Carl Danielsen News

American Stage Theatre Company rings in the holiday season withA MARVELOUS PARTY! THE Noel Coward CELEBRATION by David Ira Goldstein, Carl Danielsen, Mark Anders, Patricia Wilcox, and Anna Lauris. The musical arrangements are by Carl Danielsen. Opening Night is tonight, November 22 and the production runs through December 22.

American Stage Theatre Company rings in the holiday season withA MARVELOUS PARTY! THE NOËL COWARD CELEBRATION by David Ira Goldstein, Carl Danielsen, Mark Anders, Patricia Wilcox, and Anna Lauris. The musical arrangements are by Carl Danielsen. Previews are November 20 & 21. Opening Night is November 22 and the production runs through December 22.

Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre's production of Crazy for You is a phenomenal evening of entertainment filled with fantastic tap-dancing and great Gershwin standards. The 1992 musical comedy featuring music and lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin and an updated book by Ken Ludwig was a perfect evening of entertainment in the incredibly talented hands (and tap dancing feet) of the Shenandoah Summer Music Theater company.

David Sisco (Founder/Curator) and Lorene Phillips (Contributing Editor) will celebrate the launch of THE DIRECTORY OF CONTEMPORARY THEATRE WRITERS in a star-studded concert on Monday, January 21 at Second Stage Theatre (305 West 43 Street).

Beatrice and Benedick's merry war of wit and wordplay is fought on the Festival stage with the comedy Much Ado About Nothing. The production, directed by Christopher Newton, starts previews tonight at the Festival Theatre.

Last night in an East Side Penthouse overlooking the congestion at the United Nations Bick Goss was honored by the organization he founded in 1999. Mr. Goss began his career as a Bob Fosse dancer (original companies of Little Me, Sweet Charity, Dancin' and Chicago). In his role as director-choreographer-producer he has worked with Billy Crystal, Harold Prince, Gwen Verdon and with many performers who were present and performed at the festive celebration in the home of Mary Ellen Ashley & Cyrus Rubin.

In 1994, Ted and Richard formed Talking Fingers, and under this company name first workshopped 2 Pianos 4 Hands at the Tarragon Theatre, with generous support from the Ontario Arts Council. Tarragon Theatre subsequently programmed the show as part of its 1995-1996 season, where it garnered rave reviews, played a sold-out run, received the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Production (Toronto's theatre awards) and the prestigious Chalmers Award (Canada's top playwriting award). Tarragon Theatre then toured the production nationally from May 1996 to September 1997.

Musical Mondays Theatre Lab Producing Artistic Directors Bick Goss and Frank Evans and Board President Stephen Hanks announce a sneak preview of the new musical ATTACHMENT on Thursday March 24th at 6:30PM at the Jerry Orbach Theater in the Snapple Theater Center, 210 West 50th Street. Single admission is $15.00. For reservations, call 212 989-6706 or email reservations@musicalmondays.org.

Musical Mondays Theatre Lab Producing Artistic Directors Bick Goss and Frank Evans and Board President Stephen Hanks announce a sneak preview of the new musical ATTACHMENT on Thursday March 24th at 6:30PM at the Jerry Orbach Theater in the Snapple Theater Center, 210 West 50th Street. Single admission is $15.00. For reservations, call 212 989-6706 or email reservations@musicalmondays.org.

2 Pianos 4 Hands is the riotous tale of two boys in Canada, Ted and Richard, sharing the same goal: concert pianist stardom.

On the heels of the highly successful preview of the new musical THE GOOD GIRL in October, MUSICAL MONDAYS THEATRE LAB Artistic Directors Bick Goss and Frank Evans and Board President Stephen Hanks are pleased to announce another exciting musical preview for its fall/winter 2010-11 season.

2 Pianos 4 Hands is the riotous tale of two boys in Canada, Ted and Richard, sharing the same goal: concert pianist stardom.

On the heels of the highly successful preview of the new musical THE GOOD GIRL in October, MUSICAL MONDAYS THEATRE LAB Artistic Directors Bick Goss and Frank Evans and Board President Stephen Hanks are pleased to announce another exciting musical preview for its fall/winter 2010-11 season.

Bick Goss and Frank Evans, Producing Artistic Directors of Musical Mondays Theater Lab, Inc, have announced the first two previews of new musicals for their 2010-2011 season of Musical Mondays on Theatrical Thursdays productions.

Bick Goss and Frank Evans, Producing Artistic Directors of Musical Mondays Theater Lab, Inc, have announced the first two previews of new musicals for their 2010-2011 season of Musical Mondays on Theatrical Thursdays productions.

It is with great pleasure that The West Bank Café announces upcoming performances to be presented in The Laurie Beechman Theatre. The West Bank Café is located at 407 West 42nd. St., at Ninth Avenue. For reservations, please call 212.695.6909.

On Monday, April 26th, New York Theatre Barn will present its monthly showcase for emerging writers and performers at the D-Lounge at the Daryl Roth Theater, which will feature the music of Barbara Anselmi, songs from the 2009 NYMF production of All Fall Down, and songs from NYTB's commissioned musical Speargrove Presents.

Souvenir, presented by Vermont Stage Company at Town Hall Theater will close on February 13. The show tells the story of one such artist: Florence Foster Jenkins, a singer of such overwhelming confidence and yet so utterly lacking in musical ability that she became an absolute sensation in New York City in the 1930s - for all the wrong reasons.

'So bad, it's good.' We've often heard it said about movies, TV shows, American Idol performances and countless other instances where the ambitions of the artists didn't quite match the experience of the audience.