Music of the Night: An Evening with Davis Gaines Set for Feb. 19 in CA by Adam Hetrick

Longtime Phantom of the Opera star Davis Gaines will perform Music of the Night, a one-night-only benefit concert, Feb. 19 in Glendale, CA.

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Joanna Lumley Reveals "Ab Fab" Reunion in the Works by Adam Hetrick

It looks like La Bête star Joanna Lumley will be re-teaming with her old chum Jennifer Saunders for a reunion of the BBC comedy series “Absolutely Fabulous.”Playbill.com as…

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Anne Frank Haunts Mandy Patinkin in Compulsion, Starting Feb. 1 at the Public Theater by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award-winning actor Mandy Patinkin portrays haunted playwright Sid Silver in Rinne Groff's Compulsion, which begins performances Feb. 1 Off-Broadway at the Public Theater.

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A Listen to Gatz at the Public Theater by Adam Hetrick

The words of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" are currently filling the halls of the Public Theater, where the New York premiere of Elevator Repair Service's Gatz is playing …

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Jennifer Harmon, Josie de Guzman, Louisa Flaningam to Spar in August: Osage County at the Alley by Adam Hetrick

Jennifer Harmon, Sarah Gay, Louisa Flaningam and Tony Award nominee Josie de Guzman will be the volatile family members of August: Osage County at the Alley Theatre beginning Feb. 18.

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Lee Rocker Begins Limited Broadway Engagement in Million Dollar Quartet Jan. 21 by Adam Hetrick

Grammy Award-nominated Stray Cats musician Lee Rocker joins the Broadway cast of Million Dollar Quartet Jan. 21 for a limited 12-performance engagement.

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Broadway Cast of Sister Act Will Raise the Roof on "The View" by Adam Hetrick

Olivier Award nominee Patina Miller and the Broadway cast of Sister Act The Musical will join the ladies of "The View" Feb. 9 for a special performance.

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Tovah Feldshuh Will Reprise Golda's Balcony for Alliance Theatre's 2011-2012 Season by Adam Hetrick

The 2011-2012 season at Atlanta's Alliance Theatre will include Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods, the world-premiere comedy Broke and Tony Award nominee Tovah Feldshuh in Golda's Balcony.

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Elevator Repair Service Tackles Hemingway With The Select (The Sun Also Rises) in Boston by Adam Hetrick

Elevator Repair Service, which dazzled New York audiences with Gatz, its treatment of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby," is giving Ernest Hemingway a shot. The Select (The Sun Also Ri…

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Spring Episode of "Modern Family" Will Take Theatrical Turn by Adam Hetrick

Some of Broadway's greats will be referenced on an upcoming spring episode of ABC's "Modern Family," according to TVGuide.com.

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Liz Callaway to Sing Sondheim and Loesser With Columbus Symphony by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award nominee Liz Callaway will perform the music of Stephen Sondheim and the late Frank Loesser when she joins the Columbus Symphony Orchestra Feb. 19.

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Lincoln Center Festival to Host Druid Theatre's Silver Tassie and Opera Based on "Dancer in the Dark" by Adam Hetrick

Ireland's Druid Theatre will return to New York with The Silver Tassie, under the direction of Tony Award winner Garry Hynes, which will be presented as part of the 2011 Lincoln Center Festi…

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Catch Me If You Can Briefly Delays Start of Broadway Previews by Adam Hetrick

Catch Me If You Can, the new Broadway musical from Tony Award-winning Hairspray songwriters Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, has delayed the start of Broadway previews by four days.

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In the Heights' Chris Jackson to Release "In the Name of Love" R&B Album; Concert Planned by Adam Hetrick

Original In the Heights cast member Chris Jackson will release his new solo R&B album, "In the Name of Love," Feb. 15 on the Yellow Sound Label.

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Lincoln Center Planning Broadway Transfer of Jon Robin Baitz's Other Desert Cities by Adam Hetrick

Jon Robin Baitz's Off-Broadway drama Other Desert Cities, which had originally been aiming for a Broadway world premiere, may still get its chance to play the Great White Way. Lincoln Center…

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GLAAD Awards to Honor Kristin Chenoweth and Ricky Martin by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth and Grammy winner Ricky Martin are the special honorees of the 2011 GLAAD Media Awards, which will be presented March 19 in Manhattan and April 10 in Los …

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Billy Elliot's Lee Hall Penning Film Based on Elton John's Life by Adam Hetrick

A new film about the life of Grammy, Tony and Academy Award-winning songwriter Elton John is in the works. Billy Elliot collaborator Lee Hall is penning the screenplay.

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Contested High School Production of Joe Turner's Come and Gone Will Proceed by Adam Hetrick

The show will go on for a Connecticut high school production of August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone, according to the New York Times.

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Cast Complete for Kushner's Intelligent Homosexual's Guide at the Public by Adam Hetrick

Complete casting has been announced for the New York premiere of Tony Kushner's The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism With a Key to the Scriptures, which will begin …

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American Idiot's Alysha Umphress Sings "Lovable" (Video) by Adam Hetrick

The forthcoming album “Thirteen Stories Down: The Songs of Jonathan Reid Gealt” features a host of Broadway talent including Caissie Levy, Will Chase and Kate Baldwin.While theat…

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Ann Hampton Callaway Will Join Victor Garber, Kristin Chenoweth, Raúl Esparza for Defying Gravity by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award nominee Ann Hampton Callaway has been added to New York City Opera's April 21 concert Defying Gravity: The Music of Stephen Schwartz.

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Remastered "Judy at Carnegie Hall" Will Arrive in 2012 by Adam Hetrick

Judy Garland's historic Carnegie Hall concert, which was captured on a Grammy Award-winning LP, will be remastered and re-released by JSP Records in early 2012 in the UK.

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American Repertory Theater Will Honor Public Artistic Director Oskar Eustis by Adam Hetrick

Public Theater artistic director Oskar Eustis will be honored with the 2011 Robert Brustein Award at the American Repertory Theater's annual gala Feb. 14 in Boston, MA.

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Will Julie Taymor Be Released from Spider-Man's Web? by Adam Hetrick

The long-awaited opening night of the Broadway musical Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark may happen without its director and co-author. The New York Times reports that producers are in talks with…

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Broadway Return of The Merchant of Venice Includes New Cast Members by Adam Hetrick

The Public Theater staging of The Merchant of Venice, starring Al Pacino and Lily Rabe, will return to Broadway Feb. 1 with a few new faces on the rialto.

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