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Ed Harris, Glenne Headly, Friday, February 03, 2012 5 PM http://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city/news/02-2012/bobby-cannavale-to-join-hbos-boardwalk-empire_49582.html Friday, February 03, 2012 5 PM<br /><br />Two-time Tony Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Bobby Cannavale will join the cast of HBO's award-winning series Boardwalk Empire as gangster Gyp Rosetti. according to Deadline.com. The series, which is set in Atlantic City in 1920s, is executive produced by Martin Scorsese, and features Friday, February 03, 2012 5 PM http://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city/news/02-2012/al-pacino-to-lend-voice-to-despicable-me-2-film_49584.html Friday, February 03, 2012 5 PM<br /><br />Tony Award winner Al Pacino will lend his voice to the animated film Despicable Me 2, which is set for a July 2013 release, according to Deadline.com. Pacino won Tony Awards for his work in Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? and The Basic Training Friday, February 03, 2012 5 PM http://www.theatermania.com/chicago/news/02-2012/pascale-armand-kevin-mambo-set-for-the-convert-at-_49580.html Friday, February 03, 2012 5 PM<br /><br /> The original cast of Danai Gurira's The Convert will continue on with the show from its world premiere co-production at the McCarter Theatre Center, when the play performs at the Goodman's Owen Theatre, February 25-March 25. The production will then travel to Los Angeles, where Friday, February 03, 2012 5 PM http://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city/news/02-2012/bmis-jean-banks-has-died_49577.html Friday, February 03, 2012 5 PM<br /><br />Arts administrator Jean Banks has died after a battle with lung cancer. She was 77. Banks was senior director of jazz and musical theatre at BMI, a position she held from the mid-1990s. In this capacity, she also served as the administrative head of the Friday, February 03, 2012 5 PM http://www.theatermania.com/off-broadway/news/02-2012/photo-flash-robin-strasser-dawn-wells-celebrate-op_49576.html Friday, February 03, 2012 5 PM<br /><br /> TV icons Dawn Wells of Gilligan's Island fame and Robin Strasser of One Life to Live are among the newest Off-Broadway cast members in Love, Loss, and What I Wore, at the Westside Theatre. They joined fellow performers Quincy Tyler Bernstine and Alexandra Silber, who Friday, February 03, 2012 4 PM http://www.theatermania.com/london/news/02-2012/arlene-phillips-to-direct-and-choreograph-starligh_49567.html Friday, February 03, 2012 4 PM<br /><br />Arlene Phillips will direct and choreograph a U.K. tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Starlight Express, which will launch with an engagement at the New Wimbledon Theatre in London, running May 10-19. Additional tour cities will include Bradford, Salford, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Bournemouth, Nottingham, Southend, Llandudno, Aberdeen, Friday, February 03, 2012 3 PM http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/news/02-2012/martin-sheen-to-join-george-clooney-jamie-lee-curt_49564.html Friday, February 03, 2012 3 PM<br /><br />Martin Sheen will play Theodore B. Olson in the Los Angeles premiere of Dustin Lance Black's 8, to be offered as a benefit reading at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre on March 3, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times. Rob Reiner will direct Friday, February 03, 2012 3 PM http://www.theatermania.com/broadway/news/02-2012/paul-masse-alicia-hall-moran-nathaniel-stampley-fr_49562.html Friday, February 03, 2012 3 PM<br /><br /> Paul Masse, Alicia Hall Moran, and Nathaniel Stampley -- who currently appear in the Broadway production of The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess -- will perform a number from the show at the Apollo Theatre on Sunday, February 5. The performance is part of an Open Friday, February 03, 2012 3 PM http://www.theatermania.com/off-broadway/news/02-2012/video-flash-newsicals-john-walton-does-smash_49561.html Friday, February 03, 2012 3 PM<br /><br />NEWSical has released a video which imagines a reality casting project for the forthcoming NBC series, Smash. In the video, NEWSical cast member John Walton offers his impersonations of such celebrities as Matthew Broderick, Norbert Leo Butz and Mandy Patinkin. Click here for more information Friday, February 03, 2012 3 PM http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/news/02-2012/stephanie-beatriz-renandeacute-millandaacuten-rich_49559.html Friday, February 03, 2012 3 PM<br /><br />The entire cast of the current La Jolla Playhouse production of Richard