Today on Broadway: Friday, October 27, 2017

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Listen: Critics are Mixed on “M. Butterfly,” ENO to Revive “Chess” (is Broadway Next?), “Farinelli and the King” to Offer On-Stage Seating, and More!

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Notes:

Robbie Rozelle at Fienstein’s/54 Below- Saturday, October 28^th at 9:30pm.

https://54below.com/events/robbie-rozelle-2/

1) The Reviews are in for “M. Butterfly’s” Broadway Return

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Review-Roundup-Critics-Weigh-In-on-the-Broadway-Revival-of-M-BUTTERFLY–Updating-Live-20171026

2) English National Opera to Revive “Chess” Next Spring

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/CHESS-Set-for-a-Spring-2018-Run-at-the-English-National-Opera-20171026

3) Show and Casting News

“Farinelli and the King” to Offer On-Stage Seating

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/FARINELLI-AND-THE-KING-Will-Offer-On-Stage-Seating-at-the-Belasco-Theatre-20171026

Ivo van Hove to Bring “The Fountainhead” to BAM

https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/Ivo-van-Hoves-THE-FOUNTAINHEAD-to-Make-US-Debut-at-BAM-This-Fall-20171026

York Theatre Company Extends “Desperate Measures” for Another Month

https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/York-Theatre-Companys-DESPERATE-MEASURES-to-Do-Si-Do-Another-Four-Weeks-Off-Broadway-20171026

Patricia Richardson Joins Off-Broadway’s “Cruel Intentions”

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/HOME-IMPROVEMENTs-Patricia-Richardson-Completes-Cast-of-CRUEL-INTENTIONS-Off-Broadway-20171026

4) Recommendations

Inside Washington DC’s “Mean Girls”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/tina-fey-has-transformed-her-cult-classic-mean-girls-into-a-pricey-musical-will-it-work/2017/10/25/b181a426-b504-11e7-99c6-46bdf7f6f8ba_story.html

How Broadway Became Broadway

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/26/nyregion/how-broadway-became-broadway.html?smid=tw-share

Falsettos to Air on PBS Tonight

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/VIDEO-FALSETTOS-Premieres-October-27-on-PBS-Watch-a-Sneak-Peek-Now-20171018