Broadway Marquees Will Dim in Tribute to Theoni V. Aldredge by Kenneth Jones

The marquees of Broadway theatres will be dimmed for one minute at 7 PM Jan. 25 to honor the work and life of Tony Award-winning costume designer Theoni V. Aldredge, who died Jan. 21 at the …

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Kyle Dean Massey Is Lucky Guy in Musical About Nashville Dreamers; Merman, Collela, Jordan on Board by Kenneth Jones

Varla Jean Merman, Leslie Jordan, Jim Newman, Jenn Collela, Savannah Wise and Kyle Dean Massey will kick up their heels in the new Off-Broadway country-western musical comedy Lucky Guy, prod…

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Death of a Salesman, With "Walking Dead" Star Jeffrey DeMunn, Opens at Old Globe by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award nominee Jeffrey DeMunn, freshly noticed for his elder-survivor role in the hot TV series "The Walking Dead," plays Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's Death of Salesman, opening Jan. 2…

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Anything Goes Box Office, at Stephen Sondheim Theatre, Opens Feb. 14 by Kenneth Jones

There will be an anything-goes quality to the Feb. 14 box-office opening for tickets to Anything Goes at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. Expect $10 tickets, free stuff and a chance to win an o…

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Laughing Liberally, Dunking the Tea Party With Comedy and Song, Begins NYC Run by Kenneth Jones

Laughing Liberally: This Ain't No Tea Party, an evening of comedy with music and multi-media presentations, makes its Off-Broadway debut beginning March 14 at the Midtown Theatre, 163 W. 46t…

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Wonderland's Broadway Box Office Opens Feb. 14 With Special Offer by Kenneth Jones

The Marquis Theatre box office for Broadway's Wonderland - A New Alice. A New Musical opens Feb. 14 in anticipation of a March 21 first preview. The first 100 people in line get a discount d…

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John Gallagher, Jr. Co-Stars in Broadway's Jerusalem; Complete Cast Revealed by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award winner John Gallagher, Jr. of Spring Awakening and American Idiot, will be among cast members populating Jerusalem on Broadway. Complete casting for the Jez Butterworth play, star…

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Chris Pine, Andy Blankenbuehler, Leslie Uggams Among Nominees for March 14 L.A. Critics Awards by Kenneth Jones

The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle's 42nd annual awards ceremony is March 14 at Burbank's Colony Theatre. Among the nationally-known nominees are performers Chris Pine, Harry Groener, Lesl…

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Three Men on a Horse, a Depression-Era Hit, Returns to Recession-Era NYC March 14 by Kenneth Jones

Three Men on a Horse, John Cecil Holm and George Abbott's 1935 comedy about gamblers who take advantage of a greeting-card writer with a knack for picking winning ponies, begins an Off-Broad…

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Idiot's Delight! American Idiot Cast Album Wins Grammy Award by Kenneth Jones

The winner of the 2011 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album is American Idiot, produced by Billie Joe Armstrong.

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Marc Masterson to Leave Actors Theatre of Louisville for South Coast Rep by Kenneth Jones

Marc Masterson, artistic director of Actors Theatre of Louisville, the Tony Award-winning company known for its embrace of new work, will exit the theatre after 11 seasons in order to take t…

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Reed Birney Will Return to Roundabout Underground for Burning Boy; Cast Announced by Kenneth Jones

Roundabout Underground's winter-spring production of David West Read's new play, The Dream of the Burning Boy, about a high school tragedy, will feature Reed Birney, Josh Caras, Matt Dellapi…

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Stephen Schwartz's Snapshots, Revising Favorites and Dipping Into Trunk, To Play Northlight in IL by Kenneth Jones

Snapshots, a long-aborning show billed as a "musical scrapbook" that borrows songs by Wicked, Pippin and Godspell composer-lyricist Stephen Schwartz, will play Northlight Theatre in Skokie, …

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Dancin', Look Back in Anger, Stephen Karam's Sons of the Prophet Set for Roundabout by Kenneth Jones

Roundabout Theatre Company confirmed its commitment to reviving Bob Fosse's Dancin' by announcing that Studio 54 would house the dance revue of Fosse's choreography in fall 2011. Two Off-Bro…

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Jim Belushi and Nina Arianda Confirmed for Broadway's Born Yesterday; Tix Now on Sale by Kenneth Jones

The Broadway revival of Garson Kanin's 1946 comedy Born Yesterday, starring Jim Belushi and Nina Arianda, will begin performances March 31 at the Cort Theatre, the producers announced Jan. 2…

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Send in the Clones: Off-Broadway's A Number, With James Saito, Joel de la Fuente, Begins March 12 by Kenneth Jones

A Number, Caryl Churchill's acclaimed play about human cloning and identity, gets a fresh Off-Broadway production by the National Asian American Theatre Company (NAATCO) March 12-April 3 at …

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Double Falsehood, Inspired by Lost Shakespeare Play, Resurfaces Off-Broadway March 12 by Kenneth Jones

Double Falsehood, Lewis Theobald's 18th-century adaptation of a play by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher, get its first professional staging in 250 years starting March 12 at Classic St…

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Cass Morgan Exits Memphis, But Her Heart Finds a New Home by Kenneth Jones

Cass Morgan played her final performance as Huey’s evolving Mama in Broadway’s Memphis on March 13 at the Shubert Theatre. A soulful actress of a certain age, she was one of the …

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Jamaica, Farewell, Comedy About Journey to America, Gets L.A. Run; Rita Wilson Produces by Kenneth Jones

Debra Ehrhardt's solo show Jamaica, Farewell, "based on a mostly true story" about her journey to the U.S. from Jamaica in the turbulent 1970s, will get a run at the Falcon Theatre, the Burb…

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Groundswell, Ian Bruce's South African Play, Begins at Old Globe March 12 by Kenneth Jones

The new Old Globe Theatre production of Groundswell, Ian Bruce's psychological drama set in South Africa, begins previews March 12 in anticipation of a March 17 opening. Antony Hagopian, Owi…

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Irish Rep Reading of Can't Complain Will Feature Mary Beth Peil by Kenneth Jones

Christine Evans' play Can't Complain will get a free public reading 3 PM Feb. 18 in the Irish Repertory Theatre's New Works Reading Series, which celebrates emerging playwrights.

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Douglas Sills Will Play Record Producer in Musical White Noise by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award nominee Douglas Sills has joined the cast of the new Broadway-aimed rock musical White Noise, about a band with a white-supremacy edge, the producers announced March 11. The star …

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Spider-Man Will Shut Down For More Than Three Weeks Before Officially Opening June 14 by Kenneth Jones

Lead producers Michael Cohl and Jeremiah J. Harris announced on March 11 that they have rescheduled the opening of Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark for June 14 at Broadway's Foxwoods Theatre.

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Furious Theatre Company Loses Home at Pasadena Playhouse by Kenneth Jones

Furious Theatre Company and The Pasadena Playhouse have mutually agreed to the end of Furious troupe's residency in the Carrie Hamilton Theatre in Pasadena, CA.

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Kristin Hanggi Will Direct Musical And the Curtain Rises; Creative Team Announced by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award nominee Kristin Hanggi, who staged Broadway's Rock of Ages, will direct the world premiere of composer Joseph Thalken's And the Curtain Rises, a musical about the seminal 19th-cen…

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