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7/6/08 - Stamford Advocate - Scramble!
What a farce
Playhouse presents 'Scramble!'
By Beth Cooney
Staff Writer
Playwright David Wiltse will not go as far as saying his new play, "Scramble!" lacks social meaning.
Laughter, after all, has its well-deserved place in the world - even the world of corporate takeovers.
"But it's a farce," he says. "It is probably the first thing I've ever written where the int... MORE
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7/6/08 - The Hour - Scramble!
David Wiltse's 'Scramble!' opens at Playhouse
BY GLORIA COLE SUGARMAN
Hour Correspondent
When David Wiltse wants a critique of his latest play, he can just turn over in bed and ask, "Annie, what do you think? "That would be Anne Keefe, associate artistic director with Joanne Woodward, who resumed running the Westport Country Playhouse at the beginning of 2008, two years after Wilts... MORE
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6/6/08 - Greenwich Time - Education
Part of the cast of Hamilton Avenue School's fifth grade performed "Who Are You to Tell Me What to Do?" in conjunciton with the Westport Country Playhouse.
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7/3/08 - Minuteman - Scramble!
Westport Country Playhouse present 'tour de farce' office comedy
Westport Country Playhouse announces playwright-in-residence David Wiltse's "tour de farce" office comedy, "Scramble!," will be staged July 9 through 26. MORE
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7/3/08 - Westport News - Scramble! and Arsenic and Old Lace
Playhouse 'Scrambles' with Upcoming Play
Funny Monday Line Up Features Academy Award Winners Woodward and Walken MORE
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7/3/08 - Fairfield County Weekly - Scramble!
7 Days: The Week That Is
July 3 - 9
Thursday, July 03, 2008
By FCW Editorial
TUESDAY JULY 8
Scrambling
Stuck in a cubicle under florescent lights all day? Get some comedic relief from the monotony of your 9-5 and check out the hilarious office comedy, Scramble!, about the incompetent staff of a golf magazine. MORE
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6/27/08 - Westport News - Scramble!
Young Professionals Night
Westport Country Playhouse will present "Mid-Week Mingle," a Young Professionals Night, on Wednesday, July 9. Tickets for "Mid-Week Mingle," including a pre-show party and admission to a performance of a comedy exploring the insanities of office politics.... MORE
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6/27/08 - Westport News - Albee/Turner
Actress Kathleen Turner chats with Westporter Eva Greenwald as she and playwright Edward Albee sign books at Westport Country Playhouse....
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6/26/08 - Playbill.com - Arsenic and Old Lace
Woodward, Keefe and Walken to Read Arsenic and Old Lace at Westport July 14
By Adam Hetrick
Westport Country Playhouse artistic directors Joanne Woodward and Anne Keefe will star in a reading of Joseph Kesselring's comedy Arsenic and Old Lace July 14.
Presented as part of Westport's Funny Mondays series, Woodward and Keefe will portray the murderous Brewster sisters who spike their ... MORE
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6/26/08 - TheaterMania.com - Arsenic and Old Lace
Joanne Woodward and
Christopher Walken to Star in
Westport's Arsenic and Old Lace
By: Brian Scott Lipton
Oscar winners Joanne Woodward and Christopher Walken will headline the Westport Country Playhouse's reading of Joseph Kesselring's 1941 comedy Arsenic and Old Lace at 7pm on Monday, July 14. MORE
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6/26/08 - BroadwayWorld.com - Arsenic and Old Lace
Woodward, Keefe, & Walken to Star in Arsenic and Old Lace
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6/26/08 - Hartford Courant - Arsenic and Old Lace
TICKER STAGE NOTES
By Frank Rizzo | TICKER
Joanne Woodward and Anne Keefe are not only interim artistic directors at the Westport Country Playhouse, they will be actors as well. (Well, we knew Woodward had the chops. She has an Oscar, after all.) They will lead a cast in a reading of "Arsenic and Old Lace" at the theater July 14 at 7 p.m. MORE
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6/25/08 - Hartford Courant - Albee/Turner
Edward Albee, Kathleen Turner, Alternately At-Odds, In-Synch
By FRANK RIZZO | Courant Staff Writer
Kathleen Turner leans forward in the cushy leather chair, her feet in pounce position, her hands flying expressively, her husky voice passionate, irreverent and raw.
