Coming Up This Week in Theatre - 10/28/2017

BroadwayWorld.com's Upcoming Events calendar for the week - updated on 10282017.

Trump, Michael Moore Start Twitter War Over Broadway Show by Gordon Cox

Donald Trump and Michael Moore dueled on Twitter over Moore’s recent Broadway show, with Trump taking a potshot at Moore’s “The Terms of My Surrender” in the midst of…

This off-Broadway play is more relevant than ever by Richard Morgan

The Harvey Weinstein charges have exposed plenty of hurt and shame, but they’ve also made the off-Broadway play “What We’re Up Against” as relevant today as it was when written in 19…

Trump bashes Michael Moore's Broadway debut as a flop by Nicole Hensley

President Trump does not appear to be taking the First Lady’s anti-bullying campaign to heart.

Trump Responds to Michael Moore’s Broadway Show by Ryan McPhee

“While not at all presidential,” President Trump's tweet begins, before addressing the recent limited engagement.

Donald Trump Tweets His Feelings on Michael Moore's THE TERMS OF MY SURRENDER by BroadwayWorld

Michael Moore has poked and prodded and Donald Trump has finally taken the bait. With a few keystrokes on his favorite social media platform, Trump has taken to Twitter and expressed his tho…

President Trump Calls Michael Moore Play “Total Bomb” Via Twitter by Bruce Haring

An early Saturday evening tweetstorm from President Donald Trump focused on director and nemesis Michael Moore, characterizing the filmmaker’s now-shuttered Broadway play as “a T…

Review: ‘Doctor Faustus’ at Brave Spirits Theatre by Emily Gilson

Full disclosure: If your only exposure to the classics was Shakespeare in high school, then be ready to get out there and see what else there is. There’s much to be found from the period t…

The Last Match by Sandi Durell

        by Sandi Durell   Whoosh! There goes another imagined tennis ball soaring across the imagined net, with imagined racquets. Yet the intensity of this ace spor…

Review: ‘The Sea Voyage’ at Baltimore Shakespeare Factory by William Powell

Ask most theater lovers if they have heard of Jacobean-era playwrights such as John Fletcher and Philip Massinger and you would probably receive a confused “no.” Fletcher and Massinger, …

Review: ‘Intimate Apparel’ at Everyman Theatre by Patricia Mitchell

In 2015, Everyman Theatre produced an acclaimed run of Playwright Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Ruined. Tazewell Thompson directed and actors Jade Wheeler, Bueka Uwemedimo, a…

A Look Back and a Leap Forward: Invertigo Rings in 10 Years of Dance by Lara J. Altunian

by Lara J. Altunian On October 22nd Invertigo Dance Theatre celebrated a decade of contemporary performances, educational programs, and magical realism in Santa Monica’s Moss Theatre. The…

New York City’s most haunted spots will terrify you by Raquel Laneri, Hana R. Alberts, Michael Riedel

Staten Island’s infamous Kreischer Mansion briefly returned to the market this week. With an asking price of $2 million, the home has seven bedrooms, 1.25 acres — and a few ghosts. The f…

Call Answered: "Gay Geaser" Ira Lee Collings: "Life Is A Song - So, Why Not Sing It?" at Don't Tell Mama by Call Me Adam

Call Answered: When someone proclaims they have "Gay Geaser Power," how could one not want to find out more! At 82-years-old, Ira Lee Collings is showing us you can do anything at any age. A…

Kim K looks just like Cher in her stunning (Cher-approved!) Halloween costume by Usa Today, Usa Today

Cher gave her stamp of approval on Twitter.        

