U.S. and International Cities Announced for American Idiot's Next Tour Phase; Cast Revealed by Kenneth Jones

New casting and dates have been announced for the international tour of Green Day's American Idiot, the two-time Tony Award-winning Broadway musical based on the Green Day album, with a …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:05pm on July 25, 2012☆⚑

Soul Doctor, the Rockin' Rabbi Musical, Will Play Off-Broadway Starting July 30 With Eric Anderson by Kenneth Jones

Soul Doctor, the musical about the real-life unconventional rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, his passion for pop music and his relationship with soul singer Nina Simone, will play New York City July …

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:36am on July 25, 2012☆⚑

Judd Hirsch, Betsy Aidem and Janet Zarish to Bring Michael Cristofer's Whore and Mr. Moore to Life in VT by Kenneth Jones

Betsy Aidem and Janet Zarish have joined the cast of Dorset Theatre Festival's world-premiere production of The Whore and Mr. Moore, the new play by Pulitzer Prize winner Micha…

SOURCE: Playbill at 9:50am on July 25, 2012☆⚑

Peter Frechette, Jack Willis and More Go All the Way in New LBJ Play Beginning July 25 in OR by Kenneth Jones

The world premiere of All the Way, the new play by Robert Schenkkan, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for The Kentucky Cycle, begins performances July 25 at the Oregon Shakespeare F…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on July 25, 2012☆⚑

Tony Winner Elizabeth Ashley Joins Cast of The Best Man by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award winner Elizabeth Ashley, of Broadway's Dividing the Estate, Cat On a Hot Tin Roof and Barefoot in the Park, succeeds Angela Lansbury in the role of an influential women's …

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

Nutty Professor Musical, With Mark Jacoby, Michael Andrew, Croons in Nashville; Jerry Lewis Directs by Kenneth Jones

The world premiere of The Nutty Professor, the new Rupert Holmes-Marvin Hamlisch musical based on the 1963 Jerry Lewis film comedy, begins previews in Nashville on July 24. The show is direc…

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

Brent Barrett, Dee Hoty, Jason Graae and Faith Prince Booked at Hudson Valley's Helsinki Nightspot by Kenneth Jones

Helsinki Hudson, the upstate New York venue that offers eclectic music programming in a complex that also offers drinks and dining, will get a dose of Broadway star quality in a new series o…

SOURCE: Playbill at 4:15pm on July 23, 2012☆⚑

Joy Zinoman and Cygnus Ensemble to Present Beckett One-Acts With New Music; Casting Announced by Kenneth Jones

One-acts plays by Samuel Beckett will be paired with original music compositions performed by Cygnus Ensemble in Sounding Beckett, getting a Sept. 14-23 Off-Broadway engagement.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:52am on July 23, 2012☆⚑

Warrior Class, Kenneth Lin's Political Drama, With Louis Ozawa Changchien, David Rasche, Katharine Powell, Opens in NYC by Kenneth Jones

Louis Ozawa Changchien, Katharine Powell and David Rasche star in the world premiere of Kenneth Lin's Warrior Class, opening July 23 following previews from July 11, in Second Stage…

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

Tickets to Roundabout's If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet, With Jake Gyllenhaal, On Sale Starting July 23 by Kenneth Jones

Tickets go on sale July 23 for the American premiere of Nick Payne's If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet, featuring Annie Funke, Michelle Gomez, Tony Award winner Brí…

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

Pirates!, Revised for St. Louis Muny, To Star Ed Dixon, Hunter Foster, Kathy Fitzgerald, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Analisa Leaming by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award nominee Hunter Foster will play The Pirate King in The Muny production of Pirates! (Or, Gilbert & Sullivan Plunder'd) in St. Louis. His principal-cast comrades for this da…

SOURCE: Playbill at 2:58pm on July 22, 2012☆⚑

Angela Lansbury Says Goodbye to The Best Man on July 22 by Kenneth Jones

Broadway favorite and Tony Award winner Angela Lansbury sheds her role of an influential women's advocate in the Broadway production of Gore Vidal's The Best Man on July 22. Waiting …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01am on July 22, 2012☆⚑

The Doctor Is Out! NYC Run of Freud's Last Session Ends July 22 by Kenneth Jones

The Off-Broadway production of Freud's Last Session, Mark St. Germain's imagined encounter between atheist psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud and Christian writer C.S. Lewis, closes at New …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on July 22, 2012☆⚑