Next to her, Edward Albee casually slouches back, his legs crossed in relaxed repose, his hands folded thoughtfully, hi... MORE
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6/23/08 - WestportNow.com - Albee/Turner
Veteran actor Kathleen Turner and playwright Edward Albee signed books at the Westport Country Playhouse tonight following “A Conversation with Kathleen Turner and Edward Albee” presented by the Playhouse and the Westport Arts Center.
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6/23/08 - NorwalkPlus.com - Hot 'n Cole
Westport Country Playhouse announced that due to the exceptional ticket demand for “Hot ‘n Cole: A Cole Porter Celebration,” one extra performance has been added on Sunday, June 29, at 3 p.m.
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6/23/08 - Playbill.com - Scramble!
Harris Replaces Dratch in Westport's Scramble!
By Adam Hetrick
23 Jun 2008
Rebecca Harris has replaced "Saturday Night Live" veteran Rachel Dratch in the Westport Country Playhouse production of the David Wiltse comedy Scramble! MORE
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6/15/08 - New York Times - Albee/Turner
Edward Albee and Kathleen Turner discuss playwriting and acting at the Westport Country Playhouse June 23.
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6/23/08 - Theatermania.com - Scramble!
Rebecca Harris to Replace
Rachel Dratch
in Westport's Scramble!
By: Dan Bacalzo • Jun 23, 2008 • Connecticut
Rebecca Harris has replaced the previously announced star Rachel Dratch in Westport Country Playhouse's production of David Wiltse's Scramble!, July 9-26. Tracy Brigden will direct. MORE
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6/23/08 - BroadwayWorld.com - Scramble!
Westport Country Playhouse Presents "Scramble!"
Westport Country Playhouse announces playwright-in-residence David Wiltse's "tour de farce" office comedy, "Scramble!, will be staged July 9 through 26. MORE
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6/19/08 - The Hour - Albee/Turner
Edward Albee and Kathleen Turner star in 'Artists in Conversation'
by Gloria Cole Sugarman
It will be like eavesdropping backstage on a conversation between one of the world's most acclaimed playwrights and the famous actress who recently brought his modern classic to vivid life in a revival of the Tony Award winning "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" MORE
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6/14/08 - WestportNow.com - Hot 'n Cole
Hot 'n Cole Debuts at Playhouse
A sold out audience was on hand for tonight’s opening night of the Westport Country Playhouse’s musical revue, “Hot ‘n Cole: A Cole Porter Celebration!,” directed by James Naughton. The revue plays through June 28. Pictured are Peter Reardon and Whitney Bashor. MORE
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6/13/08 - Westport News - Albee/Turner
Turner, Albee to Grace Stage of the Playhouse
by Carol King
When playwright Edward Albee and actress Kathleen Turner hit the Westport Country Playhouse stage on June 23, the audience will be privy to an animated conversation between two dear friends.... MORE
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6/14/08 - Playbill.com - Hot 'n Cole
Hot 'n Cole with Champlin, Cleale and Wiley, Opens in Westport June 14
By Adam Hetrick
Hot 'n Cole – celebrating the musical legacy of Cole Porter – officially opens at the Westport Country Playhouse June 14..... MORE
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6/12/08 - Fairfield County Weekly - Classical Series
7 Days: The Week That Is
By FCW Editorial
MONDAY JUNE 16
No Angel
Noel Coward's three-act comedy Fallen Angels was considered hella scandalous when it premiered in the 1920s. Set in the sitting room of a New York City apartment, it features two depressed high society ladies who learn that a dashing Frenchman who seduced both in their youths is coming to town. They get so drunk... MORE
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6/11/08 - Inside FC - Summer
Music, Dance, Comedy and a Thriller at the Westport Country Playhouse This Summer
Westport Country Playhouse has a full summer roster of shows---featuring.... MORE
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6/11/08 - Westport News - Classical Series
Curtis, Gleason, Nielsen and Sarandon Read Noel Coward
Westport Country Playhouse will launch "The Classical Series," bringing together professional actors to read works by master playwrights. MORE
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6/10/08 - Playbill.com - Hot 'n Cole
Naughton-Directed Hot 'n Cole Begins Westport Run June 10
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6/10/08 - Playbill.com - Hot 'n Cole
Naughton-Directed Hot 'n Cole Begins Westport Run June 10
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6/10/08 - Playbill.com - Hot 'n Cole
Naughton-Directed Hot 'n Cole Begins Westport Run June 10
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6/8/08 - Stamford Advocate - Hot 'n Cole
Westport Playhouse stages Cole Porter revue
By Camilla A. Herrera
Special Correspondent
Picture several impeccably dressed couples at a party in a stately Park Avenue penthouse, sipping Champagne and engaging in witty conversation. Period elegance defines the image, enhanced by vast views of the New York skyline and Cole Porter music performed on a grand piano. It's a Prohibition ve... MORE
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6/8/08 - The Hour - Hot 'n Cole
Naughton directs 'Hot and Cole'
BY GLORIA COLE SUGARMAN
Hour Correspondent
The talent gene in the Naughton family is not recessive. It starts with patriarch James Naughton, who has won two Tonys for his roles in "City of Angels" and "Chicago," as well as awards in almost every category of the performing business: movies, television and drama such as playing German Chancellor Will... MORE
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6/6/08 - Connecticut Post - Hot 'n Cole
Hot 'n Cole Musical Revue in Westport
by Camilla Herrera
Picture several impeccably dressed couples at a party in a stately Park Avenue penthouse, sipping champagne and engaging in witty conversation.
