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Monday, April 27, 2015

Barbra Streisand Presents Her "The Way We Were" Co-Star with Chaplin Award Tonight by Andrew Gans

Barbra Streisand (recipient of the 40th Chaplin Award) presents the 42nd Chaplin Award to Academy Award winner Robert Redford — the director, Broadway and film actor, producer, env…

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Max Crumm,  Hannah Elless, Janet Krupin Are Part of Tonight's Free "Broadway's Future" Concert by Andrew Gans

"Broadway's Future Songbook Series" — presented by Arts and Artists at St. Paul — continues April 27 in the Bruno Walter Auditorium at the New York Public L…

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Sunday, April 26, 2015

Kristin Chenoweth Will Not Board Twentieth Century April 26 by Andrew Gans and Michael Gioia

Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth will be out of the Sunday, April 26 at 2 PM matinee of On the Twentieth Century due to illness, a show spokesperson confirmed to Playbil…

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Saturday, April 25, 2015

Tony Winner Hugh Jackman Takes Another Visit to the Fun Home by Andrew Gans and Adam Hetrick

Tony Award winner Hugh Jackman, who was seen on Broadway earlier this season in Jez Butterworth's The River, attended the April 25 matinee performance of the critically acclaimed new mus…

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Kristin Chenoweth Will Miss Both On the Twentieth Century Shows April 25 by Andrew Gans and Michael Gioia

Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth will be out of the Saturday, April 25 matinee and evening performances of On the Twentieth Century due to illness, a show spokesperson c…

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Kristin Chenoweth Out of Today's On the Twentieth Century Matinee by Andrew Gans and Michael Gioia

Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth will be out of the Saturday, April 25 at 2 PM matinee performance of On the Twentieth Century due to illness, a show spokesperson confir…

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Matthew Morrison Will Sing National Anthem Tomorrow by Andrew Gans

Matthew Morrison, who stars in the new Broadway musical Finding Neverland, will sing the National Anthem at the final game of the first leg of the 2015 Subway Series.

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Stage Views: Once Tony Nominee Elizabeth A. Davis On Hamilton, The Lion, Alysha Umphress and More by Andrew Gans

Playbill.com's series features actors commenting on their recent theatregoing experiences, what productions they're looking forward to and more.

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That Bachelorette Show!, Where Audiences Pick the Groom, Opens Tonight by Andrew Gans

That Bachelorette Show!, which is billed as "a brand-new interactive parody of America's favorite reality romance shows," officially opens April 25 following previews that …

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Intimate Evita Rocks Brooklyn Starting Tonight by Andrew Gans

The Gallery Players production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Tony-winning Evita plays the Brooklyn venue April 25-May 17.

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Friday, April 24, 2015

She Loves Me Tony Nominee Is Rose in Yorktown Gypsy, Starting Tonight by Andrew Gans

Yorktown Stage in suburban Westchester County, NY, presents the classic Jule Styne-Stephen Sondheim-Arthur Laurents musical Gypsy April 24-26, starring Sally Mayes as Madame Rose.

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Mayor de Blasio Appoints Lin-Manuel Miranda and Daryl Roth to Theater Subdistrict Council by Andrew Gans

New York Mayor de Blasio appointed composer-actor Lin-Manuel Miranda and producer Daryl Roth and reappointed director George C. Wolfe to the Theater Subdistrict Council April 24.

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Watch New Fish in the Dark Star Jason Alexander Sing on "Late Late Show" by Andrew Gans

Tony Award-winning comic actor Jason Alexander ("Seinfeld"), who will replace Larry David in the Broadway comedy Fish in the Dark in June, recently appeared on "The Late L…

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Stage Portrait: It Shoulda Been You's Lisa Howard, Harriet Harris, Sierra Boggess, David Burtka, Chi by Andrew Gans

Acclaimed illustrator Ken Fallin's drawings of the greatest stars and scenes of the theatrical world are a recurring part of Playbill.com.

