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Monday, May 14, 2012

ABC Cancels Kristin Chenoweth Series "GCB"; Fans Create Online Petition by Adam Hetrick

"GCB," the television series by Steel Magnolias writer Robert Harling, which stars Tony and Emmy winner Kristin Chenoweth, has been canceled by ABC television, the network announce…

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Julianne Moore to Play Margaret White in "Carrie" Film Remake by Adam Hetrick

Four-time Academy Award nominee Julianne Moore will bring fire and brimstone to a film remake of Stephen King's "Carrie," according to Deadline.com.

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Nederlander Worldwide Entertainment Partners to Open Istanbul Performing Arts Center by Adam Hetrick

Nederlander Worldwide Entertainment is developing a new performing arts center to open in Istanbul in 2013, according to Variety.

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Dee Hoty, Sarah Stiles and More Sing Jeff Blumenkrantz Songs at the York May 14 by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

Trunk and Disorderly: Songs from the Deep Dark Trunk of Jeff Blumenkrantz, celebrating the music of the 2011 Fred Ebb Award-winning songwriter, is presented May 14 at the York Theatre.

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Randy Redd Is Million Dollar Quartet's New Jerry Lee Lewis May 14 by Adam Hetrick

Randy Redd takes over the red-hot piano stylings of Jerry Lee Lewis May 14 in the Off-Broadway run of Million Dollar Quartet at New World Stages.

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Saturday, May 12, 2012

PLAYBILL BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Danielle Ferland, Into the Woods Star by Adam Hetrick

Playbill catches up with Danielle Ferland, the original "Little Red" of Broadway's Into the Woods, now playing The Baker's Wife at Westport Country Playhouse.

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Friday, May 11, 2012

Resident Cincy Staging of Rock Musical Next to Normal Will Play Encore Run in June by Adam Hetrick

The Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati, which produced the professional regional premiere of Next to Normal in September 2011, will remount the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical for …

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Kevin Chamberlin Steps In for Adam Arkin in L.A. Opus by Adam Hetrick

Three-time Tony nominee Kevin Chamberlin has replaced Adam Arkin in the L.A. Theatre Works production of Michael Hollinger's Opus, which will begin May 17 at the James Bridges Theater.

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Is Public Theater Considering Broadway Run of Into the Woods? by Adam Hetrick

The upcoming Shakespeare in the Park production of Into the Woods, starring Tony winner Donna Murphy as the Witch and Amy Adams as the Baker's Wife, may enchant Broadway after its Centra…

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Liza Minnelli Looks Back at Flora, The Red Menace, "Cabaret" and Her Winter Garden Album by Adam Hetrick

At 27-years-old Liza Minnelli sold-out a 23-performance concert engagement at the Winter Garden Theatre. The unstoppable performer has just released an album of that 1974 concert, "Liza…

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National Tour of War Horse to Feature Andrew Veenstra, Todd Cerveris and Angela Reed by Adam Hetrick

Andrew Veenstra will star as Albert Narracott in the 30-city U.S. national tour of the Tony-winning play War Horse, about a young English boy and his beloved horse at the dawn of WWII. It wi…

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Speargrove Presents Reading, About Controversial Rent Production, to Feature Alexa Green, Erin Leigh Peck, Noah Galvin by Adam Hetrick

Alexa Green, Erin Leigh Peck and Noah Galvin will be part of the New York Theater Barn's developmental production of Speargrove Presents, a new musical about a controversial high school …

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Williamstown Season Adds Tyne Daly, Alison Fraser, Tony Yazbeck and More by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award winner Tyne Daly, Alison Fraser, Tony Yazbeck, Brooks Ashmanskas, Becky Ann Baker and Jose Llana have joined the Williamstown Theatre Festival's summer season.

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Theresa Rebeck's What We're Up Against, Featuring Nancy Lemenager, Begins at the Alley Theatre May 11 by Adam Hetrick

The Alley Theatre production of Theresa Rebeck's What We're Up Against, a new dark comedy about a female architect who hits the workplace glass ceiling, begins its Houston run May 11.

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Thursday, May 10, 2012

Romeo and Juliet, Scored by Stew and Heidi Rodewald, to Star Ali Ahn and William Jackson Harper by Adam Hetrick

Ali Ahn and William Jackson Harper will share star-crossed nights in the Shakespeare on the Sound outdoor production of Romeo and Juliet, beginning June 26 in Greenwich, CT.

