Wonderland's Broadway Box Office Opens Feb. 14 With Special Offer by Kenneth Jones

The Marquis Theatre box office for Broadway's Wonderland - A New Alice. A New Musical opens Feb. 14 in anticipation of a March 21 first preview. The first 100 people in line get a discount d…

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John Gallagher, Jr. Co-Stars in Broadway's Jerusalem; Complete Cast Revealed by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award winner John Gallagher, Jr. of Spring Awakening and American Idiot, will be among cast members populating Jerusalem on Broadway. Complete casting for the Jez Butterworth play, star…

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Chris Pine, Andy Blankenbuehler, Leslie Uggams Among Nominees for March 14 L.A. Critics Awards by Kenneth Jones

The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle's 42nd annual awards ceremony is March 14 at Burbank's Colony Theatre. Among the nationally-known nominees are performers Chris Pine, Harry Groener, Lesl…

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Three Men on a Horse, a Depression-Era Hit, Returns to Recession-Era NYC March 14 by Kenneth Jones

Three Men on a Horse, John Cecil Holm and George Abbott's 1935 comedy about gamblers who take advantage of a greeting-card writer with a knack for picking winning ponies, begins an Off-Broad…

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Idiot's Delight! American Idiot Cast Album Wins Grammy Award by Kenneth Jones

The winner of the 2011 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album is American Idiot, produced by Billie Joe Armstrong.

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Marc Masterson to Leave Actors Theatre of Louisville for South Coast Rep by Kenneth Jones

Marc Masterson, artistic director of Actors Theatre of Louisville, the Tony Award-winning company known for its embrace of new work, will exit the theatre after 11 seasons in order to take t…

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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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Stephen Schwartz's Snapshots, Revising Favorites and Dipping Into Trunk, To Play Northlight in IL by Kenneth Jones

Snapshots, a long-aborning show billed as a "musical scrapbook" that borrows songs by Wicked, Pippin and Godspell composer-lyricist Stephen Schwartz, will play Northlight Theatre in Skokie, …

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Dancin', Look Back in Anger, Stephen Karam's Sons of the Prophet Set for Roundabout by Kenneth Jones

Roundabout Theatre Company confirmed its commitment to reviving Bob Fosse's Dancin' by announcing that Studio 54 would house the dance revue of Fosse's choreography in fall 2011. Two Off-Bro…

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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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Send in the Clones: Off-Broadway's A Number, With James Saito, Joel de la Fuente, Begins March 12 by Kenneth Jones

A Number, Caryl Churchill's acclaimed play about human cloning and identity, gets a fresh Off-Broadway production by the National Asian American Theatre Company (NAATCO) March 12-April 3 at …

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Double Falsehood, Inspired by Lost Shakespeare Play, Resurfaces Off-Broadway March 12 by Kenneth Jones

Double Falsehood, Lewis Theobald's 18th-century adaptation of a play by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher, get its first professional staging in 250 years starting March 12 at Classic St…

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Cass Morgan Exits Memphis, But Her Heart Finds a New Home by Kenneth Jones

Cass Morgan played her final performance as Huey’s evolving Mama in Broadway’s Memphis on March 13 at the Shubert Theatre. A soulful actress of a certain age, she was one of the …

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Jamaica, Farewell, Comedy About Journey to America, Gets L.A. Run; Rita Wilson Produces by Kenneth Jones

Debra Ehrhardt's solo show Jamaica, Farewell, "based on a mostly true story" about her journey to the U.S. from Jamaica in the turbulent 1970s, will get a run at the Falcon Theatre, the Burb…

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Groundswell, Ian Bruce's South African Play, Begins at Old Globe March 12 by Kenneth Jones

The new Old Globe Theatre production of Groundswell, Ian Bruce's psychological drama set in South Africa, begins previews March 12 in anticipation of a March 17 opening. Antony Hagopian, Owi…

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Irish Rep Reading of Can't Complain Will Feature Mary Beth Peil by Kenneth Jones

Christine Evans' play Can't Complain will get a free public reading 3 PM Feb. 18 in the Irish Repertory Theatre's New Works Reading Series, which celebrates emerging playwrights.

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Douglas Sills Will Play Record Producer in Musical White Noise by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award nominee Douglas Sills has joined the cast of the new Broadway-aimed rock musical White Noise, about a band with a white-supremacy edge, the producers announced March 11. The star …

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Spider-Man Will Shut Down For More Than Three Weeks Before Officially Opening June 14 by Kenneth Jones

Lead producers Michael Cohl and Jeremiah J. Harris announced on March 11 that they have rescheduled the opening of Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark for June 14 at Broadway's Foxwoods Theatre.

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Furious Theatre Company Loses Home at Pasadena Playhouse by Kenneth Jones

Furious Theatre Company and The Pasadena Playhouse have mutually agreed to the end of Furious troupe's residency in the Carrie Hamilton Theatre in Pasadena, CA.

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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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People in the Picture Come Into Focus With Christopher Innvar, Alexander Gemignani, Chip Zien, Nicole Parker by Kenneth Jones

Alexander Gemignani, Nicole Parker, Christopher Innvar, Lewis J. Stadlen, Chip Zien and more will join two-time Tony Award winner Donna Murphy in the new Broadway musical The People in the P…

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New York City Christmas, With Esparza and More, Will Have Fresh Tunes Among Evergreens Dec. 20 by Kenneth Jones

The third annual New York City Christmas, a benefit concert at Joe’s Pub at 7 PM Dec. 20, will not be a mere repeat of previous years, or just a rehash of the lively album of the same …

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Miss Saigon, Frank Galati, Unreasonable Doubt, Motherhood the Musical Are Carbonell Nominees by Kenneth Jones

The nominees of the 25th annual Carbonell Awards, recognizing excellence in South Florida professional theatre, were announced Feb. 15. Miss Saigon at Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatr…

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Buy Broadway's Bengal Tiger in Person; Rodgers Box Office Opens Feb. 4 by Kenneth Jones

The box office of Broadway's Richard Rodgers Theatre opens 10 AM Feb. 4 for the spring launch of Rajiv Joseph's Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, starring Robin Williams as the title feline n…

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Good People, Play of Aspiration and Escape, With Frances McDormand and Tate Donovan, Begins on Broadway by Kenneth Jones

Good People, David Lindsay-Abaire's play about characters from his old neighborhood -- the working-class "Southie" section of Boston -- begins performances on Broadway Feb. 8 in a production…

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