Sunday Scoop Week of 12/17/17 - What's Happening This Week or Coming Up Soon

Upcoming at the State Theatre New Jersey

15 Livingston Ave

New Brunswick, NJ

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Phil Vassar & Kellie Pickler, and The Sound of Music

Monday December 18, 3:00 PM & 6:00 PM

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.stnj.org/event/rudolph_the_red_nosed_reindeer

Wednesday December 20, 8:00 PM

Phil Vassar & Kellie Pickler

A Christmas Tour

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit 

www.stnj.org/event/vassar-pickler

Friday December 22, 8:00 PM

Saturday December 23, 2:00 PM & 8:00 PM

Sunday December 24 11:00 AM

The Sound of Music

For more information or to purchase tickets visit

www.stnj.org/event/sound_of_music

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PR Firm Roundup

News from BroadwayCon

CREATORS FROM DISNEY’S FROZEN

TO JOIN BROADWAYCON

OSCAR®-WINNING SONGWRITING TEAM

KRISTEN ANDERSON-LOPEZ AND ROBERT LOPEZ

TO BE FEATURED IN PANEL MODERATED BY

FROZEN STAR GREG HILDRETH

BroadwayCon is pleased to announce that Disney Theatrical’s new Broadway musical Frozen has joined the BroadwayCon 2018 lineup! Featuring Oscar-winning songwriting team Kristen Anderson-Lopez (Music and Lyrics) and Robert Lopez (Music and Lyrics) and moderated by Greg Hildreth (Olaf), this Frozen MainStage panel will take BroadwayCon attendees behind the show’s journey from hit animated film to Broadway musical.]

Frozen will join Disney Theatrical hits Aladdin and The Lion King on Broadway, beginning previews at the St. James Theatre on Thursday, February 22, 2018 and opening Thursday, March 22, 2018.

This Broadway-bound Frozen, a full-length stage work told in two acts, is the first and only incarnation of the tale that expands upon and deepens its indelible plot and themes through new songs and story material from the film’s creators; in fact, this new stage production features more than twice as much music as the film.  Like the Disney Theatrical Broadway musicals that have come before it, it is a full evening of theatre running over two hours.

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News from DKC

BroadwayHD and Manhattan Theatre Club Capture John Patrick Shanley’s 

The Portuguese Kid

BroadwayHD and Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director and Barry Grove, Executive Producer) are pleased to announce the live capture of Tony, Pulitzer Prize, and Academy Award winner John Patrick Shanley’s The Portuguese Kid for future release on the BroadwayHD streaming service. The exact release date will be announced in the coming weeks. 

The cast of The Portuguese Kid stars Tony Award winner Jason Alexander (six-time Emmy Award nominee for “Seinfeld,” Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, Merrily We Roll Along), Pico Alexander (Punk Rock, What I Did Last Summer, the upcoming Home Again), Aimee Carrero ("Young & Hungry," "Elena of Avalor," and “American Horror Story”), three-time Tony Award nominee Sherie Rene Scott (The Front Page, Whorl Inside a Loop, Everyday Rapture), and Drama Desk Award winner Mary Testa (The Government Inspector, First Daughter Suite, Queen of the Mist).

The Portuguese Kid ran at MTC at New York City Center – Stage I from September 19 through December 10, 2017, with opening night on October 24. The taped version was captured for BroadwayHD on December 11 and will be accessible to all BroadwayHD subscribers in 2018.  

In Providence, Rhode Island, habitually widowed Atalanta (Sherie Rene Scott) pays a visit to her second-rate lawyer Barry Dragonetti (Jason Alexander). Intending to settle her latest husband's affairs, this larger-than-life Greek tightwad quickly becomes a nightmare for her cheesy, self-aggrandizing attorney. Add Barry's impossible Croatian mother (Mary Testa), a dash of current politics and a couple of opportunistic young lovers, and you have in hand a recipe for comic combustion.

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News from DKC/O&M

THE BROADWAY CHANNEL PARTNERS WITH PIX11 FOR  

BROADWAY PROFILES

WITH TAMSEN FADAL

A SERIES OF MONTHLY SPECIALS ABOUT BROADWAY

“BROADWAY PROFILES: THE HOLIDAY STARS”

TO AIR EXCLUSIVELY ON PIX11 ON

DECEMBER 17 AT 6:30PM ET

SERIES TO BE HOSTED BY EMMY-AWARD WINNING

ANCHOR TAMSEN FADAL

The Broadway Channel, part of The John Gore Organization family of companies, is in partnership with PIX11 to present Broadway Profiles With Tamsen Fadal, a monthly series of specials about Broadway, hosted by Emmy-Award winning news anchor Tamsen Fadal.  The show will feature in-depth interviews with special guests and celebrities as well as an inside look at the Broadway industry.  

