Coming Up This Week in Theatre - 9/5/2015

BroadwayWorld.com's Upcoming Events calendar for the week - updated on 952015.

Review: The Jacksonian (Profiles Theatre) by Scotty Zacher

It’s not that Director Joe Jahraus’ attempt isn’t entertaining, there’s just some kind of ineffable something missing that might have sparked this to bigger heights. Nonetheless, the…

‘Narrow-minded’ Sweden hails stage version of acclaimed Norwegian novel by Richard Orange In Stockholm

A book by Karl Ove Knausgaard, who criticised the Swedes, has been successfully taken to StockholmWhen director Ole Anders Tandberg was asked to stage My Struggle for Stockholm’s city thea…

Photo Coverage: Kerry Ellis Live At The Pheasantry - With Special Guest Brian May! by BroadwayWorld

We at BWWUK were thrilled to be invited to Kerry Ellis's final night at the fabulous Pheasantry, on the Kings Road - check out our pictures of the evening

Photo Flash: Saturday Intermission Pics, 9/05- ON THE TOWN Cast and Lesli Margherita Snap Final #SIP, Plus THE KING AND I and More! by BroadwayWorld

It's Saturday, and that means it's time for BroadwayWorld's 'Saturday Intermission Pics' roundup

Video: SacAnime scenic

Costumes and smiles create a bright scene at SacAnime 2015 at the Sacramento Convention Center and Sheraton Grand Hotel on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015. Video by Autumn Payne/[email protected]. M…

STAGE TUBE: Matthew Morrison Freestyles, Sings LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA in Latest #Ham4Ham Performance! by Sally Henry

In today's special pre-show performance, FINDING NEVERLAND star Matthew Morrison joined the party to freestyle rap based on the word 'Disneyland,' with HAMILTON starcreator Lin-Manuel Mirand…

Photo Flash: Matthew Morrison Attends #Ham4Ham Performance Undercover by Sally Henry

It seems like the cool thing to do in NYC is go see the Ham4Ham lottery performance before HAMILTON performances, and Matthew Morrison concurs.

Arts House chat: Michael Kieran Harvey by Anne-Marie Peard

Dance of the Bee is an interspecies musical collaboration performed by three pianists, the vocalists of the Astra Choir and a live swarm of bees. The bees will be inside a transparent sculpt…

Adultery for Everybody by Sam Hurwitt

Everybody's screwing around in Stoppard's unromantic love story.

The Triple Life of Denmo Ibrahim by Sam Hurwitt

Actor, playwright, entrepreneur, Denmo Ibrahim keeps busy.

Treshelle Edmond Overcomes Challenges & Makes Her Broadway Debut in Spring Awakening by April Reign

Treshelle Edmond is a name that you should know. She is making her Broadway debut in the revival of Spring Awakening, the only Black actress in the production and has been since they initi…

VIDEO: Hugh Jackman Takes on the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge... Again! by Stage Tube

The Tony Award-winner recently posted a video to Facebook in which he brought back last year's ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Below, watch the star- wearing a tuxedo- dump ice on himself for a go…

‘Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike’ at the Old Opera House by Johnna Leary

Family comedies are often hit or miss, but Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike at the Old Opera House is a poignant comedy strengthened by quirky and heartfelt individual performances. Excel…

Review: The Price (TimeLine Theatre) by Scotty Zacher

TimeLine Theatre Company’s superb production is living proof that The Price deserves to be regarded a classic. Highly Recommended! (read Lauren Whalen's entire review....)

Nicole Kidman returns to stage as sidelined DNA scientist by Robin McKie

Star will fulfil vow to her father when she plays Rosalind Franklin, whose work was vital to cracking the genetic codeIt is rated by some as one of the greatest injustices in scientific hist…

FINDING NEVERLAND to Hit the West End in 2016? by Sally Henry

Might FINDING NEVERLAND fly to the London stage next year It looks that way

Alison Brie Froze Playing Snow White in Community Theater by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Theater Review: Family drama gets heated in Two Chairs' 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' by Jay Handelman

Tennessee Williams drama still packs some punch... Read more » The post Theater Review: Family drama gets heated in Two Chairs' 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' appeared first on Ticket Sarasota.

