Hyde Park Theatre Presents A BEHANDING IN SPOKANE, 4/28-5/28April 29, 2011Hyde Park Theatre continues its love affair with the black comedies of the brilliant young Irish playwright Martin McDonagh, this time with McDonagh's first play set in America, the savagely funny A BEHANDING IN SPOKANE, April 28-May 28.
Photo Coverage: Jason Robert Brown & Anika Noni Rose in Concert!April 29, 2011Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown (PARADE, 13, THE LAST FIVE YEARS, SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD) and Tony Award-winning stage and screen star Anika Noni Rose (DREAMGIRLS) and The Caucasian Rhythm Kings begin a special three-night concert engagement tonight at the Henry Street Settlement - Abrons Arts Center (466 Grand at Pitt). The concerts will also be filmed for future broadcast on PBS.
Darrington et al. Celebrate Arts and Artists at St. Paul Songbook Series, 4/25April 18, 2011Celebrating its 20th Anniversary, Arts and Artists at St. Paul continues its popular Songbook concert series with the songs of composer Nikos Tsakalakos on Monday, April 25th at 6:00pm at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. The concert will be held in the Bruno Walter Auditorium - 111 Amsterdam Avenue - just south of 65th Street. Admission is FREE and seating is on a first come-first serve basis.
Whoopi Goldberg, Patrick Wilson Among Tribeca Film Fest Judges, 4/20-5/1April 18, 2011The Tribeca Film Festival (TFF), presented by American Express, the Founding Sponsor of the Festival, today announced its jurors - a diverse and talented group of 38 individuals, including award-winning filmmakers and screenwriters, celebrated actors, respected journalists and media pioneers. They will be divided among the six competitive Festival categories and will announce the winning films, filmmakers and actors in those categories at the TFF Awards Night ceremony on April 28 hosted by Gideon Yago, which will be streamed live on TribecaFilm.com. The 2011 Festival runs from April 20 - May 1.
Kelli O'Hara to Release New Album, ALWAYS, in MayApril 8, 2011SOUTH PACIFIC star Kelli O'Hara will release her second solo album under the Sh-K-Boom/Ghostlight label. The album, entitled Always, features 13 tracks consisting of a collection of Broadway favorites from MY FAIR LADY and SOUTH PACIFIC, as well as songs by Irving Berlin and Ricky Ian Gordon among others. The album is set to be release May 31, 2011.
Schwartz, Kander et al. Set for OPERA OR MUSICAL THEATER? Talk, 4/19April 4, 2011New York City Opera's General Manager and Artistic Director George Steel will moderate an in-depth roundtable discussion on what defines the opera and musical theater genres at the Gershwin Theatre on the set of Stephen Schwartz's acclaimed Broadway production WICKED. He will be joined by a panel of distinguished composers and playwrights including Stephen Schwartz, Rufus Wainwright (composer and performer), Adam Guettel (composer of FLOYD COLLINS and THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA), John Kander (composer of CABARET and CHICAGO) and David Henry Hwang (librettist for operas such as ALICE IN WONDERLAND and THE FLY, playwright of M. BUTTERFLY, book for FLOWER DRUM SONG, TARZAN and AIDA on Broadway). The discussion precedes the New York premiere of Schwartz's first opera SEANCE on a WET AFTERNOON, opening at New York City Opera on Tuesday, April 19.