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Saturday, October 31, 2015

Floor It and Sing! L.A. Opera Company Performs New Opera in Moving Cars, Opening Today by Robert Viagas and Joe Gambino

The Industry, a Los Angeles-based opera company, presents Hopscotch, a new opera performed in moving cars on a road that officially opens Oct. 31. The show is performed three times daily…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:16AM
Friday, October 30, 2015

Harry Potter Tickets—What’s Left of Them—Go on General Sale Today by Robert Viagas and Mark Shenton

Having watched nearly seven months' worth of tickets sell out in a matter of two days to people who signed up for pre-sale, producers of the upcoming London stage play Harry Potter a…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:45AM

Tickets to London Phenomenon Harry Potter Now on Sale to the General Public Through May 2017 by Robert Viagas and Mark Shenton

Having watched nearly seven months' worth of tickets sell out in a matter of two days to people who signed up for pre-sale, producers of the upcoming London stage play Harry Potter a…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:32AM

Tickets to London Phenomenon Harry Potter Now on Sale to the General Public Through April 2017 by Robert Viagas and Mark Shenton

Having watched nearly seven months' worth of tickets sell out in a matter of two days to people who signed up for pre-sale, producers of the upcoming London stage play Harry Potter a…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:32AM

Hot, cold and just right: watch the fairytale moves of Into the Hoods by David Levene , Matt Fidler and Stefania Orlando

Guardian photographer and film-maker David Levene has created a series of motion portraits of the ZooNation dancers in the fairytale-riffing show Into the Hoods: Remixed – watch and imitat…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:07AM

Kevin Bacon Looks Through the Rear Window, Opening Tonight at Hartford Stage by Andrew Gans and Adam Hetrick

Hartford Stage's world premiere of Rear Window, adapted for the stage by Keith Reddin, officially opens at the Connecticut venue Oct. 30 at 8 PM following previews that began Oct. 23. Th…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Thursday, October 29, 2015

Spring Awakening on Broadway: deaf viewers give their verdict by Kayla Epstein and Alex Needham

Deaf West’s innovative new version of the controversial musical is performed by a cast including many deaf actors using ASL – but does it work for deaf people?It’s one of the most buzz…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:59PM

Clinton the Musical Cast Album Gets Digital Release Oct. 30 by Robert Viagas and Olivia Clement

Ghostlight Records will release the original cast album of Off-Broadway's Clinton the Musical in digital format in the U.S. on Oct. 30, and in CD form and international digital form …

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:03PM

Emerson College Faculty Vote to Oppose School’s Colonial Theatre Plan by Robert Viagas and Olivia Clement

Emerson College's faculty voted Oct. 27 to oppose plans to turn Boston's vintage Colonial Theatre into a student activity center and dining facility.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:36PM

Harry Potter Stage Show Producers Warn Scalpers That Resold Tix Will Not Fly by Robert Viagas and Mark Shenton

Producers of the upcoming London stage play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts I & II are warning ticket buyers that they will not accept any ticket they find has been resold. F…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PM

Dates, Theatre and Tony-Winning Co-Star Announced for Forest Whitaker’s Broadway Hughie by Robert Viagas and Olivia Clement

Performance dates, a theatre and a Tony Award-winning co-star have been announced for Academy and Golden Globe Award winner Forest Whitaker's Broadway debut in a revival of Eugen…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AM

Undiscovered country: the Globe's travelling Hamlet in a Jordanian refugee camp by Sarah Lee and Matt Fidler

Guardian photojournalist Sarah Lee travelled to Jordan with the Globe Theatre’s touring Hamlet production. Aiming to visit every country in the world to celebrate the 450th anniversary of …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:09AM

Keira Knightley Makes Broadway Debut in Thrse Raquin, Opening Tonight by Andrew Gans and Michael Gioia

Roundabout Theatre Company's Broadway revival of Thérèse Raquin, featuring a new adaptation by Helen Edmundson, based upon the novel by Émile Zola, offic…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Wednesday, October 28, 2015

NBC Announces Full Cast for The Wiz Live! by Adam Hetrick and Andrew Gans

Complete casting has been set for NBC's Dec. 3 broadcast of The Wiz Live, which will star Stephanie Mills, Uzo Aduba, Queen Latifah, Mary J. Blige, David Alan Grier and Shanice Williams.