“Broadway Profiles: The Holiday Stars” will be the first installment of the monthly series and will air on December 17 at 6:30pm ET on PIX11. The episode will highlight this season’s holiday stars on Broadway, including two-time Grammy Award Winner Jason Mraz making his Broadway debut in Waitress, stars of the play The Parisian Woman including Uma Thurman, Josh Lucas, and Marton Csokas, Constantine Rousouli, who is turning heads off-Broadway at Cruel Intentions: The Musical, and will celebrate such shows as The Lion King, School of Rock, Who’s Holiday, the famed Rockettes at Radio City Music.

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News from Karen Greco PR

What's on at the wild project

December 18
THEATRE THROWDOWN: HOLIDAY EDITION
Produced by The Wild Project and Brooklyn Actor's Troupe
Schedule: Monday at 7:30 PM. Tickets: $10

A ten-minute play festival meets poetry slam and they both go for a beer.

December 20
THE OK MEATPLACE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR
Written and performed by Kate Agustin, Joseph Campbell, Kevin Delano, Jenny Giuffré, Sarah Miles, and TD Sidell; directed by Matt Gehring
With Special Guests: Chrissy Shackelford, Carly Ann Filbin and Natasha Vaynblat
Produced by OK MeatPlace
Schedule: Wednesday at 8pm
Tickets: $10

The famed, renowned, infamous and notorious sketch team OK Meatplace is coming back around the bend for a full F*CKING 2ish hours of sketch comedy, special guests and a whole heck of a lot of fa-la-la-la-laing around a punch bowl.
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News from Richard Hillman PR

THE YORK THEATRE COMPANY

ANNOUNCES ITS

WINTER 2018 "MUSICALS IN MUFTI" SERIES

CELEBRATING LEGENDARY BROADWAY COMPOSER

 JULE STYNE

AT THE YORK THEATRE AT SAINT PETER'S

JANUARY 27 - MARCH 4, 2018

THE SERIES INCLUDES THE MUSICALS

HALLELUJAH, BABY!, BAR MITZVAH BOY,  AND

SUBWAYS ARE FOR SLEEPING

PLUS

TWO MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATIONS

THE CREATION OF GYPSY

THE CREATION OF FUNNY GIRL

BY MUSICAL THEATER HISTORIAN CHARLES TROY

AND

"THE MUSIC OF JULE STYNE"

A CABARET TRIBUTE TO THE MAESTRO HIMSELF

SPECIAL "MUSICALS IN MUFTI" PACKAGE AVAILABLE

TICKETS NOW ON SALE FOR YORK MEMBERS

It's a Jule Styne Celebration!  The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director; Evans Haile, Executive Director), dedicated to the development of new musicals and the preservation of musical gems from the past, starts the new year with its Winter 2018 Musicals in Mufti series celebrating the works of the legendary Broadway composer Jule Styne.  The series will include Hallelujah, Baby! (January 27 - February 4, 2018), Bar Mitzvah Boy (February 10 - 18, 2018), and Subways Are for Sleeping (February 24 - March 4, 2018) at The York Theatre Company at Saint Peter's (entrance on East 54th Street, just east of Lexington Avenue).

The York Theatre Company's acclaimed Musicals in Mufti series of musical theatre gems, performed in a simply-staged, book-in-hand concert format, begins its twenty-second historic year of shows from the past which deserve a second look.  Mufti means "in street clothes, without the trappings associated with a full production."

The York opens its Jule Styne Celebration with the 1968 Tony Award winner for Best Musical, Hallelujah, Baby! with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and book by Arthur Laurents.  Hallelujah, Baby!  tells of Georgina, an African-American woman on her journey to financial and social independence during the most tumultuous socio-political times in U.S. history. A chronicle of the African-American struggle for equality during the first half of the 20th century. Hallelujah, Baby! launched the career of Broadway and TV legend Leslie Uggams. The rich score includes "My Own Morning," "Talking to Yourself," and "Being Good."  This presentation marks the New York premiere of the revised version that Laurents created for productions at the George Street Playhouse and Arena Stage in 2004 and 2005, with additional lyrics by Amanda Green. Gerry McIntyre (Spamilton, Choreographer) is set to direct, making his Mufti debut. Performances begin Saturday afternoon, January 27, 2018 and continue for 11 performances only through February 4, 2018.