Period elegance defines the image, enhanced by vast views of the New York skyline and Cole Porter music performed on a grand piano. It's a Prohibition version of glam.
But elega... MORE
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6/5/08 - The Minuteman - Summer
WCP anounces its summer roster of shows, featuring Tony Award winner James Naughton directing a Cole Porter musical revue; "Saturday Night Live's" Rachel Dratch appearing in David Wiltse's "tour de farce" office comedy; and...
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6/2/08 - NorwalkPlus.com - Summer
Westport Country Playhouse announces its summer roster of shows, featuring Tony Award winner James Naughton directing a Cole Porter musical revue; “Saturday Night Live’s” Rachel Dratch appearing in David Wiltse’s “tour de farce” office comedy; and Playhouse favorite Mark Shanahan (“Sedition,” “David Copperfield,” “Journey’s End”) performing in a thriller. The Playhouse ha...
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5/29/08 - NorwalkPlus.com - Classical Series
Westport Country Playhouse will launch “The Classical Series,” bringing together professional actors to read works by master playwrights. The series premiere will feature Emmy Award winner Jane Curtin, Tony Award winner Joanna Gleason, Obie Award winner Kristine Nielsen and stage, film and television actor Chris Sarandon. They will read one of Noel Coward’s most popular and delightful comedi...
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6/2/08 - NorwalkPlus.com - Albee/Turner
Westport Country Playhouse and Westport Arts Center will co-present two award-winning legends - playwright Edward Albee and film and theatre actor Kathleen Turner in “Artists in Conversation,” a casual, intimate talk between two theatre professionals who also happen to be good friends, on Monday, June 23, 8 p.m., at the Playhouse.
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5/29/08 - The Minuteman - Newman
Academy Award-winning actor Paul Newman, 83, will not direct the Westport Country Playhouse production "Of Mice and Men" schedule to open October 7, 2008.
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5/29/08 - The Minuteman - Gala
Famed actress Julia Roberts will host the annual gala for Westport Country Playhouse on Monday, September 15.
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5/28/08 - BroadwayWorld.com - Edward Albee/Kathleen Turner
Westport Country Playhouse and Westport Arts Center will co-present two award-winning legends - playwright Edward Albee and film and theatre actor Kathleen Turner in “Artists in Conversation,” a casual, intimate talk between two theatre professionals who also happen to be good friends, on Monday, June 23, 8 p.m., at the Playhouse.
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5/23/08 - WestportNow.com - Newman
“Health issues” have forced Paul Newman to withdraw from directing a fall production at the Westport Country Playhouse.
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5/23/08 - BroadwayWorld.com - Newman
Distinguished actor and director Paul Newman, who was slated to direct the fall production, "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck, will step down from making his directorial debut at Westport Country Playhouse due to health issues. Tony Award-nominated director Mark Lamos will take the helm in Newman's place.
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5/23/08 - Playbill.com - Newman
Academy Award winner Paul Newman has stepped down as the director of the Westport Country Playhouse's upcoming production of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men. Newman has cited health issues as the determining factor in his decision.
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5/22/08 - Hartford Courant - Gala
Westport snags Julia Roberts
Westport Country Playhouse landed a star (doesn't it always?) to host its annual gala Sept. 15.
