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Tony-Winner Jay Johns Joins IT'S MAGIC as New Host Tonight
by BWW News Desk - November 30, 2013

Due to a new filming conflict, Michael Carbonaro, has had to step down from the role of host for the annual 'It's Magic!' show. However, Producers Milt Larsen and Terry Hill are very fortunate to have been able to secure Tony Award winning ventriloquist Jay Johnson as his replacement to perform in a...


Tony-Winner Jay Johns Joins IT'S MAGIC as New Host, 11/30
by BWW News Desk - October 22, 2013

Due to a new filming conflict, Michael Carbonaro, has had to step down from the role of host for the annual 'It's Magic!' show. However, Producers Milt Larsen and Terry Hill are very fortunate to have been able to secure Tony Award winning ventriloquist Jay Johnson as his replacement to perform in a...


COLIN QUINN UNCONSTITUTIONAL Plays Bay Street Theatre's Comedy Club Tonight
by BWW News Desk - June 29, 2013

Bay Street Theatre's Comedy Club, sponsored by Madison & Main Restaurant and Bar, continues tonight, June 29 with Colin Quinn Unconstitutional....


Tony Sheldon Replaces Roger Rees in Encores! THE BAND WAGON
by BWW News Desk - October 16, 2014

Tony Award nominee Tony Sheldon (Priscilla Queen of the Desert) has joined the cast of the Encores! Special Event The Band Wagon in the role of Jeffrey Cordova, an egotistical British director. (Roger Rees, previously announced in the role, is no longer available.) The Band Wagon cast stars Tony Awa...


Dane Cook to Voice Lead Character in DISNEY'S PLANES
by Caryn Robbins - February 28, 2013

Dane Cook has been tapped to voice the lead character Dusty, a plane with high hopes in DISNEY'S PLANES....


Kathy Najimy to Bring Solo Show to Feinstein's at the Nikko Next Month
by Tyler Peterson - December 19, 2014

Actress, feminist and activist Kathy Najimy brings Lift Up Your Skirt, an in-progress, semi- autobiographical show to Feinstein's at the Nikko for two performances only - Friday, January 9 (8 p.m.) and Saturday, January 10 (7 p.m.). Lift Up Your Skirt will feature some true stories of Kathy's upside...


Andrew Dice Clay Plays the Roxy 9/8
by BWW News Desk - September 08, 2011

Andrew Dice Clay returns to the world famous Sunset Strip when he plays a one night engagement at the legendary Roxy Theatre on Thursday, September 8th. Showtime is 9:00PM and tickets are $39.50 for reserved seating and are available by going to www.ticketweb.com. Tickets go on sale Thursday, August...


Comedian Jeff Garlin Returns to Steppenwolf, 12/4-16
by Kelsey Denette - November 02, 2012

Steppenwolf Theatre Company will welcome back Second City alum and star of HBO's hit comedy Curb Your Enthusiasm, Jeff Garlin in Closer Than I Appear, December 4 - 16, 2012. Jeff returns to Steppenwolf following his popular, sold-out run of No Sugar Tonight in 2011. Join him for a hilarious and ever...


Creative Team Set for 20th Annual SCREEN ACTORS GUILD Awards
by Caryn Robbins - December 09, 2013

Executive Producer Kathy Connell vividly remembers the 14 months leading up to the inaugural Screen Actors Guild Awards® ceremony....


DR. SUSAN BLOCK SHOW to Discuss Cacophony Society and More, 6/22
by TV News Desk - June 20, 2013

This Saturday, June 22nd, The Dr. Susan Block Show will explore the revolutionary influence of San Francisco's world-renowned Cacophony Society and the legendary secret Suicide Club on American culture and counterculture. Joining international sexologist Dr. Susan Block in her Womb Room studios will...


UH Alum Robert Wuhl to Debut HIT-LIT at Alma Mater, 1/29-2/2
by BWW News Desk - January 02, 2013

Robert Wuhl's long stint in show business began at the University of Houston. The actor/director/writer/producer began entertaining audiences as a student in UH's School of Theatre & Dance (SOTD). Now, he's ready to return to his alma mater to begin a new phase in his career....


Rich Little's JIMMY STEWART AND FRIENDS Heading to Broadway?
by BWW News Desk - January 19, 2013

According to The New York Times, comedian and impressionist Rich Little's 'Jimmy Stewart & Friends', currently running at LVH, the Last Vegas Hotel & Casino, is aiming for Broadway. At LVH, the production is billed as a 'pre-Broadway debut', and the Times reports Little is in talks with backers....


LYPSINKA! THE BOXED SET Will Return to The Connelly Theatre This Summer
by Tyler Peterson - April 20, 2015

A glamorous dose of the legendary Lypsinka, John Epperson's iconic creation, will once again be doled out this summer when the acclaimed LYPSINKA! THE BOXED SET returns for a limited Off-Broadway engagement. LYPSINKA! THE BOXED SET will be performed Wednesday, July 22nd through Saturday, September ...


