Hal Holbrook News

Tony Award winner and Oscar nominee Hal Holbrook returns to PlayhouseSquare for one night only, tonight, February 21st, to reprise his role celebrating the humor, satirical wit and timeless observations of Mark Twain in his acclaimed Tony Award winning one-man show, Mark Twain Tonight!.

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? Today's big news: HAMILTON opens at the Public, Sienna Miller joins CABARET, Michael C. Hall returns to HEDWIG, THE FIRST WIVES CLUB musical begins in Chicago and more!

Tony Award winner and Oscar nominee Hal Holbrook returns to PlayhouseSquare for one night only, Saturday, February 21st, to reprise his role celebrating the humor, satirical wit and timeless observations of Mark Twain in his acclaimed Tony Award winning one-man show, Mark Twain Tonight!. Tickets start at just $10 and are available by calling 216.241.6000 or online at www.playhousesquare.org.

Hal Holbrook presented his iconic one-man show, MARK TWAIN TONIGHT! , appeared at Riverside's Fox Performing Arts Center for one show on Saturday, January 17th. Mr. Holbrook delighted the audience with Twain's words skewering Congress, misuse of religion, guns, and people's refusal to think before speaking. Mr. Holbrook has been performing as Twain for 60 years.

Tony and Emmy award winner Hal Holbrook is bringing MARK TWAIN TONIGHT to Riverside's Fox Performing Arts Center for one performance, on Saturday evening, January 17, 2015. BroadwayWorld interviewed him by email.

Celebrate an artistic collaboration 61 years in the making as one of America's most revered actors, Hal Holbrook, returns to the stage of The Grand 1894 Opera House in his legendary one-man show, Mark Twain Tonight, Friday, February 27, 2015 at 8pm. Tickets may be purchased at The Grand's Box Office, 2020 Postoffice Street, by calling 409.765.1894, 800.821.1894, or online at www.thegrand.com.

BroadwayWorld has just learned that a stage version of The Exorcist is currently in the works, and Tony nominee Sean Mathias is on board to direct the project. The play, adapted by John Pielmeier, enjoyed a run at Los Angeles' Geffen Playhouse in 2012, starring Richard Chamberlain and Brooke Shields. Production details have not yet been announced.

Wendy loved her new digs at Jax's house. It held so many memories for everyone. Imagine yourself there: to your right is where Tara was murdered by her mother in law, and to your left is where Wendy once overdosed; almost killing her unborn baby. Memories!

One of the most magical places that I have ever been is Grover's Corners, New Hampshire. It's not a fancy place, just a simple town in which people go about their business, but are always willing to stop and chat about the weather. Grover's Corners is the epitome of a way of life that has long since ceased to exist, if it ever actually did in the first place. However, despite its quantness and surface simplicity, every time I go back to visit, I find more and more depth in the town than I ever remembered being there before. Perhaps this is a simple byproduct of my own aging, but each time I stop by Grover's Corners, I fall more and more in love with this mythical, magical town.

I have to admit that I was very excited when I read that veteran actor Michael Winther would be returning to Center Stage to star in the Pulitzer Prize winning musical NEXT TO NORMAL. It was Director David Schweizer who asked Winther to come to Center Stage for the role of Dan. Schweizer also directed Winther back in 2007 when he played the role of Dromio in BOYS FROM SYRACUSE along with Manu Narayan and Paolo Montalban. Winther became friends with Narayan when the two both worked on Broadway at the same time, Narayan was the star of BOMBAY DREAMS at the Broadway Theater and Winther was down the street at the Winter Garden in MAMMA MIA! Winther related it was Narayan who called him up last year to take Narayan's place in San Paolo, Brazil to perform in the KIezmer musical THE NIGHT IN THE OLD MARKET PLACE. So Winther spent ten days in Brazil along with another actress from the BOYS FROM SYRACUSE, Charlotte Cohn.

The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced today that the final Film Comment Double Feature of 2014, on December 2, will be Fred Zinnemann's last two films.

Sonnet Repertory Theatre presents their Twelfth Annual Benefit and Cabaret on Sunday, November 23, at Joe's Pub to honor award-winning actress, CELIA WESTON.

Emily Dickinson is played with a more contemporary feel in the new Off-Broadway production.

Legendary actor Hal Holbrook began performing as Mark Twain in 1954, making 2014 the 60th consecutive year for his remarkable one-man show. Holbrook brings the treasured scribe to life in Mark Twain Tonight! at the State Theatre tonight, October 16th.

Legendary actor Hal Holbrook began performing as Mark Twain in 1954, making 2014 the 60th consecutive year for his remarkable one-man show. Holbrook brings the treasured scribe to life in Mark Twain Tonight! at the State Theatre on Thursday, October 16th.

A Noise Within (ANW), the acclaimed classical repertory theatre company, continues its 2014-2015 REVOLUTIONary season with The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, which opens on Saturday, September 27 and runs through Saturday, November 22, 2014. Directed by five-time L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award-winner Michael Michetti, this is the second production of The Importance of Being Earnest for A Noise Within, which mounted the play originally in their 1993-94 and 1994-95 seasons.

Tickets for the 2014-15 Boldt Arts Alive! Series at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center will go on sale Monday, September 15 at 10 a.m. The Boldt Arts Alive! Series features 14 culturally rich titles and features Cirque Peking (Oct. 28), Smokey Joe's Cafe (Nov. 6),Disney's Fantasia: Live in Concert with the Fox Valley Symphony (Nov. 8) and Ballroom with a Twist(Feb. 10). Tickets for Julie Fowlis: Music of the Scottish Isles (Oct. 25), The Brian Setzer Orchestra Christmas Rock Extravaganza! (Nov. 15), Buddy Guy (Nov. 26) and Hal Holbrook in Mark Twain Tonight!(April 24) also go on sale Sept. 15. See below for a full listing and starting ticket prices.

The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center has added five new titles to the 2014-15 Season which include Julie Fowlis: Music of the Scottish Isles, The Brian Setzer Orchestra Christmas Rocks Extravaganza!, Buddy Guy, It Gets Better Project and Hal Holbrook in Mark Twain Tonight. See below for descriptions, dates and ticket prices.

A great, big Broadway season is on its way, with fourteen productions already slated to open in the next few months. With several weeks until the craziness begins, there is still plenty of time to catch up on what's been going on at Broadway's already occupied theaters . BroadwayWorld will be profiling the hits of the Great White Way that continue to draw crowds after months, years, and (in some cases) decades. Meet the current cast of Broadway's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA below!

Bay Street Theater is pleased to announce that the Tony award-winning comedy TRAVESTIES, by Tom Stoppard, is now on stage through July 20. The production is directed by Gregory Boyd. Tickets can be purchased online now at www.baystreet.org or by calling the Box Office at 631-725-9500, 11 am to Showtime. For more information about Bay Street Theater log on to www.baystreet.org.