Theatre News Roundup: 9/28-9/29

Another Op’nin, Another Show (OPENINGS)

• Catch the Butcher opens September 29 
• Eclipsed starts preview performances 9/29
• Travels With My Aunt begins performances 9/29
• Perfect Arrangement begins performances 9/29
• Nicu's Spoon begins performances of Richard III 9/29

Closed for Renovations (CANCELLATIONS)

• Ripcord performances delayed until October 1 

TKTS (TICKETS/RUSH/ETC)

• Les Miserables fan day ticket offer. You can purchase two mezzanine tickets for $60.01 on October 6th, exclusively at the box office.
• Up and Away has extended

I Wanna Be A Producer (IN DEVELOPMENT)

• True Love the Pink musical will be presented October 10th 
• Anthony E. Zuiker will write the libretto for a musical adaptation of Soul Train
• Distant Thunder 
• Bat Out of Hell

Everyone’s a Critic (REVIEWS)

• In Your Arms 
• Fondly, Collette Richland

I Hope I Get It (CASTING)

• Hoon Lee begins his run in The King and I September 29th
• Jeff Daniels and Michelle Williams will star in Blackbird at the Belasco starting in March
• Casting for Hell's Belles
• Casting for The Doctor's Dilemma reading October 19 at Symphony Space includes Rebecca Luker and Christian Campbell
• Casting for Steve

Brush Up Your Shakespeare (SHAKESPEARE)

• The Oregon Theatre Festival has commissioned "translations" of all 39 of Shakespeare's plays into modern English

Come to the Cabaret (CABARETS/CONCERTS/ETC)

• Julian Ovenden replaces Stephen Pasquale in the NY Pops concert on 10/9
• Artists for World Peace on Broadway October 11 at Joe's Pub
• Beth Leavel cabaret at Muny 

A Musical (MUSICALS)

• Sisters' Follies: Between Two Worlds
• Mad Libs Live

It’s Only a Play (PLAYS)

• The Vast Machine 
• A Clockwork Orange

One Song Glory (ALBUMS)

• Lena Hall "Sin & Salvation: Live at the Carlyle" 
• Encores Lady Be Good will be released on CD November 13

Theatre News Roundup: 9/23-9/27

Hello my dears,

I am too tired to fill you in on everything that I've been doing in the last few days but rest assured I haven't been neglecting you without good reason. Now, before I'm too tired to type it, here is your catch up TNR.

Another Op’nin, Another Show (OPENINGS)

• The Gin Game began previews September 23. 
• Catch the Butcher began performances September 23. Opening night is scheduled for 9/29 with the show playing through 10/30.
• Dames at Sea began performances September 24. 
• Would You Still Love Me If began performances September 26.
• Trip of Love began previews September 26.
• Deaf West revival of Spring Awakening opens September 27
• Fondly, Collette Richland opens 9/28
• Daddy Long Legs opens 9/28

TKTS (TICKETS/RUSH/ETC)

• Purchase $19.60 preview tickets to Trip of Love with the code TLF1960 until September 29
• Amelie has extended again at Berkeley Rep. Performances will now continue until 10/18.
• An Act of God with Sean Hayes in San Francisco. Tickets on sale in October.
• Dear Evan Hansen will start previews 3/25 and open 4/24
• Primary Stages Tixteen program for middle and high school students
• School of Rock box office opens 9/28

I Wanna Be A Producer (IN DEVELOPMENT)

• Our Mutual Friend musical will have a staged reading 10/19

Everyone’s a Critic (REVIEWS)

• Spring Awakening

I Hope I Get It (CASTING)

• Jason Danieley will begin a run as Billy Flynn in Chicago 10/13 after Ryan Silverman departs 10/12
• Casting for Signature Theatre's revival of Incident at Vichy includes Richard Thomas
• Full cast for Breaking Through at Pasadena Playhouse 
• Casting for Hir at Playwrights Horizons
• Lynne Wintersteller and Jeremy Kushnier among the cast of Shear Madness
• Full cast for If/Then tour

Come to the Cabaret (CABARETS/CONCERTS/ETC)