Montoya's American Night: The Ballad of Juan Jos&amp;eacute; will continue in the show when it performs at Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre, March 9-April 11, with an opening on March 11. Jo Friday, February 03, 2012 3 PM http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/news/02-2012/scarlett-johansson-mark-ruffalo-set-for-john-carne_49558.html Friday, February 03, 2012 3 PM<br /><br />Mark Ruffalo will join the previously announced Scarlett Johansson in Can A Song Save Your Life?, according to a report in Variety. John Carney is writing and directing the picture. The film centers on a washed-up recording executive who forms a passionate bond with a Friday, February 03, 2012 2 PM http://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city/news/02-2012/marieann-meringolo-to-bring-michel-legrand-show-to_49557.html Friday, February 03, 2012 2 PM<br /><br /> Award-winning vocalist Marieann Meringolo will bring her new show You Must Believe In Spring! The Music of Michel Legrand to Feinstein's at Loews Regency for four consecutive Sundays, February 26-March 18. The show will feature songs with music composed by Legrand, and lyrics by the Friday, February 03, 2012 2 PM http://www.theatermania.com/seattle/news/02-2012/myrna-conn-to-star-in-artswests-the-rise-and-fall-_49555.html Friday, February 03, 2012 2 PM<br /><br />ArtsWest will present Jim Cartwright's The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, March 7-31, starring 18 year-old actress Myra Conn. Artistic Director Christopher Zinovitch will direct. In the piece, Mari Hoff is desperate for the elixir that will make her feel alive. And she's not Friday, February 03, 2012 2 PM http://www.theatermania.com/austin/news/02-2012/connie-mcmillan-to-receive-equitys-lucy-jordan-hum_49553.html Friday, February 03, 2012 2 PM<br /><br /> Actors' Equity Association has announced that Connie McMillan is the recipient of the 2012 Lucy Jordan Humanitarian Award, which honors an individual in the theatrical community. It will be presented to her at Equity's Austin/San Antonio Annual Membership meeting on Saturday, February 11. McMillan is Friday, February 03, 2012 2 PM http://www.theatermania.com/connecticut/news/02-2012/steven-yuhasz-named-new-executive-director-for-sha_49546.html Friday, February 03, 2012 2 PM<br /><br /> Steven Yuhasz has joined Shakespeare on the Sound as its new Executive Director. He replaces Emily Bryan, who is now the organization's Director of Education. Yuhasz has worked extensively in both the non-profit and commercial theater as a producer and a director. He is a Friday, February 03, 2012 2 PM http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/news/02-2012/stephen-eich-to-end-tenure-as-executive-director-o_49545.html Friday, February 03, 2012 2 PM<br /><br /> Stephen Eich, who joined Pasadena Playhouse as Executive Director in July 2009, will end his tenure in that position on or around February 29. He will continue to serve in a consulting capacity through June 30. Eich is a producer, manager, teacher, and director with Friday, February 03, 2012 1 PM http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/news/02-2012/john-leguizamo-developing-autobiographically-inspi_49543.html Friday, February 03, 2012 1 PM<br /><br /> 2011 Drama Desk Award winner John Leguizamo has signed a development deal with ABC to star in and executive produce a comedy inspired by &quot;his professional, personal and family life in New York City,&quot; according to Deadline.com. Leguizamo won the Drama Desk for Ghetto Klown, Friday, February 03, 2012 12 PM http://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city/news/02-2012/shoshana-bean-to-perform-at-xl-nightclub_49539.html Friday, February 03, 2012 12 PM<br /><br />Broadway veteran Shoshana Bean will perform at the newly opened cabaret space at XL Nightclub on Mondays, February 6, 13, 20, and 27 at 8pm. Bean has been seen on stage in such shows as Wicked, Hairspray, and Peepshow, and frequently performs as part of Friday, February 03, 2012 12 PM http://www.theatermania.com/baltimore/news/02-2012/jeffry-denman-danielle-ferland-lauren-kennedy-set-_49537.html Friday, February 03, 2012 12 PM<br /><br /> Casting has been announced for Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Into the Woods, a co-production to be presented at CENTERSTAGE in Baltimore, March 7-April 15, and Westport Country Playhouse, May 1-26. Mark Lamos will direct. Danielle Ferland, who originated the role of Little Red Riding Friday, February 03, 2012 12 PM http://www.theatermania.com/chicago/news/02-2012/kirsten-fitzgerald-natalie-west-set-for-a-red-orch_49536.html Friday, February 03, 2012 12 