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Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Irish Rep's Wonderful Life "Radio Play" Goes Live Dec. 5, With Peter Maloney, Katie Fabel and Max Gordon Moore by Kenneth Jones

Irish Repertory Theatre's It's a Wonderful Life, The 1946 Live Radio Play begins Off-Broadway Dec. 5 prior to its Dec. 10 opening on Irish Rep's intimate second stage, the W…

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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Scandalous, the Pop Musical About a Religious Superstar, Will Fold Dec. 9 by Kenneth Jones

Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson, a musical passion project by writer Kathie Lee Gifford, will close on Broadway Dec. 9, its producers announced on Dec. 4. The biogr…

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Brad Oscar, Maulik Pancholy, Polly Lee Will Create A Real Boy in NYC Reading Dec. 7 by Kenneth Jones

Stephen Kaplan's new play, A Real Boy, about an unusual teacher-student relationship, will get a private reading in New York City on Dec. 7. Brad Oscar (The Addams Family, The Producers)…

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David Henry Hwang, Robbie McCauley, Adrienne Kennedy, Annie-B Parson Among USA Fellows Receiving $50,000 Award by Kenneth Jones

United States Artists, the not-for-profit organization that grants money to artists in multiple disciplines, announced its 2012 USA Fellows, including playwright David Henry Hwang.

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Denver's New Play Summit Will Include Matthew Lopez, Laura Eason, Marcus Gardley and More; Five Readings Planned by Kenneth Jones

Denver Center Theatre Company announced five plays to be explored in staged readings as part of the 8th Annual Colorado New Play Summit, to run Feb. 8-10, 2013. The playwrights are Catherine…

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Golden Age, Terrence McNally's Backstage Play of Musical Passion, Opens in NYC Premiere by Kenneth Jones

Manhattan Theatre Club's New York City premiere of Golden Age, four-time Tony Award winner Terrence McNally's play about the world of composer Vincenzo Bellini, opens Dec. 4 followin…

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Leap of Faith Original Broadway Cast Recording Released Digitally Dec. 4 by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

The cast recording of the short-lived Broadway musical Leap of Faith, which features a score by composer Alan Menken and Glenn Slater, is released digitally Dec. 4 prior to an in-store relea…

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Monday, December 3, 2012

NYC Golden Age Will Welcome Its Veteran "Rossini," George Morfogen, Dec. 11 by Kenneth Jones

George Morfogen, lately of Classic Stage Company's Ivanov, will step into the shoes of Italian composer Rossini in the New York City premiere of Terrence McNally's Golden Age startin…

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Bobby Steggert, Penny Fuller, Virginia Kull, Claybourne Elder Will Star in Pterodactyls Benefit in NYC by Kenneth Jones

Vineyard Theatre's Dec. 10 benefit reading of Nicky Silver's Pterodactyls, a standout title from the not-for-profit's 30 years of producing, will star Emmy Award winner Penny Ful…

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Irish Rep to Give Charlotte Jones' Airswimming Its U.S. Premiere; Aedin Moloney and Rachel Pickup Star by Kenneth Jones

Airswimming, the 1997 play by Charlotte Jones — known for Humble Boy and The Woman in White — will get its U.S. premiere by The Irish Repertory Theatre in Manhattan beginning Jan…

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Company of Murder Ballad Will Rock On for Cast Album by Kenneth Jones

Murder Ballad, the new rock musical by Julia Jordan and Juliana Nash, now getting its world premiere by Manhattan Theatre Club, will be preserved on a cast recording from Yellow Label Sound.

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59E59 Theaters' Winter Slate Has Bears, Years of Sky, a Gluck Opera and the Return of Brits Off-Broadway by Kenneth Jones

Eclectic winter programming for Off-Broadway's 59E59 Theaters — the hive of intimate spaces on East 59th Street — was announced by artistic director Elysabeth Kleinhans and e…

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Neil Patrick Harris, Marc Kudisch, Michael Cerveris Take Aim in Assassins, Again, for Benefit Concert on Broadway by Kenneth Jones

Roundabout Theatre Company's musical theatre producing arm benefits from a Dec. 3 Broadway reunion concert of the company's 2004 Tony Award-winning revival of Stephen Sondheim and Jo…

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Friday, November 30, 2012

Camp for Christmas: New Musical We Three Lizas Begins in Chicago Nov. 30 by Kenneth Jones

We Three Lizas, a "queer culture" musical twist on Christmas wishes, gets its world premiere Nov. 30-Dec. 23 in a staging by About Face Theatre in Chicago. Performances play The St…

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Inspired by Real-Life Marital Bliss (and Blisters), You Say Tomato Begins National Tour in Queens Nov. 30 by Kenneth Jones

You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up!, a new marriage-minded comedy by Annabella Gurwitch and Jeff Kahn, begins its national tour at Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadows Corona Park with a Nov. 30-De…

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Thursday, November 29, 2012

Doh! Dan Castellaneta, Ron West, Larry Joe Campbell Star in Second City's Twist Your Dickens! in L.A. by Kenneth Jones

Dan Castellaneta, who voices Homer on TV's "The Simpsons," is among the comic performers in the world premiere of The Second City's A Christmas Carol: Twist Your Dickens!, …

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Signature's Acclaimed Piano Lesson Will Play On Into January by Kenneth Jones

Off-Broadway's Signature Theatre Company is extending the run of August Wilson's The Piano Lesson an additional three weeks, now to Jan. 13, 2013.

