Donald Margulies' Coney Island Christmas Premiere To Star Angela Paton, Arye Gross, Annabelle Gurwitch by Kenneth Jones

Coney Island Christmas, billed as a "Jewish Christmas show" for people of all ages and all faiths, by Pulitzer Prize winner Donald Margulies, will star Arye Gross and Isabella Acre…

SOURCE: Playbill at 3:30pm on October 24, 2012☆⚑

Source of "Rear Window" Will Be Adapted for Broadway Stage, Producers Say by Kenneth Jones

A stage adaptation of the thriller short story that inspired the film "Rear Window" hopes to raise a blind on Broadway, producers announced on Oct. 24. The Cornell Woolrich tale of…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:54am on October 24, 2012☆⚑

Chicago-Area My One and Only To Star Tony Nominees Felicia P. Fields and Ted Levy, Plus Andrew Lupp and Summer Naomi Smart by Kenneth Jones

Marriott Theatre's revival of My One and Only, the 1983 Broadway musical comedy about an aviator and a lady endurance swimmer, will feature The Color Purple Tony Award nominee Felicia P.…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01am on October 24, 2012☆⚑

Stars of David, Revue of Jewish Personalities, With Songs by William Finn, Tom Kitt, Amanda Green and More, Opens by Kenneth Jones

The Philadelphia world premiere of the new musical song cycle Stars of David, featuring musical contributions by major writers of the musical theatre, with a script by Tony Award nominee Cha…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01am on October 24, 2012☆⚑

Thomas Sadoski, Laura Heisler and Peter Katona Build Michael Golamco's New Play, Opening Oct. 24 by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award nominee Thomas Sadoski, of TV's "The Newsroom" and Broadway's reasons to be pretty and Other Desert Cities, stars with Laura Heisler and Peter Katona in the…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on October 24, 2012☆⚑

Victory Gardens Reveals Cast of Failure, a Musical About Sisterhood and Mortality, Featuring Actor-Musicians by Kenneth Jones

Chicago's Victory Gardens Theater, the Tony Award winner as Outstanding Regional Theatre, will launch the world premiere of Failure: A Love Story, a "magical, musical fable" ab…

SOURCE: Playbill at 4:44pm on October 23, 2012☆⚑

Golden Child, Ringing in NYC Signature's David Henry Hwang Residency, Begins by Kenneth Jones

Drama Desk Award nominee Jennifer Lim of Broadway's Chinglish and Tony Award nominee Julyana Soelistyo of Off-Broadway's The Glorious Ones are among cast members of the new Off-…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on October 23, 2012☆⚑

Tony Lo Bianco Is His Honor, Mayor LaGuardia, in The Little Flower, Starting Oct. 23 in NYC by Kenneth Jones

Tony Lo Bianco plays late, beloved New York City Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia in a new solo play The Little Flower, written and directed by the actor, in a brief Off-Broadway engagement that …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on October 23, 2012☆⚑

Jeremy Strong Joins Cast of Amy Herzog's The Great God Pan in NYC by Kenneth Jones

Playwrights Horizons' world premiere of Amy Herzog's The Great God Pan will feature the newly announced Jeremy Strong (Broadway's A Man for All Seasons), who joins Becky Ann Bake…

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:35pm on October 22, 2012☆⚑

Looped Tour Will Reunite Valerie Harper and Brian Hutchison in 2013 by Kenneth Jones

Brian Hutchison will return to the role of secretive recording engineer Danny Miller, recreating his Broadway performance, in the national tour of Matthew Lombardo's seriocomic biographi…

SOURCE: Playbill at 4:56pm on October 22, 2012☆⚑

Julian Sands' Celebration of Harold Pinter Gets Extension in NYC; John Malkovich Directs by Kenneth Jones

Irish Repertory Theatre has added three weeks to its run of the well-reviewed A Celebration of Harold Pinter, starring Julian Sands under the direction of John Malkovich. The show, now playi…

SOURCE: Playbill at 2:54pm on October 22, 2012☆⚑

Richard Greenberg's The Assembled Parties Will Include Sam Robards, Jeremy Shamos and Mark Blum by Kenneth Jones

Jeremy Shamos, Mark Blum and Sam Robards will join the previously announced Jessica Hecht and Tony Award winner Judith Light in the world-premiere production of The Assembled Parties, Richar…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:58pm on October 22, 2012☆⚑

Johanna Day and Daniel Gerroll to Star in William Goldman Adaptation of Misery by Kenneth Jones

