Steve Martin to Play Bluegrass Concerts at Joe's Pub by Adam Hetrick

Comedian, author and musician Steve Martin will celebrate the release of his second blue grass album, "Rare Bird Alert," with three concert appearances at Joe's Pub in March.

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Tony-Winning Musical Fela! Will Play Lagos, Nigeria in April by Adam Hetrick

The story of the Broadway musical Fela! will come full circle in April. The musical about the Nigerian musician and political figure Fela Anikulapo-Kuti will debut in Lagos, producers offici…

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Public Announces Cast for Urge for Going World Premiere by Adam Hetrick

Actress Tala Ashe will lead the cast of the Public LAB world premiere of Mona Mansour's Urge for Going, about life within a Lebanese refugee camp, which will begin performances March 25.

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Darlene Love Sings With Million Dollar Quartet (Video) by Adam Hetrick

“He’s a Rebel” and “Today I Met the Boy I’m Gonna Marry” hit maker Darlene Love stopped by the Broadway production of Million Dollar Quartet to sing with…

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Alliance for Women in Media to Honor Rosie Perez, Claire Danes and Alfre Woodard by Adam Hetrick

Rosie Perez, Claire Danes and Alfre Woodard are among the 2011 Recipients of the Gracie Awards, celebrating programming for women, by women and about women.

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WI Unions Ask "Do You Hear the People Sing?" (Video) by Adam Hetrick

We know there's a lot of news going on with Spider-Man and everyone is just dying to know who will join Harvey Fierstein in La Cage on Broadway after Jeffrey Tambor exited last week. But if …

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Bring It On: The Musical Will Kick Off National Tour in L.A. in the Fall by Adam Hetrick

Bring It On: The Musical, the new, high-energy stage production about the world of competitive cheerleading, is rallying for a national tour that will launch this fall at the Center Theatre …

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Broadway Box Office for Sister Act The Musical Opens Feb. 14 by Adam Hetrick

The Broadway box office for Sister Act The Musical, starring Olivier Award nominee Patina Miller, opens for business Feb. 14. First day ticket buyers have the chance to win tickets to the Ap…

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Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick Celebrate Naked Angels With One Big Ball Gala Feb. 14 by Adam Hetrick

Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick, James Gandolfini, Marisa Tomei and Bobby Cannavale are among the stars celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Off-Broadway theatre company Naked Ang…

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Rent Star Daphne Rubin-Vega Speaks About Marriage Equality (Video) by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award-nominated actress Daphne Rubin-Vega is the latest public figure to lend her support to the fight for LGBT Marriage Equality in New York State.The Rent actress is the first to film…

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Mandy Patinkin Fights to Honor Anne Frank in Compulsion, Opening at the Public Feb. 17 by Adam Hetrick

A man's obsession to bring Anne Frank's story to the Broadway stage is dramatized in the New York premiere of Rinne Groff's Compulsion, starring Tony Award-winning actor Mandy Patinkin, whic…

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Brian Murray, Mia Dillon, Jen Waldman Read Angel Street at Westport March 14 by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award nominee Brian Murray leads the Westport Country Playhouse reading of the 1941 Broadway thriller Angel Street March 14.

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Ira Hauptman's Starry Messenger Flies Into New York Jan. 27 by Adam Hetrick

Ira Hauptman's Starry Messenger, an inward look at the ripples Galileo's discovery made within his own family, begins its world-premiere engagement Jan. 27 at the Theater for the New City.

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Rock Musical Spring Awakening Blooms in Melbourne Jan. 27 by Adam Hetrick

Spring Awakening, the coming-of-age rock musical that swept the 2007 Tony Awards, makes its Melbourne debut Jan. 27 at the National Theatre.

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Kathie Lee Gifford's Million Dollar Performance to Debut on "The Today Show" Jan. 27 by Adam Hetrick

Kathie Lee Gifford's special Jan. 26 encore with the Broadway cast of Million Dollar Quartet will air during the 10-11 AM hour of NBC's "The Today Show" on Jan. 27.

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Stephanie J. Block, Ashley Brown, Kathleen Turner Among Kevin Kline Award Nominees by Adam Hetrick

Stephanie J. Block, Ashley Brown, Kathleen Turner and the Broadway-bound production of High are among the nominees for the 2011 Kevin Kline Awards, recognizing professional theatre in the gr…

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Ron Bohmer and Annie Purcell Will Find Love In the Next Room in St. Louis by Adam Hetrick

Broadway's Ron Bohmer and Annie Purcell will co-star in the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis production of Sarah Ruhl's Tony Award-nominated play In the Next Room or the vibrator play in March.

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PBS to Air "Motown Sound" White House Concert With Nick Jonas, Amber Riley, Mark Salling and Jordin Sparks by Adam Hetrick

Jamie Foxx, Amber Riley, Mark Salling and Jordin Sparks will celebrate Black History Month with "The Motown Sound," a special Feb. 24 concert at the White House. PBS will record the event fo…

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Vice President and Mrs. Biden Attend Other Desert Cities by Adam Hetrick

The Obamas aren’t the only American leaders taking in New York’s theatre scene. Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, attended the 8 PM performance of Jon Robin Baitz̵…

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Billy Elliot's Lee Hall Adapts Adventures of Pinocchio for Deaf West; Casting Announced by Adam Hetrick

The Adventures of Pinocchio, which has been adapted for the stage by Tony and Academy Award winner Lee Hall, will begin performances Feb. 19 at the Deaf West Theatre.

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L.A. Celebrity Autobiography to Feature Florence Henderson, Jennifer Tilly, Lainie Kazan by Adam Hetrick

Florence Henderson, Jennifer Tilly, Lainie Kazan and Jonathan Silverman will read Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words Feb. 20 in Los Angeles.

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All African-American Production of The Trip to Bountiful Debuts in Cleveland Feb. 4 by Adam Hetrick

The Cleveland Playhouse production of late Academy Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Horton Foote's poignant play The Trip to Bountiful, featuring an all African-American cast, beg…

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TheatreWorks to Stage Pitmen Painters, Secret Garden and GrooveLily World Premiere by Adam Hetrick

California's TheatreWorks has announced that it will stage the world premieres of the new GrooveLily musical Wheelhouse, as well as Fly By Night, a musical set during the 1965 New York City …

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Tony Winner Eagan to Offer Still Daisy After All These Years at the Beechman by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award-winning Secret Garden actress Daisy Eagan will bring Still Daisy After All These Years to New York's Laurie Beechman Theatre March 28.

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SITI Company Revives Virginia Woolf's Room, Starting Off-Broadway March 12 by Adam Hetrick

Anne Bogart and SITI Company revive Room, the 2002 solo play based on Virginia Woolf's writings, which begins a limited engagement March 12 at the Women's Project Off-Broadway.

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