Theatre News Roundup: 12/20-12/24

Another Op’nin, Another Show (OPENINGS)

• Danny Burstein stars in the 50th anniversary staging of Fiddler on the Roof, which officially opened Dec. 20
• "American Dance Machine for The 21st Century (ADM21) kicks off its engagement at New York's Joyce Theater Dec. 21, with performances set to run through Jan. 3, 2016."
• Maurice Hines Tappin' Thru Life begins previews Off-Broadway Dec. 23.

TKTS (TICKETS/RUSH/ETC)

• New York Theatre Workshop has announced that beginning Dec. 28, theatregoers will be able to enter a mobile lottery for the chance to win $25 tickets to see David Bowie and Enda Walsh's musical Lazarus.

I Wanna Be A Producer (IN DEVELOPMENT)

• "New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre has announced that it will now conclude its 2015-16 season with the Kathleen Marshall-helmed My Paris."
• "Lynn Cohen will head the cast of a Jan. 10, 2016, Barrow Group Theatre Company staged reading of Christine Toy Johnson's The Secret Wisdom of Trees."

Everyone’s a Critic (REVIEWS)

• Fiddler on the Roof

I Hope I Get It (CASTING)

• Daisy Eagan, Sierra Boggess, Ramin Karimloo, Cheyenne Jackson, Ben Platt, and others join MCP's The Secret Garden with Sydney Lucas.
• Off-Broadway revival of the musical, The Marvelous Wonderettes in spring 2016. Leading the cast of the 1950's-set high school comedy will be Christina Bianco and Kathy Brier. Performances will begin March 23, 2016 at The Kirk Theatre at Theatre Row, with an official opening night set for April 28.
• Primary Stages has announced casting for the New York premiere of Dan O'Brien's The Body of an American. The show will feature Michael Crane and Michael Cumpsty in the true story of a friendship between a war photojournalist and a playwright.
• "Adam Monley assumes the role of Javert in the Broadway production of Les Miserables beginning Dec. 22 at the Imperial Theatre. He will play the part through Jan. 28, 2016. New Zealand native Hayden Tee begins his run as Javert Jan. 29."
• "The Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris has announced more casting for the March 2016 French premiere of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Passion. Fosca will be played by French opera singer Natalie Dessay. She will be joined by Ryan Silverman as Giorgio and Erica Spyres as Clara."

Come to the Cabaret (CABARETS/CONCERTS/ETC)

• "Stillwater (the new musical co-written by Tuck Everlasting lyricist Nathan Tysen) will hit Joe's Pub Jan. 4, 2016. In Stillwater, according to press notes, "rock, pop, and alt-country tunes tell the story of two love triangles catastrophically intersecting in a modern-day drug-fueled trailer park in Stillwater, Oklahoma."
• "Following the conclusion of his year-long residency at SubCulture, Jason Robert Brown will return to the Greenwich Village club Jan. 25 with Tituss Burgess."
• "The 2016 American Songbook series launches Jan. 19 at 7:30 PM with a free concert by composer/lyricist Ryan Scott Oliver." Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. This concert will be livestreamed. Cameras will be present.

It’s Only a Play (PLAYS)

• "Playhouse Creatures Theatre Company will present Tennessee Williams 1982, an evening of two lesser-known, one-act plays by Tennessee Williams. Performances will begin Feb. 14, 2016, with an official opening night scheduled for Feb. 21. The engagement runs through March 13 at Walkerspace. The production includes the world premiere of A Recluse and His Guest and the New York premiere of The Remarkable Rooming-House of Mme. Le Monde."
• "New York's Fault Line Theatre will stage The Wedge Horse by 2015 Page 73 Playwriting Fellow Nick Gandiello and directed by Aaron Rossini. The new drama is set to begin previews Jan. 29, 2016."

A Foggy Day in London Town (UK NEWS)

• Lead casting has been announced for the world premiere of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

I Want to Go to Hollywood (MOVIE NEWS)

• "Cheyenne Jackson will co-star with Audra McDonald in the film adaptation of Michael John LaChiusa's 1994 musical Hello Again."

