Hottest Articles on BWW from Saturday, Nov. 10

1) STAGE TUBE: Opening Night of Geoffrey Rush-Led A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM in Melbourne!

Geoffrey Rush leads John Frost's production of Sondheim's A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM, which opened in Melbourne Saturday, October 27 at Her Majesty's Theatre and runs for twelve weeks. The show is directed by Simon Phillips. Watch the video below for highlights from the red carpet, curtain call and audience members' reactions to the show! (more...)

2) BWW TV: Chatting with the Cast of ANNIE on Opening Night- Lilla Crawford, Katie Finneran, Anthony Warlow & More!

Annie, the new production of the Tony Award-winning musical, began previews October 3, 2012 and opened last night at the Palace Theatre (Broadway at 47th Street). BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was there for all of the festivities and you can check out interviews with the cast below! (more...)

3) Photo Coverage: ELF's Opening Night Curtain Calls on Broadway - Jordan Gelber, Leslie Kritzer and More!

ELF returns to Broadway this holiday season at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th Street). Performances will began last night, Friday, November 9, 2012, and the production will play a limited engagement of nine weeks for the holiday season through Sunday, January 6, 2013. BroadwayWorld was at the opening performance and brings you photos of the cast and creative team taking their first bows! (more...)

4) Photo Flash: Saturday Intermission Pics, Nov 10 - Green Edition!

It's Saturday, and that means it's time for BroadwayWorld's "Saturday Intermission Pics" round-up! Today's photos feature the casts of EVITA, NEWSIES, ELF, NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT, BRING IT ON and more going green, plus photos from THE BOOK OF MORMON, CHICAGO, CHAPLIN, SPIDER-MAN, BERENSTAIN BEARS off-Broadway, the WHITE CHRISTMAS and BEAUTY AND THE BEAST tours and lots of regional shows! (more...)

5) DANCING WITH THE STARS to Honor Veterans Day, 11/12

Monday night's performance show on "Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars" will include two rounds of competition for the seven remaining couples, a Ballroom and Latin Trio round. In honor of Veterans Day, the first round will feature performances to songs that pay homage to servicemen and women. During the Latin Trio round, each couple will be joined by an eliminated pro or Troupe dancer, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12 (8:00-10:01 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. The audience will also be joined by members of several branches of the Armed Forces, including two former Marines, William Franco Vasquez and Nick Jones Jr., who will be special guests on an episode of ABC's hit comedy "The Middle" on November 14. (more...)

6) FLASH SPECIAL: A Bernadette Peters Celebration! From DAMES AT SEA To Dot To Desiree To DOROTHY OF OZ

Sondheim! SMASH! Sailors! Let's take a closer look at the most memorable and most stupendous moments from the fifty-year career of Bernadette Peters - DAMES AT SEA to Dot to Desiree and beyond. (more...)

7) BWW Blog: Molly Tynes of A.R.T.'s PIPPIN - PIPPIN Gets Political

Hello again! After the craziness of Hurricane Sandy, things are slowly but surely getting back to normal. (more...)

8) STAGE TUBE: On This Day 11/10- Ann Reinking

Happy Birthday Ann Reinking! Reinking came to critical notice in "Over Here!" (Theatre World Award), and later went on to originate roles in "Goodtime Charley" (with Tony and Drama Desk nominations) and "Bob Fosse's Dancin'" (Tony nomination). She also took over leads in "Chicago", "A Chorus Line", and "Sweet Charity". She appeared in Fosse's semi-autobiographical film All That Jazz, as well as the films Annie and Micki and Maude. (more...)

9) Rita Harvey Performs Solo Concert at Inserra Theatre in Montvale Tonight, 11/10

Standing O, LLC presents Broadway star, Rita Harvey in her solo concert " I Know These Things..." tonight, November 10, 2012 at 8:00PM in the Inserra Theater at St. Joseph Regional High School, Montvale, NJ (one mile over the Rockland border). (more...)

10) Chad Kimball, Saycon Sengbloh, Jason Gotay & More Set for THE MUSIC OF Jeff Thomson at The Duplex, 11/18

Chad Kimball, Saycon Sengbloh, Jason Gotay and Sami Gayle will perform songs featuring music by composer Jeff Thomson with lyrics by Jeremy Desmon and Jordan Mann at The Duplex, November 18th at 9:30pm in New York City. The evening will feature a selection of songs from Thomson's musicals PUMP UP THE VOLUME, TRAILS and will include new material never heard before. (more...)

