Neil Simon News

Above the Title Entertainment (Jed Bernstein) has named Britt Marden as its new Vice President of Marketing and Development. Ms. Marden brings over a decade of theatrical experience in to her new position, where she will be in charge of expanding Above the Title Entertainment's capabilities in the areas of marketing and sponsorships, as well as in event production. She will begin on September 15th.

The Cincinnati Arts Association is pleased to announce its 2010-11 Season - a season that invites Tri-state audiences to have a playful night out at the Aronoff Center or Music Hall and experience some of the finest musicians and performers in the world playing some of the best music ever written. These intriguing additions to another vibrant Cincinnati arts season are certain to continue CAA's long-standing mission of presenting an eclectic mix of alternative entertainment choices to Cincinnati theater-goers. The exciting Let's Play season features the return of many audience favorites, and offers something for just about everyone.

RAIN - A Tribute to The Beatles On Broadway will play a limited 11-week engagement this fall at the Neil Simon Theatre (250 West 52nd Street). Previews begin Tuesday, October 19 with the official opening scheduled for Tuesday, October 26 at 6:30 PM.

New York metro area public television station WLIW21 will air three encore presentations of the acclaimed Beatles concert RAIN - A Tribute to The Beatles on Sunday, September 12 at 4PM, Tuesday, September 14 at 2:30 AM and Thursday, September 16 at 10PM. The 90-minute program will also feature in-studio interviews with two original band members of RAIN - Joey Curatolo ('Paul McCartney') and Steve Landes ('John Lennon'). This special airs prior to the Broadway engagement of RAIN- A Tribute To the Beatles On Broadway which begins previews October 19 at the Neil Simon Theatre for a limited 11-week run. During WLIW21's broadcasts, viewers who support the station with a suggested donation can receive tickets to the October 22 performance of RAIN live on Broadway and attend a post-show meet & greet!

Interviewed this week on Michael Ball's UK television show, Andrew Lloyd Webber himself has confirmed that LOVE NEVER DIES will next be hitting Australia and Toronto (which he said will be the pre-Broadway production) with different teams in place in each city. No specific dates, timelines or names for casting or creative have been revealed.

In this SATURDAY SPECIAL we are taking a look at the theatrics and antics of the truly Boss host - whether as the actual Boss, Bruce Springsteen, or in the haute couture Boss of Hugo - of this year's Emmy Awards, the host of his eponymous LATE NIGHT talk-show on NBC and an SNL alum from the Class of Tina Fey, as well as a movie star: Jimmy Fallon! Next week is big, brassy Broadway week on his show and there will be plenty kick-assery to witness - including the hottest, smartest and sexiest show of the season - but first things first. The many masterful - and never masturbatory, as is so often the case with hosts from TV - musical performances throughout the Emmys night were spot-on hilarity and a welcome respite from the usual lameness that deadens makes leaden award shows and that is due to Jimmy. Jimmy's jams - and awesome entrance - made the night alight! So, today we are highlighting the great GLEE-tastic Emmy opener - "Born To Run" - as well as a sampling of his many musical performances throughout the years, both on Saturday Night Live alongside everyone from Tina Fey to Robert De Niro to Justin Timberlake and on his own show LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON in a hilarious sing-off versus Amy Poehler! Plus: A bonus song with Jake Gyllenhaal!

New York metro area public television station WLIW21 will air three encore presentations of the acclaimed Beatles concert RAIN - A Tribute to The Beatles on Sunday, September 12 at 4PM, Tuesday, September 14 at 2:30 AM and Thursday, September 16 at 10PM. The 90-minute program will also feature in-studio interviews with two original band members of RAIN - Joey Curatolo ('Paul McCartney') and Steve Landes ('John Lennon'). This special airs prior to the Broadway engagement of RAIN- A Tribute To the Beatles On Broadway which begins previews October 19 at the Neil Simon Theatre for a limited 11-week run. During WLIW21's broadcasts, viewers who support the station with a suggested donation can receive tickets to the October 22 performance of RAIN live on Broadway and attend a post-show meet & greet!

Broadway Theatre of Pitman presents Lost In Yonkers from September 10 - October 2, Friday and Saturday: 8:00 pm, Sunday: 2:00 pm

American Heartland Theatre opens its 2010-2011 season with a Kansas City Premiere comedy by prolific Canadian playwright, Norm Foster. THE LOVE LIST is a hilarious play that examines the quest for perfection and the search for love, running September 10 - October 24.

The Love List - What do you get a friend for a 50th birthday present? If he's still single, you buy him a 'love list' from the local gypsy. You help him put pen to paper to come up with a list of ten qualities that define the perfect woman and, 'Weird Science-style,' she appears!

Meet Charity Hope Valentine, a 1960s dance hall hostess, eternal optimist, and unlucky romantic, as she searches for true love in Sweet Charity, the Tony Award-winning musical opening at Lakewood Theatre Company September 10, 2010.

The Love List - What do you get a friend for a 50th birthday present? If he's still single, you buy him a 'love list' from the local gypsy. You help him put pen to paper to come up with a list of ten qualities that define the perfect woman and, 'Weird Science-style,' she appears!

Way_Off_Broadway_Theatre_Presents_DIRTY_ROTTON_SCOUNDRELS_Sept_10_Nov_7_20010101 The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre will once again bring an area premiere production to the Frederick-area stage. Having been the first to bring shows such as Jerry Herman's La Cage aux Folles, Neil Simon's The Goodbye Girl - The Musical, Mel Brooks' The Producers, as well as a regional theatre premiere production of The Wedding Singer to western Maryland audiences, Way Off Broadway is adding the musical comedy Dirty Rotten Scoundrels to the list of firsts. The outrageously funny musical opens September 10th and will run through November 7th.

Chicago's Eclipse Theatre Company, the only theatre company in the Midwest to focus on a single playwright each season, will feature the works of American playwright and poet Naomi Wallace in the 2011 Season.

The English Theatre Of Hamburg has announced its 35th Anniversary Season.

92nd Street Y announces that the Tony Award-winning Broadway star Phyllis Newman will step in as artistic director and host for the Lyrics & LyricistsTM show 'Carried Away: Being Comden and Green' on May 21-23

The producers of PROMISES, PROMISES are thrilled to announce that 'Saturday Night Live' alumnus and 'Superstar' Molly Shannon will make her Broadway debut in the smash hit musical comedy as Marge MacDougall for a limited 11 week run from Tuesday, October 12, 2010 through Sunday, December 26, 2010. This new production of PROMISES, PROMISES, directed and choreographed by Tony and Emmy Award winner Rob Ashford with Neil Simon's funny and touching book and Burt Bacharach and Hal David's hit-packed score, began previews at the Broadway Theatre (1681 Broadway) Saturday, March 27, 2010, and opened on Sunday, April 25, 2010.

RAIN - A Tribute to The Beatles On Broadway will play a limited 11-week engagement this fall at the Neil Simon Theatre (250 West 52nd Street). Previews begin Tuesday, October 19 with the official opening scheduled for Tuesday, October 26 at 6:30 PM.

Take the Book of Job, and add a dash of the prodigal son parable. Throw in the flavor of the late 20th century, season it with the wit of comedic playwright Neil Simon and you have The Whole Backstage Theatre's fall show- 'God's Favorite'.

Broadway Theatre of Pitman presents Lost In Yonkers from September 10 - October 2, Friday and Saturday: 8:00 pm, Sunday: 2:00 pm