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Playbill.com Off-Broadway's Cymbeline Will Work Its Magic in Added Performances, Into 2012 Playbill.com - ‎35 minutes ago‎ By Kenneth Jones Fiasco Theater's acclaimed, six-person production of Shakespeare's late-career play Cymbeline has been extended two weeks, now to Jan. 15, 2012, at Off-Broadway's Barrow Street Theatre in Greenwich Village. Orlando Shakespeare to Host 22nd Annual Shakespeare ConferenceTheaterMania.com Related: Cymbeline » Embrace Theater in 2012 Patch.com - ‎1 hour ago‎ By Anthony Stoeckert Philip Goodwin as Scrooge in rehearsals for the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey's production of "A Christmas Carol" at the FM Kirby Shakespeare Theatre in Madison. New York Times HAND OF GOD to Move to Broadway in 2013? Broadway World - ‎5 hours ago‎ According to a report in the New York Times, HAND OF GOD, which recently concluded an off-Broadway run at Ensemble Studio Theater, will return for their 2012 season in February for eight weeks. Related Ensemble Studios » 'Hand to God' to Return for 8 Weeks, Possibly LongerNew York Times (blog) Possessed Puppet Comedy Hand to God Will Return Off-BroadwayPlaybill.com There's Something About 'Matilda' NPR - ‎4 hours ago‎ by Nik Martin Audio for this story from All Things Considered will be available at approx. 7:00 pm ET The West End production of the Royal Shakespeare Company's Matilda the Musical opened at the Cambridge Theatre on Nov. 24. Memorable Moments, Performances of 2011 Connecticut Theater Scene Hartford Courant - ‎5 hours ago‎ By FRANK RIZZO Hartford Courant So here's a playful retro glance at some of the highlights, performances, newsworthy events and people who stood out in the state's theater scene (in no particular order). Theater: 'Memphis', 'Let Me Down Easy' Headed to PBS Eurweb.com - ‎1 hour ago‎ *For those who can't get to Broadway for the Tony Award-winning rock musical Memphis, PBS is bringing the production to you through a Feb. 24, 2012 airing of its “Great Performances” series. "Great Performances" to Air Memphis in February; Phantom of the Opera Unmasked ...Playbill.com Related: Phantom of the Opera » Public Broadcasting Service » Memphis, Tennessee » The Times of Trenton - NJ.com Bucks County couple save historic New Hope playhouse Philadelphia Inquirer - ‎7 hours ago‎ By Claudia Vargas The Bucks County Playhouse , housed in an 18th-century grist mill, closed last December. Now, the theater will be managed by the Bucks County Playhouse Conservancy. Related Robert Redford » Curtain rises on next act for Bucks County Playhouse in New HopeThe Times of Trenton - NJ.com Show to go on after investors purchase historic Bucks County Playhouse in ...The Republic See all 14 sources » Folsom Telegraph 'Musical of Musicals' offers laughs in Folsom Folsom Telegraph - ‎6 hours ago‎ By Eileen Wilson, Telegraph Correspondent If you want to start the New Year off with a kick, (a musical kick, that is), Sutter Street's “Musical of Musicals (The Musical),” is really four shows in one. An Evening With Patti Lupone And Mandy Patinkin A Broadway Delight Examiner.com - ‎1 hour ago‎ "Another Hundred People" just got off from the train and are heading to buy tickets for An Evening With Patti Lupone And Mandy Patinkin. New York Notebook: Only a few sparks in the fall theater season Washington Post - ‎22 hours ago‎ NEW YORK - Although the power stayed on all through the topsy-turvy weather patterns of the fall, the city's theater district has found a key ingredient in the making of plays and musicals in perilously short supply this season: electricity. WE & LaHitz Fete SF BayView Publishers at "Our Media Matters" Theater Night at ... San Francisco Chronicle - ‎21 minutes ago‎ Wright Enterprises and LaHitz Media present "Our Media Matters" Theater Night in honor of Willie and Mary Ratcliff, Publishers of the San Francisco BayView Newspaper, 7 pm Thursday, December 29, 2011 at the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre's new home. Theater preview: A regal return SignOnSanDiego.com - ‎5 hours ago‎ Kandis Chappell (in a 2006 photo at North Coast Rep) plays Eleanor of Aquitaine in the Solana Beach theater's production of "A Lion in Winter. A crop of new plays lacking shape Sacramento Bee - ‎9 hours ago‎ By CHARLES MCNULTY LOS ANGELES -- Sitting through a succession of new plays on a recent visit to New York, I was reminded of car trips as a child with my grandmother behind the wheel of her gigantic red Lincoln Continental. New York Post Shooting straight to the top New York Post - ‎17 hours ago‎ By any measure, this year was a real roller-coaster ride for Jeremy Jordan. Like the Frank Sinatra song, the 27-year-old actor's been up and down and over and out, having made a splash with two shows in a row, the second of which - “Bonnie & Clyde,” ... Related Bonnie and Clyde » PLAYBILL PLAYLIST: Bonnie & Clyde Cast Picks Wildhorn FavoritesPlaybill.com 'Bonnie & Clyde' to close FridayUPI.com New York Times Broadway Hits Gold in Buffalo New York Times - ‎Dec 23, 2011‎ BUFFALO - “The Addams Family” musical will close on Broadway next Saturday without earning back its $16.5 million capitalization during its 22-month run, a disappointment to the producers. New York Times (blog) A Drum Mecca Prepares to Close Up Shop New York Times (blog) - ‎1 hour ago‎ By COLIN MOYNIHAN Chang W. Lee/The New York TimesBarry Greenspon, right, shaking hands with two customers on Tuesday, one day before he planned to close his shop in Manhattan, which has been selling instruments to musicians for over 30 years. Broadway Blog (blog) 2011 Top Ten Moments in Theater (Part 1) Broadway Blog (blog) - ‎7 hours ago‎ It's obvious but it bears repeating: theater is special because it's live. A play may run for years but the version seen on a specific night is only for that audience. Theater comings and goings this week Washington Post (blog) - ‎4 hours ago‎ By Amy Orndorff Natalie Berk and Alex Mills star in Synetic Theater's production of Shakespeare's “Romeo and Juliet.” (Graeme B. Shaw/Courtesy of Synetic Theater) Theater buffs, take note: This week is your last chance to see 10 area productions, ... AVENUE Q To Open Cain Park's 2012 Season In The Alma Theater Broadway World - ‎2 hours ago‎ The City of Cleveland Heights and Cain Park 2012 Theater Artistic Director Russ Borski announce that AVENUE Q will open Cain Park's 2012 season in the Alma Theater June 15-July 1 (preview June 14). WBEZ (blog) The worst in Chicago theater 2011 WBEZ (blog) - ‎33 minutes ago‎ by Jonathan Abarbanel | Dec. 27, 2011 Since I'm the curmudgeon of the group, and I'm the one who hasn't left town for The Holidays, the duty falls to me.

