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Friday, September 12, 2014

Booking It! Kinky Boots' Jerry Mitchell on Training, Bringing Your Personality to the Audition and t by Adam Hetrick

Playbill.com's new feature series Booking It asks leading industry members to share professional insights, need-to-know tips and essential tricks of the trade for up-and-…

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Ingmar Bergman's Scenes from a Marriage, Framed by Ivo van Hove, Arrives Off-Broadway Tonight by Adam Hetrick

Tina Benko, Dallas Roberts and Roslyn Ruff star in Ivo van Hove's stage adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's epic film documenting the dissolution of a relationship, Scenes from a Marriage…

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Hedwig Tony Winner Lena Hall, Susan Blackwell and More Bare It All with The Skivvies at 54 Below Ton by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award winner Lena Hall, who stars as Yitzhak in the Broadway production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, joins The Skivvies for their Sept. 12 late-night concert at 54 Below.

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Dark Drama Stalking the Bogeyman, Based on Violent True Story, Arrives Off-Broadway Tonight by Adam Hetrick

The new drama Stalking the Bogeyman, based on the true-life story of journalist David Holthouse, arrives Off-Broadway Sept. 12 at New World Stages.

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LGBT Film "Pride," With Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West, Released in U.K. Today by Adam Hetrick

"Pride," the new Matthew Warchus film based on the true story of gay and lesbian U.K. activists who raised funds to support striking members of the National Union of Mineworkers, i…

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Thursday, September 11, 2014

Dramatists Guild Fires Off Scathing Letter to School Officials for Canceling Spamalot Over Gay Conte by Adam Hetrick

The Dramatists Guild of America, the national organization that represents playwrights, composers and lyricists, has issued a letter to administrators at a Pennsylvania high school who cance…

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Dramatists Guild Fires Off Scathing Letter to School Officials for Cancelling Spamalot Over Gay Cont by Adam Hetrick

The Dramatists Guild of America, the national organization that represents playwrights, composers and lyricists, has issued a letter to administrators at a Pennsylvania high school who cance…

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Off-Broadway Musical Pageant Will Get First-Ever Cast Album by Adam Hetrick

Producers announced Sept. 11 that the Off-Broadway revival of the drag musical comedy Pageant, written by Tony nominee Bill Russell, Frank Kelly and Albert Evans, will receive its first&…

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Barbra Streisand Says Gypsy Remake "Possibly Gonna Happen"; Comments on Sondheim by Adam Hetrick

In a Sept. 10 Town Hall with Sirius/XM, award-winning actress, singer and director Barbra Streisand told fans that work on her anticipated new film adaptation of the Broadway musical Gyp…

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Neil LaBute's The Money Shot Extends Off-Broadway by Adam Hetrick

The MCC Theater world-premiere production of Neil LaBute's The Money Shot, which began previews Sept. 4 at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, has extended its Off-Broadway run for an ad…

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Lindsay Mendez and Andy Karl Will Be Part of Broadway Salutes Celebration by Adam Hetrick

Lindsay Mendez, Andy Karl, Jarrod Spector and Adam Heller are among the artists who will perform during Broadway Salutes, celebrating the professionals working on Broadway's stages and b…

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This Is Our Youth, With Michael Cera, Kieran Culkin and Tavi Gevinson, Opens on Broadway Tonight by Adam Hetrick

The Broadway premiere of Kenneth Lonergan's 1996 drama This Is Our Youth, starring Michael Cera, Kieran Culkin and Tavi Gevinson, officially opens Sept. 11 at the Cort Theatre.

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Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Public Theater Will Hold Memorial for Stuart Vaughan, Who Helped Found NYSF by Adam Hetrick

The Public Theater will hold a Sept. 15 memorial for Stuart Vaughan, a director known for his love for Shakespeare as well as his collaborations with Joseph Papp, who died June 10 at the age…

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Following Tragic Death of Actor, Chicago-Area Women on the Verge Postpones Opening by Adam Hetrick

The Theatre at the Center production of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown has postponed the start of performances and its opening night following the tragic death of cast member Bern…

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Barbra Streisand Releases 11-Minute Preview of "Partners" Album (Audio) by Adam Hetrick

Barbra Streisand's second duets album, titled "Partners," features an all-male lineup of guest performers including Billy Joel, Michael Bublé, Stevie Wonder, the…

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Vanessa Hudgens to Star as Gigi in Broadway-Bound Musical Revamp by Adam Hetrick

