Johnny Mercer News

11th Hour Theatre Company continues its season with the Philadelphia Premiere of Adam Gwon's chamber musical, Ordinary Days.

Following 5 weeks of national auditions, CAMP BROADWAY®, the award-winning theater arts education company has announced its cast of 132 theatre-loving kids, ages 12-16, to perform in the 85th Anniversary Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade®. 3 of these talented cast members hail from Memphis, Tennessee and will appear on the ZhuZhu Pets® Zhu-niverse float and perform an original song on the national broadcast of on Thanksgiving morning, November 24, beginning at 9:00AM.

Spring will arrive early when award-winning vocalist Marieann Meringolo brings her highly acclaimed new show You Must Believe In Spring! The Music of Michel Legrand to "The Nightclub of New York," Feinstein's at Loews Regency (540 Park Avenue, at 61st Street) for four consecutive Sundays beginning February 26th (8:30PM) and playing through March 18th.

Midwest New Musicals kicks off Words and Music, its new concert reading series of original musicals with TABLE TURNS by Sheilah Rae and Michele Brourman on Monday, November 21, at 8 PM at the Light Opera Works Second Stage, 1420 Maple (at Lake) in Evanston.

Continental chanteuse Yanna Avis returns to the Metropolitan Room with her critically acclaimed cabaret act, 'Yanna Avis,' on Monday November 21 at 9:30pm and Tuesday November 22 at 7pm. Avis's show, which brought her to the Metropolitan Room for the first time in June, was called 'a textbook study of how different French cabaret is from American' by Stephen Holden in The New York Times.

11th Hour Theatre Company continues its season with the Philadelphia Premiere of Adam Gwon's chamber musical, Ordinary Days.

John Bucchino's 'It's Only Life,' featuring the Australian Cast (Christian Cavallo, Phoebe Coupe, Zack Anthony Curran, Madeleine Featherby, Laura Fitzpatrick, Sam Rabbone and Cameron Thomas) with John Bucchino at the piano plays BIRDLAND on Monday, November 14 at 7pm.

The Rrazz Room has announced many of its upcoming events. Look below for the full schedule.

11th Hour Theatre Company continues its season with the Philadelphia Premiere of Adam Gwon's chamber musical, Ordinary Days.

Midwest New Musicals kicks off Words and Music, its new concert reading series of original musicals with TABLE TURNS by Sheilah Rae and Michele Brourman on Monday, November 21, at 8 PM at the Light Opera Works Second Stage, 1420 Maple (at Lake) in Evanston.

Continental chanteuse Yanna Avis returns to the Metropolitan Room with her critically acclaimed cabaret act, 'Yanna Avis,' on Monday November 21 at 9:30pm and Tuesday November 22 at 7pm. Avis's show, which brought her to the Metropolitan Room for the first time in June, was called 'a textbook study of how different French cabaret is from American' by Stephen Holden in The New York Times.

The RRazz Room, San Francisco's premier nightclub, offers the finest in world-class Classic Soul, R&B, Traditional Pop, Jazz, Comedy, Revue and Cabaret entertainment.

Performing on Broadway is a dream for countless young artists. Camp Broadway's Dance Track, designed for students ages 13-18, provides aspiring dancers who have prior training in ballet, jazz and tap with the opportunity to hone their talents with instruction from Broadway choreographers and experienced professionals.

The Broadway at Birdland concert series has just announced that Christine Ebersole will be performing with the Aaron Weinstein Trio on Sunday, November 27 (6pm) and Monday, November 28 (7pm).

Mike Stoller, the Grammy Award winning composer who is one half of the legendary songwriting team of Leiber and Stoller, will be honored with Chapman University's 30th Annual American Celebration Lifetime Achievement in the Arts Award at a Black-tie Gala to be held on Saturday, November 5, 2011 from 6:00 - 11:30 p.m. at Chapman Auditorium in Memorial Hall; Chapman University; One University Drive; Orange, CA 92866.

Mike Stoller, the Grammy Award winning composer who is one half of the legendary songwriting team of Leiber and Stoller, will be honored with Chapman University's 30th Annual American Celebration Lifetime Achievement in the Arts Award at a Black-tie Gala to be held on Saturday, November 5, 2011 from 6:00 - 11:30 p.m. at Chapman Auditorium in Memorial Hall; Chapman University; One University Drive; Orange, CA 92866.

Call him crazy, but the international cabaret star Mark Nadler is packing over 61 songs and 61 newsworthy events in his new show, 'Crazy 1961,' a celebration of the year of his birth that has its New York premiere at the Laurie Beechman Theatre, 407 West 42nd Street, in a three-week engagement from December 1 to 18.