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It’s official: A Hidden Life has been announced as part of the main competition lineup at Cannes!! https://variety.com/2019/film/festivals/cannes-announces-2019-lineup-terrence-malick-pedro-almodovar-1203192293/

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Irish Repertory Theatre’s The O’Casey Cycle has been extended to June 22. http://www.playbill.com/article/irish-rep-extends-sean-ocasey-season-another-month

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I initially reported about Lucas Hnath’s upcoming play Dana H., based on an incident in the life of his own mother, Dana Higginbotham, over a year ago, which will be playing at Los Angeles’ Kirk Douglas Theatre. Now, Deirdre O’Connell has been cast in the titular role. has http://www.playbill.com/article/deirdre-oconnell-will-play-lucas-hnaths-mom-in-his-new-play

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The National Disability Theatre will be partnering with the La Jolla Playhouse and the Goodman Theatre to commission two new works by Christopher Shinn and Gregg Mozgala, which will be workshopped during the 2019-2020 season. http://www.playbill.com/article/national-disability-theatre-to-partner-with-la-jolla-playhouse-and-goodman-theatre-for-new-works

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The lineup for the 2019 Corkscrew Festival has been announced. http://www.playbill.com/article/check-out-the-lineup-for-the-2019-corkscrew-theater-festival

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The late Jerry Bock will receive the National Jewish Theater Foundation–Holocaust Theater International Initiative’s 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award on May 2, which is Holocaust Remembrance Day. To honor the occasion, there will also be a staged concert reading of Rothschild & Sons with a cast that includes Robert Cuccioli, Glory Crampton and Gary Trainor. http://www.playbill.com/article/national-jewish-theater-foundation-to-honor-jerry-bock-with-concert-reading-of-rothschild-sons

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The Lorraine Hansberry documentary, Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart, part of PBS’ American Masters series, is among this year’s Peabody Awards winners. It even features narration from one of the stars of the most recent A Raisin In The Sun revival, LaTanya Richardson Jackson. http://www.playbill.com/article/documentary-about-a-raisin-in-the-sun-playwright-lorraine-hansberry-wins-peabody-award

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Despite not having begun previews yet, The Secret Life Of Bees is extending its scheduled run by another week to July 14. http://www.playbill.com/article/the-secret-life-of-bees-musical-extends-at-atlantic

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Frances Barber, who starred as Billie Trix in the Pet Shop Boys musical Closer To Heaven, will be reprising the role in a new solo musical by the duo called Musik, which will play at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival from August 5-24. http://www.playbill.com/article/frances-barber-will-star-in-new-pet-shop-boys-musical-musik

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Two more passings:

Actress Mya-Lecia Naylor. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mya-lecia-naylor-dead-millie-inbetween-star-was-16-1202830

Actor Bradley Welsh. https://variety.com/2019/film/obituaries-people-news/bradley-welsh-dead-dies-trainspotting-2-1203192145/

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Actress Mya-Lecia Naylor passed away. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mya-lecia-naylor-dead-millie-inbetween-star-was-16-1202830

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Fashion designer Corinne Cobson passed away. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/corinne-cobson-dead-french-fashion-costume-designer-was-62-1202779

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#1202856931

Right now, my predictions are 100% in line with Jeffrey’s.

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I guess he feels if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, because when William Friedkin made the first film version of The Boys In The Band, he signed on the entire cast from the original Off-Broadway production.

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Writer Warren Adler, whose novel The Sunset Gang was adapted into an Off-Broadway musical, passed away.

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