Danny Burstein, Jackie Hoffman and More Lead ONCE UPON A MATTRESS Benefit Concert Tonight
by BWW News Desk - June 17, 2013

Transport Group, the Drama Desk, Outer Critics, and OBIE award-winning theatre company, presents the one-night-only, all-star concert of the acclaimed 1959 Broadway classic musical Once Upon A Mattress tonight, June 17 at 7pmat the The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre in The Pershing Square Signatur...


DVR Alert: THE BAND WAGON's Tracey Ullman Appears on 'The Tonight Show'
by BWW News Desk - November 13, 2014

Tracey Ullman, currently starring in the New York City Center Encores! production of The Band Wagon, will make a special appearance on 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon' tonight, November 13. The show also includes appearances by The Hunger Games star Josh Hutcherson and musical guest Echosmit...


Andrew Dice Clay Comes To Brooklyn
by BWW News Desk - October 01, 2011

Andrew Dice Clay comes home to Brooklyn tonight to play one exciting show....


Miners Alley presents 'Parallel Lives' Jan 31 - Mar 9 in Golden
by Robert Diamond - January 29, 2014

With boundless humor, 'Parallel Lives' reexamines the ongoing quest to find parity and love in a contest handicapped by capricious gods-or in this case, goddesses. We are pleased to reunite the original cast: two women playing 36 different characters....


The RRazz Room Celebrates 30 Years of Lypsinka with THE PASSION OF THE CRAWFORD, Now thru 9/16
by BWW News Desk - September 04, 2012

The RRazz Room, San Francisco's premier nightclub, will welcome back acclaimed entertainer Lypsinka for a special two-week engagement from tonight, September 4 to 16 to celebrate Lypsinka's 30th anniversary. She will recreate the widely popular show 'The Passion of the Crawford' - a fab fantasia abo...


Dr. Susan Block to Launch THE BONOBO WAY with Soiree, Free Kindle Books This Weekend
by BWW News Desk - November 06, 2014

?Broadcasting live from Bonoboville at LAX, The Dr. Susan Block Show will celebrate the launch of renowned and controversial sexologist Dr. Susan Block's much anticipated, internationally acclaimed new book this Saturday night, November 8, 2014....


UP Comedy Club Announces Upcoming Roster
by Kelsey Denette - January 08, 2013

Tickets are currently on sale for UP Comedy Club's roster of stand-up and sketch shows taking place January - May 2013, including Matt Braunger, Nick Kroll, Donnell Rawlings, Dana Gould, Dan Harmon, as well as new shows including 'Team Starkid: Airport for Birds and Other Great Ideas,' 'Four Girls (...


The RRazz Room Celebrates 30 Years of Lypsinka with THE PASSION OF THE CRAWFORD, 9/4-16
by BWW News Desk - August 22, 2012

The RRazz Room, San Francisco's premier nightclub, will welcome back acclaimed entertainer Lypsinka for a special two-week engagement from September 4 to 16 to celebrate Lypsinka's 30th anniversary. She will recreate the widely popular show 'The Passion of the Crawford' - a fab fantasia about the re...


DVR Alert: THE BAND WAGON's Tracey Ullman Appears on 'The Tonight Show'
by BWW News Desk - November 13, 2014

Tracey Ullman, currently starring in the New York City Center Encores! production of The Band Wagon, will make a special appearance on 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon' tonight, November 13. The show also includes appearances by The Hunger Games star Josh Hutcherson and musical guest Echosmit...


Scoop: Roger Rees, Tracey Ullman, Michael McKean, & Laura Osnes & More Join Cast of Encores! THE BAND WAGON
by Nicole Rosky - October 06, 2014

This just in! Previously announced Tony Award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell will be joined by Tony Award winner Roger Rees, seven-time Emmy Award winner Tracey Ullman, Academy Award nominee Michael McKean, Tony Award nominee Laura Osnes, Tony Award nominee Michael Berresse, and Don Stephenson in The ...


COLIN QUINN UNCONSTITUTIONAL to Play Bay Street Theatre's Comedy Club, 6/29
by Tyler Peterson - June 19, 2013

Bay Street Theatre $B!G(Bs Comedy Club, sponsored by Madison & Main Restaurant and Bar, continues June 29 with Colin Quinn Unconstitutional. Tickets are $62 for members or $69 for non-member. All Comedy Club dates are available online at www.baystreet.org or by stopping by or calling the Box Offic...


Steven Wright to Return to Orleans Showroom, 1/3-4
by Tyler Peterson - November 19, 2013

Following a successful engagement in 2013, Academy Award-winner and Grammy Award nominee Steven Wright returns to The Orleans Showroom January 3 and 4 with his trademark wit, absurdist one-liners, monotone voice and deadpan delivery....






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