Coming Up This Week in Theatre - 1/12/2013

Below is BroadwayWorld.com's Upcoming Events calendar updated on 1/12/2013. For the complete calendar of upcoming events, concerts, openings, closings and more, visit BroadwayWorld.com's Event Calendar.

Bronx Opera Opens Rossini's LA GAZZA LADRA - 1/12/2013 The Bronx Opera asks who stole the silver spoon in its season 46 opener, ROSSINI’S LA GAZZA LADRA (The Thieving Magpie). Sung entirely in English with a full chorus and orchestra, BxO’s tradition of supplying the borough with lavish musical fare as well as intimate engrossing concerts and educational programming has endured thanks to the Spierman family since 1967.

Horse Trade Encores Presents Tanya O'Debra's RADIO STAR - 1/12/2013

Seattle Opera's LA CENERENTOLA Rings in the New Year - 1/12/2013 Seattle Opera rings in the New Year next month with royalty, a ball, and plenty of giant rats when it stages La Cenerentola, Rossini's effervescent take on the Cinderella story. But you won't find a glass slipper, an evil stepmother, or a fairy godmother in this opera; instead, this uniquely Italian retelling features a prince in disguise, a pompous stepfather, and a wise philosopher. Love, laughter, virtue, and brilliant bel canto vocalism win out at the end of this opera by the composer of The Barber of Seville. La Cenerentola opens on Saturday, January 12, and runs for eight performances through January 26.

Savion Glover Performs at Boston Opera House - 1/12/2013 Celebrity Series of Boston and World Music/CRASHarts will present Savion Glover performing the Boston premiere of SoLe Sanctuary on Saturday, January 12, 8pm at The Boston Opera House, 539 Washington Street, Boston.

Signature Theatre's THE PIANO LESSON Extends Through January 13 - 1/13/2013 Signature Theatre has announced an additional three-week extension for THE PIANO LESSON by August Wilson and directed by Tony Award winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson.

Chicago's Pride Films & Plays Presents Reading of Screenplay THE BACHELORS - 1/13/2013 David Zak of Pride Films and Plays will direct an enhanced staged reading of The Bachelors, a screenplay written by Rick Kinnebrew and Martha Meyer on Sunday, January 13, at 2 pm. This free performance will be at Piven Theater, 927 Noyes Street, Evanston.

Photo Flash: AIRSWIMMING Opens at Irish Rep - 1/13/2013 Irish Repertory Theatre in association with Fallen Angel Theatre Company, Inc. present the U.S. premiere of Airswimming by Charlotte Jones, the award-winning author of HUMBLE BOY, with previews set to begin tonight, January 9, prior to an official press opening January 13, in Irish Repertory Theatre Company's W. Scott McLucas Studio Theatre (132 West 22nd Street). John Keating directs. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast onstage in the photos below!

New York Jewish Film Festival Features AN EVENING WITH THE SAFDIE BROTHERS - 1/13/2013 The New York Jewish Film Festival will feature An Evening with the Safdie Brothers on Sunday, January 13. Acclaimed filmmakers Josh and Benny Safdie will present and discuss five shorts at 6 pm: There's Nothing You Can Do, We're Going to the Zoo, The Acquaintances of a Lonely John, John's Gone, and Black Balloon. Daddy Longlegs (AKA Go Get Some Rosemary) will be shown at 8:15 pm.

Horse Trade Encores Presents Tanya O'Debra's RADIO STAR - 1/14/2013

Dukakis & More Set for ADVANCED CHEMISTRY Reading - 1/14/2013 A stellar cast has been assembled for an invitation-only reading of Rich Orloff's award-winning comedy, Advanced Chemistry, at the National Arts Club on Monday, January 14th.

A HANDFUL OF KEYS Opens Off-Broadway - 1/14/2013 A HANDFUL OF KEYS, one of South Africa's most successful two-hander musical revues, will premiere on Off-Broadway at the Theatre at St. Peter's (home of Drama Desk Award-winning theater group York Theatre Company) on Monday, January 14 and will run until the next day, January 15; both performances will start at 7:30 p.m.

Danza & More Set for CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY - 1/14/2013 The Drama Desk Award-winning Celebrity Autobiography returns to Stage 72 (formerly the Triad Theater (158 West 72 Street) on Monday, January 14 at 7:30pm. The cast is scheduled to include Mario Cantone, Tony Danza, Rachel Dratch, Janeane Garofalo, Kristen Johnston, Eugene Pack, Dayle Reyfel, and Alan Zweibel.

The Public Theater Opens Soho Rep's Production of Nature Theater Production of OK's 'LIFE AND TIMES' - 1/16/2013 The Public Theater announced today that it will present the Soho Rep production of the American premiere of the Nature Theater of Oklahoma’s LIFE AND TIMES: Episodes 1-4 as a special engagement of the 2013 Under the Radar Festival. Conceived and directed by Pavol Liska and Kelly Copper, the epic serial saga LIFE AND TIMES will run January 16 through February 2, 2013. The 2013 Under the Radar Festival will run January 9 through 20, 2013 at The Public Theater at Astor Place, 425 Lafayette Street.

