Bill Cosby News

Iconic funny man Bill Cosby, who has been making audiences laugh for decades with his keen insight into everyday existence, will be honored by a variety of former co-stars and luminaries, including Len Chandler, James De Priest, Danny Glover, Dick Gregory Jimmy Heath, George Lopez, Wynton Marsalis, Rita Moreno, Willie Nelson, Phylicia Rashad, Carl Reiner, Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld, Sinbad, and Malcolm-Jamal Warner in a salute at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall on Monday, October 26, 2009 at 8pm as Cosby receives the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.

Producer John Breglio and the Apollo Theater Foundation, Inc. will present the premiere engagement at the Apollo Theater, prior to the national tour of the groundbreaking musical.

After sold-out performances of George Gershwin Alone and Monsieur Chopin, award-winning performer Hershey Felder returns to The Cleveland Play House with the culmination of his Composer Sonata trilogy Beethoven, As I Knew Him.

Comedy Works is pleased to announce that SINBAD will perform at the Comedy Works Landmark Village: Friday August 14 7:30 & 9:30 PM $30.00, Saturday August 15 7:00 PM & 9:30 PM $30.00, Sunday August 16 7:00 PM $30.00

Treasure Island Las Vegas released its list of headliners for the remainder of 2009.

Comedian Mike Birbiglia hits the road this summer with his 'COMEDY CENTRAL Live Starring Mike Birbiglia: I'm in the Future Also' Tour. The nationwide stand-up tour featuring Birbiglia's captivating storytelling-style of stand-up kicks off in August with sponsor Smirnoff Ice and travels to more than 20 cities, with additional shows to be announced.

Comedy Works is pleased to announce that SINBAD will perform at the Comedy Works Landmark Village: Friday August 14 7:30 & 9:30 PM $30.00, Saturday August 15 7:00 PM & 9:30 PM $30.00, Sunday August 16 7:00 PM $30.00

Three years ago there was no place to see live comedy in Gwinnett. Aurora Theatre, a pioneer in fulfilling the entertainment needs of Gwinnettians, introduced club comedy to the square in downtown Lawrenceville. Now it may be a little easier to find comedy in Gwinnett, but if you want the top comedians in the best atmosphere, Aurora Theatre continues to stay ahead of the curve.

JOY FRANZ and CHERYL STERN will join the cast of Saul Ilson's musical comedy revue 'DON'T LEAVE IT ALL TO YOUR CHILDREN! at The Actors Temple Theatre, 339 West 47th Street, NYC on Wednesday, August 12th.

As part of Boys & Girls Clubs of America's (BGCA) new advocacy campaign - BE GREAT - Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter, actress and Boys & Girls Club alum Ashanti will unveil a new billboard in Times Square on August 11, featuring her childhood picture and an aspirational message - BE AMAZING. Ashanti joins some 25 prominent alumni in the new advocacy campaign to help increase public awareness and understanding about the key issues facing America's youth, and the positive impact of Clubs.

Comedian Mike Birbiglia hits the road this summer with his 'COMEDY CENTRAL Live Starring Mike Birbiglia: I'm in the Future Also' Tour. The nationwide stand-up tour featuring Birbiglia's captivating storytelling-style of stand-up kicks off in August with sponsor Smirnoff Ice and travels to more than 20 cities, with additional shows to be announced.

JOY FRANZ and CHERYL STERN will join the cast of Saul Ilson's musical comedy revue 'DON'T LEAVE IT ALL TO YOUR CHILDREN! at The Actors Temple Theatre, 339 West 47th Street, NYC on Wednesday, August 12th.

Comedy Works is pleased to announce that SINBAD will perform at the Comedy Works Landmark Village: Friday August 14 7:30 & 9:30 PM $30.00, Saturday August 15 7:00 PM & 9:30 PM $30.00, Sunday August 16 7:00 PM $30.00

The Marsh is pleased to celebrate its twentieth anniversary by announcing a varied, eclectic and intriguing 2009 Fall Season.

Pollstar, the trade journal for touring artists, booking agents and performance venues, has released its Mid Year Ticket Sales numbers. Bass Concert Hall has ranked 13 on the top 100 Worldwide Theatre Venues with 135,456 tickets sold for events between January 1 and June 30, 2009.

Eighty-Eight Entertainment, Samantha F. Voxakis and Lee Kaufman present Hershey Felder's COMPOSER SONATA at Drury Lane Water Tower Place from November 13th through December 31st in a strictly limited engagement culminating in a special New Year's Eve Presentation of Hershey Felder's The Great American Song Book Sing-A-Long. These tour-de-force presentations, Beethoven, As I Knew Him; Monsieur Chopin and George Gershwin Alone; as well as The Great American Song Book Sing-A-Long, are written and performed by Hershey Felder and directed by Joel Zwick.

Iconic funny man Bill Cosby, who has been making audiences laugh for decades with his keen insight into everyday existence, brings his signature comedy to the Treasure Island Theatre for one night only, September 5. Showtimes are 7:30 and 10 p.m.

Producer John Breglio and the Apollo Theater Foundation, Inc. announced casting today for the premiere engagement at the Apollo Theater, prior to the national tour of the groundbreaking musical. Dreamgirls will introduce Moya Angela as Effie White and feature, as The Dreams, Syesha Mercado as Deena Jones, Adrienne Warren as Lorrell Robinson, and Margaret Hoffman as Michelle Morris with Chaz Lamar Shepherd as Curtis Taylor, Jr., Chester Gregory is James 'Thunder' Early, Trevon Davis as C.C. White, Milton Craig Nealy as Marty Madison in a cast of 26 that also features Tallia Brinson, Felicia Boswell, Ronald Duncan, Talitha Farrow, Brittney Griffin, James Harkness, Robert Hartwell, Eric Jackson, Chauncey Jenkins, Jared Joseph, Nikki Kimbrough, Brittany Lewis, Douglas Lyons, Kimberly Marable, Jarran Muse, Amaker Smith and Marc Spaulding.

Original Dreamgirl Loretta Devine takes part in an invitation only reading of Unspeakable on June 25th.

Theatre impresario and Broadway producer Shelly Gross passed away on June 19, 2009, in West Palm Beach, Florida, after a long illness. With a career that spanned over fifty years, he created an unprecedented number of theatre operations around the country, produced shows for Broadway & National Tours and presented a who's who of legendary performers including everyone from Judy Garland to Bruce Springsteen. He was 88 years old.