Tony Goldwyn on Sexual Harassment: ‘We Have to Keep Talking About It’ by Debra Birnbaum

Tony Goldwyn says he has been “surprised” by the response he’s gotten since coming forward with his own story of sexual harassment. The “Scandal” star had share…

Review: Mauritius by Aron Canter

There are many reasons to see a play, and if one of those reasons is that you adore the creative repercussions of the well-written play structure, Mauritius, by Theresa Rebeck, with a lovely…

'Never go unheard': Stories of sexual harassment shared at national theatre by Nicola Slawson

More than 150 accounts of harassment submitted anonymously to Royal Court read at London event aiming to shine a light on abuses of power in theatre For more than five hours, stories of sexu…

Theatre company boss: 'There is no such thing as colour-blind casting' by Dalya Alberge

As Debra Ann Byrd begins residency at Stratford-upon-Avon she says ‘colour-blindness’ only possible with closed eyesThe head of a US mixed-race theatre company will never forget the raci…

Chris Christie will spend his first day out of office with Springsteen by Page Six Team

We hear he's going to see Bruce Springsteen's new Broadway show.

No Good Old Days: A Review of Hard Times at Lookingglass Theatre Company by Kevin Greene

This remount of Charles Dickens' novel is a reminder that art and insight need not exist separately.

ICYMI: Get Stuffed with Lisa Lampanelli on BroadwayWorld Live! by Steve Schonberg

What do Miss Hannigan, Mama Morton and Harvey Fierstein have in common They are all roles that the Queen of Mean wants to play one day

Brian Yorkey Teases Details About MAGIC MIKE by BroadwayWorld

A new MAGIC MIKE stage musical has also been in the works since last year, from Tom Kitt, Brian Yorkey and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. Yorkey recently spoke with The Hollywood Reporter and let s…

Ballet Review: ‘La Bayadere’ by the Mariinsky Ballet at The Kennedy Center by Kristin Franco

Once again, The Kennedy Center proved this past weekend that it is one of the premiere performance venues in not only the United States but the world, as it welcomed the internationally reno…

Theatre Review: ‘1984’ at Maryland Ensemble Theatre by Mark Beachy

A timely and terrifying adaptation of  George Orwell’s novel “1984” is now on stage at the Maryland Ensemble Theatre in Frederick, Maryland. Recent events must have inspir…

“No Fatties”: When Health Care Hurts by Carey

Originally published on Longreads.com View this story online A fat person walking into a doctor’s office can expect lectures, condescension, and misdiagnoses from a medical culture that ch…

Producers, Creatives Talk ‘Safe Spaces’ – Produced By NY by Jeremy Gerard

The topic was “The Power of Creative Collaboration,” and it seemed inevitable that the long shadow of Harvey Weinstein would be cast over the panels during today’s “P…

Coming Soon: ‘Cruel Intentions: The Musical’ by Matthew Wexler

A new musical based on the 1999 hit film, which was a sexy, modern-day telling of the classic 1782 French novel 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses.'

Review: All Life’s a Swirling Proscenium in ‘The Red Shoes’ by Brian Seibert

The staging is the star in Matthew Bourne’s pass-the-popcorn adaptation of the movie.

On My Way to a B.F.A.: Episode 2.2- Lifelong Learning, Love Never Dies, and Staying Healthy with Karen Mason by Matt Tamanini

On the October episode of “On My Way to a B.F.A.,” Natalie Noack talks to “Love Never Dies” star Karen Mason. The pair talks about Karen’s unusual educational p…

Photo Coverage: Matt Doyle and Ali Ewoldt Join The New York Pops for THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT: FROM SKITCH TO STEVEN by Genevieve Rafter Keddy

On October 27, 2017 at 800PM, The New York Pops, led by Music Director Steven Reineke, opened its 35th season at Carnegie Hall's Stern AuditoriumPerelman Stage, with a concert celebrating th…

BWW TV Exclusive: SCOOL OF ROCK Company Raises a Glass on BROADWAY BARTENDER! by Broadway Bartender

In this previously aired episode of Broadway Bartender, host Anthony Caporale welcomes cast members from SCHOOL OF ROCK, Eric Petersen, Jesse Swimm and Cassie Okenka , for a round at the bar

Singular Sensations: 9 One-Person Shows That Need to Happen by Alexa Criscitiello

Broadway has always had a thing for one-person shows. This season is no different as solo-show mainstay, John Leguizamo, and rock legend Bruce Springsteen have taken to the boards to hand-de…

The Original Outsider: A Review of 1980 (Or Why I’m Voting For John Anderson) at Jackalope Theatre by Noel Schecter

Transporting audiences back to the ill-fated campaign of a presidential underdog, this period piece attempts to prefigure the present.

