Shakespeare in the Park to Offer Merchant and Winter's Tale in Rep; Greif and Sullivan Will Direct


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• Saturn Returns opens tonight at South Coast Repertory Stage in Costa Mesa, California.
• In the Red and Brown Water, part of the Brother/Sister Plays, trilogy begins previews tonight at the Public Theatre.

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• The first national tour of In the Heights begins today in Tampa. Kyle Beltran, Rogelio Douglas Jr., Natalie Toro and Shaun Taylor-Corbett lead the cast.
• Idiot Savant begins its run at the Public Theatre. Oscar nominee Willem Dafoe stars.
• The CD of the score of Shakespeare in the Park's production of Twelfth Night is released today. The CD also ( Read more... )

Benjamin Walker to Star in Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson at the Public


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• A Day in the Life of Bye Bye Birdie's Matt Doyle, includes puppies, private school uniforms, Amy's Bread with Blake Daniel, and getting into the character of Hugo Peabody. Photos can be found here. 
• Broadway-Bound Rap Icons Run-DMC Hit The Heights.
• Bill Irwin by Bill Irwin. Bill Irwin Gets Serious About Musical Comedy in Bye Bye Birdie.
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Opening Nights

• Avenue Q, at New World Stages.
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, with Adam Heller and John Scherer, at the Goodspeed Opera House.
• Tiny Kushner, at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre in California.
• Ed Asner and Jonathan Silverman star in Once in a Lifetime, at LA Theatre Works. Bookwriter Moss Hart's son Chris Hart directs.

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Opening Nights

• Memphis, at the Shubert Theatre.
• The National Alliance for Musical Theatre's Festival of New Musicals begins its annual run at New World Stages.

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First Preview

• Fela!, at the Eugene O'Neill.

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Events, Concerts, etc.

• The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts launches a four-part panel discussion, "The ( Read more... )

Opening Nights

• How to Be a Good Italian Daughter (In Spite of Myself), at the Cherry Lane Theatre.
• Cross That River, choreographed by Donna McKechnie at NYMF.
• The Last Smoker in America, also at NYMF.
• County of Kings, at The Public.

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Special Events

• The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later makes its debut in more than 150 concurrent ( Read more... )

Patinkin to Star in Compulsion at Yale Rep; Berkeley and Public Runs Planned


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