STAGE TUBE: New GLEE Season 3 Promo Spot!September 1, 2011GLEE Season 3 is back Septeber, and eeryone's favorite underdogs are currently on the set filming away! Click below for the show's new promo spot, just released!
Gary Wilmes and Jennifer Lim Lead CHINGLISH on Broadway; Cast Announced!August 31, 2011CHINGLISH, the new comedy by Tony Award-winning and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist David Henry Hwang (M. Butterfly), directed by OBIE Award winner Leigh Silverman (Well, In The Wake), will begin previews on Tuesday, October 11, 2011. The play will run at the Longacre Theatre (220 West 48th Street) making its Broadway premiere following its world premiere production at Goodman Theatre in Chicago this summer.
AN EVENING WITH PATTI LUPONE AND MANDY PATINKIN Hits the Road Again Post-BroadwayAugust 31, 2011Tickets for AN EVENING WITH PATTI LUPONE AND MANDY PATINKIN will be on sale exclusively to American Express Cardmembers® from Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at 10:00am through Friday, September 30, 2011 at 11:59pm, at Telecharge.com ( 212-239-6200 ) with Preferred Seating available to American Express Gold Card, Platinum Card® and Centurion® members. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Saturday, October 1, 2011 at 12:00am. Tickets available in person at the Barrymore Theatre box office (243 West 47TH Street) beginning Wednesday, October 26. Group sales will be available soon through Broadway Inbound at 212-944-4172 .
Photo Flash: Broadway-Bound PORGY & BESS Opens at A.R.T. Tonight, 8/31August 31, 2011A.R.T. American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) will present The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, opening the A.R.T.'s 2011-2 season tonight, August 17 at the Loeb Drama Center. The Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, by George Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, and Ira Gershwin, is adapted by Suzan-Lori Parks and Diedre Murray, and directed by A.R.T. Artistic Director Diane Paulus. Check out the first production shots below!
Check out the New Art for Broadway's BONNIE & CLYDE!August 30, 2011BONNIE & CLYDE will play at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, beginning previews on Friday, November 4th and opening on Thursday, December 1st. New artwork for the Broadway production has been released and BroadwayWorld brings you a first look below!
Richard Vida Joins LES MIS Tour as 'Thenardier' in Denver Tonight, 8/30August 30, 2011Cameron Mackintosh's new 25th anniversary production of Les Misérables welcomes Richard Vida to the role of Monsieur Thénardier beginning in Denver, CO, at The Buell Theatre August 30 - September 10, 2011. The all new production of Les Misérables features glorious new staging and spectacular re-imagined scenery inspired by the paintings of Victor Hugo.
Photo Flash: New Hugh Jackman Posters for REAL STEEL Flick Released!August 30, 2011A gritty, white-knuckle, action ride set in the near-future, where the sport of boxing has gone hi-tech, 'Real Steel' stars Hugh Jackman as Charlie Kenton, a washed-up fighter who lost his chance at a title when 2000-pound, 8-foot-tall steel robots took over the ring. Now nothing but a small-time promoter, Charlie earns just enough money piecing together low-end bots from scrap metal to get from one underground boxing venue to the next. When Charlie hits rock bottom, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son Max (Dakota Goyo) to build and train a championship contender. As the stakes in the brutal, no-holds-barred arena are raised, Charlie and Max, against all odds, get one last shot at a comeback. The film's promo posters have been released and BroadwayWorld brings you a look at the new art, along with production stills, below!
Photo Flash: Matt McGrath & More in The Old Globe's ROCKY HORROR SHOW - First Promo Shots!August 30, 2011Matt McGrath (Cabaret, The Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets) leads The Old Globe's production of Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show as Frank ‘N' Furter. James Vásquez directs the musical with book, music and lyrics by Richard O'Brien, choreography by JT Horenstein and music direction by Mike Wilkins. The first publicity shots of the company in partial costume have been released and BroadwayWorld brings you a look below!
TV: FOLLIES Revival at the Marquis - Complete Performance Highlights!August 30, 2011Earlier today, BroadwayWorld brought your a sneak peek teaser of the FOLLIES revival, now in previews at the Marquis Theatre. Performances began on Sunday, August 7th for James Goldman and Stephen Sondheim's FOLLIES, directed by Eric Schaeffer, with choreography by Warren Carlyle and music direction by James Moore. The production will officially open on Monday, September 12, 2011. Ready for a look at the complete performance highlights? Click below!
