THE MAGIC PARLOUR Enters Third Year at Palmer House Hilton
by Tyler Peterson - February 20, 2014 After running for two years at the Chopin Theatre in Wicker Park, Dennis Watkins' one- man-show, The Magic Parlour: an intimate evening of classic magic, first appeared at The Palmer House Hilton on New Year's Eve of 2011. Produced by The House Theatre of Chicago, this intimate, close-up magic and m...
Hugh Jackman-Led HOUDINI Now Aiming for Broadway Run in 2015-16 Season
by Nicole Rosky - December 03, 2013 Just yesterday, it was announced that the Hartman Group, the Broadway press agency that was slated to represent the new musical, would close its doors in January 2014. Since then, Houdini producer Scott Sanders told the New York Times that the show is now aiming for a run in the 2015-16 theatre seas...
SMOKE & MIRRORS Offers Special Halloween Show Tonight
by Don Grigware - October 31, 2013 What are you afraid of? Lifetime member of the Magic Castle and accomplished actor Albie Selznick poses this question just in time for Halloween with a special Thursday night performance tonight, Oct. 31, the same day Harry Houdini died in 1926....
UPDATE! Hugh Jackman Talks New PT Barnum Movie Musical & HOUDINI On Broadway
by Pat Cerasaro - September 28, 2013 Major movie star and notable Broadway headliner Hugh Jackman discusses his spate of exciting projects, including a new movie musical based on the life of legendary showman PT Barnum and a brand new stage musical by Stephen Schwartz all about iconic magician Harry Houdini....
Marcia Milgrom Dodge to Helm Fall 2015 RAGTIME Tour
by Nicole Rosky - June 23, 2014 BroadwayWorld has just learned that Phoenix Entertainment has on its agenda a touring revival of RAGTIME to commence in the Fall of 2015. It will be helmed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge, who received a Tony Nomination as Best Director for the 2009 Broadway revival. This new tour will be much in the spirit...
BroadwayWorld is Most Thankful For: Broadway Bound in 2014?- Hugh Jackman in HOUDINI
by BWW Special Coverage - December 01, 2013 As BroadwayWorld previously reported, stage and screen star Hugh Jackman revealed that his next project, HOUDINI will hopefully come to Broadway 'within a year or 18 months'. In Houdini, Hugh Jackman will return to Broadway starring as America's greatest showman. One of the world's most fascinating ...
House Theatre of Chicago Presents SEASON ON THE LINE, Now thru 10/26
by BWW News Desk - September 12, 2014 The House Theatre of Chicago presents Season on the Line, the first production of the company's 13th season, at the Chopin Theatre Upstairs Theatre, 1543 W. Division St., tonight, Sept. 12 - Sunday, Oct. 26....
The Illusionists to Headline Arts Centre Melbourne's Summer Season, 3-12 Jan
by Tyler Peterson - November 19, 2013 Headlining Arts Centre Melbourne's summer season is The Illusionists, a grand and spectacular celebration of the art of magic by the most innovative illusionists working today, which will be leaving State Theatre audiences speechless from 3 to 12 January 2014....
Hugh Jackman-Led HOUDINI Musical to Hold Third Workshop; Broadway in A Little Over a Year?
by BWW News Desk - September 19, 2013 Stage and screen star Hugh Jackman told the Daily Mail's Baz Bamigboye that he has plans to hold a third workshop for HOUDINI and hopes to bring the musical to Broadway 'within a year or 18 months'. The actor is also searching for two-to-four weeks during which he can bring his one-man show to Londo...
BWW Recap: HOUDINI You Think You Are?
by Meg Wood - September 02, 2014 Harry Houdini – America's premier Escape Artist, Showman extraordinaire, potentially a template for that most American of literary creations, the Superhero, and, if you believe the premise of the current miniseries on The History Channel, a person psychologically addicted to running away from his ow...
SLEIGHT MISHAPS: PARTNERS IN DECEPTION to Combine Magic and Comedy at Gorilla Tango, 12/28
by BWW News Desk - December 14, 2013 For one night only, magicians Trent James and Brian Kirshenbaum grace the Gorilla Tango stage with 'Sleight Mishaps: Partners in Deception.' This comedy magic show plays on Saturday, December 28, 2013 at 7:30 pm for audiences 16 years and older at Gorilla Tango Bucktown, 1919 N Milwaukee, Chicago IL...
La Coral Ditirambo presenta el musical 'Ragtime' en concierto
by Roberto Rodríguez - March 16, 2015 La Coral Ditirambo, junto a la orquesta del Conservatorio de Música de Molina de Segura, presentará próximamente en Murcia un concierto escenificado del musical 'Ragtime', ganador de 4 premios Tony y considerado como uno de los mejores musicales de la última época....
Criss Angel to Perform Death-Defying Straightjacket Escape at Foxwoods Resort Casino
by Caryn Robbins - November 03, 2014 Criss Angel will attempt one of the most astounding and dangerous escapes in history at Foxwoods Resort Casino on November 11, 2014 at 1:00 p.m....
