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Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Full Casting Set for Mother of the Maid Starring Glenn Close; Production Extends Two Weeks by Andy Lefkowitz

Off-Broadway's Public Theater has announced complete casting for the New York premiere play Mother of the Maid written by Jane Anderson and directed by Matthew Penn. Previews are schedul…

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Full Casting Set for Mother of the Maid Starring Glenn Close by Andy Lefkowitz

Off-Broadway's Public Theater has announced complete casting for the New York premiere play Mother of the Maid written by Jane Anderson and directed by Matthew Penn. Previews will begin …

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Jennifer Simard to Join Company of Mean Girls; Kerry Butler Sets Final Performance Date by Andy Lefkowitz

This casting is totally fetch! Tony nominee Jennifer Simard will make her way to the August Wilson Theatre on September 11, stepping into the Tony-nominated and Broadway.com Audience Choice …

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Gina Gershon to Play Melania Trump in New Musical Comedy The 1st Annual Trump Family Special by Andy Lefkowitz

Gina Gershon, the star of stage and screen who recently performed an impression of Melania Trump on the The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, is taking her act off-Broadway. The acclaimed …

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Two Mormon Missionaries to Ring the Doorbell of a Broadway Legend in The Book of Merman by Andy Lefkowitz

The Book of Merman, a new musical comedy centered around one of Broadway's most iconic stars, will make its off-Broadway debut this fall. Performances will begin at St. Luke's Theatr…

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Monday, August 13, 2018

Anne Kauffman Named Artistic Director of Encores! Off-Center by Andy Lefkowitz

New York City Center President & CEO Arlene Shuler has announced Anne Kauffman as artistic director of Encores! Off-Center for the 2019 season. Founding Artistic Director Jeanine Tesori …

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Eva Noblezada, Patrick Page, Amber Gray, Reeve Carney Set for London's Hadestown by Andy Lefkowitz

Casting is set for the West End premiere of Hadestown, the celebrated new musical by singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell. The previously announced production, developed and directed by Gre…

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Rock On! Gettin' the Band Back Together Opens on Broadway by Andy Lefkowitz

The lively new musical comedy Gettin' the Band Back Together celebrates its Broadway opening night at the Belasco Theatre on August 13. The fresh tuner, directed by John Rando, choreogra…

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Friday, August 10, 2018

Pretty Woman: The Musical Sets Cast Album Release Date by Andy Lefkowitz

Get ready to listen to Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance's first musical-theater score on repeat! Atlantic Records' cast album to Pretty Woman: The Musical has set a digital release …

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Thursday, August 9, 2018

All-Female Glengarry Glen Ross, Directed by Amy Morton, to Arrive on Broadway by Andy Lefkowitz

David Mamet's Pulitzer-winning play Glengarry Glen Ross is returning to Broadway in a production like you've never seen before. The new staging, directed by two-time Tony nomine…

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Tootsie to Play Broadway's Marquis Theatre; Dates & Casting Confirmed by Andy Lefkowitz

The highly anticipated main-stem premiere of Tootsie has found its Broadway home. The new musical based on the beloved 1982 comedy flick will set up shop at the Marquis Theatre, beginning&nb…

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Tootsie to Play Broadway's Marquis Theatre; Cast & Dates Announced by Andy Lefkowitz

The highly anticipated main-stem premiere of Tootsie has found its Broadway home. The new musical based on the beloved 1982 comedy flick will set up shop at the Marquis Theatre, beginning&nb…

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Tootsie Musical to Play Broadway's Marquis Theatre; Dates Announced by Andy Lefkowitz

The highly anticipated Broadway premiere of Tootsie has found its Broadway home. The new musical based on the beloved 1982 comedy flick will set up shop at the Marquis Theatre, beginning&nbs…

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Mark Ballas to Join Broadway's High-Heeled Hit Kinky Boots by Andy Lefkowitz

Dancing with the Stars champ and former Broadway.com vlogger Mark Ballas will take over the role of Charlie Price in the Tony-winning musical Kinky Boots at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre beginni…

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The Band's Visit Tony Winner David Cromer Joins Cast of The Waverly Gallery on Broadway by Andy Lefkowitz

David Cromer, the Tony-winning director of The Band's Visit, will return to acting this fall, completing the cast of the Broadway premiere production of The Waverly Galler…

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Wednesday, August 8, 2018

Kimber Sprawl Replaces Samantha Marie Ware in Public Theater's Girl From the North Country by Andy Lefkowitz

