"Another Arabian Night": Disney's Aladdin, Staged by Casey Nicholaw, Begins in Seattle July 7 by Adam Hetrick

The 1992 Disney animated musical Aladdin makes its full-length stage debut July 7 at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre. Tony Award-winning Book of Mormon director-choreographer Casey Nicholaw…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on July 7, 2011☆⚑

Hairspray, With Danielle Arci, Felicia Finley, William Thomas Evans, Begins at the Engeman July 7 by Adam Hetrick

Danielle Arci, William Thomas Evans, Felicia Finley and Alex Michael Stoll star in the Tony Award-winning musical Hairspray, which welcomes Long Island to the 60's beginning July 7 at th…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on July 7, 2011☆⚑

The Little Dog Laughed, A Man of No Importance and Little Shop On Gallery Players' Plate by Adam Hetrick

Brooklyn's Gallery Players will stage Douglas Carter Beane's sharp Broadway comedy The Little Dog Laughed and the musicals A Man of No Importance and Little Shop of Horrors duri…

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:28pm on July 6, 2011☆⚑

Anita Gillette, Alison Fraser and Marla Maples Explore Love, Loss... Off-Broadway Starting July 6 by Adam Hetrick

Anita Gillette and Aisha de Haas join Alison Fraser, Marla Maples and Zuzanna Szadkowski beginning July 6 in Love, Loss, and What I Wore Off-Broadway.

SOURCE: Playbill at 4:57pm on July 6, 2011☆⚑

RSC Nixes Rabbit Scene from As You Like It After Protests by Adam Hetrick

The Royal Shakespeare Company's six-week residency at the Park Avenue Armory, which promises New York audiences the chance to see the work of the esteemed British company almost identica…

SOURCE: Playbill at 4:36pm on July 6, 2011☆⚑

Sarah Stern Appointed Co-Artistic Director of Vineyard Theatre by Adam Hetrick

The Vineyard Theatre has announced that associate artistic director Sarah Stern will join Douglas Aibel as co-artistic director of the Off-Broadway theatre company beginning with the start o…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:32am on July 6, 2011☆⚑

Debbie Allen-Helmed Twist Extends Pasadena Playhouse Run by Adam Hetrick

The Pasadena Playhouse production of Twist, a soulful imagining of Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist" starring Cleavant Derricks, Tamyra Gray and Alaman Diadhiou, has extended its…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:40am on July 6, 2011☆⚑

Jenn Collela, Matt McGrath, Bryce Pinkham and Blake Daniel Join Powerhouse Musicals by Adam Hetrick

Complete casting has been announced for the New York Stage and Film and Vassar College's 2011 Powerhouse Theater presentations of the musicals The Nightingale, February House and Piece o…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:13am on July 6, 2011☆⚑

Jenn Colella, Matt McGrath, Bryce Pinkham and Blake Daniel Join Powerhouse Musicals by Adam Hetrick

Complete casting has been announced for the New York Stage and Film and Vassar College's 2011 Powerhouse Theater presentations of the musicals The Nightingale, February House and Piece o…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:13am on July 6, 2011☆⚑

National Playwrights Conference Begins at O'Neill Center July 6 by Adam Hetrick

The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's National Playwrights Conference, featuring works by Quiara Alegría Hudes, Anna Ziegler and Keith Reddin, begins July 6 in Waterford, CT.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on July 6, 2011☆⚑

I Wish You Love, Musical About Nat King Cole, Arrives in Hartford July 6 by Adam Hetrick

The Nat King Cole musical I Wish You Love, which features a host of hits by the late velvet-voiced crooner, begins performances July 6 as part of the 2011 SummerStage season at Hartford Stag…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on July 6, 2011☆⚑

With Its Own Auditorium in Tow, RSC Begins Residency at Park Avenue Armory July 6 by Adam Hetrick

The Royal Shakespeare Company is bringing the Bard to New York audiences in style. The company begins its six-week residency at the Park Avenue Armory July 6, offering five Shakespeare plays…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on July 6, 2011☆⚑

