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Thursday, August 1, 2013

Cast Announced for Lucy Thurber Five-Play Cycle The Hilltown Plays by Adam Hetrick

Casting has been announced for the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater production of Lucy Thurber's The Hilltown Plays, a five-play cycle which will begin performances Aug. 14 Off-Broadway.

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Cast Set for Scott Alan London Concert; John Owen-Jones, Shoshana Bean, Willemijn Verkaik, Richard Fleeshman and More to Sing by Adam Hetrick and Andrew Gans

The complete lineup has been announced for the Aug. 4 London concert celebrating the music of composer and lyricist Scott Alan which will take place at the IndigO2 Theatre Arena at the O2.

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The Bridges of Madison County, Starring Steven Pasquale and Elena Shaddow, Premieres at Williamstown by Adam Hetrick

The Broadway-bouned production of The Bridges of Madison County, the new musical by Tony Award winners Jason Robert Brown and Marsha Norman, begins its pre-Broadway world-premiere engagement…

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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Tickets for Pre-Broadway Premiere of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical on Sale in August by Adam Hetrick

Tickets for the pre-Broadway engagement of Beautiful, the new musical based on the life and work of Grammy Award-winning musician Carole King, will go on sale to the general public Aug. 16 a…

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Billy Magnussen Will Exit Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award nominee Billy Magnussen, who created the role of daffy beefcake Spike in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, will depart the Tony Award-winning comedy Aug. 4.

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Tony Award Winner Laura Benanti Will Return to 54 Below in September to Celebrate Live Album by Adam Hetrick

After an acclaimed engagement in May, Tony Award-winning actress Laura Benanti will return 54 Below in September for a four-performance run in celebration of her upcoming live album. 

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Encores! I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road May Have Future Life by Adam Hetrick and Andrew Gans

The Gretchen Cryer-Nancy Ford musical I’m Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road may have a future commercial life following its recent staging as part of the Encores! …

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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Kinky Boots' Billy Porter Will Launch Retuned "Musical Mondays" at XL by Adam Hetrick

"Musical Mondays," the weekly Broadway series at the soon-to-shutter Chelsea nightclub Splash, will live on beginning Aug. 12 at XL in midtown.

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Broadway Revival of The Winslow Boy, Starring Roger Rees, Adds Michael Cumpsty, Alessandro Nivola and More by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award nominee Michael Cumpsty and Alessandro Nivola will be part of the cast of the Roundabout Theatre Company's Broadway revival of The Winslow Boy, starring Tony winner Roger Rees…

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Oblivion World Premiere to Star Johanna Day and Reg Rogers by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award nominees Johanna Day and Reg Rogers will co-star in the Westport Country Playhouse world-premiere production of Oblivion, which will begin performances Aug. 20.

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Terri White on Her 54 Below Show, a New Album and the Roles She'd Love to Play by Adam Hetrick

Terri White, who stopped the show in the recent Broadway revivals of Follies and Finian's Rainbow, returns to New York July 31 with a one-night-only engagement at 54 Below.

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Mark Hotton Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Rebecca Producers by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

Long Island businessman Mark Hotton, who was charged with defrauding producers of the Broadway-aimed musical Rebecca, has pleaded guilty in a Manhattan court, according to the New York Times.

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Creative Team Announced for A Night With Janis Joplin on Broadway; Motown's Patricia Wilcox Will Choreograph by Adam Hetrick and Andrew Gans

The creative team has been announced for the Broadway premiere of A Night With Janis Joplin, starring Mary Bridget Davies as the late rocker. Previews begin Sept. 20 at the Lyceum Theatre.

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Julie White Joins Broadway Cast of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike July 30 by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award winner Julie White joins the Broadway cast of the Tony Award-winning comedy Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike July 30, taking over the role of Masha from Academy Award-nominated…

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Monday, July 29, 2013

Joe Pantoliano, Christopher Jackson, Francois Battiste Will Be Bronx Bombers Off-Broadway by Adam Hetrick

Emmy Award winner Joe Pantoliano will star as Yogi Berra, with Christopher Jackson as Derek Jeter and Francois Battiste as Reggie Jackson in Primary Stages' world-premiere production of …

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LaChanze Joins Cast of Broadway-Bound Musical If/Then, Starring Tony Winner Idina Menzel by Adam Hetrick and Andrew Gans

Tony Award-winning actress LaChanze will join fellow Tony winner Idina Menzel in the new Tom Kitt-Brian Yorkey musical If/Then, which will premiere in Washington, D.C. this fall prior to a 2…

