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KINKY BOOTS, PIPPIN, VANYA AND SONIA, Nathan Lane & VIRGINIA WOOLF? Win Big at Drama League Awards
by BWW News Desk - May 17, 2013
The Drama League (Executive Director, Gabriel Shanks) announced today the winners for the 79th Annual Drama League Awards: Distinguished Production of a Musical, Kinky Boots; presented by Diane Paulus; Distinguished Play,Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, presented by Pam MacKinnon; Distinguished Revival of a Musical, Pippin, presented by Alex Timbers; Distinguished Revival of a Play,Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, presented by Rachel Chavkin; Distinguished Performance, Nathan Lane, presented by Debra Messing at a star-studded luncheon ceremony hosted by Ms. Messing and David Hyde Pierce at the Marriott Marquis Times Square (1535 Broadway). (more...)
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Alan Cumming Will Work the MACBETH Box Office This Sunday
by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2013
This Sunday, May 19, for one day only, Tony and Olivier Award winner Alan Cumming will add one more role to his already full duty roster at Broadway's critically acclaimed one-man production of MACBETH -- Box Office Sales Staff. (more...)
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MACBETH Announces June 15 Matinee
by BWW News Desk - May 13, 2013
Producer Ken Davenport announced today that Tony and Olivier Award winner and two-time Emmy nominee Alan Cumming's acclaimed one-man production of MACBETH has added a special one-time-only Saturday matinee performance on June 15 at 2 p.m. (more...)
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Ed Sylvanus Iskandar and More Set for DAVENPORT 10 MINUTE PLAY CONTEST's Industry Panel
by BWW News Desk - May 09, 2013
Broadway and Off-Broadway producer Ken Davenport (Macbeth, Kinky Boots, Godspell, Altar Boyz, The Awesome 80's Prom) will present The Davenport Ten Minute Play Contest which will feature ten 10 minute plays or musicals on June 20th at 7pm at the Davenport Studios. The contest winner and recipient of a $500 grand prize will be decided by an industry panel of judges that will include Ken Davenport, two-time Drama Desk nominated director Ed Sylvanus Iskandar, Broadway producer Jhett Tolentino, and Spring Awakening actress Remy Zaken. (more...)
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KINKY BOOTS Cast Recording Set for 5/28 Release
by BWW News Desk - Apr 29, 2013
Masterworks Broadway has just announced the release of the Original Broadway Cast Recording of Kinky Boots. Produced by Cyndi Lauper, Stephen Oremus, William Wittman and Sammy James, Jr., the album will be available on Tuesday, May 28th, 2013. (more...)
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KINKY BOOTS Original Cast Album to Get 5/28 Release
by BWW News Desk - Apr 26, 2013
MASTERWORKS BROADWAY has announced the release of the Original Broadway Cast Recording of Kinky Boots. Produced by Cyndi Lauper, Stephen Oremus, William Wittman and Sammy James, Jr., the album will be available on Tuesday, May 28th, 2013. (more...)
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MACBETH, Starring Alan Cumming, Extends Through July 14
by BWW News Desk - Apr 25, 2013
Producer Ken Davenport announced today that Tony and Olivier Award winner and two-time Emmy nominee Alan Cumming's acclaimed one-man production of Macbeth has extended its limited Broadway engagement by 12 performances. (more...)
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Andrew Samonsky Replaces Ryan Silverman in Portland Center Stage's SOMEWHERE IN TIME
by BWW News Desk - Apr 24, 2013
Portland Center Stage (PCS) is pleased to announce that Broadway's Andrew Samonskywill now star in the upcoming world-premiere production of the new musical Somewhere in Time, based on the novel by renowned authorRichard Matheson (I Am Legend, What Dreams May Come) and the subsequent hit film starring Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour and Christopher Plummer. (more...)
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2013 Drama League Nominations Announced -- KINKY BOOTS, PIPPIN & More Lead with 3!
by BWW Special Coverage - Apr 23, 2013
The Drama League (Executive Director, Gabriel Shanks) has announced the 2013 Drama League Awards Nominees for Distinguished Play, Distinguished Revival of a Play, Distinguished Musical, Distinguished Revival of a Musical, and Distinguished Performance Award. The nominations were announced at a ceremony hosted by Patina Miller and Michael Urie this morning at Sardi's Restaurant which were streamed live online at www.BroadwayWorld.com. (more...)
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MACBETH Announces $30 Rush Tickets
by BWW
News Desk - Apr 20, 2013
Producer Ken Davenport has announced details for the '$30 Under 30' rush ticket program for the upcoming Broadway engagement of MACBETH, starring Tony and Olivier Award winner and two-time Emmy nominee Alan Cumming (Cabaret, 'The Good Wife'). (more...)
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Davenport Theatrical Opens 2013 Ten Minute Play Contest; Deadline 5/12
by BWW News Desk - Apr 16, 2013
Broadway and Off-Broadway producer Ken Davenport (currently represented on Broadway with MACBETH and KINKY BOOTS) announces the second annual Davenport Ten Minute Play Contest! 10 ten minute plays or musicals will be selected from an open submission call to be featured in a presentation evening and vie for the title of 'Best Play/Musical' as chosen by a panel of industry professionals and audience vote. Last year finalists were selected out of hundreds of submissions and the winner was determined by a panel that included Ken Davenport, NYMF Executive Director Isaac Robert Hurwitz, musical theatre writer Joe Iconis, and writer/performer Sarah Saltzberg. (more...)
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Trustus Side Door Presents MY FIRST TIME, Now thru 4/27
by BWW News Desk - Apr 12, 2013
The Trustus Side Door has been taking patrons on a 'Sexploration' this season, and audiences have responded by packing houses nightly. The Side Door's current production My First Time is sure to thrill and titillate as four actors relay hundreds of stories about real people's first times. My First Time opens in Trustus' intimate 50-seat Side Door Theatre tonight, April 12 at 8:00pm, and runs through April 27, 2013. (more...)
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MACBETH, Starring Alan Cumming, Begins Tonight on Broadway
by BWW News Desk - Apr 07, 2013
Broadway's powerful new production of Shakespeare's Macbeth, starring Tony and Olivier Award winner and two-time Emmy Award nominee Alan Cumming (Cabaret, 'The Good Wife'), begins on Broadway tonight, April 7, 2013. Veteran stage actors Jenny Sterlin and Brendan Titley complete the cast. (more...)
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Alan Cumming's Solo MACBETH to Open at Broadway's Ethel Barrymore Theater, April 2013
by BWW
News Desk - Apr 06, 2013
Direct from acclaimed, sold-out engagements at the National Theatre of Scotland and the Lincoln Center Festival, Tony and Olivier Award winner ('Cabaret') and two-time Emmy nominee ('The Good Wife') Alan Cumming returns to Broadway this spring in a thrilling one-man interpretation of Shakespeare's darkest and most powerful tragedy, MACBETH. Produced by Ken Davenport, the National Theatre of Scotland's MACBETH will play a strictly limited 73-performance engagement at Broadway's Ethel Barrymore Theatre (243 West 47th Street). (more...)
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MACBETH Announces $30 Rush Tickets
by BWW
News Desk - Apr 06, 2013
Producer Ken Davenport has announced details for the '$30 Under 30' rush ticket program for the upcoming Broadway engagement of MACBETH, starring Tony and Olivier Award winner and two-time Emmy nominee Alan Cumming (Cabaret, 'The Good Wife'). (more...)
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