The Jackman is back… Professor Snape teaches a master class on Broadway… Adam Pascal utters his first “Hockadoo!”… and “Dancing With the Stars” goes legit!
Blake
Saturday, October 22
GO→Four-time Tony winner Audra McDonald (set to appear in the Broadway revival of Porgy & Bess next month) will make a stop at New York City’s Carnegie Hall as a part of her 17-city solo concert tour. McDonald will be backed by a Broadway-sized orchestra and promises a “trademark mix of show tunes, classic songs from movies, and pieces written expressly for [McDonald] by leading contemporary composers.” I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a little taste of McDonald’s Bess to cap-off what is sure to be a great evening of music. (8 PM, Carnegie Hall, 881 7th Ave., at 57th St., $37-$108, info/tickets)
Sunday, October 23
GO→The Mountaintop star Angela Bassett will sit down with Jujamcyn president Jordan Roth for his ongoing Broadway Talks series at the 92nd Street Y. Bassett’s Mountaintop co-star, Samuel L. Jackson, will appear a day later (Oct. 24) as part of another special public interview, this one hosted by the New York Times for the ongoing Times Talk series. (7:30 PM, 92 Street Y, 92nd St. and Lexington Ave., $29, student ticket prices available, info/tickets)
Monday, October 24
WATCH→“Dancing With The Stars” celebrates Broadway Week! Tony winner Kristin Chenoweth will perform on the broadcast, as will the cast of Broadway’s Sister Act. The six remaining mirror-ball trophy contenders — J.R. Martinez, Ricki Lake, Hope Solo, Rob Kardashian, David Arquette, Nancy Grace and Chaz Bono — will be two-stepping to Broadway show tunes. (8 PM ET on ABC, info)
Tuesday, October 25 (more…)
LAST CHANCE→ Lonette McKee ends her nearly monthlong run at the Oak Room of the Algonquin with Can’t Help Lovin’, a nod to her acclaimed Tony-nominated turn as Julie in the 1983 revival of Show Boat (she also played it in Hal Prince’s 1994 revision). Broadway power duo Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman served as consultants for McKee’s return to cabaret which includes a song list of standards and Broadway tunes like “How Long Has This Been Going On?,” “Them There Eyes,” “When a Woman Loves a Man,” and the signature Show Boat torch song “Bill.” (Algonquin Hotel, 59 W.44th St., btwn. 5th & 6th Aves., call 212-419-9331 or email bmcgurn@algonquinhotel.com for reservations)
LAST CHANCE→ The Tony-winning revival of La Cage aux Folles plays its last evening at the Longacre Theatre. This acclaimed production currently stars the show’s Tony-winning librettist Harvey Fierstein and Tony nominee Christopher Sieber as a gay couple running a drag club in St. Tropez. Featuring classic Jerry Herman tunes like “The Best of Times,” “Look Over There” and “I Am What I Am.” (Longacre Theatre, 220 W. 48th St., btwn. Broadway & 8th Ave., 
LAST CHANCE→ Acclaimed playwright and actor Charles Busch’s nod to the Hollywood nuns of the Golden Age, The Divine Sister, ends its run at the SoHo Playhouse. Busch plays Mother Superior to a flock of fresh nuns in the late ’60s. Busch told Playbill’s Robert Simonson that he thinks the show is “one of the funniest things I’ve written.” (SoHo Playhouse, 15 Vandam St., btwn. Varick St. & 6th Ave., 
GO→ The New York Pops celebrates its 28th birthday with a star-studded tribute to the late entertainer and humanitarian Bob Hope. Angela Lansbury, Tyne Daly, Tom Wopat, Christine Ebersole, Aaron Lazar, Tony DeSare, Michele Lee and Jamie Barton have all signed on for the gala at Carnegie Hall. Also expected to wow are the uber-talented kids from Camp Broadway! (7 PM, Carnegie Hall, 7th Ave. at 57th St., $60-$90 concert-only tickets, 
GO (FREE)→ The 1982 movie musical version of “Annie” starring Bernadette Peters, Carol Burnett, Ann Reinking, Tim Curry, Albert Finney and Aileen Quinn as the adorable red-headed orphan Annie, has remained one of the most beloved children’s films of all time. With Annie poised to make a comeback on Broadway in late 2012, now is the perfect time to remember all those great Charles Strouse/Martin Charnin songs like “Tomorrow” and “Maybe” with a free outdoor screening of the classic flick. (8:30pm, Hudson River Park’s Pier 46, Charles St. and West St., 
