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Sunday, March 11, 2012

We Got a Kick Out of Her: Sutton Foster Disembarks From Broadway's Anything Goes March 11 by Kenneth Jones

The company of Anything Goes says farewell to Sutton Foster at the March 11 matinee of the Broadway hit that earned the star her second Best Actress Tony Award. Following a year of performan…

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Saturday, March 10, 2012

Canada's Stratford Festival Names Antoni Cimolino as Artistic Director; Des McAnuff's Tenure Ends in Fall 2012 by Kenneth Jones

Antoni Cimolino, the Stratford Shakespeare Festival's current general director — who rose from being a young actor at the world-renowned Canadian theatre — has been named its…

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Des McAnuff's Stratford Twelfth Night, Starring Brian Dennehy, Gets Canadian Cinema Release March 10 by Kenneth Jones

The Stratford Shakespeare Festival's 2011 pop-rock-infused production of Shakespeare's comedy Twelfth Night gets a cinematic release March 10 and March 21 at Cineplex Entertainment t…

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Anna Christie, Eugene O'Neill's Early Pulitzer Winner, Begins Old Globe Run; Jessica Love and Bill Buell Star by Kenneth Jones

Jessica Love plays Anna Christie, the estranged prostitute daughter of a crusty sailor in Eugene O'Neill's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, starting March 10 at The Old Globe in San Dieg…

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A Room With a View, a Musical Romance With Karen Ziemba, Ephie Aardema, Kyle Harris, Opens in CA by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award winner Karen Ziemba stars as Charlotte Bartlett, the overbearing chaperone of the young Englishwoman Lucy Honeychurch, in the new musical A Room With a View, based on the E.M. For…

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Friday, March 9, 2012

God of Carnage in Arlington Gets a Cast of DC Favorites; Joe Calarco Directs by Kenneth Jones

The Washington, DC, premiere of Yasmina Reza's God of Carnage at Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA, will feature a cast of DC performers including Helen Hayes Award winners Naomi Jacobs…

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Bill English Is "Billy" in Broadway's Anything Goes in March; Colin Donnell Shooting Superhero Pilot by Kenneth Jones

Bill English, the game actor who previously stepped into the dancing shoes of romantic lead Billy Crocker in Anything Goes, is back in the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, now through Ap…

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Emily Donahoe and Nelson Lee Will Go Back in Time in West Coast Premiere of Maple and Vine by Kenneth Jones

American Conservatory Theater's West Coast premiere of Jordan Harrison's Maple and Vine, about modern people who escape to the past by joining a group of 1950s reenactors, will play …

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Ford's Theatre's 1776, With Robert Cuccioli, Brooks Ashmanskas, William Diggle, Begins March 9 by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award nominee Brooks Ashmanskas (Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me) is the "obnoxious and disliked" John Adams opposite fellow Continental Congressman — and Tony nominee &md…

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Thursday, March 8, 2012

Bernadette Peters and Richard Gere Among Stars to Shine at Roundabout's Gala Celebrating Rob Marshall by Kenneth Jones

Golden Globe Award winner Richard Gere, star of the Rob Marshall film "Chicago," and two-time Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters have joined the list of performers honoring direct…

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A Room With a View, the Musical, Gets Extra Week at Old Globe; Karen Ziemba Stars by Kenneth Jones

The Old Globe has added a week to the run of its world-premiere musical A Room with a View, now playing to April 15 in San Diego.

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Public Theater Confirms Park Dates for Into the Woods and As You Like It; Steve Martin Will Provide Twang by Kenneth Jones

Grammy and Emmy Award-winning actor-comedian-musician Steve Martin will compose original music for The Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park production of As You Like It, the dates of…

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Friends Will Pay Tribute to Jean Banks, BMI Musical Theatre Workshop Administrator, March 8 by Kenneth Jones and Robert Simonson

Jean Banks, the senior director of jazz and musical theatre at BMI and an unseen but influential figure in the theatre world, will be remembered at a gathering of friends and colleagues 5:30…

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Desert Divorce: Regrets, With Alexis Bledel, Adriane Lenox and Ansel Elgort, Premieres at MTC by Kenneth Jones

The world-premiere production of British playwright Matt Charman's Regrets, about men biding their time at a Nevada ranch while waiting for quick divorces in the 1950s, begins previews M…

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Wednesday, March 7, 2012

IL Writers' Theatre Reveals Sweet Charity, Hamlet, Liar, Yellow Moon and More for 2012-13 by Kenneth Jones

Writers' Theatre in suburban Chicago announced a 2012-13 season to feature Hamlet, the Midwest premiere of John W. Lowell's play The Letters, the musical Sweet Charity, the Midwest p…

