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Friday, August 5, 2011

Ohio Festival of New Musicals Workshops Bob Merrill Revue, Pump Up the Volume and Play It Cool by Adam Hetrick

Love Makes the World Go Round, a new musical revue based on the work of Broadway composer-lyricist Bob Merrill, as well as a stage adaptation of the film "Pump Up the Volume" and t…

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The Understudy Takes the Stage in Hartford Starting Aug. 5 by Adam Hetrick

Theresa Rebeck's comedy The Understudy, about a stage manager's struggles with a new Broadway play, its Hollywood star and an actor in the wings, begins performances Aug. 5 at Hartfo…

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Thursday, August 4, 2011

Urinetown Writers' Yeast Nation Breaks Record With First Sold-Out FringeNYC Performance by Adam Hetrick

Yeast Nation (The Triumph of Life), a new musical by the Tony-winning creators of Urinetown, is among the first of the 2011 New York International Fringe Festival productions to sell out a p…

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Casting Complete for John Doyle's Rodgers and Hart Musical Ten Cents a Dance at Williamstown by Adam Hetrick

Complete casting has been announced for the Williamstown Theatre production of Ten Cents a Dance, the new Rodgers and Hart musical crafted by Tony Award-winning director John Doyle.

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"O-K Let's Go!" Bring It On: The Musical Sets Initial Tour Itinerary by Adam Hetrick

Bring It On, the new stunt-filled musical about the world of competitive cheerleading, has announced initial stops for its national tour that is scheduled to launch in October at the Center …

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Hair "Be-In" to Feature Allison Case, Alysha Umphress and Morgan Karr by Adam Hetrick

The Broadway cast of Hair will hold a special "Be-In" for the LGBT equality organization Broadway Impact Aug. 7 at the Cooper Square Hotel.

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National Tour of Memphis to Star Bryan Fenkart and Felicia Boswell by Adam Hetrick

Bryan Fenkart and Felicia Boswell will fall in love across a smoky, music-filled room in the national tour of the Tony Award-winning musical Memphis, which launches this October in its names…

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Love, Loss... to Welcome Emmanuelle Chriqui, Roslyn Ruff and Zuzanna Szadkowski by Andrew Gans and Adam Hetrick

Emmanuelle Chriqui, Roslyn Ruff and Zuzanna Szadkowski will join upcoming casts of the hit Off-Broadway production of Love, Loss, and What I Wore at the Westside Theatre.

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Entertaining Mr. Sloane, With Ian Buchanan and Olivia D'Abo, Will Return to L.A. by Adam Hetrick

Emmy Award winner Ian Buchanan, Emrhys Cooper, Olivia D'Abo and Robin Gammell will reunite for an encore run of Entertaining Mr. Sloane, beginning Aug. 11 at Los Angeles' Actors Comp…

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Hartford TheaterWorks Nabs Regional Debut of Motherf**ker with the Hat by Adam Hetrick

Stephen Adly Guirgis' Tony-nominated play Motherf**ker with the Hat will make its U.S. regional debut as the opening production of Hartford TheaterWorks' 2011-2012 season.

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Track List Set for A Minister's Wife Cast Album; PS Classics Offers Discount on Pre-Orders by Adam Hetrick

The track listing has been announced for the world-premiere cast recording of A Minister's Wife, starring Bobby Steggert, Marc Kudisch and Kate Fry. PS Classics will release the album Au…

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Spring Awakening Rocks Re-Vision Theatre Beginning Aug. 4 by Adam Hetrick

The Re-Vision Theatre production of the Tony Award-winning musical Spring Awakening, featuring Billy Lewis, Elena Ricardo and Noah Zachary, begins performances Aug. 4 in Asbury Park, NJ.

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Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Evan Rachel Wood and James Carpinello Set for Adam Duritz-Scored Musical Black Sun by Adam Hetrick

Evan Rachel Wood and James Carpinello will lead a presentation of Black Sun, a new musical by playwright Stephen Belber and Counting Crows front man Adam Duritz, at the Ojai Playwrights Conf…

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TheaterWorks' The Understudy to Star Jayne Paterson, Matthew Montelongo and Andrew Benator by Adam Hetrick

Jayne Paterson, Matthew Montelongo and Andrew Benator will cope with Broadway, Hollywood and a play left in the lurch in the Hartford TheaterWorks production of Theresa Rebeck's The Unde…

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Hello, Gorgeous! Lauren Ambrose Will Star in Broadway-Bound Funny Girl Revival by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award-winning South Pacific and Light in the Piazza director Bartlett Sher has found his Fanny Brice. "Six Feet Under" star Lauren Ambrose will inhabit the legendary vaudevill…

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Casting Announced for The Boy Who Would Be Pope at NYMF by Adam Hetrick

Off-Broadway's Wild Party director Gabriel Barre will stage the new musical The Boy Who Would Be Pope as part of the 8th annual New York Musical Theatre Festival.