THE LAST SEDER Limited Engagement Opens Today, Extends to to 1/16 - 1/16/2013 Rosalind Productions Inc.'s Off-Broadway premiere of Jennifer Maisel's The Last Seder is set to open tonight, Tuesday December 4th (7pm). This Off-Broadway limited engagement at Theater Three (311 West 43rd Street) began December 1st and has been extended to January 13th. The show runs 100 minutes without an intermission.

Tippi Hedren Appears at 50th Anniversary Screening of THE BIRDS at Grauman's Chinese Theatre - 1/17/2013 Grauman's Chinese Theatre and Red Line Tours present a public screening of 'THE BIRDS' and a Q&A with Tippi Hedren to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Hitchcock's Masterpiece.

HERE and BMP Close Inaugural PROTOTYPE: OPERA/THEATRE/NOW Festival - 1/19/2013 Beth Morrison Projects (BMP) and HERE announce programming for the inaugural PROTOTYPE: Opera/Theatre/Now, running January 9–19, 2013, in New York City. This two-week festival, distilling the curatorial visions of artistic directors Kristin Marting (of HERE), Beth Morrison (of BMP), and Kim Whitener (of HERE), features visionary music-theatre and opera-theatre works by pioneering artists from NYC and around the world. PROTOTYPE is unique in providing a permanent theatrical home for the presentation of such quality productions, spotlighting the high-caliber creations of an exciting new generation of composers and collaborators, with a focus on chamber-sized works.

INFLATABLE FRANKENSTEIN Closes at The Kitchen - 1/19/2013 As part of the eighth edition of the COIL festival, Performance Space 122 (PS122) and The Kitchen present the world premiere of Inflatable Frankenstein from Radiohole. One of New York’s most tenacious and beloved ensembles explores the cultural legend of Frankenstein – everyone’s metaphor for nearly everything. Source material includes Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, James Whale's classic Frankenstein films, details from Mary Shelley's tragic life, the work of Antonin Artaud and parts of over 100 "Frankenstein" films. Inflatable Frankenstein is blood chilling and completely strange; filled with whimsical creature fantasy, technological absurdity, electric air and bodily fluids.

ALL THE RAGE, Directed by Seth Barrish, Set for Off Broadway Engagement Beginning January 19 - 1/19/2013

TADA Opens THE LITTLE MOON THEATER - 1/19/2013 TADA! Youth Theater has announced a new production of Michael Slade and Joel Gelpe’s The Little Moon Theater, based on the book by Irene Haas, with choreography by Joanna Greer, musical direction by Jim Colleran and direction by Janine Nina Trevens. The Little Moon Theater will play a limited engagement at at TADA! Theater (15 West 28th St. 3rd Fl. New York, NY 10001). Performances begin Saturday, January 19 and continue through Saturday, February 16.

Perfect Disgrace's A CRUCIBLE Closes at The Wild Project - 1/19/2013 Perfect Disgrace Theater presents the world-premiere of Brian Bauman's A CRUCIBLE – a new play influenced by the diaries of Marilyn Monroe and Andy Warhol, as well as the writings of Arthur Miller and John Huston's film "The Misfits" – directed by Kate Gagnon (TECHNODOULIA DOT COM) with previews beginning January 10 prior to an official press opening of January 13 at The Wild Project (195 East 3rd Street) in Manhattan.

TOTALLY TUBULAR TIME MACHINE Begins Off-Broadway - 1/19/2013 TTTM Productions and Robert Watman (producer), mastermind behind the iconic dance clubs Polly Esther's and Culture Club, have announced that NYC's colorful Culture Club will be the lush setting for TOTALLY TUBULAR TIME MACHINE - the new pop musical where gossip takes the drivers seat and audience members are thrust into the celebrity limelight. The production, which features hit songs from the 80s, 90s and today, is slated for a limited run Off-Broadway, with previews beginning on Saturday, January 19, 2013. The official opening night will be on Saturday, February 9, 2013.

SILENCE! THE MUSICAL Resumes at Elektra Theatre - 1/19/2013 SILENCE! The Musical will conclude its current run tonight at the Elektra Theatre, 669 Eighth Avenue (at 42nd St.) Following the announcement that SILENCE! would be ending its long run today, December 30th, ticket sales unexpectedly soared, shattering all previous box office records for the show so far. As a result, the producers determined that performances of the smash hit show will resume after a brief hiatus on January 19th.

The Met: Live in HD Debuts Donizetti's MARIA STUARDA at Peterborough Players - 1/19/2013 The Metropolitan Opera's premiere production of Donizetti's Maria Stuarda opened recently to rave reviews. The Peterborough Players will broadcast The Met: Live in HD's extraordinary performance of this magnificent opera on Saturday, January 19, 2013, at 1 pm. Tickets are $25 for adults and $20 for students.