Dialogue with Three Chords Teams with Stable Cable Lab for THEATRE OF HAUNTOLOGY, 10/23
by BWW News Desk - October 10, 2014 Greenwich Village mainstay Dialogue with Three Chords (D3C) continues their fourth year of staging original plays by teaming with Stable Cable Lab Co. to present 'Theatre of Hauntology,' "a night of ghosts, bad dreams, and the enduring terror of history," according to D3C playwright Stephen Gracia. ...
House Theatre of Chicago to Present SEASON ON THE LINE, 9/12-10/26
by Tyler Peterson - July 08, 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., Friday, Sept. 12 - Sunday, Oct. 26....
VENUS IN FUR Playwright David Ives Boards Creative Team of Broadway-Bound HOUDINI
by Tyler Peterson - December 24, 2013 A representative for the show has confirmed to BWW that VENUS IN FUR playwright, David Ives, will write the book for HOUDINI. Ives has been attached to the project for a number of months, as first reported by BWW earlier this year in a video interview with Jack O'Brien. Aaron Sorkin had previously s...
TV: Hugh Jackman Raises Money for MPTF at ONE NIGHT ONLY Concert
by Nicole Rosky - October 14, 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), Saturday, October 12th. The event raised $1.85 million. In the vi...
Hugh Jackman-Led HOUDINI Musical to Play Chicago Prior to Broadway?
by Nicole Rosky - August 29, 2013 According to the Associated Press, the highly-anticipated new Houdini musical, which will feature stage and screen star Hugh jackman in the ttle role might have a out of town tryout before moving on to New York. Houdini composer Stephen Schwartz recently revealed thathe hopes the musical will play ...
House Theatre of Chicago's SEASON ON THE LINE Will Now Open 9/22
by BWW News Desk - September 02, 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., Friday, Sept. 12 - Sunday, Oct. 26....
Andrew Lippa's THE WILD PARTY to Run 2/13-3/1 at Northwestern
by BWW News Desk - January 29, 2015 Decadence and jealousy drive Andrew Lippa's Drama Desk award-winning musical "The Wild Party." The upcoming show is part of the winter 2015 Mainstage season at Northwestern University's Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts....
The House Theatre of Chicago Presents DORIAN, Now thru 5/18
by BWW News Desk - April 04, 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 ...
Cast, Prizes Announced for D3C and Stable Cable's THEATRE OF HAUNTOLOGY, 10/23
by BWW News Desk - October 20, 2014 Greenwich Village mainstay Dialogue with Three Chords (D3C) continues their fourth year of staging original plays by teaming with Stable Cable Lab Co. to present 'Theatre of Hauntology,' 'a night of ghosts, bad dreams, and the enduring terror of history,' according to D3C playwright Stephen Gracia. ...
Andrew Lippa's THE WILD PARTY Runs Now thru 3/1 at Northwestern
by BWW News Desk - February 13, 2015 Decadence and jealousy drive Andrew Lippa's Drama Desk award-winning musical 'The Wild Party.' The upcoming show is part of the winter 2015 Mainstage season at Northwestern University's Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts....
EgoPo Presents Philadelphia Premiere of Romulus Linney's GINT, 5/2 - 5/11
by Louisa Brady - April 24, 2014 EgoPo is thrilled to present the finale of their 20th season, the Philadelphia premiere of GINT, Romulus Linney's adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt. Directed by Artistic Director, Lane Savadove, GINT previews on April 30th, with Press Opening on Friday May 2nd. The production will run two weeks...
Winter Magic show at WHAT Set for 2/16
by Tyler Peterson - January 16, 2015 On February 16, Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater brings magic and mystery to the stage with Rich Archer and Company. Children and adults will thrill to inventive illusions and a real live magic rabbit. Tricks include The Houdini Escape Trunk, Floating Kid, and Magical Snow Storm.Like many young peopl...
105th Annual Salute to Magic Set for Queens Theatre, 5/17
by Tyler Peterson - April 16, 2014 The Society of American Magicians, Parent Assembly Number 1, in association with Queens Theatre, will present the 105th Annual Salute to Magic, commemorating the role of magic in the 50th and 75th anniversaries of the 1964 and 1939 New York World's Fairs. The performance will be May 17, 2014 at 8:00...
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...
BWW Recap: The Great HOUDINI and the Great Beyond - Part II
by Meg Wood - September 03, 2014 When we last saw our hero, Harry Houdini was trapped under the ice of the Mississippi River, a death-defying trick gone a bit off. As Part II of The History Channel's miniseries HOUDINI begins, he's still trapped and it's looking bad. Then, he sees what appears to be a mermaid with his mother's fac...
Barrel of Monkeys' THAT'S WEIRD, GRANDMA: THE HOLIDAY SPECIAL to Run 12/8-1/5
by BWW News Desk - November 14, 2014 Barrel of Monkeys invites you to celebrate the warmth and joy of the holiday season at THAT'S WEIRD, GRANDMA: THE HOLIDAY SPECIAL, featuring a festive array of holiday-themed sketches like Santa and Taco Bell, Nightmare In My Eye, The Shopping Habit, Snowmen From Pluto, Santa's Mean Day and many mor...
HOUDINI Musical Still Coming to Broadway? Producers Seek New Creative Team
by Nicole Rosky - January 07, 2015 As BroadwayWorld previously reported, in late 2013, it was announced that Hugh Jackman had departed the upcoming stage musical based on America's greatest showman, Houdini. The project was originaly slated to come to Broadway in the 2013-14 theatre season, but it was later revealed that it would not...
VIDEO: New Trailer for History's HOUDINI Miniseries, Starring Adrien Brody
by TV News Desk - August 10, 2014 Adrien BrodyHOUDINI, a new two-night scripted miniseries airing on 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 first bona...
Malibu Playhouse Presents the World Premiere of FLIM FLAM: HOUDINI AND THE HEREAFTER', 6/20-8/3
by Courtnie Mele - May 31, 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...
Lifetime to Premiere New Scripted Series UNREAL, 6/1
by Caryn Robbins - March 16, 2015 Lifetime's highly-anticipated scripted series UnREAL (#UnREALTV), starring Shiri Appleby (Girls) and Constance Zimmer (House of Cards, Entourage), will premiere Monday, June 1, at 10pm ET/PT....
James Earl Jones II & Mark David Kaplan to Lead CCT's A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD, Begin 10/9
by Tyler Peterson - August 28, 2013 Chicago Children's Theatre (CCT) is kicking off Season 8: Grow with a delightful new production of A Year with Frog and Toad, the Tony-nominated musical based on the Frog and Toad books by Arnold Lobel, directed by Henry Godinez, resident artist at the Goodman. Performances start October 9, 2013 at ...
SMOKE AND MIRRORS Extends Through 12/29 at The Road on Lankershim
by Tyler Peterson - October 23, 2013 What are you afraid of? Lifetime member of the Magic Castle, and accomplished actor Albie Selznickposes this question just in time for Halloween with a special Thursday night performance on Oct. 31, the same day Harry Houdini died in 1926. Come for the magic, the mystery and more new illusions in Sm...
Chan Centre Welcomes Steven Galloway & David Gifford Tonight
by BWW News Desk - February 26, 2015 The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at the University of British Columbia (UBC) presents celebrated Canadian author Steven Galloway (The Cellist of Sarajevo) with master magician David Gifford tonight, February 26, 2015 at 7:30pm, as part of the Beyond Words series at the Telus Studio Theatre. A...
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...
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... |
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