Passionate Porgy and Bess, With Norm Lewis and Audra McDonald, Opens On Broadway Jan. 12 by Adam Hetrick

Broadway gets a new look at Catfish Row, with fresh dramatic perspective and a cast boasting Norm Lewis and Audra McDonald, in The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, which officially opens on Br…

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

Puppet Comedy Hand to God Will Begin Return Off-Broadway Run Feb. 29 by Adam Hetrick

The Ensemble Studio Theatre has revealed dates for the encre Off-Broadway engagement of Hand to God, Robert Askins' critically acclaimed comedy about a possessed Christian-ministry puppe…

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:58pm on January 11, 2012☆⚑

Jennifer Holliday Will Give Special Performance at Apollo's Amateur Night by Adam Hetrick

Original Tony Award-winning Dreamgirls star Jennifer Holliday will perform during the opening night of the 78th season of Amateur Night at the Apollo Feb. 1 in Harlem.

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:05pm on January 11, 2012☆⚑

Stanley Bahorek and Kacie Sheik Will Be Residents of Off-Broadway-Aimed February House at Long Wharf by Adam Hetrick

Stanley Bahorek, Kacie Sheik, Erik Lochtefeld and Kristen Sieh will be the bohemian intellectuals, artists and icons of February House, the new musical by Gabriel Kahane and Seth Bockley, wh…

SOURCE: Playbill at 4:03pm on January 11, 2012☆⚑

Alison Fraser to Reunite With Barry Harman and Keith Hermann for Amazing Sex at Birdland by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award nominee Alison Fraser, who starred in the original Broadway production of Romance/Romance, will be part of Amazing Sex – A New Revue, by Tony-nominated songwriters Barry Har…

SOURCE: Playbill at 2:50pm on January 11, 2012☆⚑

Aaron Carter Extends Off-Broadway Run in The Fantasticks Into Spring by Adam Hetrick

Pop singer Aaron Carter has extended his run in the Off-Broadway musical The Fantasticks. He will chase romance and adventure for an additional three months through April 22.

SOURCE: Playbill at 2:17pm on January 11, 2012☆⚑

Multi-Ethnic Oklahoma! to Star Eric Ankrim, Alexandra Zorn and Kyle Scatliffe at 5th Avenue Theatre by Adam Hetrick

Eric Ankrim, Alexandra Zorn and Kyle Scatliffe will help forge a "brand new state" in the 5th Avenue Theatre production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic Oklahoma!

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:10am on January 11, 2012☆⚑

Mutli-Ethnic Oklahoma! to Star Eric Ankrim, Alexandra Zorn and Kyle Scatliffe at 5th Avenue Theatre by Adam Hetrick

Eric Ankrim, Alexandra Zorn and Kyle Scatliffe will help forge a "brand new state" in the 5th Avenue Theatre production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic Oklahoma!

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:09am on January 11, 2012☆⚑

Patina Miller, Carolee Carmello and Jerry Zaks Set for Sister Act Event at 92YTribeca by Adam Hetrick

Tony and Olivier Award-nominated Sister Act star Patina Miller will join Tony-winning director Jerry Zaks and two-time Tony nominee Carolee Carmello to discuss and perform from the disco-fue…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:33am on January 11, 2012☆⚑

God of Carnage, With Jasmine Guy and Keith Randolph Smith, Begins in Atlanta Jan. 11 by Adam Hetrick

Jasmine Guy, Keith Randolph Smith, Crystal Fox and Geoffrey Darnell Williams star in Yasmina Reza's Tony-winning comedy God of Carnage, beginning Jan. 11 at Atlanta's Alliance Theatr…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on January 11, 2012☆⚑

Rob Marshall Attached to Bring Into the Woods to the Screen by Adam Hetrick

Tony and Academy Award-nominated "Chicago" and "Nine" director-choreographer Rob Marshall will pick up the cinematic torch to bring Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine'…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:27pm on January 10, 2012☆⚑

Tony Winner Julie White Added to L.A. Cast of Next Fall by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award-winning actress Julie White has replaced Emmy Award winner Jean Smart in the L.A. Theatre Works production of Geoffrey Nauffts' Tony Award-nominated play Next Fall.

