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This Beautiful City Performs for a Special Guest: Ted Haggard!

NEWS March 11, 2009 | 1:23PM

The cast of the Vineyard Theatre’s production of the Civilians’ This Beautiful City didn’t know it at the time, but during the March 10 performance of their non-fictional docudrama musical about the modern Evangelical Christian movement and its scandalized pastor Ted Haggard, they were performing for…Ted Haggard!

“My first reaction was just, ‘Wow,’” says cast member Brad ...

Rebecca Naomi Jones Headed for This Beautiful City

NEWS February 26, 2009 | 11:59AM

Rebecca Naomi Jones Wig Out!, Passing Strange is set to join the cast of the Civilians’ This Beautiful City at the Vineyard Theatre beginning March 7. She replaces Marsha Stephanie Blake, who is heading for Broadway in Lincoln Center Theater's revival of August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone. Written by Steve Cosson and Jim Lewis, with ...

Dates and Details Announced for This Beautiful City at the Vineyard

NEWS January 6, 2009 | 10:49AM

The Vineyard Theatre has announced dates and details for the upcoming New York premiere of The Civilians’ This Beautiful City, a co-production with Los Angeles’ Center Theatre Group. Previews are set to begin February 3 with opening night on February 22, directed by Steven Cosson.

Written by Steven Cosson and Jim Lewis, with music and lyrics by Michael Friedman, This ...

Civilians' This Beautiful City Headed for the Vineyard

NEWS April 3, 2008 | 4:36PM

This Beautiful City, the latest work from the theater troupe the Civilians, is headed off-Broadway to the Vineyard Theater in early 2009. A critical hit at the recent Humana Festival in Louisville, the show is described as a play with music about the megachurch movement in Colorado Springs and was directed by Steven Cosson.

Written by Cosson and Jim Lewis ...