Let Me Be Your Star (TV NEWS)

• "CBS' "Sunday Morning" news magazine show went behind the scenes of the forthcoming new Broadway musical, Shuffle Along, Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed"
• "Signature Theatre's Off-Broadway revival of Incident at Vichy, by Arthur Miller, will be featured in the second season of "Theater Close-Up" on Thirteen. The haunting production was filmed Dec. 16 and will be broadcast in spring 2016."
• Taped recordings of the American Songbook series at New Jersey's Performing Arts Center will be broadcast on NJTV beginning Jan. 6, 2016.

Theatre News Roundup: 12/13-12/19

I put on my Broadway Spotify playlist. I can't get past "To Build A Home" because I keep going back to the beginning. Why didn't I see Bridges!?! Go see Dames at Sea before it closes.


Another Op’nin, Another Show (OPENINGS)

• Staceyann Chin's solo show MotherStruck! officially opens Dec. 14
• Marjorie Prime by Jordan Harrison officially opens Dec. 14
• These Paper Bullets! officially opens Off-Broadway Dec. 15.
• Noises Off begins previews Dec. 17 prior to an official opening Jan. 14, 2016

The Party’s Over (CLOSINGS)

• The Off-Broadway revival of Annie Baker's The Flick will end its run Jan. 10, 2016

TKTS (TICKETS/RUSH/ETC)

• "The Off-Broadway League has launched its toy drive, offering free tickets to select shows in exchange for the donation of a toy valued at $10 or more. The offer, which benefits Safe Horizon, the largest non-profit victim services agency in the U.S., is valid through Dec. 22."
• On Your Feet! $40 online lottery 
• School of Rock — The Musical is offering general rush with a limit of two tickets — priced at $37 each, payable in cash or by credit card — per person.

I Wanna Be A Producer (IN DEVELOPMENT)

• "Michael Cerveris will star in an  industry reading of the new musical The Goree Girls, about the inmates of a women's prison who form a rock band."
• Jimmy Buffett jukebox musical
• Tovah Feldshuh will head the cast of an industry-only presentation of Anna Simone Scott’s Stranger in My House

Everyone’s a Critic (REVIEWS)

• Once Upon a Mattress 
• Marjorie Prime 
• These Paper Bullets!

Theatre News Roundup: 12/10-12/12

Another Op’nin, Another Show (OPENINGS)

• Previews began 12/10 for CSC's Mother Courage and Her Children, starring Tonya Pinkins and featuring original music by Duncan Sheik
• The Color Purple revival opened 12/10 
• Plaid Tidings officially opens 12/13
• Once Upon a Mattress officially opens Dec. 13

The Party’s Over (CLOSINGS)

• Prince of Broadway ended its run in Japan 12/10 
• Fool For Love closes 12/13

TKTS (TICKETS/RUSH/ETC)

• Tickets go on sale Dec. 11 for the Broadway transfer of the RTC production of Stephen Karam’s The Humans.
• The box office at the Belasco for Blackbird opens 12/14

Everyone’s a Critic (REVIEWS)

• The Color Purple

I Hope I Get It (CASTING)

• "Marlee Matlin and Camryn Manheim will exit the Broadway revival of Spring Awakening ahead of the production's final performance on Jan. 24, 2016. They will be succeeded by Alexandria Wailes and Elizabeth Greene, respectively, for the final two weeks of the run."

I Heard It Through the Grapevine (RUMORS)

• The new musical drama The Bloody Irish, about the 1916 "Easter Rising" in Ireland, is aiming to have its U.S. premiere in 2016.
• "There are rumours that Ms O’Hara will lead the Lincoln Centre production (of The King and I) to London, making her West End debut maybe late next year or early in 2017."

Come to the Cabaret (CABARETS/CONCERTS/ETC)

• "The 26th edition of Broadway Bares will be presented June 19, 2016, at the Hammerstein Ballroom for two performances, 9:30 PM and midnight."
• "Michael McElroy and The Broadway Inspirational Voices have announced a star-studded line-up for their one-night-only concert in February titled Inspirational Broadway. Inspirational Broadway, taking place Feb. 15, 2016 at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, is set to feature Renee Elise Goldsberry, Billy Porter, Joshua Henry, and Marcus Paul James and songs from shows like Rent, Sunday in the Park with George, Violet, Oklahoma! and Memphis."

