David Lynch News

Seattle Theatre Group (STG) announces the following concerts going on sale this week.

If only for originating the title role in the longest-running and most successful musical in world history - THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - which is merely one of the many impossibly impressive moments in a fifty-year career that truly defies description - Michael Crawford is known and loved the world over. From the Broadway and West End stage to the concert stage; the recording studio to the movie studio; performing everywhere imaginable - he has conquered it all. In a resume-spanning conversation that takes us from Broadway to Hollywood and to the stage of the London Palladium where he is now starring as the eponymous WIZARD OF OZ in Andrew Lloyd Webber's new theatrical adaptation of the classic film, Crawford and I take a look back at his many notable stage roles - among them, BILLY, BARNUM, DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES and, most recently, Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE WOMAN IN WHITE - and he also generously shares stories and recollections of the esteemed figures he has collaborated with over the years, including Barbra Streisand, John Lennon, Oliver Reed, David Foster, Stephen Sondheim, Hal Prince, Sarah Brightman and many more! Additionally, Crawford shares his insightful opinions on the state of theatre today and how it has changed over the course of his decades spent in show business, as well as looks ahead to returning to the concert stage following his departure from THE WIZARD OF OZ in the West End in February. So, catch Crawford while you can - and your little dog, too!

The premiere of a new Lady Gaga music video is always a cause celebre for entertainment lovers of any sort, but earlier today Gaga gave us a truly theatrical - and totally, wildly, adorably surreal - early Christmas treat of epic proportions in the form of the short film "Marry The Night". Part TOMMY, part David Lynch-ian fever dream, part throwback music video, with the rest unmistakably, unquestionably and undoubtedly all Gaga. Directed by Gaga herself, the "Marry The Night" music video puts into question the term itself - much like Kanye West's exquisite mini-movie musical treatment of eight of his songs from his Grammy-nominated opus MY BEATIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY in the form of the "Runaway" short film/music video from late last year - and, now, once again, Gaga has redefined not only the genre she is working in, but the entire music and theatre game itself. Daring, edgy, avant garde and more bizarre than anything you are likely to see at any multiplex this weekend - let alone on sweet, safe Broadway - the "Marry The Night" film is nothing short of Gaga firing on all axels - in this case, literally - and setting the stage afire with her fierce, determined conviction to following her own oh-so-idiosyncratic vision through to its ultimate - and oft-ugly; and, just as often, gorgeous - end. Actually, ends are what this video is about in many ways - from asses to hosannas. This isn't your mama's music video - or Madonna's, either (a trait which has been ascribed to Gaga videos past) - but what it is is the most over-the-top theatrical and unabashedly excessive - and best - music-related film of the year. Just don't call it a music video.

This year-end extravaganza features some of the best David Lynch Burlesque performances of 2011. Hosted by Bastard Keith, The Pink Room will revisit some of the best performances from Franny Fluffer's Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, Wild At Heart & Mulholland Drive Burlesque shows plus new acts inspired by other David Lynch films & music.

From the mind of David Lynch (Mulholland Drive, 'Twin Peaks') comes a visionary story so startling, so provocative, so mysterious that it will open your eyes to a world you have never seen before.

This year-end extravaganza features some of the best David Lynch Burlesque performances of 2011. Hosted by Bastard Keith, The Pink Room will revisit some of the best performances from Franny Fluffer's Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, Wild At Heart & Mulholland Drive Burlesque shows plus new acts inspired by other David Lynch films & music.

American Airlines, a long-time patron and supporter of the arts, has formed a new partnership to produce the 'Hudson Union Society Salute to Broadway' speaker series. The Hudson Union Society is a midtown Manhattan-based organization that provides first-hand access to some of the world's most distinguished leaders in business, entertainment and politics.

the tim&micah project, a Chicago-based avant-garde sketch comedy duo, has announced their latest revue will appear every Saturday in October at the newly-renovated Stage 773.

The Pink Room presents: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me Burlesque at The Parkside Lounge on Tuesday, October 25, 2011.

PlayhouseSquare will host Duran Duran Wed., Oct. 19 at 8 pm in the State Theatre as part of the band's 'All You Need Is Now' North American Tour that kicks off September 23. American alternative pop-rockers Neon Trees will join the band as special guests. Tickets will be $45 - $150, on sale beginning Friday, Aug. 12 at 11 am at playhousesquare.org, 216-241-6000 or the PlayhouseSquare Ticket Office.

George Manus has been a part of the theater community in Nashville and Middle Tennessee for so long that it's easy to forget he's not yet 40 years old. He cut his teeth as a young director at Dennis Ewing's late and lamented Actors Playhouse of Nashville, which led him to spearhead the opening of his own theater company, DreamWeaver Productions on Third Avenue South in downtown Nashville during the early to mid-1990s, and now he heads up Murfreesboro's Out Front On Main, a storefront operation that specializes in bringing edgier theater to that burgeoning college town.

The Pink Room presents: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me Burlesque at The Parkside Lounge on Tuesday, October 25, 2011.

Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) will present Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Our Town, tonight through October 16 in the Nafe Katter Theatre, Storrs.

The Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) celebrates 50 years of the School of Fine Arts at the University of Connecticut with an exciting 2011-2012 Season commemorating the human journey and coming home.

105.5 Triple M & Isthmus present IMELDA MAY at the Majestic Theatre, tonight at 8:30 pm. Doors open at 7:30 pm.

the tim&micah project, a Chicago-based avant-garde sketch comedy duo, has announced their latest revue will appear every Saturday in October at the newly-renovated Stage 773.

The Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) celebrates 50 years of the School of Fine Arts at the University of Connecticut with an exciting 2011-2012 Season commemorating the human journey and coming home.

Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) will present Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Our Town, October 6 - 16 in the Nafe Katter Theatre, Storrs.

Today we are continuing our series on theatrically-related 2012 Oscar hopefuls with a look at the just-released trailer for David Cronenberg's new film A DANGEROUS METHOD starring Keira Knightley, Michael Fassbender, Viggo Mortensen and Vincent Cassel. Based on a play about the friendship, lives and studies of scientists/philosophers/doctors Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung and how it pertains to a female patient, Sabina, penned by DANGEROUS LIASONS and ATONEMENT scribe Christopher Hampton, titled THE TALKING CURE, Hampton also penned the screenplay for this film adaptation, which also credits John Kerr's examination of Freud and Jung's studies and personal lives, A MOST DANGEROUS METHOD. Given the films R-rating, Cronenberg will evidently be given full reign to follow the story's explorations of the dark recesses of human psychology and how it manifests in our sexuality. While Cronenberg has repeatedly proven his prowess with intimate character studies in recent years with his superb string of dramas such as SPIDER starring Ralph Fiennes, A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE with Viggo Mortensen and Maria Bello and, most recently, the unforgettable EASTERN PROMISES with Mortensen and Naomi Watts, A DANGEROUS METHOD is his first bid for Oscar gold this decade and for the first time in his forty year career he may finally be awarded for his cinematic legacy given this perfect storm of his idiosyncratic cinematic sensibilities married to charismatic lead performances by four of the hottest names in drama telling a story that only Cronenberg could tell this well - with a screenplay by one of the great playwrights and screenwriters of our age, as well. If the early reviews from the Venice Film Festival, where the film premiered earlier this week, and spellbinding images and scenes on display in the new trailer for the film are any indication of what we can expect from A DANGEROUS METHOD onscreen, this could very well be the film to sweep all the statuettes at the Oscars.

105.5 Triple M & Isthmus present IMELDA MAY at the Majestic Theatre, on Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at 8:30 pm. Doors open at 7:30 pm.