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Thursday, March 12, 2015

Hunchback Writer Stephen Schwartz on Binge-Watching Disney and the Next Movie He Wants to Bring to B by Carey Purcell

The Hunchback of Notre Dame is swinging bells at New Jersey's Paper Mill Playhouse. But the most recent adaptation of a Disney animated film differs greatly from its 1996 big-screen …

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Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Barbara Cook Gives One-Night Only Concert in Beverly Hills Tonight by Carey Purcell

Award-winning actress and singer Barbara Cook is featured in a one-night-only concert at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts March 10 in Beverly Hills, CA.

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Monday, March 9, 2015

AUDIO: Listen to a Song from New Pasek and Paul Musical Dear Evan Hansen by Carey Purcell

Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning plays, as well as two works featured in the Women's Voices Theater Festival, will be a part of Arena Stage's 2015-16 season.

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Ben Platt Comes Aboard New Pasek and Paul Musical Dear Evan Hansen: Hear Brand-New Song! by Carey Purcell

Ben Platt, formerly of Broadway's The Book of Mormon and the 2012 musical movie "Pitch Perfect," has joined the cast of the world premiere of Dear Evan Hansen, a new musical wi…

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"Ugly Betty" and "Orange Is the New Black" Stars Present Kilroys-Recommended Play Reading Tonight by Carey Purcell

The Lilly Awards Foundation presents the inaugural (3) Plays from The Kilroys’ List: A Reading Series beginning March 9.

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Sunday, March 8, 2015

A Royal Performance! The Audience, With Helen Mirren, Opens on Broadway Tonight by Carey Purcell

Peter Morgan's The Audience, which features Oscar winner Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II in imagined meetings with each of her Prime Ministers, officially opens March 8 following prev…

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Saturday, March 7, 2015

Two Brothers, 15 Years and One Broadway Premiere: The Journey of Something Rotten! by Carey Purcell

Talk of the Tony Awards race heated up when it was announced that Something Rotten!, the new musical comedy packed with Broadway talent, would skip its out-of-town tryout and come st…

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Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well & Living in Paris, With Kendra Kassebaum and Louis Hobson, Begins in by Carey Purcell

Broadway veterans Kendra Kassebaum (Wicked, Leap of Faith) and Louis Hobson (Bonnie & Clyde, Next to Normal) appear in Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well & Living in Paris, a mus…

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Friday, March 6, 2015

An American in Paris' Leanne Cope On a Fateful Meeting with Leslie Caron, The Allure of French Women by Carey Purcell

Leanne Cope had never planned on being a leading lady of musical theatre. But now she finds herself making her American stage debut in the Broadway production of An American in Paris. Good f…

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Laura Linney and Seth Numrich Travel to Switzerland, Beginning Tonight at the Geffen by Carey Purcell

Laura Linney and Seth Numrich star in Switzerland, a new play by Joanna Murray-Smith about famed crime novelist Patricia Highsmith, at California's Geffen Playhouse. Performances beg…

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The Originalist, New Drama About Supreme Court Justice Scalia, Begins at Arena Stage Tonight by Carey Purcell

The world premiere of the political drama The Originalist, a new play by John Strand about Justice Antonin Scalia, begins performances at Arena Stage March 6.

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Thursday, March 5, 2015

Benjamin Scheuer's Coming-of-Age Musical The Lion Will Roar Cross-Country in National Tour by Carey Purcell

Following its Off-Broadway run at the Lynn Redgrave Theater, The Lion, Benjamin Scheuer's autobiographical coming-of-age musical, will launch a national tour.

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William Morris Agency Signs Award-Winning Director Julie Taymor by Carey Purcell

Award-winning director Julie Taymor, known for her bold theatrical style, has signed with William Morris Agency, Deadline.com reports.

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Broadway's Mamma Mia! Offers Snow Day Discount by Andrew Gans and Carey Purcell

Taking note of the heavy snow falling over the New York area, the Broadway production of the hit Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus musical Mamma Mia! is offering discounted tickets …

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Wednesday, March 4, 2015

"Ugly Betty" and "Orange Is the New Black" Stars Will Perform in Series of Kilroys-Recommended Plays by Carey Purcell

Complete casting has been announced for the Inaugural (3) Plays from The Kilroys’ List: A Reading Series.

