Francis Ford Coppola News

This year's Philadelphia Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe, running from August 29 through September 13, introduces the new Festival Bar, a stylized urban beer garden - designed and created specifically for the Festival - that will play host to thousands of festival-goers, artists and performers who will gather nightly for an after-hours chance to meet and mingle. Festival Bar visitors will be able to grab a beer or cocktail served up by Philly's favorite barman Fergus Carey, purchase food including Turkish dishes from Konak Restaurant and Bar, enjoy visual media installations designed and programmed by artist Lars Jan, dance to a line-up of some of the city's best DJs and even play arcade games like pinball and Wii Boxing.

Jim Caruso's Cast Party will present EXTRAVAGAINZA: THE SONGS OF HENRY GAINZA, Monday August 11th at 7:00 p.m., as part of the long-running, Nightlife Award-winning concert series Broadway at Birdland.

Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer; Daniel Sullivan, Acting Artistic Director 2007-2008) has announced the 2008 recipients of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Initiative commissions.

Jim Caruso's Cast Party will present EXTRAVAGAINZA: THE SONGS OF HENRY GAINZA, Monday August 11th at 7:00 p.m., as part of the long-running, Nightlife Award-winning concert series Broadway at Birdland.

In the spirit of last season's acclaimed VENGEANCE, the Off-Broadway theatre company the stageFARM (Carrie Shaltz, Founder / Executive Director and Alex Kilgore, Artistic Director) will present the world premiere of SPIN, a series of new short plays commissioned on the timely topic by Adam Rapp, Gina Gionfriddo, Judith Thompson, Elizabeth Meriwether, and Mark Schultz. With direction by Alex Kilgore and Special Guest Director (TBD), SPIN begins performances Friday evening, October 3, 2008 for a limited engagement through Saturday evening, November 8, 2008 at The Cherry Lane Theatre (38 Commerce Street between Barrow & Bedford Streets). Opening night is Saturday evening, October 11, 2008 at 8:00PM.

FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed 'Best of New York' by New York Magazine, and 'an invaluable New York institution' by The New York Post, continues its Spring 2008 season with the return engagement of stage and screen star LAINIE KAZAN from April 8 - 12.

The 30th Annual Kennedy Center Honors will be broadcast tonight, December 26 on CBS at 9PM (Eastern). Recipients to be honored at this year's national celebration of the arts are pianist Leon Fleisher, actor and writer Steve Martin, singer Diana Ross, film director Martin Scorsese, and songwriter Brian Wilson.

Freddie Fields, Hollywood agent, producer and studio executive who represented Mel Gibson, Richard Gere and others, died from lung cancer in his Beverly Hills Home on Tuesday, December 11. He was 84 years old

Broadway's Tony Award winning hit musical The Drowsy Chaperone will welcome television star Cindy Williams ('Laverne & Shirley') to the cast, in the role of 'Mrs. Tottendale' on Tuesday, December 11 at the Marquis Theatre.

Chris Johnston and the Hofstra University Spectrum Players present the Long Island Premiere of The Pillowman, by Martin McDonagh December 6 - 9 at the Emily and Jerry Spiegel Theater.

New York music icon Michael Feinstein recently helped raise more than $170,000 to continue funding music therapy programs and support research initiatives of the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function

Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, under their Storyline Entertainment banner, are the producers of critically acclaimed and award-winning feature films, television movies and series. The dynamic duo sat down for a phone interview with BroadwayWorld.com to discuss their latest collaboration on HAIRSPRAY.

As part of its eleventh year of producing innovative productions of classic plays, Greasy Joan & Co. presents the Chicago premiere of SUEÑO, an original adaptation of Pedro Calderon de la Barca's play Life's a Dream.

Franc D'Ambrosio, 'The World's Longest Running Phantom,' will perform at Joe's Pub on April 30th

Franc D'Ambrosio, who's most known for playing the title role in The Phantom of the Opera for most of the show's five-year run in San Francisco is going solo at Joe's Pubon Sunday night, April 30th at 7:00 pm.

Variety reports that 'Hot Feet' will try out at the National Theater in Washington, D.C. from March 18-April 9, followed by previewing on Broadway April 15 for an April 30th opening.

Martin Cassela's sex comedy The Irish Curse will play an added August 23rd performance at the Soho Playhouse after selling out its Fringe Festival run