Kimber Sprawl, recent star of Broadway's A Bronx Tale, has joined the company of the U.S. premiere of Conor McPherson and Bob Dylan's Girl From the North Country at the Public Theate…

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Pamela's First Musical, by Wendy Wasserstein & More, to Make Long-Awaited World Premiere with Two River Theater by Andy Lefkowitz

More than 20 years after the start of its development, Pamela's First Musical will have a starry world premiere production this fall at Red Bank, New Jersey's Two River Theater. The …

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Kimber Sprawl Replaces Samantha Ware in Public Theater's Girl From the North Country by Andy Lefkowitz

Kimber Sprawl, recent star of Broadway's A Bronx Tale, has joined the company of the U.S. premiere of Conor McPherson and Bob Dylan's Girl From the North Country at the Public Theate…

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Network, Starring Bryan Cranston & Directed by Ivo van Hove, Will Play Broadway by Andy Lefkowitz

Tune in. Following a hit world premiere production with London's National Theatre, the acclaimed stage adaptation of the iconic film Network is coming to Broadway. Written by Tony winner…

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Tony-Winning Once On This Island Revival Named Recipient of Equity Diversity Award by Andy Lefkowitz

Actors' Equity Association has announced that the 2018 Tony-winning and Broadway.com Audience Choice Award-winning revival of Once On This Island will receive the 11th ann…

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Tuesday, August 7, 2018

New Revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel to End Broadway Run by Andy Lefkowitz

The talent-filled revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel, starring Jessie Mueller and Joshua Henry, will conclude its run at the Imperial Theatre on September 16. The new stagin…

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Encores! Off-Center's Songs for a New World to Be Preserved on Cast Album by Andy Lefkowitz

Encores! Off-Center's acclaimed summer staging of Jason Robert Brown's popular song cycle Songs for a New World will receive an original cast recording from Ghostlight Records. Kate …

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Michael C. Hall to Star in Thom Pain (based on nothing) at Off-Broadway's Signature by Andy Lefkowitz

Emmy nominee and stage alum Michael C. Hall has been cast in Signature Theatre's upcoming new staging of Obie winner Will Eno's acclaimed work Thom Pain (based on nothing).…

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The Winner of So You Think You Can Dance to Earn Part in Fox's Rent Live by Andy Lefkowitz

You'll see! We have a first hint on casting for Rent Live!, Fox's upcoming live musical event. So You Think You Can Dance host Cat Deeley announced during the August 6 episode of the…

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Abby Mueller Reprises Her Turn as Carole King in Beautiful by Andy Lefkowitz

Former Beautiful: The Carole King Musical star Abby Mueller steps back into the title role of the hit tuner beginning on August 7. Mueller replaces Melissa Benoist, who gave her final perfor…

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Lisa Brescia Returns to Broadway in Dear Evan Hansen by Andy Lefkowitz

Acclaimed stage veteran Lisa Brescia makes a long-awaited Broadway return on August 7, joining the company of the Tony-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen in the role of Heidi Hansen. Brescia s…

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Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Hugh Dancy & More to Join Stockard Channing in Alexi Kaye Campbell's Apologia by Andy Lefkowitz

Emmy-nominated stage alum Hugh Dancy has been named among the complete cast of Apologia, a play by Alexi Kaye Campbell making its New York premiere this fall. Daniel Aukin will direct the pr…

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Renee Taylor's Autobiographical Solo Comedy My Life on a Diet Extends Off-Broadway by Andy Lefkowitz

My Life on a Diet, the acclaimed solo comedy starring Emmy winner and Oscar nominee Renée Taylor, has received an extension at off-Broadway's Theatre at St. Clement'…

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Eden Espinosa & More Set for London Concert Performances of West Side Story by Andy Lefkowitz

Broadway alum Eden Espinosa, who is currently wrapping up an acclaimed run in Williamstown Theatre Festival's premiere of Lempicka, has signed on to play Anita in two sung concert perfor…

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Tim Howar Is London's New Phantom of the Opera; Kimberly Blake & Ross Dawes Will Also Join Cast by Andy Lefkowitz

As Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera heads into its 33rd year in London's West End, the production has announced that acclaimed star Tim Howar will take over the title r…

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Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Funny Girl, Starring Sheridan Smith, to Appear in Cinemas Across the U.K. by Andy Lefkowitz

U.K. moviegoers will be the luckiest people in the world this fall, when Tony winner Michael Mayer's celebrated 2016 London production of Funny Girl, starring two-time Olivier winner She…

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