SON OF A PREACHER MAN – Touring ★★★★ by Olivia Mitchell

The present meets the past in Son of a Preacher Man, where 3 lonely hearts go in search of an old record store in Soho, which, during the 1960’s, the legendary Preacher Man was famed for g…

A helpful explainer for Taylor Swift's bonkers 'Ready For It?' video by Emily Yahr Washington Post

Don’t worry. You’re not alone if you watched Taylor Swift’s new music video and your reaction was “What was that?”

Shivers guaranteed: For the first time, Cirque du Soleil adds ice to the show by Valerie Schremp Hahn St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"Crystal" comes to the Family Arena on Nov. 4 and 5

Muny at 100: Not even WWII keeps the show from going on by Judith Newmark • St. Louis Post-Dispatch

In the 1940s, the Muny offered a precious break to members of the armed forces along with those on the home front

Seinfeld and his jokes pass the test of time at Fox show by Valerie Schremp Hahn St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“People are nice. It’s a great town,” the comic said of St. Louis. “Couldn’t wait to get here. Can’t wait to get out.” The audience roared.

Stage review: Pittsburgh Ballet's 'Dracula' is cinematic and tantalizing by Jane Vranish / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s opening production, “Dracula,” is obviously inspired by Bram Stoker’s Gothic novel, allowing audiences to view a sampling of the count’s reign of terror…

To Kill a Mockingbird – review by Alfred Hickling

Theatre Royal, YorkThe Touring Consortium was established in 1996 to produce curriculum-based drama, during which period it has presented To Kill a Mockingbird no less than three times. Thou…

INTERVIEW: Matthew Campling talks about The Secondary Victim by Shanine Salmon

Ali is a respected wife and counsellor. But her harmonious life is torn apart when a young male ex-client make allegations of sexual misconduct against her. These allegations go to an Ethica…

Torch Song by David Kaufman

While superficially poignant, "Torch Song" remains what it always was: a fierce play about the need for respect as a gay person, when it was painfully more difficult to come by acceptance, l…

Review: {my lingerie play} at Rattlestick Theater by Nicole Serratore

Diana Oh makes an unapologetic call to arms to queer the world. Nicole Serratore reviews. The post Review: {my lingerie play} at Rattlestick Theater appeared first on Exeunt Magazine.

See Ali Ewoldt and Matt Doyle Perform With the New York Pops by Hannah Vine

The stars of Phantom of the Opera and A Clockwork Orange sang at Carnegie Hall.

YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN – West End ★★★★★ by Johnny Fox

It might be too early for pantomime, but it’s never too soon to see Mel Brooks’ ingenious updating of Young Frankenstein delivered as a spoof both of the horror movie genre and of the th…

The Arts on Stamps of the World — October 28 by Doug Briscoe

An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

The Sol Project's Heated "Oedipus El Rey," Anna Ziegler's Tepid-to-Warm "The Last Match" by David Finkle

Classic plays are always reconsidered in terms of the time in which they’re revived. Right now, it’s understandable that

Joy Behar, Al Pacino, Martin Short by WNYC

On Tuesday, Joy Behar was on our show to talk about her new book The Great Gasbag. She was funny, sharp, and opinionated, as she’s always been, and we decided for our Bonus Weekend Podcast…

BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL – Touring ★★★★ by Olivia Mitchell

However, there is a bit more depth to this musical than just the songs, as King’s story is that of a young and ambitious teenage girl, who never set out to be a singer and who was as surpr…

The Last Match Review: Awkward Tennis, Appealing Love by Jonathan Mandell

This is a tennis match? There’s no net, no ball, no racquet, and no final score, although the set at Roundabout’s Off-Broadway theater does include a scoreboard. There is only the whoosh…

Crawley's On Stage: Stars Who Made Their Way from Downton to Broadway! by Danielle Ashley

