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NY Production Listings - Theater - 12/30/11

 
Every week Back Stage publishes updated production listings on BackStage.com and in the Back Stage newspaper. These production charts are not casting notices, but do reflect the best general information available about current casting assignments, so you can find out what casting directors are currently working on each production; whether or not the projects are still casting; and where you can send your pix & résumés.

Covering major feature film and television projects in New York and Los Angeles (and top theater projects in NYC), these listings contain valuable casting data available exclusively to Back Stage subscribers.

To view our current production listings — plus lots of additional entertainment-industry listings — visit BackStage.com/Listings. And to find contact info for top casting directors and agents, visit BackStage.com/CallSheet. (And don't forget to sign up for Back Stage's free Espresso e-newsletter at BackStage.com/Newsletter to receive free access to updated production listings, casting notices, news, interviews, and reviews.)

Check out the list below for an overview of some of the projects currently included in Back Stage's production listings.

Watch 'Memphis' Broadway Cast Sing "I'll Be Home for Christmas"

Memphis ensemble members Justin Patterson, Jamison Scott, and Kevin Massey took a break from their Broadway performance schedule to sing a beautifully harmonized rendition of "I'll Be Home for Christmas." Watch the video below for their a cappella version of this holiday favorite:

300 Free Tickets to 'Lysistrata Jones' on Broadway

Flavorpill is giving away two tickets to "Lysistrata Jones" to 150 people for the performance on Thursday, December 8th. That's 300 tickets to give away by December 7! To enter your name in the giveaway, like Flavorpill on Facebook.

"Lysistrata Jones" opens on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre on December 14. It played Off-Broadway earlier this year. Read the Back Stage review here.

Free Reading at St. Malachy's

Stanley Eugene Tannen's TIPA (Towards International Peace Through the Arts) Project will present a free reading of great poems of the 20th century in celebration of Saint Malachy's, the actors' chapel, on Fri. Dec. 2 from 1-2:30 p.m. at the chapel, 239 W. 49th St., NYC. The doors open at 12:30 p.m. For information, call (212) 246-4651. Among the artists participating are Tony winners Fritz Weaver, Tammy Grimes, and Frances Sternhagen, along with Betsy Von Furstenberg, Bess Rous, Conrad Rothbaum, and other performers currently appearing on Broadway.

"St. Malachy's has been a force for community solidarity and progress, and a spiritual home to Broadway actors and other entertainers, for more than a century," says Tannen. "We are delighted to present this program in honor of St. Malachy's, another in what we hope will be a long series of TIPA programs at St. Malachy's in the heart of Broadway."

--David Sheward  

'Nightmare: Fairytales' Not a Princess Tale

Snow White sears the flesh from the soles of her Stepmother's feet. Hansel and Gretel turn the wicked witch from the gingerbread house on a spit. Don't forget Little Red Riding Hood and her "pet wolf." Or even Rumplestilskin trying to barter off your firstborn.

"Nightmare: Fairytales,” just named AOL's most horrifying haunted house for the eighth year in a row, has a double venue. On the outside it’s retro. Orange and white lights blink over the top of the bar to the left while on the right still shots of 'Jekyll and Hyde' flicker across a flat screen. Just beyond this lies the doorway to fear – a different setting entirely. It's where nightmares turn to reality with a catalyst of the most unlikely horror villains imaginable.

Seth Rudetsky Writes About Life as a Broadway Musician's Understudy

While audiences are informed when an actor's understudy is performing, no one ever knows about the musicians understudies.

Seth Rudetsky writes about his experience as a keyboard sub for shows like "Les Miserables," "Phantom of the Opera," "The Producers," and "Ragtime" in MetroFocus.  As a sub, Rudetsky went against union rules and tape performances because subs are not given the opportunity to rehearse with the orchestra. "The first time you play with the show is during an actual performance," Rudetsky writes.

Rudetsky recounts a nerve-wracking experience subbing for "The Kiss of the Spider Woman" with Chita Rivera and a harrowing encounter with a wate rbug while in the pit of "Seussical."

Rudetsky's novel "Broadway Nights' was re-released by Vantage Point this month, with an introduction by Tony-winner Audra McDonald.  The novel tells the story of Broadway musician and conductor Stephen Sheerin who dreams of directing a Broadway musical.

'Book of Mormon' Stars Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells Interview Each Other for Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone asked Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells, currently starring together in the hit Broadway musical The Book of Mormon, to interview each other for the video below, and they used their musical talents and natural chemistry to discuss performing with each other, Rannells' love of Gloria Estefan, how to pitch Book of Mormon to a Mormon, and more:

SAG Foundation & Actors Equity Association Announce Joint Conversations on Broadway Event with Million Dollar Quartet!

Screen Actors Guild Foundation and Actors Equity Association have teamed up to present a joint Conversations on Broadway Event with smash-hit Musical Million Dollar Quartet! Union members are invited to this complimentary evening of theatre followed by an exclusive union member only Q&A with the current cast.

When:  Monday, October 10th

Time:  8 PM Show 

Location:
New World Stages 
Stage 4
340 West 50th Street (Between 8th & 9th Avenues)
New York City

NY Production Listings - Theater - 9/15/11

  

Every week Back Stage publishes updated production listings on BackStage.com and in the Back Stage newspaper. These production charts are not casting notices, but do reflect the best general information available about current casting assignments, so you can find out what casting directors are currently working on each production; whether or not the projects are still casting; and where you can send your pix & résumés.

Covering major feature film and television projects in New York and Los Angeles (and top theater projects in NYC), these listings contain valuable casting data available exclusively to Back Stage subscribers.

To view our current production listings — plus lots of additional entertainment-industry listings — visit BackStage.com/Listings. And to find contact info for top casting directors and agents, visit BackStage.com/CallSheet. (And don't forget to sign up for Back Stage's free Espresso e-newsletter at BackStage.com/Newsletter to receive free access to updated production listings, casting notices, news, interviews, and reviews.)

Check out the list below for an overview of some of the projects currently included in Back Stage's production listings.

Suzana Goes 'Glitter'

Self-described "entrepreneurial interdisciplinary artist" Suzana Stankovic always has something unique up her sleeve. The dancer/choreographer has performed at famed NY venues such as The Joyce Theater, Dance New Amsterdam Theater, and Florence Gould Hall.

Stankovic enjoys exploring issues of sexuality and gender identity.  The new work "Blood / Nectar / Glitter" is no exception. A work of ballet and physical theater, the piece features Stankovic, one dancer and two actors in interwoven emotional episodes, the first narrative, the second surreal. The hour-long show also features recitations of Stankovic's poetry as well as works by Emily Dickinson and Anne Sexton.

We recently caught up with the New York native rushing between rehearsals and tech. Here are excerpts of that conversation.