SOURCE: Playbill at 07:41PM

London Harry Potter Stage Show Conjures “Unprecedented” First-Day Ticket Sales by Robert Viagas and Mark Shenton

Earlier Oct. 28, producers of the upcoming London stage sequel Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts I & II announced that the first three-month block of tickets had sold out w…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:44PM

Tickets for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Disappear Within Hours; New Block On Sale by Robert Viagas and Mark Shenton

All tickets for the first booking period (June 7-Sept. 19, 2016) for the London stage sequel Harry Potter and the Cursed Child sold out within hours during priority sale Oct. 28. As a re…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:04AM
Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Stephen Karam’s Family Drama The Humans Sets Sights on Broadway by Adam Hetrick and Olivia Clement

Producer Scott Rudin is planning a Broadway transfer for the new Stephen Karam drama The Humans, which opened to strong critical reviews Oct. 25 at the Roundabout Theatre Company's Laura…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:24PM
Monday, October 26, 2015

OKLAHOMA! 60th Anniversary - Kristin Chenoweth "People Will Say We're In Love" Clip by Rodgers and Hammerstein

Join us in movie theaters nationwide beginning November 1st for a special 60th anniversary screening of Rodgers & Hammerstien's OKLAHOMA! with a special bonus featurette starring Tony® and …

SOURCE: YouTube at 11:36AM

Woman Removed from Bodyguard Tour Audience for Singing “Loudly and Badly” During Show by Robert Viagas and Mark Shenton

An audience member who insisted on singing "loudly and badly" during an Oct. 24 performance by the national touring company of The Bodyguard in Nottingham, U.K., was removed from t…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:36AM

Playbill Vault’s Today in Theatre History: October 26 by David Gewirtzman and Robert Viagas, Sam Maher and Steve Luber

1844 William Harrigan, half of the iconic 1880s writing and performing team of Harrigan and Hart, is born today. He and Tony Hart will create the popular Mulligan Guards characters reflectin…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Nathan Lane and Debra Messing Are Part of Wesley Taylor’s Bridging the Gap Event Tonight by Robert Viagas and Michael Gioia

Nathan Lane, Debra Messing, Stockard Channing and Billy Magnussen perform in Bridging the Gap and other short plays by Wesley Taylor, the sold-out Oct. 26 reading of six new 10-minut…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Sunday, October 25, 2015

Lena Hall (Episode 49) by Patrick Hinds and Mike Jensen

Tony winner Lena Hall shares hilarious and inspiring stories from her 10-plus years as a working actor and musician in New York City. She talks making her Broadway debut in "Cats" at 19 year…

SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AM
Saturday, October 24, 2015

After a century of black British theatre, actors still struggle to take centre stage by Vanessa Thorpe Arts and Media Correspondent

As Lenny Henry prepares a major radio series on the history of black drama, we look at the triumphs – and travails – of its starsA tale long overdue, the story of the black actors, direc…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:07PM
Friday, October 23, 2015

Broadway’s Amazing Grace Will Record Cast Album by Adam Hetrick and Andrew Gans

The Broadway musical Amazing Grace, which ends its run Oct. 25 at the Nederlander Theatre, will be recorded by DMI Soundtracks for a January 2016 release.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:55PM

Rear Window, Starring Kevin Bacon, Begins Sold-Out Hartford Stage Run by Adam Hetrick and Robert Viagas

Hartford Stage's world premiere of Rear Window, adapted for the stage by Keith Reddin, begins performances at the Connecticut venue Oct. 23. The entire run is sold out.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Stephen Sondheim Blasts Plan for Boston’s Colonial Theatre as a “Crime” by Robert Viagas and Olivia Clement

Master Broadway songwriter Stephen Sondheim has weighed in on Emerson College's plans to turn the vintage Colonial Theatre into a student activity center and dining facility. Sondheim to…

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:30PM

Film Master Joel Schumacher Directing Live Action Zombie Game at Off-Broadway Flea Theater by Joe Gambino and Olivia Clement

Jennifer Haley's Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom, a live action zombie game that will be played around the TriBeCa neighborhood and the rest of the city, begins previews Nov. 9 with …

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:09PM

Film Master Joel Schumacher Directing at Flea Theater by Joe Gambino and Olivia Clement

Jennifer Haley's Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom begins previews Nov. 9 with an official opening night set for Nov. 16. Legendary film director, screenwriter and producer Jo…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:09PM

Nicole Scherzinger “Can’t Wait” to Do Cats on Broadway in 2016 by Robert Viagas and Adam Hetrick

Actress/singer Nicole Scherzinger, who plays Neil Patrick Harris' intrepid sidekick on his variety show, "Best Time Ever," confirmed that she's in talks to recreate her Oli…

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:48AM

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