Adam Jacobs Plays Title Role of Broadway’s Aladdin for the Last Time Feb. 12 He will headline the upcoming North American tour of the Disney musical. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
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La La Land Leads BAFTA Nominations With 11 Nods Feb. 12 The Golden Globe-winning musical film also seems to have impressed the Brits. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
Rarely Seen Hallelujah, Baby! to Be Staged Feb. 12 in L.A. The winner of five 1967 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, receives a one-night-only concert staging. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
Did You Know Mark Twain Has Theatrical Roots? Big River, now at Encores!, isn’t the author’s only connection to the theatre. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
Hamilton’s Mandy Gonzalez Offers February 12 Solo Concert The actor plays Feinstein’s/54 Below. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
The Songs Jessica Keenan Wynn Uses to Conquer the Audition Room The Beautiful actor takes us through her audition repertoire. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: February 12 {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
Grammy Awards Presented Feb. 12 Tony winner Cynthia Erivo is among the performers and nominees. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
Ring Twice for Miranda Opens Feb. 12 Alan Hruska’s tragicomedy debuts Off-Broadway at New York City Center Stage II. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
Harvey Lichtenstein, Who Led Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Rebirth, Dies at 87 Serving 32 years as its president and executive producer, Mr. Lichtenstein reorganized BAM, and gave it a renewed purpose as a center for the performing arts. {$excerpt:n} Source:…
Raymond Smullyan, Puzzle-Creating Logician, Dies at 97 Whether it was in books or in conversation, Mr. Smullyan had a knack for adding a dash of whimsy to the logic puzzles he devised. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
F.Y.I.: Long Before a Harlem Deer’s Reprieve, Clemency for a Cat A cat named Tammany was living happily at New York City Hall in the 1930s. Then came talk of eviction proceedings. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Radio City Music Hall’s New York Spectacular Will Take a Year Off However the Rockettes will appear on the 2017 Tony Awards broadcast. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
Musical in Mufti Revives Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill Revue Feb. 11 Rachel de Benedet among the performers to be featured in the Off-Broadway cast. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
Just After a Breakup, Director Trip Cullman Found His Next Significant Project Joshua Harmon and Trip Cullman find the funny beneath the pain—and vice versa—in Significant Other. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill