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

Let Me Be Your Star (TV NEWS)

• Skylar Astin will have a role in the new Epix series Graves

Stop! Wait! What?! (EVERYTHING ELSE)

• La Jolla WithOutWalls Festival  
• First Now Africa Festival
• 54 Below has signed a merger deal with Michael Feinstein 
• Line is (sort of???) the longest running play in New York history
• First Date will begin the La Mirada 2015-2016 season