Mickey Rooney News

The Laurie Beechman Theatre, located within The West Bank Caf? (407 West 42nd St.), is pleased to present Jeff Award winner Cindy Marchionda in Cindy Marchionda: Live at the Beechman. Cindy?s musical director, RAY FELLMAN, will be at the piano and ANDY GALE will direct. The show explores the last two years of Cindy?s life, going from the very funny experience of entering another career to expense some very high dental bills to a very sobering reality when her father is diagnosed with Alzheimer's. Expect an eclectic musical menu that includes songs by Jamie Cullum , Leiber and Stoller, Jackson Brown, The Indigo Girls, Johnny Mercer, Randy Newman and The Beatles. Performances will occur on Saturday, March 21st, Monday, March 23rd and Saturday, March 28th. All shows are at 7pm. There is a $15 cover charge and a $15 food and drink minimum for this event. Reservations, which are highly recommended, can be made by calling 212.695.6909.

The Nickelodeon original movie 'Spectacular!' debuts tonight at 8pm (EST) on the cable channel and the buzz is so hot we had to bring you the trailer for it!

Surflight Theatre recently announced its 2009 season. Tickets cost $30.00 for adults and $20.00 children 12 and under. Surflight Theatre is located between Engleside and Beach Avenues, Beach Haven, NJ, Long Beach Island. For more information contact the box office at: 609-492-9477.

TADA! Youth Theater (Janine Nina Trevens, Executive & Artistic Director), the City's 'best known children's musical theater' will kick-off the season with the with the 10th Anniversary production of the family musical Golly Gee Whiz, with book and music by Eric Rockwell and book and lyrics by Joanne Bogart, directed and choreographed by Joanna Greer with musical direction by Jim Colleran. The show will open in Friday, January 9 and run through February 15 at TADA! Theater is located at 15 West 28th Street. Tickets are $20 for adults, $8 for children and can be purchased by visiting www.tadatheater.com or calling (212) 252-1619.

Fashion icon Mr. Richard Blackwell passed away at 4:15pm on Sunday, October 19, 2008 in Los Angeles of complications due to an intestinal infection.

The finale of Rubicon Theatre Company's celebratory 10th Anniversary 'Festival' Season is the delightful Bock & Harnick musical comedy SHE LOVES ME.

Giovanni Spina had a passion to entertain since his preschool days, where he often could be found singing and dancing in the living rooms of his friends and family. This progressed to performing in school plays and musicals and soon he was attending, you guessed it, a performing arts high school. He succeeded in expanding his talents and decided to pursue his passion further by auditioning for the theatre program at the prestigious Ryerson University in Toronto. He was just about ready to begin theatre classes at Ryerson, where he beat out 2,000 aspiring actors for a spot in the program when he got the call about an audition for a small role in a little something called…Camp Rock.

Gateway Playhouse in Bellport remains and is so popular that local residents know better than to drive along South Country Road at certain hours lest they become entangled in traffic either entering or exiting the theater. The Gateway Playhouse is located on the site of the former Mott Estate on the eastern-most tip of Bellport , New York . Rumors are rife about the ghost of Lucretia Mott still haunting one of the buildings on the premises but she seems to be benign and hasn't caused any significant problems in the past few decades.

SECRETS OF A SOCCER MOM, a new play by Kathleen Clark directed by two-time Tony Award winner Judith Ivey, will be hosting two talk backs & book signings with critically acclaimed authors Nancy Star, Adriana Trigiani, Meg Wolitzer and Jill A. Davis respectively, to kick-off the spring soccer season.

'Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure' premieres Tuesday March 4 at 8PM on WLIW21 New York Public Television. For more information visit www.PBS.org

Do you have a favorite theatre song that didn't make it into its show's movie version? I have several.

In 'Let's Put On A Show,' the legendary Mickey Rooney will offer a night of laughter, anecdotes, songs and a tribute to screen partner Judy Garland.

The star-studded 79th Annual Academy Awards were held at the Kodak Theatre in L.A. on February 25th!

Ruth Webb, legendary theatrical talent agent, passed away on December 4, 2006

The Town Hall has announced the line-up for its latest Not Just Jazz Series. The program features a mix of sounds from the world over, including flamenco, Middle Eastern music, cabaret, nostalgic 60s and movie soundtracks

Following its acclaimed sold-out run of TITANIC-THE MUSICAL, the Civic Light Opera Company is pleased to close its 27th season with the show that has been dubbed by many critics as 'the funniest musical in Broadway history.'

Warner Home Video announces that five classic MGM musicals have been re-mastered for an April 25 release, marking their debut to DVD. The box set 'Classic Musicals From The Dream Factory' will contain 'It's Always Fair Weather,' 'Summer Stock,' 'Three Little Words,' 'Till The Clouds Roll By,' and 'Ziegfeld Follies.' In addition, the titles will also be sold individually.