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Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin
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Hershey Felder to Present Irving Berlin Benefit for 13 Theaters Across United States
The live broadcast will take place on Mother's Day.
Peter Hunt
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Peter Hunt, Director of Stage and Screen 1776, Dies at 81
Hunt served as artistic director of Williamstown Theatre Festival from 1989-95.
Marilyn Maye
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Barrington Stage Company Announces Plan for In-Person, Socially Distant Summer Season
The theater is taking an abundance of precautions as it makes new plans.
Audra McDonald, Bobby Cannavale, and Carla Gugino will star in <em>A Streetcar Named Desire</em>.
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Williamstown to Present Season as Audible Releases, Including Streetcar With Audra McDonald
The audio plays will be released later this year.
Audra McDonald, Bobby Cannavale, and Carla Gugino will star in <em>A Streetcar Named Desire</em>.
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Audra McDonald, Bobby Cannavale, and Carla Gugino to Star in Streetcar Revival
Robert O'Hara will direct the production at Williamstown Theatre Festival.
Camille A. Brown will direct and choreograph a new production of <em>Ain't Misbehavin' </em> as part of Barrington Stage Company's 2020 season.
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New South Pacific, Ain't Misbehavin' Productions Set for Barrington Stage
The 2020 season will also include a production of Joseph Dougherty's Chester Bailey featuring Reed Birney and his son, Ephraim.
Christopher Lloyd will star in a production of <em>King Lear</em> at Shakespeare & Company in the summer of 2020.
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Christopher Lloyd to Star in King Lear at Shakespeare & Company
Lloyd is best known for his role as Doc Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy.
Kristin Stokes, Chris McCarrell, and Jorrel Javier star in the Broadway production of <em>The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical</em>.
Special Reports
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See What We Said About The Lightning Thief and More Before Their Broadway Runs
This week, we highlight shows currently in previews on Broadway that we liked off-Broadway and elsewhere.
Heidi Schreck is the writer and star of <em>What the Constitution Means to Me</em>, which will close on August 24.
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Last Chance to See Heidi Schreck's What the Constitution Means to Me on Broadway
Plus, we highlight both a new Bess Wohl play and a new production of a Pulitzer Prize-winning Suzan-Lori Parks play in the Berkshires.
Deaon Griffin-Pressley as Booth and Bryce Michael Wood as Lincoln in Suzan-Lori Parks's <em>Topdog/Underdog</em>, directed by Regge Life, at Shakespeare & Company in the Berkshires.
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Two Black Brothers Expose the Swindle Behind the American Dream in Topdog/Underdog
Suzan-Lori Parks's Pulitzer Prize-winning play gets an electrifying revival at Shakespeare & Company.
Bess Wohl's <em>Grand Horizons</em> is having its world premiere at Williamstown Theatre Festival ahead of its Broadway run at the Hayes.
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Bess Wohl's Grand Horizons Is About Older People, and Audiences Are Thrilled
Wohl's Broadway-bound play, now making its world premiere at Williamstown Theatre Festival, shows that you're never too old for self-discovery…or divorce.
Tony nominee Ashley Park joins the cast of Bess Wohl's <em>Grand Horizons</em> at Williamstown Theatre Festival.
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Ashley Park, Deirdre O'Connell, and More Sign on to Williamstown Season
O'Connell will replace Ellen Barkin in the cast of Adam Bock's Before the Meeting.
Debra Jo Rupp joins the Barrington Stage season.
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Debra Jo Rupp, Mykal Kilgore, Alyse Alan Louis, and More Set for Barrington Stage
The upcoming season will feature new plays by Brent Askari, Stacey Rose, and others.
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.