• Dee Dee Bridgewater will appear as part of the New Orleans Masquerade at the Apollo
• Past, Present, and Future October 5 benefit gala for the National Asian Artists Program
• Annaleigh Ashford December 31 show at 54 Below 
• Kerry Butler at 54 Below

One Song Glory (ALBUMS)

• 40th Anniversary Re-release of A Chorus Line OBC recording with 8 bonus tracks 10/23
• 10/12 It Shoulda Been You performances and CD signing at Barnes and Noble
• Sara Bareilles will release What's Inside: Songs From Waitress 11/6
• Daddy Long Legs will release a cast album

Theatre News Roundup: 9/15-9/22

Super long "I was on vacation" edition. No time for chatter. Onto the stories I missed!

Another Op’nin, Another Show (OPENINGS)

• Fool For Love began previews September 15 
• Hamlet in Bed officially opened September 17
• Clever Little Lies begins previews September 18
• The New Morality officially opened September 21
• Barbecue begins performances September 22

The Party’s Over (CLOSINGS)

• Amazing Grace will close on October 25

Closed for Renovations (CANCELLATIONS)

•  MotherStruck! delayed indefinitely

TKTS (TICKETS/RUSH/ETC)

• The Deaf West production of Spring Awakening has extended through January 24
• The Legend of Georgia McBride and Whorl Inside A Loop have announced extensions through October 11 and September 27 respectively 
• Ruthless! The Musical extended through January 2, 2016
• TodayTix will offer lottery tickets to Tuesday night tapings of Best Night Ever with Neil Patrick Harris for seven weeks only. I try to not ask often but if you've yet to use TodayTix to purchase tickets, my offer code is OKEQS and I would appreciate it so much if you could use my referral code.
• Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games will have a 8 week limited engagement at the Lyric Theatre from November 7 through January 3

I Wanna Be A Producer (IN DEVELOPMENT)

• Jason Robert Brown will collaborate on the Australian King Kong musical looking to move to Broadway 
• Monsoon Wedding, a new stage musical adaptation of the 2001 Bollywood film of the same name —had a recent workshop
• Ghostlight staged reading
• Solana reading will feature Judy McLane, Derek Klena, Ann Harada and others
• Date of a Lifetime (musical) reading
• Galileo musical reading
• The Testament of Mary reconceptualized industry reading 
• We Are The Tigers cheerleading murder mystery pop-rock musical
• The Rockettes' New York City Spring Spectacular will return June 15-August 7 with a different name.

Everyone’s a Critic (REVIEWS)

• Nicole Kidman in Anna Ziegler's Photograph 51 
• Moonshine: That Hee Haw Musical

I Hope I Get It (CASTING)

• Sydney Lucas will depart Fun Home October 4
• Terrence Mann will take over as Captain Hook in Finding Neverland on September 29 as Anthony Warlow finishes his run on September 27. 
• The Rise and Fall of Little Voice has been optioned for a revival during the 2016-2017 Broadway season as a vehicle for Christina Bianco
• Arnie Burton will depart The 39 Steps after his 1000th performance on September 28
• Piper Perabo leading the cast of Lost Girls by John Pollono
• Carolee Carmello and Andrew Keenan Bolger will reprise their roles in Tuck Everlasting when it moves to Broadway on March 17, 2016 with opening night set for April 26.
• Cristin Milioti and Michael Esper join the cast of Lazarus from Enda Walsh and David Bowie
• Rachel Tucker and Jonah Platt began their run in Wicked as Elphaba and Fiyero on September 15 
• Audra McDonald will have a scheduled absence from Shuffle Along from June 21, 2016 through September 25. She will return September 27th and is contracted to remain with the show until June 11, 2017.
• Bronson Pinchot and Rachel York to lead a production of The Addams Family in California
• The Mikado controversy The Mikado production cancelled Actors Equity statement
• Claybourne Elder as George in Sunday in the Park With George in Kansas 
• Complete casting for LaChuisa's First Daughter Suite
• Complete casting for Songbird 
• Complete casting for School of Rock
• Rumer Willis finally debuts as Roxie in Chicago 
• Emerson Steele will star in A Little Princess in Atlanta

