Subbing for Sally Mayes, Natascia Diaz Will Step Into Off-Broadway's Best Is Yet to Come by Kenneth Jones

Actress Natascia Diaz — of Off-Broadway's Jacques Brel and Bright Lights, Big City and the recent Public Theater concert production of The Capeman — will step in for Sal…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:56am on June 9, 2011☆⚑

Cirque du Soleil Unveils Zarkana at Radio City Music Hall June 9 by Kenneth Jones

Cirque du Soleil's new acrobatic spectacle Zarkana, with music by Elton John protégé Nick Littlemore, begins a world-premiere engagement June 9 at Radio City Music Hall. Pe…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on June 9, 2011☆⚑

Laura Osnes and Jeremy Jordan Are Bonnie and Clyde in June 9-10 Reading of Wildhorn Musical by Kenneth Jones

The new musical Bonnie and Clyde, a blues-and-rockabilly-flavored show by Frank Wildhorn, Don Black and Ivan Menchell, gets an industry presentation June 9-10 in Manhattan in anticipation of…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on June 9, 2011☆⚑

Producers Reel in a Whopper for Broadway's Big Fish Musical — Susan Stroman by Kenneth Jones

Susan Stroman, a 2011 Tony Award nominee for her direction and choreography of The Scottsboro Boys, has signed to stage the new Broadway-bound musical Big Fish, producers Dan Jinks and Bruce…

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:42pm on June 8, 2011☆⚑

NYC Return of Rent Will Star Annaleigh Ashford, Adam Chanler-Berat, Arianda Fernandez by Kenneth Jones

Adam Chanler-Berat, late of Next to Normal and Peter and the Starcatcher, will play documentary filmmaker Mark Cohen in the Off-Broadway relaunch of the rock musical Rent, producers announce…

SOURCE: Playbill at 2:01pm on June 8, 2011☆⚑

Tony-Nominated Importance of Being Earnest Will End a Week Early by Kenneth Jones

The acclaimed Broadway revival of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, starring and directed by Brian Bedford, will end its run a week earlier than announced, on June 26, the R…

SOURCE: Playbill at 1:41pm on June 8, 2011☆⚑

Kate Baldwin Will Play Marian in Arena Stage's The Music Man in 2012 by Kenneth Jones

A decade after she was Nellie Forbush in director Molly Smith's South Pacific at Arena Stage, Kate Baldwin — a Best Actress Tony Award nominee for Finian's Rainbow in 2010 &mda…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:14pm on June 8, 2011☆⚑

Edward Gero and Patrick Andrews Will Paint Chicago Red at Goodman; Robert Falls Directs by Kenneth Jones

The Goodman Theatre's Chicago premiere of the Tony Award-winning play Red, about painter Mark Rothko, will feature Washington, DC, actor Edward Gero as the abstract expressionist artist,…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:51am on June 8, 2011☆⚑

Gary Cole, Kathryn Joosten, "Twilight" Vampire Edi Gathegi Bite Into Superior Donuts June 8 by Kenneth Jones

Gary Cole, Edi Gathegi, Mary Beth Fisher and Kathryn Joosten are among cast members in the Geffen Playhouse production of Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Letts' Superior Donuts, opening June…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on June 8, 2011☆⚑

Queen of Spades, Starring Cynthia Harris, Is First Play of TACT's New Works Series June 8 in NYC by Kenneth Jones

Off-Broadway's TACT/The Actors Company Theatre launches a new works initiative June 8-9 when Joel Gross' The Queen of Spades, inspired by an Alexander Pushkin story, gets a reading i…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on June 8, 2011☆⚑

The Heat Is On a Little Longer in Philly; Miss Saigon Gets Extra Week by Kenneth Jones

The Walnut Street Theatre production of the musical Miss Saigon has been extended by one week, to July 24, in Philadelphia.

