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Friday, July 04

Joe's Pub Presents 'Be In' with the Cast of 'Hair'
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Joe's Pub is Proud to Announce: BE IN: A Night of Music and Love with members of the Public Theater's cast of HAIR A Benefit for Broadway Cares, Equity Fights AIDS on Mondays, July 7th and August 11th, 9:30pm....

'That Face' to Close on the West End July 5th
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Polly Stenham's That Face will complete its run in the West End on at the Duke of York's Theatre on 5 July as previously announced. ...

August: Osage County Cast Helps NASDAQ Ring Bell, 7/3
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Tracy Letts' August: Osage County, winner of five Tony Awards including Best Play, as well as the 2008 Pulitzer Prize, Drama Desk, New York Drama Critics Circle, and Outer Critics Circle Awards will visit The NASDAQ Stock Market on Thursday, July 3, 2008 at the NASDAQ MarketSite, 4 Times Square. Cast members from the show will ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell at 9:30 a.m. EDT....

Posted: 07/04/08 @ 07:00 AM

Bell, Davie, Jue, Lockyer, Page, Reams, Rowat and More Will Celebrate 90 Years of Muny Magic
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"Take a Chance On Me": "Mamma Mia!" Film Opens in the U.K. July 4
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Love/Perfect/Change, Shrek, Jerry Herman Tribute and "Theater Talk" Featured on Playbill Radio
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"A Capitol Fourth," with Hicks and Mitchell, Broadcast July 4; Smits Hosts
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PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, June 28-July 4: No Strike for Summer
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A Fonz Farewell: Happy Days Ends at Goodspeed, But Tour Will Launch
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Poet Giovanni Will Appear With Broadway's Jenkins and Composer Rosen for NYC Reading
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ASK PLAYBILL.COM: Ticket Scanning
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Playbill.com answers your (and sometimes our own) theatre-related questions. ...

DIVA TALK: Chatting with Gypsy's Lenora Nemetz Plus News of LuPone and McDonald
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News, views and reviews about the multi-talented women of the musical theatre and the concert/cabaret stage. ...

Posted: 07/04/08 @ 12:00 AM


Thursday, July 03

Spike Lee to Film Broadway's Passing Strange
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Posted: 07/03/08 @ 11:00 AM

Franklin, McKay and More to Be Honored with 2008 Theatre Museum Awards
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Posted: 07/03/08 @ 10:00 AM

'Some Americans' Pushes Back Opening To 7/24
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Due to an abbreviated rehearsal period with the show’s full company, Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director; Ellen Richard, Executive Director) will move the opening night of Richard Nelson’s Some Americans Abroad to Thursday, July 24, to allow for a longer preview period. ...

Posted: 07/03/08 @ 05:00 AM

Butler and Forbidden Broadway Cast Ring In The New TKTS
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Bensonhurst native KERRY BUTLER, the star of Broadway’s musical hit XANADU, Brooklyn Borough President MARTY MARKOWITZ and Assemblywoman JOAN MILLMAN (52nd Assembly District, Brooklyn, NY) will lend a hand to help cut the ribbon at the opening for Theatre Development Fund’s new TKTS Downtown Brooklyn Discount Ticket Booth on Thursday, July 10 at 10:15am. ...

Butler and Forbidden Broadway Cast Ring In The New TKTS
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Bensonhurst native KERRY BUTLER, the star of Broadway’s musical hit XANADU, Brooklyn Borough President MARTY MARKOWITZ and Assemblywoman JOAN MILLMAN (52nd Assembly District, Brooklyn, NY) will lend a hand to help cut the ribbon at the opening for Theatre Development Fund’s new TKTS Downtown Brooklyn Discount Ticket Booth on Thursday, July 10 at 10:15am. ...

Top Executives At Stamford Arts Resign
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Variety is reporting that board chairman, president, AND the executive director of Stamford Center of the Arts have all resigned this week. SCA is a not-for-profit organization which runs the Palace Theater and smaller Rich Forum in Stamford, CT. The organization has been facing problems all year and started out this new season in red ink already....

Leaders of Stamford Center for the Arts Resign
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Opening of Some Americans Abroad Delayed One Week
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Kerry Butler and Forbidden Broadway Gang Help Open Brooklyn TKTS Booth July 10
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Posted: 07/03/08 @ 04:00 AM

'The Country Girl' Gets Ready To Close
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Clifford Odets’s THE COUNTRY GIRL, directed by Mike Nichols and starring Morgan Freeman, Frances McDormand and Peter Gallagher, is now in the last three weeks of its limited engagement on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 West 45th Street)....