I Heard It Through the Grapevine (RUMORS)

• Imelda Staunton Gypsy may be filmed 
• Photograph 51 may become a movie

Brush Up Your Shakespeare (SHAKESPEARE)

•  #15secondshakespeare

Come to the Cabaret (CABARETS/CONCERTS/ETC)

• 7th annual Broadway Salutes September 29
• Frank Sinatra at 100 will be presented October 17 at Symphony Space in 3 three hour long concerts
• Bound For Broadway presented by Liz Callaway October 12. The 2015 musicals include Amelie, The More Things Change, LMNOP, and The Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen
• One night only staged reading of The Man Who Came to Dinner December 7 at Studio 54 with Nathan Lane, Harriet Harris, Jean Smart, etc.
• Piaf: A Centennial Celebration will be presented at Town Hall December 19. Elaine Paige, Christine Ebersole, Vivian Reed, etc. to participate.
• Tradition: The Jewish Legacy of Broadway will be presented December 14 with an impressive cast to benefit The Actors Fund
• San Francisco Symphony 2015 Gala Concert 
• Drew Gasparini at Webster Hall
• Kiki and Herb to return to Joe's Pub 
• Tipping Points one-night-only benefit of staged readings
• Julia Murney, Alysha Umphress, etc. set to perform a concert for The Northeast Children's Theatre Company October 17
• Booktress Offline October 5 
• Laura Benanti will perform a concert at Bay Street Theater Oct. 10 at 8 PM.
• Jennifer Ashley Tepper on future plans for 54 Below
• Pirates of Penzance by MasterVoices
• Buck Naked Broadway

A Musical (MUSICALS)

• The Secret Garden presented in Cincinnati  
• Gigantic will be staged at The Acorn Theatre

It’s Only a Play (PLAYS)

• Lincoln Center Theater 2015-2016 season
• Bus Stop at Bristol Riverside Theatre in Philadelphia

One Song Glory (ALBUMS)

• First listen of Hamilton on NPR
• The Cry Baby cast album will be released digitally September 25 and in stores October 9 
• Rita Moreno will release an all-Spanish recording called Una vez más September 25
• Track listing for new Scott Alan CD
• A View Of The River EP released by Will Van Dyke and Jeff Talbott. Broadway talent featured. 
• Patti Lupone Matters of the Heart reissued

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

• Patti Lupone concert tour dates
• Love Never Dies, will launch a North American tour in 2017
• Casting for Mamma Mia North American tour 
• The Producers

They Mean Chicago, Illinois (CHICAGO NEWS)

• East of Eden 
• Chicago Dramatists 2015-2016 season

A Foggy Day in London Town (UK NEWS)

• Glenn Close to reprise her role in Sunset Boulevard in a semi-staged production from April 1-May 7
• Harvey Fierstein will revise the original book of Funny Girl for its London revival
• War Horse will close in March 
• Full casting for The Hairy Ape with Bertie Carvel
• Full casting for West End transfer of Guys and Dolls
• Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games

I Want to Go to Hollywood (MOVIE NEWS)

• Justin Timberlake and Anna Kendrick to voice characters in Trolls, a new Dreamworks animated musical 
• Alex Sharp has joined the cast of How to Talk to Girls At Parties co-written by John Cameron Mitchell and also featuring Nicole Kidman and Elle Fanning. The movie was based on a short story by Neil Gaiman and will feature original songs.
• Tom Hiddleston Coriolanus broadcast November 12
• My Fair Lady will play in select theatres across the United States beginning Oct. 18.

