Hottest Articles on BWW from Saturday, Nov. 24

1) BroadwayGirlNYC: Brunette Cinderella

A debate started up tonight when a tweeter suggested that Cinderella shouldn't be brunette on Broadway. (more...)

2) Photo Flash: Saturday Intermission Pics, Nov 24 - NEWSIES Does A CHRISTMAS STORY, Broadway Supports Injured Fan and More!

It's Saturday, and that means it's time for BroadwayWorld's "Saturday Intermission Pics" round-up! PHANTOM OF THE OPERA's Jeremy Stolle contacted BroadwayWorld today with news that a boy named Robby was going to see his first Broadway show but was badly injured before getting the opportunity. According to Stolle, he is pulling through, but many Broadway casts are joining together to send their love to this fan with a #TeamRobby picture. Today's photos also feature a fabulous series from the cast of NEWSIES performing iconic scenes from A CHRISTMAS STORY and more! (more...)

3) STAGE TUBE: First Look at Manna Nichols and More in Highlights of Arena's MY FAIR LADY

My Fair Lady, featuring Manna Nichols and Nicholas Rodriguez, is currently curring at Arena Stage through January 6, 2013. BroadwayWorld has a first look at highlights from the show below. (more...)

4) BWW TV Exclusive: Randy Rainbow On the Scene with Andrea McArdle at Her NEWSICAL Opening!

On Monday night, Tony nominee and Broadway's original Annie, Andrea McArdle, joined the cast of NEWSical The Musical. The ever-evolving musical of all the news that's fit to spoof welcomed celebrity gossip guru Perez Hilton last month as the show's inaugural guest star. Ms McArdle joins the cast through December 2nd. BroadwayWorld's Randy Rainbow was on the scene to chat with Andrea, Perez Hilton, and the other opening night guests and you can check out what they had to say below! (more...)

5) Photo Flash: First Look at Manna Nichols, Nicholas Rodriguez and More in Arena Stage's MY FAIR LADY

My Fair Lady, featuring Manna Nichols and Nicholas Rodriguez, is currently curring at Arena Stage through January 6, 2013. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the show below. (more...)

6) BWW's On This Day - November 24, 2012

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on November 24 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events! (more...)

7) Stage Adaptation of Stephen King's MISERY Premieres at Bucks County Playhouse, Now thru 12/8

Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures, Castle Rock Entertainment and Playhouse Productions present the world premiere of MISERY at Bucks County Playhouse (70 South Main Street, New Hope PA) this fall. Written by two-time Academy Award-winner William Goldman (who wrote the screenplay for Misery as well as The Princess Bride, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid), based on the acclaimed novel by Stephen King and directed by Will Frears (Coach, Year Zero), MISERY will play a limited developmental engagement of 11 performances only, tonight, November 24th through December 8th. (more...)

8) The Second City's A CHRISTMAS CAROL: TWIST YOUR DICKENS! Begins Tonight in LA

There is a casting change in The Second City's "A Christmas Carol: Twist Your Dickens!" presented at the Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre. Ron West will join the cast to play the role of Ebenezer Scrooge. Joe Flaherty was originally announced in that role but needed to leave the production for personal reasons. The twisted telling of Charles Dickens' holiday classic will open November 29 and continue through December 30, 2012. Previews begin tonight, November 24. (more...)

9) DIRTY FILTHY LOVE STORY World Premiere Opens at Rogue Machine Tonight

Last season, the 2011 Best Production (Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle, LA Weekly, Ovation, and Garland Awards) Small Engine Repair started out in the "Off The Clock" series. Now, in the tradition of offering "edgier" entertainment in this slot, Rogue Machine launches the World Premiere of Rob Mersola's Dirty Filthy Love Story tonight, November 24th at 8pm (no 10pm show that night). (more...)

10) BWW Reviews: Cee Lo Green Brings More 'Smoke and Mirrors' Than Actual 'Voice' to the Agua Caliente

Celebrated recording artist and co-star of the TV phenomenon "The Voice" Cee Lo Green brought a technically savvy, high energy rap and rock show to the Agua Caliente Resort Spa Casino's THE SHOW, one of the best concert venues in Southern California, to a "near sold out" and very eager crowd. Ceelo is definitely a showman – but the concert proved to be more hype than substance. The entertainment factor was high --- the vocal prowess was not. Just like "The Wizard of Oz" --- if you took away all of the special effects that propped him up, the magical "man behind the curtain" was a bit disappointing. (more...)

11) THE SANTALAND DIARIES Returns to the Stella Adler Theatre, Now thru 12/16

The Blank Theatre's annual holiday production of "The Santaland Diaries" by David Sedaris, now in its fourth year, again stars Paolo Andino and is directed by Michael Matthews. "Santaland" began preview performances on Friday, November 16, and opening night is set for tonight, November 24 at the Stella Adler Theatre in Hollywood. (more...)

12) A CHRISTMAS CAROL Plays Glendale Centre Theatre, Now thru 12/24

The critically acclaimed Glendale Centre Theatre (GCT), now in its 65th year as the longest, continually-operating theatre in the United States, completes its 2012 season with its annual, breathtaking production of the Charles Dickens' classic… A Christmas Carol now through December 24, 2012. (more...)

13) BWW Reviews: Poop Jokes And White Snake Songs - ROCK OF AGES Opens at the McCallum Theatre

The McCallum Theatre kicked off its Broadway Series last night with the national tour of the wildly popular Jukebox Musical ROCKS OF AGES to a sell-out opening night crowd. The McCallum once again proved itself to be the near perfect road house for a musical – it is large enough to accommodate a big touring production with the intimacy of a Broadway house. ROCK OF AGES has a score that begs the audience to sing along --- in fact, many of the audience members did jutst that … sang along, in something akin to a Rocky Horror Picture Show experience – and the classic 80's tunes follow you out to the parking lot and for a good 24 hours beyond. The score is the best part of the show. The book is frivolous, formula and all too predictable with far, far too many "poop jokes" and "sexual innuendos" along the way, It is wall to wall 1980's kitsch --- similar to the other Broadway 80's throwback "The Wedding Singer". But "The Wedding Singer" does it much better. (more...)