Call Redialed: Linda Lavin: Starting Over: 54 Below by Call Me Adam

Call Redialed: Growing up, I loved watching Tony and two-time Golden Globe winner Linda Lavin on the hit TV series "Alice!" I couldn't wait to see what would happen each week at Mel's Diner!…

Review: We Just Keep Going, Hen and Chickens Theatre by Rebecca Pinnington

“Your mum’s really nice, so why’d you hate her so much?” Difficult parent/child relationships are increasingly becoming the norm. Whether an adult or an adolescent, figuring …

Akeelah and the Bee at Children’s Theatre Company by Erin Nagel

Last night Children’s Theatre Company kicked off its 50th Season with Akeelah and the Bee, the first of five world premieres this season. Based on the 2006 movie, Akeelah and the Bee is th…

Review: The Rainmaker/American Blues Theater by Zach Freeman

Since it was first produced more than sixty years ago, N. Richard Nash’s “The Rainmaker” has aged into a kind of blanket statement on the condition of being an American. In the twenty-…

STAGE TUBE: Fellow Stage & Screen Stars Remember Elliott Gould in New Clip from Rick McKay's THE GOLDEN AGE FILM TRILOGY by Stage Tube

Rick McKayhas shared another video from his trilogy, BROADWAY THE GOLDEN AGE. In his words, 'Happy belated Birthday, Elliott Gould Shown here in a sneek peek at a chapter from BROADWAY BEYON…

NEWS: Edinburgh Fringe awards round-up by James Lillywhite

Image: © Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society. After over 50,000 performances in hundreds of venues across August, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe has come to a close. A whole range of awards h…

Review: Parade, London Theatre Workshop by Rebecca Pinnington

Image: © Cameron Slater A mafting hot, cramped space above a pub does not traditionally a magnificent theatrical experience make. My sentiments exactly deary, until I sat through one of th…

Edinburgh Fringe Review: Bristol Revunions: Cream, Just the Tonic at The Caves by Hannah Margerison

You can find more comedy at the Edinburgh Fringe than you can find ants in an anthill, and it’s often difficult to know where to start. Do you go for improv? Stand-up? Sketches? Those …

Why Doon Mackichan, star of Smack the Pony and The Day Today, has fallen for Joe Orton by Catherine Shoard

Doon Mackichan has spent her life causing offence and hilarity. The Day Today and Smack the Pony star tells Catherine Shoard why she relishes starring in a shocking Joe Orton playIt has been…

A Look Back: Watch On the Town’s Spellbinding Dream Ballet

As On the Town comes to the end of its Broadway run, Playbill takes a look back at the show. Joshua Bergasse, the show's choreographer, was a 2015 Tony nominee for Best Choreography &…

Review: Kinky Boots Is "Flawless, Infectiously Energetic"

Kinky Boots at the Adelphi Theatre, a musical based on a true story, completely blew me away. It was energetic (to say the least!), cheeky – and incredibly fun. The show would be enjoy…

David Beckham to Take up Acting Next? by Sally Henry

His soccer career might be past its prime, but David Beckham sees a new career on the horizon- and it doesn't necessarily involve a ball.

JEEVES AND WOOSTER IN PERFECT NONSENSE on tour! by Libby Purves

 LOAD UP THE TWO-SEATER, JEEVES, WE’RE ON TOUR It always seems unfair when particular delights, best-comedy Olivier winners like this, are reserved for the West End, even if they …

It’s Never Been Easier To Get Your Theatre Tickets by Matt Merritt

I’m often asked by friends and workmates why I’m so passionate about theatre and what got me hooked on going to see shows. I normally just turn the question back on them with wha…

"I'm Not Going Anywhere" - Liza Minnelli Talks Perseverance, Concerts, and More! by Sally Henry

Liza Minnelli is back in the performance ring, out of rehab, and bent on survival, which she says is natural to her.

Photo Flash: HAMILTON Scenic Designer David Korins Shares Action Shots, Feat. Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daveed Diggs, Phillipa Soo, and More! by Sally Henry

HAMILTON scenic designer David Korins has been posting photos of the show from the time the cast first set foot onto the stage at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, and he just keeps 'em coming. T…

Liv Ullmann: Films should be fantasies, not pornography by Dalya Alberge

Ingmar Bergman’s muse talks about ever-more explicit mainstream movies and her new version of Miss JulieSex scenes in some of today’s films are so graphic that they are little more than …

‘Greater Tuna’ at The Vagabond Players by Wendi Winters

First things first: Happy Big One Oh Oh! to The Vagabond Players. The show was not only a Five Star treat, but the opening night audience was also treated to birthday cake in honor of the t…

Shaw Festival Roundup Part I by Barry

                Shaw Festival, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario                 By: David ShewardThe mission of the Shaw Festival, presented annually in the pretty …

First Look: ‘Amélie’ at Berkeley Rep by Matthew Wexler

Broadway’s Gigi didn’t last long, but that doesn’t mean that another French ingenue, Amélie, can’t find her way to the Great White Way by way of Berkeley Rep. Am…