Let Me Be Your Star (TV NEWS)

• Toni Braxton will get a Lifetime biopic called Un-Break My Heart 
• Thirteen will show 4 plays as part of its Theater Close-Up series. Rasheeda Speaking will be broadcast October 1 at 9pm; Fashions for Men will be broadcast October 15 at 9pm
• Denzel Washington will direct and act in an HBO adaptation of August Wilson's Fences also featuring Viola Davis
• Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris premiered September 15. Reviews here.
• Darren Criss to appear on American Horror Story: Hotel
• Jason Alexander joins the cast of The Grinder

Stop! Wait! What?! (EVERYTHING ELSE)

• Stars announced for Broadway Flea Market 
• Red Bull Theatre 12th season
• 2016 National Playwrights Conference call for submissions. Deadline in October. 
• Zara Aina charity organization in Madagascar
• Jimmy Awards June 27, 2016 
• Theatre Hall of Fame 2015 inductees
• 2015 Songbook Hall of Fame honorees
• Hamilton scholarships
• Jersey Boys 12th longest running musical in Broadway history

Theatre News Roundup: 9/13-9/14

Hello my dears,

Two things of note to report. I saw the revival of Spring Awakening last night. It's a beautiful and remarkable production in some ways with some solid performances so I would see it if you are so inclined. However, I had some problems with the material which I will get to if I ever write a review. That brings me to my second point. You will not be hearing from me for a little while. The TNR will be on a very short hiatus while I am away on vacation. Try not to miss me too much! :)

Closed for Renovations (CANCELLATIONS)

• Rumer Willis' debut in Chicago has been delayed again

TKTS (TICKETS/RUSH/ETC)

• Atlantic Theatre Company will offer $30 tickets to all preview performances through TodayTix. Tickets can be purchased up to a week in advance. (If you have yet to purchase tickets through the TodayTix app and would like a discount on your first purchase, you can use my code "OKEQS")
• Amelie extends for another week though October 11

I Wanna Be A Producer (IN DEVELOPMENT)

• A Shaiman/Wittman live-action Mary Poppins is in the works

Everyone’s a Critic (REVIEWS)

• Amelie

I Hope I Get It (CASTING) 

• Kathleen Turner is now directing Would You Still Love Me If... Deborah Cox has departed the production and Roya Shanks joins the cast in her place.

Brush Up Your Shakespeare (SHAKESPEARE)

• Lily Rabe and Hamish Linklater will appear together in Richard III at an October 10 benefit matinee performance in Massachusetts

Come to the Cabaret (CABARETS/CONCERTS/ETC)

• A Journey in Faith to celebrate the pope's visit
• Drama League Up Close talks 
• (Connecticut) Norfolk Music Shed benefit wedding reception

Theatre News Roundup: 9/9-9/12

Hello my loves,

This is going to be a very long TNR because I've had to skip quite a few days of news. On Wednesday I went to one of the best concert I've ever been to in my entire life. The recordings don't do Gin Wigmore justice at all. She has one of those voices that needs to be experienced live. And her band was amazing. I don't even like rock music but I relished every guitar solo. It was just so much fun.

On Thursday I headed to B.B. King's in the rain for a weird experience with the venue but another fun night out. Fleetwood Maxx could have been better. It was really Stevie Nicks... and some other people. But Dancing Dream gave me everything I could have wanted from an ABBA cover band complete with dance routines. It was a nice reminder that ABBA wasn't just disco or at least that disco took some influence from rock and funk and other genres. It's easy to forget that when you're listening to a kind of cheesy, cleaned up sound on the albums. And I say that as an ABBA fan. I'm even more glad that I went as I was unable to get a discounted ticket to the final performance tonight... but more on that later.

My Friday night was spent at Pondling. This is a marvelous one-woman show that is really not for everyone but very much for me. Yes, Madeline is a little girl growing up on a farm in Ireland but in perhaps too many other respects I identified with her greatly. This is a very peculiar and specific play. It's funny but also very dark and that darkness never lets up even while you're laughing. The best comparison I can think of is Wednesday Addams... but with consequences. I will get into more of the details when I review it but I urge all the other weird little girls who grew up into relatively normal women to go back and revisit their old selves through Madeline.

