Eda Sorokoff News

Last night KT Sullivan & Jeff Harnar concluded their Sondheim Review titled Act Two, Another Hundred Years at The Laurie Beecham Theatre and BroadwayWorld was there.

Michele Lee, Jessica Molaskey, Mandy Gonzalez and Marcy Heisler were among the many Broadway celebrities that were at Feinstein's/54 Below last night for Andrea Burns final night of her successful engagement at Broadway's Supper Club. BroadwayWorld was there.

LIFE the charitable organization based in Palm Beach had it's 22nd Annual 'Lady In Red' Gala in Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach Florida and Broadwayworld was there. America's Got Talent Howie Mandel starred in the event which also featured Will & Anthony Nunziata, the Palm Beach Symphony and the Sultans of Swing.  

Last night Cafe Carlyle welcomed back GRAMMY Award-winner Steve Tyrell for a four-week engagement and BroadwayWorld was there for opening night. The renowned singer returns with a new show, One More For The Road, featuring a full set of Sinatra favorites in celebration of Ol' Blue Eyes' 100th birthday. It's a fitting tribute since it was actually a Sinatra song, 'The Way You Look Tonight,' that Tyrell sang in the 1991 movie, Father of the Bride, which launched his career as a singer. Years later, the Sinatra family handpicked Tyrell to perform 'Fly Me To The Moon' at the Hollywood Bowl, with Quincy Jones conducting the orchestra, when the Chairman was inducted into their Hall of Fame in 2005. Tyrell's ties to the Sinatra family remain tight as he was once again asked to host a three-hour celebration on Siriusly Sinatra on Frank's actual birthday, December 12. He will be live from Patsy's for Sirius XM radio, just as he did in 2014.

The Broadway at Birdland concert series presented Tony Award-winning actress/singer CHRISTINE EBERSOLE and Grammy Award-winning composer/pianist/singer BILLY STRITCH in 'Our Favorite Things' last night and BroadwayWorld was there.  

For her annual Thanksgiving week show at 54 Below, Callaway crafted an exciting world premiere night of music centered on the songs of women songwriters who have inspired her. BroadwayWorld was there along with Michael Feinstein, Ginny Mancinni, Arlene Dahl, Clint Holmes, Marc Cherry and others. Billie Holiday's 'God Bless the Child,' Carole King's 'Will You Love Me Tomorrow?', and Dorothy Field's 'The Way You Look Tonight' are among the gems carefully chosen by he Platinum-selling composer and lyricist. Classics by Peggy Lee, Joni Mitchell, and Cynthia Weil, as well as songs by friends Michelle Brourman and Amanda McBroom reflect the unique female perspective on love, life, and the pursuit of happiness.

Many celebrities attended the 2015 Chris Evert/Raymond James Pro-Celebrity Tennis Classic Gala at the Boca Raton Resort & Club, and BroadwayWorld was there too! Check out photos below!

Nicole Henry will play the Royal Room at the Colony in Palm Beach through tonight, and BroadwayWorld has photos from her performance below!

The Primary Stages' 2015 Gala took place tonight, November 16, 2015 at 583 Park Avenue. The event celebrated the company and honored Tony and Grammy-winning composer and lyricists Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman.

Barrington Stage Company, the award-winning theatre in Downtown Pittsfield, under the leadership the Artistic Director Julianne Boyd and Managing Director Tristan Wilson, hosted its third annual BSC in NYC Gala to benefit BSC's New Works Initiative, November 2 in the Penthouse of the American Airlines Theatre at 227 W 42nd Street.

Last night, November 13, 2015 at 8:00PM, The New York Pops, led by Music Director Steven Reineke, will continue its 33rd season at Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage with SOPHISTICATED LADIES, featuring Montego Glover, Capathia Jenkins, and Sy Smith. Go inside the after-party with us through the photos below!

Tamara Tunie  celebrated a variety of composers and singers at Feinstein's/54 Below last night and Broadwayworld was there. The 'MASH UP', included her favorites fromLEGENDS from the BURGH and her debut cabaret performance YES, I SING!, that not even hurricane Sandy could prevent from being a huge success! If you missed it, it's a MUST SEE! One critic wrote: 'Tunie not only entertained, she helped restore the sparkle to a city known for its resiliency.'

Sometimes there are shows below 54th street that make you want to come up above street level and shout....'hey everybody, come down here, you gotta see this'. That's the type of evening Our Guy Cy is. Composer Cy Coleman wrote some of the greatest Broadway tunes you will ever hear and they have been brilliantly selected and packaged in a show conceived & directed by Will Nunziata and produced by Wayne J. Gmitter.

If this Jamie deRoy 25th Anniversary Show was competing against some of those great Ed Sullivan variety episodes it would have been no contest.  First of all, Jamie knows how to give an introduction, is an entertainer herself, and the best in entertainment business sign up to be in a Jamie deRoy & friends show . The Actors Fund presented this 40th annual 30th Jamie Birthday show and it was truly a spectacular event with some of the most talented performers on the stage at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at the john Jay College of Criminal Justice.  The only crime last night was that the event wasn't televised live but I'm sure excerpts will be available on Jamie's cable TV show and through the facilities of The Actors Fund.  

Feinstein's/54 Below presented the debut of Jennifer Diamond last night, and BroadwayWorld was of course on the scene to capture the evening. Check out photos below!

After a triumphant debut at Feinstein's/54 Below last March, Melissa Manchester has returned with a brand new show, and Broadwayworld was on the scene to capture the evening. Check out photos below!

Last night, Cafe Carlyle welcomed back acclaimed husband-and-wife duo John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey for a four-week engagement, November 3-28 and BroadwayWorld was there. There new show is entitled My Generation and it features selections from Mitchell to McCartney, Simon to Sondheim. Additionally, they'll be performing tracks from John's acclaimed new album, Midnight McCartney.

Last night Barrington Stage Company held it's annual New York City Benefit in the Penthouse of The American Airlines Theatre and BroadwayWorld was there.

Last night in a Long Island star studded event The Gold Coast International Film Festival and Arts Center held it's 2015 Gala at the Tilles Center. The Gold Coast Arts Center's honorees this year were, Vince Giordano, Artist of Distinction - Music, Actor Navid Negahban, Artist of Distinction, Film, and Director Patricia Riggen, Director, Woman of Influence Award.  The evening's presenters were Will Friedwald, author & music editor, Michael Cuesta, Screenwriter, director of Showtime's "Homeland" and Lou Diamond Phillips, Actor Director and the star of the upcoming fiom "The 33" The Gala Emcee was Award winning WABC correspondent Kristin Thorne.  Regina Keller Gil is founder & executive director of The Gold Coast Arts Center and Caroline Sorokoff is an associate director of the Gold Coast Arts Center and Director of the Gold Coast International Film Festival.  The festival will run November 9-15th.

Abingdon Theatre Company just celebrated its 2015-2016 Season with ABINGDON: REFLECTIONS OF STARLIGHT, last night, October 26 at Espace (635 West 42nd Street in Manhattan). Richard Jay-Alexander, best known for directing Barbra Streisand and other artists in concert, directed the event, honoring Tony Award-winning costume designer Jane Greenwood, who designed Abingdon's acclaimed production of Hellman v. McCarthy; Abingdon Theatre Company's Vice Chair and former Managing Director, Heather Henderson; and one of New York's most prominent lawyers in entertainment, Mark Sendroff.