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2011 FOLLIES to Receive New Double Album Cast Recording
by Lauren Wolman - Aug 21, 2011


According to a tweet from Terri White, the Broadway transfer of the Kennedy Center's production of FOLLIES will receive a cast recording. Other online reports from cast members note that the recording will appear on the PS Classics label and will be a double album.

Dick Latessa, Brenda Pressley, et al. Join Vinyard Theatre's THE LYONS
by Nicole Rosky - Aug 16, 2011


Tony Award winner Dick Latessa and actresses Kate Jennings Grant and Brenda Pressley have joined the cast of Nicky Silver's play THE LYONS, being given its world-premiere this fall with previews beginning September 21 prior to an official opening night October 11 at Vineyard Theatre (108 E. 15 St.), it has been announced by Vineyard Theatre artistic director Douglas Aibel and co-artistic director Sarah Stern.

BWW Poll Results: What is Your Favorite FOLLIES Recording? - The Original Cast Album!
by BWW - Jul 18, 2011


Last week, we asked what was your favorite recording of FOLLIES. The winner was the 1971 Original Broadway Cast Recording, with an overwhelming 48% of the vote. Ranking second amongst fans with 29% was the most recent 1998 recording featuring the Paper Mill Playhouse cast.

Photo Flash: Victory: Choices in Reaction At PTP/NYC
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jul 14, 2011


PTP/NYC, formerly known as The Potomac Theatre Project, in association with Middlebury College, proudly presents its 25th repertory season, its 5th consecutive in New York, running from July 5 - 31, 2011 in a limited engagement at The Atlantic Stage 2, located at 330 West 16th Street between 8th & 9th Avenues in New York City.

Photo Flash: PTP/NYC Presents TERRITORIES
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jul 12, 2011


PTP/NYC, formerly known as The Potomac Theatre Project, in association with Middlebury College, proudly presents its 25th repertory season, its 5th consecutive in New York, running from July 5 - 31, 2011 in a limited engagement at The Atlantic Stage 2, located at 330 West 16th Street between 8th & 9th Avenues in New York City.

BWW Polls: What is Your Favorite FOLLIES Recording?
by BWW - Jul 8, 2011


It is one of the most famous show of all time. And, on Sunday, August 7, FOLLIES will return to Broadway starring the beloved talents of Elaine Paige, Bernadette Peters, Jan Maxwell, Danny Burstein and Ron Raines, with more stars to be announced.

Cockpit in Court Summer Theatre Closes The Secret Garden July 3
by BWW News Desk - Jul 3, 2011


Cockpit in Court Summer Theatre will present the final performance of 'The Secret Garden' onJuly 3.

Memorial Service Held for Veteran Production Stage Manager Beverly Randolph
by BWW News Desk - Jun 30, 2011


A memorial service will be held for long-time production stage manager Beverley Randolph Thursday, June 30 at 2:00 pm at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (205 West 46th Street). Friends, family, colleagues are welcome to attend the memorial.

Beverley Randolph Memorial Held Thursday At Lunt-Fontanne Theatre Tonight
by BWW News Desk - Jun 30, 2011


A memorial service will be held for long-time production stage manager Beverley Randolph Thursday, June 30 at 2:00 pm at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (205 West 46th Street). Friends, family, colleagues are welcome to attend the memorial.

Beverley Randolph Memorial Held Thursday At Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jun 17, 2011


A memorial service will be held for long-time production stage manager Beverley Randolph Thursday, June 30 at 2:00 pm at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (205 West 46th Street). Friends, family, colleagues are welcome to attend the memorial.

OTHER DESERT CITIES Hits Broadway 's Booth Theatre Next Season; Lavin Departs for Vineyard's THE LYONS
by Jessica Lewis - Jun 16, 2011


Lincoln Center Theater production of Jon Robin Baitz' OTHER DESERT CITIES, directed by Joe Mantello, opened on January 13 at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater. The cast features Stockard Channing, Stacy Keach, Linda Lavin, Elizabeth Marvel and Thomas Sadoski. Today, the New York Times suggests that the show is looking to transfer to Broadway, however, a full house on the Great White Way will prevent the show from making a spring move.