And finally, the reason this post is late is because I spent my Saturday at The New Morality. Now there are often things that I like that I acknowledge will not be for everyone. I think this play will be for my audience. It's not a drawing room play but it reminds me a lot of those witty scripts from 1930's and 1940's movies. It also has a twinge of Henry James and more than a twinge of Edith Wharton. Even though it's concerned with morality and marriage, it manages to not be really misogynistic or feminist. Rather, it appreciates the humanity of its subjects and thoughtfully considers all perspectives while been terribly witty. I did find the production more competent than remarkable. It's worth it to go see this play performed but it's a small production and there's nothing to really recommend about the set or costumes. Also, fair warning, the play is divided into three acts and there are intermissions between each act to turn over the set. This kind of undercuts the momentum and makes the evening last longer than it should. While I enjoyed all of the performances, I did feel like the main female part demanded more of a star to carry off the complexity of the character. I stayed with it but I can imagine someone getting frustrated with that character without having an actress with a lot of charm or force of personality to see you through.

Another Op’nin, Another Show (OPENINGS)

• The Legend of Georgia McBride officially opens September 9
• Laugh It Up, Stare it Down officially opens September 9
• Sex of the Baby premieres Off Broadway, playing from September 9-27 
• Judy officially opens September 10
• Daddy Long Legs begins performances September 10 
• Ugly Lies the Bone begins previews September 10
• Bike Shop, the musical begins performances September 11

The Party’s Over (CLOSINGS)

• Mamma Mia closes tonight as the 8th longest running show on Broadway
• Hedwig and the Angry Inch played its final matinee at the Belasco
• Hand to God will play its final performance January 3, 2016

I Wanna Be A Producer (IN DEVELOPMENT)

• A play about Oscar Levant is in development for Sean Hayes 
• NAMT registration open 
• Amelie officially opens September 11
• West End stage adaptation of Brokeback Mountain

Everyone’s a Critic (REVIEWS)

• The Legend of Georgia McBride

I Hope I Get It (CASTING)

• Complete casting for Shuffle Along. Tickets now on sale (Be sure to note scheduled cast absences!!!)
• Further casting for The Crucible which will play the Walter Kerr
• Daniel Jenkins will be part of the cast for Travels With My Aunt at The Clurman Theatre 
• Casting for Indian Joe
• Casting for The Public's Mobile Shakespeare Comedy of Errors

I Heard It Through the Grapevine (RUMORS)

• Josh Groban hinting at Broadway debut in 2016

Come to the Cabaret (CABARETS/CONCERTS/ETC)

• Broadway's Future Songbook begins its 25th season September 28
• Josh Grisetti will play 54 Below September 23-24 
• Telly Leung album release concert
• Kristin Chenoweth to perform I Am Anne Hutchinson alongside Andrew Lippa 
• NYCB's 2015 Fall Fashion Gala will feature Norm Lewis, Rebecca Luker, and Robert Fairchild. Fairchild will also appear at three performances during the rest of the season.
• Broadway VarieTEASE

A Musical (MUSICALS)

• Hell's Belles will play the Elektra Theatre October 3- December 27
• The Ultimate Drag Off will begin performances in a new venue September 18

It’s Only a Play (PLAYS)

• Cloud Nine will begin previews September 16 with an official opening October 5. The limited engagement will play the Linda Gross Theater through November 1. 
• Rose, a one-woman show about Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, will play the Clurman from November to December. It will star Kathleen Chalfant.

Theatre News Roundup: 9/7-9/8

Hello my dears,

No plays to report about today. I'm actually just back from a new workout class. What? Yes, you read that craziness right. My abs are the weakest in the group but I had fun and my heart has finally stopped trying to beat its way out of my chest in protest. Maybe next time I'll be brave and take the stairs 16 flights up to the room. Ahahahaha. Let's not go overboard. ;)

I know you're disappointed in the lack of theatre in my life so how about this? I finally listened to the cast albums of Avenue Q and title of show all the way through. I know. What took me so long? I'm not sure if I would have fallen in love with them in the theatre but I enjoyed them as albums. 

Another Op’nin, Another Show (OPENINGS)

•  Deaf West’s revival of Spring Awakening begins Broadway previews on September 8

The Party’s Over (CLOSINGS)

• A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder will play its final performance on Sunday, January 17, 2016.

