Kurt Weill News

The Butterfly Club kicks off October with a doppelganger birthday party, more from the Melbourne Fringe Festival, and memoirs of Bette Davis.

A biografia musical 'Marlene Dietrich - as pernas do século', primeira montagem teatral brasileira sobre Marlene Dietrich, estreia dia 1º de outubro próximo no Solar de Botafogo. A peça conta com texto especialmente escrito pelo dramaturgo Aimar Labaki, e direção de William Pereira. No papel título está Sylvia Bandeira, ao lado de José Mauro Brant, Marciah Luna Cabral e Silvio Ferrari. O patrocínio é de Light / Lei de ICMS; B. Braun e Neoenergia / Lei Rouanet.

The Collegiate Chorale presents Johannes Brahms' Alto Rhapsody and A German Requiem on Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 7pm at Carnegie Hall, 881 Seventh Avenue, NYC. The performance features Stephanie Blythe, Erin Morley, Eric Owens and the American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by James Bagwell. Single tickets start at $25 and are available online at www.carnegiehall.org, by phone through Carnegie Charge at (212) 247-7800 or in person at the Carnegie Hall Box Office.

Jack Viertel, Artistic Director of New York City Center's Encores! series, today announced directors for the 2010-11 Encores! season: Kathleen Marshall will direct and choreograph the season opener, Bells Are Ringing, with music by Jule Styne and book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, opening on November 18, 2010. Gary Griffin will direct Lost in the Stars, with music by Kurt Weill and book and lyrics by Maxwell Anderson, opening on February 3, 2011. John Doyle will direct Where's Charley, based on Brandon Thomas' Charley's Aunt, with book by George Abbott and music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, opening on March 17, 2011. Music Director Rob Berman will conduct all three musicals.

R&H Theatricals, a division of Rodgers & Hammerstein: An Imagem Company, has acquired the performance rights to Adam Gwon's musical ORDINARY DAYS, and will begin accepting applications for professional productions starting Tuesday, September 21. On the same day, Ghostlight Records will release the Original Cast Album CD of ORDINARY DAYS.

Cabaret Performance is filled with Great Music Artfully Done

Renowned director Tazewell Thompson stages the poignant comic-drama Broke-ology, by Nathan Louis Jackson at TheaterWorks in Downtown Hartford.

YALE REPERTORY THEATRE (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) presents the world premiere of WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE, September 17-October 9, at the University Theatre (222 York Street).

YALE REPERTORY THEATRE (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) presents the world premiere of WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE, September 17-October 9, at the University Theatre (222 York Street).

The Collegiate Chorale presents Johannes Brahms' Alto Rhapsody and A German Requiem on Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 7pm at Carnegie Hall, 881 Seventh Avenue, NYC.

On Wednesday night, September 15th, R&H Theatricals, an Imagem Company hosted a party to celebrate the launch of their New York office. Many industry members and several writers represented by R&H Theatricals were in attendance, including Broadway's Stephen Schwartz, Joe DiPietro and more. BroadwayWorld brings you party coverage below.

R&H Theatricals, a division of Rodgers & Hammerstein: An Imagem Company, has acquired the performance rights to Adam Gwon's musical ORDINARY DAYS, and will begin accepting applications for professional productions starting Tuesday, September 21. On the same day, Ghostlight Records will release the Original Cast Album CD of ORDINARY DAYS.

Two-time Tony Award-winner Patti LuPone will appear at Barnes & Noble on Thursday, September 16 at 7:30PM to promote 'Patti LuPone: A Memoir.' Playwright Ntozake Shange will appear on September 30 at 7:30PM to promote her new work, 'Ntozake Shange: Some Sing, Some Cry.'

From October 14 through October 16, Tony award winner Frances Ruffelle (Les Miserables) will star in Songs From A Hotel Bedroom by Kate Flatt and Peter Rowe at Watford Palace Theatre. This new piece of music theatre unfolds through the bittersweet love songs of Kurt Weill's American repertoire (including September Song, Speak Low, I'm A Stranger Here Myself) and the sensuous mischief of tango dance.

From its beginnings at Le Chat Noir in Paris in 1881, to today, cabaret traditions reveal a great deal about social and cultural changes that marked the 20th century.

Following a sold-out Edinburgh season and a five star rave review in the Scotsman, Frances Ruffelle, one of the UK's best loved and most talented musical theatre performers, returns to the West End for one night only on Sunday 12 September in Frances Ruffelle: Beneath the Dress, with her funky six-piece band and a dazzling array of songs.

As BroadwayWorld has previously reported, Crown Publishing Group will release Patti LuPone: A Memoir on September 14th, 2010. Check out this video of LuPone discussing her upcoming book with USA Today.

Two generations of showbiz dynasty to perform at the Garrick along with celebrity guest

Renowned director Tazewell Thompson stages the poignant comic-drama Broke-ology, by Nathan Louis Jackson at TheaterWorks in Downtown Hartford.

Siskiyou Institute presents San Francisco based Real Vocal String Quartet on Thursday, September 9th at 8PM at Paschal Winery (1122 Suncrest Road, Talent). RVSQ explores West African rhythms, Latin influences and even some Afro Brazilian sounds as they weave their radically diverse backgrounds and sounds into something entirely new and different. For ticket information and reservations, please call 541-488-3869 or email info@siskiyouinstitute.com.