SOURCE: Playbill at 8:27pm on January 10, 2012☆⚑

Cast Set for New York-Bound Adventures of Tom Sawyer in Kansas City by Adam Hetrick

Tim McKiernan, Robbie Tann and Hayley Treider will lead the cast of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Laura Eason's stage adaptation of Mark Twain's classic, which will play the Kansas C…

SOURCE: Playbill at 3:59pm on January 10, 2012☆⚑

Priscilla Lopez and Alysha Umphress to Offer Benefit Concert Feb. 6 by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award winner Priscilla Lopez will host a benefit evening of song for the the A-T Children's Project on Feb. 6. On a Clear Day... cast member Alysha Umphress will also be part of the…

SOURCE: Playbill at 1:24pm on January 10, 2012☆⚑

Lovesick or Things That Don't Happen Will Rock Off-Broadway for Valentine's Day by Adam Hetrick

Lovesick or Things That Don't Happen, a new Valentine's Day-set anti-romantic musical, will receive its world premiere Off-Broadway at 59E59 Theaters.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:13pm on January 10, 2012☆⚑

David Auburn to Adapt "A Discovery of Witches" for Big Screen by Adam Hetrick

Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning Proof playwright David Auburn will adapt the 2011 sci-fi novel "A Discovery of Witches" as a film for Warner Brothers, according to the Hollywood Re…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:38am on January 10, 2012☆⚑

Labyrinth's Barn Series Adds Daphne Rubin-Vega, Florencia Lozano and Nyambi Nyambi by Adam Hetrick

Two-time Tony Award nominee Daphne Rubin-Vega, Florencia Lozano and Nyambi Nyambi have been announced to appear in the Labyrinth Theater Company's upcoming Barn Series readings of p…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:33am on January 10, 2012☆⚑

Dawn Wells and Robin Strasser to Join Love, Loss, and What I Wore Off-Broadway by Adam Hetrick

Dawn Wells, best known for starring as Mary Ann on "Gilligan's Island," will be part of the Off-Broadway cast of Love, Loss, and What I Wore at the Westside Theatre in February.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:40am on January 10, 2012☆⚑

Broadway's Stick Fly Releases Another Block of Tickets Into April by Adam Hetrick

The Broadway production of Stick Fly, Lydia R. Diamond's comedy about a family with buried secrets, has released an additional block of tickets through April 8.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:07am on January 10, 2012☆⚑

Other Desert Cities Welcomes "Weeds" Star Justin Kirk Jan. 10 by Adam Hetrick

"Weeds" star Justin Kirk, who also starred in the HBO adaptation of "Angels in America," joins the Wyeth family in Jon Robin Baitz's drama Other Desert Cities beginni…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on January 10, 2012☆⚑

Folk Revue Lonesome Traveler Debuts at Laguna Playhouse Jan. 10 by Adam Hetrick

The Laguna Playhouse stages the world premiere of Lonesome Traveler: A Journey Down the Rivers and Streams of American Folk, studded with such songs as “Mr. Tambourine Man,”…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on January 10, 2012☆⚑

World Premiere of Outside People Opens at the Vineyard Jan. 10 by Adam Hetrick

The world premiere of Zayd Dohrn's dark comedy Outside People, starring Matthew Dellapina, Nelson Lee, Li Jun Li and Sonequa Martin-Green, officially opens Jan. 10 at the Vineyard Theatr…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on January 10, 2012☆⚑

Cabaret, Starring Kate Shindle, Begins at Maltz Jupiter Theatre Jan. 10 by Adam Hetrick

Recent Wonderland star Kate Shindle takes on the role of Sally Bowles in the Maltz Jupiter Theatre production of Kander and Ebb's Cabaret, beginning Jan. 10 in FL.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on January 10, 2012☆⚑

Kevin Spacey Reaches for the Crown in Richard III at BAM, Beginning Jan. 10 by Adam Hetrick

Tony and Academy Award winner Kevin Spacey stars in Richard III, the final production of Sam Mendes' Bridge Project, which begins performances Jan. 10 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on January 10, 2012☆⚑

Talks Underway to Stage Into the Woods at the Delacorte Theater This Summer by Adam Hetrick

Negotiations are underway to bring members of the creative team of an acclaimed outdoor London staging of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Into the Woods to New York City to mount the…

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:42pm on January 9, 2012☆⚑