Julia Roberts will host the fundraising event, which will have the theme "Footlights and Film: A Celebration of the Great Musicals from Stage to Screen." MORE
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5/22/08 - BroadwayWorld.com - Classical Series
Westport Country Playhouse will launch “The Classical Series,” bringing together professional actors to read works by master playwrights. The series premiere will feature Emmy Award winner Jane Curtin, Tony Award winner Joanna Gleason, Obie Award winner Kristine Nielsen and stage, film and television actor Chris Sarandon. They will read one of Noel Coward’s most popular and delightful comed...
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5/21/08 - BroadwayWorld.com - Summer
Westport Summer Season to Feature Naughton and Dratch
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5/19/08 - Greenwich Time - Education
Hamilton Avenue School fifth grade students are working with the Westport Country Playhouse on a drama production that will culminate in a performance on June 6. Students have been working with artists and classroom teachers creating and performing a script based on the events preceding the American Revolution.
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5/21/08 - Playbill.com - Summer
Champlin, Wiley, Buckley and Dratch Set for Westport Playhouse's Summer Season
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5/21/08 - Theatermania.com - Summer
Albee, Champlin, Curtin, Dratch, Naughton, Turner, et al. Set for Westport Summer Season
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5/19/08 - Theatermania.com - Gala
Julia Roberts to Host Westport
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5/18/08 - The Hour - "Selected Shorts"
B.D. Wong shares Playhouse stage in 'Selected Shorts'
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5/18/08 - WestportNow - "The Pavilion"
Saturday night was opening night at the Westport Country Playhose for its latest production, “Pavilion.”
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5/14/08 - Fairfield County Weekly - "Selected Shorts"
This "celebration of the short story" will bring fiction readings from the latest edition of the Paris Review...
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5/15/08 - BroadwayWorld.com - "The Pavilion"
Photo Flash - Westport Country Playhouse's "The Pavilion"
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5/15/08 - The Minuteman - "Selected Shorts"
Campbell Scott, Isaiah Sheffer and B. D. Wong will read short stories at "Selected Shorts" on Monday, May 19, 8 p.m.
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5/15/08 - The Minuteman - "The Pavilion"
The role of media and theatre: creating the social environment of our lives explored at WCP in Sunday Symposium.
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5/15/08 - Hartford Courant - "Hot 'n Cole"
"Hot 'n' Cole," the Cole Porter revue that starts the summer run at Westport Country Playhouse will feature. Whitney Bashor, Donna Lynne Champlin, Lewis Cleale, Andrea Dora, Peter Reardon and Shonn Wiley. James Naughton directs the review, which runs June 10 to 28.
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May 2008 - Inside Fairfield County - "The Pavilion"
Comedy/Drama by Emmy-nomintated Writer and Producer of "Lost" and "Six Feet Under" at Westport Country Playhouse
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5/13/08 - WestportNow.com - "The Pavilion"
Westport Country Playhouse Artistic Director Anne Keefe and “The Pavilion” Director Chad Rabinovitz savor the moment following the first preview of the show tonight.
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June 2008 - Town & Country - Woodward Interview
A Conversation with Joanne Woodward.
It's top billing again for actress Joanne Woodward and Anne Keefe, who have resumed their roles as co-artistic directors of the venerable Westport Country Playhouse. MORE
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5/11/08 - New York Times - Summer Preview
SUMMER STAGES
WESTPORT COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE
In “The Pavilion” (Tuesday-31), by the playwright and television writer Craig Wright (“Dirty Sexy Money”), Kari and Peter meet again at their 20-year high school reunion, and he wants her back. Westport is also presenting the musical review “Hot ’n Cole: A Cole Porter Celebration!” (June 1... MORE
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5/11/08 - Stamford Advocate - "The Pavilion"
Lost love at the center of Westport Playhouse's romantic comedy
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5/11/08 - The Hour - "The Pavilion"
In Craig White's play, "The Pavilion," which will be on stage at the Westport Country Playhouse May 13-31, Westport's Tracy Middendorf is Kari, the girl who got left behind after high school graduation and now faces seeing her former boyfriend at their 20th reunion.
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5/9/08 - Greenwich Citizen News - Education
History Hits Stage for Ham Ave. Students:
Fifth Graders to Perform Play on American Revolution in Westport
By Christine Chagaris MORE
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5/9/08 - Westport News - "The Pavilion"
"A Taste of Tuesdays" on Tuesday, May 13, featuring pre-show wine, appetizers and live music, followed by a theatrical performance, all for the special ticket price of $25.