All My Sons, With Jeff McCarthy, Lizbeth Mackay, Rebecca Brooksher, Josh Clayton, Opens at Barrington Stage by Kenneth Jones

Barrington Stage Company's new production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons, opening July 22 following previews from July 19, features Jeff McCarthy and Lizbeth Mackay as Joe and K…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on July 22, 2012☆⚑

Backbeat, the Origin Story of The Beatles, Gets North American Premiere July 21; David Leveaux Directs by Kenneth Jones

The North American premiere of Backbeat: The Birth of the Beatles, the Broadway-aimed rock-'n'-roll drama with music, directed by Broadway and London creative force David Leveaux (Ni…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01am on July 21, 2012☆⚑

Facing Criticism for Lack of Asian Artists in Musical, La Jolla Playhouse Hosts Panel Discussion by Kenneth Jones

La Jolla Playhouse is offering a July 22 community panel discussion to explore the idea multicultural casting following criticism of its casting choices for the current production of The Nig…

SOURCE: Playbill at 7:26pm on July 20, 2012☆⚑

John Cullum, Darren Pettie, Sarah Sokolovic Complete Cast of Detroit in NYC by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award winner John Cullum, Darren Pettie and Sarah Sokolovic will join the already announced Amy Ryan and David Schwimmer for the New York City premiere of Lisa D'Amour's acclaim…

SOURCE: Playbill at 2:55pm on July 19, 2012☆⚑

Broadway's Glengarry Glen Ross Office Will Include David Harbour, Richard Schiff, Jeremy Shamos by Kenneth Jones

David Harbour, Richard Schiff and Jeremy Shamos will be in the company of the previously announced Al Pacino and Bobby Cannavale in the new Broadway production of David Mamet's Glengarry…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:31am on July 19, 2012☆⚑

Uma Thurman's "Smash" Turn Is Emmy-Nominated, So Is Choreography and Music; Jim Parsons, Denis O'Hare, Tonys Also Honored by Kenneth Jones

Nominations for the 64th Prime Time Emmy Awards, celebrating the best in American-presented television, were announced July 19. Theatre-related nominees include choreographer Joshua Bergasse…

SOURCE: Playbill at 9:31am on July 19, 2012☆⚑

Uma Thurman's "Smash" Turn Is Emmy-Nominated, So Is Choreography; Jim Parsons, Denis O'Hare, Tonys Also Honored by Kenneth Jones

Nominations for the 64th Prime Time Emmy Awards, celebrating the best in American-presented television, were announced July 19. Theatre-related nominees include choreographer Joshua Bergasse…

SOURCE: Playbill at 9:14am on July 19, 2012☆⚑

Sing Out, Sister! Scandalous, the Aimee Semple McPherson Musical Starring Carolee Carmello, Will Play Broadway by Kenneth Jones

The 20th-century evangelical superstar Aimee Semple McPherson — the American religious leader who staged provocative illustrated sermons, fed the hungry and famously vanished — w…

SOURCE: Playbill at 8:30am on July 19, 2012☆⚑

All My Sons, With Jeff McCarthy, Lizbeth Mackay, Rebecca Brooksher, Josh Clayton, Begins MA Run by Kenneth Jones

Barrington Stage Company's new production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons July 19-Aug. 4 features Jeff McCarthy and Lizbeth Mackay as Joe and Kate Keller, whose lives are shattered wi…

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

New Girl in Town, the Anna Christie Musical, Begins NYC Revival Run; Danielle Ferland, Margaret Loesser Robinson Star by Kenneth Jones

New Girl in Town, Bob Merrill's 1957 musicalization of Eugene O'Neill's Anna Christie, about a prostitute with abuse in her past, gets a rare New York City revival beginning July…

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

Stratford Fest's 2013 Season Will Have Tommy, Brian Bedford, New Works, Fiddler, Brian Dennehy and More by Kenneth Jones

Brian Bedford will play Shylock in The Merchant of Venice, Des McAnuff will stage his Tony Award-winning The Who's Tommy and new Canadian works will get a voice in the 2013 season of the…

SOURCE: Playbill at 7:28pm on July 17, 2012☆⚑

Casting Now Complete for Broadway's New Drood, With Chita Rivera, Stephanie J. Block, Will Chase by Kenneth Jones

Janine DiVita, Jenifer Foote and Spencer Plachy have joined the troupe of Roundabout Theatre Company's new Broadway production of Rupert Holmes' The Mystery of Edwin Drood, completin…

SOURCE: Playbill at 4:03pm on July 17, 2012☆⚑