Randy Newman News

BroadwayWorld was reporting LIVE throughout Oscar night, February 27. The fun began at 7pm EST when the starts take to the red carpet. The ceremony was broadcast live from the Kodak Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center on ABC. The Oscar presentation was also televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.

The 83rd Academy Awards® nominations were announced live on Tuesday, January 25, 2011, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

With a sardonic wit and tongue-in-cheek look at modern society, Academy Award-winning pianist, composer and singer Randy Newman has become one of today's most respected social satirists. From hits such as 'Short People' and 'I Love L.A.,' to original movie soundtracks for 'Monsters Inc.,' 'Seabiscuit,' 'The Natural,' 'Cars,' 'Toy Story' and more, the sharp-witted performer combines pop, rock, R&B and blues music to create a sound all his own.

Los Angeles Children's Chorus (LACC), continuing to expand musical boundaries for its members and for the community at large, hosts two pillars of the choral world in a pair of free concerts at Pasadena Presbyterian Church.

Signature Theatre Company (Founding Artistic Director James Houghton; Executive Director Erika Mallin) is pleased to announce a fourth extension for the first New York revival of Tony Kushner's ANGELS IN AMERICA: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, directed by Michael Greif.

From February 15 through March 19, Ruby Wax and Judith Owen will star in RUBY WAX LOSING IT at Menier Chocolate Factory. Thea Sharrock will direct the production. In this hilarious and sometimes dark show Ruby Wax, from the point of view as one in the one in four, discusses the toxins of our time - envy, fame, television, the insatiable drive to win, getting rich, getting the perfect body, marriage, kids, career and above all staying busy while looking like you're having a nice day. This is why we all, at one point in our lives, feel like we're about to go under or in Ruby's case, fall off a cliff.

Broadway's master songman, Mandy Patinkin, accompanied by Paul Ford on piano, will bring his critically acclaimed theatre concert to the VAN WEZEL PERFORMING ARTS HALL on Monday, February 14 at 8 p.m.--Valentines Day.

Appearing together again after their Tony Award® winning performances in Evita, Patti LuPone joins Mandy Patinkin onstage for An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin. These Broadway legends will bring their critically acclaimed theatre concert to the State Theatre in Easton for one performance only on Saturday, February 12th at 8 PM.

Having appeared on Broadway in FOOTLOOSE, CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF co-starring James Earl Jones and Phylicia Rashad, and snagging a Tony Award for her work on Jeanine Tesori and Tony Kushner's CAROLINE, OR CHANGE, Anika Noni Rose cites the stage as her first love.

Eighty-third Academy Awards telecast producers Bruce Cohen and Don Mischer today announced the artists who will perform the nominated songs on the Kodak Theatre stage on Oscar Night®.

Joe's Pub has announced their line-up for February 1-4, which includes Tracy Bonham, Lia Ices, Todd Snider, David Garza, Pistolera & more.

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Check out the video below to see an interview with stage and screen's Mandy Patinkin and Doug Miles as he chats prior to a performance in Sarasota, Florida.

The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association today announces the Hollywood Bowl summer 2011 subscription series for its 90th season at the historic venue.

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The Toronto Masque Theatre (TMT) presents 'Masque of Irony', a mid-winter cabaret celebrating the wit and wisdom contained in the songbook of Randy Newman. This concert features Canada's popular tenor Benjamin Butterfield performing with pianist Peter Dala along with TMO founder and violinist Larry Beckwith. Tuba player extraordinaire Scott Irvine will participate, along with a few other special guests. The lighting design of 'Masque of Irony' is courtesy of Gabriel Cropley.

The 83rd Academy Awards® nominations were announced live on Tuesday, January 25, 2011, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater.