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Thursday, November 15, 2012

Triple Play! New Play About New York Yankees Being Developed by Lombardi Producers by Kenneth Jones

Producers Fran Kirmser and Tony Ponturo will bring a third sports-oriented play to Broadway following earlier productions of Lombardi and Magic/Bird, and the subject is close to home: The Ne…

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Murder Ballad, With John Ellison Conlee, Karen Olivo, Will Swenson, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Opens Nov. 15 in NYC by Kenneth Jones

Manhattan Theatre Club's Murder Ballad, a new rock musical that launches the company's new Studio at Stage II Harold and Mimi Steinberg New Play Series, opens Nov. 15 following previ…

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Broadway's Sara Topham, Bruce Dow, Nancy Anderson Share A Midsummer Night's Dream in DC Nov. 15-Dec. 30 by Kenneth Jones

The Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, DC, has enlisted Stratford Shakespeare Festival favorites Sara Topham and Bruce Dow to be among the woods-dwelling characters in A Midsummer Ni…

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Scandalous, the Pop Musical About a Religious Superstar, Opens on Broadway; Carolee Carmello Stars by Kenneth Jones

Sex, drugs, religion, celebrity, music and romance are swirled together in the new musical Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson, written by Kathie Lee Gifford, Davi…

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Golden Age, Terrence McNally's Backstage Play of Musical Passion, Begins 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, begins previews Nov. …

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Murder Ballad, New Musical With Karen Olivo, Will Swenson, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Opens Nov. 15 by Kenneth Jones

Manhattan Theatre Club's Murder Ballad, a new rock musical that launches the company's new Studio at Stage II Harold and Mimi Steinberg New Play Series, opens Nov. 15 following previ…

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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Broadway's Tony Yazbeck Will Step Into Chicago Singin' in the Rain, Replacing Injured Sean Palmer by Kenneth Jones

Sean Palmer, who played Prince Eric in Broadway's The Little Mermaid, is exiting the new Chicago-area revival of the musical Singin' in the Rain due to an injury. Tony Yazbeck, …

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Carolee Carmello on Brief Vocal Rest From Broadway's Scandalous; Nov. 14 Matinee and Evening Canceled by Kenneth Jones

The 2 PM and 8 PM Nov. 14 performances of the new Broadway musical Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson were canceled by producers to allow Carolee Carmello ph…

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Carolee Carmello on Brief Vocal Rest From Scandalous; Nov. 14 Matinee Canceled by Kenneth Jones

The 2 PM Nov. 14 matinee of Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson was canceled by producers to allow Carolee Carmello physician-ordered vocal rest. Performances are expec…

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Chicago-Area My One and Only, Starring Tony Nominees Felicia P. Fields and Ted Levy, Opens Nov. 14 by Kenneth Jones

Marriott Theatre's revival of My One and Only, the 1983 Broadway musical comedy about an aviator and a lady endurance swimmer, features The Color Purple Tony Award nominee Felicia P…

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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Passion's Man in the Middle Will Be Ryan Silverman, Torn Between Melissa Errico and Judy Kuhn by Kenneth Jones

Ryan Silverman, a handsome Raoul of Broadway's The Phantom of the Opera, will play the object of desire named Giorgio in Classic Stage Company's winter 2013 production of Stephen Son…

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Newcomer Danielle Wade Wins Role of Dorothy in Toronto Wizard of Oz; Complete Casting Announced by Kenneth Jones

The cast of the new Canadian production of London's popular The Wizard of Oz, featuring the classic movie score augmented with new songs by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, will feature…

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Golden Age Gets a Gilded Addition; F. Murray Abraham Joins NYC Premiere by Kenneth Jones

F. Murray Abraham, whose international fame came by playing Italian composer Antonio Salieri in the film of "Amadeus," will step into the stockings of Italian composer Rossini, tak…

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Broadway Revival of Glengarry Glen Ross, Starring Al Pacino, Begins Selling Standing-Room Tickets Nov. 13 by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

The Broadway revival of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play about sharks in a real-estate office, begins selling standing-room tickets Nov. 13.

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Golden Child, David Henry Hwang's Tale of Polygamy and Family, Opens Nov. 13 in NYC by Kenneth Jones

Signature Theatre Company's revival of David Henry Hwang's Golden Child, now extended to Dec. 16, opens Nov. 13, kicking off the Tony Award-winning playwrights 2012-13 residency with…

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Dreamgirls, With Nova Y. Payton, Cedric Neal, Crystal Joy, Sydney James Harcourt, Heats Up DC Starting Nov. 13 by Kenneth Jones

Nova Y. Payton is Effie White, the most turbulent of the Dreamgirls, in the Signature Theatre's holiday-season revival of the 1981 musical, starting Nov. 13 in Arlington, VA. Associate a…

