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Frank Galati, Lois Smith and Tim Hopper to Star in Landau's Chicago 'Tempest'
Playbill - Frank Galati, the Tony Award-winning theatre artist known as a writer, director and actor will play Prospero in director Tina Landau's new production of The Tempest for Steppenwolf Theatre Company March 26-May 31 in Chicago.
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'Uncle Vanya', With O'Hare, Gyllenhaal and Sarsgaard, to Open in February
Playbill - Off-Broadway's Classic Stage Company has set Feb. 12 as the opening night of the new Austin Pendleton-directed production of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya starring Tony Award-winner Denis O'Hare as Vanya, Maggie Gyllenhaal as Yelena and Peter Sarsgaard as Astrov.
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Broadway's 'Dividing the Estate' Will Play Hartford Stage in Spring
Playbill - The recently closed Broadway production of Horton Foote's Dividing the Estate will travel to Hartford Stage to conclude the company's 45th anniversary season in May.
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Jimmy Osmond Will Be Billy Flynn in U.K. Tour of 'Chicago'
Playbill - Jimmy Osmond, who will make his West End debut Jan. 19, playing Teen Angel in the London company of Grease at the Piccadilly Theatre, is to continue working onstage after his six-week run there.
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Pat Hingle, Veteran Character Actor, Dies at 84
Playbill - Pat Hingle, the character actor whose career stretched back to the 1940s and whose credits encompassed copious roles in theatre, film and television, died Jan. 3 at his home in Carolina Beach, NC. He was 84. The cause was myelodysplasia, a blood disorder, his wife, Julia, said.
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Scheie and Vickery Have a Roman Holiday in Premiere of 'You, Nero' in CA
Playbill - Amy Freed's You, Nero, a new "Roman romp" about leadership, history and playwriting, dawns Jan. 4 at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, CA. The world-premiere comedy by the Pulitzer Prize finalist is produced in association with Berkeley Repertory Theatre.
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South Florida Premiere of 'Frost/Nixon' Begins
Playbill - Wynn Harmon is Frost, and Bruce Sabath is Nixon in the South Florida premiere of Peter Morgan's Frost/Nixon, the humor-laced drama about the famous 1977 TV interviews between the British celebrity chat-show host and the disgraced former U.S. President.
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Taking Over for Benanti, Paice Joins Roundabout Night Music Concert
Under the advice of her doctor, Tony Award-winning actress Laura Benanti has to withdraw from the gala concert of A Little Night Music Jan. 12 in Manhattan.
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As 9 Runs End, Hope for a Brighter Future on a Darker Broadway
There is a sense of heavy reckoning on Broadway after nine productions closed on Sunday night.
New York Times  –  Jan 5, 2009 11:01 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
Full Cast, Creative Team Set for InterAct's The Rant
Full cast and creative team information has been announced for InterAct Theatre Company's world premiere production Andrew Case's The Rant, to play January 23-February 22, with an opening on...
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