Ben Brantley News

Today's Broadway Blogs on BroadwayWorld.com from Thursday, October 22, 2009.

Cast members of the Tony Award winning NEXT TO NORMAL will debut a new song based on suggestions to their Twitter account at 92YTribeca on October 28th. Cast members Aaron Tveit and Louis Hobson will perform the song at a 7:00pm concert.

The Know Theatre of Cincinnati opened its season with 'boom', a play by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb. This production is directed by Drew Fracher, and features two of Know Theatre's resident actors, Joshua Murphy and Liz Vosmeier. It will also feature recent Acclaim Award Rising Star, and creator of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival show, In Rehearsal, Alison Vodnoy.

The Shakespeare Society (Michael Sexton, Artistic Director) will present Marlowe vs. Shakespeare: Rivalry, Imitation, and Influence, featuring John Douglas Thompson who plays the title role in the acclaimed Irish Rep revival of The Emperor Jones in a performance that was called "wondrous" by Ben Brantley in The New York Times; Matthew Rauch who currently stars in Still Life at MCC; and Columbia professor James Shapiro, author of the acclaimed book 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare, on Monday, November 9 at 7:00pm at the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, East 68 Street, between Park and Lexington Avenues.

IN THE HEIGHTS, winner of four 2008 Tony Awards® and the 2008 Grammy® Award for Best Musical Show Album, is coming to The Fabulous Fox Theatre in Atlanta from November 3-8, 2009, as part of the 2009-2010 Broadway Across America - Atlanta season.

Feinstein's at Lowes Regency, the nightclub proclaimed 'Best of New York' by New York Magazine and 'an invaluable New York institution' by The New York Post, continues its star-studded Fall 2009 season with the debut of Tony Award winning actress and vocalist Victoria Clark and Tony Award winning music director, arranger and orchestrator, Ted Sperling in 'The Vicki and Ted Show.' For their engagement at Feinstein's, Ms. Clark and Mr. Sperling celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of a remarkable friendship that began as students at Yale University and inspired some of Broadway's most unforgettable moments, including How to Succeed in Business..., Titanic and The Light in the Piazza. Their acclaimed show - which debuted at the Kennedy Center's Terrace Theater in Washington DC - will make its New York debut the Regency Hotel. The show is running through Saturday, October 24.

Alfred Hitchcock's THE 39 STEPS, Broadway's longest running comedy, continues its popular 'Hitchcock Meets Hilarious' Talkback Tuesday series tonight with LITE-FM host Christine Nagy.

New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) Artistic Director James C. Nicola and Managing Director William Russo have announced that Aftermath, written by Jessica Blank & Erik Jensen, and directed by Ms. Blank, will extend its run through Sunday, October 18. The play, which was originally scheduled to close Sunday, October 4, garnered rave reviews when it opened September 15.

The Stella Adler Studio of Acting has announced the 60th anniversary of its founding. It is one of the oldest actor training schools in the country, founded by the legendary Stella Adler in New York City in 1949. Over the years, the Studio has trained many of the industry's preeminent artists including Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, Salma Hayek and Susan Sarandon and today is nurturing the next generation of artists.

Today's Broadway Blogs on BroadwayWorld.com from Thursday, October 15, 2009.

Broadway's hit comedy, The 39 Steps, makes it National Tour Debut at the Shubert Theater in New Haven during an exclusive Connecticut engagement running November 5-7, 2009. The four performances, running Thursday and Friday at 8pm, and Saturday at 2 & 8pm are sponsored by Lexus of New Haven, Whitney Center and media sponsors, New Haven Register and WTNH, News Channel 8.

REDCAT (the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater) proudly presents the West Coast premiere of Arias with a Twist, a bigger-than-life cabinet of curiosities created by Joey Arias (Zumanity's 'Mistress of Seduction') and legendary puppeteer Basil Twist. Arias with a Twist opens Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at REDCAT and runs for a limited four-week run through Sunday, December 13, 2009.

Today's Broadway Blogs on BroadwayWorld.com from Monday, October 12, 2009.

As announced by Producer Jeffrey Finn, previews began onTuesday, September 29, 2009 for the first ever Broadway production of OLEANNA, the provocative drama by Pulitzer Prize winner David Mamet. Starring Bill Pullman and Julia Stiles and directed by Tony Award winner Doug Hughes (Doubt), the play is a gripping account of a power struggle between a male university professor and one of his female students. The Broadway production has an Opening Night set for tonight Sunday, October 11 at 6:30 PM at The Golden Theatre (252 West 45th Street).

Performance Network Theatre announces that tickets are now on sale for its '09-10 season opener, THE BLONDE, THE BRUNETTE AND THE VENGEFUL REDHEAD. Actress Suzi Regan begins rehearsal for Robert Hewett's twisty one-woman show this week, directed by the Network's Artistic Director, David Wolber.

Hudson Stage recently announced that its fall production, the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, RABBIT HOLE, by Kimberly Akimbo and 'Shrek' playwright David Lindsay Abaire, will be its fall mainstage production. Today, the theater company has announced the cast will be completed by Susannah Schulman, who will star alongside Tony Carlin as the heartbroken parents the take center stage in the piece.

Today's Broadway Blogs on BroadwayWorld.com from Thursday, October 8, 2009.

The National Tour for IN THE HEIGHTS is offering advance purchase options for upcoming performances on December 8-13, 2009 at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center.

The Know Theatre of Cincinnati will open its season with 'boom', a play by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb. This production is directed by Drew Fracher, and features two of Know Theatre's resident actors, Joshua Murphy and Liz Vosmeier. It will also feature recent Acclaim Award Rising Star, and creator of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival show, In Rehearsal, Alison Vodnoy.

Today's Broadway Blogs on BroadwayWorld.com from Tuesday, October 6, 2009.