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Monday, November 12, 2012

Humana Festival Will Stage Plays by Sam Marks, Jeff Augustin, Mallery Avidon, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Will Eno by Kenneth Jones

The 37th Annual Humana Festival of New American Plays Feb. 27-April 7, 2013, will feature world premieres by Jeff Augustin, Mallery Avidon, Will Eno, Rinne Groff, Lucas Hnath, Branden Jacobs…

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Tony Winner Mark O'Donnell's Friends, Family and Colleagues Will Pay Tribute at Nov. 12 Broadway Gathering by Kenneth Jones

The life and work of late Tony Award-winning librettist Mark O'Donnell, co-writer of Broadway's Hairspray, will be celebrated 3 PM Nov. 12 at Broadway's Samuel J. Friedman Theatr…

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Girl Power! Emotional Creature, a Pulse-Taking of Girls, Opens in NYC Nov. 12 by Kenneth Jones

Emotional Creature, the new play by Eve Ensler that had its world premiere at Berkeley Repertory Theatre in June, opens Off-Broadway on Nov. 12 following previews from Oct. 26. Ensler, the T…

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Sunday, November 11, 2012

Classic Stage's Ivanov, With Ethan Hawke as Dissatisfied Hero, Opens Nov. 11; Austin Pendleton Directs by Kenneth Jones

Off-Broadway's Classic Stage Company opens its new production of Anton Chehov's Ivanov, a play that the Russian playwright revised throughout his lifetime, on Nov. 11, foll…

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Friday, November 9, 2012

Charlie Chaplin Gets a Solo Turn in Tramp(ed), by Newcomer Daniel Gonon, Nov. 11 in NYC by Kenneth Jones

Tramp(ed), a one-man show written and performed by Daniel Gonon, playing controversial film star Charlie Chaplin, will appear at Off-Broadway's Theatre Row at 4 PM Nov. 11 as part the Un…

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Rachelle Rak, Emily Padgett, Matthew Hydzik Will Star in Re-Imagined Flashdance for U.S. Tour by Kenneth Jones

Broadway's Emily Padgett and Matthew Hydzik will star as Alex and Nick, respectively, in what's billed as the world premiere of Flashdance —The Musical when its national tour l…

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Mia Chung's You for Me for You, With Jo Mei, Ruibo Qian, Francis Jue, Opens in DC by Kenneth Jones

The Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company's world-premiere staging of Mia Chung's You for Me for You, a fantasy about North Korean sisters facing the regime there, opens Nov. 9 following pr…

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Mia Yung's You for Me for You, With Jo Mei, Ruibo Qian, Francis Jue, Opens in DC by Kenneth Jones

The Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company's world-premiere staging of Mia Chung's You for Me for You, a fantasy about North Korean sisters facing the regime there, opens Nov. 9 following pr…

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Miriam Margolyes Brings Dickens' Women to NYC's Morgan Library Nov. 9-10 by Kenneth Jones

Miriam Margolyes' Olivier Award-nominated one-woman show, Dickens' Women, an intimate evening of indelible characters that has been presented around the world, plays two Manhattan pe…

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Cue the Camel! 2012 Radio City Christmas Spectacular Begins Nov. 9; Rockettes Go 3D by Kenneth Jones

The 2012 production of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular — the opulent holiday musical revue, complete with live nativity and high-kicking Rockettes (in their 85th year) &mdash…

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Thursday, November 8, 2012

Robert Sean Leonard Will Be Prof. Higgins in Old Globe Pygmalion in Early 2013 by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award winner Robert Sean Leonard (Broadway's The Invention of Love, Long Day's Journey Into Night and Candida, and TV's "House") will play speech and dialect profe…

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Blythe Danner Finds Nice Work on Broadway This Winter by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award winner Blythe Danner will join the cast of Broadway's Nice Work If You Can Get It for 12 weeks only, starting Dec. 18 the Imperial Theatre. She'll take to rich-matron role…

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Irish Rep's Wonderful Life "Radio Play" to Feature Peter Maloney, Katie Fabel, Max Gordon Moore and More by Kenneth Jones

Casting has been announced for Irish Repertory Theatre's It's a Wonderful Life, The 1946 Live Radio Play, beginning Off-Broadway Dec. 5 prior to its Dec. 10 opening on Irish Repertor…

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Golden Child Gets Added Performances at NYC's Signature by Kenneth Jones

Signature Theatre Company in New York City will add a second one-week extension to the run of its revival of David Henry Hwang's Golden Child, now to Dec. 16. Leigh Silverman directs the…

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Great American Mousical, Directed by Julie Andrews, Begins World Premiere in CT; Emily Skinner Stars by Kenneth Jones

The Great American Mousical, the new musical directed by Julie Andrews, on whose children's book the show is based, begins performances Nov. 8 at Goodspeed Musicals' Norma Terris The…

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