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Thursday, August 18, 2011

Man Behind "The Little Prince" Gets Musical Portrait in Saint-Ex, With Alexander Gemignani by Kenneth Jones

Saint-Ex, a musical about the life of author-aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, who penned the classic children's book "The Little Prince," will get its world premiere Au…

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Asher Lev, With Daniel Cantor, Adam Green and Renata Friedman, Begins MA Run Aug. 18 by Kenneth Jones

Barrington Stage Company's intimate BSC Stage 2 in Pittsfield, MA, is home to the drama about identity, family and career, My Name Is Asher Lev, adapted from the Chaim Potok novel, Aug. …

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Mauritius, With Mary Bacon, Guy Boyd, Mandy Siegfried, Keith Reddin, Tom Pelphry, Begins VT Run by Kenneth Jones

Dorset Theatre Festival, the Vermont summer Equity company that produced Theresa Rebeck's The Novelist in 2010, gives life to her Broadway play Mauritius Aug. 18-27. The cast includes a …

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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Joshua Bergasse Will Choreograph TV's "Smash" Series by Kenneth Jones

Joshua Bergasse, the choreographer who was seen as a dancer in Broadway's The Life and Hairspray and on tour in Movin' Out and West Side Story, will choreograph the first season of t…

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Hope Springs Eternal: Erin Mackey Will Be New Ingenue of Anything Goes by Kenneth Jones

Erin Mackey, once of Broadway's Wicked and Sondheim On Sondheim, will succeed Laura Osnes as Hope Harcourt in the Tony Award-winning revival of Anything Goes starting Sept. 13.

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Sandra Shipley Is Torn Between Two (Old) Men in Gloucester's Fighting Over Beverley; 9/11 Plays Also Planned by Kenneth Jones

Israel Horovitz's Fighting Over Beverley, one in a collection of plays set in Gloucester, MA, and environs, gets an encore run by Gloucester Stage Company 18 years after it was first see…

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Sandra Shipley Is Torn Between Two (Old) Men in Gloucester Return of Locally-Set Fighting Over Beverley by Kenneth Jones

Israel Horovitz's Fighting Over Beverley, one in a collection of plays set in Gloucester, MA, and environs, gets an encore run by Gloucester Stage Company 18 years after it was first see…

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Stratford Festival Will Wage Satiric War of 1812 in 2012 Season by Kenneth Jones

The Stratford Shakespeare Festival has added the "satirical historical drama" The War of 1812 to its 2012 season in Ontario. The work will be produced in collaboration with VideoCa…

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Traces, Muscular Movement Show, Gets a Shot of Adrenaline From NYC Critics and Extends by Kenneth Jones

Traces, the acrobatic theatre show that has been exciting audiences in Canada and on an American tour, made its New York City commercial debut Aug. 8 following previews from July 29 at the U…

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Anything Goes Cast Album In Stores Sept. 20, Earlier Via Digital Services by Kenneth Jones

The cast album for the acclaimed, Tony Award-winning new Broadway production of Cole Porter's Anything Goes will be available by digital download starting Aug. 23, with a street date of …

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The Game, a Musical "Dangerous Liaisons" Starring Rachel York and Graham Rowat, Opens at Barrington by Kenneth Jones

The sexual fencing of the 18th-century French novel "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" gets a soundtrack in the work's musical adaptation, The Game, opening Aug. 17 following previews …

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Goodspeed's City of Angels Will Star D.B. Bonds, Burke Moses, Laurie Wells, Nancy Anderson by Kenneth Jones

D.B. Bonds and Burke Moses will be nothing without each other in Goodspeed Musicals' new production of City of Angels, the sexy noir musical comedy about a mystery writer named Stine and…

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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Arena Stage Will Give American Artist Award to Leslie Uggams at Season Kick-Off Benefit by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award-winning stage and screen star Leslie Uggams will be given The American Artist Award at Arena Stage's benefit Season Opening Celebration on Sept. 15 in Washington, DC.

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Playwrights Horizons Alumni Jeanine Tesori, Alfred Uhry, Tanya Barfield Pen Stories Benefit by Kenneth Jones

New short plays by Tanya Barfield, Bathsheba Doran, Daniel Goldfarb, Eric Overmyer, Jonathan Marc Sherman, Jeanine Tesori and Alfred Uhry will be presented in Playwrights Horizons' annua…

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Les Miz Touring Cast Will Appear on "America's Got Talent" by Kenneth Jones

The cast of the new national touring production of the musical Les Misérables will perform "One Day More," the finale to Act One, on the NBC-TV series "America's Go…

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Kinky Boots, the New Cyndi Lauper-Scored Musical, Will Strut Into an October Workshop by Kenneth Jones

The continuing development of the new musical Kinky Boots, based on the film about a failing British shoe company that becomes a fetish-footwear manufacturer, will result in an October indus…

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Fiddler Will Make Music at Barrington Stage in Summer 2012 by Kenneth Jones

Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield, MA, will present Fiddler on the Roof in the summer of 2012, artistic director Julianne Boyd announced.

