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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Cast Recording of Off-Broadway's Now. Here. This., Featuring [title of show] Gang, Arrives Dec. 18 by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

Ghostlight Records releases the Original Cast Recording of the Vineyard Theatre's production of Now. Here. This. Dec. 18 in both digital and physical CD formats; funding for the CD was r…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Friday, December 14, 2012

Terrence McNally's Golden Age, Starring Lee Pace and Bebe Neuwirth, Extends Off-Broadway Run by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

Manhattan Theatre Club announced that Terrence McNally's backstage-set operatic play Golden Age, starring Emmy Award nominee Lee Pace as a late-in-life composer Vincenzo Bellini, ha…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:56AM
Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Cory Michael Smith Will Join Emilia Clarke For Breakfast at Tiffany's at Broadway's Cort Theatre by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

Cory Michael Smith, who currently appears in the Playwrights Horizons staging of The Whale Off-Broadway, will co-star with Emilia Clarke in the world-premiere stage production of Truman Capo…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:40AM
Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Cast Recording of Off-Broadway's Now. Here. This. Sets Release Date (Plus Video) by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

Ghostlight Records will release the Original Cast Recording of the Vineyard Theatre’s production of Now. Here. This Dec. 18 in both digital and physical CD formats; funding for the CD …

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:00PM

Quiara Alegría Hudes' Pulitzer Prize-Winning Water by the Spoonful Makes NYC Premiere Dec. 11 by Kenneth Jones and Adam Hetrick

Armando Riesco, Liza Colon-Zayas and Zabryna Guevara, who appeared in the 2011 Hartford Stage world premiere of Quiara Alegría Hudes' Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Water by the Spo…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Saturday, December 8, 2012

David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross, Starring Al Pacino, Opens on Broadway by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

The Broadway revival of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play about sharks in a real-estate office, officially opens Dec. 8 at 8 PM at the Gerald Schoenfeld …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Leap of Faith Original Broadway Cast Recording Released Digitally Dec. 4 by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

The cast recording of the short-lived Broadway musical Leap of Faith, which features a score by composer Alan Menken and Glenn Slater, is released digitally Dec. 4 prior to an in-store relea…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Friday, November 23, 2012

Assassins Shooting Gallery: Meet the Players and the Plotters by Ernio Hernandez and Kenneth Jones

In anticipation of Roundabout Theatre Company's Dec. 3 Broadway reunion concert of the Tony Award-winning production of Assassins, Playbill revisits our exclusive look at the nine title …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

All Aboard! Music-Kissed Pullman Porter Blues, Starring Cleavant Derricks, Steams Into DC's Arena Stage by Kenneth Jones and Adam Hetrick

Tony Award winner Cleavant Derricks and the company of the play-with-music Pullman Porter Blues — seen earlier this fall in Seattle — gather again Nov. 23 at Arena Stage in Washi…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Leap of Faith Original Broadway Cast Recording Due in December; Track List Announced by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

The cast recording of the short-lived Broadway musical Leap of Faith, which features a score by composer Alan Menken and Glenn Slater, will be released digitally Dec. 4 and physically Dec. 1…

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:53AM

Track Listing Announced for Now. Here. This. Cast Recording by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

The track list has been announced for the original cast recording of the Off-Broadway musical Now. Here. This.; funding for the CD was raised through Kickstarter.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:48AM
Friday, November 16, 2012

Off-Broadway's Murder Ballad, With John Ellison Conlee, Karen Olivo, Will Swenson, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Extends by Michael Gioia and Kenneth Jones

Manhattan Theatre Club's production of Julia Jordan and Juliana Nash's Murder Ballad, a new rock musical starring John Ellison Conlee, Rebecca Naomi Jones, 
Karen Oli…

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:10PM
Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Broadway Revival of Glengarry Glen Ross, Starring Al Pacino, Begins Selling Standing-Room Tickets Nov. 13 by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

The Broadway revival of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play about sharks in a real-estate office, begins selling standing-room tickets Nov. 13.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:50AM
Monday, November 5, 2012

Opening of Revival of Glengarry Glen Ross, Starring Al Pacino, Delayed; Production Extends Run by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

The Broadway revival of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play about sharks in a real-estate office, has delayed its official opening to account for canceled …

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:50PM
Saturday, November 3, 2012

My Fair Lady, Starring Manna Nichols, Begins Arena Stage Engagement Nov. 3 by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

Benedict Campbell and Manna Nichols co-star as Henry Higgins and Eliza Doolittle, respectively, in the Arena Stage engagement of Molly Smith's My Fair Lady, which arrives in Washington, …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM
Thursday, November 1, 2012

Broadway lights go up in post-Sandy NYC by Mark Kennedy and Jake Coyle Associated Press Writers

NEW YORK—The lights went up again on Broadway Wednesday for the first time since Hurricane Sandy hit New York, as entertainers headed back to work in a city still wracked by power-outa…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 12:40AM
Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Light the Lights! Most Broadway Shows Resume Performances Oct. 31; Broadway To Be Fully Functioning Nov. 1 by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