Stage review: Knowledge is freedom in PICT's heartfelt 'Educating Rita' by Sharon Ebersonn / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Rita doesn’t just want to know everything, she wants to understand it, too. For professor Frank, the 26-year-old hairdresser who storms through his door, demanding he satisfy her hunger fo…

STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 9/5/15- AIDA by Stage Tube

Today in 2000, Aida opened at the Palace Theatre, where it ran for 1852 performances. Aida is a musical with music by Elton John, lyrics by Tim Rice, and book by Linda Woolverton, Robert Fal…

BWW TV Exclusive: The Daily Grind - Find Out How Broadway's Best Got By Before They Were Stars! by BroadwayWorld TV

They may be big starsnow, but they've seen hard times just like the rest of us. Over the summer, BroadwayWorld caught up with some of Broadway's biggest stars to find out how they got by bef…

'American Idiot' cast performs 'Wake Me Up When September Ends' by Morgan Greene

This week's Showcase features Jay W. Cullen, Luke Linsteadt, and Steven Perkins from The Hypocrites' production of "American Idiot." Green Day's punk-rock-opera, based on the Grammy Award wi…

THE MAN WHO HAD ALL THE LUCK – Kings Head Theatre by Caroline Hanks-Farmer

"With a strong cast and intimate staging at the King’s Head Theatre, this play is definitely worth checking out"

Fuse Theater Review: “Informed Consent” — Science, Ethics, and Racing Against the Clock by Arts Fuse Editor

Playwright Deborah Zoe Laufer has done a marvelous job of blending weighty ideas into a very human context.

Today at Coney Island: A Surfeit of Facial Hair by Trav S.D.

Filed under: AMERICANA, Coney Island, PLUGS, SOCIAL EVENTS Tagged: Adam RealMan, Beard and Moustache Competition, Coney Island USA, Don Jamieson

Today on TCM: McLintock! by Trav S.D.

. Today at 5:00pm (EST) TCM will be showing the minor western classic McLintock! (1963). I am tempted to call this movie the best non-spoof comedy western. It’s definitely John Wayne�…

A Labor Day Celebration of Playwrights by Broadway & Me

It’s been a glorious summer. The weather, for the most part, has lingered in a sweet spot where it’s warm enough to sit outside late into the night (in my case, on my terrace) and yet no…

Meet the Director and Cast of Prince George’s Little Theatre’s ‘Once Upon a Mattress’: Part 2: Meg Nemeth and Mike Culhane by Joel Markowitz

In Part 2 of a series of interviews with the director and cast of Prince George’s Little Theatre’s Once Upon a Mattress, meet Meg Nemeth and Mike Culhane. Joel: Tell our reade…

The Top Ticket: Three shows to take in Sept. 5 to 11 by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

A real estate nightmare onstage, a comedy headliner and a clown on a Blind Date

Tennis Star Roger Federer Overcome with Emotion During FINDING NEVERLAND Performance by BroadwayWorld

Roger Federer may be one of the toughest opponents any tennis play canface on the court, but he is a puddle of mush when it comes to Broadway's FINDING NEVERLAND.

The American Musical in Black and White: How race relations in the United States directly affected the development of musical theatre by HowlRound

By Alyssa Taubin. A brief history of the American musical through America’a racial history, from blackface and minstrel shows, to vaudeville and the Golden Age.

Full Fathom Five: An Exploration of Shakespeare’s Mark Antony by HowlRound

By Sheehan O'Heron. Sheehan O’Heron does an in-depth analysis of the backbone of Mark Antony in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar .

Meet the Cast of Avant Bard’s ‘Friendship Betrayed’: Part 3: James Finley by Joel Markowitz

In Part 3 of a series of interviews with the cast of WSC Avant Bard’s production of Friendship Betrayed—a classic comedy by Spanish playwright María de Zayas y Sotomayor—meet James Fi…

Tamsin Oglesby's new play, Future Conditional, exposes the flaws in our education system

We had always assumed and hoped that our children would to go to the local secondary school. But when our next-door neighbour’s son failed to get in because they were about two-and-a-half …

BWW's On This Day - September 5, 2015

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on September 5 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

Tudor City Greens Concerts in the Park – September 2nd by Sandi Durell

    Review by Joe Regan Jr.     Tudor City Greens Concerts in the Park produced by Raissa Katona-Bennett and her husband Dr. Garrett Bennett is a free event... The post T…

A gentler fringe, but full of promise by Natasha Tripney

The phrase that keeps recurring is: “Not a vintage year.” That seems to be the consensus. There’s been a lot of solid,

Features: My Top 5 Showtunes: Emma Kingston

We caught up with the Les Miserables actress to find out the musical numbers she couldn't live without

Black Rep's 'Tell Me Somethin' Good' is mostly good by Kevin C. Johnson

The show sails through on its songs, so a bit of restructuring could help.

