Chicago Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs Canceled After Mike Daisey's Work Called Into Question by Adam Hetrick

The Chicago Theatre and "This American Life" have canceled the April 7 Chicago performance of Mike Daisey's The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs following an NPR report that…

SOURCE: Playbill at 3:54pm on March 16, 2012☆⚑

Tony Winner Rob Ashford to Stage Disney's Alice in Wonderland Musical by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award winner Rob Ashford (Thoroughly Modern Millie, Promises, Promises) will direct the new Disney stage musical adaptation of Alice in Wonderland, according to Variety.

SOURCE: Playbill at 1:30pm on March 16, 2012☆⚑

American Repertory Theater Will Open Season with David Adjmi's Marie Antoinette by Adam Hetrick

Marie Antoinette, a new comedy by Elective Affinities and Stunning playwright David Adjmi, will open the 2012-13 season of the American Repertory Theater.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:37am on March 16, 2012☆⚑

Off-Broadway's Carrie Finds Surrogate Mom in Anne Tolpegin March 16-18 by Adam Hetrick

Anne Tolpegin will be citing scripture this weekend as Margaret White in the MCC Theater production of Carrie while Tony Award nominee Marin Mazzie performs a California concert engagement.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:48am on March 16, 2012☆⚑

Yale Rep Announces Paul Giamatti in Hamlet, Premieres by Sarah Ruhl and David Adjmi for 2012-13 by Adam Hetrick

Academy Award nominee Paul Giamatti will star in the Yale Repertory Theatre staging of Hamlet for the company's 2012-13 season, which will also include the world premiere of Sarah Ruhl&#…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:24am on March 16, 2012☆⚑

That Beautiful Laugh, With Alan Tudyk, Arrives at La MaMa March 16 by Adam Hetrick

The New York premiere of Orlando Pabotoy's That Beautiful Laugh, featuring "Suburgatory" TV star Alan Tudyk, debuts at La MaMa March 16.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on March 16, 2012☆⚑

Henry Krieger and Bill Russell's Lucky Duck Makes New York Debut March 16 by Adam Hetrick

The New York premiere of Lucky Duck, the new "Ugly Duckling"-inspired musical from Tony Award nominees Henry Krieger and Bill Russell, unfurls its wings March 16 at the New Victory…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on March 16, 2012☆⚑

"Where Is My Bess?": Audra McDonald Temporarily Sidelined from Porgy and Bess by Adam Hetrick

A sinus infection has temporarily sidelined Tony Award winner Audra McDonald from the Broadway revival of The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess since March 11, representatives for the actress co…

SOURCE: Playbill at 4:45pm on March 15, 2012☆⚑

Bernadette Peters to Present "Smash" Producers With GLAAD Honor by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters will present "Smash" producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron with a special honor during the New York GLAAD Media Awards March 24 at the Marriott M…

SOURCE: Playbill at 3:56pm on March 15, 2012☆⚑

The Pearl Will Present Terrence McNally World Premiere And Away We Go in 2013; Season Announced by Adam Hetrick

The Pearl Theatre Company, which announced it would relocate to the 42nd Street theatre complex formerly occupied by the Signature Theatre Company, will stage a world-premiere play by Tony A…

SOURCE: Playbill at 1:59pm on March 15, 2012☆⚑

The Pearl Will Present Terrence McNally World Premiere Away We Go in 2013; Season Announced by Adam Hetrick

The Pearl Theatre Company, which announced it would relocate to the 42nd Street theatre complex formerly occupied by the Signature Theatre Company, will stage a world-premiere play by Tony A…

SOURCE: Playbill at 1:58pm on March 15, 2012☆⚑

Tommy Tune Will Receive Norton Lifetime Achievement Award by Adam Hetrick

Nine-time Tony Award winner Tommy Tune will be presented with the 30th Anniversary Elliot Norton Lifetime Achievement Award during the May 21 Boston theatre awards ceremony at the Paramount …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:48pm on March 15, 2012☆⚑