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Chicago Sun-Times - ‎6 hours ago‎

“White Christmas,” by Irving Berlin, through Jan. 1 at the Marriott Theatre, 10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire. The performance schedule is 1 pm and 8 pm Wednesdays; 8 pm Thursdays and Fridays; 4:30 pm and 8 pm Saturdays; and 1 pm and 5 pm Sundays.

New York Times (blog)

'Hand to God' to Return for 8 Weeks, Possibly Longer New York Times (blog) - ‎4 hours ago‎ By PATRICK HEALY Suzanne DeChillo/The New York TimesSteven Boyer, an actor in “Hand to God,” with a sock puppet from the play. HAND OF GOD to Move to Broadway in 2013?Broadway World Related: Ensemble Studios » The Drowsy Chaperone » Patrick Healy »

Embrace Theater in 2012 Patch.com - ‎1 hour ago‎ By Anthony Stoeckert Philip Goodwin as Scrooge in rehearsals for the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey's production of "A Christmas Carol" at the FM Kirby Shakespeare Theatre in Madison.

Los Angeles Times

Monster Mash: NBC's 'Smash'; Big Daddy Roth museum Los Angeles Times - ‎6 hours ago‎ TV to stage? Could "Smash," the coming NBC series about making a musical on Broadway, actually spawn a musical for Broadway?

Parks Leads 'Porgy' to Broadway Wall Street Journal - ‎Dec 26, 2011‎ By BARBARA CHAI While adapting the Gershwin and Heyward classic, "Porgy and Bess," playwright Suzan-Lori Parks fell in love.

AVENUE Q To Open Cain Park's 2012 Season In The Alma Theater Broadway World - ‎2 hours ago‎ The City of Cleveland Heights and Cain Park 2012 Theater Artistic Director Russ Borski announce that AVENUE Q will open Cain Park's 2012 season in the Alma Theater June 15-July 1 (preview June 14).

