Chuck Cooper Stars in African-American All My Sons at the Intiman, Beginning March 18 by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award-winning actor Chuck Cooper and Margo Moorer head the cast of the Intiman Theatre production of All My Sons, which refocuses the Arthur Miller classic on an African-American family…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on March 18, 2011☆⚑

A.R.T.'s Death and the Powers: The Robot's Opera Plugs In March 18 by Adam Hetrick

The American Repertory Theater production of Death and the Powers: The Robot's Opera, starring baritone James Maddalena, begins performances March 18 at the Cutler Majestic Theatre at Em…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on March 18, 2011☆⚑

Musical Comedy Iron Curtain Opens at the Village Theatre March 17 by Adam Hetrick

The Village Theatre in Washington state draws back the curtain on Iron Curtain, opening March 17. Susan DiLallo, Stephen Weiner and Peter Mills penned the musical comedy about…

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:39pm on March 17, 2011☆⚑

WLIW21 to Re-Air Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles by Adam Hetrick

The New York area PBS station WLIW21 will air encore performances of Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles March 19 and 20. The concert revue is currently playing Broadway's Brooks Atkinson The…

SOURCE: Playbill at 3:00pm on March 17, 2011☆⚑

Public LAB's Knickerbocker to Feature Alexander Chaplin, Mia Barron and Ben Shenkman by Adam Hetrick

Alexander Chaplin, Mia Barron, Ben Shenkman and Bob Dishy have been cast in the New York premiere of Jonathan Marc Sherman's Knickerbocker, which will begin performances May 6 at the Pub…

SOURCE: Playbill at 1:57pm on March 17, 2011☆⚑

Intiman Theatre Makes Fundraising Progress to Continue 2011 Season by Adam Hetrick

Seattle's Tony Award-winning Intiman Theatre, which presented a dire financial picture in February and was in danger of closing its doors, is making progress to continue its 2011 season.

SOURCE: Playbill at 1:36pm on March 17, 2011☆⚑

Jihad Jones, Boeing-Boeing, Body Awareness and Bakersfield Mist Set for WHAT Season by Adam Hetrick

Yussef El Guindi's comedy Jihad Jones and the Kalashnikov Babes will open the 2011-2012 season of the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre. Plays by Annie Baker and Martin McDonagh are also o…

SOURCE: Playbill at 1:10pm on March 17, 2011☆⚑

Harry Groener to Choreograph Noël Coward's Peace in Our Time in L.A. by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award nominee Harry Groener will choreograph Noël Coward's Peace in Our Time as part of the Antaeus Company's 2011-2012 season.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:28am on March 17, 2011☆⚑

Live Film of Memphis Will Arrive in Movie Theatres April 28 by Adam Hetrick

The high-definition film of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Memphis will rock cinemas across the country for a limited four-day engagement beginning April 28.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:18am on March 17, 2011☆⚑

Revival of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia, with Billy Crudup, Raúl Esparza, Margaret Colin, Opens on Broadway by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award winner Billy Crudup, who made his Broadway debut in the original New York production of Arcadia, takes on a new role in the Broadway revival of Tom Stoppard's witty and poigna…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01am on March 17, 2011☆⚑

Michelle Clunie and Johnny Clark Take The Mercy Seat in L.A., Starting March 17 by Adam Hetrick

Michelle Clunie and Johnny Clark co-star in the Los Angeles premiere of Neil LaBute's provocative, 9/11-set play The Mercy Seat, which begins performances March 17 at [Inside] the F…

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

Broadway Musical Glory Days Arrives in L.A. March 17 by Adam Hetrick

Glory Days, the short-lived Broadway musical about a group of high school friends who reunite after their first year away at college, begins performances in Los Angeles March 17 at the Lilli…

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

Angela Lansbury, Christine Ebersole, Kelli O'Hara and Cheyenne Jackson Set for NY Pops Bob Hope Tribute by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award-winning stage veteran Angela Lansbury will join Tony winner Christine Ebersole, three-time Tony nominee Kelli O'Hara and Cheyenne Jackson to celebrate late the legacy of late …

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:06pm on March 16, 2011☆⚑

Love, Loss, and What I Wore Will Launch Tour in Chicago by Adam Hetrick

Nora and Delia Ephron's Love, Loss, and What I Wore, the Off-Broadway play about women, clothes and the memories they trigger, will launch a U.S. tour in Chicago this September.

