Kenneth Posner News

Lincoln Center Theater production of Jon Robin Baitz' OTHER DESERT CITIES, directed by Joe Mantello, begins previews Thursday, December 16 at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater (150 W. 65 Street.).

Lincoln Center Theater, under the direction of Andre Bishop (Artistic Director) and Bernard Gersten (Executive Producer), has announced that Stockard Channing, Stacy Keach, Linda Lavin and Elizabeth Marvel will be featured in the cast of its upcoming production of OTHER DESERT CITIES, a new play by Jon Robin Baitz, directed by Joe Mantello, beginning performances Thursday, December 16 at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater (150 W. 65 Street.) Opening night is Thursday, January 13 at 6:45pm.

The 2010-2011 national tour of the new Broadway production of GREASE™ opens in Grand Rapids at DeVos Performance Hall for 8 performances March 1-6, 2011.

A day-of-performance lottery for a limited number of orchestra seats will be held daily for WICKED, which will be performing from December 15 through January 1 at the Murat Theatre at Old National Centre.

The 2010-2011 national tour of the new Broadway production of GREASETM opens at Detroit's Fox Theatre on Friday, Dec. 3 for a limited three performance engagement through Saturday, Dec. 4.

With music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Pippin, Academy Award-winner for Pocahontas and The Prince of Egypt) and book by Winnie Holzman ('My So Called Life,' 'Once And Again' and 'thirtysomething'), WICKED, the untold story of the witches of Oz, is directed by two-time Tony Award winner Joe Mantello (Take Me Out, Love! Valour! Compassion!, The Vagina Monologues) and features musical staging by Tony Award winner Wayne Cilento (Aida, The Who's Tommy, How To Succeed...). Based on the best-selling 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire, WICKED, winner of 35 major awards, including a Grammy and three Tony Awards, is the untold story of the witches of Oz. It is produced by Marc Platt, Universal Pictures, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt and David Stone.

While there's certainly plenty to enjoy in the new musical version of Pedro Almodóvar's 1988 film, Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown - David Yazbek's jaunty Latin-based score, the winning performances of a star-studded cast (three Tony winners and four other nominees) and the kinetic flashiness of Bartlett Sher's kicky production - the show is also a prime example of how the sum of the pieces can add up to more than the whole when the missing ingredient is a strong book.  Not that the talented Jeffrey Lane doesn't make a game try at it.  Sticking closely to the source, his work is frequently clever and he and Yazbek concoct some quirkily fun musical scenes, but the odds are working against him in this one.

According to an article by Baz Bamigboye for UK Daily Mail, Al Pacinoin currently in talks to bring the Public ­Theater's The ­Merchant Of Venice to the West End.

The 2010-2011 national tour of the new Broadway production of GREASETM opens at Detroit's Fox Theatre on Friday, Dec. 3 for a limited three performance engagement through Saturday, Dec. 4.

Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce the return engagement of WICKED this fall, beginning Wednesday, December 1, 2010. The most successful show in Chicago history makes its triumphant return to the Cadillac Palace Theatre (151 W. Randolph) for eight weeks only, December 1, 2010 to January 23, 2011. Tickets for WICKED will go on sale to Broadway In Chicago Subscription Series holders and groups in February, 2010. Individual tickets for WICKED will be available at a later date to be announced.

Roundabout Theatre Company's Broadway production of Mrs. Warren's Profession, starring Cherry Jones as "Kitty Warren" & Sally Hawkins as "Vivie Warren" will end its limited engagement on Sunday, November 28th at 2:00PM.

The Broadway production of David Mamet's A Life in the Theatre, starring Patrick Stewart and T.R. Knight will close on November 28, 2010.

BroadwayWorld.com has just confirmed the news that ELLING will close on Broadway, this Sunday November 28, 2010 after the show's 3pm matinee performance. The show opened on Broadway on November 21, 2010 and began performances back on November 2, 2010.

Broadway San Jose presents the 2010-2011 national tour of the new Broadway production of GREASE™, opening at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts on January 18-23, 2011.

Brendan Fraser, star of Broadway's new comedy ELLING, will appear on LX-TV tomorrow, Tuesday, November 23, on WNBC-TV between 5:00pm and 5:30pm.

Roundabout Theatre Company's Broadway production of Mrs. Warren's Profession, starring Cherry Jones as "Kitty Warren" & Sally Hawkins as "Vivie Warren" will end its limited engagement on Sunday, November 28th at 2:00PM.

Sheridan Smith, Denise Van Outen, Alex Gaumond, Siobhan Dillon, Susan McFadden, Aoife Mulholland, Carley Stenson, Simon Thomas, and Peter Davison star in the West End hit Legally Blonde The Musical, which is currently booking until 22 October 2011 at the Savoy Theatre.

Brendan Fraser Crash, Gods and Monsters, and critically hailed in the West End's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Denis O'Hare Take Me Out -Tony Award-winner, HBO's 'True Blood' star in ELLING on Broadway with Jennifer Coolidge Broadway's The Women, American Pie, Best in Show Richard Easton The Invention of Love - Tony Award-winner, The Coast of Utopia, Noises Off and Jeremy Shamos The Rivals, Reckless. The critically acclaimed new comedy from London, directed by Tony Award-winner Doug Hughes Doubt, Mrs. Warren's Profession, ELLING will begin performances Tuesday, November 2, open Sunday, November 21 on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre 243 West 47th Street and will play a strictly limited engagement through March 20, 2011.

Brendan Fraser Crash, Gods and Monsters, and critically hailed in the West End's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Denis O'Hare Take Me Out -Tony Award-winner, HBO's 'True Blood' star in ELLING on Broadway with Jennifer Coolidge Broadway's The Women, American Pie, Best in Show Richard Easton The Invention of Love - Tony Award-winner, The Coast of Utopia, Noises Off and Jeremy Shamos The Rivals, Reckless. The critically acclaimed new comedy from London, directed by Tony Award-winner Doug Hughes Doubt, Mrs. Warren's Profession, ELLING began performances Tuesday, November 2 and will open Sunday, November 21 on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre 243 West 47th Street and will play a strictly limited engagement through March 20, 2011.

Broadway's new comedy ELLING starring Brendan Fraser, Denis O'Hare, Jennifer Coolidge, Richard Easton and Jeremy Shamos, directed by Doug Hughes, opens this Sunday, November 21.