Tamela Mann’s New CD, BEST DAYS, Debuts At #1 Gospel and Christian Billboard ChartsAugust 27, 2012Acclaimed Actress, NAACP Image Award Nominee and Dove Award-Winning Singer TAMELA MANN's new CD, BEST DAYS, debuts at #1 on multiple music sales charts, including both the Billboard's Top Gospel Album Chart and Billboard's Top Christian/Gospel Chart. BEST DAYS also debuts at #1 on the Christian Music Trade Association's (CMTA) Current Gospel Overall Chart. The CD also enters at #4 on Billboard's Independent Record Label Chart, #2 on Billboard's Overall Digital Albums Chart, and #14 on Billboard's Top 200. The CD's debut single, "Take Me To The King," has sold nearly 50,000 copies since it's release in June. The track holds strong at #2 for the fourth week on Billboard's Gospel radio chart.
Utah Shakespeare Festival Adds One Week, Additional Performances to Fall ScheduleAugust 27, 2012Today the Utah Shakespeare Festival announced that it is extending its current season due to the overwhelming interest from Festival guests and fans in the fall plays. Les Misérables, Hamlet and Stones in His Pockets will run one additional week, through October 27. In addition, the Festival has added new Monday evening performances of Les Misérables on October 1, 8, and 15.
Matthew Strachan to Play the St. James Studio, November 24August 27, 2012Award-winning composer and singer-songwriter Matthew Strachan is to perform an evening of his songs, including numbers written in Nashville and from his stage musicals, at the St James Theatre Studio on Saturday 24 November.
Peccadillo Theater Company's TEN CHIMNEYS Begins RehearsalsAugust 27, 2012The award-winning Peccadillo Theater Company will present the New York City premiere of TEN CHIMNEYS, a new comedy by Jeffrey Hatcher, starring Byron Jennings as Alfred Lunt, Carolyn McCormick as Lynn Fontanne, Mariette Hartley as Lunt's mother Hattie and Michael McCarty as Sydney Greenstreet. Rehearsals are set to begin today, August 27th. Performances will begin on September 21st with the Opening on Sunday, September 30th at Theatre at St. Clement's, 423 West 46th Street (between Ninth & Tenth Aves.) The cast of TEN CHIMNEYS also features Charlotte Booker, Julia Bray and John Wernke, under the direction of OBIE Award winner Dan Wackerman.
Katrina Lenk and Anastacia McClesky Complete the Cast of York Theatre Company's LAST DANCEAugust 27, 2012The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director), in association with Robert D. Wachs has announced final casting with the addition of Katrina Lenk (SPIDER-MAN Turn Off the Dark) and Anastacia McClesky (Priscilla, Queen of the Desert) to the cast of the developmental lab of the new disco musical, Last Dance, featuring songs by the legendary Academy, Emmy and Grammy Award-winning pop master Paul Jabara (Enough is Enough, It's Raining Men, Last Dance, and more) with book by Shaun McKenna (Lord of the Rings, The Musical).
Chesapeake Shakespeare Company to Present RICHARD III, 10/5-28August 27, 2012This October, audiences have the extraordinary opportunity to see Shakespeare's murderous play, Richard III. Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, Maryland's premier professional classics stage company, will present the bloody tragedy outdoors among the stone ruins of the PFI Historic Park.
Rosie O'Donnell and Michelle Rounds Join Desmoid Tumor Research FoundationAugust 27, 2012Rosie O'Donnell and Fiancee Michelle Rounds are teaming up with the Desmoid Tumor Research Foundation (DTRF) to help fundraising efforts towards research for a cure. The couple hopes to raise awareness of the rare disease after Rounds was diagnosed with desmoid tumors this past summer.
East Lynne Theater Company Presents SEVEN CHANCES, 9/8August 27, 2012A bachelor faces financial ruin after losing a fortune in a bad business deal, but fortunately, he stands to inherit seven million dollars if he's married by 7:00p.m. on his 27th birthday. Unfortunately, he's received this great news on his 27th birthday, leaving him little time to act. When the love of his life turns him down, his business partner places an ad in the paper, and an army of would-be brides show up at the church.
Anjelah Johnson Plays the Kentucky Center, 10/12August 27, 2012Anjelah Johnson was born and raised in San Jose, California and became an internet sensation with her viral video "Nail Salon" which led to many stand up and performance opportunities. That same year she joined the cast of "MADtv" as a series regular, which spawned another internet sensation "Bon Qui Qui." This original character, a disgruntled fast food employee with no filter, has been enjoyed, viewed and replicated by over fifty-five million people worldwide.
Tickets Now on Sale for The Brown Paper Box Co.'s GODSPELLAugust 27, 2012Tickets are now on sale for The Brown Paper Box Co.'s one-of-a-kind modern interpretation of Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak's GODSPELL. Using a cast of 10 actor-musicians, this beloved musical brings the Book of Matthew to life atCollaboraction's intimate Studio space in the Flat Iron Arts Building (1579 North Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL 60622). Tickets can be purchased through www.brownpaperbox.org.
Southern Rep Theatre Delays Season Announcement and 3x3: THE ONE ACTS Due to Hurricane IsaacAugust 27, 2012Due to Hurricane Isaac Southern Rep Theatre has postponed 3x3: THE ONE ACTS which were scheduled to run Monday, August 27-Wednesday, August 29, 2012 at the Mid-City Theatre. New dates will be announced later this week. Also, Southern Rep Theatre's 2012-13 Season Announcement which was to take place Tuesday, August 28th, at the CAC's Spun Cafe will be delayed until further notice.
Vienna State Opera to Host September 2 Open HouseAugust 27, 2012Mit acht verschiedenen Opernwerken, einem Ballett, einer Kinderoper, zwei Matineen und dem Tag der offenen Tür startet die Wiener Staatsoper im September in die neue Spielzeit 2012/2013.
The Jewish Museum Announces Exhibition Featuring Manuscripts from England's Bodleian Library; Opens 9/14August 27, 2012England's Bodleian Library at Oxford University, established by Sir Thomas Bodley in 1602 and now the largest of the University's group of 'Bodleian Libraries', is home to a collection of medieval Hebrew illuminated manuscripts. The Jewish Museum will present Crossing Borders: Manuscripts from the Bodleian Libraries from September 14, 2012 through February 3, 2013. This exhibition will feature over 60 works - Hebrew, Arabic, and Latin manuscripts - the majority of which have never been seen in the United States. Several paintings and printed books will also be on view.