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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Plays by Lila Feinberg, Andrew Dolan, Seth Bockley and Others Get Aired in NYC AracaWorks Series, May 21-25 by Kenneth Jones

Plays and directors are lined up for The Araca Group's AracaWorks, a week-long series of play readings May 21-25 in Manhattan. New plays by Barbara Blumenthal-Ehrlich, Dorothy Fortenberr…

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Sharr White, Octavio Solis, Julie Marie Myatt and Anna Ziegler Are Playwrights in Magic Theatre's Season by Kenneth Jones

The Magic Theatre in San Francisco will offer the world premieres of Octavio Solis' Se Llama Cristina and Anna Ziegler's Another Way Home in the 2012-13 season. Plays by Sharr White …

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Storefront Church, With Ron Cephas Jones, Giancarlo Esposito, Tonya Pinkins, Begins May 16 by Kenneth Jones

John Patrick Shanley directs the world premiere of his Bronx-set Storefront Church, the third play of his trilogy that began with the Pulitzer Prize-winning Doubt, which begins performances …

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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

THE "SMASH" REPORT: Episode 15, Or, Lost in Boston by Kenneth Jones

Playbill's weekly recap, with notes and comment, of the latest episode of the NBC musical drama series "Smash," about the creation of a new Broadway musical about Marilyn Monro…

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Lysistrata Jones Cast Album, With Jennifer Holliday Bonus Track, Released; Show Licensed by Tams-Witmark by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award winner Jennifer Holliday, one of the original Dreamgirls, is heard on a bonus track on the cast album of Broadway's Lysistrata Jones, which gets released May 15 by Broadway Re…

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Xanadu, With Erin Weaver Inspiring Charlie Brady, Opens in DC Premiere by Kenneth Jones

Signature Theatre's DC-area premiere of the musical Xanadu, the stage adaptation of the disco-era movie musical, featuring Erin Weaver as the Greek muse Kira and Charlie Brady as artist …

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Kenneth Lonergan's Medieval Play, With John Pankow, Josh Hamilton, Heather Burns, Begins in NYC by Kenneth Jones

The Off-Broadway world-premiere production of Kenneth Lonergan's Medieval Play by Signature Theatre Company begins May 15. It's set "against the classic comic background of late…

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John Kander-Greg Pierce Musical The Landing, With Julia Murney and David Hyde Pierce, Begins "Lab" in NYC by Kenneth Jones

The Vineyard Theatre's Developmental Lab of The Landing, the new triptych musical by Tony Award-winning composer John Kander, with book and lyrics by Greg Pierce, plays Off-Broadway May …

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Monday, May 14, 2012

Dee Hoty, Sarah Stiles and More Sing Jeff Blumenkrantz Songs at the York May 14 by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

Trunk and Disorderly: Songs from the Deep Dark Trunk of Jeff Blumenkrantz, celebrating the music of the 2011 Fred Ebb Award-winning songwriter, is presented May 14 at the York Theatre.

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Barbara Walsh, Valerie Harper, Remy Zaken Star in NYC Reading of New Comedy My Mother, My Sister & Me May 14 by Kenneth Jones

Marcelo Pereira, Anthony Reimer, Randy Schein, Tony Award nominee Barbara Walsh, Zoe Winters and Remy Zaken join Tony nominee Valerie Harper in the May 14 industry reading of Sherri Heller&#…

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Andrew Garfield, John Guare, Lin-Manuel Miranda Present NY Drama Critics' Circle Awards May 14 by Kenneth Jones

The New York Drama Critics' Circle hands out its 2011-12 awards on May 14 at a cocktail reception at Angus McIndoe restaurant. Presenters include Andrew Garfield, John Guare and Lin-Manu…

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Sunday, May 13, 2012

"Downton Abbey" Star Dan Stevens Will Pursue The Heiress on Broadway by Kenneth Jones

Dan Stevens, known to millions of international TV viewers as romantic lead Matthew Crawley on the period drama series "Downton Abbey," will play suitor Morris Townsend in the new …

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Leap of Faith, the Musical, Pulls Down Its Broadway Tent May 13 by Kenneth Jones

Leap of Faith, the new Broadway musical about a con-man preacher who blows into a depressed, drought-plagued Kansas town, where he spars with a lady sheriff, closes on May 13. Despite its so…

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Saturday, May 12, 2012

Hands on a Hardbody Musical, With Book by Pulitzer Prize Winner Doug Wright, Opens in CA by Kenneth Jones

The world premiere of Hands on a Hardbody, the new musical about a Texas endurance competition, starring Jim Newman and Tony nominees Keith Carradine, Hunter Foster and Mary Gordon Murray, o…

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Magic/Bird Shoots Its Final Hoop on Broadway May 12 by Kenneth Jones

Magic/Bird, Eric Simonson's sports biography about the rivalry and friendship of basketball stars Earvin "Magic" Johnson and Larry Bird, plays its final performance on Broadway…