Cockpit in Court Summer Theatre Opens The Secret Garden 6/17-July 3
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jun 13, 2011


Cockpit in Court Summer Theatre opens its 39th season with "The Secret Garden" from June 17 - July 3.

Jan Maxwell, Stephanie Janssen, et al. Set for Potomac Theatre Project's 2011-12 Season
by Nicole Rosky - Jun 7, 2011


PTP/NYC, formerly known as The Potomac Theatre Project, in association with Middlebury College, proudly presents its 25th repertory season, its 5th consecutive in New York, running from July 5 - 31, 2011 in a limited engagement at The Atlantic Stage 2, located at 330 West 16th Street between 8th & 9th Avenues in New York City. This season's Off-Broadway line-up includes: the U.S. Premiere of Howard Barker's Victory: Choices in Reaction, starring four-time Tony Award nominee and Drama Desk Award-winner Jan Maxwell in her 4th collaboration with PTP, directed by PTP's Co-Artistic Director and NYIT Award nominee Richard Romagnoli (American Associate of The Wrestling School); the U.S. Premiere of Steven Dykes' Territories, two stories of politics and desire, The Spoils and a light gathering of dust, directed by PTP's Co-Artistic Director Cheryl Faraone; and a revival of Neal Bell's Spatter Pattern: or, How I Got Away With It, directed by PTP's Co-Artistic Director Jim Petosa.

SPOTLIGHT ON THE 2011 TONY AWARDS: DAY 11 - FOLLIES
by Robert Diamond - May 23, 2011


As a super-special Spring extension of BroadwayWorld's SOUND OFF column, every day until the Tony Awards on June 12 we will be presenting a spectacular new entry in the SPOTLIGHT ON THE 2011 TONY AWARDS series featuring a particularly entertaining, interesting, relevant and exciting Tony Awards-related clip from the last sixty-three years of the ceremonies (and subsequent seasons on Broadway) with a rundown and commentary on the sights, sounds and showmanship on display in each carefully chosen selection - all, of course, coming in anticipation of Broadway's biggest night, which will be broadcast on CBS this year, as always. Once again this year, BroadwayWorld is the official home of the 2011 Tony Awards and we will also be featuring exclusive interviews, articles, photos, video content, interactive features and more in the coming days and weeks leading up to the event so be sure to check back daily for your theatre fix!

Reprise Theatre Company Presents Barbara Cook in Concert, 5/16
by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2011


Reprise Theatre Company presents Barbara Cook in Concert. It will have one performance only on Monday, May 16 at 8:00 pm, at UCLA's Freud Playhouse. Barbara Cook in Concert is the latest in Reprise Theatre Company's tradition of presenting Broadway stars and legendary entertainers in concert, which have included Patti LuPone, Carol Burnett, Sutton Foster, Ben Vereen, Kristin Chenoweth, and Brian Stokes Mitchell.

LPTW Announces Oral History: Linda Lavin Interviewed by Michael Riedel 5/9
by BWW News Desk - May 9, 2011


On Monday, May 9th at 6pm New York Post columnist and theatre critic Michael Riedel will interview Tony Award-winning actress Linda Lavin in the Bruno Walter Auditorium at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (65th Street and Amsterdam Avenue).

LPTW Announces Oral History: Linda Lavin Interviewed by Michael Riedel 5/9
by Gabrielle Sierra - Apr 13, 2011


On Monday, May 9th at 6pm New York Post columnist and theatre critic Michael Riedel will interview Tony Award-winning actress Linda Lavin in the Bruno Walter Auditorium at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (65th Street and Amsterdam Avenue).

Finborough Theater Presents THE ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT
by Gabrielle Sierra - Apr 13, 2011


The long overdue London premiere of the Broadway musical The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd, directed by acclaimed West End and RSC director Ian Judge, and designed by three time Olivier Award winner Tim Goodchild, opens for a four week limited season at the Finborough Theatre on Tuesday, 7 June 2011 (Press Night: Thursday, 9 June 2011 at 7.30pm).

