Charming Billy, Inspired by Award-Winning Novel, Is Now a World-Premiere Play in MD by Kenneth Jones

Charming Billy, Blake Robison's adaptation of Alice McDermott's novel about a community's memory of a dead man, gets its world premiere by Round House Theatre in Bethesda, MD, Feb. 2-20.

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The Homecoming, With Kenneth Welsh and René Augesen, Begins at 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, plays March 3-27, featuring A.C.T. c…

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Zak Resnick Heads Cast of Reading of Harmony, Kansas, Musical About a Gay Men's Chorus in the Sticks by Kenneth Jones

Harmony, Kansas, the new musical about a gay men's chorus that forms in rural Kansas, will get an invitation-only Manhattan reading Feb. 22. Jonathan Rayson, Zak Resnick, Chris Hoch, Howie M…

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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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David Lindsay-Abaire's Good People Opens on Broadway; Frances McDormand, Tate Donovan Star by Kenneth Jones

Good People, David Lindsay-Abaire's humor-laced drama about a paycheck-to-paycheck single mom reaching out to an old flame, who is now a success, opens on Broadway March 3. Frances McDormand…

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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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American Idiot Has a Date With L.A. in Spring 2012 by Kenneth Jones

The national tour of American Idiot will play the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles March 14-April 22, 2012, Center Theatre Group announced on March 2.

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American Sexy, an Encounter With the Grand Canyon, Gets NYC Premiere Jan. 29 at Flea Theater by Kenneth Jones

Trista Baldwin's American Sexy, a look at American college kids and sexuality in the digital age, opens Jan. 29 in its New York City premiere at the Flea Theater in lower Manhattan.

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Alan Cumming to Riffle Through Notebook of Trigorin, by Tennessee Williams, for Classic Stage by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award winner Alan Cumming will appear in a one-night-only staged reading of Tennessee Williams' The Notebook of Trigorin, freely adapted from Anton Chekhov's The Seagull, Feb. 13 at Cla…

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CSC's "Misanthropic" School for Lies Will Star Mamie Gummer, Hamish Linklater and Jenn Gambatese by Kenneth Jones

Mamie Gummer, Hamish Linklater and Jenn Gambatese are among players in the spring Classic Stage Company production of David Ives' The School for Lies, a comedy inspired by Molière's c…

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Send in the Clones: Off-Broadway's A Number Will Feature James Saito and Joel de la Fuente by Kenneth Jones

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

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American Idiot Will Close April 24; Billie Joe Armstrong Will Play Final Weeks by Kenneth Jones

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong will return to the role of St. Jimmy for the final three weeks of the Broadway run of American Idiot, which will close April 24 at the St. James Theat…

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Methtacular!, a One-Man Musical Journey Through Addiction, Gets NYC Readings Jan. 31 by Kenneth Jones

Methtacular!, a new musical solo show by actor-writer Steven Strafford, charting his addiction to crystal methamphetamine, will be seen in two public presentations Jan. 31 in Manhattan.

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And the Curtain Rises Will Reveal Nick Dalton, Erick Devine, Jennifer Smith, Alma Cuervo at Signature by Kenneth Jones

The acting company of the world-premiere production of And the Curtain Rises, the musical about the creation of a new American form called musical comedy, has been announced by Signature The…

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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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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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Broadway Box Office for High, Drama Starring Kathleen Turner, Opens March 4 by Kenneth Jones

The box office at Broadway's Booth Theatre opens 10 AM March 4 for tickets to High, the new Matthew Lombardo drama starring Kathleen Turner as a nun reaching out to a kid at risk.

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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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TDF Releases Free TKTS App for Android Users by Kenneth Jones

Theatre Development Fund (TDF), the not-for-profit service organization which runs the TKTS Discount Booths, released the The Official TKTS iPhone app in December. Starting Feb. 15, theatre …

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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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Oscar Winner Chris Cooper Stars in Boston Reading of Curse of the Starving Class Feb. 21 by Kenneth Jones

Jim True-Frost directs Academy Award winner Chris Cooper in Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's one-night-only presentation of Sam Shepard's Curse of the Starving Class Feb. 21.

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Alan Ayckbourn Will Direct World Premieres of Dear Uncle and Neighbourhood Watch This Summer by Kenneth Jones

The Stephen Joseph Theatre, playwright Alan Ayckbourn's longtime artistic home in Scarborough, England, will produce the world-premiere productions of his plays Dear Uncle and Neighbourhood …

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NJ's Surflight Books Rent, Grease, Art; Judd Hirsch, Cindy Williams, JoAnne Worley Among Stars by Kenneth Jones

Surflight Theatre producer Roy Miller announced that the Beach Haven, NJ, company's summer 2011 season will include stars from film, television and Broadway performing in titles ranging from…

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She Loves Him: Kate Baldwin Sings Sheldon Harnick, With Harnick in the House by Kenneth Jones

One of the great voices of the American musical theatre is meeting one of the great voices of the American musical theatre at Feinstein's at the Loews Regency through March 12. Kate Baldwin,…

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Hayden Tee and Kimberly Burns Are King and Queen of Camelot, Starting Jan. 20 in Pittsburgh by Kenneth Jones

New Zealand native Hayden Tee, a star in Australia, ascends the throne as King Arthur in the new Pittsburgh Public Theater production of Camelot, directed by producing artistic director Ted …

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