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Monday, May 25, 2015

Triangle Factory Fire Gets February Benefit Performance in Centennial Year of NYC Tragedy by Kenneth Jones

The Triangle Factory Fire Project, the 2004 Off-Broadway theatrical event that used public documents to tell the true story of an American workplace tragedy, will get a benefit concert readi…

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Jazz Hands: Bob Fosse Is Subject of New Biopic; Bryan Singer Will Direct by Kenneth Jones

A new feature-length film about the life and work of late Tony Award-winning dancer-director-choreographer Bob Fosse is in the works from producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, whose new "Foo…

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Oscar Winner Chris Cooper Will Star in Free Reading of Buried Child in Boston by Kenneth Jones

Jim True-Frost will direct Academy Award winner Chris Cooper in Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's one-night-only presentation of Sam Shepard's Buried Child.

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Jeffrey DeMunn Steps Into the Wing Tips of Salesman's Willy Loman at Old Globe Jan. 22 by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award nominee Jeffrey DeMunn, freshly noticed for his elder-survivor role in the hot TV series "The Walking Dead," plays Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's Death of Salesman starting Jan. 2…

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PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Frank Wildhorn by Kenneth Jones

Frank Wildhorn, the composer of The Scarlet Pimpernel and Jekyll & Hyde, takes on a new literary source for the Broadway musical Wonderland.

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Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Gale Harold, Kathy Najimy Among Players in L.A.'s Gay Ceremony Plays Jan. 24 by Kenneth Jones

The Jan. 24 performance of Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays, readings of one-act plays in Los Angeles, will feature Caroline Aaron, Julie Hagerty, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Gale Haro…

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Jamey Hood Will Be Lucky Duck for South Coast Rep by Kenneth Jones

Art Manke, a five-time Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle (LADCC) Award-winning director, will direct and choreograph Lucky Duck, Henry Krieger and Bill Russell's pop musical version of "The U…

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A.C.T. Season Will Include Race, Humor Abuse and Multimedia Once in a Lifetime by Kenneth Jones

American Conservatory Theater artistic director Carey Perloff revealed three titles of the company's 45th subscription season in San Francisco.

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Emma, Paul Gordon's Austen-Inspired Musical, Opens Jan. 23 at Old Globe by Kenneth Jones

Old Globe Theatre's production of Jane Austen's Emma - A Musical Romantic Comedy, by Tony Award nominee Paul Gordon, starring Patti Murin as Emma Woodhouse and Adam Monley as Mr. Knightley, …

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Pearl's Misanthrope, Directed by Joseph Hanreddy, Opens Off-Broadway Jan. 23 by Kenneth Jones

Sean McNall, a resident actor with Pearl Theatre Company, plays the title character of The Misanthrope in the new Off-Broadway staging of the 17th-century verse comedy by Molière. It …

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Broadway Marquees Will Dim in Tribute to Theoni V. Aldredge by Kenneth Jones

The marquees of Broadway theatres will be dimmed for one minute at 7 PM Jan. 25 to honor the work and life of Tony Award-winning costume designer Theoni V. Aldredge, who died Jan. 21 at the …

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A Wilde Hit! Broadway's Earnest Gets 17-Week Extension, Bumping People Musical to Studio 54 by Kenneth Jones

Roundabout Theatre Company announced a 17-week extension of the critically acclaimed Broadway production of Oscar Wilde's comedy The Importance of Being Earnest, directed by and starring Bri…

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Walnut Street Amadeus, With Dan Olmstead and Rob McClure, Opens Jan. 26 by Kenneth Jones

Dan Olmstead plays bitter composer Salieri opposite Rob McClure's rambunctious Mozart in Walnut Street Theatre's new production of Peter Shaffer's Amadeus, opening Jan. 26 following previews…

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Robinette, Schraf and Twyford Are The Carpetbagger's Children, Opening Jan. 26 at Ford's by Kenneth Jones

Ford's Theatre's new production of Horton Foote's The Carpetbagger's Children, his play about three daughters of a Union soldier who settled in Texas following the Civil War, opens Jan. 26 f…

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Broadway's Phantom Celebrates 23 Years Jan. 26 by Kenneth Jones

The Phantom of the Opera, Broadway's longest-running musical, celebrates another milestone on Jan. 26, the 23rd anniversary of the opening of the Harold Prince production of the Andrew Lloyd…

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David Auburn's The New York Idea, a Slice of Mahattan's Upper Crust, Opens Jan. 26 by Kenneth Jones

The Atlantic Theater Company world-premiere adaptation of The New York Idea, a play about social change and those who can and cannot adapt, opens Jan. 26 at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in Gre…

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Mayer, Shaiman, Wittman, Spielberg, Rebeck, Zadan and Meron Collaborating on "Smash," a Musical TV Series by Kenneth Jones

A new hourlong dramatic TV series about the making of a fictional Broadway musical, once aimed for development at Showtime, has been greenlighted as a pilot for NBC. Some major Broadway play…

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Lin-Manuel Miranda Gets L.A. Critics Award for Heights; Nominees Announced by Kenneth Jones

The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle has announced its nominations and special awards for excellence in Los Angeles and Orange County theatre for the year 2010.

