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Another Op’nin, Another Show (OPENINGS)
- Previews begin Aug. 20 for the New York premiere of Matthew Lopez's The Legend of Georgia McBride, about an Elvis impersonator turned drag queen.
TKTS (TICKETS/RUSH/ETC)
- Broadway Week returns Sept. 7-20. The biannual promotion offers theatregoers the chance to purchase two-for-one tickets to a range of Broadway shows. Tickets are on sale as of Aug. 19.
- Changes in the ticket lottery system have been announced for Hedwig and the Angry Inch. According to a tweet from the official Hedwig Twitter account, "New lottery timing--you may now enter 2 hours before each performance; winners drawn 90 minutes prior to show time."
- IRT Theater proudly presents Troy Deutsch’s In a Tilted Place, a kaleidoscopic play directed by Ashley Brooke Monroe and Courtney Ulrich. Tickets are $18 and are available online at BrownPaperTickets.com or by phone. Tickets are also available to purchase a half hour before each performance.
I Hope I Get It (CASTING)
- Alix Korey will play Yente in the forthcoming revival of Fiddler on the Roof, which will begin previews Nov. 12 prior to an official opening Dec. 17 at The Broadway Theatre.
- Casting has been announced for the Cleveland Play House's world premiere of Ken Ludwig's A Comedy of Tenors. The cast will include Ron Orbach (Saunders), Antoinette Lavecchia (Maria), Bradley Dean (Tito/Beppo), Kristen Martin (Mimi), Bobby Conte Thornton (Carlo Nucci), Rob McClure (Max) and Lisa Brescia (Tatiana Racón).
- Christopher Denham will join Al Pacino in the Broadway debut of David Mamet's China Doll, which will begin previews Oct. 21. Denham replaces Fran Kranz, who had to withdraw from the production due to scheduling issues. It has also been announced that the limited engagement, originally scheduled for 87 performances, will now play 97 shows.
- casting for Carrie the Musical, which will play the historic Los Angeles Theatre, the first theatrical musical at that venue.
Come to the Cabaret (CABARETS/CONCERTS/ETC)
- Amanda McBroom will return to 54 Below this fall over two nights with her new solo show, Up Close and Personal. McBroom is a Golden Globe winner for Best Original Song for "The Rose," the Oscar-winning 1979 film starring Bette Midler. McBroom will hit the stage at 54 Below on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 in a show that will feature previously unheard songs from her personal songwriter’s trunk, plus music by some of her favorite writers. McBroom's song "Errol Flynn," which she wrote about her father, was recently featured on NPR’s "Songs We Love."
A Musical (MUSICALS)
- Cirque du Soleil will take over Broadway’s Lyric Theatre next spring for its first-ever made-for-Broadway musical, Paramour, the story of a young poet in Hollywood. The songs are credited to Cirque songwriting team "Bob & Bill" (creative aliases for Guy Dubuc and Marc Lessard) but no librettist is listed.
- Who's Your Baghdaddy? Or How I Started The Iraq War, the new musical by Marshall Pailet and A.D. Penedo, will begin performances Off-Broadway Sept. 26. The musical comedy follows members of a support group for those who started the Iraq War. With an official opening night slated for Oct. 17, performances will run through Nov. 22 at the Actors Temple Theater.
- Welcome to My World, a new "one-girl musical" written for and about a 14-year-old, will make its world premiere Sept. 10-27 at the Grove Theatre in Burbank, CA. Sami Staitman will star in the limited engagement, which will officially open Sept. 12 at 8 PM.
- Theater for the New City will stage Bike Shop, The Musical next month, helmed by Gretchen Cryer. Bike Shop, The Musical features a libretto by Elizabeth Barkan, who also stars, lyrics by Caroline Murphy and music by Youn-Young Park. Performances will run Sept. 11-27 at TNC's Cino Theater. Told through narrative and song, the musical follows three generations of a bike-obsessed Jewish-American family.
