Jackie Hoffman's Jackie Five-Oh! Announces Final Joe's Pub Extension into May by Adam Hetrick

Grandma is going strong. Addams Family cast member Jackie Hoffman has announced a third and final extension of her riotous cabaret Jackie Five-Oh!, which has added two more dates in May at J…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:07pm on April 27, 2011☆⚑

Catch Me If You Can Leads Astaire Award Nominations by Adam Hetrick

Patina Miller, Sutton Foster, Daniel Radcliffe, Nick Adams and Aaron Tveit are among the nominees for the 2011 Fred & Adele Astaire Awards, honoring excellence in dance on Broadway and i…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:47am on April 27, 2011☆⚑

Farah Alvin to Star in Gretna Theatre's Funny Girl; Season Also Includes Shirley Jones, Brad Little by Adam Hetrick

Academy Award winner Shirley Jones will perform her solo concert, An Evening of Stories and Songs, as the opening event of the season at Central Pennsylvania's Gretna Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:40am on April 27, 2011☆⚑

Conchata Ferrell, Anne Meara Explore Love, Loss... Off-Broadway, Starting April 27 by Adam Hetrick

"Two and a Half Men" star Conchata Ferrell and Tony Award nominee Anne Meara join the Off-Broadway cast of Love, Loss, and What I Wore April 27 at the Westside Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on April 27, 2011☆⚑

John Patrick Shanley's Italian American Reconciliation Begins Long Wharf Run April 27 by Adam Hetrick

Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright John Patrick Shanley's Italian American Reconciliation begins performances April 27 at the Long Wharf Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on April 27, 2011☆⚑

All-Male Troupe Propeller Will Bring Shakespeare in Rep to Huntington Theatre by Adam Hetrick

Edward Hall's all-male theatre troupe Propeller will bring Shakespeare's Richard III and The Comedy of Errors (in repertory) to the Huntington Theatre Company in May.

SOURCE: Playbill at 4:28pm on April 26, 2011☆⚑

Rachel York, Daniel Jenkins, Estelle Parsons and Kenny Leon Win IRNE Awards by Adam Hetrick

The American Repertory Theater production of The Blue Flower and the Huntington Theatre Company productions of Stick Fly and All My Sons took home a host of honors at the 2011 Independe…

SOURCE: Playbill at 1:58pm on April 26, 2011☆⚑

The Book of Mormon Cast Album Will Get Digital Release May 17; In-Store to Follow in June by Adam Hetrick

The original Broadway cast album for The Book of Mormon, penned by "South Park" writers Trey Parker and Matt Stone and Avenue Q's Robert Lopez, will be released digitally May 1…

SOURCE: Playbill at 1:15pm on April 26, 2011☆⚑

Public Theater to Stage King Lear With Sam Waterston, Chinglish, February House in 2011-2012 by Adam Hetrick

Academy Award nominee Sam Waterston will tackle the role of King Lear during the Public Theater's 2011-2012 season. Also planned are David Henry Hwang's Chinglish and a new musical from Pass…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30pm on April 26, 2011☆⚑

Jeremy Peter Johnson and Nicole Lowrance Are Beyond Therapy at Westport, Starting April 26 by Adam Hetrick

Jeremy Peter Johnson and Nicole Lowrance co-star in the Westport Country Playhouse production of Christopher Durang's Beyond Therapy, which launches the company's 2011 season April 2…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on April 26, 2011☆⚑

Counterfeit Tickets Sold for Broadway's The Book of Mormon by Adam Hetrick

Theatregoers hoping to see The Book of Mormon — the hottest-selling new Broadway musical of the year — have been arriving at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre with fraudulent t…

SOURCE: Playbill at 6:15pm on April 25, 2011☆⚑

Three Pianos, Wild Swans and Futurity Will Join Porgy and Bess in A.R.T. Season by Adam Hetrick

The American Repertory Theater has announced its full 2011-2012 season, which will launch with the previously announced production of Porgy and Bess, starring Audra McDonald and Norm Lewis. …