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Musicals Tonight Plans Shows by Jerome Kern, George Gershwin and More for New Seasons by Adam Hetrick

Musicals Tonight, under the aristic direction of Mel Miller, will present Fade Out - Fade In and Strike Up the Band as part of its five-show 2012-13 season at the Lion Theatre.

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Musicals Tonight Plans Musicals by Jerome Kern, George Gershwin, Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick for New Season by Adam Hetrick

Musicals Tonight, under the aristic direction of Mel Miller, will present Fiorello! and Strike Up the Band as part of its five-show 2012-13 season at the Lion Theatre.

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Suprema Musical Reading to Feature Jason Danieley, Claybourne Elder and Betsy Wolfe by Adam Hetrick

Jason Danieley, Claybourne Elder and Betsy Wolfe will appear in a reading of the Jordan Harrison-Daniel Zaitchik musical Suprema May 18 at Ars Nova.

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Broadway Tweets Responses to Obama's Marriage Equality Announcement by Adam Hetrick

On May 9, President Barack Obama became the first sitting U.S. President to support marriage equality. The announcement drew praise from members of the Broadway and entertainment community, …

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Chaplin Musical to Play Broadway's Barrymore Theatre Starting in August by Adam Hetrick

Chaplin, a new Broadway musical based on the life of silent film star Charlie Chaplin, will arrive on Broadway Aug. 21 at the Barrymore Theatre featuring direction and choreography by Warren…

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PBS to Air Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies in June by Adam Hetrick

Television audiences across the U.S. will venture to the mysterious world of turn-of-the-century Coney Island when PBS airs Love Never Dies, Andrew Lloyd Webber's sequel to The Phantom o…

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The Tempest, Starring Daniel Davis, Storms Hartford Stage Starting May 10 by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award nominee Daniel Davis stars as Prospero in the Hartford Stage production of Shakespeare's The Tempest, which begins performances May 10 under the direction of Darko Tresnj…

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Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Kacie Sheik, Gabriel Kahane and Julian Fleisher to Play Joe's Pub by Adam Hetrick

February House stars Kacie Sheik and Julian Fleisher and the musical's composer, Gabriel Kahane, will perform at Joe's Pub in June.

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Lewis Black's One Slight Hitch Will Get West Coast Debut; Black to Perform by Adam Hetrick

Seattle's A Contemporary Theatre will stage the West Coat premiere of Lewis Black's comedy One Slight Hitch in June.

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New York Revival of WWII Comedy Love Goes to Press to Star Heidi Armbruster and Angela Pierce by Adam Hetrick

Heidi Armbruster and Angela Pierce will hit the front lines in the first-ever New York revival of Martha Gellhorn and Virginia Cowles' WWII comedy Love Goes to Press, which will begin pe…

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Michelle DeJean Will Preside Over Best Little Whorehouse in Texas at TUTS by Adam Hetrick

Michelle DeJean will share a hard candy Christmas with the ladies of the Chicken Ranch in the Theatre Under The Stars production of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.

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Ayad Akhtar's Disgraced Will Play LCT3's Claire Tow Theater by Adam Hetrick

Ayad Akhtar's Disgraced, which premiered in January at Chicago’s American Theatre Company, will be staged by LCT3 this fall at the Claire Tow Theater.

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Casting Complete for Shakespeare in the Park's As You Like It With Lily Rabe and Stephen Spinella by Adam Hetrick

Donna Lynne Champlin, Robert Joy, Andre Braugher and Susannah Flood have joined the Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park production of As You Like It.

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Everyday Rapture Will Get First Production Outside NYC; Katie Gilchrist to Star by Adam Hetrick

Katie Gilchrist will take on the persona of three-time Tony nominee Sherie Rene Scott in her semi-autobiographical musical Everyday Rapture at Kansas City's Unicorn Theatre.

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Geva Theatre's Company, Starring Jim Poulos, Anne Allgood, Michele Ragusa, Bruce Sabath, Begins May 9 by Adam Hetrick

Jim Poulos is perennial bachelor Bobby in the Geva Theatre Center production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Tony-winning musical Company, which begins performances May 9 in Roche…

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Team StarKid's Apocalyptour, With Select Performances by Darren Criss, Launches May 9 in Chicago by Adam Hetrick

Selections from A Very Potter Musical and A Very Potter Sequel, which feature music and lyrics by "Glee" and recent How to Succeed... star Darren Criss, hit the road in a 21-city n…

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