Victoria Matlock, Erik Hayden and Jared Mason Are Million Dollar Quartet's Fresh Faces by Adam Hetrick

Victoria Matlock, Erik Hayden and Jared Mason are among the new leads of Broadway's Million Dollar Quartet, which plays the Nederlander Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 3:31pm on March 22, 2011☆⚑

Shannon Murdoch's New Light Shine Wins 2011 Yale Drama Series Award by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award-winning playwright John Guare has selected Australian playwright Shannon Murdoch as the recipient of the 2011 Yale Drama Series Award: Murdoch will receive the David C. Horn Prize…

SOURCE: Playbill at 2:25pm on March 22, 2011☆⚑

Happy Birthday, Steve: Kennedy Center Announces Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Award Recipients by Adam Hetrick

In recognition of the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer's 81st birthday, the Kennedy Center has announced the inaugural recipients of the Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Aw…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:58pm on March 22, 2011☆⚑

LAST CHANCE: What's Closing This Week by Adam Hetrick

Here's Playbill.com's weekly "Last Chance" reminder to catch Broadway, Off-Broadway and world-premiere productions before they take a final bow.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:17pm on March 22, 2011☆⚑

Cady Huffman, Burke Moses, Anthony Rapp Cast in A Doctor in Spite of Himself Musical by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award winner Cady Huffman, Anthony Rapp, Burke Moses and John Schuck will be part of the new Sheldon Harnick musical A Doctor in Spite of Himself at the William Inge Festival April 13.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:12am on March 22, 2011☆⚑

Cast Set for BAM Debut of Donmar's King Lear With Derek Jacobi by Adam Hetrick

The complete original London cast of the Donmar Warehouse production of King Lear, starring Olivier Award winner Derek Jacobi, will reunite for the Brooklyn Academy of Music engagement later…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:23am on March 22, 2011☆⚑

Benefactors, With Daniel Jenkins, Vivienne Benesch, Arrives Off-Broadway March 22 by Adam Hetrick

The Keen Company's 25th anniversary production of Michael Frayn's Benefactors, featuring Tony Award nominee Daniel Jenkins, Vivienne Benesch, Deanne Lorette and Stephen Barker Turner…

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

Rachel York, Michael Rupert, J. Robert Spencer Set for Free Me and Miss Monroe Readings by Adam Hetrick

Drama Desk Award winner Rachel York will appear as iconic bombshell Marilyn Monroe in a free staged presentation of the new William Goldstein-Charles Leipart musical Me and Miss Monroe this …

SOURCE: Playbill at 4:51pm on March 21, 2011☆⚑

Tony Kushner's The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide Delays Start of New York Previews 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 has delayed the start of performances to Marc…

SOURCE: Playbill at 4:09pm on March 21, 2011☆⚑

Neil LaBute to Direct Film of Agatha Christie's "Crooked House" by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award-nominated playwright Neil LaBute will direct a new film adaptation of Agatha Christie's "Crooked House," according to the Hollywood Reporter.

SOURCE: Playbill at 2:40pm on March 21, 2011☆⚑

Stanley Bahorek Will Be Amadeus at the Alley Theatre by Adam Hetrick

Stanley Bahorek and Jeffrey Bean will face the music in Amadeus, Peter Shaffer's Tony Award-winning drama, which will begin previews April 1 at the Alley Theatre in Houston.

SOURCE: Playbill at 2:20pm on March 21, 2011☆⚑

Ghostlight Will Release London Sister Act Album March 22 by Adam Hetrick

Ghostlight Records will release the original London cast album of Sister Act, starring Olivier Award nominee Patina Miller, March 22 in the U.S.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:23pm on March 21, 2011☆⚑

Trevor Project Will Honor Daniel Radcliffe With Hero Award by Adam Hetrick

How to Succeed in Business star Daniel Radcliffe will be the recipient of the Trevor Project's Hero Award, which will be presented June 27 in New York City.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:04pm on March 21, 2011☆⚑

Candy Buckley and Rebecca Henderson to Star in Bergman's Autumn Sonata at Yale Rep by Adam Hetrick

Robert Woodruff (Notes from Underground) will stage the U.S. premiere of Ingmar Bergman's Autumn Sonata, about a mother and daughter attempting to reconnect, at the Yale Repertory Theatr…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:20am on March 21, 2011☆⚑

Hurricane Katrina-Themed Swimming Upstream, Directed by Eve Ensler, Plays the Alley March 21 by Adam Hetrick

Obie Award winner Eve Ensler directs Swimming Upstream, about women in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, as a one-night-only benefit March 21 at the Alley Theatre in Houston.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on March 21, 2011☆⚑

Theresa Rebeck World Premiere, Dead Accounts, Set for Cincinnati Playhouse Season by Adam Hetrick

The world premiere of Theresa Rebeck's Dead Accounts will join the John Doyle-helmed production of Merrily We Roll Along as part of the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park's 2011-2…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01am on March 20, 2011☆⚑

Sondheim Unplugged to Feature Karen Akers, Alysha Umphress, Annie Golden by Adam Hetrick

Karen Akers, Alysha Umphress, Teri Ralston, Sarah Rice and Annie Golden will take part in the March 28 installment of Sondheim Unplugged at the Laurie Beechman Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on March 19, 2011☆⚑

GLADD Media Awards, With Ricky Martin and Tina Fey, Presented March 19 in Manhattan by Adam Hetrick

The GLAAD Media Awards, honoring Grammy Award winner Ricky Martin, are presented March 19 in Manhattan. Andy Cohen hosts the event at the Marriot Marquis.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on March 19, 2011☆⚑

August Wilson's Jitney Arrives at Brooklyn's Gallery Players March 19 by Adam Hetrick

The Gallery Players production of August Wilson's Jitney, directed by Broadway veteran Gregory Simmons, pulls into Brooklyn March 19.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on March 19, 2011☆⚑

The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway Airs on HBO March 19 by Adam Hetrick

Pull up a Chairry, and turn on your Magic Screen. The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway, which was taped live at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre in New York in January, debuts March 19 on HBO.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on March 19, 2011☆⚑

"Private Practice" Star Amy Brenneman to Perform Mouth Wide Open at A.R.T. by Adam Hetrick

Emmy Award nominee Amy Brenneman will bring her autobiographical solo show Mouth Wide Open to the American Repertory Theater in late May.

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:15pm on March 18, 2011☆⚑

Keira Knightley to Star in Tom Stoppard's "Anna Karenina" Film; Jude Law in Talks by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award-winning Arcadia playwright Tom Stoppard has authored a new screen adaptation of the Leo Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina," according to Variety.

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

Lincoln Center Theater Announces Talkbacks With War Horse Creative Team by Adam Hetrick

The creators of the acclaimed National Theatre production of War Horse, which has arrived on Broadway at Lincoln Center Theater, will discuss their work at the Vivian Beaumont Theater in Apr…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:09pm on March 18, 2011☆⚑

Casting Announced for John Patrick Shanley's Italian American Reconciliation at Long Wharf by Adam Hetrick

Casting has been announced for the Long Wharf Theatre production of Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright John Patrick Shanley's Italian American Reconciliation, which will begin pe…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:54am on March 18, 2011☆⚑

Tales of the City Musical Will Star Judy Kaye, Betsy Wolfe, Mary Birdsong and Wesley Taylor by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award winner Judy Kaye, Betsy Wolfe, Mary Birdsong and Wesley Taylor have been cast as the eclectic denizens of 28 Barbary Lane in the world-premiere musical adaptation of Armistead Mau…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01am on March 18, 2011☆⚑