Stephen Foster News

Flip the switch and watch the sparks fly as PICT raises the voltage with their hot 2012 season! Pittsburgh audiences will get a charge out of a titillating new play by a leading American female playwright, a true story, an exploration of the comedic facets of a Russian master (and the great Irishman who was inspired by him), and a zany holiday farce!

Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre is hosting a benefit screening of Julie Taymor's theatrical film version of The Tempest, and will include an introduction and reception with the film's producer. The film stars Helen Mirren as a cross-gendered Prospera, alongside an all-star cast including Djimon Hounsou, Alan Cummings, David Strathairn, Chris Cooper, Russell Brand, Reeve Carney (currently in Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark on Broadway) and Alfred Molina.

The North Carolina Symphony welcomes back to the Triangle world-renowned pianist Pascal Rogé joins Music Director Grant Llewellyn and the Symphony for a program of lighthearted masterworks.

Pitt Rep's Funnyhouse confronts social issues head on at Studio Theatre, in the basement of the Cathedral of Learning 4200 Fifth Ave.

The New Classics Series returns on Sunday, September 25th at 7:00 p.m. with Michael Schwartz' play Hangin' Up My Heart, directed by Don DiGiulio and performed in the Henry Heymann Theatre at the Stephen Foster Memorial in Oakland.

Cabaret artist Nomi Lyonns brings her pro-environmentalism show, 'Cabaret Confessions of an Eco-Diva', to The Arthur Newman Theatre at The Joslyn Center on Sunday, September 25, 2011 with proceeds being donated to Joshua Tree National Park Association (www.joshuatree.org) which helps support preservation, education, historical, and scientific programs that benefit Joshua Tree Nation Park, its visitors and the global community.

The New Classics Series returns on Sunday, September 25th at 7:00 p.m. with Michael Schwartz' play Hangin' Up My Heart, directed by Don DiGiulio and performed in the Henry Heymann Theatre at the Stephen Foster Memorial in Oakland.

Pitt Rep's Funnyhouse confronts social issues head on at Studio Theatre, in the basement of the Cathedral of Learning 4200 Fifth Ave.

Cabaret artist Nomi Lyonns brings her pro-environmentalism show, 'Cabaret Confessions of an Eco-Diva', to The Arthur Newman Theatre at The Joslyn Center on Sunday, September 25, 2011 with proceeds being donated to Joshua Tree National Park Association (www.joshuatree.org) which helps support preservation, education, historical, and scientific programs that benefit Joshua Tree Nation Park, its visitors and the global community.

The following self-help books by actors and coaches inspire confidence, by assisting one with acting technique or in better handling the issues/obstacles of every day living. They all have the following in common: creativity, organization and common sense.

The North Carolina Symphony welcomes back to the Triangle world-renowned pianist Pascal Rogé joins Music Director Grant Llewellyn and the Symphony for a program of lighthearted masterworks.

Now in its 16 year, New England's critically-acclaimed presenter of American Music, American Classics (www.amclass.org), announces its 2011 - 2012 Season which will musically pay tribute to the 150 anniversary of the Civil War, baseball and the 100 birthday of Boston's beloved Fenway Park, and the glory days of America's Girl Groups.

Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre presents Race, a thought-provoking, no-holds-barred play, featuring John DeMita, Alan Bomar Jones, Michael Fuller and Casiha Felt, September 8th through October 1st in the intimate Henry Heymann Theatre.

Bold collaborations and powerful plays define Pitt Theatre's 2011-2012 season. The exciting new line-up includes a daring new take on the murderously clever Sweeney Todd, an intrepid new docu-drama, The Gammage Project, that exposes the grey areas of Pittsburgh's history, and an excitingly dark and satirical examination of the price of a pound of (someone else's) flesh, Harvest.

The Importance of Being Earnest, one of the greatest comedies of all time, opened on Valentine's Day, 1895. For playwright Oscar Wilde, it was the moment of his greatest triumph and the beginning of his downfall.

As part of his North American tour, singer-songwriter sensation Josh Groban is coming to Boston's TD Garden this summer with his Straight to You Tour, named for a song from his album Illuminations.

The Importance of Being Earnest, one of the greatest comedies of all time, opened on Valentine's Day, 1895. For playwright Oscar Wilde, it was the moment of his greatest triumph and the beginning of his downfall.

92nd Street Y announces the 2012 line-up for Lyrics & LyricistsTM, 92Y's celebrated American Songbook series, with DEBORAH GRACE WINER at the helm for her fourth season as series artistic director. Guest artistic directors returning to lead the individual concerts are ROB FISHER, ROBERT KIMBALL, TED SPERLING, and REX REED. Noted stage director and lyricist (and L&L veteran) MARK WALDROP makes his debut this season as a guest artistic director.