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Megan Hilty Will Sing Like Ethel Merman in ABC Series; New Play and Encores! On the Horizon by Andrew Gans

In her new ABC pilot stage and screen star Megan Hilty will play a Tony winner named Irene, who struggles to adapt to suburban life with her husband and their son, who is a competitive athle…

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Kristin Chenoweth Immortalized As a Barbie by Andrew Gans

She has a Tony, an Emmy, and, now, Kristin Chenoweth has a Barbie.

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Watch the Cast of Something Rotten! Rock Out on "Today" by Andrew Gans

Cast members from the critically acclaimed new Broadway musical Something Rotten!, which officially opened April 22 at the St. James Theatre, performed on NBC's "Today" April 2…

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New Solo Recording from Marin Mazzie Due in May; Track List Announced by Andrew Gans

Broadway Records will release the newest solo recording from three-time Tony nominee Marin Mazzie next month.

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Will Tom Cruise Star in "Bob the Musical"? by Andrew Gans

The long-in-the-works Disney film "Bob the Musical" may have found its star.

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Best in Show: Book of Mormon's Gavin Creel On Wally Clemens, A Hound with a Penchant for Private Par by Andrew Gans

Playbill.com's newest feature, Best in Show — a spotlight on Broadway personalities and their animal companions — continues with two-time Tony nominee Gavin Creel…

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Tony Winner Lena Hall Brings Sin and Salvation to San Francisco by Andrew Gans

Tony Award winner Lena Hall, most recently seen on Broadway in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, goes it solo at Feinstein’s at the Nikko beginning April 24.

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Thursday, April 23, 2015

Drama Desk Nominations Announced; Hamilton Tops the List by Andrew Gans

Nominations for the 2015 Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced April 23 at 54 Below by previous Drama Desk winners Judith Light and Jessie Mueller.

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Release Date Set for Final Robin Williams Film, "Boulevard" by Andrew Gans

The final dramatic film featuring the late Robin Williams will head to cinemas this summer.

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Jared Zirilli Will Join Steven Brinberg for Simply Barbra Concert in NYC; Tour Dates Announced by Andrew Gans

Singer-actor Steven Brinberg, in his alter ego as Simply Barbra — Streisand, that is — will return to Don't Tell Mama cabaret April 25.

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"Whiplash" Oscar Winner JK Simmons Lands Leading Role in New TV Series by Andrew Gans

Stage and screen star JK Simmons has landed the leading role in "Counterpart," a new series for Starz, according to Deadline.com.

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Broadway Creative Team Lined Up for Drury Lane's Beaches Musical by Andrew Gans

The complete creative team has been announced for the Drury Lane Theatre's upcoming Chicago-area production of Beaches, the new musical adapted from the 1985 novel by Iris Rainer Da…

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Elaine Paige's 50th Anniversary Concert Screened in Cinemas Worldwide, Starting Tonight by Andrew Gans and Mark Shenton

Elaine Paige's sell-out 50th anniversary farewell concert I'm Still Here, which was filmed in October 2014 at the Royal Albert Hall, begins worldwide screenings April 23.

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Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Jill Paice, Jose Llana, Telly Leung Featured on New Tokio Confidential CD; Track List Announced by Andrew Gans

A recording of Tokio Confidential, a new musical with words and music by Eric Schorr that had its Off-Broadway world premiere in 2012, will be released by Broadway Records on CD and digi…

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Lily Tomlin Hopes to Return to Broadway by Andrew Gans

Lily Tomlin, who won the 1986 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her one-woman show The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, hopes to return to The Great White Wa…

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James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson Will Star in Broadway Revival of The Gin Game by Andrew Gans

Tony Award winners James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson will co-star in a Broadway revival of D.L. Coburn's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, The Gin Game, which will begin previews Sep…

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Watch Brandy Norwood, TV's "Cinderella," Show Off Her "Fosse" Skills in Live Performance of "Roxie" by Andrew Gans

Prior to joining the Broadway company of the Tony Award-winning, record-breaking hit musical Chicago April 28, Grammy Award winner Brandy Norwood offered a performance from that hit …

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