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CONTENTS<br />
vol. 57, no. 39 | <strong>09</strong>.<strong>29</strong>.16<br />
NEWS<br />
6 9 plays and musicals opening this fall<br />
on the Great White Way<br />
8 This week’s roundup of who’s casting<br />
what starring whom<br />
9 6 fascinating facts about Broadway’s<br />
Belasco Theatre<br />
ADVICE<br />
11 NOTE FROM THE CD <br />
To tweet or not to tweet<br />
11 #IGOTCAST <br />
Lisa Tobias<br />
12 SECRET AGENT MAN <br />
Sartorial excellence<br />
13 #IGOTCAST <br />
Zoe Lau<br />
FEATURES<br />
4 BACKSTAGE 5 WITH... <br />
Riley Smith<br />
10 MEET THE MAKER <br />
Jonathan Ames, “Blunt Talk”<br />
12 SPOTLIGHT ON... <br />
Hannah Kasulka<br />
13 INSIDE JOB <br />
James Marion, creator of Peter Panic<br />
18 BROAD APPEAL <br />
Experts and fans from the Broadway<br />
community weigh in on the thrilling<br />
<strong>2016</strong>–17 season<br />
20 OF ALL TRADES <br />
Is there nothing Tony-winning director<br />
Jack O’Brien can’t do?<br />
32 LEAGUE OF RESIDENT THEATRES <br />
Yale Repertory Theatre<br />
CASTING<br />
21 New York Tristate<br />
26 California<br />
28 National/Regional<br />
Andrew Rannells photographed by Chad Griffith in<br />
NYC on Aug. 8. Cover designed by Jessica Balaschak.<br />
COVER STORY<br />
page 14<br />
IN THE FAMILY<br />
Andrew Rannells reflects on his New York theater<br />
roots while preparing to star in a revival of “Falsettos”<br />
CHAD GRIFFITH<br />
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