Original Cast of Del Shores' Trailer Trash Housewife Will Reunite for Film Adaptation by Adam Hetrick

Del Shores' 2003 play The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife will make its way to the big screen, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

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Anne Bogart and Ellen Lauren Will Bring Virginia Woolf Work Room Back to NYC by Adam Hetrick

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

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Book of Mormon, from "South Park" and Avenue Q Creators, Rings Broadway's Doorbell Feb. 24 by Adam Hetrick

The Book of Mormon, the new Broadway musical by Emmy Award-winning "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone and Avenue Q Tony Award winner Robert Lopez, begins converting audiences F…

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Tony-Winning Intiman Theatre Makes Public Plea in the Face of $1 Million Debt by Adam Hetrick

Seattle's Tony Award-winning Intiman Theatre is struggling to keep its doors open in the face of a $1 million financial crisis. Mounting debt due to financial mismanagement by the organizati…

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Simon Jones and Peter Strauss Enjoy a Divine Rivalry in Hartford Beginning Feb. 24 by Adam Hetrick

The great minds of the Renaissance meet in the world premiere of Michael Kramer's Divine Rivalry, starring Simon Jones, Aaron Krohn, Scott Parkinson and Emmy Award and Golden Globe nominee P…

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Carly Simon, Kelli O'Hara, Michael Cerveris and American Idiot Cast Set for Our Time Gala by Adam Hetrick

Carly Simon, Amy Ryan, Kelli O'Hara, Jason Patric and Michael Cerveris will appear during Our Time's April 11th gala honoring Academy Award-winning writer David Seidler.

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Audra McDonald In Talks for Porgy and Bess at American Repertory Theater by Adam Hetrick

Four-time Tony Award-winning actress Audra McDonald is in talks to star in a revamped staging of George Gershwin and DuBose Heyward's folk opera Porgy and Bess, which will bow at the America…

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Daniel Radcliffe Set for "CBS Sunday Morning," "The Today Show" and "Regis & Kelly" Appearances by Adam Hetrick

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying star Daniel Radcliffe will make the rounds on the television circuit next week to speak about the 50th anniversary Broadway revival of the To…

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Arcadia, With Billy Crudup, Delays Broadway Arrival to Feb. 26 by Adam Hetrick

The Broadway revival of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia, which was originally scheduled to begin previews Feb. 25 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, will now begin one day later, producers announced Feb…

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Ayckbourn's The Norman Conquests to Arrive on DVD March 1 by Adam Hetrick

The Emmy Award-nominated 1977 broadcast of Alan Ayckbourn's Tony Award-winning trilogy The Norman Conquests, will be released on DVD for the first time in March by Acorn Media.

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Tom Cruise Signing Up to Play Stacee Jaxx in Rock of Ages Film by Adam Hetrick

Academy Award-nominated actor Tom Cruise is closing the deal to star as white-hot rock star Stacee Jaxx in the film adaptation of the Tony Award-nominated musical Rock of Ages, according to …

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Laurie Metcalf Journeys to The Other Place Off-Broadway Beginning March 11 by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award nominee Laurie Metcalf stars in the MCC Theater world premiere of Sharr White's The Other Place, which begins previews Off-Broadway March 11 at the Lucille Lortel Theatre.

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Kate Burton and Orlando Bloom to Take Part in Tchaikovsky Concerts With L.A. Philharmonic by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award nominee Kate Burton will direct Orlando Bloom, Malcolm McDowell and Matthew Rhys in the Los Angeles Philharmonic's all-Tchaikovsky concerts in March.

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Colin Quinn Long Story Short Ends Extended Broadway Run March 5 by Adam Hetrick

Long Story Short, former "Saturday Night Live" cast member Colin Quinn's one-man comedy about the decline of the world's great empires, concludes its extended Broadway engagement March 5 at …

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Tony-Winning Producer Jill Furman Is 2011 Robert Whitehead Award Recipient by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award-winning In the Heights producer Jill Furman has been named the recipient of the Commercial Theater Institute's 2011 Robert Whitehead Award.

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Michael Stuhlbarg to Join Rinne Groff for Compulsion Event March 7 by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award nominee Michael Stuhlbarg will host "Imagination and Memory," the Public Theater's third Public Forum event of the season on March 7, which will explore the themes around the new …

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Tom Hewitt Is Long John Silver in Treasure Island, Opening March 5 in Brooklyn by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award nominee Tom Hewitt captains B.H. Barry's stage adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson adventure classic Treasure Island, which officially opens March 5 at the Irondale Center in…

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Gatz, Diane Paulus, Rachel York, Stephanie Umoh Nab IRNE Nominations by Adam Hetrick

Elevator Repair Service's production of Gatz, as well as the national tour of Dreamgirls and actors Leslie Uggams, Stephanie Umoh, Rachel York and Daniel Jenkins have been nominated for the …

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Kander and Ebb's Revised Flora the Red Menace Will Bow in Texas by Adam Hetrick

John Kander and Fred Ebb's rarely-produced Broadway musical Flora the Red Menace will get a lucky break at Irving, TX's Lyric Stage beginning Feb. 11.

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Kyle Jarrow's Hypochondria Will Get Free Columbia Staging in April by Adam Hetrick

Writer-musician Kyle Jarrow's new play with rock music, Hypochondria, will debut in April at Columbia University.

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Simon Jones and Aaron Krohn Set for Divine Rivalry Premiere at Hartford Stage by Adam Hetrick

The Hartford Stage world premiere of Michael Kramer's Divine Rivalry will feature Simon Jones, Aaron Krohn, Scott Parkinson and Peter Strauss.

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Sister Act The Musical Broadway Box Office to Open Feb. 14 With Special Offer by Adam Hetrick

The box office for the new Broadway musical Sister Act, featuring a disco score by Academy Award winner Alan Menken, will open for business Feb. 14. Ticket buyers on the first day of sales w…

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Annie Baker's Circle Mirror Transformation Will Begin Class Feb. 18 at KC Rep by Adam Hetrick

Circle Mirror Transformation, Annie Baker's acclaimed comedy about the participants in a Vermont acting class, will play the Kansas City Repertory Theatre beginning Feb. 18.

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Broadway's Glory Days Will Get a Second Look in L.A.; Casting Announced by Adam Hetrick

The short-lived Broadway musical Glory Days, about a group of high school friends who reunite after their first year away at college, will bow in Los Angeles March 17 at the Lillian Theatre.

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Eve Ensler's Swimming Upstream to Play the Alley Theatre by Adam Hetrick

Obie Award winner Eve Ensler will stage her theatre piece Swimming Upstream, about women in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, as a one-night-only benefit March 21 at the Alley Theatre in H…

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