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The Show Goes On Productions (TSGO) is proud to announce QUEEN OF THE BEATNIKS: THE SONGS OF JUDY HENSKE is back by popular demand to the Cutting Room, this time with a new band! The show, written and performed by MEREDITH DIMENNA under the musical direction of JASON BINNICK will be at the Cutting Room, November 19th, 2013 at 8:00pm EST. Doors and kitchen open at 7:30, there is a $20 minimum. Tickets are $15 and available at www.showgoesonproductions.com. The Cutting Room is at 44 E. 32nd Street, at Park Avenue.

October 2013 has been an exciting month for the rock musical LIZZIE. The first large production of the musical was mounted by Theater Under the Stars' newest venture TUTS Undergound, a theatre series promising no revivals, no dead authors, and no boundaries. Likewise, on October 8, 2013, LIZZIE's theatrical concept double album was released, garnering glowing and positive reviews from critics. While they were in Houston performing in LIZZIE, I spoke with two of LIZZIE's hard rocking stars, Carrie Manolakos and Carrie Cimma, about their experiences recording the exceptionally fun and alluring album.

TUTS Underground is a new venture and legacy for TUTS, Houston's largest nonprofit musical theatre company. Forged from the guidelines of "No revivals - No dead authors - No boundaries," TUTS Underground features productions that are edgy, captivating, rockin' and occasionally a bit risque.

TUTS Underground hacks into its freshly announced first season with the southwest regional premier of Lizzie. Promising to deliver a 'killer' performance, Lizzie is a rock-show that retells the legend of America's first and favorite axe-wielding double-murderess and Victorian hometown girl, Lizzie Borden. TUTS Underground invites Houstonians to have a bloody good time at Lizzie, which runs tonight, Oct. 10 - 20 in Hobby Center's intimate 500-seat Zilkha Hall.

The Show Goes On Productions (TSGO) is proud to present QUEEN OF THE BEATNIKS: THE SONGS OF JUDY HENSKE, written and performed by MEREDITH DIMENNA under the musical direction of JASON BINNICK, November 19th, 2013 at 8:00pm EST. The show will be at The Cutting Room, 44 E. 32nd Street, at Park Avenue. Doors and kitchen open at 6:30. Tickets are $15 and available at www.showgoesonproductions.com, 646-380-8749.

In cabaret, there are variety shows and there are VARIETY shows. Going on close to three years as a reviewer and attending a myriad of these affairs that can range in feel from Ed Sullivan to the Gong Show, I no longer have much patience for the lower case version. But every once in a while there's a multi-performer extravaganza that screams capital letters. It turns out that MAC-Award winning singer Lauren Fox has acquired the knack for staging 'Big V' variety shows because they are all about the themes, the stories, and the music, and not about the performers. And wouldn't you know it? With the egos being upstaged by everyone's joy and passion for the project, everybody wins . . . especially the audience. That was the case last night at 54 Below with the Fox produced 'One Night of Peace & Music: A Tribute to Woodstock.'

TUTS Underground hacks into its freshly announced first season with the southwest regional premier of Lizzie. Promising to deliver a "killer' performance, Lizzie is a rock-show that retells the legend of America's first and favorite axe-wielding double-murderess and Victorian hometown girl, Lizzie Borden. TUTS Underground invites Houstonians to have a bloody good time at Lizzie, which runs Oct. 10 - 20 in Hobby Center's intimate 500-seat Zilkha Hall.

Back in February, when Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS) announced their 2013-2014 season, Bruce Lumpkin, TUTS' Artistic Director, gave BroadwayWorld an exclusive heads up about an exciting development that was occurring within the organization. Now TUTS is ready to announce their exhilarating new project, an invigorating and diverse season of fresh, edgy musical theatre called TUTS Underground. This season will run in The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts' intimate Zilkha Hall and feature innovative modern works. According to Bruce Lumpkin, the intended audience for this line up is "a contemporary minded audience, an audience looking for something new, something different than what's been offered." The inaugural season for TUTS Underground will feature four fresh shows that are "not only new, newly done, but newly done for our audiences here."

The Show Goes On Productions (TSGO) is proud to present another theatrical concert in its ROCK TONIC Series, tonight, July 3rd, 2013 at 8:00pm EST.

Melissa Cox owes her music career to a missed curfew. At 14, she came home late, as teenagers often do, and was grounded by her parents. 'My dad said 'You can't go out with friends, go on the computer, or watch TV. So you're going to do something useful and learn guitar,' recalls Cox. 'If that had not happened, I don't know what I would be doing with my life right now.'

