The Music Man, With Kate Baldwin and Burke Moses, Opens May 23 at DC's Arena by Kenneth Jones

Meredith Willson's The Music Man, the Americana-striped musical comedy about a corrupt salesman who charms — and is charmed by — a small town in Iowa, opens May 23 in-the-rou…

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

Atlantic Bites Into Chimichangas and Zoloft, a New Coming-of-Age Comedy, Starting May 23 by Kenneth Jones

Atlantic Theater Company's world-premiere production of Fernanda Coppel's play Chimichangas and Zoloft, featuring Teddy Cañez, Zabryna Guevara, Alfredo Narciso, Xochitl R…

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

What's Next for "Smash"? Three New Characters, At Least by Kenneth Jones

The second season of the NBC musical drama series "Smash" will get at least three new faces, according to an industry casting notice. The 15-episode first season concluded May 14.&…

SOURCE: Playbill at 4:53pm on May 22, 2012☆⚑

IATSE Stage Workers Picket Outside Midtown Spiegeltent; Empire Producers Respond by Kenneth Jones

Members of Local One of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) gathered on West 45th Street starting at 11 AM May 22 to voice their concern about a new midtown circ…

SOURCE: Playbill at 3:10pm on May 22, 2012☆⚑

It's High Time: Encores! Concert of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Will Get Cast Recording by Kenneth Jones

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, the 1949 Broadway score by Jule Styne and Leo Robin, will get its most complete recording yet when Masterworks Broadway releases the Encores! concert cast recording…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:47am on May 22, 2012☆⚑

Bad Guys, With James McMenamin, Tobias Segal, Raviv Ullman, Begins May 22 at Second Stage Uptown by Kenneth Jones

The 2012 Second Stage Uptown season begins May 22 with the first preview of the world premiere of Alena Smith's The Bad Guys, about five pals from childhood who reunite one summer. Micha…

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

Recording of Sweet Little Devil, an Obscure Gershwin Score, Released May 22; Danny Burstein and Rebecca Luker Sing by Kenneth Jones

PS Classics, the record label devoted to the American Songbook and the heritage of musical theatre, releases a studio cast album of George Gershwin and B.G. DeSylva's 1924 musical S…

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

Come to the Cabaret: Spiegelworld's Empire Pops Its Tent in Midtown Theatre District May 22-Sept. 2 by Kenneth Jones

Spiegelworld, the producer of tent-housed theatrical events that draw on circus, cabaret, variety and burlesque traditions, returns to New York City on May 22 for a 15-week run of a new show…

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

Local One Stage Union Will Protest at Spiegelworld Empire Tent in Midtown by Kenneth Jones

Members of Local One of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) will voice their concern about a new midtown circus-cabaret show's lack of union tech employees o…

SOURCE: Playbill at 6:31pm on May 21, 2012☆⚑

Premiere of Dogfight Musical Will Feature Lindsay Mendez, Derek Klena, Annaleigh Ashford, Josh Segarra by Kenneth Jones

Dogfight, the new musical getting its world premiere at Off-Broadway's Second Stage Theatre, will feature Annaleigh Ashford, Becca Ayers, Steven Booth, Dierdre Friel, Adam Halpin, F. Mic…

SOURCE: Playbill at 4:26pm on May 21, 2012☆⚑

David Schwimmer and Amy Ryan Will Be Among the Detroiters at Playwrights Horizons by Kenneth Jones

David Schwimmer and Amy Ryan will star as a suburban couple sharing barbecue with their new neighbors in the New York City premiere of Lisa D'Amour's Pulitzer Prize-finalist play Det…

SOURCE: Playbill at 3:02pm on May 21, 2012☆⚑

Orphan Annie Will Be Princess of Broadway's Palace; Opening Night Is Nov. 8 by Kenneth Jones

The producers of the new Broadway production of Annie announced the Palace Theatre as the musical's home starting this fall. Previews begin Oct. 3 prior to a Nov. 8 opening night.