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Yank! Musical Will March Directly Into Regional Theatres by Kenneth Jones

Yank!, the musical about a young gay American soldier facing first love as he is swept into World War II, will have a cast album and a future licensing life rather than an imminent Broadway …

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Lucy Peacock, Canadian Stage Royalty, Plays Queen Lear at University of Northern Colorado Nov. 29-Dec. 2 by Kenneth Jones

Students in the University of Northern Colorado's theatre program perform alongside guest artist Lucy Peacock, the Canadian theatre star revered for her work at the Stratford Festival, i…

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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Amazing Grace Musical Gets NYC Showing With Robby Benson, Josh Young, Chris Hoch, Whitney Bashor and More by Kenneth Jones

The new musical Amazing Grace, the backstory of the famous spiritual song of the title, will get a Manhattan reading Dec. 11-12 featuring Broadway and film star Robby Benson and Tony Award n…

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Donald Margulies' Coney Island Christmas Opens at Geffen Playhouse Nov. 28 by Kenneth Jones

Coney Island Christmas, billed as a "Jewish Christmas show" for people of all ages and all faiths, by Pulitzer Prize winner Donald Margulies, opens Nov. 28 following previews from …

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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

New Broadway Bares Will Show It Off On June 23, 2013; Winter Burlesque Will Warm January by Kenneth Jones

Broadway Bares, the evening of steamy theatrical striptease that benefits Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, will return for its 23rd edition on Sunday, June 23, 2013, at Roseland Ballroom i…

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Arf! "Annie's Search for Sandy" Appears on Hallmark Movie Channel Nov. 27 by Kenneth Jones

Hallmark Movie Channel presents the TV special "Annie's Search for Sandy," about the rescue of a pooch to play the role of "Sandy" in Broadway's Annie, at 7:30 PM…

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Laura Osnes Wraps Herself in Maury Yeston's December Songs at 54 Below, Starting Nov. 27 by Kenneth Jones

Laura Osnes, the 2012 Tony Award-nominated actress who is becoming the go-to singer-actress for producers who want a sincere, plaintive and warm sound, sings the songs of Tony winner Maury Y…

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Neil Patrick Harris Has Magic to Do, Directing Nothing to Hide, Opening Nov. 27 in L.A. by Kenneth Jones

Neil Patrick Harris, a fan of magic since his childhood, directs Nothing to Hide, a unique theatrical event featuring sleight-of-hand artists Derek DelGaudio (2011 Close-Up Magician of …

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Monday, November 26, 2012

Harold Arlen Revue, Wonderful Wizard of Song, Gets Its NYC Premiere Dec. 13 Starring The Three Crooners by Kenneth Jones

Some of the best-known songs from theatre, pop and movies will be heard Off-Broadway this winter in the New York City premiere of The Wonderful Wizard of Song: The Music of Harold Arlen, a n…

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Holland Taylor's Ann, About Texas Governor Ann Richards, Sets Broadway Launch Date; Creative Team Revealed by Kenneth Jones

Ann, actress-writer Holland Taylor's biographical play about late Texas Governor Ann Richards, will begin Broadway previews Feb. 18, 2013, prior to the previously announced opening date …

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A New Kind of Sister Act: Victory Gardens Opens Failure, a Musical Populated With Actor-Musicians, Nov. 26 by Kenneth Jones

Chicago's Victory Gardens Theater, a Tony Award winner as Outstanding Regional Theatre, opens the world premiere of Failure: A Love Story, a "magical, musical fable" about the …

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Sunday, November 25, 2012

City of Hope, a Starry Broadway Concert for Hurricane Relief, Postponed to Dec. 10 by Kenneth Jones

A starry Broadway concert to aid New York and New Jersey communities affected by Hurricane Sandy, scheduled for Nov. 26 at the Gershwin Theatre, has been moved to Dec. 10, organizers announc…

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Douglas Hodge Packs Up Cyrano's Nose on Nov. 25 by Kenneth Jones

Roundabout Theatre Company's limited-engagement Broadway revival of Edmond Rostand's verse romance Cyrano de Bergerac — starring Tony Award winner Douglas Hodge as the nobleman…

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Saturday, November 24, 2012

Larry Hagman, Whose Stage Pedigree Led Him to Fame on TV's "Dallas," Is Dead at 81 by Kenneth Jones

Larry Hagman, the actor who shot to international fame by playing villainous oil baron J.R. Ewing on the 1980s TV soap opera "Dallas," died Nov. 23 at Medical City in Dallas after …

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