"High School Musical" star Vanssa Hudgens will star in the title role of the Broadway-bound production of Gigi, featuring a fresh book by British playwright and Emmy-nomina…

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Broadway Producers Eye Winter Garden with Brit Import of Wolf Hall Double-Bill by Adam Hetrick and Mark Shenton

The London productions of Wolf Hall and its sequel Bring Up the Bodies, based on the history novels by Hilary Mantel about Henry VIII, may arrive at Broadway's now-vacant Winter Gard…

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Marin Mazzie Joins NYC Big River Reunion Concert by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award nominee Marin Mazzie, who made her Broadway debut in 1985 as a replacement in the original production of Big River, has been announced to join a one-night-only reunion con…

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Zachary Quinto, Brian Cox Join Mary-Louise Parker for Jon Robin Baitz Miniseries on NBC by Adam Hetrick

Stage and screen actors Zachary Quinto and Brian Cox have joined the cast of "The Slap," a new NBC miniseries about a man who slaps another couple's misbehaving child, Deadline…

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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, With Stars of "Cosby" and After Midnight, Opens in Boston Tonight by Adam Hetrick

A new production of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, adapted by Holler If Ya Hear Me book writer Todd Kreidler, officially opens Sept. 10 after previews that began Sept. 5 at Boston's H…

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Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Mark Taper Forum Slate Includes Bent Revival and Branden Jacob-Jenkins' Appropriate by Adam Hetrick

The Center Theatre Group has announced plans for a revival of Martin Sherman's Bent, Branden Jacob-Jenkins' Appropriate and Arthur Miller's The Price, starring Kate Burton an…

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Original Cast Members Return for Suzan-Lori Parks' Father Comes Home from the Wars Trilogy at the Pu by Adam Hetrick

Original cast members Louis Cancelmi, Jacob Ming-Trent and Sterling K. Brown have been announced to return for The Public Theater production of Pulitzer Prize winner Suzan-Lori Parks…

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Sister Act Second National Tour Reveals Cast by Adam Hetrick

Kerissa Arrington and Maggie Clennon Reberg will co-star in the new national tour of the Tony Award-nominated musical Sister Act, which will launch Oct. 14 at the DuPont Theatre in W…

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Broadway League Reverses Decision; All Theatres Will Dim Lights Tonight for Joan Rivers by Adam Hetrick and Andrew Gans, Michael Gioia

A day after Broadway League executive director Charlotte St. Martin stated that the lights of Broadway theatres would not be dimmed in memory of Joan Rivers, representatives for the trade or…

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Jake Epstein to Depart Broadway's Beautiful; Carole King Musical Casts Next Gerry Goffin by Adam Hetrick

Actor Jake Epstein, who originated the on-stage role of lyricist Gerry Goffin in the Broadway production of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, will depart the production Sept. 21, produ…

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Jujamcyn Theaters Will Dim Their Lights Tonight In Memory of Tony Nominee Joan Rivers by Andrew Gans and Adam Hetrick

Although executives at the Broadway League, the trade organization representing Broadway theatre owners and producers, announced Sept. 8 that they would not dim the lights of Broadway theatr…

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Helen Hayes Theatre Joins Disney and Jujamcyn Broadway Houses in Dimming Lights for Joan Rivers by Andrew Gans and Adam Hetrick

The Helen Hayes Theatre, which was home to Joan Rivers' Sally Marr...and Her Escorts, is among the latest Broadway houses to announce plans to dim its lights Sept. 9 in memory of late To…

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Bridget Everett Hits Rock Bottom at the Public Theater Tonight by Adam Hetrick

Rock Bottom, the outrageous evening from downtown darling Bridget Everett, opens the Public Theater's season at its Astor Place home beginning Sept. 9 at Joe's Pub.

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Keke Palmer Crowned as Broadway's New Cinderella Tonight; Sherri Shepherd Gets Wicked, Too by Adam Hetrick

Actress, talk-show host and recording artist Keke Palmer makes her Broadway debut Sept. 9 as the latest actress to step into the title role of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella. &…

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Monday, September 8, 2014

Executives Decide Not to Dim Broadway's Lights for Joan Rivers by Adam Hetrick

Executives at the Broadway League, the trade organization representing Broadway theatre owners and producers, stated that they will not dim the lights of Broadway theatres in memory of late …

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Patti LuPone Among Stage Stars Joining Showtime Horror Series "Penny Dreadful" by Adam Hetrick

Tony and Olivier Award winner Patti LuPone has signed on as a guest star in the second season of Showtime's psychological horror series "Penny Dreadful."

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