Neil Simon News

As BroadwayWorld reported back in August, comedian Wanda Sykes will be leading the Media Theatre's production of ANNIE as 'Miss Hannigan' - the iconic child-hating orphanage director with an affinity for alcoholic beverages - this holiday season. Sykes will open the production on November 23 and close the production on January 16, 2011 following a Christmas absence. The production will be directed by Media Artistic Director Jesse Cline and musical directed by Tom Fosnocht. Rehearsals began November 8, 2011.

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Joe DeMita, Founder, President and Artistic Director of the F.U.D.G.E. Theatre Company, is searching for the most beautiful and absolutely funniest actors in the Boston.

In the late 1800s, Russia's preeminent literary doctor, Anton Chekhov, wrote humorous newspaper articles to pay for medical school. Neil Simon, Broadway's master of comedy, elegantly weaves eight of Chekhov's stories into a laugh-out-loud vaudeville experience. Laughter is always the best medicine, so let THE GOOD DOCTOR cure what ails you!

Beginning Saturday, November 20, L.A. Theatre Works' Radio Theatre Series will air The Prisoner of Second Avenue by Neil Simon, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, Annie Abbott, Lorin Dreyfuss, Betty Garrett and Sharon Madden. The broadcast can be heard locally in Southern California on Saturday from 10 pm to midnight on 89.3 KPCC, and can also be streamed on demand at http://www.latw.org/.

This holiday season, Mannheim Steamroller will celebrate a quarter-century of being America's favorite Christmas music artist with a 25th Christmas Anniversary Tour of their spectacular and beloved holiday show. The group will perform live for one performance only in Columbus at the Palace Theatre on Sunday, December 19th, 2010 at 4:00pm.

Without question, the most popular show of the season is The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre's holiday production. More often then not, many of the scheduled performances sell out before the show even opens.

The Actors Theatre of Louisville will present Neil Simon's BAREFOOT IN THE PARK November 16 - December 18.

AUDITIONS for RUMORS by Neil Simon's Comedy/Farce RUMORS and directed by Bob Gillet

Beginning Saturday, November 20, L.A. Theatre Works' Radio Theatre Series will air The Prisoner of Second Avenue by Neil Simon, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, Annie Abbott, Lorin Dreyfuss, Betty Garrett and Sharon Madden. The broadcast can be heard locally in Southern California on Saturday from 10 pm to midnight on 89.3 KPCC, and can also be streamed on demand at http://www.latw.org/.

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Check out Kristin Chenoweth and Molly Shannon as they reenact some choice moments from The Real Housewives Of Atla

Neil Simon's THE GOOD DOCTOR finds the playwright mining the short stories of Anton Chekhov for material, and this comedy with music, is a decidedly mixed bag, occasionally producing laughs, but not nearly in the abundance we've come to expect. It's an odd marriage of styles, and more often than not, the humor seems strained or overly familiar. Avalon Theatre Company opens their 2010-2011 season with a fairly solid production of this minor work from the Simon canon, although it could benefit greatly from a bit of tightening.

The Costa Mesa Playhouse is pleased to announce its 2010-2011 season-a season filled with classic and contemporary comedies, award-winning musicals, and a humor-laced drama.

AUDITIONS for RUMORS by Neil Simon's Comedy/Farce RUMORS and directed by Bob Gillet

Sioux Empire Community Theatre presents THE MIRACLE WORKER, October 29 - November 14.

Writer, actress and comedian Tina Fey will be awarded the prestigious Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in a ceremony at the Kennedy Center on November 9. The ceremony will air on PBS on November 14.

AUDITIONS for RUMORS by Neil Simon's Comedy/Farce RUMORS and directed by Bob Gillet

"'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house . . ." is one of the most memorable opening lines in literary history.

Yesterday, November 11, RAIN band members and Broadway's newest stars: STEVE LANDES (John Lennon), JOEY CURATOLO (Paul McCartney), JOE BITHORN (George Harrison) and RALPH CASTELLI (Ringo Starr) performed songs from their hit Broadway tribute concert and talked about the career of The Beatles along with SID BERNSTEIN, the famed impresario who brought The Beatles to America. RAIN w signed copies of their live CDs and SID BERNSTEIN also signed copies of his book Sid Bernstein Calling...