Katharine Hepburn News

Nick Padgett, Producing Artistic Director of Padgett Productions, based of Union Station in Kansas City, is bringing Academy Award and nine-time Emmy winner, Cloris Leachman to Kansas City in her critically-acclaimed one-woman show, CLORIS! I'm Eighty F*ing Four & Still Going Strong, for two performances only Nov 7 through 8 (Sun 3pm and Mon 8pm) to Union Station, 30 West Pershing Rd Kansas City, MO, 64108. Tickets $65 and include both the show and after-party with Cloris. For tickets and information please call 816.460.2020 or visit http://www.unionstation.org/cloris.html

Following her sell-out production of J.M. Barrie's What Every Woman Knows at the Finborough Theatre in July this year, director Louise Hill returns to the Finborough Theatre with another rediscovery of a classic comedy by J.M. Barrie to celebrate the 150th anniversary of his birth - his magical 1901 play Quality Street, opening on 30 November 2010 (Press Night: Thursday, 2 December 2010 at 7.30pm) as part of the Finborough Theatre's 30th anniversary year.

"CPCC Theatre isn't [on the level of 'community theatre'] they're really on a professional level." - Creative Loafing theatre critic, Perry Tannenbaum, on WFAE 90.7fm's "Charlotte Talks."

The Rrazz Room at Hotel Nikko is a night club offering the finest in cabaret, jazz, comedy and popular music entertainment.

CPCC Theatre will present The Lion in Winter on November 5,6,12, 13 at 8:00pm and November 7 & 14 at 2:30pm in Pease Auditorium on the CPCC Central Campus.

The RRazz room at Hotel Nikko is San Francisco's premiere nightclub, offering the finest in world-class Cabaret, Jazz, Comedy and Popular music entertainment.

David Cote, theater editor and chief drama critic at Time Out New York, will moderate the VINEYARD VOICES panel "LAW & ORDER AND THE STAGE" on Sunday, October 24 at 6:30 p.m. at the Vineyard Theatre (108 E. 15 St.) it has been announced.

The Falcon Theatre in Toluca Lake, CA (a Los Angeles suberb) have officially opened TEA AT FIVE written by Matthew Lombardo, and directed by Jenny Sullivan, the second production in its 2010-2011 Subscription Season. This gracefully funny and heartwarming tale stars Stephanie Zimbalist (Remington Steele) as legendary actress Katharine Hepburn. Broadway World TV's Los Angeles correspondents Dean Butler and Michael Sterling visited with Zimbalist and Sullivan earlier this week.

Ever since Carly discovered the voice of Freddie Mercury, she has been in love with his theatrical, rocker glam persona. Freddie Mercury could sing anything...in any style, and that alone is an art to celebrate. After covering and loving his music for years, Ms. Ozard and musical director Joe Wicht are creating 'Somebody To Love: My Musical Tribute to Freddie Mercury.' Carly will be Queen for a day, paying homage to her idol, and sharing historic and interesting facts about Mercury's public and intimate lifestyle. Carly relates to Mercury's flair for theatrical and dramatic performing, incorporating his work into a night of fabulous cabaret.

Actress Stephanie Zimbalist certainly needs no introduction. With her star turn on Remington Steele on TV in the 80s, her multiple MOWs and frequent stage appearances all over the country, she is an actor in demand. In this conversation she talks about the challenges of playing Katharine Hepburn in Matthew Lombardo's Tea at Five, which she recently completed for the Rubicon in Ventura and is about to open at the Falcon Theatre in Burbank on October 22.

The Falcon Theatre presents the hit one-woman show TEA AT FIVE, written by Matthew Lombardo and directed by Jenny Sullivan, the second production in its 2010-2011 Subscription Season. This gracefully funny and heartwarming tale stars Stephanie Zimbalist (Remington Steele) as legendary actress Katharine Hepburn.

David Cote, theater editor and chief drama critic at Time Out New York, will moderate the VINEYARD VOICES panel "LAW & ORDER AND THE STAGE" on Sunday, October 24 at 6:30 p.m. at the Vineyard Theatre (108 E. 15 St.) it has been announced.

The Public Theater (Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director; Andrew D. Hamingson, Executive Director) is proud to announce the addition of Academy Award-nominated actress Anne Hathaway and the best-selling author of the Gossip Girl series Cecily von Ziegesar to the prestigious roster of participants for "Chasing The Green Light," the first Public Forum on Monday, October 18.

The Public Theater (Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director; Andrew D. Hamingson, Executive Director) is proud to announce the addition of Academy Award-nominated actress Anne Hathaway and the best-selling author of the Gossip Girl series Cecily von Ziegesar to the prestigious roster of participants for "Chasing The Green Light," the first Public Forum on Monday, October 18.

On October 14th, the second season of National Theatre Live begins with a worldwide broadcast of Complicite's acclaimed production of A DISAPPEARING NUMBER

Actress Stephanie Zimbalist certainly needs no introduction. With her star turn on Remington Steele on TV in the 80s, her multiple MOWs and frequent stage appearances all over the country, she is an actor in demand. In this conversation she talks about the challenges of playing Katharine Hepburn in Matthew Lombardo's Tea at Five, which she recently completed for the Rubicon in Ventura and is about to open at the Falcon Theatre in Burbank on October 22.

Who has more style? More flair? More imagination? More sheer visual power in each and every frame of every single one of his films than the master of the modern movie musical - and director of the greatest Shakespeare film adaptation ever created, bar none - the fabulously talented and extremely entertaining film genius otherwise known as Baz Luhrmann. In this BWW World Premiere Exclusive InDepth InterView we talk everything from Broadway to Hollywood to Oz - with chairing this year's NYMF, Blu-Rays of his previous films, WICKED onstage and onscreen, GLEE, (the other) Oz, Lady Gaga, Kanye West, Beyonce, Andrew Lloyd Webber and much, much more in-between - so follow the digital yellow brick road to the cyber emerald kingdom in the wonderful world of Baz.

On October 14th, the second season of National Theatre Live begins with a worldwide broadcast of Complicite's acclaimed production of A DISAPPEARING NUMBER

The Tony and two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning Vineyard Theatre (108 E. 15 St.) will continue its popular VINEYARD VOICES program which began last season-a series of discussions with leading artists associated with The Vineyard-with three programs in the fall, starting with "LAW & ORDER AND THE STAGE" on Sunday, October 24 at 6:30 p.m.

A story of the love and loss that gave birth to an empire. A Roman General and an Egyptian Queen, Mark Antony and Cleopatra are great leaders of their time who share a passion for each other-but at a price. Power, politics and betrayal overshadow their doomed and legendary affiair. Joining critically acclaimed Shakespearean actor John Douglas Thompson as Mark Antony is the incomparable Kate Mulgrew (Broadway's Equus, TV's Star Trek: Voyager and Ryan's Hope) as Cleopatra, returning to Hartford Stage for the first time since her memorable portrayal of Katharine Hepburn in Tea at Five!