BEFORE IT CLOSES→ Race, David Mamet’s newest Broadway offering, explores race, lies and what’s right versus what’s true. Currently starring Eddie Izzard, Dennis Haysbert, Afton C. Williamson and original cast member Richard Thomas, the show also marked Mamet’s Broadway directorial debut. After closing up shop at Broadway’s Barrymore, the daring legal drama will continue on to regional theatres across the county next year. (Barrymore Theatre, 243 West 47th St., btwn Broadway and 8th Aves., 
BEFORE IT CLOSES→ The critically acclaimed, Tony-winning revival of South Pacific will play one last enchanted evening at Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont. (Lincoln Center Theater, 150 West 65th St, btwn Broadway and Amsterdam Ave., 
GO→ Tony winner Lillias White joins jazz great Maurice Hines for a tribute to Nat King Cole. The evening will benefit The New York Pops residency at the Ronald McDonald House New York, which brings music and creative writing to kids fighting cancer. (8:30pm, Feinstein’s at Loews Regency, 540 Park Ave., at 61st St.,
GO→ Sutton Foster, currently playing a dominatrix in Off-Broadway’s Trust, will don a more wholesome persona when she jumps on board to play Reno Sweeney in the much-anticipated Broadway revival of Anything Goes, in 2011. Director Kathleen Marshall will join her leading lady for a discussion of the upcoming show. (6pm, The TimesCenter Stage, 242 W. 41st St. btwn 7th and 8th Aves., $15, 
GO→ With A Little Night Music killing at the BO and another show, Sondheim on Sondheim, up on the boards this spring, it’s hard to believe that Stephen Sondheim is celebrating his 80th birthday this March. The Manhattan School of Music will pay tribute to the legendary songs of the legendary song-man with Beautiful Girls, a showcase featuring tunes from West Side Story, Gypsy, Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods, Company, Sweeney Todd and more. Performing in the Lonny Price-conceived show is Zoe Caldwell, Jenn Colella, Marin Mazzie and Donna McKechnie; under the baton of Paul Gemignani. Sondheim leading lady Angela Lansbury is expected to make an appearance at the reception. (7:30pm, The John C. Borden Auditorium at the Manhattan School of Music, 120 Claremont Avenue at the corner of Broadway and 122nd Street, $12 seniors, $20 adults, VIP packages available, 
GO→ Celebrated Hair director, Diane Paulus, brings her unique vision to a show of intergalactic proportions. The Gotham Chamber Opera will perform Il mondo della luna (The World on the Moon) “under the stars” at the Hayden Planetarium. (Through January 28, The Hayden Planetarium at The Museum of Natural History, West 81st Street, between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue, $30-$125, 
GO→ Rock of Ages front man, Constantine Maroulis, takes a solo spin at the Highline Ballroom with A Night At The Rock Show. (8pm, $20, full dinner menu available, 
OPENING→ Noël Coward’s Present Laughter returns to Broadway with Victor Garber as the silk-robed matinee idol, Garry Essendine. (American Airlines Theatre, 227 W. 42nd Street, between Seventh and Eighth Avenues, 
GO→ David Bryan (of Bon Jovi) and Joe DiPietro’s (I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change) tribute to the original city of rock n’ roll, Memphis, opens this Monday at the Schubert. Early buzz is glowing for the show’s two leads Chad Kimball and Montego Glover. (Schubert Theatre, 225 W. 44th Street, between 7th and 8th Avenues, 
RE-OPENING→ Just when New Yorkers thought they had to venture out-of-state to see their favorite raunchy puppet players, Producer Kevin McCollum pulled a fast one announcing that Avenue Q would be moving to another Avenue just West of its old Golden home. (New World Stages, 340 West 50th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues, 