One Song Glory (ALBUMS)

• Adam Jacobs releases his solo debut album "Right Where I Belong" Dec. 13.
• "The Sony Masterworks/Broadway Records soundtrack recording of The Wiz Live!, which was broadcast on NBC Dec. 3, is available digitally, including iTunes, 12/11. The CD will be available beginning Dec. 18."
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame is scheduled for release Jan. 22, 2016

Theatre News Roundup: 12/9

Another Op’nin, Another Show (OPENINGS)

•  Di Goldene Kale (The Golden Bride) officially opens 12/9. Check out this audio clip.
• Elf returns to the Theater at Madison Square Garden for a limited run Dec. 9.

Closed for Renovations (CANCELLATIONS)

• Broadway's Shuffle Along, Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed has pushed back its opening date from April 21 to April 28—the last possible date of eligibility for the 2016 Tony Awards.

TKTS (TICKETS/RUSH/ETC)

• Misery student rush. "A limited number of $35 tickets (inclusive of a $2 facility fee) will be available at the box office of the Broadhurst Theatre to students 25 years old and younger when the box office opens for that day’s performance(s)."

Come to the Cabaret (CABARETS/CONCERTS/ETC)

• Boyd Gaines and Julia Murney will headline a Dec. 15 benefit reading of Ben Holbrook's play The Whale and the Dog Star

One Song Glory (ALBUMS)

• "Sarah Brightman will release a collection of digital download-only compilations of previously unreleased and limited edition tracks. "Rarities," Volumes 1-3, will be available Dec. 18."

We Open in Venice, We Next Play Verona (TOURS)

• Deaf West Theatre's Broadway production of Spring Awakening has announced that it will roll out a national tour beginning in 2017. No specific dates or cities for the tour were announced.

Let Me Be Your Star (TV NEWS)

• ABC has announced that it will present a new adaptation of "Dirty Dancing" starring Abigail Breslin as Baby.

Stop! Wait! What?! (EVERYTHING ELSE)

• The Apollo will stage its first opera, Charlie Parker's Yardbird, starring Lawrence Brownlee, April 1 and 3, 2016.

Theatre News Roundup: 12/4-12/8

Another Op’nin, Another Show (OPENINGS)

• MotherStruck! debuts Dec. 4 at Off-Broadway's Lynn Redgrave Theater
• School of Rock officially opens Dec. 6 at the Winter Garden Theatre
• Lazarus officially opens Off-Broadway Dec. 7.

TKTS (TICKETS/RUSH/ETC)

• The Broadway revival of Dames at Sea has announced that an online lottery, giving fans a chance at $32 tickets, will begin with the Dec. 8 evening performance.
• New York Theatre Workshop has announced three additional performances of Lazarus
• Joe DiPietro's new comedy, Clever Little Lies has been extended to March 20, 2016 at the Westside Theatre Upstairs.

I Wanna Be A Producer (IN DEVELOPMENT)

• OkayBetterBest, a new musical written by Rhonda Kess and Michael Weems and directed by Hunter Foster, receives its second of two industry readings.
• "Right now the plan is to have The Wiz on Broadway a year from now in partnership with Cirque. The entire cast of The Wiz Live knows about the Broadway plans but we didn't make it a prerequisite when casting them."

Everyone’s a Critic (REVIEWS)

• China Doll 
• The Wiz Live!
• School of Rock 
• Lazarus

I Hope I Get It (CASTING)

• "Chuck Cooper, LaChanze and Norm Lewis will star in the City Center Encores! staging of the 1940 Vernon Duke-John Latouche musical Cabin in the Sky. Creative duties have also been announced for Encores! productions of 1776 and Do I Hear a Waltz?"
• "Matthew Morrison, who stars as J.M. Barrie in the new Broadway musical Finding Neverland, will exit the production Jan. 24, 2016. His replacement has not been named."
• "Mario Cantone and Ralph Macchio, are tapped to headline the world premiere of A Room of My Own, written and directed by Charles Messina."