It's hard to believe that almost two years has gone by since the British aristocratic Crawley family and their servants graced our television screens on the hit series Downton Abbey. Broadwa…

Meet Bonnie Tandy Leblang & Bite of the Best by Sandi Durell

  Theater Pizzazz is happy to announce the cross pollination with Bite of the Best – a restaurant guide created and written by one of the mainstays in the industry who never misse…

"The Home Place" is Underfurnished by Jan Simpson

All the comments I overhead at the Irish Repertory Theatre Company's revival of Brian Friel's The Home Place seemed to be about the set. Decorated with prettily painted flats and lots o…

The Stage/Razzamataz scholarship winners 2017 by Lisa Martland

Razzamataz Theatre Schools has offered 27 awards in The Stage Scholarships scheme for 2017. The winners from across the UK will each receive

INTERVIEW: Spotlight On… FCUK’D writer/director Niall Ransome by Shanine Salmon

His new play, produced by Eastlake Productions, written entirely in verse is a candid one-man show switches seamlessly between the innocence of childhood and the very real struggle of being…

Review: "Seder" World Premiere at Hartford Stage by Mark G Auerbach

Sarah Gancher's "Seder" has its world premiere at Hartford Stage. Set in Budapest after the IronCurtain falls, it's a taut, compelling family drama about reconciling with the past.

Tell Taylor: Wrote “Down By the Old Mill Stream” by Trav S.D.

Songwriter and performer Tell Taylor (William Tell Taylor/Tell Roberts, 1876-1937) was born this day. Taylor was a farm kid from rural Ohio who sang with church choirs, studied music at Find…

A Scythe of Time- Gothic by Sandi Durell

  by Alix Cohen   Tonight’s show is the concert version of a play that premiered at this year’s New York Musical Theater Festival. Photos from that production show on screens a…

'People, Places & Things' Is A Clear-Eyed Look At Addiction by Jeff Lunden

Irish playwright Duncan Macmillan's latest work follows an actress who goes into rehab after coming unhinged onstage. It's an unsentimental take on addiction and recovery that offers no easy…

BWW's On This Day - October 28, 2017

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on October 28 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

'People, Places & Things' Is A Clear-Eyed Look At Addiction by Jeff Lunden

Irish playwright Duncan Macmillan's latest work follows an actress who goes into rehab after coming unhinged onstage. It's an unsentimental take on addiction and recovery that offers no easy…

MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET – Touring ★★★ by Olivia Mitchell

Memorialising the famous jam session of 1956, where fate brought together legends Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and newcomer Jerry Lee Lewis, Million Dollar Quartet is an energeti…

Review: Let Me Change Your Name at The Place by Ka Bradley

A flirtatious, provoking piece: Ka Bradley reviews Eun-Me Ahn's work exploring identity and androgyny at Dance Umbrella 2017. The post Review: Let Me Change Your Name at The Place appeared f…

ROMANTICS ANONYMOUS – Sam Wanamaker Playhouse ❤❤❤❤❤ by Emma Clarendon

What a scrummy treat this new musical is! With songs that are like a box of chocolate themselves: full of treats and unexpected surprises and a genuinely heartfelt story that celebrates huma…

Features: My Top 5 Showtunes: Le Gateau Chocolat

The actor tells us the musical numbers he couldn't live without

WHEN MIDNIGHT STRIKES – Drayton Arms Theatre by Ian Foster

MKEC Productions have been carving out a niche for themselves in conjuring fringe productions of lesser-known musicals and in Charles Miller and Kevin Hammonds' When Midnight Strikes, direct…

Present Laughter Starring Kevin Kline Airs on PBS Great Performances by Mark A. Robinson

The recent Broadway revival of the Noel Coward comedy Present Laughter will be playing a new venue: the PBS TV series Great Performances. On Friday, November 3 at 9 PM ET, the production sta…

Review: ‘Yellowman’ at Arena Players (closing tomorrow!) by Patricia Mitchell

This is what my mother/her mother before her believed / they believed had they been born “rich and high yella,” they wouldn’t have suffered. Clear your calendar, call the sitter and po…

Culture highlights: what to see this week in the UK by Steve Rose, Michael Cragg. Andrew Clements, Jonathan Jones, Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

From the Wildlife Photographer of the Year show to Beowulf on stage, here is our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days Continue reading...