Misery, a new stage version of the Stephen King novel about a novelist held captive and hobbled (literally) by his greatest fan, will star Tony Award nominee Johanna Day (Proof) as craz…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12pm on October 22, 2012☆⚑

Pump Boys and Dinettes, Country-Fried Musical, Will Get Broadway Revival Come Spring; John Doyle Directs by Kenneth Jones

Those filling-station attendants with farmer tans and those waitresses with hot pots of java will make harmony again on Broadway in spring 2013 when the Tony Award-nominated, country-and-pop…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:30am on October 22, 2012☆⚑

Looks Like He Made It: Manilow on Broadway Will Play the St. James; Opening Is Jan. 24 by Kenneth Jones

Barry Manilow, the singer-songwriter who writes the songs that make the whole world sing, as his lyric goes, will sing 'em on Broadway in a limited engagement at the St. James Theatre th…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:57am on October 22, 2012☆⚑

Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, the Musical, Opens in CT; Jefferson Mays Is Multifarious by Kenneth Jones

The musical A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, starring Tony Award winner Jefferson Mays in eight roles, opens Oct. 19 at Hartford Stage in Connecticut following previews from Oct. …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on October 19, 2012☆⚑

The Song Is Her: Rebecca Luker's Summer Jerome Kern Concert Will Be Recorded by Kenneth Jones

PS Classics, the label dedicated to the heritage of Broadway and American popular song, will record a new album of Tony Award nominee Rebecca Luker singing the songs of Jerome Kern, drawing …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01am on October 18, 2012☆⚑

Brett Neveu's Boxing Play, The Opponent, Premieres in Chicago Oct. 18 by Kenneth Jones

A Red Orchid Theatre in Chicago presents the world premiere of Brett Neveu's The Opponent, about the world of small-time boxing, directed by Karen Kessler, Oct. 18-Dec. 2.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on October 18, 2012☆⚑

Pulitzer Winner Bruce Norris Retracts Rights to German Troupe's Clybourne Park Over "Blackface" Casting by Kenneth Jones

Bruce Norris, whose play Clybourne Park features white and African-American characters — to Pulitzer Prize-honored, Tony Award-winning effect — stripped a German theatre company …

SOURCE: Playbill at 4:55pm on October 17, 2012☆⚑

Broadway's Sara Topham, Bruce Dow, Nancy Anderson Will Share A Midsummer Night's Dream in DC This Fall by Kenneth Jones

The Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, DC, has enlisted Stratford Shakespeare Festival favorites Sara Topham and Bruce Dow to be among the woods-dwelling characters in A Midsummer Ni…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:31am on October 17, 2012☆⚑

Songs by William Finn, Tom Kitt, Jeanine Tesori, Amanda Green Bring Shimmer to Stars of David Musical, Starting Oct. 17 by Kenneth Jones

The Philadelphia world premiere of the new musical song cycle Stars of David, featuring song contributions by major writers of the musical theatre, begins Oct. 17. The cast features Nancy Ba…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01am on October 17, 2012☆⚑

Ivanov, With Ethan Hawke as Dissatisfied Anti-Hero, Begins Off-Broadway by Kenneth Jones

Classic Stage Company's new production of Anton Chekhov's Ivanov, already extended by two weeks to Dec. 9, begins its run Oct. 17 at CSC's home on East 13th Street. Ethan Ha…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on October 17, 2012☆⚑

West Coast Premiere of Theresa Rebeck's Seminar Is an Open Book on Oct. 17 by Kenneth Jones

The Los Angeles debut of the Broadway production of Theresa Rebeck's comedy Seminar, starring Aya Cash, Lucas Near-Verbrugghe, Jennifer Ikeda and Greg Keller, all circling Academy A…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on October 17, 2012☆⚑

Goodspeed's Golden Anniversary To Boast Shows By Jerry Herman, Frank Loesser and DeSylva, Brown and Henderson by Kenneth Jones

The 50th season of two-time Tony Award-winning Goodspeed Musicals will include revivals of the Broadway musicals Hello, Dolly!, Good News! and The Most Happy Fella, all at the historic Goods…

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:19pm on October 16, 2012☆⚑

Chaplin's Rob McClure Among Nominees for 2012 Clive Barnes Awards; Dancers and Actors Named by Kenneth Jones

The Clive Barnes Foundation nominated four actors and three dancers for its 2012 Clive Barnes Awards. One artist from each discipline will be named later this year. Joaquina Kalukango of Off…

SOURCE: Playbill at 3:57pm on October 16, 2012☆⚑