Hugh Jackman Joins Neill Blomkamp's CHAPPIE Film
by Movies News Desk - September 28, 2013 ScreenDaily.com reports that Hugh Jackman, set to receive the Zurich Film Festival Golden Icon Award tonight, revealed at a PRISONERS press conference that he has signed on for Neill Blomkamp's upcoming sci-fi film CHAPPIE, with script by Terri Tatchell. The project will begin filming in Johannesbur...
Hugh Jackman's ONE NIGHT ONLY Benefit at L.A.'s Dolby Theatre Raises $1.85 Million for MPTF
by Tyler Peterson - October 13, 2013 Academy Award nominee and Tony and Golden Globe Award winner Hugh Jackman brought his critically acclaimed one-man show from Broadway to Los Angeles' Dolby Theatre for a performance benefitting MPTF (Motion Picture & Television Fund), last night - and raised $1.85 million in doing so, according to D...
Hugh Jackman's ONE NIGHT ONLY Benefit at L.A.'s Dolby Theatre Raises $1.85 Million for MPTF
by Tyler Peterson - October 13, 2013 Academy Award nominee and Tony and Golden Globe Award winner Hugh Jackman brought his critically acclaimed one-man show from Broadway to Los Angeles' Dolby Theatre for a performance benefitting MPTF (Motion Picture & Television Fund), last night - and raised $1.85 million in doing so, according to D...
UPDATE! Hugh Jackman Talks New PT Barnum Movie Musical & HOUDINI On Broadway
by Pat Cerasaro - September 28, 2013 Major movie star and notable Broadway headliner Hugh Jackman discusses his spate of exciting projects, including a new movie musical based on the life of legendary showman PT Barnum and a brand new stage musical by Stephen Schwartz all about iconic magician Harry Houdini....
FLIM FLAM: HOUDINI AND THE HEREAFTER Opens 6/20 at Malibu Playhouse
by Tyler Peterson - May 23, 2014 The fourth play in MALIBU PLAYHOUSE's 2013-2014 season will be the World Premiere of Flim-Flam: Houdini and the Hereafter by Gene Franklin Smith,, opening Friday, June 20, 2014. The play will be directed by Thomas James O'Leary and stars Rick D. Wasserman, Melissa Kite, Gigi Bermingham, Peter Van...
TV Magician Jamie Allan Coming to Wyvern Theatre, Swindon
by Tyler Peterson - March 23, 2015 ONE of the most dangerous magical illusions ever seen on stage is to be performed live on stage by a star of the hit ITV show Get Your Act Together....
A&E's HOUDINI Premieres to 3.7 Million Total Viewers
by Tyler Peterson - September 02, 2014 Part one of HISTORY's miniseries event HOUDINI (#Houdini), starring Academy Award® winner Adrien Brody (The Pianist) as The Great Harry Houdini, mesmerized 3.7 million Total Viewers last night, making it cable's number one miniseries premiere of 2014. HOUDINI, which follows the epic tales of the ma...
SLEIGHT MISHAPS: PARTNERS IN DECEPTION Combines Magic and Comedy at Gorilla Tango Tonight
by BWW News Desk - December 28, 2013 For one night only, magicians Trent James and Brian Kirshenbaum grace the Gorilla Tango stage with 'Sleight Mishaps: Partners in Deception.' This comedy magic show plays tonight, December 28, 2013 at 7:30 pm for audiences 16 years and older at Gorilla Tango Bucktown, 1919 N Milwaukee, Chicago IL, 60...
Hugh Jackman Withdraws from Broadway-Bound HOUDINI Because of Time Commitment
by Nicole Rosky - December 23, 2013 Stage and screen star Hugh Jackman has long been slated to return to Broadway starring as America's greatest showman in Houdini. Now according to Variety, the Tony winner has withdrawn from the production, which is now aiming for a Broadway run in the 2015-16 theatre season....
Foster the People Release New Album SUPERMODEL Today
by BWW News Desk - March 18, 2014 Foster The People are set to release their highly anticipated new album, Supermodel, today, March 18 via Columbia Records. Produced by Paul Epworth, the globally influenced Supermodel is the follow-up to the group's critically acclaimed 2011 debut Torches....
The House Theatre of Chicago to Present DORIAN, 4/4-5/18
by BWW News Desk - February 27, 2014 The House Theatre of Chicago presents DORIAN, a modern adaptation of Oscar Wilde's novel 'The Picture of Dorian Gray.' This famous thriller of Dorian's ill-fated portrait is performed in promenade style. This original play is intended for mature audiences only, and is written by Company Members Ben ...
HISTORY Premieres Two-Night Miniseries HOUDINI Starring Adrien Brody Tonight
by TV News Desk - September 01, 2014 HOUDINI, a new two-night scripted miniseries airing tonight and tomorrow, September 1 and 2 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on HISTORY, is the story of a man who can defy death, but who really was the man behind the escapes? The event miniseries follows the epic tales of Harry Houdini as he emerges as America's fir... |
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