Mitch Owgang News

Six-time Canadian Comedy Award winner, Monkey Toast: The Improvised Talk Show is back!  We hope that you'll join us as we welcome special guests, from the CBC, opinion writer, Robyn Urback, and the co-producer and actor from the classic Canadian TV show, Hilarious House Of Frightenstein, Mitch Markowitz!! 

The Dallas Opera is proud to announce the names of the twelve distinguished professionals (six conductors, two administrators, and four observers) selected to participate in the fourth annual residency of the Linda and Mitch Hart Institute for Women Conductors at The Dallas Opera taking place Oct. 28 - Nov. 10, 2018 in Dallas, Texas:

Act II Playhouse presents Mitch Albom's Todays with Morrie, on stage this summer in Ambler for three weeks only, July 10-29.

Act II Playhouse presents Mitch Albom's Tuesdays with Morrie, on stage this summer in Ambler for three weeks only, July 10-29.

Director, choreographer, writer and performer Mitch Sebastian returns to the Bridewell Theatre this Thursday (17 May 2018), 20 years after he directed Pippin at the venue, to see a new production of the show and answer the audience's questions.

Singer-songwriter Mitch Hayes, Queen City Music Awards 'Americana/Folk Artist of the Year' winner, brings his 'Chasing The Pacific Sunset' 2018 Spring Tour to acclaimed singer-songwriter venue Genghis Cohen, 740 N. Fairfax Ave., Thursday, April 26. Showtime: 7:00pm. Tickets: $10. Info: (323) 653-0640 or visit http://www.genghiscohen.com/.

The McCallum Theatre recently announced its new lineup as it begins its fourth decade of presenting world-class artists and entertainers for Coachella Valley audiences. The new season includes McCallum debuts, iconic superstars, family-friendly entertainment, holiday sensations, and an outstanding roster of Broadway favorites including Jersey Boys, Spamalot and Something Rotten. I had the opportunity to catch up with McCallum President and CEO, Mitch Gershenfeld, to reflect on a very successful 2017-18 season and to get his thoughts on the blockbuster season ahead. (I will say at the start, I am a big fan of Mr. Gershenfeld for consistently bringing diverse and high-quality entertainment to desert audiences and for his constant optimism and positive energy.) Here are a few excerpts from our interview:

Mitch Grassi serves up a full course to his Pentatonix bandmates with a performance of “Bon Appétit” by Katy Perry ft. Migos. Lip Sync Battle, Thursdays at 10/9c on Paramount Network.

Lead Producer Terry D. Loftis, along with producers Bren Rapp and Gregory Patterson and producer/director Andy Baldwin announce the ensemble for the showcase run of award-winning Dallas playwright Jeff Swearingen's original comedy, STIFF.

Julien's Auctions, the world-record breaking auction house, has announced that HENDRIX ERA: PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF MITCH MITCHELL will hit the auction stage for a special one time only engagement on November 4, 2017 in Los Angeles and live online.

Basketball Coach Jim Valvano once said that there are three things you should do every day: You should learn something, you should laugh and you should be moved to tears. TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE fulfills all three of these requirements. Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of The New York Times best-selling book by Mitch Albom when TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE THE PLAY comes to the stage at The Ridgefield Playhouse on Sunday, November 5 at 7pm as part of the Ridgefield Magazine Broadway and Cabaret Series and is partially underwritten by Books on the Common and Ridgefield Visiting Nurse Association with support from the Ridgefield Library. In this new production of the book, fans can relive the touching and at-times funny story chronicling the relationship between an old professor dying of ALS and his former student who visits him every Tuesday for the last class of Morrie's life. Gabriele Angieri (Morrie) is a Minneapolis based stage and screen actor and Brandon Ewald (Mitch) is a stage actor and choreographer.

It's been a morbid time for 'the country's leading musical satirist' (The Times); he's turned 47 - over the hill by anyone's standards - his personal life is in turmoil, and his childhood heroes are dropping like flies. At times like these, a man feels the Reaper creeping up on him... But is death anything to fear? And is it really the end? (Yes. Yes it is, sorry!) Mitch Benn confronts his - and YOUR - mortality with hilarious (and tuneful) consequences. Join him! It's time you're not getting back!

It's been a morbid time for 'the country's leading musical satirist' (The Times); he's turned 47 - over the hill by anyone's standards - his personal life is in turmoil, and his childhood heroes are dropping like flies. At times like these, a man feels the Reaper creeping up on him... But is death anything to fear? And is it really the end? (Yes. Yes it is, sorry!) Mitch Benn confronts his - and YOUR - mortality with hilarious (and tuneful) consequences. Join him! It's time you're not getting back!

Hockey - The Musical! skates into East Lansing today, August 24, through Saturday, August 26, 2017.

Sports and theater fans alike will rejoice in the new musical comedy Hockey - The Musical!, by acclaimed author Mitch Albom. The first of its kind, this musical celebrates the beloved sport of hockey in the most unlikely way possible! Hockey - The Musical! skates into East Lansing today, August 24, through Saturday, August 26, 2017.

Hockey - The Musical! skates into East Lansing on Thursday, August 24, through Saturday, August 26, 2017.

In connection with its twenty-year commitment to address a long-standing gender imbalance at podiums throughout the opera world, The Dallas Opera is delighted to announce that this year's annual reunion of the Fellows of the Linda and Mitch Hart Institute for Women Conductors at The Dallas Opera will take place at the famed War Memorial in San Francisco, California, in partnership with the San Francisco Opera.

Is that a sparkle in his eye or is he just confused? With his innocence and friendly demeanor, Mitch quickly engages the audience and then catches them off guard with his mixture of mischievous dialog and off color comments.  While laughing at observations only Mitch can get away with, we are left wondering if he truly understands what he just said.  We never really know.

Today we salute the life and career of Broadway composer, Mitch Leigh, who passed away on this day in 2014 at age 86.