Coming Up This Week in Theatre - 4/16/2011

BroadwayWorld.com's Upcoming Events calendar for the week - updated on 4162011.

Seattle's Intiman Theatre Cancels Remainder of 2011 Season by Dan Bacalzo

Seattle's Intiman Theatre has decided to cancel the remainder of its 2011 season, due to financial problems, according to The Seattle Times. The theatre hopes to resume operations in 20…

Intiman Theatre cancels remainder of season citing continuing money woes

Intiman Theatre, a Tony Award winner and one of Seattle's "Big Three" professional regional theaters, is canceling the rest of its season and laying off all its employees because of its fina…

Broadway Review: THE MOTHERF**KER WITH THE HAT

Substance abuse seems to be of particular interest this season on Broadway. The Motherf**ker with the Hat, High with Kathleen Turner and Jerusalem with Mark Rylance all feature substance abu…

Spring in LA with a Challenging Play by John Tartaglia

When I first told several of my New York City Broadway pals I'd be spending the spring in Los Angeles doing a play, they looked at me like I had three heads. "Why would you want to do that?…

Review: Reading Under the Influence by Iris Wiener

This new play about a book club being filmed for reality television is full of smart dialogue and fine performances.

Characters Burning Bright in Revival of ’60s Play by Barika Croom

Tiger Tiger Burning Bright was initially presented on Broadway in December 1962 by Oliver Smith and Roger L. Stevens at the Booth Theater. It ran for 33 performances. Almost 50 years have …

Theater Review | Connecticut: 2 Men With Badges and a Story to Tell by Anita Gates

The play “A Steady Rain,” focused on two regular-guy big-city police officers, runs through May 8 in Hartford.

Artist’s installation magnifies a vision by Cindy Cantrell, Globe Correspondent

Ronnie Friedland visited the Waltham Mills Open Studios in 2009 to see a friend’s exhibit, and discovered the work of Janet Shapero. The artist’s colorful, ephemeral work now gra…

Scott Alan: What I Wanna Be When I Grow Up by Adaumbelle

If you’ve never heard Scott Alan’s music before, you are missing out on one of the best new songwriters/composers of our time. He has released two previous albums “Dreaming…

Thurs, April 21 @ 6.00 P.M: Free Seminar: Casting for Film Directors at The Drama Book Shop by Drama Book Shop

Casting better actors makes better movies, no matter what your budget. Limited thinking limits choices. FACT: Over 300 girls were seen for PRECIOUS... in 2009. FACT: After a nationwide s…

POW! (Play Of The Week) by Drama Book Shop

ALMOST AN EVENING: THREE SHORT PLAYS by Ethan Coen Are you looking for new monologue? If so, look no further. A scene for class, perhaps? I hope your teacher’s a fan of scenes that are 2 …

We shouldn't make entertainment out of others' tragedy | Catherine Bennett by Catherine Bennett

The musical about the Ipswich murders is an artistic triumph but it's also crassly insensitive to the bereavedThere's always a silver lining. This, explicitly, is the message of London Road,…

Royal wedding: Tim Key's commemorative poem by Gemma Kappala-Ramsamy

Comedian Tim Key composes a poem to mark the royal wedding of Kate Middleton and Prince WilliamAsked to write a poem about the royal wedding, Tim Key - Britain's premier composer of awkward …

Lyric theatre, Belfast – review by Rowan Moore

The revamped Lyric theatre in Belfast is a lesson in how buildings should be built, with plenty of 'creases'I didn't think buildings were made like this any more. Some architects win a compe…

Rosas: Early Works – review by Luke Jennings

Sadler's Wells, LondonAnne Teresa De Keersmaeker is a Belgian choreographer and the director of the dance company Rosas, founded by her in 1983. An original member of the Belgian new wave, 5…

This much I know by Emma John

Louise Redknapp, TV presenter, 38A little bit of rock 'n' roll doesn't hurt anybody. I'll teach my kids right from wrong, but I'm never going to teach them that they can't have fun. They'll …

Should I avoid the circus? by Lucy Siegle

Is it OK to take my kids to the circus, given the recent allegations of animal cruelty?Times change. Once Nellie the elephant trundled off with packed trunk and the express intention of join…

Royal Ballet highlights - in pictures by Luke Jennings

As the Royal Ballet recruits a new artistic director, we look back at the highlights of Monica Mason's decade at the helmLuke Jennings

