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Tuesday, July 26, 2022

World Premiere of Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich's Here There Are Blueberries Begins at La Jolla Playhouse July 26 by Logan Culwell-Block

The co-production with Tectonic Theater Project is inspired by an album of photos from the Holocaust.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:03AM[SHARE]

Monday, July 25, 2022

London Heathers Plans Sing-Along Performance, Cosplay Encouraged by Logan Culwell-Block

The Other Palace has also extended both Heathers and its new pop song cycle Millennials.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:07PM[SHARE]

Sunday, July 24, 2022

Notre Dame de Paris Completes NYC Debut Run July 24 by Logan Culwell-Block

The adaptation of Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame arrived at Lincoln Center following its 1998 premiere in Paris.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:24AM[SHARE]

Friday, July 22, 2022

London's West End to Get 1st Newly Built Theatre in 50 Years in Fall 2022 by Logan Culwell-Block

@sohoplace, from Nica Burns and Nimax Theatres, will open with its performance space configured in the round.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:24PM[SHARE]

All-Female Broadway Sinfonietta Signs With Sony Masterworks Broadway, Releases Single Featuring Solea Pfeiffer by Logan Culwell-Block

Abigail Barlow premieres an original song with the ensemble at a Bryant Park picnic performance July 22.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:42PM[SHARE]

RuPaul's Drag Race Star Alaska to Guest Star in California Freestyle Love Supreme Performance by Logan Culwell-Block

The drag superstar will join the improv show's U.S. tour during its stop at the Pasadena Playhouse.

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Thursday, July 21, 2022

Mother and Son Duo Joanna Gleason and Aaron David Gleason Plan 54 Below Show Come Hell and High Water by Logan Culwell-Block

The Into the Woods Tony winner will direct her son's new solo show at the cabaret venue.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:33PM[SHARE]

World Premieres From Gracie Gardner, Lucas Hnath, Lloyd Suh, More in Atlantic Theater Company's 2022-23 Season by Logan Culwell-Block

The Off-Broadway company will also present Simon Stephens and Mark Eitzel's new musical Cornelia Street.

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Hear Eleri Ward's Acoustic Folk Take on Into the Woods' 'No One Is Alone' by Logan Culwell-Block

The track comes from Ward's upcoming second album of songs by Stephen Sondheim, set to release later this year.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:18PM[SHARE]

Sheldon Harnick-Penned English Translation of Bizet's Carmen in Upcoming MasterVoices Season by Logan Culwell-Block

Tony winner and Artistic Director Ted Sperling has also extended his contract with the community chorus.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:18PM[SHARE]

Canadian Actors' Equity Will Also Bar Members From Working With Paradise Square Producer Garth Drabinsky by Logan Culwell-Block

The union is standing in solidarity with American Equity's own ban while leaving room for Drabinsky to possibly work with both CAEA and AEA members in the future.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:24AM[SHARE]

Between the Lines Musical Will Be Licensed by Music Theatre International by Logan Culwell-Block

The new musical, currently playing Off-Broadway's Tony Kiser Theater, is based on the Jodi Picoult and Samantha van Leer novel.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:33AM[SHARE]

Kara Young, Ato Blankson-Wood, Asmeret Ghebremichael, and Nora Schell to Perform at Arts in Action Festival by Logan Culwell-Block

Broadway Advocacy Coalition's We Tell the Story will be a free and one-night-only performance.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:33AM[SHARE]

Get a 1st Listen to Beth Malone Singing 'Share the Luck' From Upcoming Unsinkable Molly Brown Cast Album by Logan Culwell-Block

The song is one of several of Meredith Willson trunk songs that have been interpolated into the score by Thoroughly Modern Millie writer Dick Scanlan.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:18AM[SHARE]

Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Five-Time Grammy Winner H.E.R. to Star as Belle in ABC's Live-Action Beauty and the Beast Anniversary Special by Logan Culwell-Block

The event will mark the 30th anniversary of the original film's landmark 1992 Academy Award nomination for Best Picture.

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Five-Time Grammy Winner H.E.R. to Star as Belle in ABC's Live Beauty and the Beast Anniversary Special by Logan Culwell-Block

The event will mark the 30th anniversary of the original film's landmark 1992 Academy Award nomination for Best Picture.

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Educational Theatre Association Awards $50,000 in 2022 Scholarships to Theatre Students by Logan Culwell-Block

The organization has also revealed this year's EdTA Award recipients.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:18PM[SHARE]

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

The Devil Wears Prada Stage Musical Begins World Premiere in Chicago July 19 by Logan Culwell-Block

Beth Leavel and Taylor Iman Jones lead the new musical based on the film, with a score by Elton John and Shaina Taub and a book by Kate Wetherhead.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:18AM[SHARE]

Monday, July 18, 2022

Go Behind the Scenes of Broadway's A Strange Loop With Cast Members John-Andrew Morrison and James Jackson, Jr. by Logan Culwell-Block

Mini episodes of the duo's 5 Questions With JAM and James series will release weekly, culminating in a live show celebrating the Best Musical Tony winner.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:12PM[SHARE]

Immersive Barcelona Next to Normal Extends Into August by Logan Culwell-Block

The adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical stars Alice Ripley and, virtually, Adam Pascal.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:12PM[SHARE]

National Theatre and Bristol Old Vic's Jane Eyre Now Streaming by Logan Culwell-Block

Based on the Charlotte BrontÃ« story, the stage production has joined the catalog of streamer National Theatre At Home.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:12PM[SHARE]

Alex Newell Prepares to Host Small-Town Conservatives for Dinner in Sneak Peek at New Musical The Last Supper by Logan Culwell-Block

The South Orange Performing Arts Center production also stars Charlotte d'Amboise, Mark Evans, Megan Kane, Allan K. Washington, Wes Zurick, and more.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:33PM[SHARE]

Erich Bergen to Join Broadway's Chicago as Billy Flynn by Logan Culwell-Block

The stage and screen favorite previously starred in Broadway's Waitress and on screen in Jersey Boys.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:18AM[SHARE]

Lorna Luft to Lead U.K. Tour of White Christmas The Musical by Logan Culwell-Block

Jay McGuiness, Michael Starke, Dan Burton, Jessica Daley, and Monique Young will also star in the Irving Berlin musical.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:42AM[SHARE]

Friday, July 15, 2022

Beth Malone-Led The Unsinkable Molly Brown Will Release Off-Broadway Cast Album by Logan Culwell-Block

Tony winner Kathleen Marshall directed and choreographed the newly reworked Meredith Willson musical for the Transport Group in 2020.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:07AM[SHARE]

Thursday, July 14, 2022

Actors' Equity Will Add Paradise Square Producer Garth Drabinsky to 'Do Not Work' List by Logan Culwell-Block

The move will render the Tony-winning producer unable to hire Equity members, effectively ending his ability to produce on Broadway and at many major venues across the country.

SOURCE: Playbill at 07:53PM[SHARE]