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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Theater News: Justin Guarini, Jill Paice to Star in Bucks County Production of It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play by Bethany Rickwald

Bucks County Playhouse has announced that Broadway and American Idol star will join the cast of It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play by Joe Landry, which runs December 13-30. Gordon Gr…

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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Theater News: Megan Captaine, Jen Walker to Set Sail on Black Ship's Foreverendia by Bethany Rickwald

The Black Ship Co. will present the Chicago premiere of Brian Tuttle's Foreverendia, November 28-December 23 at the Athenaeum Theatre's Studio 2. Artistic director Nicki Mazzocca will direc…

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Theater News: Derek Smith, Jelani Remy and More to Perform in SHN's The Lion King by Bethany Rickwald

Casting has been announced for the upcoming production of Disney's The Lion King at the SHN Orpheum Theatre, November 1-January 13.The production will star Derek Smith (Scar), Dionne Randolp…

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Theater News: Vanessa Redgrave to Direct A World I Loved: The Story of an Arab Woman at Columbia by Bethany Rickwald

Public Theater and Miller Theatre at Columbia University will present the Brighton Festival 2012 production of A World I Loved: The Story of an Arab Woman, directed by Oscar winner Vanessa R…

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Theater News: Vanessa Redgrave to Direct and Narrate A World I Loved: The Story of an Arab Woman at Columbia by Bethany Rickwald

The Public Theater and Miller Theatre at Columbia University will present the Brighton Festival 2012 production of A World I Loved: The Story of an Arab Woman, directed, co-written, and narr…

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Theater News: Gaby Hoffmann, Greg Mullavey to Star in Off-Broadway Premiere of The Last Seder by Bethany Rickwald

Rosalind Productions Inc. will present the off-Broadway premiere of Jennifer Maisel's The Last Seder, playing December 1-20 at Theater Three. Jessica Bauman will direct.In The Last Seder, t…

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Theater News: Alvin Epstein, Tovah Feldshuh, Stephen Spinella to Headline Red Bull's Volpone by Bethany Rickwald

Tony Award winner Stephen Spinella and four-time Tony nominee Tovah Feldshuh will star in Red Bull Theater revival's of Ben Jonson's classic drama Volpone, or The Fox, beginning November 27 …

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Monday, October 22, 2012

Theater News: Mark H. Dold, Gretchen Egolf Lead Betrayal at Huntington Theatre Company by Bethany Rickwald

British director Maria Aitken will helm Huntington Theatre Company's production of Harold Pinter's Betrayal, running November 9-December 9 at BU Theatre.Betrayal is a drama exploring the com…

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Theater News: Debby Boone, Jason Danieley, Rebecca Luker and More to Sing for Lyrics and Lyricists by Bethany Rickwald

92nd Street Y has announced the performers set for the previously announced 2013 season of Lyrics and Lyricists. The season is curated by artistic director Deborah Grace Winer.The season wi…

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Theater News: Broadway's The Assembled Parties Adds Jeremy Shamos, Mark Blum, Sam Robards by Bethany Rickwald

Jeremy Shamos (Glengarry Glen Ross), Sam Robards (HBO's Treme), and Mark Blum (Gore Vidal's The Best Man) will join the previously announced Jessica Hecht and Judith Light in Manhattan Theat…

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Theater News: Julian Sands Will Continue to Celebrate Harold Pinter in Extension of Irish Rep Run by Bethany Rickwald

The currently running, John Malkovich directed, A Celebration of Harold Pinter, starring Julian Sands, has extended through November 25 at Irish Repertory Theatre. The production was origin…

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Friday, October 19, 2012

Theater News: Will Kern's Hellcab to Receive 20th Anniversary Production at Profiles Theatre by Bethany Rickwald

Profiles Theatre has announced that it will present a 20th anniversary production of Will Kern's Hellcab, November 9-December 23. Darrell W. Cox will direct.Hellcab tells one day in the lif…

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Theater News: Venus in Fur Starring Peter Christian Hansen, Anna Sundberg to Open Jungle Theater's Season by Bethany Rickwald

Jungle Theater has announced the productions planned for its 2013 season, beginning February 1 with the regional premiere of David Ives' Venus in Fur. Venus in Fur (February 1-March 10), a w…

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Thursday, October 18, 2012

Theater News: Arena Stage Welcomes Tony Winner Cleavant Derricks in Pullman Porter Blues by Bethany Rickwald

Arena Stage will present the world premiere co-production of Cheryl L. West's Pullman Porter Blues, November 23-January in the Kreeger Theater, following its opening at Seattle Repertory The…

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Theater News: Bill Heck, Sue Jean Kim and More to Pour Water by the Spoonful at Second Stage by Bethany Rickwald

