh! Manhattan Theatre Club's Outside Mullingar, starring Emmy winner Debra Messing and Tony winner Brian F. O’Bryne, begins performances January 2. Written by Tony …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM
Sunday, December 29, 2013

Chita Rivera Drops the Ball, Spidey Turns Off the Lights & Zachary Levi Breaks Up With B'way in Our New Year's Datebook by Megan Meadows

A new year is upon us, but before you down your champagne, start 2014 with some sweet plans! Chita Rivera is hosting a New Year's Eve party, Spidey takes his last swing from the Mezz and…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM
Sunday, December 22, 2013

Marvin Hamlisch Makes Magic, the Rockettes Kick It & Big Fish Swims Away in Our Christmas Week Datebook by Megan Meadows

Broadway elves (uh, the Matildas?) have been hard at work to make sure Christmas week in NYC offers a full stocking of theatrical treats, including a new Marvin Hamlisch documentary, a final…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM
Friday, December 20, 2013

Tony Winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson to Co-Star in TBS Pilot Opposite Ed Burns by Megan Meadows

You have the right to remain silent! Tony winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson is jumping from AMC’s canceled cop drama Low Winter Sun into a new TBS pilot about cops in the 1960s entitled&nbs…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:33AM

Machinal, Starring Rebecca Hall, Begins Performances on Broadway by Megan Meadows

Golden Globe nominee Rebecca Hall makes her Broadway debut in the Roundabout Theatre Company's production of Machinal, which begins performances December 20 at the American Airlines…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM
Thursday, December 19, 2013

Cafe Carlyle's Winter Season Includes Tony Winners Sutton Foster, John Lloyd Young & More by Megan Meadows

Come to the cabaret! Cafe Carlyle's Winter 2014 season will include Tony winners Sutton Foster and John Lloyd Young, as well as debuts by Nellie McKay, Maude Maggart and composer Frank W…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:58PM

Marlee Matlin Will Tally the Scores at Glee's Nationals by Megan Meadows

Oscar winner Marlee Matlin will be making an appearance (as herself) on an upcoming episode of Fox's Glee. Matlin will be judging Glee’s New Directions in the National Glee Cl…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:32AM
Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Rock On! Grammy Nominee Nelson Gonzalez Joins Creative Team of The Happiest Songs Plays Last by Megan Meadows

Make way for the master! Grammy Award-nominated musician Nelson Gonzalez has joined the creative team of the upcoming Second Stage Theatre production of Pulitzer Prize winner Quiara Alegr&ia…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:05PM

Batter Up! Peter Scolari and the Broadway Cast of Bronx Bombers Meet the Press by Megan Meadows

Buy yourself some peanuts and Cracker Jack! After an off-Broadway run at Primary Stages, Bronx Bombers is coming to Broadway, and on December 18, Peter Scolari and the cast of the Great…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:40PM
Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Chocoholics Unite! New Musical Comedy The Chocolate Show! to Play Off-Broadway by Megan Meadows

Off-Broadway is like a box of chocolates, or at least it will be soon! The new off-Broadway musical comedy The Chocolate Show!, featuring songs, comedy sketches and audience (volunteer only!…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:54PM

Tickets Now On Sale for the World Premiere of Thomas Bradshaw's Intimacy, Starring Daniel Gerroll by Megan Meadows

Come a Little Closer! Tickets are now available for the world premiere of The New Group's Thomas Bradshaw play Intimacy. Starring Daniel Gerroll, this boisterous comedy about race, …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:43PM

Up, Up and Away! It’s a Bird… It’s a Plane… It’s Superman Set for a Supernatural U.K. Debut by Megan Meadows

The man of steel is finally making his U.K. debut with It’s a Bird… It’s a Plane… It’s Superman. The musical comedy, which premiered on Broadway in 1966,…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:37PM
Monday, December 16, 2013

Laura Osnes and Michael Feinstein Set to be Our Valentines at Carnegie Hall by Megan Meadows

If you thought all you wanted for Valentine’s Day next year was a box of chocolates and some flowers, we’re about to prove you completely wrong! Emmy and Grammy-nominated compose…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:26PM

Williamstown Theatre Festival Announces WTF Cabaret Event at 54 Below, Starring Lauren Molina, Amy Spanger & More by Megan Meadows

Berkshire summers are heading to the Big Apple! Williamstown Theatre Festival has announced the first round of participants for the inaugural WTF Cabaret Series at 54 Below. A revo…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:30PM