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East Hampton Celebrity Autobiography to Feature Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award winners Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane will reunite for Celebrity Autobiography Aug. 26 at Guild Hall in East Hampton, NY.

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Teresa Deevy's Temporal Powers Unearthed Off-Broadway at the Mint Aug. 3 by Adam Hetrick

The Mint Theater Company production of Teresa Deevy's 1923 play Temporal Powers, about a married couple who have their morals tested when fortune intervenes, begins previews Aug. 3 Off-B…

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Theresa Deevy's Temporal Powers Unearthed Off-Broadway at the Mint Aug. 3 by Adam Hetrick

The Mint Theater Company production of Theresa Deevy's 1923 play Temporal Powers, about a married couple who have their morals tested when fortune intervenes, begins previews Aug. 3 Off-…

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Trip Cullman-Staged Touch(ed) Begins Williamstown Run Aug. 3 by Adam Hetrick

The Williamstown Theatre Festival premiere of Bess Wohl's comedy Touch(ed), featuring Michael Chernus, Lisa Joyce and Merritt Wever, begins previews Aug. 3 on the Nikos Stage.

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Duane Nelsen Musical Thriller Ripper Begins World Premiere at Broadway Rose Theatre by Adam Hetrick

Duane Nelsen's musical thriller Ripper, based on the Jack the Ripper murders that gripped London in the late 1800's, begins its world-premiere engagement Aug. 3 at the Broadway Rose …

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William S. YellowRobe, Jr.'s Thieves Arrives at the Public Aug. 3 by Adam Hetrick

The Public Theater hosts the American Indian Artists Inc. production of William S. YellowRobe, Jr.'s Thieves beginning Aug. 3 Off-Broadway.

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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Reading of New Musical Beyond the Music to Include Donna Bullock and Emily Padgett by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award-winning Hair producer Andy Sandberg is collaborating with Emmy Award-winning songwriter Cliff Downs and Katie Kahanovitz on the new musical Beyond the Music, which will have a pri…

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Casting Announced for Rattlestick Premiere of Dan Klores' The Wood by Adam Hetrick

John Viscardi will star as late Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Mike McAlary in the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater world premiere of Dan Klores' The Wood.

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Westport's Suddenly Last Summer to Feature Annalee Jefferies, Liv Rooth and Charlotte Maier by Adam Hetrick

Annalee Jefferies, Liv Rooth and Charlotte Maier will star in the Westport Country Playhouse production of Tennessee Williams' dark, poetic drama Suddenly Last Summer, which will begin p…

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RSC's Sam Troughton Returns to Julius Caesar, Romeo Awaits by Adam Hetrick

Royal Shakespeare Company member Sam Troughton, who injured his knee during early New York performances of Romeo and Juliet, has rejoined the repertory productions of the Bard's work at …

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Gallery Players, Astoria PAC, La MaMa and Neo-Futurists Are IT Award Nominees by Adam Hetrick

Playwright Anna Ziegler, the Astoria Performing Arts Center production of The Human Comedy and Taylor Mac's The Walk Across America For Mother Earth are among the 2011 Innovative Theatre Awa…

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Will Lauren Ambrose Be The Next Funny Girl? by Adam Hetrick

Lauren Ambrose, who last appeared on Broadway in the starry revival of Exit the King, may headline the upcoming production of the Bartlett Sher-directed revival of Funny Girl, according to E…

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Will Lauren Ambrose Be Broadway's Next Funny Girl? by Adam Hetrick

Lauren Ambrose, who last appeared on Broadway in the starry revival of Exit the King, may headline the upcoming production of the Bartlett Sher-directed revival of Funny Girl, according to E…

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Twyla Tharp's Come Fly Away, Starring John Selya and Cody Green, Begins National Tour Aug. 2 by Adam Hetrick

Come Fly Away, Twyla Tharp's dance musical that moves to the music of Frank Sinatra, launches its U.S. national tour Aug. 2 at the Fabulous Fox Theatre in Atlanta.

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Katharine Houghton Sets a Pretty Trap Off-Broadway, Beginning Aug. 2 by Adam Hetrick

The Pretty Trap, Tennessee Williams' one-act precursor to The Glass Menagerie, starring Katharine Houghton, begins performances Off-Broadway Aug. 2 at the Acorn Theatre.

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