Monday, September 24, 2012
New York Theatre Workshop's 2012-13 season-launching production of Red Dog Howls, Alexander Dinelaris' drama about family secrets shaken loose, opens Sept. 24 following previews from…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]David Cromer's new production of Tennessee Williams' steamy Southern-set Sweet Bird of Youth, starring Diane Lane and Finn Wittrock, opens Sept. 24 following previews from Sept.…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, September 23, 2012
Steppenwolf Theatre Company's production of David Lindsay-Abaire's Good People opens Sept. 23 following previews from Sept. 13 for a run to Nov. 11, featuring Steppenwolf ensemb…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Dr. Ruth, All the Way, Mark St. Germain's biographical play about the life and work of sexpert Dr. Ruth Westheimer, which had a sold-out summer run by Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, September 22, 2012
There is light at the top of the staircase for the financially beleaguered Broadway musical Rebecca, whose rehearsals have been delayed by two weeks due to the summer death of a major invest…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:53AM[SHARE]Friday, September 21, 2012
Sergio Trujillo, one of the busiest theatre choreographers working today, has added the Broadway musical Hands On a Hardbody to his plate. The producers of the new populist show announced Se…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:46PM[SHARE]Lisa D'Amour's Pulitzer Prize-nominated play Detroit, about neighbors who form a codependent bond in the current economic downturn, opened Sept. 18 in its New York City debut at Play…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:32PM[SHARE]Thursday, September 20, 2012
The North American touring production of the revised and redesigned musical Les Misérables, a road hit that launched in early 2011 and has recouped due to sellout crowds and bookings …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:19PM[SHARE]Lisa D'Amour's suburban-set play Detroit, a tale of codependence in the recession era, has earned some of the most enthusiastic reviews of recent seasons, prompting a two-week e…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:50AM[SHARE]Misery, a new stage version of the Stephen King novel about a novelist held captive and hobbled (literally) by his greatest fan, will get its world premiere at Bucks County Playhouse. The ad…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:08AM[SHARE]Christopher Innvar, Mary McCann, Mary Beth Peil, Jordan Lage, Madeleine Martin, Gareth Saxe and more bring Simon Stephens' tale of Harper Regan to life for Off-Broadway's Atlantic Th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Sugar Babies, the burlesque musical-comedy revue that earned a 1980 Tony Award nomination as Best Musical, has been revived in Manhattan workshop rehearsals leading to two industry presentat…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]The American premiere of Nick Payne's If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet, featuring Annie Funke, Michelle Gomez, Tony Award winner Brían F. O'Byrne and Oscar nominee Jake …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Dr. Ruth, All the Way, Mark St. Germain's biographical play about the life and work of sexpert Dr. Ruth Westheimer, which had a sold-out summer run by Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:54AM[SHARE]The Philadelphia world premiere of the new musical song cycle Stars of David, featuring song contributions by major writers of the musical theatre, will star Nancy Balbirer, Alex Brightman, …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:59AM[SHARE]Tony Award winner Hal Linden, of Broadway's The Rothschilds and TV's "Barney Miller," stars in the world premiere of the comedy Under My Skin, opening Sept. 19 following pr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]The Old Globe production of Allegiance — A New American Musical, charting the lives of Japanese Americans who were placed in concentration camps on U.S. soil during World War II, opens…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Portland Center Stage in Oregon will unveil the world premiere of The Body of an American, about a war photographer haunted by the spirit of the soldier whose body he photographed, Oct. 2-No…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:34PM[SHARE]Second Stage Theatre has awarded its first Donna Perret Rosen Award for excellence in musical theatre to composer-lyricist Adam Gwon, the songwriter of Ordinary Days and other musicals.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:43PM[SHARE]Think of it as an Impressionist flash mob. Visitors to the Art Institute of Chicago got a musical surprise on Sept. 16 when at the top of the museum's Grand Staircase leading to the Impr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:07PM[SHARE]Drama Desk Award nominee Jennifer Lim of Broadway's Chinglish, Julyana Soelistyo of Off-Broadway's The Glorious Ones are among cast members of the new Off-Broadway production of Davi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:44AM[SHARE]The musical On the Town and Shakespeare's comedy Much Ado About Nothing will punctuate Barrington Stage Company's 2013 season in Pittsfield, MA.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:06AM[SHARE]Sanaa Lathan reprises her New York City role of a maid-turned-movie star in By the Way, Meet Vera Stark starting Sept. 18 when Lynn Nottage's satiric comedy makes its West Coast pre…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]The City Center Encores! concert cast recording of Pipe Dream, Rodgers & Hammerstein's tuneful 1955 oddity inspired by John Steinbeck's novel "Sweet Thursday," is in st…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tony Award winner John Cullum, Darren Pettie, Sarah Sokolovic, Tony nominee Amy Ryan and David Schwimmer star in the New York City premiere of Lisa D'Amour's acclaimed suburban-set p…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Off-Broadway's TACT/The Actors Company Theatre begins its 2012-13 season on Sept. 18 with the first preview of Brian Friel's Lovers, made up of two related one-acts. Opening night is…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Monday, September 17, 2012
Casting is now complete for the new Broadway production of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross, starring Al Pacino.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:17AM[SHARE]The box office at Broadway's Neil Simon Theatre opens for business 10 AM Sept. 17 for walkup sales to the new musical Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM[SHARE]A new and official website devoted to the creative partnership of actress-dancer Gwen Verdon and director-choreographer Bob Fosse was launched over the summer by their daughter, Nicole Fosse.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Highlights from Grumpy Old Men: The Musical will be seen and heard Sept. 17 in a midtown Manhattan industry reading aimed at venue operators interested in booking the show on its upcoming na…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, September 16, 2012
Winners of the 2012 Creative Arts Primetime Emmy Awards, announced on Sept. 15 in Los Angeles, include theatre choreographer Joshua Bergasse ("Smash"), music director Rob Berman (&…
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