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London's Immersive The Great Gatsby Cancels Performances

Source: Broadway.com | Posted: November 2 2020 @ 10:21 am

Following the government’s announcement on a national lockdown for England,The Great Gatsby is canceling performances from November 4 through December 2. The return performance is scheduled for December 3 at IMMERSIVE | LDN.

The cast includes Craig Hamilton as Gatsby, Lucinda Turner as Daisy, James Lawrence as Nick, Dean Graham as Tom, Lucas Jones as George Wilson, Ivy Corbin as Jordan, MJ Lee as Myrtle Wilson, Hugh Stubbins as Rosy Rosenthal, Aimee Barrett as Lucille and Alex Wingfield as Joey.

Directed by Alex Wright, The Great Gatsby first came to London as part of the VAULT Festival in 2017 and sold out before the show opened. The show has since run in Wales in co-production with Theatr Clwyd, at Halifax’s Square Chapel and at Castle Howard in North Yorkshire. All the while, the show has played night after night at Gatsby’s Drugstore in London, inviting audiences into the hedonistic world of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s seminal tale, and in 2018 it became the U.K.’s longest-running immersive production.

As previously reported, London's longest-running immersive production reopened on October 1. The production has been reimagined as an Art Deco masquerade ball, with everyone wearing compulsory face coverings. The capacity of the venue has …

West Side Story's Shereen Pimentel on Her Pandemic Pup and 2020 Transformations

Source: Broadway.com | Posted: November 2 2020 @ 10:18 am

Living near the theater district during the Broadway shutdown, photographer and performer Matthew Stocke has been haunted walking past the empty palaces sitting in repose, waiting for the lights and stars to return. In this new Broadway.com photo feature, he reunites members of the theater community with their Broadway home #AwayFromHome.

SHEREEN PIMENTEL
WEST SIDE STORY

Prior to the Broadway shutdown, Shereen Pimentel was starring in the Ivo van Hove-helmed West Side Story revival as Maria while finishing up her final semester at Juilliard. "My days are packed with emails and rehearsal and school and assignments. But it's fun," she previously told Broadway.com. Here, she opens up about her newfound free time, her pup Thor, and what excites her most about getting back to work.

"I’m in my hometown of Teaneck, New Jersey with my parents and our two dogs. We have our family dog, but I got my own dog that will come back with me to the city whenever we get back to rehearsal. His name is Thor. There is really something about that unconditional love from a dog. He is always so excited to see me. I’ll go downstairs to take a shower, and when I …

The Walking Dead's Andrew Lincoln to Star as Scrooge in A Christmas Carol at London's Old Vic

Source: Broadway.com | Posted: November 2 2020 @ 10:06 am

The Walking Dead's Andrew Lincoln is set to star as Ebenezer Scrooge in Jack Thorne's adaptation of A Christmas Carol at London's Old Vic Theatre. As previously announced, the production is 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.

The cast will also include Melissa Allan, Rosanna Bates, John Dagleish, Tim van Eyken, Sam Lathwood, Eugene McCoy, Myra McFadyen, Gloria Obianyo, Maria Omakinwa, Golda Rosheuvel, Michael Rouse, Clive Rowe and Sam Townsend as well as Rayhaan Kufuor-Gray, Lara Mehmet, Lenny Rush and Eleanor Stollery.

Lincoln's theater credits include Parlour Song, The Late Henry Moss, Blue/Orange and Hushabye Mountain. His screen credits include Afterlife, Strike Back, Teachers, This Woman in White, Bomber, A Likeness in Stone, Trevor’s World of Sport, The Canterbury Tales, Whose Baby?, Lie with Me, This Life, Drop the Dead Donkey. Film includes: Penguin Bloom, Enduring Love, Human Traffic, These Foolish Things, Hey Good Looking!, Scenes of a Sexual Nature, Heartbreaker, Made in Dagenham, Moonshot, Wuthering Heights, Love Actually, Gangster No.1 and Boston Kickout.

There will be 80,000 tickets available for the two-week run of A Christmas Carol. While …

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

Source: Broadway.com | Posted: November 2 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!

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2
The Actors Fund Virtual Gala @ 7PM ET
The Actors Fund's first-ever virtual gala honors acting couple Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, Actors Fund Chairman Brian Stokes Mitchell, producer Steve Tisch, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations President Richard L. Trumka and Artistic Director of Dance Theatre of Harlem Virginia Johnson. Expect fantastic tribute performances.
Reserve Tickets

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3
The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage! Released
The filmed version of The SpongeBob Musical, featuring the Broadway company, arrives on DVD. In addition to the full performance, viewers can also enjoy a special sing-a-long version of the musical.
Buy the DVD.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4
Excerpts from Ramona & Johnny & The Devil’s Box @ 7 PM ET
New York Theatre Barn's weekly livestream series includes excerpts from new musicals and conversations with their creators. Shereen Pimentel and Amanda Robles perform selections from Nevada Lozano's Ramona while Annabelle Fox and Douglas Waterbury-Tieman take on Waterbury-Tieman's Johnny & The Devil’s Box.
Watch Online.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5 …

Magicians Sure Wish They Could Wave A Wand And Make This Virus Disappear

Source: ArtsJournal.com | Posted: November 2 2020 @ 10:00 am

Meanwhile, they’re performing stage tricks from home for kids, also at home, who are often rather tired of screens. “The shift has been particularly jarring for people of this specialty, who’ve long argued that magic is best experienced in person.” – The New York Times