The second show in the series is the rarely seen Bar Mitzvah Boy, with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Tony and Oscar winner Don Black, and book by Jack Rosenthal, as adapted by David Thompson.  Based on Rosenthal's award-winning 1976 BBC1<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_One> teleplay of the same name<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_Mitzvah_Boy>, Bar Mitzvah Boy is a bittersweet musical comedy about a young Jewish boy who runs away from the Bar Mitzvah into which his parents have poured their efforts and their money. Looking at the adult world, young Eliot Green doubts if he can cope with being a part of it. Rosenthal's hysterical story of a family's anxious build up to their only son's Bar Mitzvah will resonate with many Jewish families, but this classic tale speaks loudly for any important family occasion - whatever the religion. Originally produced at Her Majesty's Theatre in the West End in 1978, Bar Mitzvah Boy is composer Jule Styne's only musical written expressly for London, and this presentation marks the New York premiere of a new version first presented in London in 2016, with a book adapted by David Thompson and new songs with lyrics by Black, using previously unheard Styne melodies. Annette Jolles (Mark Felt, Superstar!) directs. Performances begin Saturday afternoon, February 10, 2018 for 11 performances only through February 18, 2018.

The Winter 2018 series concludes with the 1961 Broadway musical Subways Are for Sleeping with music by Jule Styne and book and lyrics by Betty Comden<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Comden> and Adolph Green<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_Green>. Originally produced by David Merrick, Subways tells the tale of Angie, a reporter sent to get the scoop on a segment of NYC society-a group of well-dressed homeless people sleeping in the New York subway system-that lives by their own rules. Going undercover, Angie learns how the carefree other half lives and begins to see there might be another way to experience the world.  Subways Are for Sleeping is perhaps best known for an infamous publicity stunt in which Merrick invited New Yorkers with the same names as some of the prominent theatre critics at the time, using their favorable reviews in a print ad.  Stuart Ross (Enter Laughing) will direct.  Performances begin Saturday afternoon, February 24, 2018 for 11 performances only through March 4, 2018.

In conjunction with the Winter 2018 Musicals in Mufti series, The York will present two special multimedia presentations by Charles Troy who returns with The Creation of Gypsy and The Creation of Funny Girl, following last year's highly successful Hello, Jerry! presentation.  Mr. Troy is a musical theatre historian, graphic designer, and former theatre lyricist who has created more than 50 multimedia presentations on musical theatre subjects. His unique multimedia presentations employ a seamless blend of recorded songs (with lyrics projected onscreen), original graphics, scanned photos, historic video, and extensively researched, scripted narrative to dramatize the stories behind the great creations of the American Musical Theatre.  Join Charles Troy and The York Theatre Company as he takes a look at the life and career of the legendary Broadway composer Jule Styne.  Presentations are scheduled, as follows:  The Creation of Gypsy, Monday, January 29, 2018 and The Creation of Funny Girl, Tuesday, January 30, 2018. Both at 7:30 p.m.

In addition, The York Theatre Company will present an evening of song celebrating the composer's further catalog with a special cabaret, The Music of Jule Styne, set for Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at 7:00 p.m.

Musicals in Mufti will play the following 11-performance schedule-First Week: Saturday at 2:30 p.m. & 8:00 p.m., Sunday at 2:30 & 7:00 p.m.; Second Week: Wednesday at 7:00 p.m., Thursday at 2:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., Friday at 8:00 p.m., Saturday at 2:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

Single tickets for the Winter 2018 Musicals in Mufti series are priced at $45 (Weekdays and Saturday nights) and $50 (Weekend matinees). York Member single tickets are priced at $31.50 (all performances).   Single tickets for the Charles Troy multimedia presentations are priced at $20 for each event. Single tickets for the cabaret "The Music of Jule Styne" are priced at $30.

SUBSCRIBE AND SAVE:  Subscribe to a Special "Musicals in Mufti" Package and see all three Muftis for $120 (any performance package) - up to a $30 savings!

BEST SAVINGS! Become a York Member:  Buy all three Muftis priced at $94.50 (any performance package) - a $55 savings.  Add on ticket prices for Charles Troy events and Cabaret are priced at $15 each for York! Members and $10 each for York Plus! Members only.

Tickets for York Members only are now on sale through Friday, December 22 when they will be available to the general public, and may be purchased online at www.yorktheatre.org<http://www.yorktheatre.org/>, by calling (212) 935-5820, or in person at the box office at The York Theatre Company at Saint Peter's (Entrance on East 54th Street, just east of Lexington Avenue), Monday through Friday (12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.).

For informtion, visit www.yorktheatre.org

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BROADWAY: A JEWISH AMERICAN LEGACY

PRESENTED BY THE NATIONAL YIDDISH THEATRE 

FOLKSBIENE

IN CELEBRATION OF ITS 103RD CONSECUTIVE SEASON

4-TIME TONY AWARD-WINNING DIRECTOR JERRY ZAKS

TO BE HONORED AT THE ALL-STAR GALA CONCERT 

EVENT

MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2017 AT 7PM

AT THE MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE

Tony Award nominees Terrance Mann (Pippin) and Douglas Sills (War Paint, The Scarlet Pimpernel) will join some of Broadway's biggest and brightest names lighting the  stage in the all-star gala concert event, Broadway: A Jewish American Legacy, which will be presented by the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (NYTF) on December 18, 2017 7:00 PM in the Edmond J. Safra Theatre at the Museum of Jewish Heritage (36 Battery Place).

