Broadway.com’s Countrywide Guide is your destination for the best in theatrical offerings around the country. This week, we go from Connecticut to Colorado with five fabulous theater picks, including an imaginative re-telling of The Crucible, a star-studded Lend Me a Tenor and an original star of Annie in The Vagina Monologues.


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Judith Ivey Gets Cursed ...

Ok, so the project isn’t officially a go, but Broadway stars James Barbour and Jill Paice—leads of the ill-fated Broadway musical Rebecca—are hoping the now defunct show will see the light of day after all, albeit in a much different format.

When Broadway.com asked what the actors wanted for Christmas, both stars were quick to the ...

James Barbour will get into the Christmas spirit with his annual holiday concert series at Sardi's from December 6 through 8. Barbour's concert series, which is now in its fifth year, will feature music direction by Jeremy Roberts.

Combining classic holiday tunes and Broadway ballads, the holiday concert will include songs from Barbour’s album Bring Me Giants ...

Justin Guarini, Jill Paice and Lauren Molina have all signed onto celebrate the holidays in It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play at Pennsylvania's Bucks County Playhouse. Gordon Greenberg directs the holiday production, which runs from December 13 through December 30.

Guarini will play Jake, with Paice taking on the role of Sally and Molina playing Lana ...

Jill Paice and Ryan Silverman will play "I" and Maxim de Winter, respectively, in the upcoming Broadway musical Rebecca. The pair takes over for engaged actors Sierra Boggess and Tam Mutu, who were originally set to play the show's leads this spring, before the production was postponed. The musical, based on the classic Daphne Du Maurier novel (later turned ...

Veterans of the Broadway productions of Irving Berlin's White Christmas James Clow, Tony Yazbeck, Meredith Patterson and Peter Reardon will star alongside Edward James Hyland and Jill Paice in the Paper Mill Playhouse's upcoming production of the holiday musical in Millburn, New Jersey. Directed by Marc Bruni, the show begins performances November 16 with opening night set for ...

Complete casting has been announced for the upcoming premiere of Death Takes a Holiday, the new musical from composer Maury Yeston. Confirming earlier reports of his involvement, British actor Julian Ovenden will star as Prince Sirki/Death in the Roundabout Theatre Company production, which features a score by Yeston and a book by the late Peter Stone and Thomas Meehan ...

Sebastian Arcelus, Jill Paice and Rob McClure are among the complete cast of Where’s Charley?, the final New York City Center Encores! production of the 2010-2011 season. They join previously announced stars Rebecca Luker and Howard McGillin in the Frank Loesser tuner, which will run March 17-20, directed by Tony winner John Doyle (Sweeney Todd, Company).

In addition to ...

Euan Morton, Jeremy Kushnier and Jill Paice will star in Signature Theatre of Virginia’s forthcoming revival of Chess. Directed by Signature artistic director Eric Schaeffer, the musical will run August 10-September 26 at the MAX Theatre in Arlington, VA.

Chess centers on the Cold War-era battle between two chess champions, American Freddie Trumper (Kushnier) and Russian Anatoly Sergievsky (Morton ...

Jill Paice, last seen in 2007’s hit musical comedy Curtains, will return to Broadway in The 39 Steps beginning June 2. The long-running Hitchcock-themed caper is currently playing at the Helen Hayes Theatre. Paice will replace Francesca Faridany as Annabella Schmidt, among other roles, and joins current players Sean Mahon, Arnie Burton and Jeffrey Kuhn.

In addition to Curtains ...