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Casting News Tony and Academy Award nominated actor and activist Mark Ruffalo will return to Broadway in Roundabout's revival of Arthur Miller's The Price . Ruffalo ( Spotlight ) replaces the previously announced John Turturro, who had to bow out due to filming commitments. Tony Shalhoub and Jessica Hecht are still scheduled to appear. Previews begin February 16, with opening night scheduled for March 16. Theater Mania has more. Casting for the first national tour of Hamilton has been announced. Joshua Henry , who plays Aaron Burr in the Chicago production, will star as Burr; Michael Luwoye , who is the Broadway Hamilton alternate, will star as Hamilton; and Broadway's outgoing King George III, Rory O'Malley , will be back as the king. The cast will also include Emmy Raver-Lampman (Angelica; she appeared in the Broadway production as an ensemble member), Isaiah Johnson (Washington), and Desmond Newson (ensemble), among others. The tour launches with a five-m...

Let's be real: Annaleigh Ashford  is the best thing about the revival of Sylvia , A.R. Gurney 's play about an empty nest couple, Greg ( Matthew Broderick ) and Kate ( Julie White ), whose marriage is tested when Greg brings home a stray dog, the titular Sylvia, played to perfection by Ashford. ( Robert Sella also appears in a few different roles throughout the play.) Ashford is a comedic genius (she rightfully won a Tony for her performance in You Can't Take It With You ), and is fearless on stage. She seemingly leaves all traces of vanity behind, rolling around on the floor, chasing other actors on the stage and just generally giving her body over to the hilarity that is a person playing a sentient, speaking dog. She is simply aces, and always a delight to watch on stage. (She's great on screen, too. Catch her on Masters of Sex .) Aside from Ashford's performance, w hat I found particularly interesting about the play (directed by  Daniel Sullivan ) was ho...