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Thursday, October 6, 2011

How to Succeed Offers Special Performance to Benefit Trevor Project Oct. 6 by Andrew Gans and Adam Hetrick

The producers of the Tony Award-nominated revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying team with The Trevor Project for a special benefit performance of the musical Oct. 6 at …

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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Original Broadway Cast Members Will Revisit Dividing the Estate at the Alley Theatre by Adam Hetrick

Members of the original Broadway cast of Dividing the Estate, including Tony Award winner Elizabeth Ashley and Tony Award nominees Hallie Foote and Penny Fuller, will reunite for the Alley T…

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Jeremy Webb Will Hold Court in To Kill A Mockingbird at Dallas Theater Center by Adam Hetrick

Drama Desk Award winner Jeremy Webb will step into the role of Atticus Finch when the Dallas Theater Center-Casa Mañana Theatre co-production of To Kill a Mockingbird arrives at the A…

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LATW's Completeness to Star Jason Ritter and Mandy Siegfried by Adam Hetrick

Jason Ritter and Mandy Siegfried will co-star in the L.A. Theatre Works production of Itamar Moses' science-filled love story Completeness, which will get its theatrical software up and …

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Mama, I Want To Sing: The Next Generation to Continue Through Dec. 17 in Harlem by Adam Hetrick and Michael Giola

Mama, I Want To Sing: The Next Generation, which began previews May 21 at the Dempsey Theater in Harlem, has extended its run through Dec. 17.

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Denzel Washington Bestows Over $2 Million to Fordham University; Phylicia Rashad Joins Faculty by Adam Hetrick

Tony and Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington has donated over $2 million to endow Fordham University with a new scholarship for undergraduate theatre majors, as well as a Chair in …

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Alan Cumming, Beth Leavel, Alison Fraser, Andrew Rannells to Honor Charles Busch and Julie Halston at Abingdon Gala by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award winners Alan Cumming and Beth Leavel, as well as Alison Fraser, Andrew Rannells and veteran drag performer Lypsinka will celebrate Tony-nominated playwright Charles Busch and Juli…

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World Premiere of Clementine in the Lower 9 Begins at TheatreWorks Oct. 5 by Adam Hetrick

Dan Dietz's post-Katrina play with music, Clementine in the Lower 9, featuring a blues score by Justin Ellington, begins its world-premiere engagement Oct. 5 at TheatreWorks' Mo…

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Phantom of the Opera Anniversary Screenings Score at U.K. Box Office by Andrew Gans and Adam Hetrick

The special 25th anniversary staging of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall, broadcast live in a host of theatres across the globe Oct. 2, brought in …

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Side Man Reading, With Frank Wood, Melissa Leo and Zachary Quinto, Sets New NYC Date by Adam Hetrick

The East Hampton, NY, benefit reading of Warren Leight's Tony Award-winning drama Side Man, which was canceled due to Hurricane Irene in late August, will now take place Oct. 24 at the V…

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Kiki Baby, With Jill Paice, Louis Hobson, Jennifer Laura Thompson, Jenn Colella, Begins at NYMF Oct. 5 by Adam Hetrick

Jim Walton, Jill Paice, Louis Hobson, Jennifer Laura Thompson and Jenn Colella star in the musical comedy Kiki Baby as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival, beginning Oct. 5 at the …

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Dee Hoty and Samantha Mathis Join Love, Loss, and What I Wore Oct. 5 by Adam Hetrick

Off-Broadway's Love, Loss, and What I Wore welcomes Tony Award nominee Dee Hoty, Samantha Mathis, Concetta Tomei and La La Anthony Oct. 5 Off-Broadway at the Westside Theatre.

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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Greenwood, Madame X, This One Girl's Story and Balls! Extend in NYMF by Adam Hetrick

The New York Musical Theatre Festival production of Greenwood, starring Andrea McArdle, has sold out its entire scheduled run, prompting the musical about summer camp to add a performance to…

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Berliner Ensemble's Threepenny Opera Makes U.S. Premiere at BAM Oct. 4 by Adam Hetrick

The Berliner Ensemble, under the direction of Robert Wilson, brings Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's The Threepenny Opera to the Brooklyn Academy of Music beginning Oct. 4.

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Off-Broadway's Million Dollar Quartet Will Welcome Eric Stang as Jerry Lee Lewis by Adam Hetrick

Eric Stang will step into the role of Jerry Lee Lewis in the Off-Broadway production of Million Dollar Quartet, the musical about a moment in rock 'n' roll history, Oct. 18 at New Wo…

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Ralph Fiennes to Receive BFI Fellowship by Adam Hetrick

The British Film Institute has announced that its highest honor, the BFI Fellowship, will be presented to Tony Award winner and two-time Academy Award nominee Ralph Fiennes and "The Fly…

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Alicia Keys Will Pen Score for Broadway's Stick Fly by Adam Hetrick

Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Alicia Keys, who is making her Broadway debut as a producer of the Lydia R. Diamond play Stick Fly, will also compose the original score to the play.

