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By Katie Macken — 1 year ago

Olivier Award-Winning LIFE OF PI Announces Broadway Cast

Lolita Chakrabarti’s dazzling stage adaption of Yann Martel’s best-selling novel LIFE OF PI will premiere at Broadway’s Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (236 West 45th Street) with three Olivier Award-winning performers making their Broadway debuts.

Recreating their critically acclaimed performances for Broadway will be “Best Actor” winner Hiran Abeysekera in the role of “Pi” and “Best Supporting Actor” winners Fred Davis and Scarlet Wilderink join the “Richard Parker” puppeteering team.

Recreating their critically acclaimed performances for Broadway

“Best Actor” winner Hiran Abeysekera in the role of “Pi”

and “Best Supporting Actor” winners Fred Davis

The Broadway production of the five-time Olivier Award-winning London production of LIFE OF PI will feature Brian Thomas Abraham as Cook/Voice of “Richard Parker,” Rajesh Bose as Father, Avery Glymph as Father Martin/Russian Sailor/Rear Admiral Jackson,

Mahira Kakkar as Nurse/Amma/Orange Juice, Kirstin Louie as Lulu Chen, Salma Qarnain as Mrs. Biology Kumar/Zaida Khan, Sathya Sridharan as Mamaji/Pandit-Ji, Daisuke Tsuji as Mr. Okamoto/Captain, Sonya Venugopal as Rani,

with Nikki Calonge, Fred Davis, Rowan Ian Seamus Magee, Jonathan David Martin, Betsy Rosen, Celia Mei Rubin, Scarlet Wilderink and Andrew Wilson as Royal Bengal tiger “Richard Parker.”

Mahnaz Damania, Jon Hoche, Usman Ali Mughal, Uma Paranjpe and David Shih round out the 24-member cast with Adi Dixit as the “Pi” alternate.

Olivier Award-Winning LIFE OF PI Announces Broadway Cast

LIFE OF PI begins performances Thursday, March 9, 2023, and opens Thursday, March 30, 2023. Prior to the Broadway engagement, LIFE OF PI made its North American Premiere at the American Repertory Theater at Harvard University.

LIFE OF PI is directed by Max Webster, with Set and Costume design by Olivier Award winner Tim Hatley, Puppetry and Movement Direction by Olivier Award winner Finn Caldwell, Puppet Design by Olivier Award winners Nick Barnes and Finn Caldwell, Video Design by Olivier Award winner Andrzej Goulding, Lighting Design by Olivier Award winner Tim Lutkin, Sound Design by Carolyn Downing, Original Music by Andrew T Mackay, Dramaturgy by Jack Bradley, Wig Design by David Brian Brown, and Casting by Stewart/Whitley.

Based on one of the best-loved works of fiction – winner of the Man Booker Prize, selling over fifteen million copies worldwide – LIFE OF PI is a breath-taking new theatrical adaptation of an epic journey of endurance and hope.

After a cargo ship sinks in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean, a sixteen-year-old boy name Pi is stranded on a lifeboat with four other survivors – a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan, and a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger. Time is against them, nature is harsh, who will survive?

Tickets for LIFE OF PI on Broadway are available at Telecharge.com (212.239.6200) and at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre box office and range from $49 – $199 (including $2 facility fee).

The playing schedule for LIFE OF PI is as follows: Tuesday through Saturday at 8pm, with matinees Wednesday and Saturday at 2pm, and Sunday at 3pm. Please note there will be no 2pm performance on Wednesday, March 15, and March 22. Beginning Tuesday, April 4, 2023, the LIFE OF PI performance schedule is as follows: Tuesday and Thursday at 7pm, Wednesday and Friday at 7:30pm, and Saturday at 8pm, with matinees Wednesday and Saturday at 2pm, and Sunday at 3pm.

Broadway's 'The Great Gatsby' musical team announces with Korean producer Chunsoo Shin, Nathan Tysen

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Broadway’s ‘The Great Gatsby’ musical team annc’d with Korean producer Chunsoo Shin, Nathan Tysen, Jason Howland more

By Joe Wehinger — 2 years ago

Broadway’s ‘The Great Gatsby’ musical team announces with Korean producer Chunsoo Shin, Nathan Tysen, Jason Howland, Kait Kerrigan, Marc Bruni, Mark Shacket.

The Great Gatsby becomes a Broadway stage musical

The acclaimed, award-winning Korean producer Chunsoo Shin is thrilled to announce the creative team adapting F. Scott Fitzgerald’s landmark novel The Great Gatsby into a Broadway-bound stage musical.

Chunsoo Shin, one of Korea’s most influential musical producers

Formed and led by Chunsoo Shin, one of the most influential musical producers in Korea’s theatre industry, the team of dynamic theater talent features music & lyrics by Tony Award nominees Nathan Tysen (Paradise Square) & Jason Howland (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical – Grammy Award winner), and a book by Jonathan Larson Grant winner Kait Kerrigan (The Mad Ones), helmed by award-winning director Marc Bruni (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical). Mark Shacket (Funny Girl, Slave Play) of Foresight Theatrical serves as Executive Producer.

