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Roger Guenveur Smith
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Roger Guenveur Smith to Perform Frederick Douglass Now This Summer
The performance will take place at the same site Douglass spoke 145 years ago.
Christopher Lloyd
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Christopher Lloyd to Play King Lear This Summer in Massachusetts
Lloyd will take on the role at Shakespeare & Company.
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.
Alice Ripley will star in <em>Sunset Boulevard</em>.
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Alice Ripley to Play Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard
The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical will be presented at the North Shore Music Theatre.
Cast members of the off-Broadway production of <em>School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play</em>: Abena Mensah-Bonsu, Joanna A. Jones, Mirirai Sithole, Latoya Edwards, Paige Gilbert, and MaameYaa Boafo.
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Hot-Button Tickets: What's Playing Out Nationally Might Also Be Playing at a Theater Near You
A liberated housewife, Rust Belt factory workers, and a lesbian cartoonist take the stage across America.
Caitlin O'Connell will star as Amanda in Barrington Stage Company's new production of <em>The Glass Menagerie</em>.
Theater News
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.
Tony Award nominee Maria Dizzia will direct the first play of this season, <em>The Hurricane Party</em>.
Theater News
The Collective Returns to New York With Its Fall 2018 Season
The world-premiere play The Hurricane Party, directed by Maria Dizzia, will join a newly discovered play by Tennessee Williams, among other premieres.
Judy Kuhn will star as M’Lynn in the Cape Playhouse production of <em>Steel Magnolias</em> this June.
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Judy Kuhn, Mary Testa, and Leslie Margherita to Star in Steel Magnolias at Cape Playhouse
The stage adaptation of Clue will also stop at the summer venue before its national tour.
A young Leonard Bernstein annotates a score at the piano.
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The 6 Broadway Musicals of Leonard Bernstein
From West Side Story to Candide, Bernstein's scores mixed verve with sophistication.
Laura Benanti is set to headline Barrington Stage's 2018 gala.
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Tony Award Winner Laura Benanti to Headline Barrington Stage Company Gala
Tales from Soprano Isle will take place at the Boyd-Quinson Mainstage.
Barrington Stage Company's 2018 season will include a new production of Lucas Hnath's <em>A Doll's House, Part 2</em>.
Theater News
Barrington Stage Company's 2018 Season to Include Three World Premieres
The season will also include productions of A Doll's House, Part 2, West Side Story, and The Glass Menagerie.
A scene from <em>Hear Word! Naija Women Talk True</em>.
Theater News
American Repertory Theater Announces Casting for Hear Word! Naija Women Talk True
The production is written and directed by Ifeoma Fafunwa.
Julianne Boyd is the artistic director of Barrington Stage Company, which just announced the creation of the Bonnie and Terry Burman New Play Award.
Theater News
Barrington Stage Company Announces Bonnie and Terry Burman New Play Award
The grand prize winner will receive a $25,000 cash prize and a developmental staged reading.
Tony winner John Rando will direct the world premiere of <em>The Royal Family of Broadway</em> at Barrington Stage Company.
Theater News
World Premiere of The Royal Family of Broadway Set for 2018 Barrington Season
Tony winners William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin collaborate on the new musical's original score.
Constantine Maroulis will play Che in North Shore Music Theatre's upcoming production of <em>Evita</em>.
Theater News
Constantine Maroulis Joins Cast of North Shore Music Theatre's Evita
The Rock of Ages Tony nominee will play Che.
Brian Stokes Mitchell will perform two cabaret sets at the Crown & Anchor in Provincetown, Massachusetts, on August 6.
Theater News
Brian Stokes Mitchell to Make Provincetown Debut at Crown & Anchor
The two-time Tony winner will perform two cabaret sets on August 6.
Jessie Mueller will give a concert at Provincetown Town Hall on September 3 as part of the <em>Broadway @ Town Hall</em> series.
Theater News
Jessie Mueller to Make Provincetown Debut in Concert at Town Hall
Megan Hilty and Sutton Foster will also perform there as part of the Broadway @ Town Hall summer concert series
Leslie Jordan and Stephen Spinella will star in <em>Warhol Capote</em>.
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Leslie Jordan and Stephen Spinella to Take On Truman Capote and Andy Warhol
The new play will be presented at American Repertory Theater.
Tamara Hickey stars as Imogen in William Shakespeare's <em>Cymbeline</em>, directed by Tina Packer, at Shakespeare & Company's Tina Packer Playhouse.
Theater News
Cymbeline Begins Performances at Shakespeare & Company
Tina Packer directs.
Melissa Leo will join the cast of a reading of <em>Safe Space</em> at Williamstown.
Theater News
Melissa Leo Joins Williamstown Theatre Festival Reading of Safe Space
The Oscar winner will star opposite André Holland.
Alice Ripley is set to join the Provincetown Art House summer lineup.
Theater News
Alice Ripley and More Join Provincetown Art House Series
New performers join Sutton Foster, Laura Benanti, Megan Hilty, and more.
Julia Murney will star in <em>Gypsy</em> at the Cape Playhouse.
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Julia Murney to Star in Gypsy at the Cape Playhouse
The Playhouse has announced its upcoming season.
Graham Rowat will appear in <em>Arsenic and Old Lace</em> at Berkshire Theatre Group.
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Graham Rowat and Others Join Berkshire Theatre Group Season
Rowat will appear in Arsenic and Old Lace.
Sutton Foster will play Provincetown's Art House this summer.
Cabaret News
Sutton Foster, Laura Benanti, Megan Hilty, and More Set for Provincetown Art House
The Art House's summer lineup has been announced.