Rufus Wainwright News

Sam Shepard's Geography of a Horse Dreamer will be coming to Angel Island this September! It is directed by Carlo Lorenzo Garcia (Red Light Winter, Our Bad Magnet) and features Simon Ahmed, Bill Daniel, Rudy Galvan, Christopher Meister, Gavin Robinson, Matt Rockwood, Kevin Stark, & Mark Vallarta.

Focus Features' animated comedy thriller ParaNorman gets its nationwide release by Focus today, Friday, August 17th, 2012. Following LAIKA and Focus' groundbreaking Academy Award-nominated animated feature Coraline, ParaNorman is only the second stop-motion animated feature to be made in 3D. Jon Brion created the score for the film.

The US premiere of the acclaimed UK production, Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience - A Parody by Dan and Jeff, continues through September 2nd only at the Little Shubert Theater (422 West 42nd Street, between 9th and 10th Avenues). The National Tour kicks off in Winnipeg in November, and continues on to Chicago, Schenectady, Millville (NJ), Greenvale (NY), Bangor, Omaha, Columbia (MO), St. Louis, Fayetteville (AR), Mesa (AZ), Detroit, Mississauga, and Hartford, with more dates to be announced.

The West Coast premiere of Orquesta Sarabia under the direction of Roberto Rodriguez continues the Skirball Cultural Center's annual Sunset Concerts series tonight, August 9, 2012 at 8:00 PM.

Today, Platinum, Indie-Pop singer/songwriter Ingrid Michaelson, VH1 and the VH1 Save The Music Foundation joined forces for the We Are All 'Blood Brothers' Contest, inviting middle and high school music groups to record a video version of Ingrid's song 'Blood Brothers.'

Rubicon's Summer Youth Theatre programs continue with the much anticipated Musical Theatre Camp production. Last Summer's production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat was honored with an Indy Award from the Santa Barbara Independent for Musical Direction by John Enrico Douglas. This Summer, Douglas joins the artistic team again for Once On This Island, a highly original and theatrical Caribbean fairy tale.

Producers Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel and Howard & Janet Kagan announced today that THE ANARCHIST, a new play written and directed by DAVID MAMET starring PATTI LuPONE and DEBRA WINGER, previously announced to be presented at the Lyceum Theatre, will now be presented on Broadway at the newly refurbished Golden Theatre (252 West 45th Street). All persons who purchased tickets prior to the venue change will be contacted by Telecharge.

The internationally acclaimed musical sensation PINK MARTINI will bring their unique and highly praised vocal stylings to The McCallum Theatre for a 'one night only' concert on Saturday, September 8 at 8:00 pm. Drawing inspiration from music from all over the world - crossing genres of classical, jazz and old-fashioned pop - Pink Martini's diverse repertoire is a blend influenced by Cole Porter and Duke Ellington, Tito Puente and Xavier Cugat, as well as Argentine tango, Brazilian samba, Italian folk, Asian and romantic Hollywood musicals of the 1940s and '50s.

DVR ALERT: Talk Show Listings For Friday, August 10, 2012.

Rubicon's Summer Youth Theatre programs continue with the much anticipated Musical Theatre Camp production. Last Summer's production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat was honored with an Indy Award from the Santa Barbara Independent for Musical Direction by John Enrico Douglas. This Summer, Douglas joins the artistic team again for Once On This Island, a highly original and theatrical Caribbean fairy tale.

Talk Show Listings For Monday, July 23

Talk Show Listings For Monday, July 23

Starvox Entertainment and Potted Productions have announced that Daniel Clarkson and Jefferson Turner, the creators and stars of Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience - A Parody by Dan and Jeff, will chat with fans on Twitter Thursday July 19th from 2pm to 3pm, ET. Dan & Jeff will take over the @PottedPotter Twitter feed and do their very best to get your questions answered.

Alec Baldwin is among the upcoming guests on LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN on the CBS television network. The actor will appear on Friday, July 20. The show airs Monday through Friday, 11:35 PM-12:37 AM, ET/PT.

The West Coast premiere of Orquesta Sarabia under the direction of Roberto Rodriguez continues the Skirball Cultural Center's annual Sunset Concerts series on Thursday, August 9, 2012 at 8:00 PM.

Wolf Trap welcomes Jackson Browne with special guest Sara Watkins; Indie pop co-bill of Rufus Wainwright and Ingrid Michaelson; the Summerland Tour featuring Everclear, Sugar Ray, Gin Blossoms, Lit, and Marcy Playground; Three Consecutive NSO @ Wolf Trap Performances; and The Happy Together Tour 2012 featuring The Turtles with Flo & Eddie, Micky Dolenz, and many more. See full details below.