PM<br /><br />A Red Orchid Theatre has announced casting for Marisa Wegrzyn's The Butcher of Baraboo, to run April 5 - May 20. Shade Murray will direct the production. The play centers on a female butcher who is suspected of having a hand in her husband's disappearance, Friday, February 03, 2012 12 PM http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/news/02-2012/jessica-chastain-joel-edgerton-set-for-double-feat_49535.html Friday, February 03, 2012 12 PM<br /><br />Jessica Chastain and Joel Edgerton will star in a double-feature film project The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: His and The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Hers, according to a report on Deadline.com. Ned Benson is writing and directing the project. The two films will center on Friday, February 03, 2012 11 AM http://www.theatermania.com/london/news/02-2012/video-flash-zach-braff-discusses-all-new-people-wi_49534.html Friday, February 03, 2012 11 AM<br /><br />The Guardian has released a video interview, featuring Zach Braff, who discusses his play All New People, which begins previews on February 22 at the West End's Duke of Yorks Theatre. Peter Dubois, who helmed the play's debut off-Broadway at Second Stage Theatre, will once Friday, February 03, 2012 11 AM http://www.theatermania.com/london/news/02-2012/anne-chancellor-nicholas-farrell-set-for-the-brown_49525.html Friday, February 03, 2012 11 AM<br /><br />The double bill of Terence Rattigan's The Browning Version and David Hare's South Down, seen at Chichester Festival Theatre in 2011, will transfer to the West End's Harold Pinter Theatre, according to a report on Whatsonstage.com. Angus Jackson and Jeremy Herrin, respectively, will once again Friday, February 03, 2012 11 AM http://www.theatermania.com/broadway/news/02-2012/sutton-foster-stephen-schwartz-set-for-february-16_49532.html Friday, February 03, 2012 11 AM<br /><br /> Composer Stephen Schwartz will challenge the contestants on the reality competition Project Runway All Stars to put together an outfit for inclusion in the Broadway production of Godspell on the Lifetime Television's program's Thursday, February 15 episode. Tony Award winner Sutton Foster, who currently stars Friday, February 03, 2012 11 AM http://www.theatermania.com/tampa/news/02-2012/avi-hoffman-to-direct-mosaic-theatres-death-and-th_49533.html Friday, February 03, 2012 11 AM<br /><br />Mosaic Theatre is set to present Ariel Dorfman's Death and the Maiden, March 8-April 1. Avi Hoffman will direct. Set in an unnamed country that is, like the author's native Chile, emerging from a totalitarian dictatorship, this political thriller explores the after-effects of repression on Friday, February 03, 2012 11 AM http://www.theatermania.com/broadway/news/02-2012/clybourne-park-to-open-as-scheduled-at-broadways-w_48332.html Friday, February 03, 2012 11 AM<br /><br />Producer and Jujamcyn Theater executive Jordan Roth has issued a statement that Bruce Norris' Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Clybourne Park, will play Broadway's Walter Kerr Theatre this season, with an opening on April 12, despite the loss this week of two key producers. Scott Rudin, who Friday, February 03, 2012 11 AM http://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city/news/02-2012/tituss-burgess-jaime-cepero-morgan-james-set-for-w_49530.html Friday, February 03, 2012 11 AM<br /><br />The Time Out New York Lounge at New World Stages will present a special Valentine's Day edition of Whistling Trixies on February 11, 2012 at 10:30pm. Tituss Burgess, Jaime Cepero, Colleen Harris, Morgan James, Kristina Nicole Miller, Erik Sisco, and Justin Michael Van Pelt will Friday, February 03, 2012 10 AM http://www.theatermania.com/london/news/02-2012/samuel-barnett-johnny-flynn-samantha-spiro-join-ca_49526.html Friday, February 03, 2012 10 AM<br /><br /> Updated casting has been announced for Shakespeare's Globe's 2012 season, according to WhatsOnStage.com. Two-time Olivier Award winner Samantha Sprio will star as Katherina in The Taming of the Shrew, to run in repertory June 23-October 13. Toby Frow will direct. As previously reported, two-time Tony Friday, February 03, 2012 10 AM http://www.theatermania.com/berkshires/news/02-2012/will-eno-mark-st-germain-and-more-set-for-barringt_49524.html Friday, February 03, 2012 10 AM<br /><br /> Playwrights, directors, and actors have been announced for Barrington Stage Company's 10x10 On North, a new play festival to be presented at BSC Stage 2, February 16-26. The program will consist of ten 10-minute plays, including &quot;God in the Goat&quot; by Suzanne Bradbeer, directed by Friday, February 03, 2012 10 AM