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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Rising Quickly, Once Will Play Broadway's Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre Starting Feb. 28 by Kenneth Jones

Once, the folky Irish pop stage musical inspired by the hit independent film, will move to Broadway following its current Off-Broadway run, commercial producers announced on Dec. 6, shortly …

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Risingly Quickly, Once Will Play Broadway's Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre Starting Feb. 28 by Kenneth Jones

Once, the folky Irish pop stage musical inspired by the hit independent film, will move to Broadway following its current Off-Broadway run, commercial producers announced on Dec. 6, shortly …

SOURCE: Playbill at 07:35PM[SHARE]

Once Will Play Broadway's Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre Starting Feb. 28 by Kenneth Jones

Once, the folky Irish pop stage musical inspired by the hit independent film, will move to Broadway following its current Off-Broadway run, commercial producers announced on Dec. 6, an hour …

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Hairspray, With Robert Aubry Davis and Carolyn Cole, Gets Fresh Spritz at VA's Signature, Opening Dec. 6 by Kenneth Jones

Signature Theatre's new Arlington, VA, production of Hairspray — starring national radio host Robert Aubry Davis, of WETA's "Around Town" and Sirius/XM Radio, as Edna…

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At Broadway She Loves Me Concert, a Romantic Atmosphere — and a Breakout Performance by Kenneth Jones

The ovation for Kelli O'Hara's rendition of the musical-comedy coloratura classic "Ice Cream" was still going strong when Josh Radnor made his entrance — prematurely,…

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Bobby Steggert, Curt Hansen Test Songs From Warren Leight and Todd Almond's A Separate Peace in Reading of Musical by Kenneth Jones

The authors and director of the new musical A Separate Peace gathered in Manhattan on Dec. 5 to explore material in the coming-of-age drama tale inspired by the novel by John Knowles.

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Broadway-Aimed Once, the Musical That Has Crowds "Falling Slowly," Opens in NYC by Kenneth Jones

The East Village stage of New York Theatre Workshop, where Rent was born, has taken the form of a Dublin pub — complete with booze bottles, smoky mirrors and sepia-glowing incandescent…

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PLAYBILL'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Private Lives and "Slings & Arrows" Star Paul Gross by Kenneth Jones

Canadian film, television and stage actor Paul Gross, star of the cult-hit TV series "Slings & Arrows," has slipped into the sleek evening jacket of Elyot to make his Broadway …

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Broadway's High, With Kathleen Turner, Begins Boston Run Dec. 6 by Kenneth Jones

Kathleen Turner reprises her Broadway turn as a tough-talking nun who counsels a young drug addict in a Boston engagement of Matthew Lombardo's drama High, Dec. 6-11 at the Cutler Majest…

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Monday, December 5, 2011

Once Gets Two Extra Weeks at New York Theatre Workshop, Now to Jan. 15 by Kenneth Jones

Once, the Irish-pop and folk-infused musical inspired by the hit indie film, is such a hot seller at Off-Broadway's New York Theatre Workshop that the not-for-profit announced on its web…

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MJ Rodriguez of Rent Is Clive Barnes Award Winner by Kenneth Jones

MJ Rodriguez of Off-Broadway's Rent was named winner of the 2011 Clive Barnes Award, celebrating the work of young actors and dancers. The award was presented Dec. 5 at the Walter Reade …

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She Loves Me, a '90s Hit for Roundabout, Gets Benefit Concert Dec. 5; Kelli O'Hara and Josh Radnor Star by Kenneth Jones

Roundabout Theatre Company opens the music box of a dear friend on Dec. 5 with a benefit concert performance of She Loves Me, a title that ushered in Roundabout's expanded mission to inc…

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Happy Hour, Three One-Acts by Oscar Winner Ethan Coen, Opens Dec. 5 in NYC by Kenneth Jones

Off-Broadway's Atlantic Theater Company opens the world premiere of Happy Hour, a collection of three one-act comedies by Academy Award winner Ethan Coen, Dec. 5 following previews from …

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Sunday, December 4, 2011

Dianne Wiest, Josh Hamilton, John Turturro, Michael Urie Take a Swing at The Cherry Orchard, Opening Dec. 4 by Kenneth Jones

Classic Stage Company's new production of Anton Chekhov's tragicomic classic The Cherry Orchard, featuring John Turturro as Lopakhin, Dianne Wiest as Ranevskaya and Daniel Davis as G…

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Friday, December 2, 2011

MTC's Regrets World Premiere Will Star Adriane Lenox; Additional Cast Will Be Announced by Kenneth Jones

Adriane Lenox, a Tony Award winner for Doubt, which Manhattan Theatre Club premiered, returns to MTC in the new year to play the proprietor of a Nevada retreat where men seeking divorces coo…

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Thursday, December 1, 2011

Color Purple Veteran Brandon Victor Dixon Is Rent's New Tom Collins by Kenneth Jones

Brandon Victor Dixon, the actor who created the role of Harpo in the Broadway musical The Color Purple, joins the Off-Broadway cast of Rent Dec. 1 in the role of Tom Collins.

