Mark Twain News

Adah Isaacs Menken was the original global Superstar, the first media celebrity, a daredevil American performer who risked her life on stage. A poet and rebel, she was known to Victorians as "The Naked Lady." Her colorful life is the subject of A Dangerous Woman: The Life, Loves, and Scandals of Adah Isaacs Menken, 1835-1868, America's Original Superstar, by Barbara and Michael Foster.

On January 20, 2010 Lapham's Quarterly celebrates the release of its Winter 2011 issue 'Celebrity' at Joe's Pub.

Kurt Sutton returns as Mark Twain to the Manatee Players on Wednesday January 26 at 2 p.m.

Davidson Community Players announces open auditions for its June 2011 production of the landmark musical RAGTIME.

The Indiana University Department of Theatre and Drama in the College of Arts and Sciences announced the inaugural Indiana Festival Theatre season Jan. 13 at the department's new academic and rehearsal space in the newly renovated west wing of the Lee Norvelle Theatre and Drama Center.

Abingdon Theatre Company to present its 2010 Christopher Brian Wolk Award to Stephen Spotswood for his script THE AARONSVILLE WOMAN Tuesday, January 18, 7:30PM, in the June Havoc Theatre

THE 14TH STREET Y is pleased to announce the return of A WONDERFULLY FLAT THING, after a sold-out engagement last Spring. Created by Manju Shandler and Basmat Hazan, adapted by Valerie Work, Manju Shandler, and Basmat Hazan A WONDERFULLY FLAT THING, directed by David Winitsky* will close Sunday, January 16.

Jane Austen's Emma - A Musical Romantic Comedy, with book, music and lyrics by Tony Award nominee Paul Gordon and direction by Tony Award nominee Jeff Calhoun, will run in the Old Globe Theatre Jan. 15 - Feb. 27. Preview performances run Jan. 15 - Jan. 22. Opening night is Jan. 23 at 7:00 p.m.

Multi award-winning Bill Cosby returns to the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Saturday, January 15, for two performances, at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Civic Theatre of Allentown is seeking African American actors, singers, and dancers for its production of Ragtime: The Musical, and will hold auditions on Thursday, January 27th at 7:00 PM at Civic Theatre of Allentown, located at 527 N. 19th Street, Allentown, PA 18104. The auditions will take place in the rehearsal hall located above the theatre.

People's Light & Theatre presents Kidnapped!, an adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson novel, by Ernie Joselovitz, which runs on the Steinbright Stage January 13 - February 6, 2011.

Abingdon Theatre Company to present its 2010 Christopher Brian Wolk Award to Stephen Spotswood for his script THE AARONSVILLE WOMAN Tuesday, January 18, 7:30PM, in the June Havoc Theatre

Academy Award® winner, Kevin Spacey, CBE, was presented with the EDWIN BOOTH LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD at a special fundraising gala at the landmarked mansion at 16 Gramercy Park South, (East 20 off Park Ave,) New York City on January 10, 2011.

Joe's Pub at The Public Theater debuted in October 1998 and has quickly became one of New York City's most celebrated and in-demand showcase venues for live music and performance.

Larry the Cable Guy believes the United States of America is the greatest country on the face of the earth and he's out to prove it. In this new series, Larry crisscrosses the nation, going totally off the beaten path to find the people, places and things that define this nation's unique history. From panning for gold in the hills of California to leading a cavalry charge in a Civil War reenactment in Virginia, Larry gives history a fun, down-home twist in the new one-hour series ONLY IN AMERICA WITH LARRY THE CABLE GUY, debuting Tuesday, February 8 at 9 p.m. ET on HISTORY.

Rita McKenzie, one of Broadway, Hollywood and television's most versatile actresses, returns to Southern California in her internationally acclaimed tour de force show, ETHEL MERMAN'S BROADWAY, which re-creates the life and times of Ethel Merman, the Queen of Broadway's Golden Age.

From a former U.S. president to legends of Latin music to the 100th anniversary of the Indianapolis 500-mile auto race to the garden of love, the 2011 commemorative stamp program has something for everyone.

Multi award-winning Bill Cosby returns to the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Saturday, January 15, for two performances, at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.

On January 20, 2010 Lapham's Quarterly celebrates the release of its Winter 2011 issue 'Celebrity' at Joe's Pub.

From Tony Award-Winning playwright John Caird (Nicholas Nickleby, Les Miserables) and Tony nominated composer Paul Gordon (Jane Eyre) comes the World Premiere of the romantic musical Daddy Long Legs, running November 30 - December 26 at The Laguna Playhouse.