Shuler Hensley Joins SILENCE! THE MUSICAL TomorrowMay 31, 2012Beginning tomorrow, June 1st, Shuler Hensley will star as Dr. Hannibal Lecter in Off-Broadway's SILENCE! The Musical through June 24th, filling in for the vacationing David Garrison. Winner of the 2012 Off Broadway Alliance Award for Best Musical, SILENCE! is the unauthorized parody of The Silence of the Lambs, with book by Hunter Bell, music & lyrics by Jon and Al Kaplan, and direction & choreography by Christopher Gattelli, and is currently playing to sold out crowds at The 9th Space Theatre at Performance Space 122, 150 First Avenue (at 9th St.)
COCK to Offer Saturday Matinees Beginning 6/2May 31, 2012The Royal Court Theatre's Olivier Award-winning hit play COCK now plays Saturday matinees at 2:30pm starting this Saturday, June 2. Written by Mike Bartlett, directed by James Macdonald and starring Harner as M, Amanda Quaid as W, Cory Michael Smith as John and Cotter Smith as F, COCK is now playing Off-Broadway at The Duke on 42nd Street, a NEW 42ND STREET project, 229 West 42nd Street.
AFA to Present Maurice Sendak Retrospective, Opening 6/9May 31, 2012AFA announces a retrospective in loving memory of Maurice Sendak. The exhibition will open on Saturday, June 9th, the day before what would have been the artist's 84th birthday, and will remain on display through Labor Day.
Profiles in History Announces SUPERMAN Costumes for AuctionMay 31, 2012Profiles in History, run by Joe Maddalena, has announced that a complete Christopher Reeve Superman costume and complete Marlon Brando 'Jor-El' costume from Superman: The Movie will be for sale at their July Hollywood auction. These items are a part of the Dreier Collection.
Carly Sakolove to Bring I HEAR VOICES to the Duplex, 6/4May 31, 2012Carly Sakolove, best known for her viral YouTube video "Broadway Divas Send in the Clowns," debuts her one-woman show this summer. I HEAR VOICES written by Sakolove and Tony Award© nominee Bill Russell, will premiere at The Duplex in New York City on June 4th.
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Announces 4th of July ConcertMay 30, 2012The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will celebrate the Fourth of July with an All-American Celebration at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park - the Orchestra's summer home - on Wednesday, July 4, 2012, at 8:00 p.m.
Little House on the Prairie's Alison Arngrim Presents CONFESSIONS, 6/15 & 16May 30, 2012Comic, former child star, outspoken activist, author and TV Land Award winner ALISON ARNGRIM makes her annual return to New York with CONFESSIONS OF A PRAIRIE BITCH for two shows only, June 15 & 16 at The Laurie Beechman Theatre. Best known as acid-tongued, pre-Midol meanie Nellie Oleson from 'Little House on the Prairie', Alison Arngrim presents an uproarious evening of storytelling, stand-up, and multi media about life as everyone's favorite toxic pre-teen brat, complete with petticoats and ringlets.
Violinist Jacqueline Levine Receives Usdan's Isaac Stern ScholarshipMay 30, 2012Violinist Jacqueline Levine, an 18 year-old senior at Plainview Old Bethpage-John F. Kennedy High School and a two-time scholarship award-winner of the Nassau Music Educators Association, has been awarded the new Isaac Stern String Scholarship at Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts for 2012. The scholarship, funded by a generous grant from the Linda and Isaac Stern Charitable Foundation, covers tuition for a full summer of study at Usdan Center.