Sophie Schulman News

An exciting range of performances including a post-modern variety show, a contemporary psychedelic funk opera, a celebration for the acclaimed Apollo Theater in conjunction with its 75th anniversary exhibition, and the U.S. debut of Daorum, an innovative collaboration between Korean and Australian jazz musicians highlight the next three months of TARGET® FREE THURSDAYS at the David Rubenstein Atrium.

97.3 KBCO & Boulder Weekly are proud to present THE LAST ROUNDUP: THE RADIATORS FAREWELL TOURat the Fox Theatre on Thursday, February 10th, 2011.

Marsha Hanna, Artistic Director of The Human Race Theatre Company of Dayton, died today from complications from esophageal cancer. She was 59.

The Las Vegas Hilton presents a myriad of entertainment options this winter.

The Palladium at St. Petersburg College presents a full line up of music, dance, and other performances this winter.

Producer Daryl Roth is proud to present the musical DEAR EDWINA, a holiday favorite with critics and audiences alike, returning for its third season to the DR2 Theatre (103 East 15th Street, NYC) for a limited run beginning Friday, December 17, 2010, playing through Friday, February 25, 2011. This musical comedy for all ages is written by Zina Goldrich (music) and Marcy Heisler (book and lyrics) and is directed by Timothy McDonald.

The Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival and the New York Philharmonic today announced a three-year extension of the Orchestra's annual Vail summer residency. This extension, which begins with the Festival's 25th anniversary season in the summer of 2012, will see the Philharmonic in Vail through 2014, for the orchestra's 12th summer residency.

Upright Cabaret is thrilled to announce the performers for their second 'American Icons' concert at the Scherr Forum Theatre at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 Thousand Oaks Blvd. in Thousand Oaks. Grammy Award-nominee and American Idol finalist Frenchie Davis (American Idol Season 2, Broadway: RENT, AIN'T MISBEHAVIN', DREAMGIRLS), Ty Taylor (CBS' Rockstar INXS, Broadway: JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT, CATS, GREASE; PIPPIN at the Mark Taper Forum, CHESS at Reprise Theatre Company, front man of raw soul band 'Vintage Trouble') and Von Smith (American Idol Season 8) as Upright Cabaret expands their unique, one-of-a-kind cabaret experience to Thousand Oaks!

New York Theatre Intensives/New Play Summer Conservatory in association with the artists of the Ensemble Studio Theatre is offering its second summer conservatory in New York City. The six-week play development program is an intensive and immersive process for student actors, writers and directors which was offered for the first time last year. This year the Conservatory will include a three-week intensive for student lighting designers.

Chor Boogie, internationally acclaimed aerosol artist, was honored recently with a rare chance opportunity to be a part of art history in the making.

The Rose has received two prestigious nominations for A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM and HAY FEVER, both home-grown productions in 2010.

There's a wolf watch in effect, and Little Red will need the audience's help to get to Grandmother's house! That's the fun of LITTLE RED AND HER FRIENDS, a not-so-scary version of the classic fairy tale, to be presented by Winnetka Theatre's Especially for Kids.

The neediest children of NYC are in for a treat this holiday season. The Broadway community has joined Broadway Kids Care (BKC) with the BKC annual gift-giving campaign to provide Christmas gifts for children living in NYC shelters.

The National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) is accepting submissions for its 23rd Annual Festival of New Musicals taking place in New York in fall 2011. Submission information and the online application are available at www.namt.org.

Writers' Theatre Artistic Director Michael Halberstam and Executive Director Kathryn M. Lipuma announce the world premiere of DO THE HUSTLE by Brett Neveu. The production, directed by William Brown, runs January 25-March 20, 2011, at Writers' Theatre, 325 Tudor Court in Glencoe. The press performance is on Thursday, February 3, 2011, at 7:30 p.m.

StoneDance Productions and The Theater At Meydenbauer present CHOP SHOP: BODIES OF WORK, the Eastside's only Contemporary Dance Festival. Returning for its fourth year, this unique festival is a rare opportunity to explore the truly original talents of Seattle-based and Eastside - based artists in two special performances. This is the best of the Seattle/Eastside dance community in one festival. CHOP SHOP highlights local contemporary choreography with a focus on dance work that is innovative, accessible and thought provoking. Each of these prolific choreographers has presented work to numerous critical successes throughout Europe, Asia, Latin America and the United States. Though each company/artist presented possesses their own individual voice, they are all unified in the contemporary language of dance and its power to stir the senses through the visceral moving image.

The Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd Street) launches the fifth season of the New Works Reading Series to support new plays and emerging playwrights. As part of its mission statement, The Irish Repertory Theatre 'encourages the development of new works focusing on the Irish and Irish American experience, as well as a range of other cultures.'

Celtic Woman, the awe inspiring Irish vocalists and violinist, will soon be mesmerizing Jacksonville once again when the group comes to the Times Union Center's Moran Theater on Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at 7:30PM for one performance only.

This Friday 17th December, Andrew Lloyd Webber will introduce music from THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and LOVE NEVER DIES in a special edition of BBC Radio 2's Friday Night is Music Night, the world's longest-running orchestral live music programme on radio.

Following a nationwide search, the producers of BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL last week announced the schools and youth organisations that have been chosen to participate in Billy Youth Theatre 2011.