Vintage Snarker: Theatre News Roundup 12/4

Another Op’nin, Another Show (OPENINGS)

TKTS (TICKETS/RUSH/ETC)

The Broadway revival of Dames at Sea has announced that an online lottery, giving fans a chance at $32 tickets, will begin with the Dec. 8 evening performance.
New York Theatre Workshop has announced three additional performances of Lazarus
Joe DiPietro's new comedy, Clever Little Lies has been extended to March 20, 2016 at the Westside Theatre Upstairs.

I Wanna Be A Producer (IN DEVELOPMENT)

OkayBetterBest, a new musical written by Rhonda Kess and Michael Weems and directed by Hunter Foster, receives its second of two industry readings.
"Right now the plan is to have The Wiz on Broadway a year from now in partnership with Cirque. The entire cast of The Wiz Live knows about the Broadway plans but we didn't make it a prerequisite when casting them."

Everyone’s a Critic (REVIEWS)

I Hope I Get It (CASTING)

"Chuck Cooper, LaChanze and Norm Lewis will star in the City Center Encores! staging of the 1940 Vernon Duke-John Latouche musical Cabin in the Sky. Creative duties have also been announced for Encores! productions of 1776 and Do I Hear a Waltz?"
"Matthew Morrison, who stars as J.M. Barrie in the new Broadway musical Finding Neverland, will exit the production Jan. 24, 2016. His replacement has not been named."
"Mario Cantone and Ralph Macchio, are tapped to headline the world premiere of A Room of My Own, written and directed by Charles Messina."

I Heard It Through the Grapevine (RUMORS)

Brush Up Your Shakespeare (SHAKESPEARE)

Come to the Cabaret (CABARETS/CONCERTS/ETC)

Pure Motion, a collection of seven contemporary dance pieces created by Ray Mercer, will be staged Feb. 29, 2016, at 7 PM and 8:30 PM at the Ailey Citigroup Theatre as a benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas In Concert will be held Dec. 15 at Feinstein's/54 Below

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