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Monday, September 14, 2015

Amlie Musical Extends World-Premiere Run by Adam Hetrick and Robert Viagas

The stage musical adaptation of Amélie, starring Samantha Barks in the title role, has extended its run for an additional week of performances at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:22PM

Rumer Willis Makes Broadway Debut in Chicago Tonight! by Robert Viagas and Olivia Clement

Rumer Willis, a winner of the TV show "Dancing With the Stars" and the eldest daughter of Demi Moore and Bruce Willis, makes her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in the current revival…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Christopher Innvar Will Join George S. Irving and Jackie Hoffman for Chekhov and Shaw Comedy Night by Robert Viagas and Andrew Gans

Christopher Innvar has joined the starry lineup for A Chekhov and Shaw Comedy Night, being presented 7 PM Sept. 21 as part of Gingold Theatrical Group’s Project Shaw at Symphony Sp…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:24PM

Hand to God Is Waving Goodbye to Broadway; Production Will Play London by Robert Viagas and Andrew Gans

Hand to God, starring Steven Boyer in his acclaimed performance as a boy and his foul-mouthed hand puppet, will play its final performance on Broadway Jan. 3, 2016. The Tony-nominate…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:35PM

Female Students Demand a Bigger Taste of Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Show by Robert Viagas and Andrew Gans

Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals, which bills itself as the oldest theatrical organization in the United States, is being urged to get with the times and start allowing wom…

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:22AM
Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Stage Version of Shakespeare in Love Completes Creative Team for North American Premiere by Robert Viagas and Michael Gioia

Shakespeare in Love, a stage version of the Oscar-winning film of the same name that opened last summer at the West End's Noel Coward Theatre, will make its North American debut in 2…

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:11PM

Anthony Warlow Extends Run in Broadway’s Finding Neverland by Andrew Gans and Robert Viagas

Australian actor Anthony Warlow, who has been playing Captain Hook — the role created by Kelsey Grammer — in Broadway's Finding Neverland, has extended his run in the…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:17PM
Friday, September 4, 2015

Look Who’s Joining Jayne Houdyshell, Sarah Steele, Reed Birney in Roundabout’s The Humans by Robert Viagas and Michael Gioia

Lauren Klein and Arian Moayed have joined the cast of Pulitzer Prize finalist Stephen Karam's newest play, The Humans, which will make its New York debut Off-Broadway this f…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:42PM

Musical of the Month: Golden Dawn by Doug Reside, Lewis and Dorothy Cullman Curator For The Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library For The Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Billy Rose Theatre Division

A guest post by Kate Edney. Page from the original souvenir program of Golden Dawn  Golden Dawn (1927) is one of those musicals that has been almost completely erased from histories of …

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 12:16PM
Wednesday, September 2, 2015

The Illusionists Wow “America’s Got Talent” Tonight En Route to Broadway by Robert Viagas and Adam Hetrick

Magicians from the Broadway-bound prestidigitation extravaganza, The Illusionists, materialize on the Sept. 2 episode of "America's Got Talent" to add a touch of illusion t…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Winners Named in Dames at Sea “Tap-Stravaganza”  See Who Will Dance at Opening Night! (Video) by Robert Viagas and Andrew Gans

Danielle Behrens, a recent Marymount Manhattan College graduate and Joshua Israel, from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, were named winners of the Aug. 31 Dames at Sea tap competiti…

SOURCE: Playbill at 06:43PM

Winners Named in Dames at Sea “Tap-Stravaganza”  See Who Will Dance at Opening Night! by Robert Viagas and Andrew Gans

Danielle Behrens, a recent Marymount Manhattan College graduate and Joshua Israel, from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, were named winners of the Aug. 31 Dames at Sea tap competiti…

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:33PM

Fun Home’s Sydney Lucas Joins Starry Hollywood Arms Reading With Tyne Daly by Adam Hetrick and Robert Viagas

Fun Home Tony Award nominee Sydney Lucas will be part of the Sept. 21 concert reading of Hollywood Arms, the autobiographical 2002 play by actress Carol Burnett and her late daughter Carrie …

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:51AM
Monday, August 31, 2015

Was Miley Cyrus in Talks to Star in Broadway’s Hedwig? by Robert Viagas and Michael Gioia

Miley Cyrus, the twerking, tongue-wagging pop star who has earned more than $100 million in a career that has included five No. 1 albums, was considering making her Broadway debut in Hed…

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:05PM

Emily Skinner, Josh Grisetti and Other Stars Begin Rehearsals This Week for Prince of Broadway World by Andrew Gans and Robert Viagas

Rehearsals will begin Sept. 3 for the Umeda Arts Theater's world premiere of Prince of Broadway, the new musical celebrating the Tony-winning Broadway career of producer-directo…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:50AM

