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A Christmas Carol to Return to Broadway for the 2021 Holiday Season

Source: Broadway.com | Posted: October 13 2020 @ 10:35 am

Jack Thorne's adaptation of A Christmas Carol will make a Broadway return in 2021. Directed by Matthew Warchus, the stage reimagining of Charles Dickens' classic story had been aiming to return to the New York stage in 2020, but was put off due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis. In addition to a return to Broadway next year, A Christmas Carol is also planning a tour with stops at Center Theatre Group's Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles and the Smith Center in Las Vegas. Specific tour dates/stops will be announced later.

The original Broadway production of Thorne's adaptation opened at the Lyceum Theatre on November 20, 2019 and ran through January 5, 2020. The cast featured Campbell Scott as Ebenezer Scrooge, Tony winner LaChanze as the Ghost of Christmas Present and two-time Tony winner Andrea Martin as the Ghost of Christmas Past. Dates for the 2021 production—as well as a theatrical venue and casting— will be announced later.

As previously reported, A Christmas Carol will also play at London's Old Vic Theatre as part of the Old Vic: In Camera initiative; it will play a live, full-scale production to an empty theater from December 12-24 and be streamed online. 

Flying Over Sunset and Intimate Apparel Push New Opening Dates to Fall 2021

Source: Broadway.com | Posted: October 13 2020 @ 10:31 am

The new musical Flying Over Sunset, which was cut short ahead of its first preview due to the Broadway shutdown, will now open in the fall of 2021. Lincoln Center Theater's opera adaptation of Lynn Nottage's Intimate Apparel, which was in previews at the time of the shutdown, will also reopen in the fall. Both productions had previously scheduled reopening in the spring 2021, but due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, exact production dates for next fall are still to come.

Flying Over Sunset, which features a book and direction by James Lapine, music by Tom Kitt and lyrics by Michael Korie, is a work of fiction inspired by the lives of three real-life people—playwright, diplomat and congresswoman Clare Boothe Luce, film legend Cary Grant and writer Aldous Huxley—each of whom experimented with the drug LSD. The production stars Carmen Cusack, Tony Yazbeck and Harry Hadden-Paton.

Intimate Apparel, based on Nottage's play, features a book by Nottage, music by Ricky Ian Gordon and direction by Bartlett Sher. Kearstin Piper Brown stars as Esther, a lonely woman in 1905 New York City who makes her living sewing beautiful corsets and ladies' undergarments.

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Get Into the Holiday Spirit with Aaron Tveit & Laura Osnes' 'Winter Wonderland' Duet

Source: Broadway.com | Posted: October 13 2020 @ 10:12 am

Now this is a true gift! As previously announced, Aaron Tveit and Laura Osnes are starring in the Hallmark holiday movie One Royal Holiday, which premieres on October 31. Ahead of the movie's release, the Broadway stars hit the recording studio to perform the Christmas classic "Winter Wonderland." Ring in the holidays early by watching the Moulin Rouge! headliner and two-time Tony nominee below!

What To Do (Without Broadway!): A Day-to-Day Schedule

Source: Broadway.com | Posted: October 13 2020 @ 10:00 am

Even with Broadway on hold, there's plenty to do. Trust the Broadway.com editors to get you in on the best online events, theater-centric films, TV shows and more!

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13
It Can't Happen Here @ 8PM ET
Oscar nominee David Strathairn stars in a radio-play adaptation of Sinclair Lewis’ novel, based on Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s 2016 staging. A live Q&A with the creative team follows.
Listen on Berkeley Rep’s YouTube Channel

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14
Encores! Inside the Revival Launches
City Center's digital documentary series features Lear deBessonet and Clint Ramos opening up their creative process through one-on-one conversations with the artists invested in reviving Encores! productions, including Billy Porter's reimagining of The Life, Kenny Leon's take on The Tap Dance Kid and more.
Watch on City Center's YouTube Channel

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14
Melissa Errico's Concert Series Starts @ 7PM ET
Tony nominee Melissa Errico's three-part livestreamed concert series Il Parle, Elle Chante begins. The concerts feature Francophile songs about love, desire and mystery. The New Yorker’s Adam Gopnik joins Errico for discussions on culture and art.
Get Tickets.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14
Love and Southern D!scomfort & Present Perfect @ 7PM ET
New York Theatre Barn's New Works Series …

A Model? Geffen Playhouse Scores A Virtual Hit And Sells Out Box Office

Source: ArtsJournal.com | Posted: October 12 2020 @ 6:01 pm

“When all is said and done, “The Present” will have grossed more than $700,000, an astronomical figure for regional theaters scrambling, often blindly, to devise entertainment for a virtual audience.Cates compared that number to what a typical show in the Geffen’s 500-seat mainstage auditorium might gross during a nonpandemic five-week run — if heavily promoted […]