Michael Smith News

Broadway's Carols for a Cure, Volume 14, goes on sale Friday, October 19 with the voices of major talents, including Ricky Martin, Chita Rivera, Cyndi Lauper and more.

Multi-Emmy ® award-winner Sandra Lee shines in and out of the kitchen this October in two new series on Food Network and Cooking Channel.

Chuck Hughes has taken viewers behind the scenes at his restaurant in Chuck's Day Off, experienced the tastes of Mexico in Chuck's Week Off: Mexico, and competed against all-star chefs in The Next Iron Chef: Super Chefs. Chuck returns to Cooking Channel in Chuck's Eat the Street, premiering today, October 9th at 8:30pm ET/5:30pm PT, visiting some of the most distinguished and intriguing streets in America, tasting delectable foods along the way. Whether it is Beale Street in Memphis, Mission Street in San Francisco, or Magazine Street in New Orleans, Chuck experiences the history, lore and food behind these famous streets.

Fells Point Corner Theatre presents on its Sokal Stage Martin McDonagh's A Behanding in Spokane, directed by Howard Berkowitz. The play opens on Friday, September October 19 and runs through Sunday, November 4, 2012.

Mike Bartlett's hit play COCK will complete its critically acclaimed limited run tonight, Saturday, October 6 at 8pm.

Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) begins accepting entries today, Wednesday, October 3, for its popular LIVEforFIVE online lottery for $5 tickets to the New York premiere of THE WHALE, a new play by Obie Award winner Samuel D. Hunter (A Bright New Boise), directed by Davis McCallum (February House, A Bright New Boise, the upcoming Water By the Spoonful at Second Stage). Due to the overwhelming response to Playwrights Horizons' 2012/2013 season, all productions are now playing longer runs to accommodate the larger subscription base. The limited engagement of THE WHALE, originally announced through Sunday, November 18, will now play through Sunday, December 2.

There are only six more performances to see Mike Bartlett's hit play COCK before it completes its critically acclaimed limited run on Saturday, October 6 at 8pm.

Actress Debi Mazar and husband Gabriele Corcos, return to Cooking Channel for the third season of food, family and friends in EXTRA VIRGIN, premiering Wednesday, November 7th at 9:30pm ET/6:30pm PT.

Previews begin Friday, October 12 for the Playwrights Horizons' production of THE WHALE, the New York premiere of a new play by Obie Award winner Samuel D. Hunter (A Bright New Boise). Directed by Davis McCallum (February House, A Bright New Boise, the upcoming Water By the Spoonful at Second Stage), the production has an Opening Night set for Monday, November 5 at 7PM at Playwrights Horizons' Peter Jay Sharp Theater (416 West 42nd Street).

Celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton added his voice to the 2012 Broadway's Carols for a Cure, Volume 14, singing an original song called 'A Perez Hilton Christmas,' with music by Lynn Pinto & Jason Michael Webb, and lyrics by George Howe & Frances Limoncelli. Perez Hilton is making his New York stage debut in the comical off-Broadway revue "NEWSical the Musical."

As part of its 80th season celebration, Bergen County Players (BCP) will present Neil Simon's FOOLS, a 'light, frothy, fairy tale for adults featuring Simon's brilliant use of vaudeville, slapstick, puns and wordplay.' Under the direction of Iris Weinhouse, FOOLS will be performed at the Little Firehouse Theatre in Oradell from October 20th through November 10th at The Little Firehouse Theatre in Oradell, NJ. Shows will be on Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm. Tickets may be purchased online at www.bcplayers.org, by calling 201-261-4200 or by visiting the box office at 298 Kinderkamack Road in Oradell during regular box office hours. Tickets are $20 on Friday and Saturday and $16 on Sunday.

Multi-Emmy ® award-winner Sandra Lee shines in and out of the kitchen this October in two new series on Food Network and Cooking Channel.

Looking ahead to winter, David T. Little's evening-length multi-media music-theatre work, Soldier Songs (2006), receives its New York City premiere as part of BMP and HERE's inaugural PROTOTYPE: Opera/Theatre/Now festival January 11-13 + 16-18, 2013, showcasing pioneering work by a new generation of opera-theatre and music-theatre composers. Created and composed by Little, Soldier Songs is based on recorded interviews with veterans of five wars, with a libretto adapted by the composer.

Due to popular demand, Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has announced an extension of its critically-acclaimed, sold-out New York premiere production of DETROIT, the new play by Obie Award winner Lisa D'Amour.

Casts and stars from the current Broadway line-up have started recording for the 2012 Broadway's Carols for a Cure, Volume 14.

Mo Rocca learns treasured family recipes, and a lot more, from grandparents across the country in the 13-episode original series MY GRANDMOTHER'S RAVIOLI, premiering Wednesday, October 24th at 8:30pm ET/5:30pm PT on Cooking Channel.

Chuck Hughes returns to Cooking Channel in CHUCK'S EAT THE STREET, premiering Tuesday, October 9th at 8:30pm ET/5:30pm PT, visiting some of the most distinguished and intriguing streets in America, tasting delectable foods along the way.