London Road; Betty Blue Eyes; Precious Little Talent – review by Susannah Clapp

Cottesloe; Novello; Trafalgar Studios, all LondonLondon Road is the riposte to anyone who thinks "musical" must mean either froth or stodge. Alecky Blythe and Adam Cork's wonderfully sung pl…

Roar! 'Where the Wild Things Are' captivates young NYers by Amanda P. Sidman, Daily News Feature Reporter

The only "wild things" at New York City Opera last week were on the stage even when more than 5,000 NYC elementary school students piled into the David H. Koch Theater to see two production…

InDepth InterView: Frank Wildhorn Talks WONDERLAND, JEKYLL & HYDE Movie, Linda Eder & More! by Pat Cerasaro

Today we are talking to the composer of the new Broadway musical WONDERLAND, who is the only American composer to have had three of his shows running concurrently on Broadway - JEKYLL amp HY…

The Un-Marrying Project by Theasy.com

Paradise Factory, Off Off Broadway By Steve Hauck BOTTOM LINE: An impeccable production of an ambitious new play with a lot to say about who we are. Playwright Larry Kunofsky loves b…

'Spider-Man' put into cobwebs for month of rehab by Christina Boyle, Daily News Staff Writer

The curtain will fall on Broadway's accident-blighted "Spider-Man" Sunday, as creators go back into rehearsals to revamp the multi-million dollar show.

Review - Anything Goes at the Roundabout by Ccaggiano

Things haven't been going all that well for the Roundabout Theatre Company over the past few seasons, particularly when it comes to musical theater. Two seasons back, Pal Joey was a thorough…

Broadway & Me Goes on TV... by Jan@broadwayandme

..well, kind of. The folks at The American Theatre Wing invited me to moderate some episodes of their long-running TV series "Working in the Theatre." The hour-long shows bring together pane…

Bryn Terfel Steps Into April 16 Performance of Metropolitan Opera's Tosca by Brian Scott Lipton

Opera superstar Bryn Terfel is unexpectedly stepping in to sing the role of Scarpia for the Metropoilitan Opera's April 16 performance of Tosca, replacing James Morris, who is ill and w…

A Montage of Wonderland (Video) by Michael C. Gioia

Wonderland, Broadway’s new musical that reinvents “Alice in Wonderland” for the 21st century, is set to open at the Marquis Theatre April 17. Janet Dacal, of In the Heights, plays a mo…

New Song Added to ROCK OF AGES Movie

On ROCK OF AGES film director Adam Shankman's Twitter, he wrote that he was at rockofagesmovie office last night til 1130 pm. Long day, but script gets better and better. New song mashups so…

From Harvard to Yale Rep by Laura Collins-Hughes, Globe Staff

NEW HAVEN — It was early afternoon, lunchtime, as Robert Woodruff sat on a banquette in a restaurant at a boutique hotel, the meal on the table in front of him looking suspiciously lik…

Exchange puts MFA Manets in spotlight by Sebastian Smee, Globe Staff

PARIS — When the Musée d’Orsay opened a major Édouard Manet retrospective last week — the first in almost 30 years — the show’s curator went out of hi…

Art and design, catching the public’s eye on campus by Robert Campbell, Globe Correspondent

It’s a surprising thing to come across on the Harvard campus. Nine big piles, maybe 14 feet square and 8 feet high, that look like forts children might make. The walls are made of kid-…

Critic's picks - art by Sebastian Smee, Globe Staff

GOLDEN: DUTCH AND FLEMISH MASTERWORKS FROM THE ROSE-MARIE AND EIJK VAN OTTERLOO COLLECTION Nearly 70 paintings by the leading names in Dutch (and Flemish) 17th-century painting in the full r…

Letters

A kaleidoscope of views Thank you to Sebastian Smee for his honest and insightful art criticism (“Glass spectacular,’’ g, April 8). I couldn’t agree with him more abo…

Critic's picks - theater

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Punchdrunk’s “Sleep No More” at 530 W 27th Street, New York, NY

Punchdrunk’s “Sleep No More” at 530 W 27th Street, New York, NY: Equipped with only an iPhone 4, AndrewAndrew shoots, edits and posts their “Insta-Review” of Punchdrunk’s “Slee…

“Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo” at Richard Rodgers Theatre

“Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo” at Richard Rodgers Theatre: Equipped with only an iPhone 4, AndrewAndrew shoots, edits and posts their “Insta-Review” of Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad…

“The Motherf**ker With The Hat” at The Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre

“The Motherf**ker With The Hat” at The Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre: Equipped with only an iPhone 4, AndrewAndrew shoots, edits and posts their “Insta-Review” of The Motherf**ker With t…

“Go Back To Where You Are” at Playwrights Horizons

“Go Back To Where You Are” at Playwrights Horizons: Equipped with only an iPhone 4, AndrewAndrew shoots, edits and posts their “Insta-Review” of Go Back To Where You Are at Playwrigh…

Christine Baranski: ‘I Was Never Beautiful’ by Cathy Horyn

Christine Baranski’s career has had a strange imperishability without ever really ripening.

