Bradley Dean Will Return to Off-Broadway's Fantasticks July 25 by Adam Hetrick

Bradley Dean, who most recently starred opposite Bernadette Peters in the Broadway revival of A Little Night Music, will return to the Off-Broadway production of The Fantasticks.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:26pm on July 19, 2011☆⚑

Asolo Rep Trades a Pollock for a Rothko: Red Added to Upcoming Season by Adam Hetrick

John Logan's Tony Award-winning drama Red, about the relationship between painter Andrew Rothko, his art and his protégé, has been added to the 2011-2012 season at the Asol…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:47am on July 19, 2011☆⚑

Dutch Masters, With Amari Cheatom and Christian Coulson, Begins at Berkshire Fest July 19 by Adam Hetrick

The world premiere of Greg Keller's Dutch Masters, starring Amari Cheatom and Christian Coulson, begins performances July 19 at the Berkshire Theatre Festival.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:40am on July 19, 2011☆⚑

Westport Playhouse to Celebrate Bernadette Peters; Into the Woods Will Launch Season by Adam Hetrick

The Westport Country Playhouse will honor two-time Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters during its 80th birthday gala, which will take place Sept. 19.

SOURCE: Playbill at 6:36pm on July 18, 2011☆⚑

Adam Rapp and Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Karen O Collaborate on Opera for St. Ann's Warehouse; Search for Future Home Continues by Adam Hetrick

Yeah Yeah Yeahs' vocalist Karen O will team with playwright and director Adam Rapp on a new opera, which will open the season at St. Ann's Warehouse in October.

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:59pm on July 18, 2011☆⚑

EXCLUSIVE: Constantine Maroulis Will Join Rock of Ages Film by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award nominee Constantine Maroulis, who is currently starring in the national tour of Rock of Ages, will be part of the upcoming film of the Tony-nominated musical, Playbill.com ha…

SOURCE: Playbill at 4:29pm on July 18, 2011☆⚑

Carnegie Hall Season Includes Cheyenne Jackson, Ashley Brown, Michael Feinstein and Irving Berlin Tribute by Adam Hetrick

Cheyenne Jackson will be joined by the New York Pops in an evening of songs from the 1950s and '60s as part of Carnegie Hall's 2011-2012 season. Also planned is a musical tribute to …

SOURCE: Playbill at 3:19pm on July 18, 2011☆⚑

Adam Rapp and Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Karen O Collaborate on Opera for St. Ann's Warehouse by Adam Hetrick

Yeah Yeah Yeahs' vocalist Karen O will team with playwright and director Adam Rapp on a new opera, which will open the season at St. Ann's Warehouse in October.

SOURCE: Playbill at 2:20pm on July 18, 2011☆⚑

Annie Golden Joins Cast of New York-Aimed Common Swallow by Adam Hetrick

Broadway's Annie Golden has joined the cast of The Common Swallow, David Caudle's play about a woman who returns to her childhood home, which will premiere Sept. 27 in Provincetown, …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:50pm on July 18, 2011☆⚑

Broadway Follies Cast, Now Complete, Begins Rehearsals July 18 by Adam Hetrick

Casting is complete for the Broadway transfer of the Kennedy Center production of Follies, starring Bernadette Peters, Jan Maxwell, Ron Raines and Danny Burstein. Previews begin Aug. 7 at th…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:24am on July 18, 2011☆⚑

Follies Cast, Now Complete, Begins Rehearsals July 18 by Adam Hetrick

Casting is now complete for the Broadway transfer of the Kennedy Center production of Follies, starring Bernadette Peters, Jan Maxwell, Ron Raines and Danny Burstein, which will begin previe…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:22am on July 18, 2011☆⚑

Dustin Lance Black and Joe Mantello Unite for Broadway Reading of Prop. 8 Drama by Adam Hetrick

Academy Award-winning "Milk" screenwriter Dustin Lance Black and Tony Award-winning director Joe Mantello are collaborating on a one-night-only Broadway staging of 8, a new drama c…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:24am on July 18, 2011☆⚑

Sundance East Africa Theatre Lab Launches July 17; Passing Strange's Stew Among Advisors by Adam Hetrick

