Cabaret, With Claybourne Elder and Kara Lindsay, Opens at KC Rep March 25 by Adam Hetrick

John Kander and Fred Ebb's darkly entertaining look at pre-WWII Berlin, Cabaret, starring Claybourne Elder, Kara Lindsay and Brian Sills, officially opens March 25 at the Kansas City Rep…

SOURCE: Playbill at 3:17pm on March 25, 2011☆⚑

Dick and Jerry Van Dyke Will Be The Sunshine Boys in CA by Adam Hetrick

Brothers Dick and Jerry Van Dyke will team up for a special benefit engagement of Neil Simon's comedy The Sunshine Boys, which will play Malibu Stage in April.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:52am on March 25, 2011☆⚑

Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles to Give Actors Fund Performance March 27 by Adam Hetrick

Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles will offer its March 27 performance at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre as a benefit for the Actors Fund.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:52am on March 25, 2011☆⚑

James Earl Jones to Receive O'Neill Center's Monte Cristo Award by Adam Hetrick

Two-time Tony Award-winning actor James Earl Jones, who currently stars in the Broadway revival of Driving Miss Daisy, will be honored with the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center's 2011…

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

A Steady Rain, With Kyle Fabel and Aaron Roman, Begins in Hartford March 25 by Adam Hetrick

Keith Huff's 2009 Broadway cop drama A Steady Rain debuts at Hartford TheatreWorks March 25. Kyle Fabel and Aaron Roman Weiner co-star in the 90-minute production.

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

Mona Mansour's Urge for Going Begins Public LAB Run March 25 by Adam Hetrick

The Public LAB world premiere of Mona Mansour's Urge for Going, about life within a Lebanese refugee camp, begins performances March 25.

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

All My Sons, With Chuck Cooper and Margo Moorer, Opens at the Intiman March 25 by Adam Hetrick

Arthur Miller's American classic All My Sons is refocused to explore the lives of an African-American family in 1940's Seattle in a new production opening March 25 at the Intiman The…

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

Broadway Will Dim Its Lights for Elizabeth Taylor March 25 by Adam Hetrick

Broadway will dim its lights at 8 PM on March 25 in honor of late stage and screen icon Elizabeth Taylor, who died at the age of 79 in Los Angeles on March 23.

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:50pm on March 24, 2011☆⚑

Vineyard to Develop New John Kander-Gregory Pierce Musical by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award-winning composer John Kander is collaborating with playwright Gregory Pierce on a new three-part musical which will receive a developmental staging at the Vineyard Theatre Off-Bro…

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:34pm on March 24, 2011☆⚑

Heralded Drama Black Watch to Give Free Performance to U.S. War Veterans by Adam Hetrick

St. Ann's Warehouse, which is set to welcome the return of the National Theatre of Scotland production of Black Watch, will make the April 27 performance available free of charge to U.S.…

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:11pm on March 24, 2011☆⚑

Robert Eli and Christina Pumariega to Climb The 39 Steps at Hartford Stage by Adam Hetrick

Robert Eli and Christina Pumariega will co-star in The 39 Steps, the Hitchcock-inspired stage thriller, beginning March 31 at Harford Stage.

SOURCE: Playbill at 4:24pm on March 24, 2011☆⚑

Isabel Keating and Jeremy Sisto Featured on "Rosler's Recording Booth" Album by Adam Hetrick

Spider-Man's Isabel Keating and "Law and Order" regular Jeremy Sisto sing on "Rosler's Recording Booth," the new album from Grammy-nominated songwriter Don Rosler.

SOURCE: Playbill at 2:32pm on March 24, 2011☆⚑

"Two and a Half Men" Star Conchata Ferrell, Alison Fraser Set for Love, Loss... Off-Broadway by Adam Hetrick

"Two and a Half Men" star Conchata Ferrell and Tony Award nominee Alison Fraser will join the Off-Broadway cast of Love, Loss, and What I Wore in the coming months.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00pm on March 24, 2011☆⚑

Denis O'Hare and Tim Curry Will Read "Selected Shorts" in L.A. by Adam Hetrick

Denis O'Hare, Tim Curry and Nathan Corddry are among the actors who will read "Selected Shorts" at the Getty Center in Los Angeles beginning March 26.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:37am on March 24, 2011☆⚑

Anything Goes, With Ethel Merman and Frank Sinatra, Will Be Released on DVD by Adam Hetrick

The 1954 made-for-television version of Cole Porter's Anything Goes, starring Frank Sinatra and Ethel Merman, will be released on DVD for the first time March 29.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:50am on March 24, 2011☆⚑

Hallelujah! Sister Act Begins Broadway Previews March 24 by Adam Hetrick

Broadway gets into the habit March 24 when the new musical Sister Act, the disco-scored stage production based on the 1992 film comedy about a nun on the run, begins previews at the Broadway…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on March 24, 2011☆⚑

Broadway Baptism: The Book of Mormon, From Creators of "South Park" and Avenue Q, Opens by Adam Hetrick

Broadway answers the door to The Book of Mormon — from Emmy Award-winning "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone and Avenue Q Tony Award winner Robert Lopez &m…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on March 24, 2011☆⚑

James Naughton and Kelli O'Hara to Sing Breithaupt Brothers Songs at Joe's Pub by Adam Hetrick

James Naughton, Kelli O'Hara, Lea Delaria, Christian Campbell and America Olivo will perform the songs of Canadian songwriting team the Breithaupt Brothers April 20 at Joe's Pub.

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:34pm on March 23, 2011☆⚑

Tony Winner Laura Benanti to Join David Yazbek at 92YTribeca by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award winner Laura Benanti will join Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown composer David Yazbek for a concert of his music April 11 at the 92Y Tribeca.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:59pm on March 23, 2011☆⚑

Christine Ebersole, Marin Mazzie, Jason Danieley, Donna McKechnie to Play Mahaiwe Center by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award winners Donna McKechnie, Christine Ebersole and Denis O'Hare, as well as theatre couple Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley, will appear during the 2011 summer and fall season at …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:23pm on March 23, 2011☆⚑

Latest Incarnation of Noah Haidle's Saturn Returns to Bow in Philadelphia by Adam Hetrick

Noah Haidle's life-spanning work Saturn Returns, which has been reshaped since its American premiere at Lincoln Center Theater in 2008, will be staged by Philadelphia's Theatre Exile…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:29am on March 23, 2011☆⚑

Seth Rudetsky and Matt Cavenaugh to Perform Everything's Coming Up Moses at 92YTribeca by Adam Hetrick

Everything's Coming Up Moses for Seth Rudetsky and Matt Cavenaugh at the 92YTribeca. The two will team for an evening of musical theatre comedy April 13 at 7:30 PM in celebration of Pass…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:58am on March 23, 2011☆⚑

Donna McKechnie Joins Love, Loss, and What I Wore Off-Broadway March 23 by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award winner Donna McKechnie, Sonia Manzano, Annie Stark, Fredi Walker-Browne and Rumer Willis join the Off-Broadway cast of Love, Loss, and What I Wore March 23 at the Westside Theatre.

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

Public Theater Takes a Page From Tony Kushner's Intelligent Homosexual's Guide Beginning March 23 by Adam Hetrick

The New York premiere of Tony Kushner's The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism With a Key to the Scriptures, starring Michael Cristofer, Linda Emond, Michael …

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

Audra McDonald Reveals Casting in Porgy and Bess at A.R.T. by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award winner Audra McDonald recently confirmed that she will star as Bess in a new production of the George Gershwin and DuBose Heyward opera Porgy and Bess at the American Repertory Th…

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:10pm on March 22, 2011☆⚑