The Broadway League announced that most shows regularly scheduled to go on Oct. 31 will offer both matinee and evening performances.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:43PM
Thursday, October 25, 2012

Jon Fosse's Time-Straddling Work A Summer Day, Starring Karen Allen, Opens Off-Broadway Oct. 25 by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

Two old friends reunite in the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater American premiere of Jon Fosse's A Summer Day, starring stage and film actress Karen Allen, which officially opens Off-Broa…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Justin Guarini, Garth Kravits, Lauren Molina, Jill Paice, Kevin Pariseau Cast in Bucks County's It's a Wonderful Life by Michael Gioia and Kenneth Jones

Justin Guarini, Garth Kravits, Lauren Molina, Jill Paice and Kevin Pariseau will star in Bucks County Playhouse's It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play by Joe Landry, the com…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:37PM

Signature's Piano Lesson, With Chuck Cooper, Brandon J. Dirden, Roslyn Ruff, Given Additional Week Off-Broadway by Michael Gioia and Kenneth Jones

Director Ruben Santiago-Hudson's Signature Theatre Company staging of the late August Wilson's The Piano Lesson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play about family, legacy and ghosts, has …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:04PM

Theydunnit, With Music! Something's Afoot, With Audrie Neenan, Benjamin Eakeley, Hunter Ryan Herdlicka, Opens by Kenneth Jones and Michael Gioia

The musical murder-mystery spoof Something's Afoot opens Oct. 24 following previews from Oct. 5 as the final mainstage show of Goodspeed Musicals' 2012 season. The riff on Agath…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Friday, October 19, 2012

Broadway Producers of Rebecca Will File $100 Million Lawsuit Against Mark Hotton by Michael Gioia and Kenneth Jones

Producers of the Broadway-aimed musical Rebecca are planning to file a $100 million lawsuit Oct. 19 in Manhattan Supreme Court against Long Island businessman Mark Hotton for taking thousand…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:20AM

More Protests! Broadway's An Enemy of the People, Starring Boyd Gaines, Extends Run by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

Manhattan Theatre Club's new Broadway production of An Enemy of the People, which officially opened Sept. 27 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, has extended its limited engagement by one…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:57AM

The Mystery of Edwin Drood, With Stephanie J. Block, Chita Rivera and Will Chase, Casts Moonfall Over Broadway Oct. 19 by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

Rupert Holmes' Tony Award-winning musical whodunit The Mystery of Edwin Drood, which allows audiences to determine the ending of Charles Dickens' final, unfinished novel, casts a sha…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Revival of Glengarry Glen Ross, Starring Al Pacino, Begins Previews on Broadway Oct. 19 by Andrew Gans and Kenneth Jones

The Broadway revival of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play about sharks in a real-estate office, begins previews Oct. 19 prior to a Nov. 11 opening at the…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Thursday, October 18, 2012

Get More Ice! Acclaimed Broadway Revival of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Extends by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

George and Martha's marital woes will give an added chill to Broadway this winter. The 50th-anniversary production of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, which opened…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:46AM
Wednesday, October 17, 2012

'Les Mis' Film Stars May Take the London Stage; And Who's Raking It in on Tour? by Laura Motta and Aileen McKenna

Welcome to October, friends! You know, the time of year when we're so keyed up about Broadway that we consider having our paychecks direct-deposited into the Shubert/Nederlander/Jujamcyn acc…

SOURCE: backstage.com at 12:34PM
Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Terry Teachout's Louis Armstrong Play Satchmo at the Waldorf Extends Long Wharf Run by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

The Long Wharf Theatre staging of the one-man Louis Armstrong play Satchmo at the Waldorf, starring John Douglas Thompson, has extended its run an additional four performances through Nov. 1…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:56PM
Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Karen Allen and Samantha Soule Share A Summer Day Off-Broadway Beginning Oct. 10 by Adam Hetrick and Kenneth Jones

The American premiere of Jon Fosse's A Summer Day, starring stage and film actress Karen Allen, dawns Off-Broadway Oct. 10 at the Cherry Lane Theatre under the wings of the Rattlestick P…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Friday, October 5, 2012

Whodunnit? Goodspeed's Something's Afoot, With Liz Pearce, Benjamin Eakeley, Hunter Ryan Herdlicka, Begins by Kenneth Jones and Michael Gioia

The musical murder-mystery spoof Something's Afoot begins Oct. 5 as the final mainstage show of Goodspeed Musicals' 2012 season. The riff on Agatha Christie tales, with a lady d…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Thursday, October 4, 2012

Julianne Nicholson Joins Cast of August: Osage County Film Adaptation by Michael Gioia and Kenneth Jones

Julianne Nicholson, best known for her television work on "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" and HBO's "Boardwalk Empire," has joined the cast of the film version of …

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:26AM

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