Broadway: A Jewish American Legacy is an intimate, star-studded concert consisting of song selections from the repertoire of Broadway's Jewish writers and composers. The evening will honor iconic 4-time Tony Award winning director Jerry Zaks (currently represented on Broadway with Hello, Dolly!; Meteor Shower; A Bronx Tale: The Musical) for his indelible contributions to both American Musical Theatre and Jewish life through his work in entertainment. The evening also features a Special Award presentation to Bruce E. Slovin, the Founder of the Center for Jewish History and former Director of Circle in the Square Theatre, who will be the first recipient of The Jewish Cultural Legacy Award (which will be named in his honor for future recipients).

Other confirmed performers and participants in Broadway: A Jewish American Legacy include SAG Award winner, 6-time-Emmy Award nominee and four-time Tony Award nominee Victor Garber ("Argo," "Titanic," and soon to appear in Hello! Dolly!), 4-time-Emmy Award winner and Tony Award winner David Hyde Pierce (Hello, Dolly!, Curtains, Spamalot, "Frasier"), Tony Award winner Gavin Creel (Hello, Dolly!, Hair, Thoroughly Modern Millie), Tony Award-winner and Emmy Award-nominee Ron Rifkin (Cabaret, "Brothers and Sisters, "Alias"), Tony Award nominee Liz Larsen (Beautiful, Hairspray, Damn Yankees), Tony Award nominee Eleanor Reissa (Indecent, Those Were the Days, Conversations with My Father), Richard H. Blake (A Bronx Tale: The Musical, Legally Blonde), Katrina Lenk (The Band's Visit, Indecent, Once), Judy Blazer (A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, Lovemusik, Titanic), Joanne Borts (Once, Fiddler on the Roof, Cinderella), Glenn Seven Allen (Light in the Piazza, Candide), Elmore James (Beauty and the Beast, Big River), Stephanie Lynne Mason (Fiddler on the Roof, Million Dollar Quartet), Sophie Knapp (Once, Les Misérables),  Adina Verson (Indecent), Rachel Policar (The Golden Bride), Rachel Zatcoff (Phantom of the Opera, The Golden Bride) and renowned cantor Magda Fishman.

Broadway: A Jewish American Legacy will be presented in the Edmond J. Safra Theatre at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Place, on Monday December 18, 7:00 PM. The concert will be followed by a post-performance dessert reception. For details about VIP PACKAGES and individual tickets, please call (212) 213-2120, Ext. 208.

For more information about Broadway: A Jewish American Legacy or the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, please call (212) 213-2120 visit www.NYTF.org.

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National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene

Presents


THE SORCERESS

(DI KISHEFMAKHERIN)
The first musical theatre piece to be produced under

NYTF’s Global Restoration Project,

an initiative to repair and bring to life the lost,

 damaged, and forgotten works

of the Yiddish Theatre canon


5 PERFORMANCES ONLY

MONDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2017 – MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 2018

AT THE MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE IN BATTERY PARK

Inspired by last season’s revival of the critically-acclaimed Off Broadway production of Joseph Rhumshinky’s 1923 operetta The Golden Bride, the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (NYTF) proudly presents a limited engagement of another lost operetta of the Yiddish Theatre canon: The Sorceress (Di Kishefmakherin). Performed in Yiddish with English and Russian translation supertitles, The Sorceress, a work in development, will play 5 performances only, running from Monday, December 25, 2017 through Monday, January 1, 2018 at the Museum of Jewish Heritage (36 Battery Place).  Casting to be announced soon.

Written in 1879 by Abraham Goldfaden known as “the father of Yiddish theatre,” The Sorceress was the first Yiddish Theatre production ever produced in the United States. Its US premiere, presented in 1882, was conceived and directed by a then 14-year-old Boris Thomashefsky, who went on to become one of the preeminent names of the Yiddish theatre. NYTF has taken painstaking measures to restore the operetta, word by word, note by note. This December will be the first time in over 80 years that The Sorceress will be presented in a workshop form with its fully-restored text and music — accompanied with costumes, lights, and projections.

The Sorceress will play the following performance schedule: Monday, December 25 at 2 PM; Tuesday, December 26 at 7 PM; Wednesday, December 27 at 7 PM; Friday, December 29 at 12 PM; and
Monday, January 1 at 2 PM.

Tickets for The Sorceress are priced at $25, for this project only, to make the restoration process accessible to the general public and to help encourage the development of this new initiative.  Tickets are now on sale online at www.nytf.org and via telephone through Ovation Tix, toll-free at 866-811-4111.

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