Theatre News Roundup: 8/25-8/27

Sorry for the delay, my dears. I've been very busy this week. Whorl Inside a Loop opens tonight. You know what I think. I think you should see it. I had a busy but very entertaining day yesterday. First I saw a matinee of Far From Canterbury which is currently playing the 19th annual NYC Fringe Festival. It's great. It's renewed my faith in new work from untested artists. I will write a full review (eventually) but for now I'll just say that it's a very smart take on the Wife of Bath's tale with solid lyrics, good form, and some strong ideas. It was the perfect kind of amateur production to see at Fringe NYC. I also caught Zoe Sarnak's concert at Joe's Pub. Her music is just so fantastic. I'm less of a fan of the harder rock songs because that's just not my style. I find them repetitive. But I've definitely got her Romeo and Juliet and Civil War musicals on my radar, as should you.

Another Op’nin, Another Show (OPENINGS)

• Whorl Inside A Loop opens August 27
• A Delicate Ship opens August 27

Closed for Renovations (CANCELLATIONS)

• Some Fringe NYC relocating after AC issues

TKTS (TICKETS/RUSH/ETC)

• The box office for the first Broadway production of Dames at Sea will open Monday, August 31, 2015 at 10am at the Helen Hayes Theatre. Patrons who go to the box office from 10AM - 6PM will be able to purchase tickets for preview performances for $19.33 each. Limit four per transaction. Between the hours of 10AM - 11AM, dancers will have the opportunity to demonstrate their own original 60-second tap combination for Assistant Director and Choreographer Emily Morgan, to win the chance to join the cast of Dames at curtain call of the Gypsy Run.
• Sheen Center grand opening events. First 100 tickets for paid events are only $10 ($13 with fees)
• Tickets are now on sale for Trip of Love, the 1960's jukebox musical 
• Tickets on sale for A View From the Bridge

I Wanna Be A Producer (IN DEVELOPMENT)

• Edenville, a new musical from Joe Drymala, will have a developmental reading

Everyone’s a Critic (REVIEWS)

• Reviews of Benedict Cumberbatch's Hamlet

I Hope I Get It (CASTING)

• Amy Yakima, winner of SYTYCD, will take over as Peter Pan in Finding Neverland for fellow SYTYCD winner Melanie Moore 
• An Act of God with Sean Hayes in LA
• Kevin Bacon will return to the stage this fall in the world premiere of Rear Window in Connecticutt
• Misty Copeland begins her run in On the Town August 25

Come to the Cabaret (CABARETS/CONCERTS/ETC)

• Lillias White is set to perform at this year's Bucks County Cabaret, a one-night-only concert produced by and benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The event will take place October 24 at the Bucks County Playhouse.
•  The Broadway Sings concert series will continue this fall with its ninth installment, titled Broadway Sings Sara Bareilles.
• Drama League Up Close speakers/guests announced

It’s Only a Play (PLAYS)

• Africa My Beautiful August 31- September 30 
• Project Shaw

One Song Glory (ALBUMS)

• Broadway stars featured on upcoming album from Jonathan Reid Gealt released November 9
• Track list for upcoming compilation album "We Love Disney" featuring Jessie J, Ariana Grande, Kacey Musgraves, Yuna, etc.

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

• The Lion

They Mean Chicago, Illinois (CHICAGO NEWS)

• Pegasus Theatre Company will feature the new musical For Her As a Piano written by Nambi E. Kelley as part of their upcoming season

I Want to Go to Hollywood (MOVIE NEWS)

• Maggie Smith reprises her stage role in the movie version of The Lady In The Van 
• Viola Davis to star in Fences directed by Denzel Washington
• Mary Martin Peter Pan to be released on Blu-Ray September 3

Stop! Wait! What?! (EVERYTHING ELSE)

•  Broadway Equal Rights Amendment poses
• Agatha Christie works discovered 
• John Campana's Boogie Stomp! will make its Times Square debut this fall, with a new production at the Elektra Theatre. It will run September 25-November 28, with opening night set for October 16.