Songs From Altman's "Nashville" Find New Life in NYC Cabaret (Playbill)
Playbill - The musical world of the classic 1975 film, "Nashville," will come to life Dec. 20-21 in the Manhattan cabaret show Daryl Glenn & Jo Lynn Burks Play and Sing Robert Altman's "Nashville" at the Metropolitan Room.more
Oscar Nominee Topol Will Embark on 2009 Tour of 'Fiddler on the Roof' (Playbill)
Playbill - Chaim Topol, the tireless international actor who starred as Tevye in the 1971 film version of the Tony-Award winning musical Fiddler on the Roof, will be center stage in a new 2009 national tour of the classic.more
Theatres of Off-Broadway's 37 Arts Now Owned by Baryshnikov and Orchestra of St. Luke's (Playbill)
Playbill - 37 Arts, the three-theatre complex on far West 37th Street in Manhattan, once intended to be a major destination for Off-Broadway plays and musicals, is now in the hands of The Baryshnikov Arts Center and the Orchestra of St. Luke's, the New York Times reported.more
PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Daniel Breaker (Playbill)
Playbill - Passing Strange Tony Award nominee Daniel Breaker is now, quite literally, a hoofer as Shrek's Donkey.more
'Impressionism', with Irons and Allen, to Play the Schoenfeld Theatre Beginning Feb. 2009 (Playbill)
Playbill - As previously announced, Tony Award winners Jeremy Irons and Joan Allen will return to Broadway in 2009 in the world premiere of Michael Jacobs' Impressionism.more
Opera-Kissed NYC-Set Musical 'Tony & The Soprano' Returns to Ithaca (Playbill)
Playbill - The Kitchen Theatre Company in Ithaca, NY, presents an encore presentation of Rachel Lampert and Larry Pressgrove's original musical, Tony & The Soprano, borrowing and building on classic themes from the world of opera, starting Nov. 20.more
'Miracle Worker' Opens at Denver Center (Playbill)
Playbill - The new Denver Center Theatre Company production of The Miracle Worker, William Gibson's inspirational play about Helen Keller and her tireless teacher Annie Sullivan, opens Nov. 20 following previews from Nov. 14 at The Space Theatre in the Denver Center for the Performing Arts.more
'Ella Minnow Pea', a New Musical, Tested in University of Michigan Workshop (Playbill)
Playbill - A couple of New York City musical theatre writers have been in residence in Ann Arbor, MI, in recent weeks, honing their new musical, Ella Minnow Pea, for a sold-out workshop production by the University of Michigan's respected musical theatre program.more
Theo Allyn Will Return to Role She Created for Florida Premiere, 'Mezzulah, 1946' (Playbill)
Playbill - Casting has been announced for the second regional production of Michele Lowe's Mezzulah, 1946, a play-with-music about women factory workers during World War II - and their status following the war - running Dec. 10-Jan. 18, 2009, at Florida Stage in Manalapan, FL.more
Hump Day: Cory English Is 'Young Frankenstein''s Next Igor (Playbill)
Playbill - Cory English will jump into the hump of Igor in Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan's musical, Young Frankenstein, starting Nov. 25, replacing Tony Award nominee Christopher Fitzgerald at Broadway's Hilton Theatre.more
A Writer Edits Family History in 'A Memory Play', Starting in NYC (Playbill)
Playbill - WorkShop Theater Company in New York City will present A Memory Play, a dark family comedy by Bob Stewart, Dec. 3-20.more
Scott Ellis Is an Actor's Director (Playbill)
Playbill - Though he got his start as an actor, Scott Ellis (Streamers) knew early on that what he really wanted to do was direct.more
Rock On! Toronto's 'We Will Rock You' Extends to February 2009 (Playbill)
Playbill - Producer David Mirvish announced Nov. 19 that the popular, all-Canadian, Dora Award-winning musical production of We Will Rock You, featuring music by Queen, will extend its engagement to Feb. 1, 2009, at the Panasonic Theatre in Toronto.more
Shubert Ticketing and Sapient Corporation Will Revitalize Telecharge.com (Playbill)
Playbill - Sapient Corporation announced on Nov. 19 that its Sapient Interactive marketing services group has partnered with Shubert Ticketing, the major Broadway theatre owner and provider of ticketing services throughout the U.S., to revitalize its Telecharge.com web site.more
More Carols Expected in Louisville's 2008 'Christmas Carol' (Playbill)
Playbill - Fezziwig's yule party will be bigger than ever in Kentucky this year. Actors Theatre of Louisville is goosing its 2008 production of A Christmas Carol with extra music - 16 songs and live musicians are expected in the Sean Daniels-directed productions.more
Clive Barnes, Longtime New York Drama and Dance Critic, Dies at 81 (Playbill)
Playbill - Clive Barnes, who covered the New York theatre and dance worlds for four decades, first as a critic for The New York Times and then for the New York Post, died Nov. 19. He was 81 and had been filing reviews with the Post until only recently.more
Boston's Jason Southerland Is New Leader of Chicago's Next Theatre (Playbill)
Playbill - Jason Southerland began work Nov. 17 as the new artistic director of Next Theatre Company, the Chicago troupe known for socially provocative work.more
MD's Round House Goes Down a Rabbit Hole With World Premiere, 'Alice' (Playbill)
Playbill - Round House Theatre in Bethesda, MD, will stage the world premiere of Alice, a new adaptation of Lewis Carroll's beloved novel "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," Nov. 26-Dec. 28.more
Board of Florida's Carbonell Awards to Suspend Voting in 2009 to Reconsider Mission, Methods (Playbill)
Playbill - Citing the high price of gas as a factor, the board of directors of the Carbonell Awards, Inc., announced Nov. 17 that voting for 2009 productions would be suspended so the organization can reevaluate how it operates.more
'Avenue Q, Quality of Life,' Metcalf, Glover Are Ovation Winners in L.A. (Playbill)
Playbill - Jane Anderson's new play about faith, wellness and death, The Quality of Life, won the 2008 Ovation Award for Playwriting of an Original Play Nov. 17 in Los Angeles. Miss Saigon, Singin' in the Rain and John Bucchino's It's Only Life were also honored.more