Harriet Harris to Star in New Musical by Urinetown Creators at FringeNYC by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award winner Harriet Harris will star in the new musical Yeast Nation (The Triumph of Life) by Tony-winning Urinetown authors Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis. Performances will b…

SOURCE: Playbill at 4:26pm on July 5, 2011☆⚑

Billy Elliot Author Lee Hall Cites Discrimination for Cancellation of New Opera by Adam Hetrick

Tony and Academy Award-winning playwright Lee Hall has alleged that his new opera Beached was cancelled after he refused to change language and references to a homosexual character, accordin…

SOURCE: Playbill at 1:55pm on July 5, 2011☆⚑

Enid Graham, Michael McKean and John Douglas Thompson Join Cast of Public's King Lear by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award nominee Enid Graham, Michael McKean and John Douglas Thompson will surround Sam Waterston's troubled monarch in the Public Theater production of King Lear.

SOURCE: Playbill at 1:00pm on July 5, 2011☆⚑

"Glee Live!" Concerts Break Record at London's O2 by Adam Hetrick

The London engagement of "Glee Live! In Concert!" has broken records for the most-attended concert in the history of the O2 Arena.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:17pm on July 5, 2011☆⚑

Brooklyn Academy of Music to Curate Arts Programming at Barclays Center by Adam Hetrick

The Atlantic Yards development project has been a point of contention for many living in Brooklyn's Fort Greene neighborhood, but a new artistic partnership with the Brooklyn Academy of …

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:48am on July 5, 2011☆⚑

Jane Fonda, Liz Callaway and Ann Hampton Callaway Will Stop By Barnes and Noble by Adam Hetrick

Academy Award  winner Jane Fonda, as well as Liz Callaway and Ann Hampton Callaway will appear at Manhattan Barnes and Noble locations in the coming weeks.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:40am on July 5, 2011☆⚑

Betty's Summer Vacation, With Heidi Shreck, Bobby Steggert, Begins at Bay Street July 5 by Adam Hetrick

Actress-playwright Heidi Schreck and Tony Award nominees Celia Keenan-Bolger, Veanne Cox and Bobby Steggert share a summer on the rocks in Christopher Durang's comedy Betty's Summer …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on July 5, 2011☆⚑

PTP/NYC Repertory Season, Starring Jan Maxwell, Begins Off-Broadway July 5 by Adam Hetrick

Four-time Tony Award nominee Jan Maxwell, who is set to appear on Broadway later this summer in the Kennedy Center revival of Follies, begins a month of repertory with PTP/NYC July 5. The se…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on July 5, 2011☆⚑

Lincoln Center Festival, Including Opera Based On "Dancer in the Dark" and RSC Residency, Launches by Adam Hetrick

The Lincoln Center Festival launches July 5 with Peter Brook's intimate, 90-minute staging of Mozart's A Magic Flute at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on July 5, 2011☆⚑

National Tour of Hair Brings Peace and Love Back to Broadway July 5 by Adam Hetrick

The national tour of the Tony Award-winning 2009 revival of Hair returns to Broadway for a limited engagement beginning July 5 at the St. James Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on July 5, 2011☆⚑

PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Williamstown Theatre Festival's Jenny Gersten by Adam Hetrick

We speak to Williamstown Theatre Festival artistic director Jenny Gersten, now enjoying her first summer as head of the renowned company in the Berkshires.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on July 2, 2011☆⚑

Robert Lindsay and Joanna Lumley May Hold Court in The Lion in Winter by Adam Hetrick

Tony and Olivier Award-winning stage veteran Robert Lindsay may co-star with Tony nominee Joanna Lumley in a London staging of James Goldman's royal showdown, The Lion in Winter.

SOURCE: Playbill at 2:47pm on July 1, 2011☆⚑

Producer of Off-Broadway's The Magdalene Met with Anti-Defamation League by Adam Hetrick

The producer of the Off-Broadway rock musical The Magdalene has met with leaders of the New York Anti-Defamation League to address issues raised about offensive portrayals of Jews within the…

SOURCE: Playbill at 1:56pm on July 1, 2011☆⚑