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Bells Ring as Hunchback Swings Into Paper Mill Tonight by Carey Purcell

The Hunchback of Notre Dame, the new musical based on the Victor Hugo novel and animated Disney film, begins performances at the Paper Mill Playhouse March 4. Michael Arden, Patrick…

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Monday, March 2, 2015

Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Goes to Drama About Family Weathering Croatian Political Turmoil by Carey Purcell

The 2014-15 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, which honors female playwrights, was awarded March 2 to Tena Štivičić for her play 3 Winters.

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Hedwig Gets Ready to Rock the Road by Carey Purcell

The Tony-winning Broadway production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch will launch a national tour, Playbill.com has learned.

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Rebecca Naomi Jones Will Be Broadway's New Yitzhak in Hedwig and the Angry Inch by Carey Purcell

Rebecca Naomi Jones, currently starring in Big Love at Off-Broadway's Signature Theatre, will join the Broadway cast of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, playing the role of Yitzhak, starti…

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Newly Expanded Segal Awards Presented at Lincoln Center Tonight; Audra McDonald Hosts by Carey Purcell

Audra McDonald, who recently won her sixth Tony Award for her performance in Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill, hosts the Martin E. Segal Awards, which are presented March 2 a…

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Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Awarded Today; Finalists Include Lisa D'Amour's Airline Highway and Heid by Carey Purcell

The 2014-15 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, which honors female playwrights, is given March 2 in New York City.

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Sunday, March 1, 2015

A Presidential Performance! President Clinton and Family Attend Hamilton at Public Theater Tonight by Michael Gioia and Carey Purcell

President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Chelsea Clinton attended the 8 PM performance of Hamilton, the critically acclaimed new musical written by and starring …

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A Presidential Performance! President Clinton and Family Attend Broadway-Bound Hamilton at the Publi by Michael Gioia and Carey Purcell

President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Chelsea Clinton attended the 8 PM performance of Hamilton, the critically acclaimed new musical written by and starring …

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Molnr's Fashions For Men Opens at Mint Theater Company Tonight by Carey Purcell

Fashions For Men, Ferenc Molnár's comedy of character, officially opens at at the Mint Theater Company March 1 following previews that began Feb. 3.

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Beth Henley's Abundance, Tale of Mail-Order Brides in the Wild West, Opens at TACT Tonight by Carey Purcell

Abundance, Pulitzer Prize winner Beth Henley's tall tale set in the Great American West, officially opens Off-Broadway at The Actors Company Theatre March 1.

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Saturday, February 28, 2015

A Woman's World: Pam MacKinnon on The Decision to Restore Wasserstein's Cut Dialogue to The Heidi Ch by Carey Purcell

In the first installment of Playbill's new series focusing on women in theatre, Tony Award-winning director Pam MacKinnon shares how a 10-year relationship with Edward Albee led …

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Friday, February 27, 2015

Betty Buckley, Barbara Cook and Rex Smith Will Be Honored at Shubert Theatre's 100th Anniversary by Carey Purcell

Betty Buckley, Barbara Cook and Rex Smith will be honored by the Shubert Theatre at their 100th anniversary gala March 21 in New Haven, CT.

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Alan Cumming Will Make Caf Carlyle Debut With Sappy Songs; Lena Hall Also Featured in Season by Carey Purcell

The famed NYC nightclub Café Carlyle will feature Tony Award winners Alan Cumming and Lena Hall during its spring 2015 season.

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Tony Winner Lena Hall Sets Final Date in Broadway's Hedwig and the Angry Inch by Carey Purcell

Lena Hall, who won a Tony Award for her performance as Yitzhak in the Broadway production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, will play her final performance in the award-winning rock musical …

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Phylicia Rashad Will Star in Pilot of "For Justice," Helmed by "Selma" Director by Carey Purcell

"The Cosby Show" star and Tony Award winner Phylicia Rashad will star in the pilot of the CBS drama "For Justice," according to Variety.com.

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Constellations Offers Extra 10 PM Performance Tonight With Special Low-Priced Seats by Carey Purcell

The Broadway production of Constellations, a love story about a beekeeper and a physicist that features Academy Award nominee Jake Gyllenhaal and two-time Olivier Award (and rec…

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