http://www.theatermania.com/london/news/02-2012/janie-dee-robert-glenister-celia-imrie-set-for-wes_49523.html Friday, February 03, 2012 10 AM<br /><br />The Old Vic's acclaimed production of Michael Frayn's Noises Off is set to transfer to the West End's Novello Theatre for a limited run, March 24-June 30. Lindsay Posner directs. Celebrating its 30th anniversary this February, Noises Off is a riotous play within a play. Friday, February 03, 2012 10 AM http://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city/news/02-2012/pam-mackinnon-to-direct-trio-of-horton-foote-plays_49461.html Friday, February 03, 2012 10 AM<br /><br /> Primary Stages has announced its 2012-2013 season, to be performed at 59E59 Theaters. A trio of works by the late Horton Foote -- Blind Date, The One-Armed Man, and The Midnight Caller -- will be presented under the title, Harrison, TX: Three Plays by Horton Friday, February 03, 2012 10 AM http://www.theatermania.com/chicago/news/02-2012/trap-door-theatre-announces-casting-for-they-are-d_49522.html Friday, February 03, 2012 10 AM<br /><br />Trap Door Theatre has announced casting for Peter Handke's They Are Dying Out, translated by Michael Roloff, to run February 16 - March 24. Max Truax will direct the production. The play centers on a business mogul, who, knowing that it is impossible for him Friday, February 03, 2012 10 AM http://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city/news/02-2012/sheldon-harnick-jeanine-tesori-jack-viertel-to-joi_49520.html Friday, February 03, 2012 10 AM<br /><br /> Tony Award winner Victoria Clark will once again host the previously reported &quot;Backstage at Encores!&quot; series, which will have its latest installment at Studio 5 at City Center, on Monday, February 6 at 6:30pm. This informal conversation with Encores! Artistic Director Jack Viertel, Tony Award-winning Friday, February 03, 2012 9 AM http://www.theatermania.com/london/news/02-2012/kieran-bew-natalie-dormer-polly-frame-set-for-afte_49516.html Friday, February 03, 2012 9 AM<br /><br />Natalie Dormer will star in the title role in Patrick Marber's After Miss Julie, to run March 15 - April 14 at The Young Vic, according to a report on Whatsonstage.com. Natalie Abrahami will direct the production. Based on August Strindberg's Miss Julie, the show Friday, February 03, 2012 9 AM http://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city/news/02-2012/broadway-streetcar-starring-blair-underwood-and-ni_49515.html Friday, February 03, 2012 9 AM<br /><br /> The Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, which as previously reported will play the Broadhurst Theatre, has announced production dates. The show will play a limited engagement April 3-July 22, with an opening on Sunday, April 22. This multi-racial production will star Friday, February 03, 2012 9 AM http://www.theatermania.com/chicago/news/02-2012/tony-award-winner-deanna-dunagan-set-for-writers-t_49514.html Friday, February 03, 2012 9 AM<br /><br />Tony Award winner Deanna Dunagan will play Madame Armfeldt in Writer's Theatre's production of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's A Little Night Music, to run May 1 - July 8. William Brown will direct the production, which will have musical direction by Roberta Duchak. Based Friday, February 03, 2012 9 AM http://www.theatermania.com/london/news/02-2012/elevator-repair-service-to-perform-gatz-in-london_49513.html Friday, February 03, 2012 9 AM<br /><br />Elevator Repair Service will perform Gatz at the West End's Noel Coward Theatre, to run June 8 - July 15, according to a report onWhatsonstage.com. The engagement will follow the company's previously announced appearance with the show at The Public Theater. In the ensemble-created piece, Friday, February 03, 2012 9 AM http://www.theatermania.com/off-broadway/news/02-2012/photo-flash-nancy-anderson-leo-ash-evens-and-compa_49512.html Friday, February 03, 2012 9 AM<br /><br /> The cast and crew of the York Theatre Company's production of Ionescopade! A Musical Vaudeville celebrated their opening night on Thursday, February 2. Inspired by the works of Eugene Ionesco, Ionescopade features music and lyrics by Mildred Kayden. The cast includes Nancy Anderson, Paul Binotto, Friday, February 03, 2012 9 AM http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/news/02-2012/video-flash-ricky-martin-promotes-his-appearance-o_49511.html Friday, February 03, 2012 9 AM<br /><br />FOX has released a video featuring Ricky Martin, promoting his previously announced guest star appearance on Glee. Martin is slated to play a Spanish teacher on the February 7 episode of the show. Martin will soon be seen on Broadway in Evita, playing at the