I Heard It Through the Grapevine (RUMORS)

• Whorl Inside a Loop may move to Broadway

Brush Up Your Shakespeare (SHAKESPEARE)

• Michael Fassbender/Marion Cotillard Macbeth released in select US cinemas 12/4

Come to the Cabaret (CABARETS/CONCERTS/ETC)

• Pure Motion, a collection of seven contemporary dance pieces created by Ray Mercer, will be staged Feb. 29, 2016, at 7 PM and 8:30 PM at the Ailey Citigroup Theatre as a benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
• Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas In Concert will be held Dec. 15 at Feinstein's/54 Below

Theatre News Roundup: 11/30-12/3

Another Op’nin, Another Show (OPENINGS)

• New York Animals officially opened Nov. 29 
• Invisible Thread officially opens Off-Broadway Dec. 2.
• Performances began Dec. 2 for the first revival of Di Goldene Kale (The Golden Bride)
• C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce officially opens Dec. 3
• Gigantic officially opens Dec. 3

The Party’s Over (CLOSINGS)

• "Les Miserables will end its run Sept. 4, 2016, at the Imperial Theatre. A new U.S. tour of the musical will launch in 2017. The production stars Alfie Boe as Jean Valjean through Feb. 28. John Owen-Jones will succeed him March 1 for the duration of the run."

Closed for Renovations (CANCELLATIONS)

• Long Day's Journey Into Night has pushed its opening from April 19 to April 27

TKTS (TICKETS/RUSH/ETC)

• (CHAMPAIGN, IL) Industrial Musicals Film Show: Live! Dec. 4 at 9:30 PM at the Art Theater Co-Op. Tickets are $11.
• The Illusionists is offering $35 rush tickets, available for purchase on the day of the performance, on a first-come, first-served basis. Limit two per customer.

I Wanna Be A Producer (IN DEVELOPMENT)

• Bright Star begins a pre-Broadway engagement Dec. 2 at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.
• The developmental world premiere of the new musical Chasing Rainbows: The Road to Oz, officially opens Dec. 2 at Flat Rock Playhouse in North Carolina.
• A reading of Paul Rudnick's Jeffrey, starring Michael Urie in the titular role, took place at Manhattan Theatre Club's studios earlier this week.  
• Alice By Heart
• Diner begins performances Dec. 2 at the Delaware Theatre Company.
• A Taste of Things to Come: Undressing Betty Crocker One Song at a Time

Everyone’s a Critic (REVIEWS)

• Funny Girl
• Invisible Thread 
• The New York Times Javier Muñoz in Hamilton

I Hope I Get It (CASTING)

• The complete original cast from the Off-Broadway Public Theater production of Eclipsed will move to Broadway in 2016. Saycon Sengbloh has returned after being replaced with Stacey Sargeant at the end of the Public run.
• Jonathan Groff returned to Hamilton Dec 1
• Byron Jennings replaces the previously announced René Auberjonois in the Broadway revival of She Loves Me
• Nicolas Dromard joins the company of Jersey Boys on December 21. 
• Complete casting for the world premiere of Dominique Morisseau’s Skeleton Crew
• The New Group has announced full casting for the revival of Sam Shepard’s Buried Child, opening in February 2016.

Theatre News Roundup: 11/29

Another Op’nin, Another Show (OPENINGS)

• Rose officially opens 11/29

The Party’s Over (CLOSINGS)

• Old Times ended its limited run with an 11/29 matinee

One Song Glory (ALBUMS)

• Jonathan Reid Gealt's third studio album, "Whatever I Want It To Be," was released Nov. 29.

Stop! Wait! What?! (EVERYTHING ELSE)

• Daddy Long Legs has just announced that it will be the first ever Broadway or Off-Broadway performance to be broadcast online to the world for free on December 10, 2015. To register to view the livestream, click here.

Theatre News Roundup: 11/23-11/28

Another Op’nin, Another Show (OPENINGS)

•  Important Hats of the Twentieth Century officially opened Nov. 23.
•  The Transport Group revival of Once Upon A Mattress begins previews Nov. 23.

The Party’s Over (CLOSINGS)

• Dames at Sea will end its run with a 1/3/16 matinee 
• Sylvia will play its final performance at the Cort Theatre Jan. 3, 2016.

I Wanna Be A Producer (IN DEVELOPMENT)

• Another Magic Mike reading 
• ""The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra," the daffy 2001 parody of low-budget science-fiction movies of the 1950s and 60s, is being adapted as a musical by Larry Blamire, the film's director, screenwriter and co-star."

