Harry A. Jansen News

The Canadian Opera Company has announced its November 2013 lineup. Details below!

The Museum of Modern Art has announced its film exhibitions for the month of November 2013. Details below!

The Chicago League of Lady Arm Wrestlers (CLLAW) are resurrecting past champions (and a few new souls) in celebration of The Day of The Dead today, November 2, 2013 at the historic (and possibly haunted) Logan Square Auditorium, 2539 N. Kedzie Ave. in Chicago.

The Young Vic and Catherine Schreiber opened the UK premiere of The Scottsboro Boys, directed by five-time Tony Award winner Susan Stroman. The production stars original Broadway cast members Colman Domingo, who reprises his Tony Award nominated role of Mr. Bones, and Forrest McClendon, who plays Mr. Tambo. Also in the Young Vic cast fresh from Broadway are Christian Dante-White (Charles Weems) and Clinton Roane (Roy Wright).

Next week is Halloween! DANTE: INFERNO has a special performance that night. All audience members receive a goodie bag full of tricks and treats plus a ticket for a future show! You are welcome to come in costume. The show will have a costume contest at intermission. All participants receive an additional prize and the winner gets a Season Punch Card good for 6 admissions to any of our shows this season.

The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. Big local openings ('Miss Saigon,' 'Hello, Dolly!' and 'Mary Poppins'), holiday fare like Menken's 'A Christmas Carol,' the return of 'We Three Lizas' and more, season announcements from MTC and LOW, plus the Season Of Concern CD and a BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards deadline!

Cincinnati Music Theatre is proud to present the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical A CHORUS LINE from November 8-16, 2013 at the Aronoff Center's intimate Jarson-Kaplan Theater (see full performance schedule below).

Jedlicka Performing Arts Center continues its 2013-14 Season with the comedic thriller ACCOMPLICE by Rupert Holmes, the creator of the Tony Award-winning musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood, with direction by Artistic Director Dante J. Orfei, playing now through November 9, 2013 at the Jedlicka Performing Arts Center, 3801 S. Central Ave. in Cicero. ACCOMPLICE features Keith Cavanaugh, Whitney Morse, Sarah Lynn Robinson and Mark Walsh. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Dante is given a tour through the different circles of hell. As he descends further into the underworld it he finds himself slowly descending into madness and that the souls and demons he encounters aren't going to allow him to escape. This ground breaking theatrical production of Dante's Poem is done in modern English making it accessible and understandable to modern audiences. Original premiere in 2008.

Jedlicka Performing Arts Center continues its 2013-14 Season with the comedic thriller ACCOMPLICE by Rupert Holmes, directed by Dante J. Orfei, playing tonight, October 25 - November 9, 2013 at the Jedlicka Performing Arts Center, 3801 S. Central Ave. in Cicero.

On Monday, October 21, PEN American Center, the largest branch of the world's leading literary and human rights organization, celebrated its 2013 Literary awards at the Proshansky Auditorium of CUNY Graduate Center in New York City.

The Young Vic and Catherine Schreiber present the UK premiere of The Scottsboro Boys, directed by five-time Tony Award winner Susan Stroman. The production stars original Broadway cast members Colman Domingo, who reprises his Tony Award nominated role of Mr. Bones, and Forrest McClendon, who plays Mr. Tambo. Also in the Young Vic cast fresh from Broadway are Christian Dante-White (Charles Weems) and Clinton Roane (Roy Wright). BroadwayWorld brings you photos of the cast below!

Next week is Halloween! DANTE: INFERNO has a special performance that night. All audience members receive a goodie bag full of tricks and treats plus a ticket for a future show! You are welcome to come in costume. The show will have a costume contest at intermission. All participants receive an additional prize and the winner gets a Season Punch Card good for 6 admissions to any of our shows this season.

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater's Middle Voice Theater Company has announced the world premiere of Come to Starr Street, a comedy by Ren Santiago, directed by Michael Holtzman, which opens Wednesday, October 23rd and runs until Sunday, October 27th at the Producer's Club's Royal Theater.

With week-over-week increases in time-shifted viewing nearly doubling (Live+3), the second episode of American Horror Story: Coven, 'Boy Parts' (10/16/13), posted a spectacular performance

Chicago's selection of seasonal shows this winter will include the exciting addition of Theo Ubique's updating of the Madrigal Dinner tradition for all audiences. Song, food, poetry and variety acts will combine into a most festive feast for A Very Merry Madrigal. Weekend matinee performances plus reduced ticket prices for children under12 will make the event accessible and affordable for families as well as adults.

Full casting is announced today for Lizzie Siddal, a new play about the woman who was 'Ophelia' in Millais' famous painting, which will open at the Arcola Theatre on Wednesday 20 November 2013 (press night Friday 22 November).

Over a period of growth: from making comics as a kid, to writing short stories in school, to writing as an adult, Jeff Ackenback has finally completed his first official novel, 'Genesis: Book One of the Endgame Trilogy' (published by iUniverse).

The Young Vic and Catherine Schreiber welcome Colman Domingo and Forrest McClendon, stars of the original Broadway production, to the UK premiere of The Scottsboro Boys, directed by five-time Tony Award winner Susan Stroman.

Donna McKechnie, beloved Tony-winning original 'Cassie' joins in a celebration of the upcoming fortieth anniversary of the creation ofA Chorus Line at the annual Fire Island Pines Literary and Theater Weekend, a hugely popular event held annually at The Madison Fire Island Pines.