Theatre News Roundup: 8/23-8/24

Another Op’nin, Another Show (OPENINGS)

• A.R. Gurney's Love and Money officially opens August 24

TKTS (TICKETS/RUSH/ETC)

• Box office open for Sam Shepard's Fool for Love 
• Onstage seating for A View From The Bridge. $50 during previews; $135 after opening

I Wanna Be A Producer (IN DEVELOPMENT)

• Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical private industry reading

I Hope I Get It (CASTING)

• Forest Whitaker will make his Broadway debut in a revival of Eugene O'Neill's Hughie
• Complete casting for Clever Little Lies 
• New cast announced for The Flick
• Charlotte Kate Fox to play Roxie in Chicago on Broadway November 2-15. She will then play the role in Tokyo and Osaka.

A Musical (MUSICALS)

• RENT to play Long Island City, Queens in the fall

We Open in Venice, We Next Play Verona (TOURS)

• Alan Cumming will tour Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs across the US
• Hugh Jackman will perform a 5-city tour of his show Broadway to Oz in Australia

They Mean Chicago, Illinois (CHICAGO NEWS)

• The 1973 musical La Revolution Francaise with music by Schönberg and Raymond Jeannot, original text by Boublil and Jean-Max Riviere, and English adaptation of book and lyrics by Michael Mahle will be performed in concert September 28 at Thalia Hall in Chicago.
• The Black/White Love Play (The Story of Chaz and Roger Ebert) has cast Kevin Pollack as Roger Ebert. Performances will begin in September.

Stop! Wait! What?! (EVERYTHING ELSE)

• Soho Rep 2015-2016 season