Everyone’s a Critic (REVIEWS)

•  Important Hats of the Twentieth Century

I Hope I Get It (CASTING)

• "Lincoln Center Theater has announced casting for its upcoming production of Marco Ramirez's The Royale. Leading the cast will be Khris Davis, making his New York stage debut, joined by Montego Glover, Clarke Peters, McKinley Belcher III, and John Lavelle. Performances of The Royale begin Feb. 11, 2017, with an official opening night set for March 7 at Off-Broadway's Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater."
• Robin Tunney cast in Smokefall.
• Hamilton has posted an open casting call on its website, seeking performers for the current Broadway company and upcoming national tours.

I Heard It Through the Grapevine (RUMORS)

• My Fair Lady

Come to the Cabaret (CABARETS/CONCERTS/ETC)

• The New York Pops and Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute will present Vince Guaraldi's A Charlie Brown Christmas Dec. 20 at 3 PM in the Stern Auditorium.
• "20 contestants will compete for a chance to have their own solo concert produced by New York Musical Theatre Festival in the 10th annual Next Broadway Sensation event beginning next week. The finals kick off Dec. 1 and 2 at Stage 72 at the Triad Theater."

A Musical (MUSICALS)

• Motown The Musical has booked the Nederlander Theatre for a July 12, 2016, encore that will last 18 weeks.
• Grey Gardens will play Los Angeles' Ahmanson Theatre July 2-Aug. 14, 2016, with an official opening set for July 10 with Betty Buckley and Rachel York reprising their roles.
• The Théâtre du Châtelet will send its revival of Singin' the Rain to Broadway.

It’s Only a Play (PLAYS)

• Stephen Karam’s The Humans will transfer to Broadway's Helen Hayes Theatre Jan. 23, 2016.
• Jonathan Rockefeller’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show is set to receive its U.S. premiere in New York at the 47th Street Theatre.

One Song Glory (ALBUMS)

• "Johnny Gallagher — also known as Tony-winning Spring Awakening actor John Gallagher, Jr. — will release his debut solo recording, "Six Day Hurricane," 1/15/16. Gallagher will celebrate the new recording with an evening at Rockwood Music Hall in New York Jan. 18."
• Sky-Pony will release a new album, "Beautiful Monster," Dec. 4.

They Mean Chicago, Illinois (CHICAGO NEWS)

•  Lookingglass Theatre Company has announced casting for the final two shows of its 2015-16 season, Blood Wedding and Thaddeus and Slocum: A Vaudeville Adventure.

A Foggy Day in London Town (UK NEWS)

• "Gemma Arterton will return to the West End to star in the transfer of Jessica Swale's Nell Gwynn, about the 17th century actress and royal mistress, at the Apollo Theatre."

I Want to Go to Hollywood (MOVIE NEWS)

• Chris Colfer has joined the cast of "Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie," the film adaptation of the popular British TV series.
• "What About Today? - Live at 54 Below," featuring Melissa Errico is the first DVD to be released in Broadway Records' Live at 54 Below series.

Let Me Be Your Star (TV NEWS)

• "Stephen Colbert has been announced as host of the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors. The gala will be recorded for broadcast on the CBS Network as a two-hour primetime special Dec. 29 at 9 PM ET."
• "Deadline reports that The CW has picked up its new musical comedy series "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" for five more episodes, bringing the show's first season to 18 episodes. "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" has not yet been picked up for another season."
• The 70th Annual Tony Awards will be broadcast live from New York's Beacon Theatre June 12, 2016, beginning at 8 PM ET on CBS. The official eligibility cut-off date will now be April 28 for all Broadway productions opening in the 2015-16 season. Nominations will be announced May 3.

Stop! Wait! What?! (EVERYTHING ELSE)

• "New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission granted permission Nov. 24 for a construction project that will raise the roof of the Palace Theatre to accommodate a new lobby, new dressing rooms, elevators, restrooms — plus retail space fronting on Seventh Avenue"

Theatre News Roundup: 11/20-11/22

Another Op’nin, Another Show (OPENINGS)

• Fiddler on the Roof begins previews 11/20 
• Marjorie Prime began performances 11/20
• Rose begins previews 11/21
• Night Is A Room opens 11/22

Closed for Renovations (CANCELLATIONS)

• First preview of These Paper Bullets! cancelled

TKTS (TICKETS/RUSH/ETC)

• Tickets on sale for Disaster!

