Elaine Stritch News

on CUNY TV: Monday, January 25th at 7:30 AM, 1:30 PM, and 7:30 PM

The 8th Annual Nightlife Awards, hosted by Emmy Award winner Bruce Vilanch, will celebrate the most outstanding performances this past year in cabaret, comedy and jazz in the clubs of New York City. The show will take place at Town Hall on Monday, January 25th (curtain at 7 PM).

The multiple Emmy-Award winning Bruce Vilanch has been announced as the host of the 8th Annual Nightlife Awards at The Town Hall.

Spring Season Preview on Thirteen: Friday, January 22nd at 1:00 AM

Spring Season Preview on Thirteen: Friday, January 22nd at 1:00 AM

Jim Caruso's Cast Party is proud to present the newly-formed band, LIMBSAKIMBO in 'Court And Spark,' at Birdland on Sunday, January 31st at 6pm. The concert will be part of the award-winning series Broadway at Birdland.

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) presents an all-day intensive workshop, RAISING MONEY FOR THE THEATER: HOW, WHO AND WHEN TO ASK, on Saturday, January 23, 2010 from 10am-6pm at The Players Theatre Mainstage, 115 MacDougal Street (below W. 3rd Street), NYC.

Whether you're a die-hard Shakespeare lover or you've never understood a word he's written, you'll have a rollicking good time at I Hate Hamlet, the hilarious, action-packed comedy by Paul Rudnick at Northern Stage.

Spring Season Preview on Thirteen: Friday, January 22nd at 1:00 AM

Noted director/actor/writer Austin Pendleton will direct Bus Stop, Olney Theatre Center's first production of its 2010 season.

The Public Theater announced complete casting for the world premiere of Suzan-Lori Parks' THE BOOK OF GRACE, directed by James Macdonald. The complete cast will feature Amari Cheatom as Buddy, John Doman as Vet, and the previously announced Elizabeth Marvel as Grace. THE BOOK OF GRACE will begin previews on Tuesday, March 2 and run through Sunday, April 4 with an official press opening on Tuesday, March 16. All evening performances for THE BOOK OF GRACE will be at 7:30 PM, except for Saturdays at 8 PM.

Stephen Sondheim turns 80 on Monday, March 22nd, 2010 and he will celebrate this landmark event with Roundabout Theatre Company at a special performance of Sondheim on Sondheim and star-studded tribute at Roundabout's 2010 Spring Gala: Sondheim 80.

Lincoln Center's acclaimed series American Songbook enters Week Two of its twelfth season celebrating the diversity of American popular song.

North Carolina Theatre is excited to open its 2010 season with The Full Monty, starring two-time Emmy award-winning actress, Sally Struthers and Raleigh favorite, Ira David Wood III.

The Stella Adler Studio of Acting was named a winner in Chase Bank's Facebook election, 'Chase Community Giving,' to name the top 100 charities in the United States. Each winner was awarded a $25,000 prize towards their programming.

The line-up for the show that Stephen Holden of the NY Times called 'The Nightclub world's equivalent of the Tony's' is fast becoming blindingly bright in its star appeal.

Erich Steinbock, Managing Director of The Carlyle Hotel, announced today that Christine Ebersole's upcoming Café Carlyle engagement will be delayed one day so that the famed venue can add one final performance of 'At Home At The Carlyle: Elaine Stritch Singin' Sondheim. . . One Song At A Time' on Tuesday evening, February 2nd, the occasion of Ms. Stritch's 85th Birthday.

Performances start Tuesday, January 12, for 'The Pee-wee Herman Show' at Club Nokia @ L.A. LIVE for a limited 4-week engagement, through February 7.

'The Pee-wee Herman Show,' starring Paul Reubens, will begin a limited engagement starting January 12, 2010, at Club Nokia @ LA Live. This theatrical production is rated PG!

Whether you're a die-hard Shakespeare lover or you've never understood a word he's written, you'll have a rollicking good time at I Hate Hamlet, the hilarious, action-packed comedy by Paul Rudnick at Northern Stage.