Rehearsals Begin This Week for Prince of Broadway World Premiere in Japan by Andrew Gans and Robert Viagas

Rehearsals will begin Sept. 3 for the Umeda Arts Theater's world premiere of Prince of Broadway, the new musical celebrating the Tony-winning Broadway career of producer-directo…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:50AM
Sunday, August 30, 2015

The place that inspires me: artist reveal their secret getaways by Interviews By Killian Fox, Corinne Jones and Joanne O'Connor

Whether it’s the roots of home or a wild escape from the rat race, most creative types have a place that unlocks their imaginative flow. We asked writers, musicians, artists and directors …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:55AM

Spring Awakening Alumni Reunite for Concert of New Music Tonight by Adam Hetrick and Robert Viagas

After three sold-out June shows at 54 Below nightclub, actors from the original Broadway production of Spring Awakening and its national tour are coming together again Aug. 30 to present…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Spring Awakening Original Cast Member Reunites for Concert of New Music Tonight by Adam Hetrick and Robert Viagas

After three sold-out June shows at 54 Below nightclub, actors from the original Broadway production of Spring Awakening and its national tour are coming together again Aug. 30 to present…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Friday, August 28, 2015

Jason Robert Brown Composing Music for Prince of Broadway by Andrew Gans and Robert Viagas

Multiple Tony winner Jason Robert Brown, composer of Honeymoon in Vegas, Parade, 13, The Bridges of Madison County and The Last Five Years, is composing music for Prince of Broadway, the ne…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:30AM
Thursday, August 27, 2015

The Illusionists Plan to Wow “America’s Got Talent” En Route to Broadway by Robert Viagas and Adam Hetrick

Magicians from the Broadway-bound prestidigitation extravaganza, The Illusionists, plan to materialize on the Sept. 2 episode of "America's Got Talent" to add a touch of il…

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:35PM

Get Out Your Tap Shoes! Dames at Sea Makes An Offer No Dancer Can Resist by Robert Viagas and Andrew Gans

Some lucky dancer is going to get a chance to make their debut on a Broadway stage the easy way.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:20PM

Mmm, Bacon! Hartford Stage Sets Box-Office Record by Andrew Gans and Robert Viagas

The news that Kevin Bacon will star in a stage version of Rear Window propelled Hartford Stage to enjoy its highest single-day box-office take in the company's five-decade hi…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:04AM

Playbill Vault’s Today in Theatre History: August 27 by David Gewirtzman and Ernio Hernandez and Robert Viagas

1878 Birthday of Sam S. Shubert (1878-1905), co-founder of the theatre-owning and producing titan, the Shubert Organization. Broadway's Shubert Theatre is named for him.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Stockard Channing, Billy Magnussen and 11 More Join Nathan Lane and Debra Messing for Shorts by Wesl by Michael Gioia and Robert Viagas

Emmy and Tony Award winner Stockard Channing, "Into the Woods" star and Tony nominee Billy Magnussen and 11 others have joined the cast for the Oct. 26 reading of six new 10-mi…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:41PM

Playbill Vault’s Today in Theatre History: August 26 by David Gewirtzman and Ernio Hernandez, Robert Viagas

1880 Broadway director-producer Philip Moeller is born today in New York. Among his greatest theatrical achievements are productions of Biography, Elizabeth the Queen, Mourning Becomes E…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Sarah Ruhl NY Premiere Part of Women’s Project Theater Season by Robert Viagas and Michael Gioia

Women's Project Theater, founded in 1978 to develop, produce and promote the work of women theatre artists, has announced its upcoming season lineup at its new artistic home under a new …

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:18AM

Watch History-Maker Misty Copeland Prepare to Jet Into the Cast of On the Town Tonight (Video) by Robert Viagas and Andrew Gans

Misty Copeland, the ballerina who was promoted in June to principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre — the first African-American actress to make that leap — m…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

History-Maker Misty Copeland Jets Into the Cast of On the Town Tonight by Robert Viagas and Andrew Gans

Misty Copeland, the ballerina who was promoted in June to principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre--the first African-American actress to make that leap--makes m…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Playbill Vault’s Today in Theatre History: August 25 by David Gewirtzman and Ernio Hernandez, Robert Viagasand

1918 Birthday of composer Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990), who will bridge the worlds of classical and Broadway, both as conductor for the New York Philharmonic and as composer of classic …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Monday, August 24, 2015

Color Purple Stars Jennifer Hudson and Cynthia Erivo Record Title Song: Listen to It Here! by Robert Viagas and Adam Hetrick

Jennifer Hudson, who will play Shug Avery in the upcoming Broadway revival of The Color Purple recorded the title song with her co-star Cynthia Erivo for Entertainment Weekly and People …

SOURCE: Playbill at 07:24PM