Art Garfunkel News

Victoria Theatre Association announces a change in cast for its presentation of The Soundtrack of Your Life. Due to scheduling conflicts, Oscar® nominee Lamont Dozier will be replaced by Grammy® award winner Paul Williams. The Soundtrack of Your Life plays April 23, 2011 at the Benjamin & Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center.

The new Broadway musical Baby It's You! tells the inspiring story of Florence Greenberg, the woman who changed the recording world forever when she discovered The Shirelles and created Scepter Records, becoming the music industry's first female powerhouse. Starring Tony Award winner Beth Leavel as Greenberg, conceived by Floyd Mutrux, directed by Floyd Mutrux and Sheldon Epps, and written by Tony nominated book writers Mutrux and Colin Escott, the team behind Broadway's Million Dollar Quartet, Baby It's You! begins performances at Broadway's Broadhurst Theatre (235 West 44th Street) Saturday, March 26, 2011, and opens Wednesday, April 27, 2011, at 6:30pm. Baby It's You! features a cast of 19 that includes Allan Louis, Geno Henderson, Erica Ash, Kelli Barrett, Kyra DaCosta, Crystal Starr Knighton, Barry Pearl, Christina Sajous, Brandon Uranowitz, Alison Cimmet, Erica Dorfler, Berlando Drake, Adam Heller, Jahi A. Kearse, Annette Moore, Zachary Prince, Ken Robinson and Chelsea Morgan Stock.

Multi-talented songwriter Jimmy Webb has been elected Chairman of the Board of the Songwriters Hall of Fame by its Board of Directors.

On Monday, November 15, 2010, the Writer's Guild of America, East Foundation will host a benefit performance of Jules Feiffer: Funny Side Up.

Acclaimed Broadway and cabaret composer/lyricist, JOHN BUCCHINO, will join students from Carnegie Mellon's School of Drama for a cabaret of his work. The evening, set for Saturday, 10/23 @ 10:30pm at the Cabaret at Theater Square in Downtown Pittsburgh, will be a celebration of Bucchino's work.

On Monday, November 15, 2010, the Writer's Guild of America, East Foundation will host a benefit performance of Jules Feiffer: Funny Side Up.

Acclaimed Broadway and cabaret composer/lyricist, JOHN BUCCHINO, will join students from Carnegie Mellon's School of Drama for a cabaret of his work. The evening, set for Saturday, 10/23 @ 10:30pm at the Cabaret at Theater Square in Downtown Pittsburgh, will be a celebration of Bucchino's work.

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust continues to bring nightlife downtown with plenty of high-energy programming in the Late Night Cabaret series.

After a career on Broadway and at Radio City Music Hall, New Jersey wardrobe & hair professional Vince Esoldi is retiring along with his unique Autograph Suit with over 300 famous signatures!

After a career on Broadway and at Radio City Music Hall, New Jersey wardrobe & hair professional Vince Esoldi is retiring along with his unique Autograph Suit with over 300 famous signatures!

Yesterday, June 8, the Rumsey Playfield in Central Park was the site of the 25th Anniversary Summerstage Gala 'The Music of Simon and Garfunkel'. The show will highlight the songbook of Simon and Garfunkel with performances by Shawn Colvin, Aimee Mann, Dar Williams, Loudon Wainwright III, Lucy Wainwright Roche, Joan Osborne, Stephen Kellogg, Dean & Britta, Cory Chisel, The Holmes Brothers, John Forte, Valerie June, John Roderick, Ricky Skaggs, Willie Nile, Paula Cole, Alejandro Esovedo, Ben Gibbard, David Hinds, St. Vincent, Ollabelle, and many more. BroadwayWorld brings coverage of the event below.

Legendary Singer-Songwriter Jimmy Webb To Entertain the Opera House 5/15

The Frist Center for the Visual Arts has announced its upcoming events through May 15, 2010.

Tony Award nominated actress and singer Anita Gillette will return to her hometown of Baltimore to host a workshop based on her one-woman show, After All, for a single performance on Friday, May 14, as part of the UB Spotlight performance series. Gillette's mix of songs and stories will begin at 7 p.m. in the UB Student Center Performing Arts Theater, 21 W. Mt. Royal Ave. It will be followed by a special Q&A and a reception.

Legendary Singer Songwriter Jimmy Webb to Entertain the Opera House

Tony Award nominated actress and singer Anita Gillette will return to her hometown of Baltimore to host a workshop based on her one-woman show, After All, for a single performance on Friday, May 14, as part of the UB Spotlight performance series. Gillette's mix of songs and stories will begin at 7 p.m. in the UB Student Center Performing Arts Theater, 21 W. Mt. Royal Ave. It will be followed by a special Q&A and a reception.

Legendary Singer-Songwriter Jimmy Webb To Entertain the Opera House 5/15

Director/choreographer Twyla Tharp will be presented with the 2010 I.A.L. Diamond Award for Achievement in the Arts from Columbia University on May 1. Ms. Tharp, who recently opened her new critically acclaimed musical, Come Fly Away, at Broadway's Marquis Theatre, is a 1963 graduate of Columbia's Barnard College.

Joe's Pub at The Public Theater debuted in October 1998 and has quickly became one of New York City's most celebrated and in-demand showcase venues for live music and performance. With its genre-blind booking and vast diversity of interests, the stage at Joe's Pub gives voice to a world of varied and stellar artists.

Joe's Pub at The Public Theater debuted in October 1998 and has quickly became one of New York City's most celebrated and in-demand showcase venues for live music and performance. With its genre-blind booking and vast diversity of interests, the stage at Joe's Pub gives voice to a world of varied and stellar artists.