SOURCE: Playbill at 3:45pm on March 16, 2011☆⚑

Joe Iconis and Matt Castle Will Perform at Theater 2020 Benefit by Adam Hetrick

Songwriter Joe Iconis, Matt Castle and MAC Award winner Lorinda Lisitza will perform for Theater 2020's Spring Fever benefit gala March 27 at Saint Ann and the Holy Trinity in Brooklyn H…

SOURCE: Playbill at 1:25pm on March 16, 2011☆⚑

Sunday in the Park, God of Carnage, Red Will Play Repertory Theatre of St. Louis by Adam Hetrick

Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Sunday in the Park With George will come to life as part of the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis' 2011-2012 …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:15pm on March 16, 2011☆⚑

Lorna! Heather! Ashley! Karen! Sing Judy Garland! by Adam Hetrick

o borrow and bend a phrase from the New York Herald’s original review, “There was an extra bonus at Carnegie Hall last night”: Judy Garland’s daughter, Lorna Luft, sa…

SOURCE: Playbill at 1:07pm on March 12, 2011☆⚑

Rare Look at Liza Minnelli's 19th Birthday and Flora Rehearsals by Adam Hetrick

On March 12 Tony and Academy Award-winning entertainer Liza Minnelli celebrates her 65th birthday and Life Magazine is releasing never-before-photographs taken in 1965 when the then 19-year-…

SOURCE: Playbill at 9:30am on March 12, 2011☆⚑

Village Voice Pokes Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark in Comic Strip by Adam Hetrick

Illustrator Ward Sutton has lent his signature wit to a new comic strip in the Village Voice that mocks the Broadway musical Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark. Fans of the Marvel comic will thril…

SOURCE: Playbill at 6:23pm on March 10, 2011☆⚑

WI Unions Ask "Do You Hear the People Sing?" (Video) by Adam Hetrick

We know there's a lot of news going on with Spider-Man and everyone is just dying to know who will join Harvey Fierstein in La Cage on Broadway after Jeffrey Tambor exited last week. But…

SOURCE: Playbill at 7:02pm on February 28, 2011☆⚑

Mary Testa, Annie Golden and Ann Harada Sing From Things to Ruin (Video) by Adam Hetrick

Things to Ruin: The Songs of Joe Iconis is gearing up for a three-concert engagement return to Le Poisson Rouge beginning Feb. 28. Iconis and pals Mary Testa, Annie Golden and Ann Harada hav…

SOURCE: Playbill at 4:53pm on February 25, 2011☆⚑

Vice President and Mrs. Biden Attend Other Desert Cities by Adam Hetrick

The Obamas aren’t the only American leaders taking in New York’s theatre scene. Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, attended the 8 PM performance of Jon Robin Baitz̵…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:50pm on February 24, 2011☆⚑

A Look at the Sundance Playwrights Retreat by Adam Hetrick

Annually the Sundance Institute invites theatre writers to escape the pressures of city life and participate in their 18-day Wyoming retreat at Ucross. The 2011 lab, where writers are curren…

SOURCE: Playbill at 2:00pm on February 23, 2011☆⚑

Lady Gaga Gives Liza Minnelli a Shout Out at MSG by Adam Hetrick

Last night Lady Gaga recorded her final sold-out “Monster Ball” concert at Madison Square Garden for an upcoming May special on HBO. In addition to thousands of cheering fans, in…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:05pm on February 23, 2011☆⚑

Lea Michele, Natalie Portman Make Top 99 Most Desirable Women List by Adam Hetrick

The online men’s magazine Ask Men has named Natalie Portman, Keira Knightley and Lea Michele among its Top 99 Most Desirable Women of 2011. According to Ask Men, the list “ranks…

SOURCE: Playbill at 2:50pm on February 1, 2011☆⚑