Bruce Vilanch News

AVENUE Q, the Tony Award winning musical comedy, now in its 14th year on stage in NYC and around the globe announces its revised holiday performance schedule for Christmas week Off-Broadway.

An enchanting festival of light-hearted glee and meaningful warmth (Los Angeles Times) arrives in celebration at the end of Chanukah when the musical comedy, THE MESHUGANUTCRACKER! debuts in movie theaters nationwide on December 19, putting a unique spin on the classic Nutcracker ballet.

An enchanting festival of light-hearted glee and meaningful warmth (Los Angeles Times) arrives in celebration at the end of Chanukah when the musical comedy, THE MESHUGANUTCRACKER! debuts in movie theaters nationwide on December 19, putting a unique spin on the classic Nutcracker ballet.

A Sign of the Times, the new pop-fueled musical featuring songs made famous by Petula Clark and other hit-makers of the 1960s that played to a nearly sold out world premiere engagement at Goodspeed Musicals last summer, will continue its development with private industry presentations on December 14 and 15 in New York.

On December 4 at the Theater at Madison Square Garden, come spend One Night With The Stars from Broadway, TV, Film and Music!

On December 4 at the Theater at Madison Square Garden, come spend One Night With The Stars from Broadway, TV, Film and Music!

Standing room only crowds gathered for a series of star studded Los Angeles premieres of 'WAIT FOR YOUR LAUGH' about the legendary ROSE MARIE, who has had the longest active career in history.

Standing room only crowds gathered for a series of star studded Los Angeles premieres of 'WAIT FOR YOUR LAUGH' about the legendary ROSE MARIE, who has had the longest active career in history. A trail blazer for both children and women with entertainment roots that has spanned Vaudeville, Radio, Film, Vegas, Broadway, as well as both Daytime and Primetime Television.

Intimate Nights: The Golden Age of Cabaret was the theme of the Third night of The 28th New York Cabaret Convention held at JALC Rose Theater. It was a grand eventing and the enthusiastic audience got to enjoy the artists quite well during the 3 1/2 hours of music.

Presented by Fathom Events, in partnership with Guggenheim Entertainment, The MeshugaNutcracker! will be shown in U.S. cinemas for one night on Tuesday, December 19 at 7:00 p.m. local time. During this screening, Emmy Award-winning and Broadway star Bruce Vilanch will appear on screen as a special guest.

The fourth annual CABARET IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING IN LOS ANGELES, Benefit Concert series for The Actors Fund, conceived by David Galligan and presented by Fraser Entertainment Group, takes place October 6th 8th, with two nights at Tom Rolla's Gardenia, plus Sunday evening at the Catalina Jazz Club.

The Mabel Mercer Foundation has announced that it will implement a special 'Rush' ticket policy for their 2017 Cabaret Convention, to be held at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, from Monday through Thursday, October 16th - 19th.

In summer 2010, something described in a Variety article as a 'melding of a Broadway show and a Gray Line bus tour' was announced and I was very confused. And maybe appalled. In late fall of that year, when the giant buses labelled THE RIDE hit the streets, none of these feelings subsided. Now, seven years later, THE RIDE is a hard-to-describe but well-known fixture on New York City streets, even being parodied on THE SIMPSONS and, more recently, DIFFICULT PEOPLE. Yet, despite the long lines to board, it still has yet to make money.

The fourth annual CABARET IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING IN LOS ANGELES, Benefit Concert series for The Actors Fund, conceived by David Galligan and presented by Fraser Entertainment Group, takes place October 6th 8th, with two nights at Tom Rolla's Gardenia, plus Sunday evening at the Catalina Jazz Club.

Direct from the Great White Way, Aaron Lazar, received a standing ovation from a sold out crowd following his premiere performance of 'From Broadway to Hollywood' at Rockwell Table & Stage in Los Angeles this week.

One of Broadway's consistently working leading men, Aaron Lazar will be showing off his not-oft-seen comic side along with his much lauded dulcet vocal tones in AN EVENING WITH AARON LAZAR: FROM BROADWAY TO HOLLYWOOD. Teaming up with writers Bruce Vilanch and Scott Mauro, Aaron will present his cabaret at Rockwell Table & Stage Sept. 25. We grabbed the chance to pick Aaron's brain on just what the audience can expect in AN EVENING WITH AARON LAZAR.

Aaron Lazar brings his Broadway career of 9 hit shows, and working with Angela Lansbury, Michael Crawford, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Patrick Wilson, Joan Allen, Matthew Morrison, Marsha Mason, Andre' De Shields, etc to the West Coast in An Evening with Aaron Lazar: From Broadway to Hollywood.

Upcoming casting has been announced for Brenda Braxton presents Billy Mitchell's Villain: DeBlanks, the uproarious improvisational comedy playing weekly at The Green Room 42 where 'Clue' meets adult 'Mad Libs' and audiences never see the same show twice.

With its unique combination of the best of past and present popular song, the annual Cabaret Convention stands as a pivotal, highly-anticipated highlight of New York City's autumn music season.

Acts To Grind Theatre presents a Tim Evanicki & Davyn Ryall co-production, in association with Fierte Montreal Pride 2017, NAKED BOYS SINGING, written by Robert Schrock, Bruce Vilanch, Mark Winkle and created by Robert Schrock, opening 8/16