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Theater News: New Music: 2011 Best Musical Nominees Boast Original Scores

Tue, 03 May 2011 17:00:00 -0400

It has been 14 years since the Tony Award nominators have filled the Best Musical category with four new works featuring completely original scores.

Theater News: Broadway Reacts! We Talk to 2011 Tony Award Nominees

Tue, 03 May 2011 16:59:00 -0400

Playbill.com reached out to the 2011 Tony Award nominees on May 3, shortly after they learned that they were nominated for Broadway's biggest award. Here's what they had to say. We'll update this space throughout the day.

Theater News: My Sinatra Will Warm Up With Free Readings Before Summer Opening Off-Broadway

Tue, 03 May 2011 16:50:00 -0400

Cary Hoffman's My Sinatra, seen at the Triad Theater and as a PBS concert special, will receive a series of staged readings prior to an Off-Broadway run this summer.

Theater News: 2011 Tony Nominations Announced; Book of Mormon Earns 14 Nominations

Tue, 03 May 2011 16:43:00 -0400

Tony winners Matthew Broderick and Anika Noni Rose announced the nominations for the 65th Annual Tony Awards May 3 at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts' Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center at Lincoln Center.

Theater News: Anyone Can Whistle Reading to Feature Cynthia Ferrer, Shannon Warne, Dan Callaway, Norman Large

Tue, 03 May 2011 16:15:00 -0400

Musical Theatre West's Reiner Reading Series will continue May 15 at 7 PM with Stephen Sondheim's Anyone Can Whistle in the CSU Long Beach's University Theater.

Theater News: Broadway's Araca Group to Offer Free Play Readings by Anna Ziegler and Lucy Kirkwood

Tue, 03 May 2011 16:05:00 -0400

The Araca Group, which has produced such new Broadway works as The Good Body, Enron and Urinetown, will offer a week-long play reading series beginning May 10.

Theater News: Anthony Rapp, Kelly Karbacz and Erik Lochtefeld Set for Free Readings of Water Dream Musical

Tue, 03 May 2011 15:26:00 -0400

Free staged readings of the new musical The Water Dream will be presented May 28-30 at 8 PM at the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre in Manhattan.

Theater News: Rent and "American Idol" Performer Tamyra Gray Will Twist in Pasadena

Tue, 03 May 2011 15:07:00 -0400

"American Idol" finalist Tamyra Gray will star in the Pasadena Playhouse production of Twist, a funky take on the classic Charles Dickens tale "Oliver Twist," which will begin performances June 14.

Theater News: Ricki Lake, Josh Gad, Christopher J. Hanke Set for Concert for a Healthy Birth

Tue, 03 May 2011 14:56:00 -0400

The Concert for a Healthy Birth, which will benefit Choices in Childbirth, a leading national advocacy organization for maternity care and women's health, will be presented May 9 at the Canal Room in Manhattan.

Theater News: Project: Lohan, Featuring D'Arcy Drollinger as Lindsay Lohan, Extends Run

Tue, 03 May 2011 14:45:00 -0400

La MaMa E.T.C. has extended its world-premiere engagement of Project: Lohan, which is written by D'Arcy Drollinger and directed by Ben Rimalower.