TV: FOLLIES on Broadway - Sneak Peek!August 30, 2011Performances began on Sunday, August 7th for James Goldman and Stephen Sondheim's FOLLIES, directed by Eric Schaeffer, with choreography by Warren Carlyle and music direction by James Moore. FOLLIES will officially open on Monday, September 12, 2011 at the Marquis Theatre. Performance footage has been released and below, BroadwayWorld brings you just a teaser of the exciting production onstage. Check back VERY soon for complete performance highlights!
Ashley Brown Leads New York Pops Irving Berlin Tribute, 10/14August 29, 2011On October 14, 2011 at 8:00pm, The New York Pops orchestra - famous for presenting popular music with a symphony orchestra of the highest quality - celebrates the music of Irving Berlin in a stirring program entitled 'Rags to Ritzes'. Under the baton of guest director Jack Everly, the concert kicks off the orchestra's 29th season with an evening of quintessentially American music.
Cardenas, Rua et al. Lead Old Globe's SOMEWHERE this FallAugust 29, 2011Executive Producer Lou Spisto today announced the cast and creative team for the World Premiere of Somewhere, a new play by Old Globe Playwright-in-Residence Matthew Lopez. Lopez's play The Whipping Man was a critical success in New York last season after receiving its West Coast Premiere at the Globe in a production directed by Giovanna Sardelli. Sardelli returns to direct Somewhere, which will run in the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre, part of the Globe's Conrad Prebys Theatre Center, Sept. 24 - Oct. 30. Preview performances run Sept. 24 - Sept. 28. Opening night is Thursday, Sept. 29 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are currently available by subscription only. Single tickets will go on sale on Sunday, Sept. 4. Tickets can be purchased online at www.TheOldGlobe.org, by phone at (619) 23-GLOBE or by visiting the Box Office at 1363 Old Globe Way in Balboa Park.
Bette Midler's Vegas Concert Gets Oct. 4 DVD ReleaseAugust 29, 2011As BroadwayWorld previously reported, Image Entertainment, Inc. has acquired the home entertainment and digital rights to Bette Midler: THE SHOWGIRL MUST GO ON, the legendary star's triumphant return to Las Vegas. The $10 million extravaganza played over 100 performances in a two-year run at the famed Colosseum at Caesars Palace. According to Amazon.com, the DVD will be released on October 4, 2011 and will be sold for $15.99. Amazon is now taking pre-orders.
Tix Now on Sale for Idina Menzel's Kauffman Center Concert in Kansas City, 11/12August 29, 2011Tony Award winner Idina Menzel will take the stage in Kansas City at the Kauffman Center on November 12, 2011. Tickets are now on sale HERE, ranging from $49.50 - $95.00. As previously reported by BWW, Menzel had to cancel several of her November concert engagements to accommodate her GLEE filming schedule. Menzel was given a 12 episode arc in the upcoming third season of the show and will be filming throughout the fall. For a complete list of Menzel's still scheduled tour dates, visit www.idinamenzel.com.
STAGE TUBE: MOTHERHOOD OUT LOUD Company Talks New Primary Stages ProductionAugust 29, 2011Primary Stages will present the New York premiere of Motherhood Out Loud, conceived by Susan R. Rose and Joan Stein. Directed by Lisa Peterson, the cast will feature Mary Bacon, Saidah Arrika Ekulona, Randy Graff and James Lecesne. On press day, August 23, the cast spoke to Givenik about the new show. Hear what they have to say below!
UPDATE: TKTS Now to Close this Weekend Due to StormAugust 26, 2011Despite releasing a statement earlier indicating at the TKTS operation in Times Square would remain open this weekend, the organization has just announced via twitter that they will indeed be closing down at all locations (South Street Seaport and Brooklyn included) tomorrow and Sunday along with all Broadway productions in response to Hurricane Irene.
Irene Update: Subway/Rail Transit Will Shut Down at Noon TomorrowAugust 26, 2011New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has just announced that mass rail transit in and out of New York City will shut down beginning at 12:00pm tomorrow. This includes the New York City subway system, and commuter rail lines that service Westchester, Long Island and Connecticut. If wind intensity does exceed 60mph, all major bridges, including the George Washington Bridge leading into northern New Jersey will be closed, as well.