SOURCE: Playbill at 4:25pm on April 25, 2011☆⚑

Powerhouse Fills Plate With Works by Duncan Sheik, Steven Sater, John Patrick Shanley, Dar Williams by Adam Hetrick

Nightingale, the musical by Spring Awakening creators Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater, will be staged as part of  New York Stage and Film and Vassar College's 2011 Powerhouse Theater …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:55pm on April 25, 2011☆⚑

Jonathan Cake and Santino Fontana Will Be Part of Red Bull Theater's Montserrat Reading by Adam Hetrick

Jonathan Cake and Tony Award nominee Santino Fontana will headline a reading of Lillian Hellman's adaptation of Emmanuel Robles' Montserrat May 9 for the Red Bull Theater.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:55am on April 25, 2011☆⚑

PS 122 Honors Justin Vivian Bond, Danny Hoch, Carmelita Tropicana April 25; Rufus Wainwright Performs by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award nominee Justin Vivian Bond, Danny Hoch and Carmelita Tropicana are honored at Performance Space 122's 30th anniversary season gala April 25 at the Abrons Arts Center.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:50am on April 25, 2011☆⚑

Look, They Made A Hat! 25th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition Held April 25-26 by Adam Hetrick

The 25th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition, featuring appearances by Harvey Fierstein, Sutton Foster, Daniel Radcliffe, Robin Williams, Kathleen Turner and Josh Gad, is presented April 25 and…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on April 25, 2011☆⚑

After Broadway Growing Pains, 13 The Musical Returns to NYC in Revised Version April 23 by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown's coming-of-age musical 13, which played a limited Broadway run in 2008, makes its New York return in a revised production April 23 at the McGinn/Caz…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on April 23, 2011☆⚑

Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp to Perform in Concert at Bay Street by Adam Hetrick

Original Rent stars Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp will be seen in Adam and Anthony! Live in Concert! June 13 at the Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on April 23, 2011☆⚑

Blythe Danner, Brooke Shields and Julie White Read The Vagina Monologues in East Hampton April 23 by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award-winning director Joe Mantello, who currently heads the cast of Broadway's The Normal Heart, stages a starry one-night-only presentation of Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologu…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on April 23, 2011☆⚑

Hershey Felder's George Gershwin Alone Will Make Music On Global Radio Broadcast by Adam Hetrick

Hershey Felder's George Gershwin Alone will be broadcast live globally via radio May 2 from the Pasadena Playhouse.

SOURCE: Playbill at 2:45pm on April 22, 2011☆⚑

Kelli O'Hara to Offer A Song for St. Ann's May 11 by Adam Hetrick

Three-time Tony Award nominee Kelli O'Hara will be joined by Tony winner Ted Sperling for a one-night-only gala concert for St. Ann's Warehouse May 11 in Brooklyn.

SOURCE: Playbill at 1:27pm on April 22, 2011☆⚑

Stephen Karam Musical Emma Will Get NYC Developmental Run by Adam Hetrick

Speech and Debate playwright Stephen Karam will test his new musical Emma with a 12-person cast featuring the young students of Manhattan's Professional Performing Arts School in May.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:47am on April 22, 2011☆⚑

Public Theater to Host Chats With Daniel Sullivan and David Esbjornson by Adam Hetrick

The Public Theater will welcome Shakespeare in the Park directors Daniel Sullivan and David Esbjornson for two Shakespeare Salon talks in late May.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:34am on April 22, 2011☆⚑

3D Hamlet, with Alec Baldwin, Kate Mulgrew, Anthony Rapp, Sam Underwood, Is Edinburgh-Bound by Adam Hetrick

Alec Baldwin, Kate Mulgrew, Anthony Rapp and Sam Underwood will head the cast of 3D Hamlet: A Lost Generation this August at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, according to the Guardian.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:44am on April 22, 2011☆⚑

Parisian Sweeney Todd, With Rod Gilfry, Franco Pomponi and Caroline O'Connor, Begins April 22 by Adam Hetrick

The Théâtre du Châtelet production of Sweeney Todd, starring Rod Gilfry, Franco Pomponi and Caroline O'Connor, begins performances April 22 in Paris.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on April 22, 2011☆⚑