Bette Davis News

The new Awards Room was unveiled yesterday at Madame Tussauds with a ribbon cutting for the public and press by two time Academy Award winner, Richard Sherman.

International City Theatre opens its 25th, Silver Jubilee Season with the Los Angeles premiere of a new musical about Silver Screen legend Ginger Rogers.

For old-world cabaret, performers still swoon over the stately, romantic elegance of the Oak Room at the Algonquin, but this sleek, two-year-old spot is threatening to encroach on the turf of such established institutions.

Oscar fans in Chicago will be first in line to see the actual Oscar statuette to be presented to the Best Actor winner at the 82nd Academy Awards® on Sunday, March 7.

Gifted actor/performer/impersonator Tommy Femia will star in the new comedy 'Norma Doesmen' a parody of a popular 1950's film about a faded star of the silent screen, opening Monday, March 8th (7:30PM) at Off Broadway's Abingdon Theatre (312 W. 36th Street Sixth floor).

When Sir Frederick Ashton's 'Cinderella,' with music by Sergei Prokofiev, is revived this month by the Joffrey Ballet at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, the roles of the two stepsisters will be portrayed at select performances by two dancers at very nearly the opposite ends of the career spectrum, Willy Shives and Matthew Adamcyk....

Gifted actor/performer/impersonator Tommy Femia will star in the new comedy 'Norma Doesmen' a parody of a popular 1950's film about a faded star of the silent screen, opening Monday, March 8th (7:30PM) at Off Broadway's Abingdon Theatre (312 W. 36th Street Sixth floor).

Steven Brinberg will perform in his one-man show 'Simply Barbra' at the Connoisseur Room on February 13, 2010.

Tommy Femia, the 7-time Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs (MAC) Award-winning impersonator, continues his 20th season at the popular midtown club Don't Tell Mama, 343 West 46th Street (between 8th and 9th Avenues), with his acclaimed portrayal of the legendary Judy Garland in 'Judy Garland LIVE!' on Saturday, February 13 at 8:30 PM with special guest star Broadway, cabaret, and recording artist MAC and Bistro Award-winning vocalist Eric Michael Gillett. David Maiocco will serve as musical director.

Gifted actor/performer/impersonator Tommy Femia will star in the new comedy 'Norma Doesmen' a parody of a popular 1950's film about a faded star of the silent screen, opening Monday, March 8th (7:30PM) at Off Broadway's Abingdon Theatre (312 W. 36th Street Sixth floor).

TOMMY FEMIA, the 7-time Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs (MAC) Award-winning impersonator, continues his 20th season at the popular midtown club Don't Tell Mama, 343 West 46th Street (between 8th and 9th Avenues), with his acclaimed portrayal of the legendary Judy Garland in 'JUDY GARLAND LIVE!' on Saturday, February 13 at 8:30 PM with special guest star Broadway, cabaret, and recording artist MAC and Bistro Award-winning vocalist Eric Michael Gillett.

On Fri & Sat, March 5 & 6, 2010 at 10pm - Upright Cabaret proudly welcomes the return of renowned Vocal Impressionist JIMMY JAMES in "IMPRESSIONISM" at Upright Cabaret on Vermont, 1714 N. Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90027.

Remember the legendary ladies such as: Judy Garland, Liza Minnelli, Shirley Bassey, Carol Channing, Marlene Dietrich, and Lucille Ball? On February 20th, British Sensation, Toni Morrell returns to The Grove by popular demand to once again salute these ladies and others in her popular one-woman show.

New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) Artistic Director James C. Nicola and Managing Director William Russo, have announced that Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes, starring Elizabeth Marvel and directed by Ivo Van Hove and a new musical by 'South Park' creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone and Avenue Q composer/lyricist Robert Lopez will kick off the theatre's 2010-2011 season. The 2009-2010 season will conclude with Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers, written by Geoffrey Cowan and Leroy Aarons, and directed by John Rubinstein, and Restoration, a new play written by and starring Claudia Shear and directed by Christopher Ashley.

New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) Artistic Director James C. Nicola and Managing Director William Russo, have announced that Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes, starring Elizabeth Marvel and directed by Ivo Van Hove and a new musical by 'South Park' creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone and Avenue Q composer/lyricist Robert Lopez will kick off the theatre's 2010-2011 season.

International City Theatre opens its 25th, Silver Jubilee Season with the Los Angeles premiere of a new musical about Silver Screen legend Ginger Rogers.

On Fri & Sat, Jan 22 & 23, 2010 at 9pm - Upright Cabaret presents renowned Vocal Impressionist Jimmy James in his return to Los Angeles with his new show entitled 'IMPRESSIONISM' at Upright Cabaret on Vermont, 1714 N. Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90027.

On Fri & Sat, Jan 22 & 23, 2010 at 9pm - Upright Cabaret presents renowned Vocal Impressionist Jimmy James in his return to Los Angeles with his new show entitled 'IMPRESSIONISM' at Upright Cabaret on Vermont, 1714 N. Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90027.

SUSAN CLAASSEN, who stars as legendary Hollywood designer Edith Head in 'A CONVERSATION WITH EDITH HEAD', will be appearing in Texas and Oklahoma in October.

On Fri & Sat, Jan 22 & 23, 2010 at 9pm - Upright Cabaret presents renowned Vocal Impressionist Jimmy James in his return to Los Angeles with his new show entitled 'IMPRESSIONISM' at Upright Cabaret on Vermont, 1714 N. Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90027.