Second Stage Theatre has announced the cast for its production of Quiara Alegría Hudes' 2012 Pulitzer Prize-winning play Water by the Spoonful, to run December 11-January 8. Davis McCallu…

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Theater News: Knock Me a Kiss Starring André De Shields to Kick Off Crossroads Theatre Company Season by Bethany Rickwald

Crossroads Theatre Company will kick of their 2012-2013 season with Charles Smith's Knock Me a Kiss, starring André De Shields, to run October 25-November 4.The show, which is directed by C…

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Theater News: Tommy Tune to Perform New Solo Act at Feinstein's by Bethany Rickwald

Feinstein's at Loews Regency will present nine-time Tony Award winning director and choreographer Tommy Tune in Taps, Tunes, and Tall Tales, which will play on November 18, 25, and 26. Musi…

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Theater News: Stephen Colbert Loves Lookingglass Theatre! by Bethany Rickwald

Stephen Colbert will be hosting Lookingglass Theatre Company's annual benefit "Gglassquerade," March 2 at the Four Seasons Hotel, according to the Chicago Tribune.The event will also be an o…

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Theater News: Beth Fowler, Cady Huffman to Star in Death By Design for Prospect Theater Company by Bethany Rickwald

Prospect Theater Company will present a one-night staged reading of Rob Urbinati's Death By Design, November 5 at 7:30 pm at The East 13th Street Theater. Will Pomerantz will direct.Set dur…

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Theater News: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Extends on Broadway Through February 24 by Bethany Rickwald

The current Broadway run of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? has been extended through February 24, 2013. The production, which officially opened on October 13, is playing at …

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Music News: Rare Cast Recordings of Seventeen and Judi Dench-Headlined Cabaret to be Released by Bethany Rickwald

Masterworks Broadway has announced the release of two classic cast recordings which have been unavailable in the CD and digital age.The 1951 original Broadway cast recording of Seventeen, a …

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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Theater News: Forbidden Broadway Will Be Alive and Kicking For Longer as Show Extends by Bethany Rickwald

Gerard Alessandrini's Forbidden Broadway: Alive and Kicking, which was originally slated to close on January 6, has announced an extension through April 28. Directed by Alessandrini, with c…

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Theater News: Chester Gregory, Chad Kimball Take Long Island in Broadway-Themed Concerts by Bethany Rickwald

John W. Engeman Theater has announced the next event in their ongoing Broadway Concert Series, taking place November 2 at 8pm.The event will feature performers recreating some of their most …

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Benefits: Taran Killam, Jeremy Shamos Headline Sex (a.k.a. Weiners and Boobs) by Bethany Rickwald

The 13th Street Theater will host a one-night performance of Sex (a.k.a. Weiners and Boobs), by David Wain, Michael Showalter, and Joe Lo Truglio, to benefit Clubbed Thumb, October 29 at 7:3…

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Benefits: Alice Ripley to Grace White Plains Performing Arts Center for October 26 Benefit Concert by Bethany Rickwald

White Plains Performing Arts Center will present Ripley Live! An Evening with Alice Ripley on Friday, October 26 at 8pm. The concert is a benefit for the Music Conservatory of Westchester a…

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Theater News: Jason Graae, Beth Malone and More Will Celebrate Christmas My Way " A Sinatra Holiday Bash! by Bethany Rickwald

Christmas My Way " A Sinatra Holiday Bash! will run December 15-December 31 at El Portal Theatre Mainstage. David Grapes will direct the production, which is conceived by David Grapes and T…

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Theater News: Jane Kaczmarek, Matthew Lillard, Marsha Mason Set for Hothouse at the Playhouse Series by Bethany Rickwald

The Pasadena Playhouse has announced the first four staged reading of its new series, Hothouse at the Playhouse.The series will begin with the world premiere reading of Lee Blessing's A View…

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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Theater News: Nancy Anderson, Bruce Dow, Sara Topham to Gleam in STC's A Midsummer Night's Dream by Bethany Rickwald

Casting has been announced for Shakespeare Theatre Company's upcoming production of the Bard's A Midsummer Night's Dream, to run November 15-December 30 in Sidney Harman Hall. Ethan McSween…

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Theater News: Val Kilmer to Offer Citizen Twain Workshop Performances by Bethany Rickwald

Film and stage star Val Kilmer will present two workshop performances of his one-man show Citizen Twain, October 19 and 20 at Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles.In the show, which is also wri…

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Theater News: Star Trek's Gates McFadden to Star in The Vesuvius Prophesies Trilogy by Bethany Rickwald

Former Star Trek: The Next Generation star Gates McFadden will headline Ensemble Studio Theatre's readings of The Vesuvius Prophesies, a trilogy of new plays by Tom Jacobson, November 3 and …

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