Jai Rodriguez News

The Festival of New American Musicals which officially launched throughout Southern California on May 1 will officially end on July 10-13th with a staged reading of the new musical, DANCE WITH ME, based on the lives and romance of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. The Festival has included 158 performances of 43 musical theater events in 36 theaters stretching from Santa Barbara to San Diego, reaching an estimated 122,000 theatergoers.

April brought a shower of Upright Cabaret across Southern California as the Upright Boys celebrated their third-year anniversary by producing a star-studded re-grand opening, four solo engagements, and a benefit for The Trevor Project co-hosted by Neil Patrick Harris...

AIDS Project Los Angeles received nearly $350,000 from the 24th annual Southland Theatre Artists Goodwill Event (S.T.A.G.E.), celebrating the music of composer Burt Bacharach, on March 8 and 9 at the Wilshire Theatre in Beverly Hills...

The 24th Annual Southland Theatre Artists Goodwill Event-S.T.A.G.E-will present 'Blame It On Bacharach!', a celebration of the magic that is composer Burt Bacharach, on Saturday, March 8 and Sunday, March 9 at the Wilshire Theatre Beverly Hills.

A DVD of 'The Leading Men II' benefit concert for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, which was held February 5 at Birdland, will be sold at the Broadway Flea Market on September 23 in Shubert Alley in New York City.

On Sunday, August 5th at the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, The Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation (REAF) presented 'Help is on the Way XIII: Goes to the Movies,' Northern California's largest annual AIDS benefit and gala.

If you closed your eyes last night,you would have thought you were back in New York even though you knew you had just valeted your car in West Hollywood. Yes, Broadway came to Hollywood to a new, beautiful new supper club called Eleven for 'Changed for Good: An Intimate Evening with Stephen Schwartz.'

The San Francisco touring company of Jersey Boys raised $28,686.00 at the San Francisco AIDS Walk on Sunday, July 15th!

Hairspray film star Nikki Blonksy and the San Francisco tour cast of Jersey Boys, plus stage and TV star Jai Rodriguez appeared at San Francisco's 37th Annual Pride Parade, Sunday, June 24th.

Lincoln Center will celebrate Gay Pride this year with a special night of gay dancing under the stars when the 19th annual 'Midsummer Night Swing' hosts a Gay Pride disco, hustle and funk party - headlined by Broadway star and 'Queer Eye' guy Jai Rodriguez, joined by deejays Brenda Black and Max Rodriguez - on Thursday, June 21 at Lincoln Center's Josie Robertson Plaza

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts 19th annual Midsummer Night Swing will present 25 nights of dancing under the stars from Tuesday, June 19, through Saturday, July 21.

The 'Kristin's Closet Auction,' with special items donated by Tony Award-winner Kristin Chenoweth to benefit AIDS WALK NY, is in its final days on eBay

Kristin Chenoweth (Wicked, The Apple Tree, TV's 'West Wing') has donated memorabilia from her personal collection to benefit AIDS Walk NY 2007.

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) announced today that Whoopi Goldberg will open the 18th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in New York.

NBC has picked up 'Grease: You're the One That I Want' for two additional live shows, bringing its scheduled number of episodes from nine to eleven.

It was announced today during a press call about the upcoming NBC reality show that film star Olivia Newton-John had agreed to appear on the first two episodes of the show.

Bravo will rebroadcast episodes of the upcoming NBC reality talent search 'You're the One That I Want.'

An array of Broadway stars and shows are taking part in the auction Bid 2 Beat AIDS

On this 4th Anniversary Special, spend time with Ken and Chita Rivera, Ben Stiller, Jai Rodriguez, Phoebe Snow, Judy Kay, Dick Van Dyke, Bebe Neuwirth, Ben Vereen and more!

Chita Rivera will be featured on this weeks That's Kentertainment!