Sophie Schulman News

Galli Theater will enchant young audiences with Brothers Grimm fairy tale HANSEL AND GRETEL at the National Comedy Theatre - Galli's new residence at 347 W. 36 Street for the last time on January 30 at 2 PM.

EttaGrace Black Theatre Company performs THE MEETING. THE MEETING, written by Jeff Stetson, depicts the supposed clandestine meeting between Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X, just after the burning of Malcolm X's home and one week before his assassination. In THE MEETING, the two men debate their varying approaches to the same grave social problems.

Fia Backström and Christian Philipp Müller will show 8 January - 19 February 2011 at Murray Guy. The exhibit will open Saturday, 8 January, 6 - 8pm. Also, on Friday, 14 January at 6:30pm there will be a performance by Christian Philipp Müller at 1OAK.

Galli Theater will enchant young audiences with Brothers Grimm fairy tale HANSEL AND GRETEL at the National Comedy Theatre - Galli's new residence at 347 W. 36 Street - every weekend this January. The play will start at 2 p.m.

The Drama Desk and OBIE Award-winning Mint Theater Company invites you to Arnold Bennett's comedy, WHAT THE PUBLIC WANTS, beginning January 14th through March 13th at the Mint's home in the heart of the theater district, at 311 West 43rd Street. Opening Night will be January 27th.

With stunning new tap dancing choreography, the 15th anniversary London production of Alan?Ayckbourn and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical BY JEEVES, is to play 5 weeks at the?Landor?Theatre from Tuesday 1 February to Saturday 5 March.

If you are an armchair mystery buff these WHODUNNIT FOR HIRE public events are sure to please your inner Sherlock Holmes! Early in the evening a body will turn up murdered and it will be up to you to solve whodunnit. You must stay focused on the crime to catch the killer. This won't be easy to do with so much laughing and silliness around you. The shows are musical comedy murder mysteries and a laugh-out-loud great time.

On February 11th, Walking Shadow opens DRAKUL - a new adaptation of Bram Stoker's classic story of fear, deceit, seduction and love. DRAKUL, written and directed by John Heimbuch will run February 11 - 26, 2011.

From Chicago, The Improvised Shakespeare Company returns to New York City January 8-11th at Theatre 80 on St. Marks.

College and professional football legends Ken Stabler and Bob Baumhower will team up to sponsor an ASF members and media indoor tailgate party prior to the opening of the first public performance of BEAR COUNTRY at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival on January 13, 2011 from 5:30 to 7 PM.

With Spare Soles' wide range of foldable, take anywhere flip flops and flats, ladies don't have to power through the pain during a night out on the town.

With two of the successful holiday season performances at Cape Town's Artscape Theatre Centre ending this week, Artscape ventures to the outdoors with its annual summer Shakespeare production at the Maynardville Open-Air Theatre. Artscape wishes all its patrons a prosperous new year.

Joe DeMita, Founder, President and Artistic Director of the Friends United Developing Genuine Entertainment or F.U.D.G.E. Theatre Company, has indeed found the most beautiful and absolutely funniest actors in Boston. And not a minute too soon. His no-holds-barred version of BAREFOOT IN THE PARK, Neil Simon's longest-running, award-winning Broadway smash hit about a marriage between a stunning, vibrant twenty-four year old New York woman with an unquenchable lust for life and a drop-dead handsome, Harvard-educated lawyer with a very sensible approach to everything on earth, opens at The Arsenal Center For the Arts (321 Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA.) on Friday, January 28 and continue to delight audiences through Saturday, February 5.

First Stage presents a folk-rock musical for all ages in the regional premiere of U: BUG: ME. U: BUG: ME runs February 18 through March 13 at the Todd Wehr Theater in the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, 929 N. Water Street in downtown Milwaukee. Tickets can be purchased in person at the Marcus Center Box Office at 929 N. Water Street, by phone at (414) 273-7206 or online at www.FirstStage.org.

EttaGrace Black Theatre Company performs THE MEETING. THE MEETING, written by Jeff Stetson, depicts the supposed clandestine meeting between Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X, just after the burning of Malcolm X's home and one week before his assassination. In THE MEETING, the two men debate their varying approaches to the same grave social problems.

Bay Street Theatre is pleased to announce the Kids School Vacation Theatre Camp February 21-25 and April 18-22; 9 am - 3 pm daily. Back by popular demand, each week long session will include classes and games incorporating every aspect of theatre that includes acting, singing, performance and dance. Students will write and perform in their own mini-musical!

Jefferson Performing Arts Society (JPAS) is honored to host the 2011 Louisiana American Association of Community Theatres Fest (AACT/Fest) February 18-19, 2011 at the Westwego Performing Arts Theatre, 177 Sala Ave in Westwego, Louisiana.

A charismatic, young mechanical engineer at NASA‘s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Kobie Boykins, is at the forefront of Mars exploration having worked on remarkable projects from the Mars Expedition Rovers 'Opportunity' and 'Spirit', to the Ocean Surface Topography Mission. Boykins was responsible for the design, fabrication, and build of the solar arrays that power the Mars Expedition Rovers that continue to send data from Mars, our nearest planetary neighbor. He will present 'Exploring Mars: The Next Generation' at the Mesa Arts Center on Jan. 19 at 7:30, the third presentation in the four-part series with National Geographic Live, now in its fourth season in Arizona.

Andrew Belle had an amazing 2010 playing 150 shows in support of his debut LP The Ladder and he finished the year having that album named by iTunes as a Singer Songwriter 'Best of 2010' in their annual Rewind.

Marty Thomas, best known for his Broadway appearances in XANADU, WICKED and THE SECRET GARDEN, takes over the role of Andrew, one of the prospective bridegrooms, in MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING beginning Jan. 13 at Off-Broadway's St. Luke's Theatre.