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After a successful two-night run at the Jazz Standard in January, The Stryker / Slagle Band decided to strike while the fire was hot and headed back up to bassist Jay Anderson's Mountain Rest Studio in New Paltz, NY to lay down nine new original tracks as well as a cover of Thelonious Monk's 'Ruby My Dear.' This is the 3rd CD by the same quartet: Dave Stryker (guitar), Steve Slagle (sax), Jay Anderson (bass), and Victor Lewis (drums), that released The Scene to critical success in 2008. Their fifth CD as the Stryker / Slagle Band - Keeper captures the live energy and group dynamics of a band that has been honing their sound for over 20 years, always striving to push the music ahead.

Annually cited as the most popular supper club of its kind in Los Angeles, Sterling's Upstairs at Vitello's in Studio City, CA is pleased to announce that Broadway musical theatre stars JANET KRUPIN, JANENE LOVULLO, and DOUG CARPENTER & JESSICA KEENAN WYNN will make their cabaret concert debuts during May, 2010.

Guntersville, Alabama, April 30, 2010 - The last live audition session for the Whole Backstage Theatre's 2010 TAKE THE STAGE amateur talent competition will be Saturday, May 8th, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at the Whole Backstage Theater in Guntersville on Rayburn Avenue. The competition is open to amateur performers of all kinds ages 8 and up from Alabama and surrounding states, and will be presented June 3-6. Talent can be any type of amateur entertainment suitable for a family audience. Entrants can come and audition at any time during the period - no appointment is needed. Microphones and a sound system will be provided; a piano will be available for those who require one. Entry forms will also be available at the audition.

The Off-Broadway production of the play GANGPLANK by Ward Morehouse III has been extended through May 6th. The production was originally scheduled to end May 1st.

Ferndale is about to get Foxy as Code Foxy: Man Down returns to the beat at the Ringwald Theatre courtesy of Sweet Love Productions. The show will run late night on Friday and Saturdays at 10:30pm and Sundays at 5:30pm May 21 - June 6. Tickets ($10) are available online at www.whowantscaketheatre.com, by phone 248-545-5545 and in person at the Ringwald Theatre, 22742 Woodward Ave, Ferndale MI 48220. The box office opens 30 minutes before performances.

Star of Broadway hit 'Race' Emmy award winning actor Richard Thomas will announce the nominees for the 28th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards honoring excellence in dance and choreography on Stage and in Film at a by-invitation-only cocktail reception at famed celebrity watering hole Elaine's, 1703 Second Avenue (btw 88th and 89th Streets), Monday, May 3rd 2010, 6:00 - 8:00 PM

David Zwirner will present Edward Kienholz's (1927-1994) renowned installation Roxys, 1960-61. First exhibited at Los Angeles's Ferus Gallery in 1962, this significant large-scale assemblage represents the first of the artist's environmental installations, or 'tableaux' as he called them, and has been credited as being one of the earliest examples of what is now ubiquitously referred to as 'installation art.'

Twelve years, 300 readings, and 73 main-stage productions after New Jersey Repertory Company began carrying out its mission to develop new works for the American stage, the small, always bustling professional theater is taking one of its shows from its inconspicuous home base on lower Broadway in Long Branch to the number-one Off Broadway destination in New York City.

The multi-award-winning Finborough Theatre continues its 30th anniversary year with a Summer Season of exciting premieres of new plays from both emerging and already internationally renowned playwrights - together with a long overdue London rediscovery to celebrate the 150th birthday of J.M. Barrie.

Two backers of the original production of THE FANTASTICKS have reaped a 24,000-percent return on their original investment. The production, which began its run in 1960 and and closed in 2002, will still produce income for the family, Marjorie and Malcolm Gray, until 2020 based on the terms of the original contract, which states the backers will receive money for 18 years following the shows final performance.

According to a recent report in the New York Times, the 27 members of the Tony nominating committee will meet, as per tradition, at the Edison Cafe in the Theatre District on the day before the nominations are announced.

During an interview on the red carpet of the White House Correspondents' Dinner, Alec Baldwin, star of the hit television show '30 Rock' and 12-time SNL host, said he will host the season finale of Saturday Night Live on May 15th.

Estelle Parsons, star of the national tour of the Tony Award winning AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, recently sat down with the Boston Globe to discuss her career and her work as Violet in the tour.

In a recent interview with Continental Magazine, PROMISES, PROMISES star Kristin Chenoweth discussed her career and her current work on Broadway.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson, who will be appearing in both THE MERCHANT OF VENICE and THE WINTER'S TALE at Shakespeare in the Park shows this summer at the Delacorte Theatre sat down alongside costar Lily Rabe to discuss the shows and their experiences working on them.

In a recent interview with the Telegraph Online, Neil Simon revealed that, when writing the hit musical SWEET CHARITY, the ending changed several times before reaching the Broadway stage.