Special July 4th After Party and Kritzer on 7/11
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On July 4th THE AFTER PARTY welcomes the winner of the 2nd Annual Broadway Beauty Pageant and Xanadu's MARTY THOMAS with Fireworks. ...

'Political Idol' to Open July 23rd
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Hot off sold-out runs in Washington D.C., Chicago and New York, "Political Idol," a hilarious spoof of the upcoming presidential elections returns to Off-Broadway's Triad Theatre opening on Wednesday, July 23 (7PM) for a four week run. ...

'All My Sons' Tickets Go On Sale, 7/5
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Following a highly successful two-week, pre-sale period which grossed more than $1 million, tickets for the new Broadway production of Arthur Miller’s ALL MY SONS will go on sale to all ticket buyers this weekend. Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Saturday July 5 and will be available through www.telecharge.com or by calling Telecharge at 212 239 6200. All traditional forms of payment will be accepted on that date....

Hadary to Join Tour of Spamalot in September
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King and Brown to Face Doubts at TheatreWorks Beginning July 16
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Harris Burdick Sings
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William Finn and Barrington Stage's musicals lab nurture The Mysteries of Harris Burdick. ...

Raisin's Harts Will Be Obama in Political Idol, Beginning July 23
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A Raisin in the Sun's Frank Harts will join the cast of Political Idol when it returns to Off-Broadway's Triad Theatre July 23. ...

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Posted: 07/03/08 @ 03:00 AM

Hadary To Rein As King Arthur In 'Spamalot' Tour
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Jonathan Hadary who recently completed his Broadway run with Monty Python's SPAMALOT as King Arthur, will continue to lead the Knights of the Roundtable on their search for the Holy Quail Grail on the North American Tour. ...

Tony Winner Peters to Guest on "Live with Regis and Kelly" July 8
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Songs from New Musical Alyss Featured on Michaels' "Wonderful at Last" CD
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Famed entertainer Marilyn Michaels and her son, Mark Wilk, have collaborated on a new musical entitled Alyss. ...

Posted: 07/03/08 @ 02:00 AM

O'Neill Announces FREE Theatermakers Performance, 7/8
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This week at the O'Neill the performances of national playwrights and national music theater conferences continue. There will be a freee Theatermakers performances on Tuesday, July 8th.



PERFORMANCES OF NATIONAL PLAYWRIGHTS, NATIONAL MUSIC THEATER CONFERENCES CONTINUE!

FREE THEATERMAKERS PERFORMANCE ON TUESDAY, JULY 8



The National Playwrights Conference continues with two new projects, SMUDGE and MAGNOLIA. National Music Theate...

Spiegelworld 2008 Brings Desir and Absinthe to Wall Street
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Headley, Lippa, White and More Set for Aug. 16 "Johnny Mercer Celebration Concert"
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Summer and Smoke to Billow Off-Broadway Aug. 20-31
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A dawning troupe called Big Sky Theatre Company will present Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke, a sensuous tale of the Gothic South, Aug. 20-31 at the Clurman Theatre in Theatre Row in Manhattan. It is the company's inaugural Off-Broadway production. ...

Spiner and Maggart Featured on New Concept Album, "Dreamland"
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Posted: 07/03/08 @ 01:00 AM

BWW TV: Broadway Softball League Opening Day
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On Thursday May 22, 2008 the 54th annual Broadway Softball league opened their season at the Heckscher Fields in Central Park. Participating this year for the opening day festivities were Chris Jackson (In The Heights), Jenna Russell (Sunday in the Park With George) and George Wendt (Hairspray). The day celebrated not only the beginning of the season and but also included an appearance by Bob Davis who presented a check for $50,000 to Broadway Ca...

Williamstown Announces FREE Production of 'Trouble Tales'
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The Williamstown Theatre Festival has announced its Free Theatre production: Trouble Tales (for boys and girls). ...

TDF to Open Early on Thursdays for 'A Catered Affair'
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To accommodate the new Thursday matinees scheduled for the Broadway musical A Catered Affair, the good folks at TDF will open the Times Square tkts booth at 10 a.m. on Thursdays in July, continuing through July 24th....

TDF to Open Early on Thursdays for 'A Catered Affair'
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To accommodate the new Thursday matinees scheduled for the Broadway musical A Catered Affair, the good folks at TDF will open the Times Square tkts booth at 10 a.m. on Thursdays in July, continuing through July 24th....

"Mamma Mia!" Film Launches New Website
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Collective: Unconscious Will Vanish July 31
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The downtown experimental theatre – Collective: Unconscious – will shutter following the run of its second annual UndergroundZero Festival, which begins July 8. ...

