Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, With Six U.S. Actors, Opens in Vienna Feb. 2 by Kenneth Jones

English Theater of Vienna opens Tennessee Williams' Cat On a Hot Tin Roof Feb. 2 in Austria. The English-language staging features six performers from the United States, under the direction …

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Kwame Kwei-Armah Will Be Artistic Director of Centerstage in Baltimore by Kenneth Jones

Leaders of Centerstage, Baltimore's resident Equity theatre company, announced that they will welcome British playwright, director, actor, singer and broadcaster Kwame Kwei-Armah as the thea…

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Kevin Anderson Is Modern Prophet in Neil LaBute's Break of Noon, Opening Feb. 2 by Kenneth Jones

Kevin Anderson plays the modern-day prophet John Smith in the Los Angeles leg of the world premiere of Neil LaBute's The Break of Noon, opening Feb. 2 following previews from Jan. 25 at Geff…

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PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Oskar Eustis by Kenneth Jones

Public Theater artistic director continues his commitment to new plays by staging Rinne Groff's Compulsion, about a writer's obsession with Anne Frank.

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Triangle Factory Fire Project Gets Feb. 7 Benefit Concert Reading in Centennial Year of NYC Tragedy by Kenneth Jones

The Triangle Factory Fire Project, the 2004 Off-Broadway theatrical event that used public documents to tell the true story of an American workplace tragedy, gets a benefit concert reading o…

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Dreamgirls, Shrek, Mandy Patinkin, Tarell Alvin McCarney Among Nominees for SF Bay Area Critics Awards by Kenneth Jones

Nominees for the 35th annual San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle
Awards, representing local theatrical excellence in 2010, were announced Feb. 28. The ceremony will be held 7…

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Rep Players Announced for NYC Season of Nora, Blood Wedding, Dybbuk and Shadow of the Glen by Kenneth Jones

Marvell Repertory Theatre, a rare American company that presents work in rotating repertory, launches its inaugural Off-Off-Broadway season with four works from the international stage.

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Kate Baldwin's "American Songbook" Boasts Bock & Harnick, Lennon & McCartney Feb. 19 by Kenneth Jones

Kate Baldwin, the Best Actress Tony Award nominee for Finian's Rainbow, blends a little contemporary pop into her repertoire for her Feb. 19 show in Lincoln Center's American Songbook serie…

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Pittsburgh Public's New Season Has Red, Freud's Last Session, Coward, Sophocles and More by Kenneth Jones

Pittsburgh Public Theater's 2011-12 season will include six productions, including two two-character dramas -- the hot Broadway title Red and Off-Broadway's popular Freud's Last Session.

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Charming Billy, Inspired by Award-Winning Novel, Opens in MD World Premiere Feb. 7 by Kenneth Jones

Charming Billy, Blake Robison's adaptation of Alice McDermott's novel about a community's memory of a dead man, gets its world premiere by Round House Theatre in Bethesda, MD, Feb. 7-20. Pre…

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Jamey Hood Spreads Her Wings as Lucky Duck, Opening Feb. 19 at South Coast Rep by Kenneth Jones

Lucky Duck, Henry Krieger and Bill Russell's popular pop musical version of "The Ugly Duckling," opens at South Coast Rep Feb. 19 following previews that began Feb. 11. Art Manke, a five-tim…

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Zooming-In On a Handbag: Broadway's Importance of Being Earnest Will Be Filmed for Cinema by Kenneth Jones

Lady Bracknell is ready for her close-up. Roundabout Theatre Company's extended Broadway production of The Importance of Being Earnest will be filmed in high-definition for future screenings…

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Zabyrna Guevara and Adam Rothenberg Are Tempestuous Couple of Burn This; Brooks Ashmanskas Also Cast by Kenneth Jones

Brooks Ashmanskas, Ken Barnett, Zabryna Guevara and Adam Rothenberg will star in Center Theatre Group's new production of Lanford Wilson's Burn This, now in rehearsal under the direction of …

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"Mr. Schue" in a New Light, Performing at the Goodman by Kenneth Jones

Broadway and stage star Matthew Morrison — teacher Will Schuester of TV’s "Glee" — will headline Goodman Theatre's May 21 Gala that celebrates One Enchanted Decade …

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Stephen Bogardus, Lisa Banes, Tim Hopper Cast in David Greenspan Comedy Go Back to Where You Are by Kenneth Jones

Obie Award winner Lisa Banes, Obie nominee Tim Hopper and Tony Award nominee Stephen Bogardus are among the players who will join David Greenspan in the world premiere of his comedy Go Back …

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Ten Chimneys, Black Pearl Sings, Stephen Schwartz's Snapshots Confirmed for IL's Northlight by Kenneth Jones

The leaders of Northlight Theatre in Skokie, IL, announced their 2011-12 season, which will feature the previously announced Stephen Schwartz musical Snapshots.

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What a Difference a Rave Makes: Starcatcher Gets Two-Week Extension by Kenneth Jones

Peter and the Starcatcher, one of the best-reviewed productions in the history of Off-Broadway's New York Theatre Workshop, will get a two-week extension, to April 17.

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Playwrights Anne Washburn, Lisa D'Amour, Lisa Kron and Katori Hall Among Ten Blackburn Prize Finalists by Kenneth Jones

The ten finalists for the 2011 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, honoring female playwrights and chosen from over 100 nominated plays, were announced on Feb. 1.

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A New Life! Harry Connick, Jr. Will Star in Broadway's On a Clear Day, as Reconceived by Michael Mayer by Kenneth Jones

The revised revival of the musical On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, once aimed for Off-Broadway, has been bumped to Broadway and will star Tony Award nominee Harry Connick, Jr.

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Finding Neverland, Directed and Choreographed by Rob Ashford, Will Premiere at La Jolla Playhouse by Kenneth Jones

Finding Neverland, the musical about the children who inspired J.M. Barrie to create Peter Pan, will get its world premiere at La Jolla Playhouse in the 2011-12 season. Scott Frankel (music)…

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For the Love of Mike: Leslie Kritzer, Montego Glover, Sherie Rene Scott Will Honor Late Critic Kuchwara by Kenneth Jones

Michael Kuchwara, the respected late theatre critic for the Associated Press, will be celebrated by Broadway showfolk that he wrote about in a benefit on Feb. 28, which would have been his 6…

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You Are the Star of Interviewing the Audience, Opening Feb. 10 at NYC's Vineyard by Kenneth Jones

Interviewing the Audience, Zach Helm's new interactive piece inspired by the work of monologist Spalding Gray, opens Feb. 10 at the Vineyard Theatre in Manhattan. Previews began Feb. 3.

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Lou Stancari, Helen Hayes Award-Winning DC Designer, Dead at 63 by Kenneth Jones

Lou Stancari, a Washington, DC, scenic designer was found dead on the tracks of the Farragut North Metro station in DC on Jan.15. Police are sill investigating the incident.

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Susan Stroman's Double Bill of Ellington Jazz Ballets Premieres Jan. 28 at NY City Ballet by Kenneth Jones

Frankie and Johnny...and Rose, a new ballet by Tony Award-winning choreographer Susan Stroman, with music by composer Duke Ellington, premieres Jan. 28 in a performance by New York City Ball…

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Collapse, Inspired by a Minnesota Tragedy, Gets World Premiere by Berkeley's Aurora Theatre by Kenneth Jones

Aurora Theatre Company in Berkeley, CA, presents the world premiere of Allison Moore's Collapse, directed by Jessica Heidt, Jan. 28-March 6 as part of the National New Play Network program.

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