Paul Shaffer News

JERSEY BOYS, the Tony, Olivier and Grammy Award-winning Best Musical, will celebrate its 5th Anniversary on Broadway Saturday, November 6. To mark this milestone, JERSEY BOYS will have a series of events around the anniversary weekend of Saturday, November 6 through Monday, November 8. Among the events was a Q & A at the Paley Center with Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio and more! BroadwayWorld was on hand and brings you photo coverage below.

The legendary Ray Davies unveils his extraordinary new album paying tribute to his revered band The Kinks on, See My Friends. See My Friends features an all-star cast of collaborators, including Jon Bon Jovi/Richie Sambora, Bruce Springsteen, Metallica, Mumford & Sons, Lucinda Williams, Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins), Jackson Browne, Spoon, Amy Macdonald, Black Francis (The Pixies), Gary Lightbody (Snow Patrol), Paloma Faith and the late, great Alex Chilton (Big Star). This historic collection shows Davies giving fresh treatments to each track, while affectionately acknowledging his band millions have admired for decades. See My Friends will be available in the U.S. March 2011 on Decca.

This December at London's Southbank Simpson's and Spinal Tap star Harry Shearer and acclaimed chanteuse Judith Owen are joined by an host of guests for a mix of traditional and non-traditional seasonal music that is both relavent and irrelavent and reverent and irreverent.

The history of rock 'n' roll would be incomplete without the innumerable contributions of Neil Sedaka.

HOT MESS IN MANHATTAN premieres in Times Square at the Midtown Theatre (163 West 46th Street bet. 6th and 7th Aves.) one night only on October 18th at 8pm.

La MaMa E.T.C. presents award-winning neo-vaudevillian performance artist Poor Baby Bree (Bree Benton) in I Am Going to Run Away. Musical director and pianist Franklin Bruno leads a three-piece ensemble for six performances at The Club at La MaMa Oct. 1-10.

La MaMa E.T.C. presents award-winning neo-vaudevillian performance artist Poor Baby Bree (Bree Benton) in I Am Going to Run Away. Musical director and pianist Franklin Bruno leads a three-piece ensemble for six performances at The Club at La MaMa Oct. 1-10.

HOT MESS IN MANHATTAN premieres in Times Square at the Midtown Theatre (163 West 46th Street bet. 6th and 7th Aves.) one night only on October 18th at 8pm.

La MaMa E.T.C. presents award-winning neo-vaudevillian performance artist Poor Baby Bree (Bree Benton) in I Am Going to Run Away. Musical director and pianist Franklin Bruno leads a three-piece ensemble for six performances at The Club at La MaMa Oct. 1-10.

Nancy Dolman, wife of Martin Short, passed away on August 21 - the cause of death remains unknown. Doleman is perhaps best remembered for her appearences on the ABC cult sitcom 'Soap', 'Second City Television' and 'Custard Pie'. She also appeared in her husband Martin Short's critically acclaimed 1985 cable television special Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas.

B.B. King Blues Club & Grill is located at 237 West 42nd Street (between 7th and 8th Avenues) New York, NY 10036

Paula Brancati, Lauren Collins, Wendy Crewson, Cynthia Dale, Andrea Martin, and Louise Pitre are officially set to be the first cast of the Toronto production of LOVE, LOSS, AND WHAT I WORE. As in the initial New York staging of the play by Nora and Delia Ephron, the production will feature a company of six that rotates in four-week cycles. The next cast will be announced in the next upcoming weeks.

Paula Brancati, Lauren Collins, Wendy Crewson, Cynthia Dale, Andrea Martin, and Louise Pitre are officially set to be the first cast of the Toronto production of LOVE, LOSS, AND WHAT I WORE. As in the initial New York staging of the play by Nora and Delia Ephron, the production will feature a company of six that rotates in four-week cycles. The next cast will be announced in the next upcoming weeks.

On Monday, June 28th, Town Without Pity is back by popular demand, for one night only, at the world famous Comedy Store.

Jenna gives a rundown of where she's been and what's coming up in the world of cabaret (and sometimes beyond!) This week's column features the Ciao Italy Festival in Williamsburg, Darcy James Argue's Secret Society at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, Bill Boggs' Talk Show Confidential at The Triad, and more!

On Monday, June 28th, Town Without Pity is back by popular demand, for one night only, at the world famous Comedy Store.

Yesterday, June 17, the New York Marriott Marquis hosted the 41st annual Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York City. Presenters and performers at the gala include Kim Carnes, Peter Cetera, Charice, Judy Collins, Bruce Hornsby, Billy Joel, Diana Krall, KD Lang, John Mayer, Brian Stokes Mitchell, LA Reid, Raphael Saadiq, Paul Shaffer, Dionne Warwick, Elizabeth Withers and Nikki Yanofsky. Award winners include Phil Collins, Paul Simon, Taylor Swift, Phil Ramone, and Keith Mardak. BroadwayWorld brings coverage of the event below.

'TV's GREATEST SURPRISES: A PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA SPECIAL' hosted by Emmy Award-winner, Jeff Probst ('Survivor'), will count down television's 30 biggest surprises in prime-time television history with their stars and producers telling the stories behind them, to be broadcast Wednesday, June 16 (8:00-9:30 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

Paula Brancati, Lauren Collins, Wendy Crewson, Cynthia Dale, Andrea Martin, and Louise Pitre are officially set to be the first cast of the Toronto production of LOVE, LOSS, AND WHAT I WORE. As in the initial New York staging of the play by Nora and Delia Ephron, the production will feature a company of six that rotates in four-week cycles. The next cast will be announced in the next upcoming weeks.

'TV's GREATEST SURPRISES: A PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA SPECIAL' hosted by Emmy Award-winner, Jeff Probst ('Survivor'), will count down television's 30 biggest surprises in prime-time television history with their stars and producers telling the stories behind them, to be broadcast Wednesday, June 16 (8:00-9:30 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.