Chubby Checker News

2023 marks a golden milestone for Beef & Boards – 50 years of keeping audiences well-fed and exceptionally entertained, and keeping them coming back for more. It's a celebration that includes three new shows to the Beef & Boards stage, fan and family favorites, and a return of the most successful show ever presented at the theatre.

Florida Studio Theatre has extended the hit Cabaret, The Jersey Tenors – Part II, due to audience demand. This energetic music revue highlights The Jersey Tenors' signature sound, mashing up Rock & Roll hits with opera staples. Featuring such songs as “Killer Queen,” “Eye of the Tiger,” and “'O Sole Mio,” The Jersey Tenors – Part II highlights the quartet's first-rate vocals, original music arrangements, and crowd-pleasing showmanship.

Carter Calvert, the Broadway actress-singer who previously wowed audiences at Bucks County Playhouse as the iconic country music legend in “Always ... Patsy Cline,” will bring her one-woman show, “Viva La Diva,” back to the historic playhouse on Sunday, August 14 at 7:00 pm.

Feld Entertainment’s DISNEY ON ICE: DREAM BIG comes to Southern California at the Honda Center in Anaheim December 8th through 12th and at Staples Center in Los Angeles December 16th through 19th. Got a chance to ask Feld Entertainment’s CEO Kenneth Feld some behind-the-scenes questions on his worldwide-reaching, every-growing entertainment mammoth.

Carter Calvert will return to New Hope with her one-woman salute to Cline. Entitled, “Walkin’ After Midnight: A Patsy Cline Tribute,” Calvert will be backed by the Roger Cohen Band and will perform 10 shows from October 14 – 24

Carter Calvert will return to New Hope with her one-woman salute to Cline. Entitled, “Walkin’ After Midnight: A Patsy Cline Tribute,” Calvert will be backed by the Roger Cohen Band and will perform 10 shows from October 14 – 24.

The Grand Opera House, the non-profit performing arts center that operates of The Playhouse on Rodney Square, announced its 2021-2022 Broadway in Wilmington season presented by Bank of America. 

In this interview, I get to find out what John has been up to and what he is working on next!

Live From Skylight Run continues their exceptional programming with another great monthly online concert.

The Wick Theatre has been keeping audiences entertained for months now with their dynamic Supper Club Cabarets, which take place in the grand lobby, but now the time has come to open the doors to the main theatre! The first show will be appropriately, Back Home Again, a John Denver tribute by Tom Becker and his band, who have been featured on PBS.

Quality Broadway programming is at your fingertips through the LIVE FROM SKYLIGHT RUN concert series, and their Sophomore offering brings the timeless music of Patsy Cline

The Wick Theatre is bringing back live entertainment with a wonderful series of Supper Club events, concerts and theatrical productions.  All safety and social distancing procedures are being followed. For more information and tickets, please visit www.thewick.org or call the box office at 561-995-2333.

The East Coast Music Hall of Fame has announced that due to COVID-19, in the interest of the well-being of all those who will be attending their two-day event, they have rescheduled the Awards Gala and all related activities at Harrah's Resort Atlantic City from its regularly scheduled 2020 date to Monday, June 7th, 2021 & Tuesday, June 8th, 2021.

Join us for a night with the NJ Legend, Uncle Floyd, star of The Uncle Floyd Show and 'Good Morning Vietnam.a?? The special comedy show, brought to you by Black Box PAC and J. Irwin Productions, is on Thursday, December 19 at 8pm. This marks the first in a series of comedy nights at the new Black Box Performing Arts Center in Englewood, and the second show produced with J. Irwin Productions. This past June, they brought Gilbert Gottfried to Teaneck (a show that is now nominated for a BroadwayWorld NJ Regional Award!)

The East Coast Music Hall of Fame, (http://www.ecmhof.org), announced today their star-studded list of legendary music inductees and official event dates for their second annual event. The red carpet will be rolled out for a two-day event taking place Tuesday, June 9th, 2020 through Wednesday, June 10th, 2020 at Harrah's Resort Atlantic City. This year's event will honor Artists in various categories with 'Lifetime Achievement Award' recipients to include; Tony Orlando, Neil Sedaka, Gloria Gaynor, Dionne Warwick, Cousin Brucie, Jay and The Americans, The Manhattan Transfer, and Gary US Bonds. Previous 2019 inductees included legendary music names such as; Connie Francis, Chubby Checker, Bobby Rydell, Frankie Avalon, Lou Christie, Jay Siegel and more. 

NANCY REDMAN RETURNS - AGAIN - TO THE UNITED SOLO FESTIVAL as The Best Of The Festival's First Decade with a repeat performance of 'AT WIT'S END: A HOME FOR RETIRED COMICS'.

Country artist Lenny Martelli hailing from Philadelphia and most recently Nashville has released his long awaited EP “Just A Thought” on October 18, 2019. The EP is available on all digital streaming and download retailers ie; iTunes, Apple Music, Amazon, Google. 

Actress/playwright/stand-up comedian Nancy Redman returns to the United Solo Theatre Festival with her new one-woman show At Wit's End: A Home for Retired Comics, directed by Bill Cosgriff, Saturday October 19 at 2 PM at Theatre Row, 410 West 42nd Street. Nancy is delighted to have as director of her new show the multi-talented Bill Cosgriff, an award winning playwright, actor, and director. Nancy's past three appearances on the United Solo Theatre Festival - the world's largest solo theatre festival currently in its 10th anniversary season - earned her three special awards. For her one-woman shows: The Doctor Is Not In and CLUTTER: I'm Saving My Life and It's Killing Me, she was honored with the Best Comedian Award. For her EMERGENCY A La Carte, she was named Best Stand-Up.

The Candlelight Dinner Playhouse kicks off their inaugural 2019-2020 Concert Series with The Return: Beatles Tribute Band playing October 14, 15 & 16, 2019.

Carter Calvert, the Broadway actress-singer who is currently wowing audiences at Bucks County Playhouse as the iconic country music legend in a?oeAlways .. Patsy Cline,a?? will present her one-woman show, a?oeViva La Divaa?? at the historic playhouse on Wednesday, September 4 at 7:30 pm.