A private industry reading will take place this December, and a regional bow is being planned for the 2023-2024 season.

Fitzgerald’s timeless, seminal novel The Great Gatsby continues to entice legions of fans worldwide with its elegant, fiery, and soul-stirring tale.

Set in the Roaring Twenties, eccentric millionaire Jay Gatsby will stop at nothing in his tragic pursuit of Daisy Buchanan, a wealthy young woman who he loved in his youth. Surrounded by characters with incredibly complex and nuanced inner lives, passions and longings boil, and then erupt – spurring the unimaginable fates that befall them.

One of the most popular novels of all time

A novel destined to sing, this world premiere musical adaptation will roar into the 21st century through an electrifying jazz and pop-infused score.

One of the most popular novels of all time, The Great Gatsby is a New York Times and USA Today perennial best seller. It has sold over 30 million copies worldwide since its release in 1925 and continues to sell over 500,000 per year.

The novel has been translated into over 42 different languages and has been adapted into television shows, radio plays, video games, Broadway plays, and multiple films – including the acclaimed 2013 Baz Luhrmann feature film starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

Marseilles Offers Happiest (and Tastiest) Hell's Kitchen Happy Hour

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Marseilles in Hells Kitchen Offers Happiest (and Tastiest) Happy Hour

By Joe Wehinger — 2 years ago

Marseilles in Hells Kitchen Offers Happiest (and Tastiest) Hell’s Kitchen Happy Hour

For nearly two decades, Marseille has been the essential French brasserie of Broadway & Hell’s Kitchen.

Marseille features a world class wine list and exceptional French Provencal cuisine for breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner, pre and post theatre dining, or simply a great glass of wine and some oysters at the bar.

Marseilles in Hells Kitchen makes their oyster Happy Hour a neighborhood legend

Join them every day for Oyster Happy Hour from 3:30-5:30pm for $1.50 oysters!

Enjoy Connecticut Blue Point Oysters, Escargots en Persillade, Gut Liver Mousse, Goat Cheese Tart, Steak Tartare

All at the best prices in the city. Perfect pre-show snack for Broadway fans, just include a whiskey or vodka!

Marseilles Offers Happiest (and Tastiest) Hell’s Kitchen Happy Hour

Marseilles in Hells Kitchen Cuisine

Food is fresh. The oysters are delivered same-day and shucked minutes before they arrive on your plate. Your cocktails are well-balanced. The wine list has an obvious French lean, but a variety of impressive yet budget-friendly options.

Service

The waitstaff knows most of their customers are in a rush. They are friendly and informative, but also prompt and attentive. Whether you’re there for a quick bite before a show or a lazy dinner on date night, either way you’ll be well taken care of.

Marseilles Offers Happiest (and Tastiest) Hell’s Kitchen Happy Hour

Ambiance

Dressed to resemble a Parisian Bistro, it’s quaint, elegant, and romantic at the same time. The cuisine plays into this so well to deliver a nice that transports you from the city to the Old World.

Hospitality

Yes, Marseilles over-delivers. Not just excellent cuisine, ambience and services, but it can also be delivered on a NYC timeline, which is am impressive feat.

There’s also a Weekend Brunch

Saturdays & Sundays from 11:00am-3:30pm.

Bottomless Mimosas $21 until 3:30

Marseille features a world class wine list and exceptional French Provencal cuisine for breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner, pre and post theatre dining.

Chef Andy D’Amico, also of the Upper West Side favorite eatery Nice Matin, creates exciting, flavorful, and authentic cuisine celebrating Marseille’s mix of French, Italian, Greek, and North African influences.

Popular yet unique dishes such as Bouillabaisse, savory tagines, perfect steak frites, gourmet burgers, succulent short ribs, fresh pastas, and a wide variety of delicious hors d’oeuvres.

To see Marseilles menus: https://marseillenyc.com/

MARSEILLE

630 9th Ave

New York NY 10036GET MAP

Tel: (212) 333 2323

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Uncle Jack’s Steakhouse in Hell’s Kitchen aims for World-Class Dinner

By Joe Wehinger — 2 years ago

Uncle Jack Steakhouse NYC in Hells Kitchen aims for world-class dinner with steak, seafood, cocktails and wine list.

Uncle Jack’s claims to be…

“The Best Steakhouse in New York City,” where superior quality and obsessive dedication to craft are the norm.

And we’re about to find out.

Uncle Jack’s is in Hell’s Kitchen, a few blocks south of other trendier neighbors. About a 20 minute walk from Broadway’s Theatre District.

Uncle Jack Steakhouse Front Door

From their website:

“Since its inception in 1996, Uncle Jack’s has become legendary for unsurpassed consistency and quality. Serving the best steak in New York means featuring the finest USDA Prime Beef, cut to our exact specifications and aged between 28-35 days.

World famous Kobe steaks, and a full menu of the finest foods available”