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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Jessica Love, Bill Buell, Kristine Nielsen, Austin Durant Will Bring Anna Christie To Life at Old Globe by Kenneth Jones

Jessica Love will play Anna Christie, the estranged prostitute daughter of a crusty sailor in Eugene O'Neill's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, March 10-April 15 at The Old Globe in San …

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Design for Living Is First in NYC Noël Coward Series; Steve Ross, Keith Merrill, Amy Rutberg, Kevin Collins Perform by Kenneth Jones

The works of playwright-songwriter Noël Coward — and his contemporaries and U.K. successors — will be presented in Manhattan in a monthly reading series dubbed Noël and…

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Kinky Boots Musical Will Kick It Up in Chicago in October, Prior to Broadway by Kenneth Jones

The musical Kinky Boots, about a shoe company that finds new life when its owner is inspired to switch to manufacturing fetish footwear, will get a pre-Broadway tryout this fall at Chicago&#…

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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

A Catered Affair Opens Feb. 21 in Chicago Premiere by Kenneth Jones

The Chicago premiere of librettist Harvey Fierstein and composer-lyricist John Bucchino's musical A Catered Affair, produced by Porchlight Musicals, opens Feb. 21 following previews from…

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Monday, February 20, 2012

THE "SMASH" REPORT: Recapping Episode 3, Or, This Is a Fine Showmance 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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Playbill Offers Listen of Feb. 20 "Smash" Song "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," With Megan Hilty and Will Chase by Kenneth Jones

"Mr. and Mrs. Smith," the latest show tune to be revealed from Marilyn the Musical — the show-within-a-show in the NBC series "Smash" — is available for downl…

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Sunday, February 19, 2012

"Good Thing Going, Going, Gone": Encores! Merrily Ends Limited Run at City Center Feb. 19 by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

The acclaimed City Center Encores! production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's short-lived but tuneful Broadway musical Merrily We Roll Along ends its limited engagement at the fam…

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Saturday, February 18, 2012

A Catered Affair Makes Its Chicago Premiere Feb. 18, With Rebecca Finnegan, Jerry O'Boyle, Craig Spidle by Kenneth Jones

The Chicago premiere of librettist Harvey Fierstein and composer-lyricist John Bucchino's musical A Catered Affair, produced by Porchlight Musicals, begins previews Feb. 18 toward a Feb.…

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Friday, February 17, 2012

Sleepless in Seattle Musical, Needing More Incubation, Bumped to 2012-13 Season; Songwriters Being Replaced by Kenneth Jones

Sleepless in Seattle – The Musical, in need of more time and work, is being moved from its world-premiere June-July slot at The Pasadena Playhouse to a 2012-13 season date to be determ…

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Denis O'Hare and Stephen Spinella Alternate in NYC Premiere of An Iliad; Spinella Begins Feb. 17 by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award winner Stephen Spinella begins performances in An Iliad, Denis O'Hare and Lisa Peterson's 100-minute, solo-actor distillation of the Trojan War epic by Homer, on Feb. 17. …

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Thursday, February 16, 2012

Pasadena Playhouse's Heiress Will Star Heather Tom, Julia Duffy and Richard Chamberlain by Kenneth Jones

Richard Chamberlain will play Dr. Sloper in Pasadena Playhouse's new production of The Heiress, also featuring Heather Tom as spinster daughter Catherine and Julia Duffy as Aunt Lavinia.…

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Christian Borle, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Adam Chanler-Berat Will Reunite for Peter and the Starcatcher on Broadway by Kenneth Jones

The Broadway production of Peter and the Starcatcher, the new "Peter Pan"-inspired play by Rick Elice (Jersey Boys), will star its original Off-Broadway cast, including Lucille Lor…

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Full Cast of Broadway's One Man, Two Guvnors Announced; Many Original Cast Members Cross Pond by Kenneth Jones

Casting is complete for the Broadway transfer of the popular West End comedy One Man, Two Guvnors, about a manservant pulled between two bosses — and his own voracious appetite. As pre…

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Florida's Caldwell Theatre Company Hit With Foreclosure Lawsuit by Kenneth Jones

Caldwell Theatre Company in Boca Raton, FL, is "reviewing various options of reorganization" in light of its mortgage lender's $6 million foreclosure lawsuit, artistic director…

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Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts Set to Star in Film of August: Osage County by Kenneth Jones

Meryl Streep will play cancer-ridden, pill-poppin' matriarch Violet opposite Julia Roberts as confrontational daughter Barbara in the film version of Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize-winn…