Grand Center: No 'First Night' this year in midtown STL by [email protected]

Also, no guarantee New Year's Eve tradition will return in 2016 

Rory Mullarkey: ‘subverting convention has really paid off’ by Catherine Love

“I’m bad at being told what to do,” says Rory Mullarkey with a grin. The playwright, raised in a military family, quickly

Collaboration Games: Big, Tiny, Twisted by Lindsay Price

Todd Espeland, instructor of the Drama Teacher Academy course Serious Play: Theatre Games and Warm Ups for Rehearsal and Ensemble Building, uses Big, Tiny, Twisted as the last warm up before…

Interviews: It's a Family Reunion for Crystal A. Dickinson in August Wilson's Seven Guitars

Dickinson joins the Dirden brothers at Two River Theater for a production of dream roles and professional milestones.

Theater News: New Repertory Theatre Presents Broken Glass to Honor Arthur Miller Centennial

The Olivier Award-winning and Tony-nominated drama begins performances tonight.

Aladdin Star Courtney Reed’s Dresser Jackie Gehrt on First Impressions, Healthy Obsessions & Being Part of Team Jasmine by Beth Stevens

One might think dressing a princess might require birds, rodents or towel-clad handmaids, but that’s not the case at Broadway’s Aladdin. Courtney Reed, who plays Princess Jasmine…

F. Michael Haynie to Join Charlotte Jaconelli in Her US Debut at 54 Below Next Weekend by Bww News Desk

F. Michael Haynie NBC's Peter Pan LIVE, Holler If Ya Hear Me, Wicked joins Charlotte Jaconelli and friends for her New York Debut at 54 Below onToday, September 5th at 700pm, 'An Evening wit…

The Kennedy Center Sets 2015 Page-to-Stage New Play Festival Lineup by Bww News Desk

The Kennedy Center hosts its 14th annual Page-to-Stage new play festival from Today, September 5 to Monday, September 7, 2015, featuring more than 50 theaters from the D.C. metropolitan area…

Jeremy Beck, Helen Cespedes, Luke Forbes and More to Lead The Timeline Projects' COURIERS AND CONTRABANDS; Cast Set! by Bww News Desk

The Timeline Projects is pleased to announce the cast for the world premiere of Victor Lesniewski's Khardal, Berkeley Rep Cloven Tongues, The Wild ProjectCivil War spy thriller, Couriers and…

STAGE TUBE: Scenes from Deborah Zoe Laufer's Science Vs Religion Drama INFORMED CONSENT by Michael Dale

Agenetic anthropologist acquires blood samples from the Havasupaitribe to make a discovery that goes against their culture's beliefs.

Playbill Video Week in Review: Kyle Jean-Baptiste’s Stunning “Bring Him Home,” Lindsay Mendez Gets ” by Mark Ezovski

In celebration of the life of history-making Broadway actor Kyle Jean-Baptiste, Playbill presented the moving performance of "Bring Him Home" that served as his audition fo…

Photograph 51, Starring Nicole Kidman, Begins Performances Tonight by Mark Shenton

Anna Ziegler's Photograph 51, seen in 2010 at Off-Broadway's Ensemble Studio Theater, receives its London premiere in a new production that stars Nicole Kidman, beginning perform…

Broadway Actors Populate World Premiere of Ken Ludwig’s Lend Me a Tenor Follow-Up by Andrew Gans

The Cleveland Play House's world premiere of Ken Ludwig's A Comedy of Tenors, which features several characters from his Tony-winning Lend Me a Tenor, begins previews Sept. 5 pri…

Anchors Aweigh! On the Town Sets Sail From Broadway (Video) by Mark Ezovski

The Broadway production of On the Town closes Sunday, Sept. 9 after nearly a year at the Lyric Theatre and almost 400 performances. In this look back at the show, Playbill presents an array …

London Fall Preview: A Double Bill of Harvey Fierstein, Funny Girls Back Onstage and Kenneth Branagh by Mark Shenton

The West End is sending Broadway King Charles III and returning The Color Purple to sender as well (with the transfer of the Menier Chocolate Factory's production of the 2005 Broadway mu…

If a Show Played Off-Broadway for Years, Is its Broadway Bow a “Revival”? by Mark Robinson

When the 2014 Tony Award nominations were announced, the hit musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch was placed in the category of Best Revival, even though the production was playing Broadway for…