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

Theatre News Roundup: 11/10-11/12

Another Op’nin, Another Show (OPENINGS)

• The Color Purple began previews 11/10 
• Previews for Important Hats of the Twentieth Century began 11/10
• Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games officially opened 11/10. Flatley will not perform at matinee performances. Due to prior commitments he will not perform at the evening performances on Nov. 18, Nov. 19, Dec. 4.
• Henry IV officially opened 11/11
• Shear Madness officially opened 11/11
• Gigantic begins 11/11 
• A View From the Bridge officially opens 11/12
• The Astronaut Love Show begins performances 11/12

TKTS (TICKETS/RUSH/ETC)

• The Lion King $30 digital lottery launches 11/16
• $39.50 tickets on sale for Plaid Tidings

I Wanna Be A Producer (IN DEVELOPMENT)

• The Pigeon Boys

Everyone’s a Critic (REVIEWS)

• Shear Madness 
• A View From the Bridge

I Hope I Get It (CASTING)

• Patti Lupone and Christine Ebersole will star as rival cosmetics entrepreneurs Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden in the world-premiere musical War Paint.
• Phylicia Rashad will head the cast of Tarell Alvin McCraney's Head of Passes, directed by Tina Landau. The new Off-Broadway drama is inspired by the Book of Job. Performances will begin March 14, 2016.
• (DALLAS) Taylor Trensch, Heidi Armbruster, and Sam Lilja will star in Samuel D. Hunter's Clarkston
• Edward Hibbert joined Something Rotten 11/10

Come to the Cabaret (CABARETS/CONCERTS/ETC)

• Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs with Friends will be presented at Carnegie Hall Feb. 8, 2016. Show time is 8 PM.
• Ann Harada will present Christmas Eve's Holiday Hunkfest 12/14

It’s Only a Play (PLAYS)

• SITI Company's production of Julia Wolfe’s Steel Hammer will play BAM Dec 2-6
• Performances of C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce will run Nov. 13-Jan. 3, 2016 at The Pearl Theatre.

One Song Glory (ALBUMS)

• Encores Lady Be Good released 11/13

They Mean Chicago, Illinois (CHICAGO NEWS)

• Casting has been announced for Jose Rivera's Another Word for Beauty, a show about a prison beauty contest inspired by true events, at Goodman Theatre in Chicago, IL. The production runs Jan. 16-Feb. 21, 2016.
• The Man Who Murdered Sherlock Holmes musical

A Foggy Day in London Town (UK NEWS)

•  Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story 2016 UK tour

I Want to Go to Hollywood (MOVIE NEWS)

• Sing

Let Me Be Your Star (TV NEWS)

• REMINDER: Set your DVR for First You Dream November 20
• Pitch Slapped on Lifetime. The 8-episode docuseries will premiere Jan. 5, 2016.
• CBS Thanksgiving Day Parade
• Center Stage: Dance Camp. Peter Gallagher, Ethan Stiefel, Kenny Wormald, Sascha Radetsky and Nicole Muñoz will reprise their roles from the original film and sequel. 
• Ana Gasteyer will star as Principal McGee in Fox-TV's Jan. 31, 2016, live broadcast of Grease: Live.

Stop! Wait! What?! (EVERYTHING ELSE)

• Video of new Tangled song for Disney Magic cruise. Starts a bit after 7 minutes in. 
• The Tony Awards Administration Committee determined the eligibility of ten Broadway productions for the 2016 Tony Awards.

Theatre News Roundup: 11/9

Another Op’nin, Another Show (OPENINGS)

• Dada Woof Papa Hot officially opens 
• School of Rock begins previews with an official opening scheduled for 12/6
• Lost Girls officially opens

Closed for Renovations (CANCELLATIONS)

• China Doll opening delayed 2 weeks

TKTS (TICKETS/RUSH/ETC)

• Sylvia will offer a $32 digital lottery 
• Bright Star has booked the Cort Theatre. Previews start February 25 with opening night scheduled for March 24.
• The Color Purple revival will offer a $35 rush

I Hope I Get It (CASTING)

• Leslie Uggams will star in Colman Domingo's Dot 
• Megan McGinnis will be joined by her husband, Adam Halpin, in the two-hander Daddy Long Legs from November 20 through February 2016 
• Alice Ripley, Jennifer Damiano, and Helene Yorke cast in American Psycho. Ripley will star as Patrick's Mother/Mrs. Wolfe, with Damiano as Bateman's secretary Jean, and Yorke as his trophy girlfriend Evelyn Williams.

