Henry Mancini News

Today we are featuring the luminescent and golden-voiced Melissa Errico and talking to her all about her sumptuous new album LEGRAND AFFAIR - featuring the music of famed Broadway and Hollywood composer Michel Legrand - and how the labor of love five years in the making has finally come to light with this week's highly-anticipated release of the romantic and moving album. In addition to analyzing the process of putting the project together alongside the legendary Legrand, Errico also shares her thoughtful and passionate insights into the many different worlds inherent in the evocative songs themselves - many with lyrics by Barbra Streisand's constant collaborators, Alan and Marilyn Bergman - and how closely Errico worked with album producers Phil Ramone and Richard Jay-Alexander on perfecting the sound, style, mood and final song list of LEGRAND AFFAIR. Additionally, Errico and I also travel back in time and touch upon her many notable stage appearances over the years - including illustrative comments on her Broadway debut in MY FAIR LADY, as well as starring in HIGH SOCIETY, FINIAN'S RAINBOW, DRACULA, Legrand's own AMOUR, and, most recently, WHITE CHRISTMAS - and she also shares her excitement for the upcoming tenth anniversary reunion concert of SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE at the Kennedy Center in 2012, co-starring Raul Esparza. Plus, news on her forthcoming appearance on Patrick Wilson's A GIFTED MAN on CBS and all the details on her charity organization, Bowery Babes, as well as much, much more!

A woman pretending to be a man pretending to be a woman? The side-splitting musical comedy, Victor/Victoria closes October 10 at the Robert G. Reim Theatre in Kirkwood.

Jazz trumpet master Terence Blanchard brings his renowned ensemble to Lower Manhattan November 5 for an evening of jazz innovation as part of the inaugural season of Pace Presents, a new series of performing and visual arts events at Pace University's Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts.

Jazz trumpet master Terence Blanchard brings his renowned ensemble to Lower Manhattan November 5 for an evening of jazz innovation as part of the inaugural season of Pace Presents, a new series of performing and visual arts events at Pace University's Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts.

New York's jazz heart wasn't always located downtown. Once it was found on 52nd Street and before that on 125th, and for many decades its most powerful radio voice has been WKCR-FM on the campus of Columbia University. Just a few yards away, jazz finds an uptown home at Columbia's Miller Theatre. This season, Melissa Smey has programmed groups from the top of her wish list in a Jazz series that begins with the inventive Lionel Loueke Trio and the Renee Rosnes Quartet.

Fifty years after its release, the MGM re-mastered film returns to the big screen in high definition with its original vocals and dialog intact. Experience this classic romantic tragedy and the bitter battle between the Jets and the Sharks as Leonard Bernstein's seminal score, featuring the much loved ‘America', ‘Somewhere' and ‘Tonight', is dramatically brought to life on stage by The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra conducted by Jayce Ogren.

Joi Danielle Price returns to The Metropolitan Room this fall with her debut show- UNFILTERED. Unfiltered is an exploration of music that holds back nothing and reveals everything, for better or for worse. Joi Danielle Price connects with you through the plainly honest works of Jeff Blumenkrantz, Henry Mancini, Harold Arlen, Alanis Morissette and variety of others in between. Performances will take place Sunday, September 25th at 9:30 PM and Sunday, December 11th at 9:30 PM.

What is it about movie adaptations and Broadway? They're constantly adapting motion pictures for the stage, and yet, the majority are expensive flops and failures. Is it the fickle nature of the 'Great White Way', or simply cynical critics and theatre patrons who are jaded by these repeat offenders? Well, their loss is our gain, and the funny, romantic, utterly charming and delightful production of VICTOR/VICTORIA by Stages St. Louis is certainly proof enough that something is amiss in their estimations. This closer for Stages season is well worth you time and attention, and proves once again that some productions just work better in other venues.

The producers of the new musical BONNIE & CLYDE announced the complete cast of the show. Previously announced stars Laura Osnes (2011 Drama Desk nominee, Anything Goes) and Jeremy Jordan (Newsies, West Side Story) will be joined on stage by Melissa van der Schyff (Big River) as Blanche Barrow, Claybourne Elder (Road Show) as Buck Barrow, Joe Hart (The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public) as Sheriff Schmid and Louis Hobson (Next to Normal) as Ted Hinton.

Paramount and the Film Society of Lincoln Center will host a gala event with Julie Andrews, legendary actress and wife of the late director Blake Edwards to celebrate the 50th anniversary of one of the most beloved films in cinematic history.

Victor/Victoria opens September 9 at STAGES ST. LOUIS and continues through October 9 at the Robert G. Reim Theatre in Kirkwood.

Joi Danielle Price returns to The Metropolitan Room this fall with her debut show- UNFILTERED. Unfiltered is an exploration of music that holds back nothing and reveals everything, for better or for worse. Joi Danielle Price connects with you through the plainly honest works of Jeff Blumenkrantz, Henry Mancini, Harold Arlen, Alanis Morissette and variety of others in between. Performances will take place Sunday, September 25th at 9:30 PM and Sunday, December 11th at 9:30 PM.

A woman pretending to be a man pretending to be a woman? The side-splitting musical comedy, Victor/Victoria opens September 9 at STAGES ST. LOUIS and continues through October 9 at the Robert G. Reim Theatre in Kirkwood.

Artistic Director of the Henry Mancini Institute at the Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music, Terence Blanchard will compose music for the upcoming Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' classic A Streetcar Named Desire. Directed by Emily Mann and starring Blair Underwood, the show is scheduled to open in the spring of 2012. The play was last seen on Broadway in 2005.

A woman pretending to be a man pretending to be a woman? The side-splitting musical comedy, Victor/Victoria opens September 9 at STAGES ST. LOUIS and continues through October 9 at the Robert G. Reim Theatre in Kirkwood.

Sarah Rice, who first received attention as Johanna in original Broadway cast of Stephen Sondheim's multiple-award winning musical, 'Sweeney Todd,' brings her show 'Screen Gems' to Bob Egan's in New Hope, Friday, September 2. Show time is at 8:30 pm. Tickets are $30.00

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Monday Nights with Oscar will showcase a new digital restoration of 'Breakfast at Tiffany's,' in celebration of the film's 50th anniversary, on Monday, August 8, at 7 p.m. at the Academy Theater at Lighthouse International in New York City.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Monday Nights with Oscar will showcase a new digital restoration of 'Breakfast at Tiffany's,' in celebration of the film's 50th anniversary, on Monday, August 8, at 7 p.m. at the Academy Theater at Lighthouse International in New York City. This program follows the Academy's July 29 screening of the film at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.