Ken Bloom News

Feinsteins_American_Songbook_20010101 'Michael Feinstein's American Songbook,' a three-part series about the history of American song hosted by singer and pianist Michael Feinstein, will premiere on PBS on October 6, TV by the Numbers reports. Parts Two and Three will air on October 13 and 20, respectively. All three parts will air at 8pm on their respective dates. Feinstein will perform standards and discuss his own experiences, including encounters with notable performers and composers and his efforts to preserve the history of the Great American Songbook. The series will also include archival footage.

MICHAEL FEINSTEIN, the five-time Grammy Award nominated, plantinum-selling singer and pianist, and CHEYENNE JACKSON - the Broadway star of Xanadu, All Shook Up and the current revival of Finian's Rainbow - have announced the release of their first CD together, The Power of Two. Based on the sold-out engagement at Michael's New York nightclub, Feinstein's at Loews Regency the disc features pop songs, classic standards and numbers from Broadway shows like Kiss Me Kate, City Of Angels and The King and I.

Cheyenne Jackson can't get enough of the small screen this week. Tomorrow, November 12, he makes his much anticipated debut appearance on 30 Rock, and will also appear on the Today Show with fellow songbird Michael Feinstein to promote their new album The Power of Two. He and Michael will be interviewed and perform a song off of the album. The segment, hosted by Kathie Lee and Hoda, airs at 10:30am EST on MSNBC.

MICHAEL FEINSTEIN, the five-time Grammy Award nominated, plantinum-selling singer and pianist, and CHEYENNE JACKSON - the Broadway star of Xanadu, All Shook Up and the current revival of Finian's Rainbow - have announced the release of their first CD together, The Power of Two. Based on the sold-out engagement at Michael's New York nightclub, Feinstein's at Loews Regency the disc features pop songs, classic standards and numbers from Broadway shows like Kiss Me Kate, City Of Angels and The King and I.

Elaine Orbach, born January 19th, 1940 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, the Daughter of Anna and Salvatore Cancilla. The cause of death was pneumonia.

Words and Music by Jerry Herman will premiere in the New York metro area on WNET New York, Monday, December 31 at 10PM; and nationwide on PBS, including NJN Public Television, Tuesday, January 1, 2008 at 9:30PM.

Frank Vlastnik, star of I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, has co-authored the new hardcover book 'SITCOMS: The 101 Greatest TV Comedies of All Time' published by Black Dog & Leventhal.

New documentary Words and Music by Jerry Herman will premiere nationwide on PBS, Tuesday, January 1, 2008 at 9:30PM. (Check local listings.)

Here are opportunities for the public to see Words and Music by Jerry Herman prior to the national PBS broadcast in January 2008.

Jerry Herman, the beloved Broadway composer and lyricist turns 76, tomorrow, Tuesday, July 10.

The 92nd St Y hosted a private preview screening on Wednesday, May 23 of the soon-to-seen NJN/PBS documentary - Words and Music by Jerry Herman, a film by Amber Edwards.

A three-and-a-half minute excerpt from the soon-to-be-seen PBS documentary 'Words and Music by Jerry Herman' is now online

The new NJN documentary to air on PBS next season, 'Words and Music by Jerry Herman,' by award-winning filmmaker Amber Edwards, has been selected to screen at the 9th Annual Sarasota Film Festival on Saturday, April 14 at 2:45pm and Sunday, April 15 at 1pm

Carol Channing, Jerry Herman, Amber Edwards and the Actors' Fund's Joe Benincasa recently attended a screening of Amber Edwards' film Words and Music at the Camelot Theatre in Palm Springs.

The Lambs Club hosted a private preview screening last night of the new NJN/PBS documentary - Words and Music by Jerry Herman, a film by Amber Edwards.

Tonight (Monday, November 1th) the Drama Book Shop (250 West 40th Street) will celebrate the publication of BROADWAY MUSICALS: The 101 Greatest Shows of All Time by Ken Bloom and Frank Vlastnik with a Foreword by Jerry Orbach. The public is invited this evening from 6:00 - 8:00 pm. Refreshments will be served and the authors and special guests will be autographing the magnificent book. RSVP by phone to (212) 944-0595 x417 or you can e mail info@dramabookshop.com

The Drama Book Shop (250 West 40th Street) will celebrate the publication of BROADWAY MUSICALS: The 101 Greatest Shows of All Time by Ken Bloom and Frank Vlastnik with a Foreword by Jerry Orbach this coming Monday, November 15th from 6:00 - 8:00 pm.