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New Public Theater Season Announced, Including Michael John LaChiusa’s …
Broadway.com
The Public Theater has announced its 2015-16 off-Broadway season, which will include the world premiere of First Daughter Suite, a new musical by Michael John LaChiusa, featuring Rachel Bay Jones, Mary Testa and more. Also in the season lineup is …
The Public Theater has announced its 2015-2016 Season, including 5 world …New York Theatre Guide
Public Theater’s New Season to Feature World Premieres by Michael John …TheaterMania.com
ArtsBeat | Public Theater Season Will Feature New Musicals by LaChiusa and …New York Times (blog)
Broadway World
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LaChiusa’s ‘FIRST LADY’ Follow-Up with Mary Testa and Rachel Bay Jones …
Broadway World
Public Theater Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and Executive Director Patrick Willingham announced the line-up today for The Public’s 2015-16 season, continuing the theater’s six-decade tradition of producing theater that is accessible to all. The …

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Public Theater Season Will Feature New Musicals by LaChiusa and Stew
New York Times (blog)
This year, the director Lear deBessonet and the composer Todd Almond will present their take on Homer’s “The Odyssey” in a Public Works production running Sept. 4 to 7. This season’s big story at the Public was the acclaimed musical “Hamilton.” With …

ArtsBeat | “Hamilton” Wins Big at Lortel Awards
New York Times (blog)
“Hamilton,” which just wrapped up its run at the Public Theater, was nominated for 12 awards, and failed to take home two only because those nominated actors lost to their cast mates. Meanwhile, “Between Riverside and Crazy” nabbed three awards, …
‘Hamilton,’ ‘Between Riverside and Crazy’ Continue Winning Streak at Lortel …Hollywood Reporter
Hamilton Wins Big at 2015 Lucille Lortel AwardsTheaterMania.com
“Hamilton” Sweeps at Off-Broadway’s Lucille Lortel AwardsNBC New York
Playbill.com
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SMU’s Meadows School Launches ‘Ignite Arts Dallas’ Initiative
Broadway World
The 2015 winners of the Meadows Prize residency are the Detroit-based artist collective Complex Movements and Lear deBessonet, the director of The Public Theater’s Public Works program in New York City. A second major project of Ignite Arts Dallas …

Act II: The Tempest At The DIA Opens Tonight
Daily Detroit
It is about imagining the world from someone else’s point of view,” said Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis. He further explained that Shakespeare wrote for an audience of all classes, all education levels, all watching the same show, at the same time …

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Joseph Haj will succeed Joe Dowling as artistic director of the Guthrie Theater.
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Professional life: Actor and director. Artistic director of PlayMakers Repertory Company in Chapel Hill, N.C., since 2006. Awards: Helen Hayes Award for 2010 staging of “Hamlet” in Washington, D.C.; Zelda Fichandler Award in 2014 for innovation and …

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Finding New Fathers
Huffington Post
But the Public Theater in New York’s East Village, under the hand of the legendary Oskar Eustis, has been full every night, with tickets sold on the black market for ten times their price. The Public can now brag that through its doors have passed, in …

Jonathan Groff to Reprise His Hamilton Role at the Lapham’s Quarterly Decades …
TheaterMania.com
Lapham’s Quarterly has announced that its annual gala, the Decades Ball: The 1780s, will take place June 1 at Gotham Hall. The gala celebrates the 80th birthday of Lewis Lapham, who established the literary magazine in 2007. The evening will feature …