Welcome to this week's edition of our new WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS! Read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, for the week ending 11/29/2015.
11-year-old Tori Murray, the young star of Off-Broadway's musical smash RUTHLESS!, is set to perform at tonight's fifth annual "Night of Dreams" holiday gala in Bryant Park, held by the Broadway Dreams Foundation. Broadway's brightest stars and patrons of the arts will join together for a festive celebration of the country's premier musical theatre training program. Tori will be wearing an original dress for the event created for her by famed Argentinian designer Abel Ljoka.
'Making it on Broadway' (www.makingitonbroadway.net), a week long musical theatre training program in New York City, has only a few spots left for its upcoming Winter Intensive. The prestigious guest teachers include, but are not limited to, SIERRA BOGGESS (Starring in Broadway's 'School of Rock'), ANNALEIGH ASHFORD (Tony-winner; Currently starring in "Sylvia" on Broadway), and Larry O'Keefe (Award-winning composer of "Legally Blonde," "Heather," and "Bat Boy").
Rubicon Theatre celebrates the holidays with the company's first presentation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, a World Premiere adaptation written by Producing Artistic Director Karyl Lynn Burns and directed by Brian McDonald. Rubicon's A Christmas Carol features a 24-member cast (the largest ensemble since the company's production of Fiddler on the Roof and the largest ever for a play).
On last night's LATE NIGHT, FINDING NEVERLAND's Matthew Morrison talked about waking up early to perform on the Thanksgiving Day Parade. Later, the 'Glee' star explained why he loves surprising his Broadway fans.
Bristol Old Vic brings Sally Cookson's newest family show to life - the dreamy Christmas tale, SLEEPING BEAUTY. Bringing the much loved fairy-tale bang up to date, roles are reversed as our male beauty is tricked into a deep sleep for 100 years, before being woken by a poor young girl with the heart of a lion. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the company in rehearsal below!
Paul Pecorino, currently starring in the Off-Broadway smash RUTHLESS! THE MUSICAL, was a special celebrity presenter at the 17th Annual Glam Awards on November 18th, where he appeared as his imperious (and uber glam) RUTHLESS! character, Sylvia St. Croix. The Glam Awards, hosted by Bianca Del Rio, honor the brightest stars in NYC gay nightlife and over 400 guests were in attendance.
?Beginning Friday, November 27th, theater-goers can take advantage of exclusive savings on tickets on more than a dozen shows including MATILDA and FIDDLER ON THE ROOF by visiting the website BlackFridayOnBroadway.com.
Paper Mill Playhouse's holiday show, A CHRISTMAS STORY: THE MUSICAL, based on the popular 1983 film, has a book by Joseph Robinette with music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. A CHRISTMAS STORY: THE MUSICAL will be directed by Brandon Ivie and choreographed by Mara Newbery Greer. A CHRISTMAS STORY: THE MUSICAL will run eight times a week at the Millburn, New Jersey, theater from tonight, November 25, 2015, through January 3, 2016. The official press opening night is Sunday, November 29, at 7:00pm.
Returning to the Finborough Theatre by popular demand, Stony Broke in No Man's Land, the world premiere of a new play from acclaimed playwright John Burrows, runs at the Finborough Theatre, playing nine Sunday and Monday evenings and Tuesday matinees, from Sunday, 10 January 2016 (Press Night: Monday, 11 January 2016 at 7.30pm).
SYLVIA, the Broadway revival of the play by two-time Pulitzer Prize-nomineeA.R. Gurney (The Dining Room, Love Letters) will end its limited-engagement on Sunday, January 3, 2016. SYLVIA began previews on Friday, October 2ndand opened on Tuesday, October 27, 2015. When it closes, SYLVIA will have played 79 performances and 27 previews. SYLVIA is currently playing at The Cort Theatre (138 W. 48th Street). Tickets for SYLVIA are available online atwww.telecharge.com or by calling (212) 239-6200, or in-person at The Cort Theatre box office (138 W. 48th St.).
CHICAGO—The CSO's Music Director Riccardo Muti returns to Chicago for a week of subscription concerts, December 3–5, leading a varied program of music by Beethoven, Prokofiev and Scriabin with the Chicago Symphony Chorus and pianist Kirill Gerstein as soloist as the CSO continues its 125th anniversary season.