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Friday, May 11, 2012

Barbara Walsh Will Join Valerie Harper for NYC Reading of My Mother, My Sister & Me by Kenneth Jones

Marcelo Pereira, Anthony Reimer, Randy Schein, Tony Award nominee Barbara Walsh, Zoe Winters and Remy Zaken complete the cast of the May 14 industry reading of Sherri Heller's new comedy…

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"Do No Harm," a Jekyll & Hyde Medical Drama Starring Steven Pasquale, Gets Green-Lit for NBC Series by Kenneth Jones

"Do No Harm," the TV medical drama created by playwright David Schulner, about a gifted neurosurgeon with a secret life, has been picked up for series at NBC. Broadway's Tony A…

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Local Boy Makes Good: Broadway's Hugh Panaro Receives Edwin Forrest Award in Philly May 11 by Kenneth Jones

Broadway star and Philadelphia native Hugh Panaro is celebrated May 11 with the presentation of the 2012 Edwin Forrest Award at Walnut Street Theatre's annual benefit gala in Philadelphi…

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The Music Man, With Kate Baldwin, Burke Moses, Donna Migliaccio, Begins Marching at Arena Stage May 11 by Kenneth Jones

Meredith Willson's The Music Man, the Americana-striped musical comedy about a corrupt salesman who charms — and is charmed by — a small town in Iowa, begins performances in-…

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Thursday, May 10, 2012

Stevie Wonder, Sheryl Crow, Diana Krall and More Celebrated Bacharach & David at White House; PBS Captures Concert by Kenneth Jones

The White House echoed with the popular songs of Burt Bacharach and Hal David — known for hit tunes, including those from the Broadway musical Promises, Promises — on May 9, when…

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Erich Bergen Is Hero in New Chicago Musical About the World of Comic Books; David H. Bell Directs by Kenneth Jones

Hero, a new musical about a young comic-book artist, will get its Equity world premiere on June 20 by Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire, IL, following earlier development. Erich Bergen, of th…

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Tony Winner Deanna Dunagan, Formerly of Osage County, Opens in Chicago Night Music May 10 by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award winner Deanna Dunagan, the Chicago star who played the strained, cancerous and addicted matron Violet Weston in Broadway's August: Osage County, is Madame Armfeldt in Stephen …

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Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Lonely, I'm Not, With Topher Grace as a Post-Meltdown Corporate Star, Gets Extra Week in NYC by Kenneth Jones

The Second Stage Theatre run of Paul Weitz's Lonely, I'm Not, starring Topher Grace of TV's "That '70s Show," has been extended by one week, now to June 3. The worl…

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Flashdance's Toronto Engagement Bumped to 2013-14; Broadway Dates Yet To Be Announced by Kenneth Jones

The new musical Flashdance will not play a pre-Broadway Toronto engagement this summer, the producers announced on May 9. The show was expected to move to Broadway following a five-week Augu…

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THE "SMASH" REPORT: Episode 14, Or, You Can't End a Musical With a Suicide by Kenneth Jones

Playbill's weekly recap, with notes and comment, of the latest episode of the NBC musical drama series "Smash," about the creation of a new Broadway musical about Marilyn Monro…

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The Best Man, Tony Nominee as Best Revival of a Play, and for Lead Actor James Earl Jones, Extends Booking by Kenneth Jones

The producers of the 2012 Tony Award-nominated Broadway revival of Gore Vidal's The Best Man announced on May 9 that the run now continues to July 22 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. Th…

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Broadway's Columnist Extended Again; More Chances to See Tony Nominee John Lithgow by Kenneth Jones

Manhattan Theatre Club's world-premiere production of The Columnist by David Auburn has been extended for a second time at Broadway's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, now to July 1.

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Chet Walker's Heat Wave: The Jack Cole Project, With David Elder, Rachelle Rak, Opens in Queens by Kenneth Jones

Broadway dancers stud the new musical Heat Wave: The Jack Cole Project, about the father of theatrical jazz and musical-theatre dance, in its world premiere, opening May 9 following previews…

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Nobody Loves You, a Musical About Reality TV, Begins at Old Globe May 9 by Kenneth Jones

The Old Globe's world-premiere production of the pop-flavored Nobody Loves You — a musical comedy set in the world of reality television, with music and lyrics by Gaby Alter and bo…

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Mame, Starring Louise Pitre as Show Tune-Loving Auntie, Opens at Goodspeed Opera House May 9 by Kenneth Jones

Goodspeed Musicals' new production of the musical Mame, starring Tony Award nominee Louise Pitre, opens May 9 at Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, CT. The run was recently extended b…

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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

How to Succeed's Broadway Run Will End May 20 by Kenneth Jones

The Broadway revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying — first a vehicle for Daniel Radcliffe, and now starring Nick Jonas — will close up shop on May 20, the p…

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