SOURCE: Playbill at 1:44pm on May 21, 2012☆⚑

"In Performance at the White House," Celebrating Songs of Burt Bacharach and Hal David, Airs May 21 by Kenneth Jones

Stevie Wonder, Sheryl Crow, Diana Krall, Michael Feinstein and more appear in "In Performance at the White House: Burt Bacharach & Hal David: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:53pm on May 21, 2012☆⚑

Encores! Will Stage Fiorello!, On Your Toes and Superman in 2013 by Kenneth Jones

New York City Center's Encores! concert series will return to its roots in 2013 — its 20th season — with a presentation of Fiorello!, the title that launched the popular orga…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:10am on May 21, 2012☆⚑

Plays by Lila Feinberg, Andrew Dolan, Seth Bockley and Others Get Aired in NYC AracaWorks Series Starting May 21 by Kenneth Jones

The Araca Group's AracaWorks, a week-long series of play readings, runs May 21-25 in Manhattan. New plays by Barbara Blumenthal-Ehrlich, Dorothy Fortenberry, Lila Feinberg, Andrew Dolan …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on May 21, 2012☆⚑

American Premiere of Will Eno's Title and Deed Opens May 20 at NYC Signature by Kenneth Jones

Will Eno's Title and Deed, a new solo play about a mysterious traveler, opens in its American premiere May 20 following previews from May 8 as part of Signature Theatre Company's sea…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01am on May 20, 2012☆⚑

PLAYBILL BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Joshua Henry, the "Good-Natured" Jake of Porgy and Bess by Kenneth Jones

Porgy and Bess never had the subtitle or, Clara and Jake, but Nikki Renée Daniels and Joshua Henry make such a strong impression in the new Broadway "revisal" of the George …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01am on May 19, 2012☆⚑

City Theatre Gives Voice to Writers Jonatha Brooke, Anton Dudley, Stephen Massicotte and More in Festival by Kenneth Jones

City Theatre in Pittsburgh will develop four new works in its Momentum Festival of New Plays May 31-June 3.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:26pm on May 18, 2012☆⚑

Harvey, Starring Jim Parsons in Classic Hare-Raising Tale, Begins Broadway Run by Kenneth Jones

Harvey, Mary Chase's 1944 Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy about a man whose best friend is a 6-foot-tall rabbit, hops back to Broadway on May 18 in a Roundabout Theatre Company production …

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

Arian Moayed, Heather Raffo, Nasser Faris Star in Food and Fadwa; Feast of Politics Begins May 18 by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award nominee Arian Moayed of Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo is among cast members of New York Theatre Workshop/Noor Theatre's Middle East-set play Food and Fadwa, about cooking an…

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

Amy Brenneman and Kellie Overbey Experience Rapture, Blister, Burn Beginning May 18 in NYC by Kenneth Jones

The Playwrights Horizons world premiere of Rapture, Blister, Burn, a play by Pulitzer Prize finalist and Obie Award winner Gina Gionfriddo (Becky Shaw), begins Off-Broadway performances May …

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

Red Dog Howls Will Star Kathleen Chalfant This Fall at New York Theatre Workshop by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award nominee Kathleen Chalfant will star in the New York Theatre Workshop's 2012-13 season-launching production of Red Dog Howls, Alexander Dinelaris' drama about family secret…

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:48pm on May 17, 2012☆⚑

Daniel Abeles Joins Philly Reasons to be Pretty Cast, With Elizabeth Stanley, Genevieve Perrier, Paul Felder by Kenneth Jones

Philadelphia Theatre Company's production of Neil LaBute's Reasons to be Pretty, May 25-June 24, will feature Daniel Abeles as Greg, a boyfriend tortured by his girlfriend after he m…

SOURCE: Playbill at 1:29pm on May 17, 2012☆⚑

David Abeles Joins Philly Reasons to be Pretty Cast, With Elizabeth Stanley, Genevieve Perrier, Paul Felder by Kenneth Jones

Philadelphia Theatre Company's production of Neil LaBute's Reasons to be Pretty, May 25-June 24, will feature Daniel Abeles as Greg, a boyfriend tortured by his girlfriend after he m…

SOURCE: Playbill at 1:28pm on May 17, 2012☆⚑

You Can Get It If You Try: Nice Work, Best Musical Tony Nominee, Will Get Cast Album by Kenneth Jones

The Gershwin score of Nice Work If You Can Get It, the 2012 Tony Award-nominated Best Musical, will be preserved on a cast album on the Shout! Factory label, the producers announced on May 1…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:33am on May 17, 2012☆⚑