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Saturday, June 16, 2012

Smiles of a Summer Night: The Public Theater's 50 Years of Free Drama at Central Park's Delacorte by Harry Haun

The Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park celebrates its 50th anniversary at the al fresco Delacorte Theater in Central Park this month. More than five million people have enjoyed pro…

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Friday, June 15, 2012

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Harvey Leads a Mary Chase by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of Harvey starring Jim Parsons.

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Tuesday, June 5, 2012

THE LEADING MEN: David Alan Grier, the Tony-Nominated Sporting Life of Porgy and Bess by Harry Haun

It has only taken David Alan Grier 31 years and five Broadway shows to go from a pennant-winning sports legend to a dope-peddling Sporting Life. It's called a career.

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Saturday, June 2, 2012

John Patrick Shanley Goes Back to Bronx Roots for Storefront Church by Harry Haun

Off-Broadway's Storefront Church joins Doubt and Defiance to complete Tony, Oscar and Pulitzer winner John Patrick Shanley's "Church and State" trilogy.

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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

"Smash" Star Christian Borle Hooks Up With an Infamous Role in Peter and the Starcatcher by Harry Haun

A 2012 Tony Award nominee, Christian Borle chomps into the role of the king of all pirates in the Neverland of Broadway's Peter and the Starcatcher.

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Monday, May 21, 2012

Judy Garland and Eva Perón: Together on Broadway by Harry Haun

Two icons, gone before their time, are brought back to life on Broadway via two tiny powerhouse performers. Meet Elena Roger and Tracie Bennett.

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THE LEADING MEN: Philip Boykin, the Tony-Nominated Force of Nature of Porgy and Bess by Harry Haun

Meet 2012 Tony Award nominee Phillip Boykin, now making his Broadway debut as the rapacious Crown in The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess.

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Friday, May 11, 2012

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Heat Wave Gives Choreographer Jack Cole a 21st-Century Spotlight by Harry Haun

Chita Rivera, Marge Champion, Donna McKechnie and more discuss the nearly forgotten stage and screen choreographer Jack Cole on the opening night of Chet Walker's new revue devoted to th…

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Monday, April 30, 2012

"That 2010s Show": Topher Grace Makes His Off-Broadway Debut in Lonely, I'm Not by Harry Haun

A funny thing happened to Topher Grace on the way to Second Stage, where he is starring in a — what's the TV word? — "dramedy" by Paul Weitz called Lonely, I'm …

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Friday, April 27, 2012

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Don't Dress for Dinner and Leap of Faith — Just Add Water by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters of Broadway's Leap of Faith and Don't Dress for Dinner. Both shows opened April 26, officially ending the 2011-12 Broadway season.

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PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Don't Dress for Dinner and Leap of Faith — Just Add Water by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters of Broadway's Leap of Faith and Don't Dress for Dinner. Both show opened April 26, officially ending the 2011-12 Broadway season.

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Thursday, April 26, 2012

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: The Columnist — Alsop's Foibles by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of David Auburn's The Columnist starring John Lithgow.

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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Nice Work If You Can Get It — A-Oh, Kay! by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of Nice Work If You Can Get It.

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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Ghost and The Lyons — Death Be Not Loud by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at The Lyons and Ghost The Musical, which opened on Broadway on the same night.

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Monday, April 23, 2012

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: A Streetcar Named Desire; The Kowalskis Don't Live Here Anymore by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of A Streetcar Named Desire starring Blair Underwood and Nicole Ari Parker.

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Sunday, April 22, 2012

Suddenly, Three More: Songwriter Alan Menken Scores a Trio of Broadway Shows by Harry Haun

Sister Act composer Alan Menken completes the rare Broadway hat trick with the spring arrival of Leap of Faith and Newsies. Now if only he could nab a Tony.

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Friday, April 20, 2012

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Clybourne Park — The Upwardly Mobile by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of Bruce Norris' Pulitzer Prize-winning Clybourne Park.

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Mike Nichols On "Creating the Event" Called Death of a Salesman by Harry Haun

Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman made an impression on a young Mike Nichols circa 1950. The director is paying homage to the classic with a new Broadway production.

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Thursday, April 19, 2012

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: One Man, Two Guvnors, a Brighton Beach Romp by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of One Man, Two Guvnors, Richard Bean's fresh take on an Italian classic.

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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Two Guvnors, One Hit: How Nicholas Hytner and Richard Bean Put British Bounce in Italian Classic by Harry Haun

The 18th-century Italian low comedy The Servant of Two Masters has been dipped in batter, fried and drenched with malt vinegar to form the London hit One Man, Two Guvnors, now on Broadway. H…

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Two Guvnors, One Hit: How Nicholas Hytner and Richard Bean Put British Bounce in Italian Classic by Harry Haun

The 18th-century Italian low comedy The Servant of Two Masters has been dipped in batter, fried and drenched with malt vinegar to form the London hit One Man, Two Guvnors. Here's how dir…

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Monday, April 16, 2012

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Peter and the Starcatcher, a Prequel That Really Flies by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of Rick Elice's Peter and the Starcatcher, the origin-story of that boy named Pan.

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Thursday, April 12, 2012

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Magic/Bird, a Tall Story on Broadway by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of Eric Simonson's play Magic/Bird.

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Friday, April 6, 2012

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Evita and Its Touch of Star Quality by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of Evita, starring Elena Roger, Ricky Martin and Michael Cerveris.  

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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: End of the Rainbow — No Pot of Gold by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of Peter Quilter's play with music End of the Rainbow.

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Director Emily Mann Electrifies Streetcar With New Energy by Harry Haun

A Streetcar Named Desire, featuring a multi-racial cast, gets reinvented on Broadway by director Emily Mann and a cast led by Daphne Rubin-Vega, Blair Underwood and Nicole Ari Parker.

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Monday, April 2, 2012

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Gore Vidal's The Best Man Pins the Tale by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of Gore Vidal's The Best Man.

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Saturday, March 31, 2012

The Best Man, a Political Drama Wrapped in Star Packaging, Is Back on Broadway by Harry Haun

James Earl Jones, Angela Lansbury, Candice Bergen, Eric McCormack and John Larroquette are among the many boldface names on the ticket of Gore Vidal's election-year revival, The Best Man.

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Friday, March 30, 2012

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Newsies — Headlines and Breadlines by Harry Haun

Meet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of Disney's Newsies.

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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Elaine Stritch, Polly Bergen, Marilyn Maye Offered "Their Favorite Things" at Nothing Like a Dame by Harry Haun

The Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative of The Actors Fund pitched its 17th annual Nothing Like a Dame party March 26 at the Gerald W. Lynch Theatre, taking its thematic cue from an…

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Sunday, March 25, 2012

Now Hear This! The [title of show] Creators Reunite for Now. Here. This. by Harry Haun

The writers-actors of Broadway's cult-favorite meta-musical [title of show] draw on their life stories for a new song-filled comedy that asks The Big Questions. Heidi, Hunter, Susan and …

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