THIS WEEK IN PICTURES: September 17- 23
By: BWW Special Coverage Sep. 23, 2011
Whether you've been living under a rock for the past week, or you're just in the mood for a recap of everything theatre, BroadwayWorld's feature, 'This Week in Pictures' is here to satisfy your end of the week fix. Take a look below to catch up on the latest happenings from the Great White Way to the West End (and everywhere in between) with coverage of press events, rehearsals, opening nights and more!
For last week's biggest events: visit THIS WEEK IN PICTURES: September 10-16!
Jonathan Groff and Rutina Wesley. Photo Credit: Joan Marcus
Shaleeha G'ntamobi's stirring new play about an alcoholic black mother and her card sharp son trying to get out of the projects has just been accepted into the nation's preeminent theater festival. Trouble is, Shaleeha G'ntamobi doesn't exist, except in the imagination of wannabe-playwright Danny Larsen (Jonathan Groff), who created her as a kind of affirmative-action nom-de-plume. For more production shots from the new show, click here.
Matt Bomer and Cheyenne Jackson. Photo Credit: Peter James Zielinski
The American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER) and Broadway Impact launched the all-star Broadway premiere of "8". The play, which chronicles the historic trial in the federal legal challenge to California's Proposition 8, was written by AFER Founding Board Member and Academy Award-winning writer Dustin Lance Black and directed by Tony Award-winning actor and director Joe Mantello. Click here for full coverage of the event!
Rachel York. Photo Flash: Walter McBride
The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) presented a special preview of the 2011 Festival selections, featuring Ennio: The Living Paper Cartoon, F*cking Hipsters, Ghostlight, Greenwood, Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, The Kid Who Would Be Pope, Kiki Baby, Outlaws, and This One Girl's Story. The NYMF runs from September 26th - October 16th in theatres around Manhattan. You can find full coverage from the preview here.
Hugh Dancy, Nina Arianda. Photo Credit: Jason Bell
Manhattan Theatre Club presents the Broadway premiere of VENUS IN FUR, by the acclaimed new play by David Ives. Directed by Tony Award winner Walter Bobbie, the show will star Tony nominee Nina Arianda reprising her acclaimed breakthrough performance and Emmy Award nominee Hugh Dancy (Journey's End, "The Big C"). Click here for more photos of Dancy and Arianda in action!
Directed by Daniel Goldstein and choreographed by Tony Award nominee Christopher Gattelli (South Pacific), GODSPELL begins preview performances at Circle in the Square Theatre.The show stars an incredible and diverse company of 10 young actors, lead by Hunter Parrish as Jesus and Wallace Smith as Judas, and co-starring Uzo Aduba, Nick Blaemire, Celisse Henderson, Morgan James, Telly Leung, Lindsay Mendez, Anna Maria Perez de Tagle and George Salazar. Click here for more photos of the cast in rehearsal!
Idina Menzel, Lea Michele. Photo Credit: Mike Yarish/FOX
FOX's hit television show GLEE made its season three return on Tuesday, and next week's episode will mark the return of Tony winner Idina Menzel as Rachel's mom, Shelby Corcoran. Also next week, the New Directions get competitive when they all try to earn roles in the school musical- West Side Story. Check out photos from next week's episode here!
Imelda Staunton. Photo Credit: Catherine Ashmore
Chichester's Festival 2011 closes with Sweeney Todd, the musical commonly acknowledged to be Stephen Sondheim's masterpiece, in a cast led by distinguished musical performer Michael Ball and Oscar-nominated actress Imelda Staunton.Set in nineteenth century London and laced with Sondheim's characteristically brilliant wit and dark humour, the musical depicts Sweeney Todd's savage quest for justice and retribution after years of false imprisonment. Click here for more photos of the cast in rehearsal.
Reeve Carney with Diane Pagan and castmembers. Photo Credit: Pater James Zielinski
At a press conference on Wednesday, September 21st at the Foxwoods Theatre, Reeve Carney, star of SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark, Broadway's most popular new show, announced a new initiative to honor "Everyday Heroes." Flanked by the show's Spider-Men, Carney explained the details of the "Everyday Heroes" program (outlined below), before introducing the program's first honoree: Nurse Practitioner Diane Pagan. For more photos from the announcement, click here.
Cast of NEWSIES. Photos by T. Charles Erickson, courtesy of Paper Mill Playhouse
The on stage premiere of NEWSIES is now running at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey. The musical is based on the 1899 true story of a courageous group of scrappy newsboys who become unlikely heroes when they rally forces to fight an unscrupulous newspaper tycoon. "NEWSIES" features a book by Harvey Fierstein, lyrics by Jack Feldman and music by Alan Menken. Based on the Disney film written by Bob Tzudiker and Noni White. It is directed by Jeff Calhoun and choreographed by Christopher Gattelli. Click here for more production shots from the stage premiere of the show!
Patrick D. Kennedy, Pippa Pearthree, Sara Gettelfinger, Douglas Sills, Tom Corbeil, Cortney Wolfson and Blake Hammond . Photo Credit: Jeremy Daniel
The national tour of THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a new musical based on the bizarre and beloved family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams kicked off September 15 at the Mahalia Jackson Theater in New Orleans. The show runs in New Orleans through September 24th, and features Tony Award® nominee Douglas Sills as Gomez and Sara Gettelfinger as Morticia. Click here for more production shots from the tour.
Kenny Leon & Samuel L. Jackson. Photo Credit: Walter McBride
Yestersay, The Mountaintop starring Samuel L. Jackson (DR. Martin Luther King, Jr.,) and Angela Bassett, began previews in Katori Hall's highly anticipated new work, The Mountaintop. The Mountaintop is directed by the Tony-nominated Kenny Leon (Fences, A Raisin in the Sun) and will open officially on October 13, 2011 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. For more photos from the event, click here.
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