Williamstown Theatre Festival Announces WTF Cabaret Series at 54 Below, Starring Lauren Molina, Amy Spanger & More by Megan Meadows

Berkshire summers are heading to the Big Apple! Williamstown Theatre Festival has announced the first round of participants for the inaugural WTF Cabaret Series at 54 Below. A revo…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:30PM

Carol Lawrence and the Cast of Handle with Care Deliver on Opening Night by Megan Meadows

It’s been how long since we’ve seen the famed Tony-nominated Carol Lawrence on stage? Way too long! Well, on December 15, West Side Story’s original Maria celebrated t…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:13PM

The Usual Suspect! Composer Joe Kinosian Joins the Cast of Murder for Two Off-Broadway by Megan Meadows

Whodunit? Murder For Two composer Joe Kinosian will reprise his performance as 'The Suspects' in the show beginning January 20, 2014. Kinosian takes over the role for Jeff Blumenkran…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:00AM
Sunday, December 15, 2013

Jason Odell Williams' Handle With Care, Starring Carol Lawrence, Opens Off-Broadway by Megan Meadows

Off-Broadway learns the language of love! Emmy-nominated playwright Jason Odell Williams' newest play Handle with Care opens December 15 at the Westside Theatre Downstairs. The…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM

Hugh Jackman Gets Presidential, Ed Harris Says 'Bye Ya'll' & Paul Nolan Is One of the Guys in This Week's Datebook by Megan Meadows

Twas the week before Christmas, when all through the theater district... so much was going on! That's right, this week a slew of Broadway vets get together for various holiday benefits a…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM
Saturday, December 14, 2013

The Last Two People on Earth: An Apocalyptic Vaudeville, Starring Mandy Patinkin, Begins Performances Off-Broadway by Megan Meadows

Quick, to Noah's Ark! Classic Stage Company's The Last Two People on Earth: An Apocalyptic Vaudeville starts performances on December 14. Starring Tony and four-time Emmy award winne…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM
Friday, December 13, 2013

Take Me Out to the Ballgame! Broadway's Bronx Bombers Now on Sale by Megan Meadows

Damn Yankees! Tickets are now available for the Broadway transfer of Eric Simonson’s Bronx Bombers, starring real-life spouses Emmy winner Peter Scolari and Tracy Shayne…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:34AM
Thursday, December 12, 2013

How You Doin', Janis Joplin? See Janis and Aretha Wail 'Spirit in the Dark' on Wendy Williams by Megan Meadows

Whoa! Watch A Night with Janis Joplin's NaTasha Yvette Williams and Mary Bridget Davies blow Wendy Williams away with their roof-raising performance of "Spirit in the Dark." Wi…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:23PM

Backstreet Boy Brian Littrell Enjoys a Jazzy Afternoon With Fantasia Barrino at After Midnight by Megan Meadows

Backstreet’s back, all right! Backstreet Boy Brian Littrell knows a thing or two about crooning and harmonies, and on December 11 he stopped by Broadway's After Midnight for got a …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:24PM

Wake Up! Donmar Transfer of Conor McPherson's The Night Alive Opens Off-Broadway by Megan Meadows

The American premiere of the Donmar Warehouse production of Tony nominee Conor McPherson’s The Night Alive opens December 12 off-Broadway. Directed by the playwright, the sho…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM
Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Tom Hanks, Emma Thompson, Julie Andrews & Dick Van Dyke Cheekily Sing 'Let's Go Fly a Kite' at the L.A. Premiere of Saving Mr. Banks by Megan Meadows

Chim Chim Cheree! At the Los Angeles premiere of Disney’s newest Oscar bait Saving Mr. Banks on December 9, Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson were on top of the world—err, you mig…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:39PM

Zachary Quinto on his New York Transformation and The Glass Menagerie Falling Into Place Every Night by Megan Meadows

If you saw The Glass Menagerie's Zachary Quinto walking through midtown today, you’d think he’d always looked like one of Broadway’s hottest leading men, but accor…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:53PM

Zachary Quinto on Loving NYC and the Magic of The Glass Menagerie by Megan Meadows

The Glass Menagerie star Zachary Quinto may be one of Broadway’s hottest leading men right now, but the star says he only found his sense of style and confidence when he…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:53PM

America's Most Poignant Home Videos! The Public's Apple Family Plays will be Filmed for PBS by Megan Meadows

Couldn’t catch enough of the cathartic drama from Richard Nelson’s Apple Family Plays: Scenes From Life in the Country? Have no fear, every play of the four-part series is being …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:07PM