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Monday, July 18, 2011

Carnegie Hall Season Includes Cheyenne Jackson, Ashley Brown, Michael Feinstein and Irving Berlin Tribute by Adam Hetrick

Cheyenne Jackson will be joined by the New York Pops in an evening of songs from the 1950s and '60s as part of Carnegie Hall's 2011-2012 season. Also planned is a musical tribute to …

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Adam Rapp and Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Karen O Collaborate on Opera for St. Ann's Warehouse by Adam Hetrick

Yeah Yeah Yeahs' vocalist Karen O will team with playwright and director Adam Rapp on a new opera, which will open the season at St. Ann's Warehouse in October.

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Annie Golden Joins Cast of New York-Aimed Common Swallow by Adam Hetrick

Broadway's Annie Golden has joined the cast of The Common Swallow, David Caudle's play about a woman who returns to her childhood home, which will premiere Sept. 27 in Provincetown, …

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Broadway Follies Cast, Now Complete, Begins Rehearsals July 18 by Adam Hetrick

Casting is complete for the Broadway transfer of the Kennedy Center production of Follies, starring Bernadette Peters, Jan Maxwell, Ron Raines and Danny Burstein. Previews begin Aug. 7 at th…

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Follies Cast, Now Complete, Begins Rehearsals July 18 by Adam Hetrick

Casting is now complete for the Broadway transfer of the Kennedy Center production of Follies, starring Bernadette Peters, Jan Maxwell, Ron Raines and Danny Burstein, which will begin previe…

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Dustin Lance Black and Joe Mantello Unite for Broadway Reading of Prop. 8 Drama by Adam Hetrick

Academy Award-winning "Milk" screenwriter Dustin Lance Black and Tony Award-winning director Joe Mantello are collaborating on a one-night-only Broadway staging of 8, a new drama c…

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Sunday, July 17, 2011

Sundance East Africa Theatre Lab Launches July 17; Passing Strange's Stew Among Advisors by Adam Hetrick

Sundance Institute Theatre Program begins its 2nd annual East Africa Theatre Lab July 17 in Kenya. Tony Award winner Stew, Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage and Liesl Tommy serve as artisti…

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Tony Kushner's The Illusion Vanishes Off-Broadway July 17 by Adam Hetrick

The Illusion, Tony Kushner's adaptation of Pierre Corneille's 17th-century play, dims its light Off-Broadway July 17 at the Peter Norton Space.

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Friday, July 15, 2011

Berkshire Playwrights Benefit Features Dan Lauria, Brian Murray, Peter Riegert and More by Adam Hetrick

Dan Lauria, Brian Murray, Jennifer Van Dyck and Amy Van Nostrand take part in the July 15 Berkshire Playwrights Lab New Play Benefit.

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Chicago's Hollis Resnik and Heidi Kettenring to Celebrate Broadway's Past and Present by Adam Hetrick

Chicago-area leading ladies Hollis Resnik and Heidi Kettenring will celebrate Broadway's Golden Age and its New Age in a series of concerts at Northwestern University.

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RSC's Sam Troughton Undergoes Knee Surgery While Rep Continues at the Armory by Adam Hetrick

Royal Shakespeare Company member Sam Troughton, who injured his knee during the July 12 matinee performance of Romeo and Juliet, has undergone surgery; his understudy has temporarily stepped…

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Audiences Will "Mambo!" During Free West Side Story Screening in Brooklyn by Adam Hetrick

A sing-and-dance-along screening of the 1961 film of West Side Story will be offered for free in Prospect Park July 21.

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Len Cariou and Sarah Rice to Sing Sondheim Unplugged July 25 by Adam Hetrick

Broadway's original Sweeney Todd Len Cariou will join Sarah Rice for the July 25 installment of Sondheim Unplugged at the Laurie Beechman Theatre.