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Hugh Jackman, Jan Maxwell, Daniel Radcliffe, Bernadette Peters and More Announced for Gypsy of the Year Shows by Kenneth Jones

Judges and presenters for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS' 23rd Annual Gypsy of the Year fundraiser performances on Dec. 5-6 were announced on Dec. 1. The shows at Broadway's New A…

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Karen Mason Is Mrs. Danvers, Tam Matu Is Maxim de Winter in Broadway's Rebecca; Principals Announced by Kenneth Jones

Sierra Boggess will be in good company at the mysterious estate called Manderley in the Broadway musical Rebecca in spring 2012. Producers announced Dec. 1 that the principal cast includes K…

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Karen Mason Is Mrs. Danvers, Tam Mutu Is Maxim de Winter in Broadway's Rebecca; Principals Announced by Kenneth Jones

Sierra Boggess will be in good company at the mysterious estate called Manderley in the Broadway musical Rebecca in spring 2012. Producers announced Dec. 1 that the principal cast includes K…

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EXCLUSIVE: Lauren Kennedy Is Austen's "Emma" in New Musical Single Girls Guide, With Graham Rowat, Clarke Thorell by Kenneth Jones

Jane Austen's famous literary matchmaker Emma is slipping into boots and a miniskirt for a new musical that relocates the 1815 British novel to 1964, the time of women's lib, the pil…

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World Premiere of Close Up Space, With David Hyde Pierce and Rosie Perez, Begins Dec. 1 in NYC by Kenneth Jones

Molly Smith Metzler's Close Up Space, a new comedy starring Tony Award winner David Hyde Pierce as a harried book editor, begins previews Dec. 1 in a Manhattan Theatre Club staging at Ne…

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Laura Osnes & Jeremy Jordan Are Singin' and Shootin' in Bonnie & Clyde, Opening on Broadway Dec. 1 by Kenneth Jones

Bonnie & Clyde, the new musical with songs by Frank Wildhorn and Don Black, telling the story of the Depression-era American outlaws Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, opens Dec. 1 followin…

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Tracy Letts, Ian Barford, Scott Jaeck, Yasen Peyankov Pursue Penelope at Steppenwolf Starting Dec. 1 by Kenneth Jones

The Chicago premiere of Enda Walsh's Penelope, the absurdist-flavored take on the tale of the Trojan War wife who waits for her soldier husband and is courted by unsuitable suitors, begi…

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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Prior to Broadway, Jesus Christ Superstar Opens Nov. 30 at La Jolla Playhouse by Kenneth Jones and Andrew Gans

The La Jolla Playhouse engagement of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival's critically acclaimed (and Broadway-bound) production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Jesus Christ Supe…

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Trista Moldovan Will Step Into Phantom's Mirror on Broadway; Heather McFadden Will Be Meg by Kenneth Jones

The Broadway cast of The Phantom of the Opera will welcome Trista Moldovan, making her Broadway debut as impressionable soprano Christine, on Dec. 9 at the Majestic Theatre.

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Karen Azenberg Named Artistic Director of Salt Lake's Pioneer Theatre Company by Kenneth Jones

Pioneer Theatre Company in Salt Lake City announced on Nov. 30 that Karen Azenberg, the busy New York City-based free-lance director and choreographer, will make the move to Utah in 2012 to …

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Eric McCormack Joins Starry Company of Broadway's The Best Man by Kenneth Jones

Eric McCormack, the Emmy Award winner of TV's "Will & Grace," will return to Broadway as presidential contender Joseph Cantwell in the cast of the 2012 Broadway revival of …

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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Jeff McCarthy Replaces Mark Vietor in Arena Stage's You, Nero; Four Performances Canceled by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

Jeff McCarthy has replaced Mark Vietor in the Arena Stage production of Amy Freed's comedy You, Nero, which began previews Nov. 25.

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Recording of Starry Follies Revival Arrives in Stores Nov. 29 by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

The cast recording of the critically acclaimed Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's Follies arrives in stores on the PS Classics label, which is dedicated to the heri…

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Monday, November 28, 2011

Two-Disc Follies Revival Recording Is Big Seller by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

Although the PS Classics recording of the critically acclaimed Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's Follies does not arrive in stores until Nov. 29, the two-disc…

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Design Team Announced for Broadway Revival of The Best Man by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

The design team has been announced for the Broadway revival of Gore Vidal's The Best Man, which will begin previews at a Shubert theatre to be announced March 6, 2012, with an official o…

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