TKTS (TICKETS/RUSH/ETC)

• A Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time will celebrate its one year anniversary on September 10th with a $9.10 lottery. There will be 40 tickets available. Entry is at 5 pm with winners announced at 5:30 pm. Each winner is eligible for up to 2 tickets.
• Tickets on sale for MTC's productions of Ripcord, Prodigal Son, and Incognito. All three plays will be staged at New York City Center. Tickets also went on sale for the two MasterVoices concerts at New York City Center, The Pirates of Penzance and Dido and Aeneas.
• 2 for 1 tickets for Broadway week. I'd assume most of the tickets are sold out, particularly for the popular shows. 
• Lyceum box office open for A View From the Bridge 
• Ontario debut of Shakespeare in Love will begin selling tickets to members November 15 and to the general public on January 8.

I Wanna Be A Producer (IN DEVELOPMENT)

• West Coast premiere of These Paper Bullets!  
• Christopher Gattelli has been tapped to choreograph the Broadway-bound The SpongeBob Musical.

I Hope I Get It (CASTING)

• Kelsey Grammer, who had been set to resume the role of American producer Charles Frohman in Finding Neverland on September 15, has postponed his return. Anthony Warlow will now remain with the show at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre through September 27.  
• Casting for Paris Cats with a new Italian Opera written by Andrew Lloyd Webber
• Casting for North Shore Music Theatre's Billy Elliot 
• The previously reported upon actors step into their new roles in Matilda the Musical

Theatre News Roundup: 9/6

 Hello my dears,

Short and late TNR today. I saw a wonder cello player perform this afternoon and then spent the night running through the score of Guys and Dolls at 54 Below. There's a lot of it that I already knew but quite a bit that I didn't and it was great to see actors actually bring it to life. The Adelaides were a lot of fun though my heart is with those gorgeous songs that Sarah sings. And the Sky Masterston was a charmer. I really wish I'd been able to see Peter Gallagher play that role. But everyone did a really nice job. Even the ensemble had their moments to shine.

Another Op’nin, Another Show (OPENINGS)

• Richard Maxwell's Isolde begins September 6 in Brooklyn. Opening night is set for the 10th with the play scheduled to run until the 27th.

The Party’s Over (CLOSINGS)

• On The Town closes on September 6

TKTS (TICKETS/RUSH/ETC)

• Spring Awakening starts previews September 8th at the Brooks Atkinson
• Daddy Long Legs begins performances September 10th at the Davenport

I Hope I Get It (CASTING)

• Lesli Margherita plays her final performance as Mrs. Wormwood in Matilda on September 6. Karen Aldridge, Matt Harrington, and Alison Luff also depart as Matilda prepares to welcome Natalie Venetia Belcon, Allison Case, Rick Holmes, and Amy Spanger on September 8.

Theatre News Roundup: 9/4-9/5

I know I promised you some thoughts on The Odyssey but I'm still a little tired after getting up early to get the tickets and seeing the show last night. For now, I'll say that it's a fun night out. I'd see if you get the chance. But it's not a great work of theatre and it likely won't impress you with any new insights if you're already familiar with the story.

Another Op’nin, Another Show (OPENINGS)

• Todd Almond's adaptation of The Odyssey for The Public Theater runs from September 4-7 at the Delacorte in Central Park

TKTS (TICKETS/RUSH/ETC)

• The Music Box Theatre's box office opens for King Charles III on September 5. 

I Hope I Get It (CASTING)

• Remy Zaken will play Anne Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank at Pittsburgh Public Theater 
• Casting for Stephen Karam's The Humans

Come to the Cabaret (CABARETS/CONCERTS/ETC)

• Norm Lewis Christmas shows at 54 Below

It’s Only a Play (PLAYS)

•  InViolet Theater Company has announced plans to present Bixby Elliot's new play Sommergufl. The production will begin previews September 19 at the 4th Street Theatre with a run scheduled through October 10. Sommerfugl is inspired by the true story of Lili Elbe, the first person to have gender reassignment surgery in 1930. The play follows Elbe and her wife, Grete, who remained by her side until the end.

They Mean Chicago, Illinois (CHICAGO NEWS)

• Steppenwolf Theatre opens its 40th-anniversary season in Chicago with a world-premiere stage adaptation of John Steinbeck's East of Eden. East of Eden begins performances September 17 in advance of a September 27 opening.