Adults behaving badly, complete with projectile vomiting, in “God of Carnage” by Bill Hirschman

Bravo TV’s parade of The Real Housewives of Orange County — and Atlanta, Miami and Wichita — relies on the conviction that few things are as satisfying as watching adults b…

STAGE TUBE: Talking With the Stars of ANYTHING GOES on Opening Night!

Directed amp choreographed by Tony Award winner Kathleen Marshall, Anything Goes began performances March 10th, 2011 and officially opened on April 7th, 2011 on Broadway at the Stephen Sondh…

STAGE TUBE: Liza Minnelli Kicks Off the TV Land Awards With New York, New York!

Renowned singer and actress Liza Minnelli starts off the TV Land Awards 2011 with a bang on Sunday, April 17 at 9 PM ETPT with a rousing performance of her classic hit New York, New York For…

Original Version of 'Spider-Man' Takes Its Bow This Weekend by Thr Staff

The original version of the troubled $65 million Broadway musical "Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark" will take its final bow after this weekend's performances.

Highlights From Wonderland

In Wonderland, the new Broadway musical at the Marquis Theatre, songwriters Frank Wildhorn and Jack Murphy give a pop urban twist to Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" tales. This t…

Famed Broadway Composer Tries His Hand At Opera - NY1 by Frank Dilella

Currently represented on the Broadway boards with the mega-musical "Wicked," master musical theater composer Stephen Schwartz is preparing to debut his first opera, "Seance On A Wet Afternoo…

'Wonderland' jumps through looking glass to Broadway by Walt Belcher

For weeks, the 1,600-seat Marquis Theatre on Times Square has been full or nearly full for preview performances of Tampa's homegrown musical "Wonderland."

Broadway Review: BENGAL TIGER AT THE BAGHDAD ZOO

Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, the new play by Rajiv Joseph and starring the vastly talented Robin Williams, is a haunting look at Baghdad in 2003. It takes place immediately after th…

Who won the tickets to Stephen Schwartz's Seance on a Wet Afternoon? by Ken Davenport

Nick Minas, come on down! You won the two tickets to the opening night performance of Seance at New York City Opera! Email me for your tickets. And I'll be there that night as well so make s…

How "Catch Me if You Can" Tripped Itself Up by Jan@broadwayandme

If you like musicals, then Broadway would seem to be the place for you this season.  Eight musicals have been scheduled to open in March and April—six of them new shows.  And we�…

'The Metal Children' at Next: One man's culture wars by Chris Jones

THEATER REVIEW: "The Metal Children" ★★ Through May 8 at Next Theatre, Evanston.; Running time: 2 hours, 15 minutes; Tickets: $25-$40 at 847-475-1875 and www.nextheatre.org Aside from be…

Class Notes: Bill Nolte, Singing by Lauren Class Schneider

For Lauren Class Schneider, Broadway musical theatre veteran Bill Nolte sings snippets of songs from Broadway musicals he has appeared in....

Youtube Weekend Fave: "Autumn Sonata" at Yale Repertory Theatre

Every weekend I'm going to post some of the youtube clips that I come across that I especially love -- those that give me goosebumps, touch my heart or make me laugh.The stage adaptation o…

Theater in New York: “The Book of Mormon” by Richard Scheinin

By Richard Scheinin Mercury News Shall I count the ways in which I love “The Book of Mormon”? Well, there aren’t that many. The musical from Trey Parker and Matt Stone (creators of “…

Brits and Downtown Faves Dominate "A"-Heavy Week by Rob Weinert-Kendt

Either critics are anticipating the joys of spring, or New York theater just took a decided turn for the better: This week saw a string of ecstatic reviews, and resulting high grades, for sh…

Catch Me If You Can – How to succeed at being a crook disappoints by Oscar E. Moore

It rambles along. Bringing on the babes in short mini skirts as Stewardesses and Nurses for the tired businessman who disappeared with the double martini lunch.

