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Coming to the Boards Regional —There's a stage adaptation of Alanis Morissette 's Jagged Little Pill in the works, and it's premiering at American Repertory Theater (in Massachusetts) next year. Featuring Morissette's music and a book by Oscar winner Diablo Cody ( Juno , Young Adult ), Jagged Little Pill will be directed by Tony winner Diane Paulus ( Pippin , Waitress ) and feature orchestrations by Tony and Pulitzer winner Tom Kitt ( Next to Normal , If/Then ), who, you might remember, also provided the incredible orchestrations for American Idiot . Visit Playbill for more. Off-Broadway —A new play by Zoe Kazan (as a writer: We Live Here , as an actress: Love, Love, Love ) has been added to Lincoln Center Theater's 2017-2018 season. After the Blast , set in a Children of Men -style dystopia, will begin performances at the LCT 3 Claire Tow Theatre October 7. Opening night is set for October 23, and the limited engagement is scheduled to conclude November...

The Beatles famously sang, "all you need is love (love, love)." Were the Fab Four right? That question is at the crux of Mike Bartlett 's new play, Love, Love, Love , enjoying its New York debut in a terrific Roundabout production. Bartlett ( Cock , King Charles III ) is a great writer and a keen observer of relationships, and he proves as much with this decade-spanning serio-comedy that traces the relationship of Kenneth ( Richard Armitage , appealing, commanding, charming) and Sandra ( Amy Ryan , sharp, cunning, captivating) from the swinging 60s to present day, all under the direction of Tony winner Michael Mayer ( Spring Awakening , American Idiot ). Act one begins in the 60s. Feminism is blossoming. People are exploring, trying new things. In the process, they are finding out or coming to terms with what old things mean under these new circumstances. This dynamic is explored as we meet Kenneth and Sandra, as well as Kenneth brother, Henry ( Alex Hurt ). K...

Tuesday and Wednesday in the Park with Jake and Annaleigh When (affordable, performance-only) tickets went on sale for City Center's one-night-only gala performance of Stephen Sondheim 's Sunday in the Park with George , starring Jake Gyllenhaal ( Nightcrawler , Little Shop of Horrors ), they sold out in minutes. Due to ticket demand, two additional benefit performances have been added, Tuesday, October 25, and Wednesday, October 26. Tickets to these performances go on sale to the general public at noon on Wednesday, July 20, but City Center members will have pre-sale access beginning at noon on Monday, July 18. (Gala tickets for the original Monday, October 24, performance are still available, and are on sale now.) In addition, it was announced that Tony winner Annaleigh Ashford ( You Can't Take It With You , Masters of Sex ) will join Gyllenhaal as George's muse, Dot. This will mark Ashford's Sondheim debut. Visit the City Center website to learn more and ...