Well, I’m back online. Did you miss me? 😉 Now through Dec. 30, 2007, the Orlando Science Center in Florida will be presenting in it’s Darden Theater a special live adaptation of “The Magician’s Nephew,” a “classic story of good versus evil in the Land of Narnia.” Show tickets are $19 for shows on Thursdays, […]
“Roll, roll, roll en zee hay.” For some reason, that’s one of my favorite quotes from the 1974 Mel Brooks film Young Frankenstein. Well this funny, funny film is now a musical. “The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein” will open for its World Premiere, pre-Broadway presentation, at The Paramount Theater in Seattle, Ore., on […]
Disney Theatrical Productions is holding the world premiere of the stage musical version of its retelling of “The Little Mermaid” fairy-tale in Denver, Colo. The Ellie Caulkins Opera House will hosting the world premiere of the Broadway bound musical July 26 through Sept. 9. For more information or to purchase tickets visit www.denvercenter.org. For more […]
Wes Craven said in a recent interview with Matt Withers of JoBlo.com that his Las Vegas show, Wes Craven’s Magick Macabre, is coming along well. “It’s coming along well. [Producer] John [McColgan] has been preoccupied with PIRATE QUEEN on Broadway. We’re just kind of waiting for that to settle down, but it’s good. We’ve got […]
Anyone who knows me, knows I have a weakness for Asians. Maybe it was all those Starman, Godzilla and Ultra Man movies I watched growing up. In fact, my most adorable husband is from Singapore. Anyway, I got a press release in my email about the 2007 AZN Asian Excellence Awards and just had to […]
Well, I guess the planets have aligned so rare, because I smell promise in the air. A stage version of Xanadu, the 1980s musical movie starring Olivia Newton-John, is coming to Broadway. Plans are for it to open in May at the Helen Hayes Theatre. Featuring music from E.L.O., the musical will begin rehearsals today. […]
The science fiction, fantasy and, yes, even horror, imagination is pervading the popular (read mundane) world. Take theatre for instance. I’ve written about a wide variety of genre plays and musicals in both The Genre Traveler and in this blog. Here are just a few that are opening soon in theatres across the U.S. I’m […]
Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan completed the first draft of their musicalization of the 1974 film Young Frankenstein back in September, which they began work on early in 2003, and now casting is almost complete. This month, there will a reading of the new musical, directed by Susan Stroman, who also directed Brooks and Meehan’s Broadway […]
Looks like a lot of events are being announced last minute, so they didn’t get into the October issue of The Genre Traveler, which I’ll be posting today or tomorrow (I hope). Here are a few that are coming up in the next couple of weeks. World Premier of Going to PiecesNext Thursday, Oct. 12, […]
The Round Barn Theatre at Amish Acres Historic Farm and Heritage Resort in Nappanee, Ind., celebrates its 20th year of musical theatre this summer, Aug. 1 through Sept. 10. Camelot, the tale of King Arthur and his Knights is one of five musicals to be performed this year. “The curtain rises on Arthur as a […]