Friday, August 17, 2012
News, views and reviews about the multi-talented women of the musical theatre and the concert/cabaret stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 16, 2012
Golden Globe-winning actress Frances Conroy has replaced the previously reported Oscar winner Kathy Bates in the role of Truvy in the upcoming 25th anniversary reading of Robert Harling'…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:27PM[SHARE]Emmy winner Judith Light, who won a 2012 Tony Award for her performance in Other Desert Cities, will narrate the upcoming SAM I Am Films motion picture "Scrooge & Marley."
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:10PM[SHARE]The Tony-winning Best Musical Jersey Boys will celebrate its South African premiere April 3, 2013, at the Teatro at Montecasino.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:42AM[SHARE]A concert spotlighting the talents of singer Judy Collins, who will return to the Cafe Carlyle in the fall, airs on PBS Aug. 16.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:13AM[SHARE]The Broadway in Bryant Park series, which features a host of Broadway artists performing a free outdoor concert, concludes Aug. 16.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:02AM[SHARE]Tony Award winner Hugh Jackman, who will be seen in the upcoming film version of the international hit musical Les Miserables, will be honored by the Museum of the Moving Image at its 27th a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:57AM[SHARE]Stage and screen star Tamara Tunie, who appeared on Broadway in the Denzel Washington Julius Caesar, will play a week at Feinstein's at Loews Regency this fall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:31AM[SHARE]Broadway at Birdland's monthly concert series Frank & Friends, which celebrates the music of Tony-nominated composer Frank Wildhorn, will continue Sept. 17.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:17AM[SHARE]Tony winner Tonya Pinkins will bring her latest concert act to New York's newest nightspot, 54 Below, Aug. 27 at 9:30 PM.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:58AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Corey Cott will succeed Tony nominee Jeremy Jordan in the role of Jack Kelly beginning Sept. 5 in Broadway's Newsies at the Nederlander Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:34PM[SHARE]Cast members from the award-winning new musical Newsies will chat live with fans on YouTube Aug. 18.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:17PM[SHARE]A Broadway Concert Event and Live Nation will present Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons On Broadway for a limited seven-performance engagement this fall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:38AM[SHARE]A host of Broadway talent will be heard on the debut recording from composer-lyricist Charles Bloom.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:57AM[SHARE]A host of Broadway talent will be heard on the debut recording from composer-lyricist Charles Bloom.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:56AM[SHARE]Casting has been announced for the Beautiful Soup Theater Collective's upcoming production of Isaac Bashevis Singer's Yentl, which will play the Gene Frankel Theatre Oct. 10-28.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:40AM[SHARE]Broadway Sessions, which is described as "an evening of musical performances, games and open mic featuring a new Broadway guest each week," continues Aug. 16 at The Laurie Beechman…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:35AM[SHARE]The lineup for the Aug. 16 performance of Scott Siegel's Broadway Ballyhoo, the concert series that is now playing an open-ended run Thursday evenings at 11 PM at Feinstein's at Loew…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:26AM[SHARE]A starry reading of Eugene Pack's new comedy, Columbus and Amsterdam, will be presented Aug. 17 at East Hampton's Guild Hall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:19AM[SHARE]Disney's Tony-winning The Lion King becomes the fifth longest-running show in Broadway history when it plays its 6,138th performance Aug. 15 at 2 PM at the Minskoff Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Playbill.com's new feature series, Their Favorite Things, asks members of the theatre community to share the Broadway performances that most affected them as part of the audience.
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SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Leslie Kritzer will bring her voice to the York Theatre Company's extended production of the Maltby and Shire revue Closer Than Ever, succeeding Julia Murney, beginning Aug. 28 Off-Broad…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:13PM[SHARE]Jeremy Jordan, who received a Tony nomination for creating the role of Jack Kelly in Broadway's Newsies, will play his final performance in the award-winning musical Sept. 4 at the Neder…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:23PM[SHARE]Casting has been announced for an industry reading of the new musical Cubamor, which will be presented Sept. 10 at New York Live Arts.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:40PM[SHARE]Casting has been announced for Troika Entertainment's upcoming tour of Arthur Laurents, Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim's classic musical West Side Story.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:27PM[SHARE]Murder at the Howard Johnson's, a suspenseful comedy by Ron Clark and Sam Bobrick, will begin previews at the Studio Theatre (Theatre Row Theatre) Sept. 13.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:49AM[SHARE]Broadway Week Fall 2012, which is produced by NYC & Company in partnership with The Broadway League, is scheduled for Sept. 4-16.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:28AM[SHARE]Disney's Tony-winning The Lion King will become the fifth longest-running show in Broadway history following the Aug. 15 2 PM matinee performance at the Minskoff Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:17AM[SHARE]Lucie Arnaz, who starred in the late Marvin Hamlisch's They're Playing Our Song, will play the role of Violet Newstead in the North Shore Music Theatre's upcoming production of 9…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:04AM[SHARE]The North Shore Music Theatre's production of All Shook Up begins previews Aug. 14 prior to an official opening the following evening.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]The cast album of Ryan Scott Oliver's 35mm: A Musical Exhibition, featuring Lindsay Mendez, Betsy Wolfe, Alex Brightman, Ben Crawford and Jay Armstrong Johnson, is released Aug. 14 via d…
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