David Copperfield News

Writers behind some of the most critically acclaimed works over the last two years were honoured at the 29th Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards ceremony, including Russell T Davies, Kevin Dyer, Emerald Fennell, Andrea Gibb, Chinonyerem Odimba, Simon Blackwell and Armando Iannucci and Jack Thorne

-Anthropologist, magician, and mind reader Paul Draper, who has appeared on the History Channel, A&E, HBO, Hallmark, the Travel Channel, HGTV and more, is now teaching a course in The Art of Magic at Soka University.

Westport Country Playhouse will present a Script in Hand play reading of the thriller, “Murder by Misadventure” by Edward Taylor, before a live audience on Monday, February 21, at 7 p.m.

The Showmen, creators of the sell-out success Fringe shows Adults Only Magic Show, The Greatest Magic Show and CIRCUS - The Show are returning to Adelaide with updated versions of these three productions at Gluttony for the 2022 Adelaide Fringe.

The film will reportedly follow Yankovic's life, starting as a musical prodigy taking him to musical legend and Grammy Award-winner. The film will include the creation of his hits like 'Eat It' and 'Like a Surgeon' to his several celebrity love affairs and famously immoral lifestyle. The film is begin written by Yankovic and Eric Appel.

London Classic Theatre today announce a new UK tour of Bernard Slade's Same Time, Next Year. Michael Cabot directs Kieran Buckeridge (George) and Sarah Kempton (Doris) in one of the world's most widely staged plays, originally produced on Broadway in 1975.

In the spirit of the holiday season, Westport Country Playhouse Radio Theater, a free-of-charge broadcast series, will reprise from last year the inventive audio play, “A Merry Little Christmas Carol,” airing on WSHU Radio on Saturday, December 25, at 3:06 p.m. (following the national news), with a rebroadcast on Sunday, December 26, at 3:06 p.m.

Tonight, NBC will air its sixth live musical production. Following in the footsteps of The Sound of Music, Peter Pan, The Wiz, Hairspray, and Jesus Christ Superstar, the peacock network will be presenting Annie. Based on Harold Gray's comic strip titled Little Orphan Annie, this musical tells the story of a little orphan with equal measures of pluck and positivity who charms everyone's hearts, despite a next-to-nothing start in New York City in the year 1933.

Hugh Dancy has been announced to lead a new revival of Law & Order. Black-ish star Anthony Anderson has been tapped to also star in the series. They both will be joining the previously announced Jeffrey Donovan, who will play an NYPD Detective in the new installment.

Chicago Magic Lounge, Chicago’s home for close-up magic, continues its Artist-In-Residence series with Kayla Drescher: Magic in Heels, Wednesdays at 7:00pm, January 5 – March 30, 2022. Kayla Drescher: Magic in Heels is a wild ride of magic, laughter, and interactive fun, all done in heels because “magic in pajamas” was already taken.

The producers of Broadway's smash hit The Illusionists have brought together the world's greatest entertainers for the spellbinding and incredible new holiday production, A Magical Cirque Christmas. Audiences will experience the magic of Christmas with dazzling performers and breathtaking cirque artists from all corners of the globe accompanied by their favorite holiday music performed live in this festive, fun-for-the-whole-family event.

Despite a pandemic and world stress, we need a little Christmas right this very minute. On December 7, A MAGICAL CIRQUE CHRISTMAS comes to Midland Center for the Arts for a comedic, musical, and magic-filled time travel journey of the holidays through the years that is both a perfect date night and a family fun outing.

From the innovators behind the blockbuster Immersive Van Gogh exhibition seen by over 3.5 million visitors since its North American debut last year comes an exhilarating magic experience just in time to ignite the holiday season.

Despite a pandemic and world stress, we need a little Christmas right this very minute. On Thursday, December 30 at 7:30 p.m., MagicSpace Entertainment brings A MAGICAL CIRQUE CHRISTMAS—a comedic, musical, and magic-filled time travel journey of the holidays through the years that is both a perfect date night and a family fun outing—to San Jose's Center for the Performing Arts (255 S. Almaden Blvd.).

Despite a pandemic and world stress, we need a little Christmas right this very minute. On Thursday, December 9 at 7:30 p.m., MagicSpace Entertainment brings A MAGICAL CIRQUE CHRISTMAS, a comedic, musical, and magic-filled time travel journey of the holidays through the years that is both a perfect date night and a family fun outing to St. Louis at the Fabulous Fox Theatre.

Mercury Theatre today announces full cast for Aladdin, written by Andrew Pollard with direction from the Theatre's Creative Director Ryan McBryde; the team behind the Great British Pantomime award-winning Cinderella.

Westport Country Playhouse and WSHU Public Radio Partner for Playhouse Radio Theater's Halloween Play “Spectres and Spirits.” Free-of-charge audio play's broadcast premiere on Saturday, October 30.

“Mrs. Mannerly” will feature Playhouse favorites Mark Shanahan and Anne Keefe in the roles of student and teacher, respectively. Written by Jeffrey Hatcher and directed by Shanahan, curator of the Script in Hand Series, running time is approximately 90 minutes with no intermission.

Theatre is the purest form of magic. Heightened with anticipation, we step into a darkened space with a sense of wonder and fascination unmatched anywhere else.

Single tickets for ten shows in the Fabulous Fox Theatre’s 2021 – 2022 U.S. Bank Broadway Series will go on sale Tuesday, September 14 at 10:00 a.m.  Tickets will be available online, by phone, and in person at the Fox Theatre Box Office.