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Colman Domingo and Scott Shepherd Are Blood Knot's Blood Brothers, Opening Feb. 16 Off-Broadway by Kenneth Jones

Playwright-director Athol Fugard's staging of his Blood Knot — launching the Signature Theatre Company's new home, The Pershing Square Signature Center on West 42nd Street…

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Pittsburgh Public to Stage Clybourne Park, 1776, Good People, Thurgood and More in 2012-13 by Kenneth Jones

Pittsburgh Public Theater's 2012-13 season will feature titles under the umbrella of "Made in America," sheltering works "by American writers and composers and set in citi…

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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Carol Kane, Peter Benson, Tracee Chimo Will Materialize in Broadway Harvey; Complete Cast Announced by Kenneth Jones

The complete company of the new Broadway production of Harvey starring Jim Parsons includes Larry Bryggman, Peter Benson, Tracee Chimo, Holley Fain, Angela Paton, Rich Sommer, Morgan Spector…

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Wit Will Have Less Brevity; MTC Adds One Week to Acclaimed Revival by Kenneth Jones

Manhattan Theatre Club's new Broadway production of Wit, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Margaret Edson, directed by Lynne Meadow, will get an extra week at MTC's Samuel J. Friedm…

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George Morfogen and Jim Stanek Will Step Into Freud's Consulting Room Off-Broadway in March by Kenneth Jones

The couch of Off-Broadway's Freud Last Session will get two new occupants — George Morfogen as Freud and Jim Stanek as C.S. Lewis — starting March 16 at New World Stages. Ori…

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George Morforgen and Jim Stanek Will Step Into Freud's Consulting Room Off-Broadway in March by Kenneth Jones

The couch of Off-Broadway's Freud Last Session will get two new occupants — George Morfogen as Freud and Jim Stanek as C.S. Lewis — starting March 16 at New World Stages. Ori…

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Arena Stage to Offer Two New Plays Plus Other Desert Cities, Good People, Mountaintop, My Fair Lady by Kenneth Jones

Arena Stage's 2012-13 subscription season at The Mead Center for American Theater will include the world premiere of Cheryl L. West's Pullman Porter Blues, the Washington, DC, premie…

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Glenne Headly, Ed Harris, Bill Pullman Haunt The Jacksonian, Beth Henley's New Work, Opening Feb. 15 by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

The world premiere of The Jacksonian, the new Southern-set play by Pulitzer Prize winner Beth Henley (Crimes of the Heart), officially opens Feb. 15 following previews that began Feb. 7 in t…

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Irish Rep's Beyond the Horizon, Eugene O'Neill's Pulitzer-Winning Work, Begins Off-Broadway Feb. 15 by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

Rod Brogan, Patricia Conolly, Lucas Hall, Jonathan Judge-Russo, Aimee Laurence, Joanna Leister, Wrenn Schmidt, David Sitler and John Thomas Wait are featured in Irish Repertory Theatre's…

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CQ/CX, Inspired by the Journalism Scandal That Rocked the Times, Opens Off-Broadway Feb. 15 by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

Gabe McKinley's CQ/CX, the fact-inspired drama about a journalism scandal, officially opens Off-Broadway Feb. 15 following previews that began Jan. 25 at the Peter Norton Space on West 4…

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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Jeff Goldblum Will School Students of Broadway's Seminar; Additional Casting Expected in April by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

Academy Award nominee Jeff Goldblum will return to the Broadway stage in Theresa Rebeck's comedy Seminar this April, succeeding  Alan Rickman in the role of surly teacher Leona…

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Jeff Goldblum Says He Will School Students of Broadway's Seminar by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

Academy Award nominee Jeff Goldblum revealed plans for a return to the Broadway stage in Theresa Rebeck's comedy Seminar. The actor said he will succeed Alan Rickman in the role of surly…

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THE "SMASH" REPORT: Recapping Episode Two, Or, Fade In on the Casting Couch 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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Jane Alexander Is The Lady From Dubuque, Making Her First Appearance at Signature Feb. 14 by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award winner Jane Alexander begins performances as the mysterious title character in Edward Albee's The Lady From Dubuque on Feb. 14, for Off-Broadway's Signature Theatre Compan…

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Box Office for Broadway's Starry The Best Man Opens Feb. 14 by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

The box office at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, which is located at 236 West 45th Street, opens for business Feb. 14 at 10 AM ET for the star-studded Broadway revival of Gore Vidal’s …

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Monday, February 13, 2012

Casting Complete for Broadway's Starry The Best Man; Previews Begin March 6 by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

Complete casting has been announced for the upcoming Broadway revival of Gore Vidal’s The Best Man.

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