BWW's On This Day - October 4, 2012

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on October 4 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events!

SHOWS THAT OPENED ON THIS DATE:

Annie US Tour - 1979

Bugs Bunny on Broadway Broadway - 1990

Carmen Up-to-Date West End - 1890

Carry On, London West End - 1973

Damned By Despair West End - 2012

Grace Broadway - 2012

Hedda Gabler Broadway - 2001

Herringbone London Fringe - 1990

King of Schnorrers Off-Broadway - 1979

La Grande-Duchesse de Gerolstein Broadway - 1868

Mauritius Broadway - 2007

Motherhood Out Loud Off-Broadway - 2011

Nunset Boulevard: The Nunsense Hollywood Bowl Show US Tour - 2012

Oh Coward! Off-Broadway - 1972

Pickwick Broadway - 1965

Sleak West End - 1977

Sometime Broadway - 1918

Tanz der Vampire Vienna - 1997

The All Night Strut! Off-Broadway - 1979

The Golden Knight Regional (US) - 1962

The Misanthrope Off-Broadway - 1977

The Musical Martians West End - 1909

The Old Man and the Old Moon Off-Broadway - 2012

The Pajama Game West End - 1999

The Veil West End - 2011

Trickster's Payback West End - 1998

Very Good Eddie US Tour - 1976

Wishful Drinking Broadway - 2009

OPENING SOON:

Grace
(Broadway - 2012)
opening 10/4/12

The Old Man and the Old Moon
(Off-Broadway - 2012)
opening 10/4/12

Damned By Despair
(West End - 2012)
opening 10/4/12

Nunset Boulevard: The Nunsense Hollywood Bowl Show
(US Tour - 2012)
opening 10/4/12

Running on Empty
(Broadway - 2012)
opening 10/9/12

Harper Regan
(Off-Broadway - 2012)
opening 10/10/12

Cyrano de Bergerac
(Broadway - 2012)
opening 10/11/12

Heresy
(Off-Broadway - 2012)
opening 10/11/12

Broke Wide Open
(Off-Broadway - 2012)
opening 10/11/12

Checkers
(Off-Broadway - 2012)
opening 10/12/12

5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche
(Off-Broadway - 2012)
opening 10/13/12

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
(Broadway - 2012)
opening 10/13/12

The Freedom of the City
(Off-Broadway - 2012)
opening 10/14/12

Falling
(Off-Broadway - 2012)
opening 10/15/12

A Celebration of Harold Pinter
(Off-Broadway - 2012)
opening 10/16/12

Loserville
(West End - 2012)
opening 10/17/12

Modern Terrorism, or They Who Want to Kill Us And How We Learn To Love Them
(Off-Broadway - 2012)
opening 10/18/12

Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons in Concert
(Broadway - 2012)
opening 10/19/12

House for Sale
(Off-Broadway - 2012)
opening 10/21/12

CLOSING SOON:

Cock
(Off-Broadway - 2012)
closing 10/6/12

Baggage
(West End - 2012)
closing 10/6/12

Ghost the Musical
(West End - 2011)
closing 10/6/12

The Normal Heart
(US Tour - 2012)
closing 10/7/12

John Lithgow: Stories by Heart
(US Tour - 2012)
closing 10/13/12

The Taming of the Shrew
(West End - 2012)
closing 10/13/12

Lovers
(Off-Broadway - 2012)
closing 10/20/12

Running on Empty
(Broadway - 2012)
closing 10/20/12

9 To 5 The Musical
(West End - 2012)
closing 10/27/12

Much Ado About Nothing
(West End - 2012)
closing 10/27/12

Marry Me a Little
(Off-Broadway - 2012)
closing 10/27/12

Ten Chimneys
(Off-Broadway - 2012)
closing 10/27/12

Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons in Concert
(Broadway - 2012)
closing 10/27/12

Through The Yellow Hour
(Off-Broadway - 2012)
closing 10/28/12

Mary Broome
(Off-Broadway - 2012)
closing 10/28/12

Harper Regan
(Off-Broadway - 2012)
closing 10/28/12

Detroit
(Off-Broadway - 2012)
closing 10/28/12

Patti Issues
(Off-Broadway - 2012)
closing 11/1/12

Jumpy
(West End - 2012)
closing 11/3/12

COMING UP:

Saturday October 6, 2012:
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF Tickets Go On Sale 10/6

Sunday October 7, 2012:
Paper Mill Playhouse (Mark S. Hoebee- Producing Artistic Director, Todd Schmidt-Managing Director) has just announced that the New Jersey Theater will tribute A Chorus Line composer Marvin Hamlisch at the official opening of the show on Sunday, October 7th at 7:00pm. Kelly Bishop joins director Mitzi Hamilton along with Donna McKechnie and dozens of A Chorus Line cast members from 1975 through 1990. Directly following the curtain call, A Chorus Line Broadway alumni will join the Paper Mill Playhouse cast on stage as they reprise a section of the "Finale" in tribute to Mr. Hamlisch. Any cast member from the Broadway production of A Chorus Line from 1975-1990 is encouraged to call Kelly Stevens at Paper Mill Playhouse at 973.315.1640 or email at kstevens@papermill.org to reserve their free tickets. Following the tribute there will be a red carpet, cast/reunion party in Downtown Millburn.">McKechnie, Bishop Set for Hamlisch Tribute at Paper Mill

Monday October 8, 2012:
Craig Wright (Mistakes Were Made, Recent Tragic Events, "Six Feet Under") and directed by Dexter Bullard (Tracy Letts' BUG), today announced a series of special events throughout the month of October in support of the the show's Broadway premiere.">GRACE Kicks Off October Special Events at Soho Apple Store

Tuesday October 9, 2012:
The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and Executive Director Patrick Willingham) will begin previews for the world premiere production of WILD WITH HAPPY, written by Colman Domingo, on Tuesday, October 9 in The Public's LuEsther Theater. Directed by Robert O'Hara, WILD WITH HAPPY runs through Sunday, November 11, with an official press opening on Tuesday, October 23. Tickets are on sale now at (212) 967-7555, www.publictheater.org, or in person at The Public Theater box office.">Public's WILD WITH HAPPY Begins Previews

Thursday October 11, 2012:
Harold Arlen classics and billed as "a song-and-dance celebration ofbig-city nightlife at the end of World War II," will have a private, industry-only workshop at the New 42nd Street Studios, 229 West 42 Street, this October 11 and October 12.">Vivian Reed to Lead ONE FOR MY BABY Reading