Cabaret Award-Winner Janice Hall to Launch New Show in Ninth Annual Urban Stages WINTER RHYTHMS Series
by Stephen Hanks
- Dec 2, 2017
JANICE HALL has made the journey seamlessly and successfully. After a long career on the international opera stage, Hall joined the New York cabaret scene in 2007 and just four years later won a Bistro Award and MAC Award for her critically acclaimed solo show, Grand Illusions: The Music of Marlene Dietrich. Hall has now created a truly unique new show THE OPERA SHOW (WITH NO OPERA)--that merges the two art forms and that will be launched at the Urban Stages WINTER RHYTHMS Series on Saturday, December 16 at 3 pm.
Stephen Hanks to Produce & Host WINTER RHYTHMS Shows at Urban Stages
by Stephen Hanks
- Dec 2, 2017
Cabaret Producer, Promoter, and Performer Stephen Hanks has been chosen by Urban Stages Founding Artistic Director Frances Hill and Director of Musical Theatre Peter Napolitano to Produce and Host the Opening and Closing Night Gala Shows for the organization's Ninth Annual WINTER RHYTHMS SERIES, running this year from December 12 through December 23 at the Urban Stages Theatre (259 West 30th Street, between 7th and 8th Avenues).
U.S. Debut Of A DEAL By Zhu Yi Opens Off-Broadway, 11/20
by A.A. Cristi
- Nov 22, 2017
Urban Stages, Frances Hill, Founding Artistic Director, will kick-off its 34th season with the World Premiere of Zhu Yi's A DEAL, directed by John Giampietro. This limited engagement at Urban Stages (259 West 30th Street), begins performances on November 15, opens on Monday, November 20 and will run through December 10, 2017. Tickets for are $35 ($25 during previews; $50 on opening and $15 student rush) and may be purchased via OvationTix at www.urbanstages.org or by phone at 1.866.811.4111.
Photo Flash: Zhu Yi's A DEAL Celebrates Opening Night at Urban Stages
by BWW News Desk
- Nov 21, 2017
Urban Stages is kicking off its 34th season with the World Premiere of Zhu Yi's A DEAL, directed by John Giampietro. This limited engagement at Urban Stages (259 West 30th Street), opened last night, November 20, and will run through December 10, 2017. BroadwayWorld has photos from the opening festivities below!
Photo Flash: First Look at Zhu Yi's A DEAL, Opening Monday at Urban Stages
by BWW News Desk
- Nov 17, 2017
Urban Stages, Frances Hill, Founding Artistic Director, kicks off its 34th season with the World Premiere of Zhu Yi's A Deal, directed by John Giampietro. This limited engagement at Urban Stages (259 West 30th Street), is currently in previews for an opening on Monday, November 20 and will run through December 10, 2017. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
Andrea Wolff's PRISONER OF LOVE Carries On with Matthew Martin Ward
by A.A. Cristi
- Sep 26, 2017
Andrea Wolff will perform 'Prisoner of Love,' her final collaboration with the late Musical Director, Barry Levitt, and Peter Napolitano, Director, at Don't Tell Mama on Sunday, October 1st at 7pm and Saturday, November 11th at 5:30pm. Matthew Martin Ward has gamely stepped in to play Barry's exquisite arrangements and lead the band that includes bassist Boots Maleson, violinist Rob Thomas and percussionist Howie Gordon.
Broadway and Las Vegas Star, Andrea Wolff, is a PRISONER OF LOVE
by A.A. Cristi
- Aug 1, 2017
Broadway, regional theater and Las Vegas star, Andrea Bell Wolff, brings a new cabaret show, "Prisoner of Love," to Metropolitan Room with four performances scheduled between August 23rd through December 2nd. The theme is love in all its guises, and Wolff, a skilled musical comedy performer who cut her teeth as Ermengarde in "Hello, Dolly!" on tour and Broadway, plays her theme both straight and for laughs. The superb repertoire is culled from Pop,
Photo Flash: 2017 Urban Stages' Lifetime Achievement Awards
by A.A. Cristi
- Jun 8, 2017
Urban Stages' Board of Directors and founding artistic director Frances Hill presented the 2017 Urban Stages' Lifetime Achievement Award to Oscar, Emmy and Tony Award-winning legendary set and costume designer Tony Walton. The celebrated Broadway, TV and film star, Melissa Errico, ("Billions", My Fair Lady, High Society, Encores' Do I Hear a Waltz?), presented the award to her mentor and close friend, Tony Waltonat the annual benefit at the Boathouse in Central Park.
Photo Coverage: Go Inside the 2017 MAC AWARDS!
by Genevieve Rafter Keddy
- Mar 29, 2017
The 2017 MAC Award winners were revealed last night at the 31st MAC Awards on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, New York City. Take a look at the full list of winners below!
Adam B. Shapiro To Reprise MAC Award-Winning GUIDE TO THE PERFECT BREAKUP in New York Cabaret's Greatest Hits Series at Metropolitan Room
by Stephen Hanks
- Feb 7, 2017
According to singer/actor Adam B. Shapiro, breakups can be one of the most devastatingly painful things in the world . . . but not if you know how to do them right. Four years after Shapiro launched his 2013 MAC Award-Winning show GUIDE TO THE PERFECT BREAKUP, Shapiro will reprise his hilarious and musically compelling show-with songs written by composers as diverse as Cole Porter and Weird Al Yankovic--in the BroadwayWorld Award-Nominated series NEW YORK CABARET'S GREATEST HITS at the Metropolitan Room on March 15 at 7 pm. The series is produced and hosted by Stephen Hanks (with Associate Producer Fr. Jeffrey Hamblin, MD).
BWW Review: Timeliness Meets Timelessness in THE WORLD ACCORDING TO KURT WEILL at Urban Stages' WINTER RHYTHMS
by Casey Mink
- Dec 15, 2016
In THE WORLD ACCORDING TO KURT WEILL, one of the more than 20 shows put together to form the Winter Rhythms festival benefiting arts education, old met new and timeliness met timelessness.
At Urban Stages on December 6, six skilled performers were assembled to interpret several of the most well-known songs of the composer Kurt Weill (who died in the year 1950), through the lens of the world as we see it in 2016. This meant that each song from shows such as ONE TOUCH OF VENUS or THREEPENNY OPERA was introduced with a framing device that was the statement of an accurate and modern headline or situation ("The Refugee Crisis in Syria Worsens," "Donald Trump Wins the Election in Shocking Upset").
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