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Barnes and Noble Lines Up Performances From Death Takes a Holiday and Dracula by Adam Hetrick

The cast of Death Takes a Holiday, as well as Norm Lewis, Kate Shindle, Justin Vivian Bond and Sandra Bernhard will perform at Manhattan Barnes and Noble stores in the coming weeks.

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Musical Theatre West's Hairspray to Star Jim J. Bullock and Victoria Morgan by Adam Hetrick

Jim J. Bullock and Victoria Morgan will dance to a new beat in Musical Theatre West's production of the Tony Award-winning musical Hairspray, which will begin previews Oct. 28 in Long Be…

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Motherhood Out Loud, Starring Randy Graff and Mary Bacon, Opens Off-Broadway Oct. 4 by Adam Hetrick

Motherhood Out Loud, a new dramatic anthology about parents and children, featuring Tony Award winner Randy Graff, Mary Bacon, James Lecesne and Saidah Arrika Ekulona, officially opens Off-B…

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Joe's Pub Reopens Oct. 4 with Stew and Heidi: Songs From Passing Strange by Andrew Gans and Adam Hetrick

Stew, Heidi Rodewald and Jon Spurney celebrate the reopening of Joe's Pub, the intimate cabaret located within the Public Theater, Oct. 4.

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Monday, October 3, 2011

Stephen Sondheim Plots "A Little Jurassic Treasure Hunt" at the Museum of Natural History Oct. 3 by Adam Hetrick

Theatre fans sleuth through "A Little Jurassic Treasure Hunt," a one-night-only event devised by Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim, at the American…

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Tony Nominee Andrew Rannells Hosts Fall Into the Nova Benefit at Ars Nova Oct. 3 by Adam Hetrick

Book of Mormon Tony Award nominee Andrew Rannells hosts Fall Into the Nova, a benefit concert featuring the music of Daniel Zaitchik, Justin Levine and Shaina Taub, Oct. 3 at Ars Nova.

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Celebrity Autobiography: The Next Chapter, Featuring Words of Patti LuPone, Susan Lucci, Presented Oct. 3 by Adam Hetrick

The popular comedy series Celebrity Autobiography turns a new page Oct. 3, with a revised edition featuring readings by Mario Cantone, Carol Kane and Michael Urie at the Triad Theater.

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George C. Wolfe Honored with 2011 Mr. Abbott Award Oct. 3 by Adam Hetrick and Andrew Gans

The Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation, the not-for-profit foundation of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, presents Tony-winning director George C. Wolfe with the 20…

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Sunday, October 2, 2011

Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall Screened Live at NYC's Ziegfeld Oct. 2 by Adam Hetrick

The special 25th anniversary staging of The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall will be broadcast live in a host of theatres across the globe Oct. 2, including New York City's …

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"Leavin' Soon for New York": The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess Ends A.R.T. Run Oct. 2; Broadway Is Next by Adam Hetrick

The Broadway-bound American Repertory Theater production of The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, starring Audra McDonald and Norm Lewis, concludes its engagement Oct. 2 in Cambridge, MA.

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Sister Act Offers Special Actors Fund Performance Oct. 2 by Andrew Gans and Adam Hetrick

The new musical Sister Act, featuring Patina Miller and Victoria Clark, offers a special performance to benefit the Actors Fund Oct. 2.

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Friday, September 30, 2011

The Phantom at 25: Director Harold Prince Reflects on Creating the World of "The Music of the Night" by Adam Hetrick

Harold Prince, the multiple Tony Award-winning director of The Phantom of the Opera, reflects on the Andrew Lloyd Webber-Charles Hart-Richard Stilgoe mega-hit as it celebrates its 25th anniv…

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Tiny Kushner Begins East Coast Premiere at Boston's Zeitgeist Stage Sept. 30 by Adam Hetrick

Boston's Zeitgeist Stage Company opens its season with the East Coast premiere of Tiny Kushner, a collection of five short plays by Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushne…

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Kenneth Lonergan's "Margaret," With Anna Paquin and Matt Damon, Arrives in Movie Theatres Sept. 30 by Adam Hetrick

Academy Award-nominated playwright and screenwriter Kenneth Lonergan's latest film "Margaret," starring Matt Damon and Anna Paquin, makes its long-awaited screen debut Sept. 30.

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