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Other Desert Cities, Fences and Premieres by Lauren Feldman and Michael Mitnick to Appear in Denver Center Season by Kenneth Jones

The Tony Award-wining Denver Center Theatre Company in Colorado will give voice to two world premieres, plus Other Desert Cities, The Three Musketeers, Fences, Romeo and Juliet and more in i…

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Broadway-Aimed Stranger, the Bruce Hornsby Musical, Is One of Three York Readings in March; Casting Announced by Kenneth Jones

The Bruce Hornsby-scored musical formerly known as SCKBSTD has been retitled Stranger, and will appear March 20 in the Developmental Reading Series of York Theatre Company in Manhattan. Lanc…

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Arlington's Signature to Stage Whorehouse, Company, Dreamgirls, Crimes and a Co-Pro of Dolly! in 2012-13 by Kenneth Jones

The Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA, will stage The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Company, Dreamgirls and a new in-the round production of Joe Calarco's Shakespe…

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Tarell Alvin McCraney's New Play To Premiere at Steppenwolf; Season Has Good People, Motherf**ker and Amy Herzog by Kenneth Jones

Steppenwolf Theatre Company's 2012-13 subscription season in Chicago will feature the world premiere of the Tina Landau-directed Steppenwolf commission Head of Passes by ensemble member …

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Now. Here. This., the Latest From the [title of show] Gang, Begins March 7 at Vineyard by Kenneth Jones

Now. Here. This., the new work from the creators and cast of the cult-hit musical [title of show], gets its world premiere by Off-Broadway's Vineyard Theatre starting March 7 prior to an…

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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Bill Cain Given First Terrence McNally Award in Philly; $10,000 Will Support New Play by Kenneth Jones

Philadelphia Theatre Company announced Equivocation author Bill Cain as the first recipient of the Terrence McNally New Play Award to aid in the research and development of Cain's new pl…

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David Canary Will Replace Jack Klugman in NJ Twelve Angry Men by Kenneth Jones

Due to health issues, Jack Klugman has withdrawn from the George Street Playhouse's upcoming production of Twelve Angry Men in New Brunswick, NJ.

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"Smash" Viewership Up for March 5 "Let's Be Bad" Episode by Kenneth Jones

Viewership for NBC's "Smash" was up 17 percent for its March 5 episode, according to published reports.

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THE "SMASH" REPORT: Episode 5, Or, Below the Neck by Kenneth Jones

Playbill's weekly overview, with notes and comment, of the latest episode of the NBC series "Smash," about the people behind the creation of a new Broadway musical. Here's …

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Zoe Lister-Jones Will Join Broadway's Seminar April 3, After Lily Rabe Exits by Kenneth Jones

Zoe Lister-Jones will succeed Lily Rabe in Broadway's Seminar, the Theresa Rebeck comedy about young novelists whose work is judged by a waspish editor. Rabe and original cast members Al…

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Hitting a Homer, An Iliad, With Denis O'Hare and Stephen Spinella, Opens Off-Broadway — Twice! — March 6-7 by Kenneth Jones

New York Theatre Workshop's New York City premiere of Denis O'Hare and Lisa Peterson's Homer-inspired one-man play An Iliad, gets two opening nights this week. Tony Award winners…

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The Lady From Dubuque, Welcomed by Critics, Gets Second Extension Off-Broadway by Kenneth Jones

Signature Theatre Company's new production of Edward Albee's The Lady From Dubuque, widely praised by critics as a rediscovery following its March 5 opening night, has been extended …

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John Larroquette and Eric McCormack Are Presidential Contenders in The Best Man, Beginning March 6 by Kenneth Jones

The Best Man, Gore Vidal's 1960 play about a U.S. presidential election, gets its second Broadway revival — and a starry one, at that — beginning previews March 6 at the Gera…

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John Lescault, Natascia Diaz Sing the Rock Tale of Rasputin in Brother Russia Premiere in VA by Kenneth Jones

Dana Rowe and John Dempsey, the writers of the musicals The Fix and The Witches of Eastwick, have crafted a new pop-rock musical called Brother Russia, about the life and times of Rasputin, …

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Monday, March 5, 2012

Arena's Long Day's Journey, Staged by Robin Phillips, Will Star Helen Carey and Peter Michael Goetz by Kenneth Jones

Helen Hayes Award winner and Tony Award nominee Helen Carey will play drug-addicted Mary Tyrone opposite Peter Michael Goetz as husband and aging actor James Tyrone, Sr., in Arena Stage'…

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Kristin Chenoweth Will Be Goodspeed Gala Honoree This Summer by Kenneth Jones

Goodspeed Musicals, the two-time Tony Award-winning Connecticut company devoted to new and vintage musicals, will honor Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth as the recipient of The Goodspeed …

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