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Monday, August 15, 2011

The Talls, a '70s Coming-of-Age Story, Opens Aug. 15 in NYC World Premiere by Kenneth Jones

Second Stage Theatre's Uptown Series launches the world premiere of the Catholic-girl coming-of-age comedy The Talls by Anna Kerrigan, opening Aug. 15 following previews from Aug. 1 at O…

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Friday, August 12, 2011

David Grindley-Directed Misanthrope With Sara Topham and Ben Carlson, Opens at Stratford Festival by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award-winning director David Grindley, who shepherded Journey's End in London and on Broadway, directs Molière's comic masterpiece The Misanthrope, opening Aug. 12 at the…

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Colm Wilkinson Croons "Music of the Night" and More in Toronto Concerts Aug. 12-13 by Kenneth Jones

Colm Wilkinson, the Dublin tenor who created the role of Jean Valjean in the London and Broadway productions of Les Misérables, performs the Canadian premiere of Colm Wilkinson in Con…

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Stratford's Rockin' Twelfth Night Gets Cast Album Aug. 12; Des McAnuff, Brian Dennehy Perform by Kenneth Jones

The rock-kissed songs of Stratford Shakespeare Festival's current new production of Twelfth Night, directed by artistic director Des McAnuff, are heard on a cast album being released on …

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Thursday, August 11, 2011

Old Globe's Rocky Horror Will Star James Barbour, Andrew Call, Jeanna de Waal and More by Kenneth Jones

James Barbour, of Broadway's Assassins, A Tale of Two Cities, Beauty and the Beast and Jane Eyre, will star as the "transvestite from Transylvania," Frank 'N' Furter, i…

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Ameriville and Oedipus el Rey Added to Victory Gardens Season by Kenneth Jones

Victory Gardens Theatre's 2011-12 season in Chicago will be completed by Ameriville, written and performed by Universes, and Oedipus el Rey by Luis Alfaro.

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Sondheim Research Collection Opens at Milwaukee's Marquette University by Kenneth Jones

Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI, has established the Stephen Sondheim Research Collection following the donation of a large collection of materials relating to the works of the Tony Aw…

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Brian Dennehy, Stephen Ouimette, Mike Shara Star in Stratford's The Homecoming, Opening Aug. 11 by Kenneth Jones

Two-time Tony Award winner Brian Dennehy is among players in the Stratford Shakespeare Festival's production of Harold Pinter's The Homecoming, opening Aug. 11 following previews fro…

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A New Season of Love: Rent, Three Years After Broadway End, Opens Again in NYC by Kenneth Jones

Rent, the award-winning Broadway rock musical about a group of friends, lovers and artists seeking to express themselves in the age of AIDS, opens anew in Manhattan Aug. 11 in a freshly conc…

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The Game, a Musical "Dangerous Liaisons," Returns to Barrington, With Rachel York, Graham Rowat by Kenneth Jones

The sexual fencing of the 18th-century French novel "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" gets a soundtrack in the work's musical adaptation, The Game, beginning performances Aug. 11 in a…

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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Sutton Foster and Julien Havard Exhibit Their Visual Art on Cape Cod Aug. 14-28 by Kenneth Jones

Artist Julien Havard — the former dresser of two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster, who sang his praises in her 2011 Tony acceptance speech, bursting into tears — will get an …

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Race Drama The Best of Enemies, a Summer Hit for Barrington, Will Return in Fall by Kenneth Jones

The Best of Enemies, the most-attended mainstage play in the history Barrington Stage Company in Massachusetts, will return there in October.

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Songwriter Joe Iconis' Hell Raisers Gets Barrington Spotlight Aug. 11-13 by Kenneth Jones

Hell Raisers: A Night of Songs by Joe Iconis is the latest cabaret produced by Barrington Stage Company's Musical Theatre Lab under the direction of William Finn. Performances play Aug. …

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Walnut's Aspects of Love Will Intertwine Paul Schoeffler, Jennifer Hope Wills, Charles Hagerty by Kenneth Jones

The love triangle of Walnut Street Playhouse new production of Aspects of Love, a cult-favorite show among fans of Andrew Lloyd Webber, will be Jennifer Hope Wills as Rose, Paul Schoeffler a…

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