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5/9/08 - Westport News - "The Pavilion"
WCP will stage a blend of comedy and drama, "The Pavilion," by Craig Wright, award-winning playwright and Emmy-nominated writer/producer of television's "Lost," "Six Feet Under" and "Dirty Sexy Money."
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May 2008 - TheaterMania.com - WCP Mission
Based on its valued heritage, the renovated, 578-seat Playhouse's mission is to transform lives through the power of theatre. Its aim is to ....
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5/8/08 - Minuteman Newspapers - "The Pavilion"
A masterful blend of comedy and drama, "The Pavilion," by award-inning playwright and Emmy -nominated writer/producer of t.v.'s "Lost," "Six Feet Under" and "Dirty Sexy Money."
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5/7/08 - Westport News - Partnership
La Villa Trattoria Partners with Westport Country Playhouse
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5/8/08 - The Fairfield County Weekly - Award
Best Place to See Live Theater - Westport Country Playhouse
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5/8/08 - The Fairfield County Weekly - "The Pavilion"
I got the opportunity to speak to Craig Wright (author of "The Pavilion") earlier this week and talked to him about his background, the play, and what it was like working on the greatest show currently on television (that would be "Lost").
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4/30/08 - The Weekly - Family Festivities
Harry the Dirty Dog at Westport Country Playhouse on May 4
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5/1/08 - WestportNow.com - "The Pavilion"
“A Taste of Tuesdays,” on Tuesday, May 13, will feature pre-show wine, appetizers and live music, followed by a theatrical performance, all for the special ticket price of $25.
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4/21/08 - TheaterMania.com - "The Pavilion"
Laurence, Milligan, Middendorf Set for Westport's The Pavilion
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4/21/08 - BroadwayWorld.com - "The Pavilion"
Westport County Playhouse Presents Wright's 'Pavilion'
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4/17/08 - The Minuteman - "Hot 'n Cole"
James Naughton to direct Cole Porter musical revue
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4/16/08 - Playbill.com - Selected Shorts
Wong, Scott and Sheffer to Read "Selected Shorts" at Westport May 19
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4/16/08 - BroadwayWorld.com - Selected Shorts
Campbell Scott, Isaiah Sheffer and B. D. Wong will read short stories at ‘Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story,’
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4/15/08 - Stamford Advocate - "Funny Mondays"
'Funny Mondays' return to Westport Playhouse stage
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4/09/08 - WestportNow.com - "Thurgood" Transfers to Broadway
Playhouse “Thurgood” Production Heads to Broadway
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4/10/08 - Connecticut Post - 'Time' for Ayckbourn Reunion
'Time' for Ayckbourn Reunion
by Joe Meyers MORE
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3/24/08 - WestportNow.com - Naughton to Direct
James Naughton to Direct Westport's Hot 'n' Cole
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3/24/08 - TheaterMania.com - Naughton to Direct
James Naughton to Direct Westport's Hot 'n' Cole
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3/24/08 - Playbill.com - Naughton to Direct
Naughton to Direct Hot 'n Cole For Westport Country Playhouse
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3/25/08 - BroadwayWorld - Naughton to Direct
Naughton to Direct Cole Porter Tribute at Westport
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3/25/08 - BroadwayWorld - Naughton to Direct
Naughton to Direct Cole Porter Tribute at Westport
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4/14/08 - WestportNow.com - Funny Mondays
Playhouse Sets Duncan and Ziemba in Comedy Play Reading
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3/11/08 - WestportNow.com - "Time of My Life"
Playhouse Comedy Reunites Cast of “Relatively Speaking”
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3/28/08 - Westport News - "Time of My Life"
'Time of My Life' to be Presented at Playhouse
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3/4/08 - TheaterMania.com - "Time of My Life"
Elrod, Waterston, Whitehead, et al. Set for Westport's Time of My Life
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3/30/08 - The Stamford Advocate - "Time of My Life"
Westport Playhouse keeps it all in the family
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3/4/08 - Playbill.com - "Time of My Life"
Westport's Time of My Life to Feature Antoon, Carr, Elrod, Hart and Whitehead
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3/1/08 - New Haven Register - "Time of My Life"
NEW HAVEN REGISTER
The first meeting of PlayClub, the Westport Country Playhouse and Westport Public Library collaboration, will be 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. March 24. The community group, which reads and discusses some of the theater's plays before they're staged, will discuss Alan Ayckbourn's "Time of My Life." The Playhouse artistic staff le... MORE
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