Hottest Articles on BWW from Sunday, Nov. 1

1) STAGE TUBE: The GLEE Cast Sings National Anthem at the World Series Game

The cast of the Fox hit GLEE performed the National Anthem before game 3 of the World Series. The cast sang before the game which was played at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. (more...)

2) Photo Spotlight: THE Neil Simon PLAYS Close on Broadway November 1st

THE Neil Simon PLAYS will close today, Sunday, November 1st at the Nederlander Theatre (208 West 41st Street). (more...)

3) Photo Coverage: FINIAN'S RAINBOW's Big Opening Night - The Gypsy Robe Ceremony!

Finian's Rainbow began previews at Broadway's ST. James Theatre, 246 West 44 Street, on Thursday, October 8 at 8pm, and celebrated Opening Night on Thursday, October 29th. (more...)

4) STAGE TUBE: RAGTIME's New Television Commercial

Take a special look at the fantastic new commercial for the new Broadway production of RAGTIME which is currently in previews at the Neil Simon Theatre (250 West 52 Street). You can watch the new RAGTIME tv spot right here on STAGE TUBE! (more...)

5) Bernadette Peters Reveals Her 'NYC' Favs to the Sunday NY Post

Tony, Grammy and Golden Globe Award winner and native New Yorker, Bernadette Peters, revealed her "New York City" favorites to the Sunday NY Post. (more...)

6) Lloyd Webber's THE BOYS IN THE PHOTOGRAPH At The Royal Alexandra Theatre Plays to 11/1

David Mirvish is delighted to present Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton's new musical THE BOYS IN THE PHOTOGRAPH, which will play September 22 through November 1, 2009 at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. This will be the second show of the 2009/2010 Mirvish Subscription Season and tickets will go on sale on Saturday August 22, 2009. (more...)

7) Oakbrook's 'MILLIE' a Tappy, Happy Hit

Opening this week at the high-flying Drury Lane Theatre, in Chicago’s far western suburb of Oakbrook Terrace, is “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” the 2002 Best Musical Tony winner which gave the world the career of Sutton Foster (and didn’t too badly for her male co-stars Gavin Creel and Marc Kudisch). Based on the pretty successful 1967 film starring Julie Andrews, more..... (more...)

8) RAGTIME Star Stephanie Umoh Talks 'New Music' to Boston Globe

The John F. Kennedy Center's new production of Terrence McNally,Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty's Tony Award® winning musical RAGTIME, based on the E.L. Doctorow novel, features direction and choreography by Marcia Milgrom Dodge, and a majestic 28-piece orchestra led by musical director James Moore. (more...)

9) BWW TV: Backstage with THE LION KING Tour!

BWW TV's Audra Stafford takes you on a very special trip backstage in this exciting new segment as she gets up close and personal with the productions puppets! (more...)

10) 'ROBIN AND THE 7 HOODS' Will 'Swing' at San Diego's Old Globe in Summer 2010

The swinging '60's meets Broadway pizazz when Robin and the 7 Hoods, a brand new musical comedy, makes its debut at San Diego's Old Globe Theatre this summer. Robin and the 7 Hoods will play at The Old Globe from July 14th through August 22nd, 2010. (more...)

11) Kate Shindle To Run 2009 ING NYC Marathon To Raise Funds For Marriage Equality

BroadwayImpact is has announced that Broadway's Kate Shindle (Legally Blonde, Cabaret, Jekyll & Hyde) will run the 2009 ING New York City Marathon on Sunday, Nov 1, 2009 to raise money for their marriage equality initiatives. Donations can be made at www.broadwayimpact.com/runshindlerun. (more...)

12) BWW Reader Feedback - 11/1/09

BWW Reader Feedback for 11/1/09. (more...)

13) New York City Center Presents The 3rd Annual Season Of MORPHOSES/THE WHEELDON CO 10/29-11/1

New York City Center will present the third annual season of Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company, October 29 - November 1, 2009, featuring two unique programs including U.S. premieres by Artistic Director Christopher Wheeldon and Australian choreographer Tim Harbour, as well as works by Lightfoot León, Alexei Ratmansky and Mr. Wheeldon. (more...)

14) THE ILLUSION Plays The Open Fist Theatre 9/25-11/21

Tenuously straddling the intersection between reality and fantasy, The Illusion, French playwright Pierre Corneille's Baroque masterpiece, debuts at the award-winning Open Fist Theatre Company September 25th through November 21st. (more...)

15) La MaMa To Rename Annex Theater After Founder Ellen Stewart, 11/1

La MaMa ETC - one of the standard-bearers of experimental theater in New York and around the globe since it was founded in 1961 by the inimitable Ellen Stewart - will rename its Annex theater the Ellen Stewart Theater at a gala entitled "Celebrating Ellen" on Sunday, November 1 at 4 p.m. at the Annex, it has been announced by Mia Yoo, Associate Artistic Director of La MaMa, and Frank Carucci, President of the theater's Board of Directors. (more...)

16) Toronto's Canwest Cabaret Festival Line-Up Announced, 10/29 - 11/1

Albert Schultz, General Director of the Young Centre for the Performing Arts, today announced the Canwest Cabaret Festival 2009, an intimate weekend of songs and stories at the Young Centre this fall. The second annual Canwest Cabaret Festival brings together over 150 of Canada's most diverse and exciting artists under the same roof for more than 60 unique performances. Every corner of the Young Centre is teeming with activity all weekend long. (more...)

17) GLEE Cast's Rendition of Neil Diamond's 'Sweet Caroline' Debuts on Billboard's Top 100 at 34

In yet another sign that GLEE has gone from smash comedy hit to cultural phenomenon, the cast's rendition of the Neil Diamond classic Sweet Caroline has debuted on Billboard's Top 100 at number 34 (more...)

18) A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE Opens 11/6 at Roxy Regional Theatre, Clarksville

Opening weekend of the Roxy Regional Theatre's production will feature two very special evenings: opening night is "Pay What You Can" night, where each audience member decides their own ticket price. Saturday's performance features a themed dinner at Lovin' Spoonful Café at 6:30 p.m., and then a performance at the Roxy. The Louisiana-inspired menu features andouille sausage gumbo, mixed green salad with orange-honey dressing, Creole corn bread and pineapple-apple bread pudding with bourbon sauce. (more...)

19) THE LATE CHRISTOPHER BEAN Plays The Beckett Theatre 11/1-12/5

TACT/The Actors Company Theatre (Scott Alan Evans, Cynthia Harris and Simon Jones, Co-Artistic Directors), the critically-acclaimed company "dedicated to presenting neglected or rarely produced plays of literary merit," will open its 17th Anniversary season with The Late Christopher Bean, a sly 1930's comedy by Pulitzer Prize-winner Sidney Howard based upon "Prenez Garde a la Peinture," by Rene Fauchois. (more...)

20) Algonquin Theater Presents SLAVE SHACK 10/15-11/1

Algonquin Theater Productions will present the New York premiere of Mike Folie's drama Slave Shack, the second production in Algonquin's 2009 Intimate Theater season, directed by Debra Whitfield. (more...)