November 07, 2009

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Dreamgirls' Angela, Mercado and Warren
Dreamgirls' Angela, Mercado and Warren
Credit: Joan Marcus
  Dreamgirls Begins Previews at the Apollo Theatre Nov. 7
Dreamgirls, the 1981 Motown musical about a girl group on the rise to stardom, returns to New York in a newly-imagined production (with new songs), bowing at Harlem's Apollo Theatre. The Dreams will take to the road after NYC.

You're Invited: My Mother's Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding Begins Toronto Run
You're Invited: My Mother's Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding Begins Toronto Run An expanded and reworked new production of the recent Toronto Fringe festival hit, My Mother's Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding, begins Nov. 7 at the Panasonic Theatre in Toronto.



The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of

The Stuff Dreams Are Made OfPrior to touring, a revised Dreamgirls takes to the iconic Apollo stage in a dream come true for the show's original composer.

PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Jim Norton

PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Jim NortonAny dedicated New York theatregoer knows that actor Jim Norton has been on a roll for some time.

DIVA TALK: Catching Up with Tony Winner Chita Rivera Plus Baldwin, Callaway, Luker on CD

DIVA TALK: Catching Up with Tony Winner Chita Rivera Plus Baldwin, Callaway, Luker on CDNews, views and reviews about the multi-talented women of the musical theatre and the concert/cabaret stage.

PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Oct. 31-Nov. 6: Why Me?

 PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Oct. 31-Nov. 6: Why Me?Brighton Beach Memoirs announced a closing date this week and Broadway headed to the psychiatrist's couch, plaintively asking the skies, "Why?"


Art D'Lugoff, Off-Broadway Music and Theatre Impresario, Dies at 85

Reeve Carney Is Broadway's Spider-Man; New Producers Promise 2010 Opening

Reeve Carney Is Broadway's Spider-Man; New Producers Promise 2010 Opening

Kerns and Spirtas Begin Loaded Off-Broadway Nov. 7

Kerns and Spirtas Begin Loaded Off-Broadway Nov. 7

"Thank Heaven You're Here": Grey Gardens Premieres in Japan

"Thank Heaven You're Here": Grey Gardens Premieres in Japan

Birney, Houdyshell, Pedi, More to Read On the Rocks for Nov. 16 Project Shaw

Birney, Houdyshell, Pedi, More to Read On the Rocks for Nov. 16 Project Shaw

The Accidental Pervert Will Reveal Himself Off-Broadway

Mitchell's The Red Box Will Receive Montreal Reading

SHELF LIFE: Tharp, the Orbachs, Forbidden Broadway, The Sound of Music and More

SHELF LIFE: Tharp, the Orbachs, Forbidden Broadway, The Sound of Music and More

Reading of Jerusalem Syndrome to Feature Larsen, Zien, Craig, Reiber, Green and More

Hair Revival Recording Will Get Vinyl Release

Hair Revival Recording Will Get Vinyl Release

Lark Names Playwrights for U.S./Mexico Exchange

Marvelous Wonderettes Will Exit NYC in January; Wide Regional Life Begins

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