'Ha'Penny Bridge', Broadway-Aimed Irish Musical, Will Play San Francisco After Toronto
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Playbill - Ha'Penny Bridge, the new Irish musical making its North American premiere in Toronto in May, will makes its U.S. debut in San Francisco in the summer. The show is billed as "Broadway-bound."
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An American airline has confirmed it is to begin a regular direct service from Belfast to New York.
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It has played to packed houses across the globe, from the West End to Broadway as well as the Grand Theatre in Shanghai.
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Much of the most interesting and enterprising theater in New York starts Off Broadway, even if it doesnât necessarily stay there.
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The Conor McPherson drama âThe Seafarerâ will end its run at the Booth Theater on March 30 after 19 previews and 133 regular performances. ... âTake Me Along,â the musical based on the Eugene OâNeill comedy âAh, Wilderness!,â will be presented by the Irish Repertory Theater beginning with previews on Feb. 20. Directed by Charlotte Moore, the show, with a book by Joseph Stein (âFiddler on the Roofâ) and Robert Russell and music and lyrics by Bob Merrill, opens on Feb. 28. ... Oprah Winfrey has made âA New Earthâ (Penguin Group), the 2005 self-help guide by Eckhart Tolle, her latest book-club selection, The Associated Press reported. ... The appointment of Martin E. Sullivan as director of the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution, effective April 28, was announced on Wednesday. Mr. Sullivan, since 1999 the chief executive of the Historic St. Maryâs City Commission in Maryland, succeeds Marc Pachter, who retired on Jan. 25.
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- The Buffalo Bills intend to play a few games in Canada, eh?
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A musical version of J.R.R Tolkien&#039;s trilogy &amp;quot;The Lord of the Rings&amp;quot; is to open at London&#039;s historic Theatre Royal, Drury Lane next year, replacing the current smash hit &amp;quot;The Producers&amp;quot;.
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James C. Nicola, the artistic director of the New York Theater Workshop, has decided to produce an Encores!-type series dedicated exclusively to the Off Broadway musical.
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By MICHAEL KUCHWARA  NEW YORK - Terrence McNally, who already has had two new plays done in New York this year ("Deuce" and "Some Men"), will get a Broadway revival of an earlier effort this fall.
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By MICHAEL KUCHWARA  NEW YORK - By George, he's got it. Jefferson Mays will portray Henry Higgins in a revival of George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion," arriving on Broadway in October. No word yet on who will play Eliza Doolittle, the Cockney flower girl Higgins transforms into a lady.
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Playbill - Hello, Dolly - Parton! 9 to 5, the developing new musical by songwriter Dolly Parton and librettist Patricia Resnick, will get two private industry presentations in Manhattan June 28, Playbill.com has learned.
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John Jasperse and two members of his company explained the mechanics of a duet from "California," a new work, which opens Tuesday.
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Playbill - Frankenstein, the new musical theatre experience that will tour in 2007-08, continues its development in rehearsals toward private industry readings scheduled for the week of Dec. 18 in Manhattan.
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Bing Crosby is getting a theater named after him in the city where he first took up music.
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The San Francisco Opera on Tuesday announced its own plan to transmit operas to movie theaters using a system it says is superior to that of the Metropolitan Opera.
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A musical version of the film Desperately Seeking Susan is set for the West End, featuring songs by Blondie.
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Jaromir Jagr and Brendan Shanahan better start working on an encore. If it's anything like their Broadway debut together, the New York Rangers are bound to be a smashing hit.