Regional Roundup: Top 10 Stories This Week Around the Broadway World - 9/9; HOW TO SUCCEED in Chicago, Julie Andrews-Helmed MY FAIR LADY in Sydney and More!

This week, we go around our Broadway World to feature stories in Chicago, Madison, Sydney and more. Check out our top 10 stories around our Broadway World below, which include HOW TO SUCCEED in Chicago, ENDGAME in Madison, and MY FAIR LADY directed by Julie Andrews in Sydney, just to name a few.

East/Northeast

1. Washington, DC: Editor Andrew White reviews Mosaic Theater's SATCHMO AT THE WALDORF. He says, "Anytime you have a chance to catch Craig Wallaceonstage, you should. But when you can see this seasoned actor, gifted with quiet charisma, performing a one-man show and embodying three inimitably American characters - let me just put it this way: Stop reading this drivel-go see the man." Read more here.

2. Rockland/Westchester: Editor Peter Danish reviews DANCING LESSONS at Penguin Repertory Theater. He says, "One thing you can count on in a Mark Germain play is that the characters will be anything but typical. Perhaps that is what makes them all the more human, all the more touching, all the more real. In "Dancing Lessons," a delightful play about two people, who both view themselves as imperfect and "damaged goods" discover more about themselves through helping each other's issues than either could on their own. To pull off a story like this a production requires superb actors, and as usual Penguin has delivered the goods." Read more here.

Midwest

3. Cleveland, OH: Editor Roy Berko reviews THE MYSTERY OF LOVE AND SEX at Dobama. He says, "Dobama's production, under the direction of Shannon Sindelar who previously guided the Dobama productions of The Norwegians, Or and The Realistic Joneses, again displays her ability to key comedy, keep the action moving along, and aiding the audience to a complete theatrical experience." Read more here.

4. Madison, WI: New Editor Scott Rawson reviews ENDGAME at American Players Theater. He says, "In the beginning of ENDGAME, I was uncomfortable. The audience laughed (as they should have) but I was having no part of it. I felt like a voyeur witnessing something private...something personal. As the show moved along I was transformed from voyeur to participant. I became part of the play! I remember some point about an hour and 20 minutes into the hour and forty minute run time, looking around and being taken aback by the fact that I was in a theater. Now how did that happen?" Read more here.

5. Omaha, NE: Editor Christine Swerczek reviews GOODNIGHT MOON at the Rose Theater. She says, "Bill Van Deest's set design will delight fans of the book...it's as if the book just jumped up and spread itself around the stage. The stage is one great green room, with lighting that accentuates nearly all of the numbers. In the star number I felt the lighting should at least highlight Bunny and Mouse. They were nearly indistinguishable from the set. But the lighting is true to the story where things become gradually more subdued and quiet as Bunny starts to succumb to sleep." Read more here.

6. Chicago, IL: Editor Teresa Budasi reviews Marriott Theatre's HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING. She says, "Ari Butler brings the right amount of nervous energy to Finch, which is a role that needs the proper nuance to get the audience to root for him even though he's a bit of a sleazy opportunist. Butler has it, even if he didn't always seem at home onstage." Read more here.

South/Southeast

7. Austin, TX: Editor Amy Bradley reviews William Shakespeare's THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR at Austin's Scottish Rite Theatre. She says, "...THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR delights theatre goers with its gender-bending cast and lively performance. Austin's Scottish Rite Theater is a most appropriate venue for such a play to be presented, giving the audience a passage through time within the Masonic grand hall adorned with decorative antiques around the house. THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, written by none other than William Shakespeare, commands any space with a high level of detail, and Scottish Rite Theater fits the bill." Read more here.

West Coast

8. Phoenix, AZ: Editor Lee Cooley reviews LOVE, LOSS AND WHAT I WORE at Theatre Artists Studio. He says, "Weinberg is worth the price of admission, but outstanding scenes featuring Martha Welty (purses), Alaina Beauloye (rape) and Mary Coleman (cancer) add an emotional discourse that could only have come from Beckerman, the Ephrons and TAS director Patti Suarez." Read more here.

International

9. Sydney, Australia: Editor Jade Kops reviews MY FAIR LADY directed by Julie Andrews. She says, "Award winning UK actor Alex Jennings is wonderful as Professor Higgins. He presents a subtle performance that allows the comedy of the story to flow naturally, presenting an honest and heart-warming expression of the socially inept academic. Little looks, perfect comic timing and an understated delivery garner genuine laughter and understanding of the "confirmed old bachelor" that has "grown accustomed" to having his "squashed cabbage leaf" student around. Jennings inhabits Higgins and expresses an understanding of the character ensuring that his songs touch the soul and give an insight to the man that at face value seems perpetually preoccupied with his project." Read more here. Want to know what other editors thought of the production? Read our Review Roundup here.

National Tour Highlight:

10. Los Angeles Editor Ellen Dostal reviews NEWSIES at Hollywood Pantages Theatre. She says, "Directed by Jeff Calhoun and choreographed by Christopher Gattelli, it pulses with heart-pumping adrenaline. Gattelli integrates dance into the story in much the same way the brilliant Michael Kidd did in musicals like Guys and Dolls and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. NEWSIES' brash and exciting production numbers explode with sequences that literally defy gravity. It would be interesting to know how may backflips, split jumps, leaps, and pirouettes the production actually contains. This is definitely a show for musical theatre geeks to geek out on. Its two and a half hours fly by." Read more here.

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