I can prove that 'William Shakespeare' is buried in Westminster Abbey – scholar by Dalya Alberge

Alexander Waugh says secret clues confirm that author of world-famous plays was Edward de Vere, who lies in Poet’s CornerWilliam Shakespeare was in fact Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Ox…

Robbie Rozelle Returns to Feinstein's/54 Below in SONGS FROM INSIDE MY LOCKER Tonight by BroadwayWorld

Feinstein's54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club, presents return of Robbie Rozelle in 'Songs From Inside My Locker,' back by popular demand tonight, October 28, 2017 at 930pm.

Kelli O'Hara Headlines 2017 Gala Tonight at Axelrod Performing Arts Center by BroadwayWorld

The Axelrod Performing Arts Center APAC will host six-time Tony nominee and winner Kelli O'Hara for its annual gala this evening, October 28, 2017.

Theresa Rebeck's WHAT WE'RE UP AGAINST Begins Tonight at WP Theater by BroadwayWorld

WP Theater, by special arrangement with Segal NYC Productions, presents the Off-Broadway premiere of What We're Up Against, written by Pulitzer Prize nominee Theresa Rebeck Mauritius, Semina…

Seth Rudetsky's DECONSTRUCTING BROADWAY Headlines Chicago Theatre Workshop's Fall Benefit Tonight by BroadwayWorld

Join Chicago Theatre Workshop tonight, October 28th, for their Fall benefit featuring Seth Rudetsky in his one-man show Deconstructing Broadway.

Creating Atmosphere Using Music by Kerry Hishon

When creating a theatrical piece, it’s important to engage as many of the five senses as possible, including sound. It’s easy when you’re working on a musical; the sounds of the show a…

Interviews: Meet the Transylvanian Twins Behind the Craziest Show in New York This Halloween

Mihaela and Gabriela Modorcea wrote and star in Wicked Clone or How to Deal With Evil.

John Legend takes in a football game in his Ohio hometown

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) -- Singer-songwriter John Legend has returned to his hometown in Ohio for a night of high school football....

16 Times Broadway Stars Wowed Us With Their Renditions of the National Anthem by Ruthie Fierberg

One of the rangiest songs, performers from Hamilton’s Chris Jackson to Dear Evan Hansen’s Ben Platt to Wicked’s Idina Menzel take on “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

Meet Alan Cumming's Creepy Crawler Meriwether On Michael Jackson's Halloween by CBS

Two Months After Hurricane Harvey, Houston Theatres Relight Their Stages by Adam Hetrick

The Alley Theatre, Houston Grand Opera, and Theatre Under the Stars are among the city’s leading arts organizations that have found creative ways to bring audiences together.

Look Back at Michael Feinstein Onstage as He Prepares to Sail on Playbill’s Broadway on the Danube River by Hannah Vine

The master of the Great American Songbook will headline the cruise from Austria to Hungary with Playbill Travel beginning November 3.

Spend a Two-Show Day at Broadway’s Wicked by Hannah Vine

Kristen Martin, who stars as Nessarose, shows us what it's like to do a double-duty day at the Gershwin Theatre.

Can You Name These 15 Broadway Stage Thrillers? by Hannah Vine

Test your Broadway play knowledge.

Theresa Rebeck's What We’re Up Against Debuts Off-Broadway by Olivia Clement

Gender and workplace politics collide in Rebeck's 1992 play, which is being staged in New York City for the first time.

A POSTCARD From Morgan McEwen, Artistic Director of MorDance, About the Company's 5th Anniversary by The Dance Enthusiast

A POSTCARD A POSTCARD From Morgan McEwen, Artistic Director of MorDance, About the Company's 5th Anniversary, "In this milestone year, I am most looking forward creating new works, bringing…