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"In Pursuit of Excellence": 55-Piece Symphonic Children of Eden Begins in Kansas City July 15 by Adam Hetrick

A lush symphonic presentation of Children of Eden, Academy Award winner Stephen Schwartz's tuneful pop account of the biblical tales of Adam and Eve through Noah and the Arc, makes its U…

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Thursday, July 14, 2011

Off-Broadway Musical The Magdalene Shuttered July 13 by Adam Hetrick

The Off-Broadway pop musical The Magdalene, which used the Gnostic Gospels to tell the story of Christ through the eyes of Mary Magdalene, closed Off-Broadway July 13 after 17 regular perfor…

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Scissor Sisters-Scored Tales of the City May Get Cast Album by Adam Hetrick

While Tales of the City must end its extended run July 31 at San Francisco's American Conservatory Theatre, executives there are hopeful the production will live on in future productions…

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Australian Production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies Will Be Filmed for DVD by Adam Hetrick

Love Never Dies, Andrew Lloyd Webber's sequel to The Phantom of the Opera, will be filmed and released on DVD, the Tony and Olivier Award-winning composer told the New York Times.

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Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies Will Be Filmed for DVD by Adam Hetrick

Love Never Dies, Andrew Lloyd Webber's sequel to The Phantom of the Opera, will be filmed and released on DVD, the Tony and Olivier Award-winning composer told the New York Times.

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For the Boys Stage Musical to Star Michele Ragusa and Timothy Gulan by Adam Hetrick

Michele Ragusa and Timothy Gulan will swing down memory lane in For the Boys, the stage musical adaptation of the 1991 World War II-set film, which will debut Aug. 17 at the Marriott Theatre…

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Zachary Quinto, Frank Wood and Original Broadway Cast Members Set for Side Man Benefit Reading by Adam Hetrick

Zachary Quinto will join Tony Award-winning actor Frank Wood and cast members from the Broadway production of Warren Leight's Side Man for a reading of that Tony-winning play in East Ham…

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Public Theater to Host William S. YellowRobe, Jr.'s Thieves by Adam Hetrick

American Indian Artists Inc., the New York City-based organization dedicated to empowering Native Americans, will take up a brief residency at the Public Theater in August.

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Invasion!, World Premiere of She Kills Monsters and More Set for Flea's Upcoming Season by Adam Hetrick

The Flea Theater has announced programming for its fall-winter season, which will include the world premiere of She Kills Monsters, the return of Invasion! and a developing project by Elizab…

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Hair Will Host Same-Sex Wedding Ceremonies July 25 at the St. James by Adam Hetrick

Peace and love will steer the stars following the July 25 performance of Hair on Broadway. A host of same-sex couples will be wed on the stage of the St. James Theatre following the passage …

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"Glee," Wishful Drinking, Pee-wee, Long Story Short and Sondheim! Nab Emmy Nominations by Adam Hetrick

Laura Linney, Edie Falco, Martha Plimpton, Jim Parsons, Alec Baldwin, Laurence Fishburne and "Glee" have been nominated for the 2011 Primetime Emmy Awards, which were announced Jul…

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"Treasures of New York: Lincoln Center with Patti LuPone" Airs July 14 on PBS by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award-winning actress Patti LuPone takes New York-area residents on a tour of Lincoln Center in "Treasures of New York," which airs July 14 on PBS.

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Urban Cowboy, Starring Austin Miller, Gallops into Houston July 14 by Adam Hetrick

"Grease: You're The One That I Want!" finalist Austin Miller saddles up for the Theatre Under the Stars production of Urban Cowboy: The Musical, which begins performances July …

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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Mac-Haydn Theatre Seeks Help After Fire by Adam Hetrick

The Mac-Haydn Theatre, an upstate New York summer stock staple since 1969, is reaching out to the theatre community after a fire ravaged company housing July 13. One of the homes, which acco…

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PBS Fall Programming to Feature Bill T. Jones, Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson and Woody Allen by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award winner Bill T. Jones will be profiled as part of PBS' schedule of fall programming, which will also feature Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson.

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Josh Grisetti Returns for Broadway-Aimed Enter Laughing at Bay Street; Cast Announced by Adam Hetrick

Original Off-Broadway cast members Josh Grisetti, Jill Eikenberry and Michael Tucker will reunite for the Bay Street Theatre production of Enter Laughing, The Musical, the showbiz comedy aut…

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Melbourne Love Never Dies Extends Booking Through September by Adam Hetrick

The Australian production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies, which takes a fresh approach to the material since its London debut, has released tickets through Sept. 25.

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Lyrics & Lyricists Series Will Explore Cole Porter, Noël Coward, Bob Dylan and More in 2012 by Adam Hetrick

The 92nd Street Y's 2012 Lyrics & Lyricists series will celebrate the work of Noël Coward and Cole Porter, as well as songs from the golden age of film and the music of Bob Dyla…

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