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)
I Wanna Be A Producer (IN DEVELOPMENT)
Everyone’s a Critic (REVIEWS)
I Hope I Get It (CASTING)
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
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)
Let Me Be Your Star (TV NEWS)
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
