THIS WEEK IN PICTURES: October 10-16

Pictured: Jessica Hecht, Danny Burstein and Adam Kantor. Photo Credit: Walter McBride

The upcoming Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof will begin performances on Friday, November 20, 2015, with an official opening night on Sunday, December 20, 2015, at The Broadway Theatre. The company met the press just yesterday. Check out the photos of the cast here and get excited for Fiddler on the Roof!

Pictured: James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson. Photo Credit: Walter McBride

The new Broadway production of D.L. Coburn's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, The Gin Game, starring Tony Award winners James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson, opened last night, October 14 at the Golden Theatre. The production will play a limited engagement through Sunday, January 10, 2016. Check out photos from the duos opening night bow here.

Pictured: Keira Knightley, Judith Light. Photo Credit: Joan Marcus

The Broadway adaptation of THÉRÈSE RAQUIN, starring Academy and Golden Globe nominee Keira Knightley (Thérèse) in her Broadway debut, began preview performances on October 1, 2015, and opens officially on Thursday, October 29, 2015 on Broadway at Studio 54. Check out the first look of Keira Knightley, Judith Light and the entire cast here.

Pictured: Laura Osnes, Corey Cott and the cast of THE BANDSTAND. Photo Credit: Jerry Dalia

It's the hottest topic off-Broadway right now. THE BANDSTAND began performances at Paper Mill Playhouse last weekend and it's already the talk of the town. Set in 1945, THE BANDSTAND tells the story of a mismatched band of military veterans who join together to compete in a national radio contest in New York City with a prize that will guarantee instant stardom to the winners. But with complicated relationships, the demands of the competition and the challenging after-effects of war, going all the way for a win in the contest seems like a dream that may break these musicians. Check out Laura Osnes, Corey Cott and the entire cast in action here.

Pictured: Julian Ovenden, Steven Reineke and Sierra Boggess

On October 9, The New York Pops, led by Music Director Steven Reineke, opened its 33rd season at Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage with My Favorite Things: The Songs of Rodgers and Hammerstein.The concert honored the duo's timeless work, which has captured the hearts of every generation of music lovers, and featured guest artists Sierra Boggess and Julian Ovenden (who replaced the previously announced Steven Pasquale), alongside Judith Clurman's Essential Voices USA. Check out photos here.

Pictured: Elizabeth Stanley and Andrew Samonsky

Des Moines Performing Arts, in partnership with THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY national tour and the Madison County Chamber of Commerce, just welcomed Elizabeth Stanley and Andrew Samonsky, who will star as Francesca Johnson and Robert Kincaid in THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY's upcoming national tour. The duo performed selections from the musical at the 46th Annual Madison County Covered Bridge Festival in Winterset, Iowa. Check out more photos here.

Pictured: Holland Taylor, Marylouise Burke, Rachel Dratch. Photo Credit: Joan Marcus

Manhattan Theatre Club's world premiere of Ripcord, the new comedy by Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire, directed by Tony and Emmy Award winner David Hyde Pierce, opens Tuesday, October 20 at MTC at New York City Center - Stage I. The limited engagement features Drama Desk Award winner Marylouise Burke, Rachel Dratch, Glenn Fitzgerald, Daoud Heidami,Nate Miller, and Emmy Award winner and Tony Award nominee Holland Taylor (Ann, "Two and a Half Men"). Check out more photos here.

Pictured: Emerson Steele. Photo Credit: Jessica Fallon Gordon

You know that feedback you hear? "Sorry, you're not right for this role ... you're not young enough, old enough, tall enough, short enough, MALE enough?!" So, what's a girl to do? Tongue in cheek, with humor and heart, with songs, stories, dances, and goofy antics, 2014 Theatre World Award winner, Emerson Steele, turns the norms upside down and plays the roles she has always wanted to play and some she hopes to play in the future! Check out photos from Emerson Steele's Feinstein's/54 Below concert here.

Pictured: Brooke Quintana and Sam Hartley. Photo Credit: Matthew Murphy

Disney's Beauty and the Beast, the award-winning worldwide smash hit Broadway musical, is produced by NETworks Presentations. Disney's Beauty and the Beast is the classic story of Belle, a young woman in a provincial town, and the Beast, who is really a young prince trapped in a spell placed by an enchantress. If the Beast can learn to love and be loved, the curse will end and he will be transformed to his former self. But time is running out. If the Beast does not learn his lesson soon, he and his household will be doomed for all eternity.Check out the all-new production shots here.

Pictured: Gallery Players' BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS. Photo Credit: Jerri Shafer

Here is part one of Neil Simon's autobiographical trilogy: a portrait of the writer as a young teen in 1937 living with his family in a crowded, lower middle-class Brooklyn walk-up. Eugene Jerome, standing in for the author, is the narrator and central character. This bittersweet memoir evocatively captures the life of a struggling Jewish household where, as his father states "if you didn't have a problem, you wouldn't be living here." Check out more photos from Brighton Beach Memoirs here.