Theatre News Roundup: 10/9-10/12

Hello my dears!

It is late now. I will tell you about Perfect Arrangement, The Vast Machine, Futurity, and Hamlet in Bed on another day. Quickly for now, well performed but lacking some finesse, absolutely awful and very boring, original and fantastically spirited, and unexpectedly compelling and insightful.

Another Op’nin, Another Show (OPENINGS)

• Hard Love officially opened 10/11
• Clever Little Lies officially opens 10/12 
• Ugly Lies the Bone officially opens 10/13

TKTS (TICKETS/RUSH/ETC)

• Lazarus extends 3 more weeks

I Wanna Be A Producer (IN DEVELOPMENT)

• George Dvorsky joins Ghostlight reading/workshop 
• Presenting Ethel Merman starring Carolee Carmello

Everyone’s a Critic (REVIEWS)

• Barbecue

I Hope I Get It (CASTING)

• Jason Danieley begins his run in Chicago
• Chasing Rainbows 
• Gigantic

I Heard It Through the Grapevine (RUMORS)

• Jean Smart may be back on Broadway in the spring 
• Martin Guerre "ready"?

Brush Up Your Shakespeare (SHAKESPEARE)

• The Public's Comedy of Errors 5 borough tour 

Come to the Cabaret (CABARETS/CONCERTS/ETC)

• 8th annual Living For Today concert 10/25 at Joe's Pub. This year will focus on the music of Rodgers and Hammerstein.
• Betty Buckley, Norm Lewis, Alysha Umphress and others have been announced for the Broadway Close Up evening on William Finn 
• December 3rd Sinatra: Voice For A Century Gala at David Geffen Hall
• Marin Mazzie at 54 Below
• 10/13 private event at the Metropolitan Museum featuring Akhenaten the musical

It’s Only a Play (PLAYS)

• Before Your Very Eyes

One Song Glory (ALBUMS)

• The Light Princess London cast album released
• It Shoulda Been You album released