Christine Lavin News

The cast and creators of the Tony nominated musical Hands On A Hardbody were cheered and celebrated when they performed at Birdland on Monday night during the weekly Jim Caruso's Cast Party open mic extravaganza. Co-writer Amanda Green (Tony-nominated for her Hardbody work, as well as Bring It On), Tony nominee Keala Settle, as well as Kathleen Monteleone, Jim Newman, and Jay Armstrong Johnson all sang from the show, guaranteeing some future record sales just from the few hundred folks enjoying Cast Party. BroadwayWorld has photos from the concert below!

Catch the new episode of Dave's Gone By (#422 -Watch on the Rein) - LIVE, tomorrow, Saturday, May 11, 10am-1pm (MT) streaming on UNC Radio (www.uncradio.com). The episode will feature Rabbi Sol Solomon chatting with comedy legend Carl Reiner.

When you're a cabaret reviewer on the evening show prowl between Monday night and Saturday evening (although not every night, thank goodness), you'd like to think that the God of Cabaret would make Sunday a day of rest. No such luck, since the weekend allows clubs to book shows as early as brunch time. I learned this again early this month when I felt compelled to attend three shows starring charming female singers-Corinna Sowers-Adler at Stage 72 (the Triad), Eva Kantor at the Laurie Beechman, and Lianne Marie Dobbs at the Metropolitan Room. I didn't break my personal Sunday record of four shows in one day set in late January (yes, I should be committed), but there was a two-hour break in this mix so it still turned out to be an 8-hour cabaret extravaganza. (Thank you, oh God of Cabaret, for press comps!) While it would have been sweet for the musical marathon to have been a clean sweep of excellent shows, as Meat Loaf might croon, 'Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad.'

It was one of the most love-filled, musically-thrilling birthday parties ever, when the folks at Jim Caruso's Cast Party celebrated the 85th Birthday of the most energetic, vocally dazzling, swinging nightclub divas on Earth, Marvelous Marilyn Maye. Scroll below for photos from the concert!

Christine Lavin will play Friday, May 3rd and Saturday, May 4th, 8pm at Theatre 82 in a rare Rhode Island appearance.

Catch the new episode of Dave's Gone By (#407 -Circle Gets the Square) - LIVE, today, January 12, 10am-1pm (MT) streaming on UNC Radio (www.uncradio.com).

Catch the new episode of Dave's Gone By (#403) 'A Goodman is Easy to Find' LIVE, today, December 8, 10am-1pm(MT), streaming on UNC Radio.

Catch the new episode of Dave's Gone By (#403) 'A Goodman is Easy to Find' LIVE, this Saturday, December 8, 10am-1pm(MT), streaming on UNC Radio.

Catch the newest episode of Dave's Gone By, which aired on Saturday, November 10, on UNC Radio (www.uncradio.com). Today's (November 24th) guests include actor Rick Lenz.

Catch the newest episode of Dave's Gone By, which aired last Saturday, November 10, on UNC Radio (www.uncradio.com), at www.davesgoneby.com.

Kirkland Performance Center's popular Old-Time Holiday Show returns with four performances December 14 through 16 for families seeking traditional holiday entertainment; remaining performances in the post-Thanksgiving KPC line-up fall in the very UN-traditional category. Shows featuring jazz, soul, indie, folk, comedy and even ninja acrobatics keep holiday audiences entertained from Thanksgiving to Christmas.

BROADWAY BALLYHOO has announced its cast for this Thursday, September 20th at 11 p.m. at Feinstein's at Loews Regency. This week's show stars Christine Lavin (famous songwriter/singer), Richard Rubin (Beauty & the Geek), Anna Bergman (concert and nightclub star), Tyler Maynard (Altar Boys, The Little Mermaid), Jennie Harney (Broadway Rising Star) and Dominique Solano (Discovery Star).

Feinstein's at Loews Regency continues its Summer 2012 season with the return of MAC and Bistro award winner Raissa Katona Bennett in a special week-long engagement through August 25. The show will celebrate the release of her new CD, Another Kind Of Light from LML Music, produced by Rob Abel. BroadwayWorld brings you photos from her first concert below!

Feinstein's at Loews Regency will continue its Summer 2012 season with the return of MAC and Bistro award winner Raissa Katona Bennett in a special week-long engagement from tonight, August 21 to August 25. The show will celebrate the release of her new CD, Another Kind Of Light from LML Music, produced by Rob Abel.

Feinstein's at Loews Regency will continue its Summer 2012 season with the return of MAC and Bistro award winner Raissa Katona Bennett in a special week-long engagement from August 21 to August 25. The show will celebrate the release of her new CD, Another Kind Of Light from LML Music, produced by Rob Abel.

It's a season of change for Passage Theatre Company, Trenton's only professional theater company. The company will start its 2012-2013 season with a unique, outdoor celebration of Mercer County's landscapes, called Dancescapes NJ.

In her third Feinstein's engagement, MAC & Bistro Award winner and Broadway's Raissa Katona Bennett (Christine in "Phantom of the Opera") celebrates the release of her latest CD, Another Kind of Light. The concert version of the album premieres Tuesday August 21 at 8pm, playing five shows through August 25.

New York's Rock and Roots Radio station WFUV (90.7 FM/wfuv.org) has announced that Don McGee will be the permanent host of the award-winning program Mixed Bag, which airs every Saturday from 4 to 8 p.m. Radio icon Pete Fornatale originated the program nearly 30 years ago and hosted it until his death in April of this year. McGee has been the primary guest host for Mixed Bag, as well as a fill-in host for WFUV's weekday morning show.