Destiny Rising, Gala Performance to Benefit NYC Dance Alliance Foundation Broadway World - ‎1 hour ago‎ The NYC Dance Alliance Foundation (NYCDAF) will celebrate its first anniversary with a fundraising performance at The Joyce Theater on Monday evening, January 16, 2012 at 7:30 pm.

Press Herald

People & Entertainment Theater's reopening to bring Joy to Big Easy Press Herald - ‎17 hours ago‎ NEW ORLEANS - The Joy Theater's bright blinking "JOY" sign that for more than 50 years was as common a sight on Canal Street as the streetcars in New Orleans is blinking again for the first time since before Hurricane Katrina.

Memorable Moments, Performances of 2011 Connecticut Theater Scene Hartford Courant - ‎5 hours ago‎ By FRANK RIZZO Hartford Courant So here's a playful retro glance at some of the highlights, performances, newsworthy events and people who stood out in the state's theater scene (in no particular order).

Kansas City Star

Carol Channing's husband, Harry Kullijian, dies Seattle Post Intelligencer - ‎33 minutes ago‎ FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2005 file photo, Broadway legend Carol Channing introduces her husband, businessman Harry Kullijian, during a performance of her one-woman show in New York. Carol Channing's Husband, Harry Kullijian, DiesNPR See all 139 sources » Related: Carol Channing » Harry Kullijian » Rancho Mirage, California »

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Year in Review: Dance TheaterJones Performing Arts News in North Texas - ‎9 hours ago‎ by Margaret Putnam We know that at some point rain will again fall, but whether good fortune shines on dance is another question. The dance drought continues with no relief in sight.

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Grand Bahama Performing Arts Society opens 2012 with Chamber Music Concert thebahamasweekly.com - ‎1 hour ago‎ By The Bahamas Weekly News Team Freeport, Bahamas - The Grand Bahama Performing Arts Society (GBPAS) will open the new year with a Chamber Music Concert featuring four artists on Saturday, January 21st, at 8pm.

Mariusz Kwiecien, a profile BusinessWorld Online Edition - ‎10 hours ago‎ Once in a while I like to write about very good performers who are known abroad but not known in the Philippines. Mariusz Kwiecien, a 38-year-old fast-rising baritone from Krakow, Poland, is the one I have chosen for today.

Folsom Telegraph

'Musical of Musicals' offers laughs in Folsom Folsom Telegraph - ‎6 hours ago‎ By Eileen Wilson, Telegraph Correspondent If you want to start the New Year off with a kick, (a musical kick, that is), Sutter Street's “Musical of Musicals (The Musical),” is really four shows in one.

New York Daily News

City Island teens to face off in Teen Idol talent show on New Year's Eve ... New York Daily News - ‎11 hours ago‎ BY Tanyanika Samuels Maggie Ruzo, who runs the nonprofit New York Kids Theatrical Alliance, moved her theater group to City Island two years ago and right away, she noticed a need in the community with kids having nothing to do on weekends on the ...

Oman Daily Observer

ROH offers new pricing scheme Oman Daily Observer - ‎3 hours ago‎ New season for 2012 slated to begin on January 16 - By Kaushalendra Singh - MUSCAT - The new season of Royal Opera House Muscat will bring both, exciting performances for music lovers and much relief for all those who did not venture courage to go for ...

Celebrity soloists join orchestra Cranford Chronicle - NJ.com - ‎34 minutes ago‎ By Cranford Chronicle WESTFIELD - On Saturday, Dec. 31, at 7 pm, the fully professional Westfield Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Maestro David Wroe presents That's Entertainment, a superb revue of the golden age of the American musical ...

Columbus Dispatch

Dance: Fine footwork kept audiences on their toes Columbus Dispatch - ‎Dec 25, 2011‎ So many good productions of great musicals made my year-end “best” list for central Ohio theater that it got me thinking about the best Broadway productions of musicals that I've seen during my life.

Local Playwright to be Featured in World Renowned Theater Festival WTRF - ‎58 minutes ago‎ By Ashley Mullins - email Just like the song says, "If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere." And that is just what one local playwright is doing.

Opera Works' 'Garden' in full, musical bloom Chicago Sun-Times - ‎3 minutes ago‎ By DOROTHY ANDRIES Contributor December 27, 2011 4:54PM Maggie Portman,(from left), Steve Peebles, Matthew Schroeder, Nick Foster, and Sophie Thatcher in Light Opera Works' "The Secret Garden.