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Normal Heart Film Cast Adds Joel Grey, BD Wong, Stephen Spinella, Denis O'Hare and Finn Wittrock by Adam Hetrick

Ryan Murphy's film adaptation of Larry Kramer's landmark AIDS drama The Normal Heart, which will premiere on HBO in 2014, will also feature BD Wong, Denis O'Hare, Joel Grey and S…

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Denis O'Hare Joins Cast of "American Horror Story: Coven" With Patti LuPone, Angela Bassett and More by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award-winning actor Denis O'Hare, who appeared in the first season of "American Horror Story," will return for the third season on FX, series creator Ryan Murphy announced…

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Philip Seymour Hoffman and John Cameron Mitchell Will Unite for Showtime's "Trending Down" by Adam Hetrick

Hedwig and the Angry Inch star and creator John Cameron Mitchell will direct a new Showtime comedy pilot, produced by and starring Tony and Academy Award winner Philip Seymour Hoffman, Deadl…

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Bryce Pinkham to Join Jefferson Mays in A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder on Broadway by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

Bryce Pinkham will co-star opposite Tony Award winner Jefferson Mays in the Broadway production of the new musical A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, which arrives at the Walter Ker…

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Brian Justin Crum, P.J. Griffith, Jacqueline Arnold to Lead We Will Rock You U.S. Tour by Adam Hetrick

Brian Justin Crum, P.J. Griffith, Jacqueline Arnold and Jared Zirilli will be part of the North American tour of the Queen musical We Will Rock You, which will launch at Baltimore's …

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Angela Lansbury May Star in London Revival of Blithe Spirit by Adam Hetrick

In an interview on "Smiley & West," five-time Tony Award-winning actress Angela Lansbury revealed that she may reprise her performance as Madame Arcati in a London revival of B…

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Will Chase, Julia Murney and More Sing Billy Joel at Birdland July 29 by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award nominee Will Chase, Julia Murney and N'Kenge are among the performers set to perform the music of Billy Joel as part of the July 29 installment of The Pop Show at Birdland Jaz…

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Will Chase, Julia Murney, Tony Yazbeck and More Sing Billy Joel at Birdland July 29 by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award nominee Will Chase, Julia Murney, Tony Yazbeck and N'Kenge are among the performers set to perform the music of Billy Joel as part of the July 29 installment of The Pop Show a…

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When I Grow Up, Featuring Broadway Kids Singing Adult Tunes, Returns to 54 Below July 29 by Adam Hetrick

When I Grow Up, an evening featuring young performers from Broadway singing material from Next to Normal, Chicago, Into the Woods and Spring Awakening, returns to 54 Below for a Juiy 29 enco…

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Box Office for Betrayal, With Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz and Rafe Spall, Opens for Limited Time July 29 by Adam Hetrick

The Ethel Barrymore Theatre box office opens for business for a limited time July 29 in advance of the Broadway revival of Betrayal starring Daniel Craig, Academy Award winner Rachel Weisz a…

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Sunday, July 28, 2013

David Byrne-Fatboy Slim Musical Here Lies Love Ends Extended Off-Broadway Run at the Public July 28 by Adam Hetrick

The Public Theater's acclaimed production of the David Byrne-Fatboy Slim musical Here Lies Love, about the political rise and fall of Filipino leaders Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos, conclu…

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Sigourney Weaver Exits Broadway's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike July 28; Julie White in the Wings by Adam Hetrick

Academy Award nominee Sigourney Weaver departs the Broadway production of Christopher Durang's Tony Award-winning play Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike July 28. Tony Award winner Juli…

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Friday, July 26, 2013

Adrienne Warren, Jason Gotay and More to Sing Lyons and Pakchar Songs at Cutting Room by Adam Hetrick

Adrienne Warren and Jason Gotay are among the artists who will perform the songs of Douglas Lyons and Ethan Pakchar Aug. 19 at the Cutting Room. The concert will be recorded for a live album.

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"Marvin Hamlisch: The Way He Was," Featuring Barbra Streisand, Idina Menzel and More, to Air on PBS by Adam Hetrick

PBS American Masters will broadcast "Marvin Hamlisch: The Way He Was," profiling the life and work of the late award-winning composer, Dec. 27. Barbra Streisand, Woody Allen, Tim R…

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Tony Award Nominee Tony Sheldon Will Star in Australian Dirty Rotten Scoundrels by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award nominee Tony Sheldon will star in a new Australian production of the David Yazbek-Jeffrey Lane musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, which will premiere Oct. 24 at Sydney's Theatre…

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