Robin Wagner, Lewis Brown, et al. Win TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards
by BWW News Desk - Apr 8, 2011


Three-time Tony Award-winning scenic designer ROBIN WAGNER and esteemed costume designer LEWIS BROWN are among the 2011 TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards recipients. The awards will be presented at a ceremony on Friday, April 8 at 6:30pm at the Hudson Theatre (145 West 44th Street). Mr. Brown was selected to receive the 2011 TDF/Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award for costume design, and Tony Award-winning scenic designer Robin Wagner will receive the Robert L.B. Tobin Award for Sustained Excellence in Theatrical Design. Sadly, Mr. Brown passed away in January of 2011. His award will be accepted by his long-time colleague and friend, Albert Wolsky, who was the recipient of the 2010 TDF/Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award

Broadway Lights to Dim Tonight for Beverley Randolph
by Nicole Rosky - Mar 16, 2011


The Broadway community mourns the loss of veteran production stage manager, Beverley Randolph, who passed away from cancer yesterday at age 59. The marquees of Broadway theatres in New York will be dimmed in her memory tonight, March 16, at exactly 8:00 p.m. for one minute.

Broadway Stage Manager Beverley Randolph Dies at 59
by Nicole Rosky - Mar 15, 2011


Veteran Production Stage Manager Beverley Randolph died Tuesday, March 15 at her home in Bloomingdale, NJ, surrounded by family and friends. The cause was cancer. The highly-respected Randolph, 59, stage managed more than 20 Broadway productions over the course of a 30-plus year career. At the time of her death and since 2009, she was Production Supervisor for the musical The Addams Family. Her credits include the Kander & Ebb musical Curtains, the musical Little Women, the 2002 revival of Into the Woods, the 1998 revival of The Sound of Music, Stephen Sondheim's Tony Award-winning best musical Passion, Kander & Ebb's The Kiss of the Spider Woman, William Finn's Falsettos, the Tony Award-winning Best Musical Jerome Robbins' Broadway, Follies in Concert at Avery Fisher Hall, the 1987 revival of Kander & Ebb's Cabaret and Neil Simon's Chapter Two. In the 1980's, she stage managed eight Broadway productions for legendary producer/director Hal Prince.

Robin Wagner, Lewis Brown, et al. Win TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards
by Nicole Rosky - Feb 22, 2011


Three-time Tony Award-winning scenic designer ROBIN WAGNER and esteemed costume designer LEWIS BROWN are among the 2011 TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards recipients. The awards will be presented at a ceremony on Friday, April 8 at 6:30pm at the Hudson Theatre (145 West 44th Street). Mr. Brown was selected to receive the 2011 TDF/Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award for costume design, and Tony Award-winning scenic designer Robin Wagner will receive the Robert L.B. Tobin Award for Sustained Excellence in Theatrical Design. Sadly, Mr. Brown passed away in January of 2011. His award will be accepted by his long-time colleague and friend, Albert Wolsky, who was the recipient of the 2010 TDF/Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award

Roundabout Completes Cast for Murphy Led PEOPLE IN THE PICTURE
by Jessica Lewis - Feb 22, 2011


Roundabout Theatre Company in association with Tracy Aron, announces the complete cast for the new Broadway musical THE PEOPLE IN THE PICTURE, starring two time Tony® Award-winner Donna Murphy, directed by Leonard Foglia. THE PEOPLE IN THE PICTURE features book & lyrics by Iris Rainer Dart and music by Mike Stoller and Artie Butler.

Gemignani, Zien, Parker & More Join Murphy in Roundabout's PEOPLE IN THE PICTURE; Additional Casting Announced!
by Jessica Lewis - Feb 3, 2011


Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director), in association with Tracy Aron, announces additional casting for the new Broadway musical THE PEOPLE IN THE PICUTRE, starring two time Tony® Award-winner Donna Murphy, directed by Leonard Foglia. THE PEOPLE IN THE PICTURE features book & lyrics by Iris Rainer Dart and music by Mike Stoller and Artie Butler.

Reprise Theatre Company Presents Barbara Cook in Concert, 5/16
by Nicole Rosky - Feb 2, 2011


Reprise Theatre Company presents Barbara Cook in Concert. It will have one performance only on Monday, May 16 at 8:00 pm, at UCLA's Freud Playhouse. Barbara Cook in Concert is the latest in Reprise Theatre Company's tradition of presenting Broadway stars and legendary entertainers in concert, which have included Patti LuPone, Carol Burnett, Sutton Foster, Ben Vereen, Kristin Chenoweth, and Brian Stokes Mitchell.

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