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Two Women Written Shows Bound for Broadway This Fall

Katie Holmes’ first professional engagement in her post Tom Cruise life will be on the Broadway stage in Theresa Rebeck’s latest play Dead Accounts. The play premiered in January in Cincinnati and will play at the Music Box Theatre in NYC this fall. Rebeck’s play Seminar starring Alan Rickman ran on Broadway last season. She is also the creator of the NBC show Smash.

Kathie Lee Gifford (yes, that Kathie Lee Gifford) makes her Broadway debut with the musical Scandalous based on the life of early 20th century evangelical Aimee Semple McPherson. Gifford, who has worked on the show for 13 years, is the book and lyric writer. The play fran in Seattle in 2011 under the title Saving Aimee. Broadway veteran Carolee Carmello play the lead. The play will begin previews at the Neil Simon Theatre on October 13 and will open on November 15.

Katie Holmes Returning to Broadway (Hollywood Reporter)

‘Scandalous,’ Musical About Aimee Semple McPherson, Sets Broadway Opening (NY Times)


NYC Mayor’s Office Reveals Details of $5M Fund for Women in Film and Theater

The New York City Mayor’s Office and the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) have disclosed the details for their $5 million MOME Women’s Fund, a grant program for filmmakers,...

Uzo Aduba and Janet McTeer to Star in New Plays by Lydia R. Diamond and Theresa Rebeck

Uzo Aduba and Janet McTeer are returning to the stage. The respective “Orange Is the New Black” and “Jessica Jones” actresses are set to topline new plays by Lydia R. Diamond and Theresa...

“Frozen” Breaks Record on Broadway

Anna and Elsa’s story took in over $1.2 billion on the big screen, and now the “Frozen” sisters are making a major mark on Broadway. Disney Theatricals’ adaptation of the pic “shattered...

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