I Hope I Get It (CASTING)

• Adam Halpin joined Megan McGinnis in Daddy Long Legs 11/20 
• "Mint Theater Company will present Hazel Ellis' Women Without Men. Performances begin Jan. 30, 2016, at New York City Center Stage II. The all-female cast includes Mary Bacon, Joyce Cohen, Shannon Harrington, Kate Middleton, Aedin Moloney, Alexa Shae Niziak, Kellie Overbey, Dee Pelletier, Beatrice Tulchin, Emily Walton and Amelia White.
• Wayne Brady joins Kinky Boots 11/21

I Heard It Through the Grapevine (RUMORS)

•  Fall 2016 Broadway transfer for upcoming London revival of Henrik Ibsen's The Master Builder

Come to the Cabaret (CABARETS/CONCERTS/ETC)

• Broadway’s Future Songbook Series will spotlight the work of composer-lyricist Matthew Lee Robinson 11/30 at 6pm
• The Skivvies will return to Joe's Pub Dec. 6-7 with Laura Benanti, Lena Hall, Erik Altemus and Alice Ripley

It’s Only a Play (PLAYS)

• "Staceyann Chin's newest solo show, MotherStruck!, will debut next month at the Lynn Redgrave Theater. Performances are now set to begin Dec. 4, with an official opening night Dec. 14."

One Song Glory (ALBUMS)

• Telly Leung "Songs For You" released 11/20 
• Susan Egan "Softly"

A Foggy Day in London Town (UK NEWS)

• Funny Girl revival opens 

Let Me Be Your Star (TV NEWS)

• Galavant has scheduled the first show of its second season for Jan. 3, 2016
• "The Illusionists — Live on Broadway has announced that it will be seen in an hour-long TV special Dec. 9, and will add four performances to the New York run."

Stop! Wait! What?! (EVERYTHING ELSE)

• Billy Porter ended his run as Lola in Kinky Boots 11/20 
• New names announced for Broadwaycon
• The Alving Estate, a new immersive theatre experience inspired by Henrik Ibsen's classic play Ghosts, will begin Jan. 21, 2016, and continue through Feb. 26 for a limited engagement. Each show will admit a limit of 35 audience members per performance.

Theatre News Roundup: 11/13-11/19

Sorry it's been so long since the last TNR, my loves. I've been out living my life. I saw Sophisticated Ladies at Carnegie Hall. All the singers were fantastic. The NY Pops were just OK. I found my way to Sex Tips For Straight Women From A Gay Man which was very silly and shallow but amusing for what it was. I experienced Tastiskank who need to release an album so I can listen to those songs over and over again. And speaking of albums, it's definitely worth a trip to First Daughter Suite at The Public but if you can't make it, at least get the album when it comes out. While flawed as a show, the vocals were incredible live and there are some really beautiful musical moments.

Another Op’nin, Another Show (OPENINGS)

• Misery opened 11/15. Pike St. opened 11/15. Incident at Vichy opened 11/15.
• Nora began performances 11/16 at the Cherry Lane Theatre.
• Michelle Elliott's Promising, starring Jake Robards, opened 11/18. Steve opened 11/18.
• Lazarus began performances 11/18

TKTS (TICKETS/RUSH/ETC)

• $20 onstage rush tickets for A View From the Bridge 
• New York Theatre Workshop has announced that a limited number of extra tickets, as well as $25 CheapTix will be available for Lazarus
• Ensemble Studio Theatre's Unfiltered festival began Nov. 12 and will continue through April 23, 2016. Tickets to see plays in the Unfiltered series range from $15-20 and can be purchased by calling (866) 811-4111 or visiting ESTnyc.org.
• Tickets on sale for West Side Story March 4-6, 2016, at the Knockdown Center
• Tickets on sale for The BAM winter/spring season and the 2016 American Songbook series at Lincoln Center.
• Tickets on sale for Bright Star
• Free performances of Larger Than Life: The Supersized Plays will run Dec. 11-13 at The 52nd Street Project’s Five Angels Theater.

