Capathia Jenkins News

EMERGING ARTISTS THEATRE presents the Off-Broadway Premiere of PENNY PENNIWORTH by Chris Weikel. This spoof of Dickens, directed by Mark Finley, begins previews October 1 at TADA Theatre. It is produced on on Off-Broadway contract. Opening night is scheduled for October 5.

MORE magazine Editor-in-Chief Lesley Jane Seymour will host the third annual Reinvention Convention - geared towards women over 40 interested in revitalizing their careers, finances, style and health - on October 5, 2009 at Pier Sixty (23rd Street and the West Side Highway). This year's Reinvention Convention will feature emcee Mika Brzezinski of MSNBC's Morning Joe and participation by guests Former First Lady Laura Bush, Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron.

Last night, Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron's new play LOVE, LOSS and WHAT I WORE, an intimate collection of stories, premiered at New York's Westside Theatre with a star-studded cast including Rita Wilson, Mary Birdsong and Rosie O'Donnell. Today, O'Donnell took to her blog to reflect on a memory inspired by the production.

LOVE, LOSS and WHAT I WORE, an intimate collection of stories by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron, has its world premiere tonight for a 12-week run at New York's Westside Theatre. Opening night set for October 1.

The New Group's upcoming reading of The Kid, a new musical based on Dan Savage's book The Kid: What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Go Get Pregnant (slated as the third show of the company's current 2009-10 season).

EMERGING ARTISTS THEATRE presents the Off-Broadway Premiere of PENNY PENNIWORTH by Chris Weikel. This spoof of Dickens, directed by Mark Finley, begins previews October 1 at TADA Theatre. It is produced on on Off-Broadway contract. Opening night is scheduled for October 5.

Producer Daryl Roth announced today that Mary Birdsong, Capathia Jenkins, Lisa Joyce, Jane Lynch and Natasha Lyonne will join the rotating cast of the upcoming World Premiere production of Love, Loss and What I Wore, an intimate collection of stories by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron, playing a 12-week run at New York's Westside Theatre (407 West 43rd Street). Preview performances will begin on September 21, 2009, with the opening night set for October 1.

BROADWAY CLOSE UP returns to the Merkin Concert Hall with an expanded lineup for the 2009-2010 season.

The Theatre and Interpretation Center and American Music Theatre Project (AMTP) at Northwestern University will present the 2009 Summer Music Theatre Festival (June 24 to Aug. 9), featuring new works and old favorites performed by both Broadway stars and Northwestern music theatre students.

EMERGING ARTISTS THEATRE presents the Off-Broadway Premiere of PENNY PENNIWORTH by Chris Weikel. This spoof of Dickens, directed by Mark Finley, begins previews October 1 at TADA Theatre. It is produced on on Off-Broadway contract. Opening night is scheduled for October 5.

The Theatre and Interpretation Center and American Music Theatre Project (AMTP) at Northwestern University will present the 2009 Summer Music Theatre Festival (June 24 to Aug. 9), featuring new works and old favorites performed by both Broadway stars and Northwestern music theatre students.

Stage and screen favorite Martin Short talks comedy, characters and career to CBC News. Short is heading to an engagement at the Just for Laughs comedy festival in Montreal.

Actress/singer/songwriter Alicia Witt returns to Joe's Pub on Friday, July 17, 2009, 11:30 PM to celebrate the release of her new self-titled EP! Witt will be singing and playing a set of her original songs with full band.

Actress/singer/songwriter Alicia Witt returns to Joe's Pub on Friday, July 17, 2009, 11:30 PM to celebrate the release of her new self-titled EP! Witt will be singing and playing a set of her original songs with full band.

Jim Caruso's Cast Party, in association with Amy Birnbaum, is proud to announce that the Broadway community will pay musical tribute to the late, great Michael Jackson in DON'T STOP TILL YOU GET ENOUGH, on Monday, October 19 at 7pm at Birdland. A portion of the proceeds from the concert will benefit The VH1 Save The Music Foundation. The event will be part of the ongoing, award-winning Broadway at Birdland concert series.

Actress/singer/songwriter Alicia Witt will be singing and performing a set of her original songs at The Living Room on 154 Ludlow St. in New York City on Thursday July 2nd at 10:00 PM.

A toast to new works and Broadway favorites will mark the 2009 Summer Music Theatre Festival at the Theatre and Interpretation Center at Northwestern University.

New Voices: Chicago is proud to present an exciting evening with the 2009 Johnny Mercer Songwriter's Project on Thursday, June 25, 2009.

The Johnny Mercer Foundation and the American Music Theatre Project at Northwestern University are presenting the fourth annual Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project on Northwestern's Evanston, Ill. campus, June 21 to 27. The no-fee, weeklong workshop led by Tony?- and Grammy? award-winning artists is seeking talented young songwriters or writing teams from all popular music genres to participate.

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Johnny Mercer, master of the American song, 'A Centennial Celebration of Johnny Mercer' (June 24 to 27) will launch the 2009 Summer Music Theatre Festival at the Theatre and Interpretation Center at Northwestern University.