Red Bull's The Balcony Reading to Feature Amy Irving by Adam Hetrick

Academy Award nominee Amy Irving will be part of the Red Bull Theater's reading of Jean Genet's The Balcony March 19 at the Theater at St. Clement's.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:54am on March 15, 2012☆⚑

Public Theater Aiming to Unveil Expanded Joe's Pub Mezzanine Lounge This Fall by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award-winning scenic designer David Rockwell's plans for an expanded 2,000-square-foot lounge at the Public Theater has been approved, according to a report in New York Magazine.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:06am on March 15, 2012☆⚑

4000 Miles, Starring Mary Louise Wilson and Gabriel Ebert, Begins Previews Off-Broadway March 15 by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award winner Mary Louise Wilson and Gabriel Ebert star in 4000 Miles, Amy Herzog's poignant play about the unique friendship between a young man and his widowed grandmother, which b…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on March 15, 2012☆⚑

J. Smith-Cameron Employs The Maids Off-Broadway, Opening March 15 by Adam Hetrick

The Red Bull Theater revival of Jean Genet's The Maids, starring Ana Reeder, Jeanine Serralles and Tony Award nominee J. Smith-Cameron, officially opens Off-Broadway March 15 at the Thea…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on March 15, 2012☆⚑

Ghost The Musical Haunts Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre Beginning March 15 by Adam Hetrick

Ghost The Musical, the supernatural romance based on the Academy Award-winning 1990 film, begins Broadway previews March 15 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on March 15, 2012☆⚑

Tin Pan Alley Musical Hello! My Baby, With George Wendt and Kristine Zbornik, To Play CA by Adam Hetrick

The Tin Pan Alley musical Hello! My Baby, featuring book and lyrics by Emmy-winning "Cheers" writer and Tony-nominated Sister Act co-librettist Cheri Steinkellner, will receive its…

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:09pm on March 14, 2012☆⚑

Alliance Plans Zorro, Next to Normal, Alfred Uhry's Apples & Oranges; Lynne Meadow, Scott Schwartz Among Directors by Adam Hetrick

The world premiere of Alfred Uhry's Apples and Oranges, the Tony-winning rock musical Next to Normal and a new adaptation of the U.K. musical Zorro have been announced for the 2012-13 se…

SOURCE: Playbill at 3:01pm on March 14, 2012☆⚑

Psycho Therapy, With New Director and Leads, Will Return Off-Broadway in April by Adam Hetrick

Psycho Therapy, the world-premiere comedy by Frank Stausser, will return Off-Broadway under the direction of Michael Bush, beginning April 8 at the Cherry Lane Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 2:46pm on March 14, 2012☆⚑

Memphis Producers Kenny and Marleen Alhadeff Pledge Support to NAMT's New Musicals by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award-winning Memphis producers Kenny and Marleen Alhadeff have made a four-year pledge to support the National Alliance for Musical Theatre's Fund for New Musicals.

SOURCE: Playbill at 2:00pm on March 14, 2012☆⚑

"Good Thing Going": John Doyle Continues Stephen Sondheim Collaboration with Merrily We Roll Along by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award-winning director John Doyle put a tuba in the pie-making hands of Sweeney Todd's Mrs. Lovett and helped Bobby find the music within himself in Company. The U.K.-based director…

SOURCE: Playbill at 1:43pm on March 14, 2012☆⚑

New Musical It Shoulda Been You Begins Village Theatre Run March 14 by Adam Hetrick

It Shoulda Been You, the new musical about the perfect wedding that quickly unravels, begins performances March 14 at Washington's Village Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on March 14, 2012☆⚑

Ethan Lipton's No Place to Go Begins Joe's Pub Run March 14 by Adam Hetrick

The Public Theater production of Ethan Lipton's No Place to Go, a musical ode to the unemployed, debuts at Joe's Pub March 14.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on March 14, 2012☆⚑

Critical Hit Gatz Returns to the Public Theater March 14 by Adam Hetrick

Elevator Repair Service's Gatz, an imaginative six-hour theatrical epic reading of F. Scott's Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby," which was staged to acclaim in 2010, retu…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on March 14, 2012☆⚑