I Wanna Be A Producer (IN DEVELOPMENT)

• 17 Again (mainly casting for latest reading) 
• Freedom's Song

Everyone’s a Critic (REVIEWS)

• Misery

I Hope I Get It (CASTING)

• Jesse Tyler Ferguson will return to Broadway in Becky Mode's Fully Committed.
• Kelsey Grammer will begin a seven-week return engagement at Finding Neverland Jan. 19, 2016, continuing through Feb. 28.
• A Christmas Story at Papermill
• Will Swenson joins cast of Pericles
• Lea Salonga will play Helen in Fun Home in Manila
• Our Mother's Brief Affair
• Alfie Boe will play his final performance in Les Miserables on Broadway on Feb. 28, 2016

I Heard It Through the Grapevine (RUMORS)

• "Producers of NBC-TV's The Wiz Live! said Nov. 17 that their next project will be the promised stage adaptation of the Marilyn Monroe-inspired musical Bombshell."

Come to the Cabaret (CABARETS/CONCERTS/ETC)

• The Lena Horne Tribute Show, a benefit concert for Schools That Can, will feature Audra McDonald, Barbara Cook, Billy Porter, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Lindsay Mendez, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Telly Leung, and Justin Guarini, as well as two school choirs from VOICE Charter School and the Newark Boys Chorus School. 
• The National Asian Artists Project is hosting a program of four staged readings of new short musicals Dec. 7 at the 47th Street Theatre in New York.
• Unattached at 54 Below 2/3/16-2/6/16 featuring Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner

A Musical (MUSICALS)

• Performances of Burnished by Grief will run Jan. 22-Feb. 7, 2016, at La MaMa's First Floor Theater.
• Holiday Inn, The New Irving Berlin Musical will begin preview performances on September 1, 2016, and open officially on October 13, 2016, on Broadway at Studio 54

It’s Only a Play (PLAYS)

• "The Woodsman, the untold story of Oz's Tinman and the woman he loved, will receive a new Off-Broadway staging at New World Stages in January 2016. The Woodsman will begin performances Jan. 27, 2016, with an official opening night set for Feb. 7, 2016."
• Performances of C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce will run Nov. 13-Jan. 3, 2016, at The Pearl Theatre, with an official opening night set for Dec. 3.
• Manhattan Theatre Club has announced two productions for the 2016-2017 season: Vietgone, by Qui Nguyen, and Sarah Jones' Sell/Buy/Date.
• Roundabout announces Love, Love, Love and a Steven Karam adaptation of The Cherry Orchard
• "Six new plays, including new works by Sarah Ruhl and Steven Dietz, will be featured in Actors Theatre of Louisville's 40th annual Humana Festival of New American Plays."

One Song Glory (ALBUMS)

• "Diana Ross Sings Songs from The Wiz," which was originally scheduled for release in 1979 —will be available 11/27.
• Linda Eder Retro
• "Lincoln Center Theater's LCT3 production of Preludes, the new musical by Dave Malloy, is being recorded by Ghostlight Records for release in digital and CD formats Jan. 8, 2016."

They Mean Chicago, Illinois (CHICAGO NEWS)

• Barry Shabaka Henley will star as both Louis Armstrong and his agent Joe Glaser in Satchmo at the Waldorf, a one-man show by Terry Teachout, Jan. 7- Feb. 7, 2016.

A Foggy Day in London Town (UK NEWS)

• "London's Barbican Centre is to present a film season featuring the RSC on screen as part of the Shakespeare400 Celebrations in 2016"

I Want to Go to Hollywood (MOVIE NEWS)

• George Balanchine's The Nutcracker, danced by the NYCB, will play in select movie theatres across the country Dec. 5 at 12:55 PM and Dec. 10 at 7 PM. Megan Fairchild plays the Sugarplum Fairy.
• A film based on Michael John LaChiusa's Hello Again has started shooting in New York

Let Me Be Your Star (TV NEWS)

• REMINDER: First You Dream 9pm on PBS

Stop! Wait! What?! (EVERYTHING ELSE)

• "One hundred and twenty-nine former Rockettes are set to attend the Nov. 22 performance of ex-Rockette Joanna Rush's solo show Kick at St. Luke's Theatre."
• Four world premieres for the 2016-17 season at La Jolla Playhouse in La Jolla, CA.
• "The TimesTalks conversation series will continue Nov. 30 at 7 PM with composer Andrew Lloyd Webber at TheTimesCenter in New York." $45 general admission
• "New York City Center has partnered with The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space to present City Center Encores! Unscripted, a new "live-streamed series of conversations and performances about the glorious, complicated legacy of the Broadway musical.""
• Lion King Circle of Life 360 video