Melissa Cox owes her music career to a missed curfew. At 14, she came home late, as teenagers often do, and was grounded by her parents. 'My dad said 'You can't go out with friends, go on the computer, or watch TV. So you're going to do something useful and learn guitar,' recalls Cox. 'If that had not happened, I don't know what I would be doing with my life right now.'

Hotel Max is teaming up with EMP to celebrate the museum's “Women Who Rock” exhibition which debuts June 14 and profiles the artistry and style of the most influential female stars in rock n' roll. To honor the powerful, talented women who have shaped rock history, downtown Seattle's home away from home for musicians, art lovers and the creatively inclined will be offering visitors to the Emerald City an amped up “I Love Rock n' Roll” getaway package that empowers guests to unleash their inner rock star with their own guitar and amp.

The Show Goes On Productions (TSGO) is proud to present another theatrical concert in its ROCK TONIC Series, July 3rd, 2013 at 8:00pm EST. QUEEN OF THE BEATNIKS: THE SONGS OF JUDY HENSKE, written and performed by MEREDITH DIMENNA under the musical direction of JASON BINNICK will be at The Cutting Room, 44 E. 32nd Street, at Park Avenue. Doors and kitchen open at 7:30. Tickets are $15 and available at www.showgoesonproductions.com, 646-380-8749.

Melissa Cox owes her music career to a missed curfew. At 14, she came home late, as teenagers often do, and was grounded by her parents. "My dad said 'You can't go out with friends, go on the computer, or watch TV. So you're going to do something useful and learn guitar,'" recalls Cox. "If that had not happened, I don't know what I would be doing with my life right now."

Broadway Records announced today the upcoming release of LIZZIE, a rock concept double album digitally on June 14, 2013 and on CD June 18, 2013. It is available for pre-order athttp://amzn.com/B00CIIFKAM.

Once in a generation, if we are lucky, an extraordinary talent like no other arises - one who can ceaselessly, effortlessly caress the loftiest heights of comedy and drama onstage (and sometimes onscreen), while, simultaneously, imbuing musical theatre roles with the same skill set, plus a powerhouse, quintessentially unique and resplendent vocal instrument; and, of course, that indescribable 'it' factor, too - such is the tale of Broadway's grand dame, Patti LuPone. Ms. LuPone is a part of that great pantheon of leading ladies of lore led by Ethel Merman, Mary Martin, Angela Lansbury, Elaine Stritch and Bernadette Peters - that is, musical theatre royalty. Taking a look back at many moments in her long and varied career thus far, LuPone candidly opines about a vast array of topics and opens up about many of the remarkable figures who have played roles in her astounding time spent on Broadway, in Hollywood and on TV - among them: Stephen Sondheim, Hal Prince, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman, Steven Spielberg, David Mamet, Ryan Murphy and many more. Most importantly, LuPone discusses various aspects of her ever-expanding new solo show upon which her sensational live album, FAR AWAY PLACES, is based - the songs, the stories, the themes, the collaborators and her future plans for the piece (such as her series of 54 Below shows coming up in February). Additionally, LuPone addresses appearing on GLEE, reflects on working with Jennifer Lopez and Jason Statham on PARKER, shares her thoughts on her favorite films of the year, expounds upon what roles she would like to pursue and teases about her concert with David Yazbek and the debut of her new Carnegie Hall concert as well as a return to London where she made her mark with her Olivier-winning original Fantine in LES MISERABLES - all of that and much, much more!

The new Feeding People album, Island Universe, is streaming live over at SPIN.com. Island Universe will be out today, Feb. 5 on Innovative Leisure.

The new Feeding People album, Island Universe, is streaming live over at SPIN.com. Island Universe will be out Feb. 5 on Innovative Leisure.

AliceGraceAnon The Irondale Center presents AliceGraceAnon- a new play by Kara Lee Corthoron. This show features three oddly connected heroines - a curious girl who falls down a rabbit hole (Alice); the lead singer of an iconic '60s rock band (Grace); the nameless star of a classic druggie diary (Anonymous) - who inhabit three separate worlds, playing out their stories exactly as expected.

New Georges in association with Irondale Center (85 Oxford Street between Lafayette Avenue and Fulton Street, Brooklyn) will present the World Premiere of Kara Lee Corthron's ALICEGRACEANON, tonight, October 18-November 9.