Come to the Cabaret (CABARETS/CONCERTS/ETC)

•  The Shakespearean Jazz Show returns to the Cell Theatre Nov. 30.

Let Me Be Your Star (TV NEWS)

• 60 Minutes Hamilton coverage online, including backstage tour 
• PBS Live From Lincoln Center will air Dec 3. Sinatra concert on Dec 18
• Steve Kazee cast in recurring role on Nashville

Theatre News Roundup: 11/6-11/8

Another Op’nin, Another Show (OPENINGS)

• Donmar Warehouse's all-female Henry IV began 11/6 
• Men are from Mars–Women are from Venus LIVE! opened 11/7
• Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games begins 11/7
• Allegiance opens 11/8

Closed for Renovations (CANCELLATIONS)

• Understudies are on at Fool For Love

TKTS (TICKETS/RUSH/ETC)

• New block of Hamilton tickets on sale 
• School of Rock is offering a $25 lottery and SRO tickets
• Tickets on sale for Blackbird at the Belasco Theatre

I Wanna Be A Producer (IN DEVELOPMENT)

• T. Bone Burnett replaces Alan Menken and Glenn Slater on Happy Trails musical 
• Diner at Delaware Theatre Company

Everyone’s a Critic (REVIEWS)

• Allegiance

I Hope I Get It (CASTING)

• Andrea McArdle and Kip Gilman will star in 2 Across at St. Luke's Theatre. Previews begin 11/14.  
• More casting for Grease Live!

Come to the Cabaret (CABARETS/CONCERTS/ETC)

• New Musicals at 54 announced
• TASTiSKANK will bring F@#ck the Police to Ars Nova 11/6 at 8pm
• They Write the Songs 11/15

Theatre News Roundup: 11/1-11/5

Another Op’nin, Another Show (OPENINGS)

• King Charles III opened 11/1 
• Charles Francis Chan, Jr.'s Exotic Oriental Murder Mystery opened 11/2
• Night is a Room began performances 11/3
• Performances of Steve began 11/3
• On Your Feet! opens 11/5
• Dead and Breathing opens 11/5

The Party’s Over (CLOSINGS)

• 39 Steps will end its run at the Union Square Theatre January 3, 2016

TKTS (TICKETS/RUSH/ETC)

• Tickets on sale for Broadway production of Eclipsed 
• Jersey Boys 10th anniversary 11/8 performance. 
• Tickets on sale for Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children with Tonya Pinkins

I Wanna Be A Producer (IN DEVELOPMENT)

• Monsoon Wedding

Everyone’s a Critic (REVIEWS)

• On Your Feet!
• MANY reviews for King Charles III 
• Kevin Bacon Rear Window

I Hope I Get It (CASTING)

• Seth Rudetsky's Disaster! is coming to Broadway's Nederlander Theatre with Rachel York, Faith Prince, Adam Pascal, Roger Bart, Kerry Butler, etc. in February
• Charlotte Kate Fox stars as Roxie in Chicago from 11/2 - 11/15 
• Casting for Lydia R. Diamond's Smart People
• Max Von Essen will play Dr. Neville Craven in The Secret Garden benefit concerts at the Lucille Lortel 
• Bob Saget joined Hand to God 11/3 for the final two months of its run
• Christopher Fitzgerald joins the upcoming Waitress as Ogie
• Southern Comfort
• Edward Hibbert will replace Peter Bartlett in Something Rotten starting 11/10

I Heard It Through the Grapevine (RUMORS)

• The Bandstand plans a Broadway transfer

Brush Up Your Shakespeare (SHAKESPEARE)

• The Public's Comedy of Errors opens 11/5
• Harlem Shakespeare Festival Othello

Come to the Cabaret (CABARETS/CONCERTS/ETC)

• Sparkle: An All-Star Holiday Concert 12/6 at the Cutting Room. The show will benefit The Actors Fund.
• (CINCINNATI) Megan Hilty Rosemary Clooney concert
• Dec 1 concert at New World Stages to support New Alternatives

A Musical (MUSICALS)

• Astronaut Love Show is set to run 11/12-11/22 

One Song Glory (ALBUMS)

• Volume 17 of Broadway's Carols for a Cure, 2015's edition of the annual holiday album, is now on sale.