Sundance Institute Theatre Program begins its 2nd annual East Africa Theatre Lab July 17 in Kenya. Tony Award winner Stew, Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage and Liesl Tommy serve as artisti…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on July 17, 2011☆⚑

Tony Kushner's The Illusion Vanishes Off-Broadway July 17 by Adam Hetrick

The Illusion, Tony Kushner's adaptation of Pierre Corneille's 17th-century play, dims its light Off-Broadway July 17 at the Peter Norton Space.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on July 17, 2011☆⚑

Berkshire Playwrights Benefit Features Dan Lauria, Brian Murray, Peter Riegert and More by Adam Hetrick

Dan Lauria, Brian Murray, Jennifer Van Dyck and Amy Van Nostrand take part in the July 15 Berkshire Playwrights Lab New Play Benefit.

SOURCE: Playbill at 2:45pm on July 15, 2011☆⚑

Chicago's Hollis Resnik and Heidi Kettenring to Celebrate Broadway's Past and Present by Adam Hetrick

Chicago-area leading ladies Hollis Resnik and Heidi Kettenring will celebrate Broadway's Golden Age and its New Age in a series of concerts at Northwestern University.

SOURCE: Playbill at 2:30pm on July 15, 2011☆⚑

RSC's Sam Troughton Undergoes Knee Surgery While Rep Continues at the Armory by Adam Hetrick

Royal Shakespeare Company member Sam Troughton, who injured his knee during the July 12 matinee performance of Romeo and Juliet, has undergone surgery; his understudy has temporarily stepped…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:35pm on July 15, 2011☆⚑

Audiences Will "Mambo!" During Free West Side Story Screening in Brooklyn by Adam Hetrick

A sing-and-dance-along screening of the 1961 film of West Side Story will be offered for free in Prospect Park July 21.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:32am on July 15, 2011☆⚑

Len Cariou and Sarah Rice to Sing Sondheim Unplugged July 25 by Adam Hetrick

Broadway's original Sweeney Todd Len Cariou will join Sarah Rice for the July 25 installment of Sondheim Unplugged at the Laurie Beechman Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:16am on July 15, 2011☆⚑

"In Pursuit of Excellence": 55-Piece Symphonic Children of Eden Begins in Kansas City July 15 by Adam Hetrick

A lush symphonic presentation of Children of Eden, Academy Award winner Stephen Schwartz's tuneful pop account of the biblical tales of Adam and Eve through Noah and the Arc, makes its U…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on July 15, 2011☆⚑

Off-Broadway Musical The Magdalene Shuttered July 13 by Adam Hetrick

The Off-Broadway pop musical The Magdalene, which used the Gnostic Gospels to tell the story of Christ through the eyes of Mary Magdalene, closed Off-Broadway July 13 after 17 regular perfor…

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:42pm on July 14, 2011☆⚑

Scissor Sisters-Scored Tales of the City May Get Cast Album by Adam Hetrick

While Tales of the City must end its extended run July 31 at San Francisco's American Conservatory Theatre, executives there are hopeful the production will live on in future productions…

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:30pm on July 14, 2011☆⚑

Australian Production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies Will Be Filmed for DVD by Adam Hetrick

Love Never Dies, Andrew Lloyd Webber's sequel to The Phantom of the Opera, will be filmed and released on DVD, the Tony and Olivier Award-winning composer told the New York Times.

SOURCE: Playbill at 4:42pm on July 14, 2011☆⚑

Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies Will Be Filmed for DVD by Adam Hetrick

Love Never Dies, Andrew Lloyd Webber's sequel to The Phantom of the Opera, will be filmed and released on DVD, the Tony and Olivier Award-winning composer told the New York Times.

SOURCE: Playbill at 4:41pm on July 14, 2011☆⚑

For the Boys Stage Musical to Star Michele Ragusa and Timothy Gulan by Adam Hetrick

Michele Ragusa and Timothy Gulan will swing down memory lane in For the Boys, the stage musical adaptation of the 1991 World War II-set film, which will debut Aug. 17 at the Marriott Theatre…

SOURCE: Playbill at 3:36pm on July 14, 2011☆⚑