Stephen King News

Stephen King's Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, with music by John Mellencamp and T Bone Burnett, has launched a tour of 20 American cities throughout the Midwest and Southeastthrough November 6, 2013. Tickets are now on sale at aeglive.com. Check out highlights below!

Rose Caraway, narrator of the romance podcast entitled The Kiss Me Quicks, has just released a new romance audiobook that caters to the number one female fantasy: Smokin Hot Firemen, edited by Delilah Devlin. As a special celebration of the audiobook's release, she has produced a series of exclusive episodes with stories from Smokin Hot Firemen (available for free download from her site and via iTunes).

AEG Live has announced that the Southern gothic, supernatural musical GHOST BROTHERS OF DARKLAND COUNTY, written by Stephen King, with music by John Mellencamp and T Bone Burnett, has confirmed a tour of 20 American cities throughout the Midwest and Southeast beginning October 10 in Bloomington, IN, and ending November 6 in Grand Rapids, MI. Ghost Brothers of Darkland County will be at the Morris Performing Arts Center tonight, November 5, at 7:30 p.m.

Now at Amazon, you can get the Kindle edition of Hell Gate by Elizabeth Massie at Amazon for $2.99 for the next 2 days (it's regular price is $4.99). This price is good until Tuesday, November 5th, 9 PM EST

KILLING JESUS by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard took the top spot on the non-fiction list, with Elizabeth Smart's much-anticipated memoir, MY STORY, debuting at number two. Malcolm Gladwell's DAVID AND GOLIATH rose to the third spot for the week.

Impro Melbourne unleash the dead with this festival of nightmarish live performances.

The hit West End production of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, directed by Sam Mendes, announced today that it has extended its booking period by six months until 1 November 2014. The show had previously been booking until 31 May 2014. The production, which has so far been seen by almost 300,000 people since it began previews in May 2013, is extending its run due to popular demand, releasing almost 400,000 extra tickets.

Sergei Prokofiev composed Peter and the Wolf in the space of a few days in 1936, largely to explain symphonic instruments to a Moscow children's theater audience. On Nov. 17, 2013, at Jorgensen, the classic favorite will be told through puppets, courtesy of the unique UConn Puppet Arts Program and designer Mark Gale, guest narrator and WNPR talk show host Colin McEnroe, and instrumentalists under the direction of UConn alumnus Ehren Brown. The matinee will start at 2 p.m.

Below, catch a sneak peek of tomorrow night's episode of HAVEN on Syfy when a deadly, deep-sea trouble threatens to crush the town.

Minneapolis—Minnesota Opera's production of Kevin Puts' Silent Night, a company commission which earned its composer the 2012 Pulitzer Prize in Music, will be broadcast nationally on PBS, presented by tpt National Productions, on Friday, December 13 at 9pm ET (check local listings).

From the Shelf: Autumn Chills Horror is not my favorite genre, but sometimes a really good horror novel falls into my hands, likeThose Across the River by Christopher Buehlman. When I first read it, I accidentally skipped the preface, so thought it was a 'straight' novel with moody and lush prose--honey-thick air, the whirrof locusts, sweat- and sex-damp sheets, a milky moon--but he slowly built in chilling curves that threw me into one of the best books of 2011. Buehlman followed this with Between Two Fires; our reviewer said it starts out as a medieval variation on True Grit, but shifts into horror with welcome echoes of early Stephen King. October brings The Necromancer's House, with a sexy but murderous rusalka (a Slavic water nymph), a handsome warlock perhaps in over his head, and an unstoppable evil in a blend of horror and urban fantasy.

Crown Center has announced its calendar of events, November 2013 - December 2014. Details below!

Favorite 80's teen movie queen Molly Ringwald will perform hits from her recent jazz CD at Husson University's Gracie Theatre on November 23rd. "An Evening with Molly Ringwald" features the song stylings of Ringwald and the music of her jazz quartet - with two performances at 4:00 pm and 7:30 pm.

KILLING JESUS by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard took the top spot on the non-fiction list, with Elizabeth Smart's much-anticipated memoir, MY STORY, debuting at number two. Malcolm Gladwell's DAVID AND GOLIATH rose to the third spot for the week.

The Chicago Humanities Festival (CHF) presents the 24th annual Fall Festival, with more than 60 events that will explore the theme of ANIMAL: What Makes Us Human, Nov. 1-10 at venues across Chicago. This year's presenters include political consultant and former Senior Advisor to President Obama David Axelrod, revolutionary chef, restaurateur and TV personality Rick Bayless, celebrated author of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and Eating Animals Jonathan Safran Foer, autism activist and author Temple Grandin, 59 Grand Slam title-winning tennis player Martina Navratilova, critically-acclaimed director of Boys Don't Cry and the recently released Carrie remake Kimberly Peirce, author of A Series of Unfortunate Events Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler), author of The Secret History and the newly released novel The Goldfinch Donna Tartt, and many more.

Below, check out sneak peeks and interviews to get you ready for tomorrow night's new episode of HAVEN on Syfy!

Tony Award winning actress and singer Betty Buckley will be bringing her acclaimed show, "The Vixens of Broadway," to San Francisco's Feinstein's at the Nikko for 8 performances - December 5 - 15, 2013.

Mission to (dit)Mars, a theatre arts collective serving Queens artists, presents the fourth in a series of free play readings as part of the 2013/2014 LAUNCH PAD Reading Series.

Sony Classical is pleased to announce the international digital release of the original score from the Motion Picture Carrie on October 21. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and Screen Gems will release Carrie nationwide on Friday, October 18.

Perfectly timed in October, North Raleigh Arts and Creative Theatre's Carrie is sure to get you in the Halloween mood. First attempted on Broadway over 25 years ago, it was initially a flop. It garnered a kind of cult following in the subsequent years among a niche group of musical theater fans, and was recently resurrected Off-Broadway, dusted off and re-worked for today's audiences. It's now a Carrie for the masses, finally making its way from the New York stage into theaters of all sorts around the country.