Ed Simon News

The Broadway at Birdland concert series welcomed Broadway's Clarke Thorell in Songs I Wish I'd Written for one night only, Monday, August 5 at 7pm. The concert featured songs by Harry Nilsson, Paul McCartney, Adam Guettel, Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, Elvis Costello, Chris Thile, and Sting. Joining Clarke were Musical Director/pianist Dan Lipton, along with singers Brian d'Arcy James, Cortes Alexander, Haven Burton and Jim Caruso. The band also included Simon Kafka on guitar & other strings, Mark Vanderpoel on bass and Shannon Ford on drums. Scroll down for photos!

Shakespeare & Company arrives at Bard College at Simon's Rock in Great Barrington with a special collaborative production and World Premiere of William Coe Bigelow's Leap Year. Directed by Stephen Rothman and featuring a cast from both Bard College and S&Co., performances run August 23-September 1 in the McConnell Theater, located within the Daniel Arts Center on the campus of Bard College at Simon's Rock- 84 Alford Rd, Great Barrington, MA.

After two previous sold out Fringe performances, Tribe of Fools returns with a world premiere work that takes a satirical look our cultural obsession with vigilantes, violence, and heroes who do the wrong thing for the "right" reasons. The company presents the World Premiere of Antihero in the self-produced Neighborhood Fringe of the 2013 Fringe Festival. This new piece runs September 6-9 and September 11-14 at 7 p.m. There will also be 9:30 p.m. performances on September 7 and 13. Tickets cost $20 and are available online at www.fringearts.com or at the Fringe Box Office. All shows are performed at Church of the Crucifixion which is at 620 S 8th St (between South and Bainbridge). More information on Tribe of Fools is available at www.tribeoffools.org.

Lakeshore Records will release THE SPECTACULAR NOW - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack digitally today, July 30, 2013. The album features original music by Rob Simonsen (THE WAY, WAY BACK, SEEKING A FRIEND FOR THE END OF THE WORLD) along with the song 'Baby (feat. Dam-Funk)' by Ariel Pink and 'Wakin' On a Pretty Day' by Kurt Vile and 'Song for Zula' by Phosphorescent.

Lakeshore Records will release THE SPECTACULAR NOW - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack digitally on July 30, 2013.

Lee Wilkof and Robert Picardo, directed by John Putch, present a knockout version of the Neil Simon classic

The sophomore album from The Cool Youngmace ft. various artist. The long awaited return of the creatively cool sound of life.

Nathan James, whose stunning rock voice made him an unforgettable finalist on ITV 1's Superstar competition, is set to blow the roof off theatres across the UK as the star of Bohemian Rhapsody - The Hits of Queen.

Once a Bonnie, always a Bonnie. That's a commonplace phrase creeping into conversations around springtime on the Olean, N.Y. college campus, but it rings true for Alexandra Herryman, a 2004 Bonaventure graduate returning to her former home to bring her puppetry skills to SBU Theater's production of Robert and Willie Reale's musical A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD.

Dallas Theater Center presents Neil Simon's classic American comedy, The Odd Couple, directed by DTC Artistic Director Kevin Moriarty. When two men with struggling relationships, neat and particular Felix Ungar and disheveled and rough-edged Oscar Madison, decide to live together, the results are funny and poignant. The Odd Couple opens with previews tonight, March 15 and runs through Sunday, April 14 at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre in the AT&T Performing Arts Center.

The world's most magical musical has landed in Cambridge to launch Canada's newest performing arts centre. The Drayton Entertainment production of Disney's and Cameron Mackintosh's Mary Poppins delights audiences now through April 28th at the new Dunfield Theatre Cambridge.

With all the roles now cast, excitement is mounting and tickets are quickly being snapped up for the Drayton Entertainment production of Disney and Cameron Mackintosh's Mary Poppins, the inaugural production at the Dunfield Theatre Cambridge.

Dallas Theater Center announced today the upcoming production of Neil Simon's classic American comedy, The Odd Couple, directed by DTC Artistic Director Kevin Moriarty. When two men with struggling relationships, neat and particular Felix Ungar and disheveled and rough-edged Oscar Madison, decide to live together, the results are funny and poignant. The Odd Couple opens with previews on Friday, March 15 and runs through Sunday, April 14 at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre in the AT&T Performing Arts Center.

With all the roles now cast, excitement is mounting and tickets are quickly being snapped up for the Drayton Entertainment production of Disney and Cameron Mackintosh's Mary Poppins, the inaugural production at the Dunfield Theatre Cambridge.

The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced today the lineup for the upcoming 13th edition of FILM COMMENT SELECTS (February 18-28), Film Comment magazine's essential and eclectic film festival.

The winners of the English Heritage Angel Awards, founded last year by Andrew Lloyd Webber to celebrate the efforts of local people in rescuing their heritage, were announced at a gala ceremony in London's West End today (Monday 22 October). The award scheme is run by English Heritage and inspired by its Heritage at Risk Register.

Big Noise Theatre Company will open its 2012-13 season with the engaging rock-opera JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, opening tonight, September 28th and playing weekends through October 21, 2012. Performances will be held at Prairie Lakes Theatre in Des Plaines, IL. The production is directed by Stacey Flaster, and Robert Deason returns to Big Noise as the show's music director.