Posted: 07/03/08 @ 12:00 AM

'Happy Sunshine...' With Guest Lieutenant Rieckhoff 7/26
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HAPPY SUNSHINE KUNG FU FLOWER, with Special Guest, First Lieutenant Paul Rieckhoff, author of Chasing Ghosts, founder of IAVA, and nationally recognized authority on the War in Iraq will be July 26 at 10.30pm at The Zipper Factory....

Photo Flash: Natalie Toro & Sutton Foster in Studio
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Natalie Toro and Sutton Foster will apply their award-winning magic to the glorious duet, "Get Happy/ Happy Days Are Here Again."...

Chenoweth Titles Memoir; Available For Pre-Order!
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Kristin Chenoweth and her publishers have announced the title of her memoir, "A Little Bit Wicked: Life, Love and Faith In Stages". ...

'East 14th' Begins June 26th Off-Broadway
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EAST 14th, a new comedy starring, written and directed by Don Reed will play New World Stages, off Broadway (340 W. 50th Street) beginning June 26th with an official opening scheduled for July 10th, it was announced today....

Spiegelworld 2008 Will Return to the South Street Seaport
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Impresario Ross Mollison announced today that Spiegelworld 2008 will return to the South Street Seaport, Pier 17, for its third annual summer carnival, running August 6 to November 2, 2008. ...

All Aboard! Ebersole, McArdle, White, Easton and Rudetsky to Perform on July "Rosie" Cruise
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Chenoweth's Autobiography, "A Little Bit Wicked," Due in April 2009
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Casting Announced for Barrington's Violet Hour and My Scary Girl
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The Barrington Stage Company has announced casting for its mainstage production of The Violet Hour and its Musical Theatre Lab workshop staging of My Scary Girl. ...

Spiegelworld to Return Aug. 6 with Désir, Bond, Lemper and Wainwright
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Posted: 07/03/08 @ 11:00 AM

MTC Announces Recipients of Playwright Commissioning Award
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Manhattan Theatre Club has announced the recipients of its first Bank of America Playwright Commissioning Program. The three recipients are David Lindsay-Abaire, Noah Haidle and Liz Flahive....

Single Tickets for Guthrie Season On Sale July 7th
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On the heels of a record-breaking public on-sale for Little House on the Prairie, single tickets for the 2008-09 season go on sale Monday, July 7 at 10 a.m....

Natalie Douglas Returns to Birdland on July 16th
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NATALIE DOUGLAS, presents the return of her new show, "CAFÉ SOCIETY," to the Birdland Jazz Club, following Lucie Arnaz for four shows on Wednesday, July 16 and Thursday, July 17 at 9:00 and 11:00 p.m.
...

'Marcy & Zina Show' Returns to Birdland July 28th
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Jim Caruso's Cast Party are proud to announce celebrated and honored songwriting and performing team of Marcy Heisler (bookwriter/lyricist) and Zina Goldrich (composer), in The Marcy & Zina Show, Monday, July 28, 2008 at 7:00pm, as part of the long-running, Nightlife Award-winning concert series Broadway at Birdland....

HERE Arts Center Presents Two Taylor Mac Productions
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The all-new fully renovated HERE Arts Center proudly presents two productions from Taylor Mac, which will run in repertory from July 8 – August 2. ...

Photo Coverage: Alan Cumming Heats Up Dionysus In LC's 'Bacchae'
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The Lincoln Center Festival began Wednesday with THE BACCHAE, a transplant from the National Theatre of Scotland. Alan Cumming stars in this new adaptation as Dionysus ...

Becker, Price, McDonald, Adams to Join Lewis for Music Circus Gypsy; Season Casting Updated
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Posted: 07/03/08 @ 10:00 AM

Phantom Becomes First Show To Reach 8500 Performances
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The longest-running show in Broadway history, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, is set to reach another unprecedented milestone. ...

Posted: 07/03/08 @ 07:00 AM

Intiman's Streetcar Named Desire Pulls Into Seattle July 3
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O'Neill Center's National Playwrights Conference Begins July 3
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Afternoon Delight: Catered Affair Begins New Performance Schedule July 3
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Mexican-American World War II Vets Get Voice in Heart's Desire in CA
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Wedekind's Spring's Awakening, with Baily, McDow and Van Hest, Begins L.A. Run July 3
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Broadway's The Phantom of the Opera Hits 8,500 Performances July 3 at the Majestic
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A Broadway milestone no one would have imagined a century ago happens July 3 when The Phantom of the Opera plays its 8,500th performance at the Majestic Theatre. ...

Posted: 07/03/08 @ 12:00 AM


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