John Wayne News

Performing Arts Fort Worth welcomes Ricky Nelson Remembered, featuring Matthew and Gunnar Nelson, to Bass Performance Hall on Tuesday, April 10, at 7:30 p.m., as part of the BNSF Popular Entertainment Series. Tickets start at $22 and are on sale NOW!

Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey, Debbie Reynolds and 'Baby Peggy' Diana Serra Cary, along with film noir leading ladies Peggy Cummins, Rhonda Fleming and Marsha Hunt are the latest stars scheduled to appear at the 2012 TCM Classic Film Festival.

The Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston is once again serving up its warm Irish brew, 'A Little Bit of Ireland,' described as 'a sumptuous feast of Irish music, folk dancing, and light-hearted comic blarney designed to banish the winter blues and say 'welcome' to an emerald Irish spring.'

Academy Award winner Christopher Walken and his wife casting director (Sopranos, Entourage) Georgianne Walken made a rare appearance on the town attending a preview of Kenyetta Lethridge's Innocent Flesh at the Actors Temple Theatre. The usually camera shy Walken was so impressed by the four young actresses who play teenage hookers in the searing drama posed happily with the cast members as they whipped out their cell-phones. They also congratulated writer / director Kenyetta Lethridge and producers Michael Mann & Diana Zollicoffer on the production.

The Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston is once again serving up its warm Irish brew, "A Little Bit of Ireland," described as 'a sumptuous feast of Irish music, folk dancing, and light-hearted comic blarney designed to banish the winter blues and say "welcome" to an emerald Irish spring. Now in its 14th year, this annual musical celebration of St. Patrick's Day, conceived and directed by Reagle's producing artistic director Bob Eagle, features some of the best and most renowned Irish performers assembled on stage anywhere anytime.'

The Picture Show at Bay Street Theatre continues in March with Deborah Kerr Weekend with THE END OF THE AFFAIR on March 2 and FROM HERE TO ETERNITY on March 3. William Holden Weekend includes STAALAG 17 on March 9 and BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI on March 10.

Needing no introduction, popular TV star of the 60s, 70s and 80s impressionist Rich Little, who is known for his impressions of Ronald Regan, Jimmy Stewart, George Burns, Richard Nixon, among others, will appear at the Welk Resort in Escondido Wednesday February 29 thru Sunday March 4. In our interview he gives us a little preview of his latest solo show Jimmy Stewart and Friends, which he hopes to eventually take into New York.

Martin McDonagh's A SKULL IN CONNEMARA reflects today's attention-span-shortened audience...Concise but clever, with laughing and bashing, a playful bit of a play...but not particularly demanding of its audience...unlike, say Eugene O'Neill's THE ICEMAN COMETH. Does 'SKULL' represent a trend in modern theater? Are the days of 4-hour plays over?

In 1985, three former teen idols-all from the same Philadelphia neighborhood-teamed for a concert titled The Golden Boys, which not only satisfied fans from their teen era by performing their hits, but illustrated that good singing and stage presence never go out of style. Frankie Avalon, Fabian & Bobby Rydell, "The Golden Boys" from American Bandstand's heyday, have appeared together on such major TV specials as "The American Music Awards," the closing ceremonies of the "Miss Liberty Special" (viewed by over 200 million people) and the ABC Inaugural special "Command Performance: An All-Star Salute To The President."

Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey, Debbie Reynolds and 'Baby Peggy' Diana Serra Cary, along with film noir leading ladies Peggy Cummins, Rhonda Fleming and Marsha Hunt are the latest stars scheduled to appear at the 2012 TCM Classic Film Festival.

On January 31, pianist Rudolf Buchbinder's live performance (as pianist and conductor) of all five of Beethoven's Piano Concertos with the Vienna Philharmonic will be released in the US as a 2-DVD set by C Major/Unitel Classica. The concerts were filmed live in May 2011 at the Goldener Saal der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna. In addition to the performances, the DVDs include a conversation between Buchbinder and music journalist Joachim Kaiser as bonus material.

In 1985, three former teen idols-all from the same Philadelphia neighborhood-teamed for a concert titled The Golden Boys, which not only satisfied fans from their teen era by performing their hits, but illustrated that good singing and stage presence never go out of style. Frankie Avalon, Fabian & Bobby Rydell, "The Golden Boys" from American Bandstand's heyday, have appeared together on such major TV specials as "The American Music Awards," the closing ceremonies of the "Miss Liberty Special" (viewed by over 200 million people) and the ABC Inaugural special "Command Performance: An All-Star Salute To The President."

Actress and model Doe Avedon, born Dorcas Marie Nowell, died Sunday, according to the New York Times. She was 86 years old.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will examine the technology behind 'It's a Wonderful Life' on Monday, December 12 at 7 p.m. at the Academy Theater at Lighthouse International in New York City. Special guest Craig Barron, Oscar-winning visual effects supervisor, will discuss studio production methods of the era, the use of matte paintings in key scenes, and the origins of the film's sound effects. The program will also include a special introduction by Karolyn Grimes, who played Zuzu Bailey in the film, marking the first time she will present the film in New York City.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will examine the technology behind 'It's a Wonderful Life' on Monday, December 12 at 7 p.m. at the Academy Theater at Lighthouse International in New York City. Special guest Craig Barron, Oscar-winning visual effects supervisor, will discuss studio production methods of the era, the use of matte paintings in key scenes, and the origins of the film's sound effects. The program will also include a special introduction by Karolyn Grimes, who played Zuzu Bailey in the film, marking the first time she will present the film in New York City.

Sugar Valley Theatricals , in association with Isaac H. Suggs, Jr. is pleased to announce its production of MUNCHED by Kim Porter, a groundbreaking play dealing with Munchhausen Syndrome by Proxy and a young woman's reluctant search for the gory details of life with her mother.

MUNCHED was produced in 2009 in Los Angeles by Buzzworks Theater Company where it won the LA Drama Critics Circle award, The LA WEEKLY award and the McDonald Award for Playwriting excellence. The East coast premier of MUNCHED will be directed by Petronia Paley (Multiple AUDELCO award winner and legendary soap opera veteran.

Reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year Brad Paisley and former CMA Entertainers of the Year Vince Gill and Keith Urban will pay tribute to Country Music Hall of Fame member and former CMA Entertainer of the Year Glen Campbell during 'The 45th Annual CMA Awards