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Clooney shares the stage with Ilana Glazer, Clark Gregg, and others, Broadway loves Pedi, Review Roundup: URINETOWN, Guettel and Landau in their 20s, and Burgess is Mary Todd. Oliver Roth chats about producing.
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‘Good Night, And Good Luck’ Cast Set For George Clooney Broadway Debut: Ilana Glazer, Clark Gregg, Many Others by Greg Evans / DEADLINE
The large cast of the upcoming Good Night, and Good Luck starring George Clooney in his Broadway debut has been announced by producers, and among those onstage will be Ilana Glazer, Clark Gregg, Mac Brandt and Paul Gross.
https://deadline.com/2025/02/good-night-and-good-luck-george-clooney-broadway-cast-1236280893
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Broadway Community Crowdfunding Vision Care for Christine Pedi
Producers Tom and Michael D’Angora have launched a GoFundMe aiming to raise $20,000 for the Broadway and cabaret icon. by Logan Culwell-Block / PLAYBILL
The funds will allow Pedi to seek treatment for gradual vision loss at the Mayo Clinic, which she hopes will stabilize her condition. Pedi’s insurance does not cover out-of-state care, which is why the theatrical community is now rallying around her with the crowdfunding campaign.
https://playbill.com/article/broadway-community-crowdfunding-vision-care-for-christine-pedi
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Review Roundup: URINETOWN Opens at New York City Center Encores! via BroadwayWorld
The New York City Center Encores! season kicks off with Urinetown! In this side-splitting satire directed by Teddy Bergman, a young hero leads his community in a fight against oppression. Set in a dystopian world where water is scarce and “Hope” is even scarcer, all citizens must now pay a fee for “The Privilege to Pee” at one of the public facilities controlled by a selfish tycoon. But the citizens can only hold it in so much longer and soon the poorest, filthiest of these facilities, becomes a “number one” site for major change.
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Floyd Collins’ Upcoming Broadway Debut Isn’t About Why Now—It’s Why Always
After 30-year careers in the theatre, Adam Guettel and Tina Landau are returning to their first major work, created when they were in their 20s. by Logan Culwell-Block / PLAYBILL
Adam Guettel and Tina Landau Heather Gershonowitz
Can you hear the call? Tina Landau and Adam Guettel’s 1996 Off-Broadway musical Floyd Collins is making its long-awaited Broadway debut this season via Lincoln Center Theater, with performances set to begin March 27 at the Vivian Beaumont ahead of an April 21 opening night.
https://playbill.com/article/floyd-collins-upcoming-broadway-debut-isnt-about-why-now-its-why-always
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Tituss Burgess to star as Mary Todd Lincoln in ‘Oh, Mary!’ on Broadway by Hayley Levitt / BROADWAY.COM
For three weeks only, from March 18 through April 6, Burgess will take on the title role at the Lyceum Theatre.
https://www.broadwaynews.com/tituss-burgess-to-star-as-mary-todd-lincoln-in-oh-mary-on-broadway-2
Bonus:
February 7th Birthdays:
Jack Viertel
https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/jack-viertel-22413
Tim Shew
https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/timothy-shew-74973
Opening Night: February 7th, 1944
The fourth Broadway production of
Porgy and Bess (this one @ City Center)
https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/porgy-and-bess-470755
Previous productions were in 1935, 1942, 1943
There have been four subsequent productions on Broadway, for a total of 8 productions, with the last one being in 2012
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Feb. 7 Episode: Broadway Producer – Oliver Roth
https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/oliver-roth-494692
6 Minutes. 62 People. 1 Epic ‘Sunset Boulevard’ Sequence.
Down the stairs, out the doors and onto the sidewalk, a Broadway show hits the street. Here’s how they pull it off. by Sarah Bahr and Brian Karlsson / THE NEW YORK TIMES (Nov. 22, 2024)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/theater/sunset-boulevard-broadway-outdoor.html
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