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Thomas Sadoski will appear in <em>Grand Horizons</em> at Williamstown Theatre Festival.
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Thomas Sadoski, Kyle Beltran, Ellen Barkin, and More Join Williamstown Season
The annual theater festival has announced further casting for 2019.
John Douglas Thompson will star in a special workshop production of <em>Coriolanus</em> this summer at Shakespeare & Company.
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Shakespeare & Company Announces 2019 Summer Season Lineup
In addition to Shakespeare, the company will present Kenneth Lonergan's The Waverly Gallery, Suzan-Lori Parks's Topdog/Underdog, and more.
Karen Allen will direct a production of John Patrick Shanley's <em>Outside Mullingar</em> as part of Berkshire Theatre Group's 2019 summer season.
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Edward Albee, Thornton Wilder Plays to Be Part of Berkshire Theatre Group Season
In addition, Karen Allen will direct a production of John Patrick Shanley's Outside Mullingar.
Uma Thurman will star in a new production of <em>Ghosts</em> as part of the Williamstown Theatre Festival's 2019 summer season.
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Uma Thurman, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and More Set for Williamstown Theatre Festival
The 2019 summer season will include five world premieres, new productions of A Raisin in the Sun and Ghosts, and more.
Barrington Stage Company's 2019-20 season will include a new production of Steven Levenson's <em>If I Forget</em>.
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New Plays by Brent Askari, Stacey Rose, and More Join Barrington 2019-20 Season
The lineup will also include new productions of Jeanne Sakata's Hold These Truths and Steven Levenson's If I Forget.
Eden Espinosa, who starred in the Williamstown Theatre Festival production of <em>Lempicka</em>, will make a guest appearance at the 2019 WTF Gala.
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Eden Espinosa, Jessica Hecht, and More Join Williamstown Theatre Festival Gala
Six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald will headline the gala on February 11 in New York City.
Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's <em>Into the Woods</em> joins Barrington Stage Company's 2019 mainstage season.
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Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Into the Woods Is Headed for the Berkshires
Barrington Stage Company has announced the first three productions of its 2019 season.
Caitlin O'Connell will star as Amanda in Barrington Stage Company's new production of <em>The Glass Menagerie</em>.
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Caitlin O'Connell and More to Star in The Glass Menagerie
Barrington Stage's artistic director Julianne Boyd will direct this new production of Tennessee Williams's memory play.
Debra Jo Rupp stars in Bekah Brunstetter's <em>The Cake</em>.
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Debra Jo Rupp Has Her Cake and Brings It Across the Country
Rupp, from TV's That '70s Show, discusses her award-winning performance in Bekah Brunstetter's new play.
Audra McDonald will perform at the 2019 Williamstown Theatre Festival Gala in New York City.
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Audra McDonald to Headline 2019 Williamstown Theatre Festival Gala
McDonald has performed twice on the WTF stage throughout her celebrated career.
First Person: Staging Trauma: How Listening Works Within <em>Well-Intentioned White People</em>
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First Person: Staging Trauma: How Listening Works Within Well-Intentioned White People
Playwright Rachel Lynett on the genesis of her play and how she learned her way to the ending.
Jonathan Epstein as Gustav and Kristin Wold as Tekla in Shakespeare and Company's production of August Strindberg's <em>Creditors</em>, directed by Nicole Ricciardi.
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Ambition and Betrayal Take Center Stage at Shakespeare and Company
August Strindberg's Creditors and Shakespeare's Macbeth show us humans at their worst.
Eden Espinosa and Carmen Cusack Belt About Art and Love in <em>Lempicka</em>
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Eden Espinosa and Carmen Cusack Belt About Art and Love in Lempicka
The vocal powerhouses play Tamara de Lempicka and her lover Rafaela in the world-premiere musical.
Gregg Mozgala and Jolly Abraham in the Manhattan Theatre Club production of <em>Cost of Living</em>, which will soon be adapted into a musical.
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Martyna Majok's Pulitzer Prize-Winning Cost of Living Is Becoming a Musical
Michael John LaChiusa will write the book, music, and lyrics, and Dear Evan Hansen choreographer Danny Mefford will direct.
Debra Jo Rupp in Bekah Brunstetter's <em>The Cake</em> at Barrington Stage Company.
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At Barrington, William Finn's Royal Family and Bekah Brunstetter's The Cake
A new musical and a new play take the stage in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
Matthew Broderick and Brooks Ashmanskas in Douglas Carter Beane's <em>The Closet</em> at Williamstown Theatre Festival.
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At Williamstown, Matthew Broderick in The Closet and Mary-Louise Parker in The Sound Inside
New plays by Douglas Carter Beane and Adam Rapp receive their world premieres.
Tyler Hans will costar in <em>West Side Story</em> at Barrington Stage Company.
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West Side Story Casting Announced for Barrington Stage Company
The Chinese Lady and Well-Intentioned White People also announce their casts.
Jocelyn Bioh will be an artist in residence at the Williamstown Theatre Festival this year.
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Williamstown Theatre Festival Announces Additional Casting, Artist Residencies
Jocelyn Bioh is one of many artists in residence; plus, Hoon Lee replaces Steven Pasquale in Theresa Rebeck's Seared.
The cast of the Barrington Stage production of <em>The Royal Family of Broadway</em>, directed by John Rando.
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The Royal Family of Broadway Comes to Barrington Stage
Harriet Harris, Will Swenson, Arnie Burton, and more star in William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin's play under the direction of John Rando.
Leon Addison Brown has joined the cast of <em>The Member of the Wedding</em> at Williamstown Theatre Festival.
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Williamstown Theatre Festival Adds Leon Addison Brown, Andrew Samonsky, and More
The festival also announces creative teams for its productions, including a new director of The Member of the Wedding.
Graham Rowat will star in the Berkshire Theatre Group production of <em>Church & State</em>.
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Judy Jerome, Graham Rowat, and More to Star in Church & State
Jason Odell Williams's play will open the Berkshire Theatre Group's 90th season.
The <em>Royal Family</em>: Chip Zien, AJ Shively, Harriet Harris, John Rando, Arnie Burton, Kathy Fitzgerald, Hayley Podschun, Rachel Sheinken, William Finn, Laura Michelle Kelly, Alan H Green, Will Swenson, Vadim Feitchner, and Carmel Dean.
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Meet the Royal Family of Broadway
William Finn and Rachel Sheinken's new musical premieres at Barrington Stage Company.
Laura Michelle Kelly joins the world-premiere production of <em>The Royal Family of Broadway</em> at Barrington Stage Company.
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Laura Michelle Kelly and More Join World Premiere of The Royal Family of Broadway
Barrington Stage Company announces initial casting for its 2018 season.
Krysta Rodriguez joins the cast of Theresa Rebeck's new comedy <em>Seared</em> at Williamstown Theatre Festival.
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Williamstown Theatre Festival Adds Krysta Rodriguez, Rachel Tucker, and More
Chita Rivera also announces a special one-night-only concert at the Berkshires venue.