A Foggy Day in London Town (UK NEWS)

• Richard Eyre will direct Ibsen's Little Eyolf with Lydia Leonard and Robert Icke will direct Chekov's Uncle Vanya for London's Almeida Theatre. 
• Close to You- Bacharach Reimagined (a retitled version of Off-Broadway's What's It All About) will transfer to the West End's Criterion Theatre.

Theatre News Roundup: 9/2-9/3

Ooh, I am feeling some aches and pains after doing yoga for the first time in years. Still, it was a great, unique experience to be a part of this sea of white in Central Park. No posturing. No judgment. Just commitment and love and generosity. If I close my eyes I can still place myself on the mat during the cool down period, the grass prickling against my arms, imagining that I could feel the curve of the earth embracing me, staring up at the unobstructed blue sky, so expansive that it felt like it could just swallow me up. Thank you for allowing me this indulgence. I don't have New Age-y/hippie sentiments very often but sometimes special things can happen when you give yourself over to a different perspective.

Closed for Renovations (CANCELLATIONS)

• Kelli O'Hara is taking a scheduled absence from The King and I September 3-5. Betsy Morgan will play Anna in her stead. 
• Fiddler on the Roof changing dates and adding cast members

TKTS (TICKETS/RUSH/ETC)

• LA Opera 30/30/30 club 
• Spring Awakening will offer $35 lottery tickets 2 hours before every performance. Every lottery will be held in spoken English and ASL.
• One week extension of Eclipsed with Lupita Nyong'o

I Wanna Be A Producer (IN DEVELOPMENT)

• Moonshine: That Hee Haw Musical begins performances in Dallas 
• Private readings of Lucifer the musical

I Hope I Get It (CASTING)

• Kathleen Turner and Deborah Cox will star in John S. Anastasi's Would You Still Love Me If... at New World Stages
• Megan Fairchild will return to play the final evening performance of On The Town
• Ryan Silverman returns to the role of Billy Flynn in Chicago at the Ambassador 
• Complete casting for the upcoming musical Invisible Thread
• Casting for the musical Cake Off at Virginia's Signature Theatre 
• Rose Byrne will star in Speed the Plow in Australia

I Heard It Through the Grapevine (RUMORS)

• Cast members from the 14 year run of Mamma Mia will return for the final show September 12. There will also be a block party in front of the Broadhurst.

Brush Up Your Shakespeare (SHAKESPEARE)

•  RE: Shakespeare, a new app hosted by David Tennant, recontextualizes Shakespeare with a hip-hop lens

Come to the Cabaret (CABARETS/CONCERTS/ETC)

• Hunter Bell and Susan Blackwell will host two Broadway Back to School benefit shows at 54 Below
• Corey Mach is organizing a concert in honor of Kyle Jean-Baptiste titled Bring Him Home. The proceeds will go to Jean-Baptiste's family.
• Andrea Burns and Joshua Henry will join Jason Robert Brown at SubCulture on September 11

A Musical (MUSICALS)

• NYU Steinhardt will perform Grand Hotel. Regular tickets are $20. Student and senior citizen tickets are $5.
• Falsettos has been postponed until the 2016-2017 season

It’s Only a Play (PLAYS)

• Ferry Play, a "podplay" meant to be experienced on the Staten Island Ferry

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

• Tyler Perry's Madea on the Run begins its tour at the Beacon

They Mean Chicago, Illinois (CHICAGO NEWS)

• Chicago's Shattered Globe Theatre will open its season with a 25th anniversary production of Scott McPherson's Marvin's Room starring Deanna Dunagan 
• Casting for Ride the Cyclone which will run from the end of September through November

A Foggy Day in London Town (UK NEWS)

• Amateur production of Sunset Boulevard in Central London

I Want to Go to Hollywood (MOVIE NEWS)

• Cate Blanchett will play Lucille Ball in an Aaron Sorkin biopic
• Mamma Mia sequel? 
• Josh Gad will play Roger Ebert opposite Will Ferrell as Russ Meyers in "Russ & Roger," a comedy about Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
• Benedict Cumberbatch Hamlet screenings