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:23pm on June 7, 2011☆⚑

Studio Recording of Frank Wildhorn's Dracula Released by Kenneth Jones

The studio album of Dracula, The Musical, with songs by composer Frank Wildhorn and lyricists Don Black and Christopher Hampton, was released on digital services June 6, GlobalVision Records…

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:05pm on June 7, 2011☆⚑

Billy Elliot, Priscilla, Louise Pitre, [title of show] Are Dora Nominees in Toronto by Kenneth Jones

Nominees for the 32nd annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards, celebrating excellence in Toronto's theatre, dance and opera communities, were announced June 7 in Ontario. The sitdown of Billy Ell…

SOURCE: Playbill at 2:52pm on June 7, 2011☆⚑

David Aron Damane Will Ponder "Old Man River" in Goodspeed's Show Boat by Kenneth Jones

David Aron Damane, whose Broadway credits include The Life and the revival of Big River, will play Joe in Goodspeed Musicals' new production of Show Boat.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00pm on June 7, 2011☆⚑

Dr. Crippen, Cabaret, Man From Nebraska Among Recipients of Non-Equity Jeff Awards by Kenneth Jones

Recipients of the 38th annual Non-Equity Jeff Awards, celebrating excellence in non-union theatre in the Chicago area for the 2010-11 season, were announced June 6.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:36am on June 7, 2011☆⚑

Off-Broadway's Sphinx Winx Will Close Early by Kenneth Jones

The Off-Broadway musical The Sphinx Winx, billed as a musical comedy misinterpretation of the classic love triangle between Cleopatra, Julius Caesar and Marc Antony, will play its final perf…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:55am on June 7, 2011☆⚑

Songs of Jeremy Desmon & Vadim Feichtner Will Echo in Barrington Stage Cabaret June 11-12 by Kenneth Jones

Surviving the Avalanche: The Songs of Jeremy Desmon & Vadim Feichtner, billed as a raucous evening of original songs featuring Miguel Cervantes, Andrew Kober, Dana Steingold and Cassie W…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:40am on June 7, 2011☆⚑

Pop Goes the Family: Real Sibling Music Act Inspires Musical The Shaggs, Opening June 7 by Kenneth Jones

One of the more bizarre and influential chapters in American pop music history comes to light June 7 with the Off-Broadway opening of the musical The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World. Annie G…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01am on June 7, 2011☆⚑

J. Mark McVey, a Les Miz Veteran, Jumps Back Into the Fray June 7 by Kenneth Jones

Cameron Mackintosh's new 25th anniversary U.S. touring production of Les Misérables — redesigned and reimagined for a new generation — welcomes J. Mark McVey to the ro…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on June 7, 2011☆⚑

Sex Lives of Our Parents, a Comic Nightmare, Begins NYC World Premiere June 7 by Kenneth Jones

The world premiere of Michael Mitnick's Sex Lives of Our Parents, a play about the gap between parents and children, begins June 7 in Second Stage Theatre's Uptown Series. Lisa Emery…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on June 7, 2011☆⚑

Laura Benanti and Katie Finneran Will Host "Creative Arts" Portion of Tony Awards by Kenneth Jones

Tony winners Laura Benanti and Katie Finneran will host the creative arts awards portion of the 65th annual Tony Awards on June 12.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:44am on June 6, 2011☆⚑

Broadway's Phantom of the Opera Gets New Raoul on June 6 by Kenneth Jones

Broadway's The Phantom of the Opera welcomes new principal cast members this spring and summer, starting June 6 with Kyle Barisich slipping into the starched tunic of Christine'…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on June 6, 2011☆⚑

Chicago's Non-Equity Jeff Awards Handed Out June 6; Big River, Cabaret, Cats, Lobby Hero Among Nominees by Kenneth Jones

The 2011 Non-Equity Jeff Awards, honoring excellence in Chicago theatres not under a union contract — for productions that opened between April 1, 2010, and March 31, 2011 — will…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on June 6, 2011☆⚑

Carey Mulligan Hears Voices in Ingmar Bergman's Through a Glass Darkly, Opening Off-Broadway June 6 by Kenneth Jones

The fragile mind of an Ingmar Bergman heroine fresh from the psych ward is explored anew in Through a Glass Darkly, the American premiere of Jenny Worton's adaptation of Bergman's bl…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on June 6, 2011☆⚑

Jordan Roth Will Chat With Spider-Man Songwriters Bono and The Edge June 13 by Kenneth Jones

The "Broadway Talks with Jordan Roth" series at 92 Street Y in Manhattan will feature rock superstars Bono and The Edge on June 13, the night before the opening of their Broadway m…

SOURCE: Playbill at 9:48pm on June 5, 2011☆⚑