Kathleen Marshall and Cast of Anything Goes Talk About Opening Night (Video) by Michael C. Gioia

Anything Goes opened on Broadway at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre April 7 to rave reviews. Director and choreography Kathleen Marshall talked about the “thrill” of working on the …

Reading Under the Influence by David Sheward

Tony Glazer's slim comedy could have been a pointed satire of our media-mad age but settles instead for 90 minutes of unfunny jokes.

BWW's On This Day - April 16, 2011

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on April 16 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

Three boost road grosses

Legit News: Road grosses -- Just three of the 11 shows pulled in more than $1 million in Week 46 (April 4-10). Overall box office was down nearly 5%, despite the return of "9 to 5" to the mi…

Plays set post-Humana productions

Legit News: 'Maple,' 'Edith' among buzzed-about titles at annual festival -- At the recently concluded 35th Humana Festival of New Plays in Louisville, Ky. -- the last from departing a.d. Ma…

Transatlantic translation

Legit News: Two very British shows give Broadway a try -- Perhaps there's something in the water that makes trans-Atlantic journeys so perilous. For every Brit hit transfer like the Donmar W…

Broadway basks in spring fling

Legit News: Crowded Main Stem boosts box office -- Broadway maintained a seasonal spring in its step in Week 46 (April 4-10), with the healthy sales of a trio of newly opened productions hel…

Metz on 'One Flea Spare' by Chris Jones

Chicago's Eclipse Theatre has begun its season celebrating the work of playwright Naomi Wallace. Nina Metz reviews the first of those shows, "One Flea Spare."

Song on the Sand - La Cage Aux Folles by ljTheatreGeek

Actress Turner has her 'year of Catholicism' with roles

NEW YORK - Kathleen Turner is as confused as anyone about the heavenly detour her roles have taken lately.

Broadway Openings January – July 2011 by Jonathan Mandell

January, 2011 The Importance of Being Earnest American Airlines Theater Opened: January 12, 2011 Director: Brian Bedford Cast: Brian Bedford (as Lady Bracknell) Bedford directs and stars (in…

What Went Viral? April 15, 2011 by Perksthemusical

What Went Viral? April 15, 2011 Perks Producer Tom Diggs vlogs about what went viral April 15, 2011: gay California schools, Big Bang Theory, Lincoln, father with reverse psychology, Obama&…

Reworking the past by Richard Ouzounian

Woody Harrelson recaptures a vital link in his early life in his play, Bullet for Adolf, at Hart House Theatre.

PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Stephen Schwartz by Adam Hetrick

Composer Stephen Schwartz has earned two Academy Awards for his film songs, five Tony Award nominations for his Broadway musicals and is about to make his New York City operatic debut with S…

Camelot, With Brent Carver, Geraint Wyn Davies, Kaylee Harwood, Begins Stratford Run April 16 by Kenneth Jones

Director Gary Griffin's new production of the King Arthur-inspired musical Camelot begins previews at the Stratford Festival in Ontario on April 16, marking the first performance of the …

Barbara Walsh Stars in Off-Broadway's Reading Under the Influence, Opening April 16 by Andrew Gans

Falsettos Tony nominee Barbara Walsh heads the cast of Reading Under the Influence: The "Real" Westchester Women's Book Club, which officially opens April 16 following previews…

Temperamentals, With John Tartaglia, Erich Bergen, Opens in Hollywood April 16 by Andrew Gans

The Blank Theatre Company's final production of its 20th anniversary season, the West Coast premiere of Jon Marans' The Temperamentals, officially opens April 16 following previ…

Back Where You Belong Benefit, Honoring Carol Channing, Presented April 16 by Andrew Gans

Back Where You Belong, a benefit concert celebrating Carol Channing’s 90th birthday, will be held April 16 at The Heritage Forum Theatre of Anaheim, CA.

PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Stephen Schwartz by Adam Hetrick

Composer Stephen Schwartz has earned two Academy Awards for his film songs, five Tony Award nominations for his Broadway musicals and is about to make his New York City operatic debut with S…

Today In Theatre History: APRIL 16 by Anne Bradley and Ernio Hernandez

1906 John Philip Sousa supplies the music for The Free Lance. Herbert Gresham stage this 35 performance run at the New Amsterdam Theatre on Broadway.