11) BWW's On This Day - November 10, 2012

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on November 10 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events! (more...)

12) Jill Paice Guest Stars in James Barbour's BRING ME GIANTS Concert at Sardi's Tonight, 11/10

Broadway's Jill Paice will join James Barbour on stage tonight, November 10 at his Fifth Annual Pre-Holiday Season Concert at Sardi's (234 West 44th Street, New York, NY). (more...)

13) Tony Sheldon, John Tartaglia and More Join Jamie deRoy at The Metropolitan Room, 11/28

Join celebrated cabaret performer Jamie deRoy when she hosts an evening of her Multi MAC Award-winning variety show, Jamie deRoy & friends, on Wednesday, November 28th (7PM) at Manhattan's cabaret hot-spot Metropolitan Room (34 West 22nd Street ~ btw. 5th & 6th Avenues). (more...)

14) Hunter Foster, Arielle Jacobs and Alexandra Silber Lead INNER VOICES, Beginning Today

Premieres Artistic Director Paulette Haupt has announced that the company will present Inner Voices, an evening of three one-act solo musicals beginning tonight, November 10 at 8pm, at 30th Street Theater, 259 West 30th Street. The opening is scheduled for Sunday, November 18 at 3pm. (more...)

15) STAGE TUBE: Stars Gather for Cirque du Soleil's ZARKANA Premiere in Las Vegas!

Yesterday evening, November 9th, Cirque du Soleil celebrated the Las Vegas premiere of its newest resident show Zarkana at ARIA Resort & Casino at CityCenter. Zarkana, a visually stunning modern acrobatic spectacular, begins its residency at ARIA following hugely successful engagements at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, Arena Madrid and Moscow's Kremlin State Palace Theatre. Below, watch video interviews with the starry audience at the premiere, plus check out highlights from the show! (more...)

16) RENT, MISERY, EVIL DEAD, NUNCRACKERS and More Highlight Stage Door Inc.'s 2013 Season

SDI announces their fifth season opening in January, 2013. Audiences were asked to vote on their favorite SDI performances in the last five years. The audience picks were: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street; Evil Dead: The Musical; Rent; Little Shop of Horrors; and The Rocky Horror Show. With the audience being clear on their favorites, SDI decided to keep with the theme and name 2013 their season of Murder, Madness and Mayhem. (more...)

17) Ingmar Bergman's NORA Opens at Pacific Resident Theatre Tonight, 11/10

Pacific Resident Theatre (Marilyn Fox, Artistic Director) has announced the full cast and creative team for NORA. Stage Adaptation and translation of Henrik Ibsen's play A Doll's House by Ingmar Bergman (Miss Julie, Scenes from a Marriage), English translation by Frederick J. Marker and Lise-Lone Marker, and directed by PRT's Dana Jackson, performances will open tonight, November 10, 2012 through January 27, 2013 with an official press opening on Saturday, November 10, 2012 at 8:00p.m. NORA is the second show of Pacific Resident Theatre's 26th season. (more...)

18) Santa Monica Playhouse & Do It Yourself Productions to Present Sloan Robinson in BANANAS!, 11/10 & 11

Award-Winning Actress Sloan Robinson accompanied by pianist Aeros Pierce bring Robinson's acclaimed one-woman cabaret, based on the fascinating life of Josephine Baker, to Santa Monica Playhouse's Main Stage for two performances only, tonight, November 10 and November 11, 2012. (more...)

19) Katselas Theatre Company Opens IN HEAT IN HOLLYWOOD HO HO HO World Premiere, 12/8

A holiday treat, not for the whole family! Now at the forefront of play development, with local writers, KTC presents their 13th World Premiere in only two years. Chosen from several new works, and fresh out the INKubator (SoloMojo) program, this World Premiere production by David Trudell will be directed by Michael Kearns at the Skylight Theatre Complex. (more...)

20) LA Theatre Works Broadcasts National Theatre Live's TIMON OF ATHENS at James Bridges Theater Today

Simon Russell Beale stars in a modern dress production of Shakespeare's strange fable of conspicuous consumption, debt and ruin in TIMON OF ATHENS. (more...)