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Kenneth Welsh and René Augesen Will Bring The Homecoming to Life for A.C.T. by Kenneth Jones

American Conservatory Theater's new production of late Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter's The Homecoming, directed by A.C.T. artistic director Carey Perloff, will feature A.C.T. core acting comp…

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Revamped New York Idea Will Linger Longer at the Lortel by Kenneth Jones

The Atlantic Theater Company world-premiere adaptation of The New York Idea, a play about social change and those who can and cannot adapt, will get two extra weeks at the Lucille Lortel The…

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The Eyes of Babylon, One Marine's Experience in Iraq, Will Play PA's Bristol Riverside by Kenneth Jones

Jeff's Key's one-man show The Eyes of Babylon, based on his journals from his military experience in Iraq, will replace Arthur Miller's All My Sons at Bristol Riverside Theatre in Bristol, P…

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Clybourne Park, Matilda and Suchet Honored in London's Critics' Circle Theatre Awards by Kenneth Jones

Bruce Norris' Clybourne Park was named Best New Play in the 2010 Critics' Circle Theatre Awards, the ceremony of which was held Jan. 25 at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London. The award fo…

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Kyle Dean Massey Is Lucky Guy in Musical About Nashville Dreamers; Merman, Collela, Jordan on Board by Kenneth Jones

Varla Jean Merman, Leslie Jordan, Jim Newman, Jenn Collela, Savannah Wise and Kyle Dean Massey will kick up their heels in the new Off-Broadway country-western musical comedy Lucky Guy, prod…

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Death of a Salesman, With "Walking Dead" Star Jeffrey DeMunn, Opens at Old Globe by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award nominee Jeffrey DeMunn, freshly noticed for his elder-survivor role in the hot TV series "The Walking Dead," plays Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's Death of Salesman, opening Jan. 2…

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Reed Birney Will Return to Roundabout Underground for Burning Boy; Cast Announced by Kenneth Jones

Roundabout Underground's winter-spring production of David West Read's new play, The Dream of the Burning Boy, about a high school tragedy, will feature Reed Birney, Josh Caras, Matt Dellapi…

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Jim Belushi and Nina Arianda Confirmed for Broadway's Born Yesterday; Tix Now on Sale by Kenneth Jones

The Broadway revival of Garson Kanin's 1946 comedy Born Yesterday, starring Jim Belushi and Nina Arianda, will begin performances March 31 at the Cort Theatre, the producers announced Jan. 2…

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Kristin Hanggi Will Direct Musical And the Curtain Rises; Creative Team Announced by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award nominee Kristin Hanggi, who staged Broadway's Rock of Ages, will direct the world premiere of composer Joseph Thalken's And the Curtain Rises, a musical about the seminal 19th-cen…

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Knickerbocker Holiday Pokes Democracy With Songs by Kenneth Jones

On Jan. 25, while many Americans were watching President Obama’s State of the Union address, a large audience at Alice Tully Hall was hearing the political views of Knickerbocker Holid…

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Susan Stroman's Double Bill of Ellington Jazz Ballets Premieres Jan. 28 at NY City Ballet by Kenneth Jones

Frankie and Johnny...and Rose, a new ballet by Tony Award-winning choreographer Susan Stroman, with music by composer Duke Ellington, premieres Jan. 28 in a performance by New York City Ball…

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Collapse, Inspired by a Minnesota Tragedy, Gets World Premiere by Berkeley's Aurora Theatre by Kenneth Jones

Aurora Theatre Company in Berkeley, CA, presents the world premiere of Allison Moore's Collapse, directed by Jessica Heidt, Jan. 28-March 6 as part of the National New Play Network program.

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DC's Arena Confirms Casting for Virginia Woolf and At Home at the Zoo; Albee Festival Reading Titles Unveiled by Kenneth Jones

Full productions of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and At Home at the Zoo are the centerpieces in a buffet of Edward Albee plays being laid out by Arena Stage in Washington, DC, this late w…

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