A. Gentle News

'Not since Man knew Woman has their been such a night...the Night of the Iguana'

Ferdinand the Bull will give families a chance to stop and smell the roses as they settle into the hustle and bustle of the school year. This children's musical about a gentle bull who would rather smell flowers than fight in a Madrid ring will make one if its last appearances nationwide September 9 through 25 on The Rose main stage, before the rights to Munro Leaf's endearing story go to Fox Animation Studios.

The Conejo Players are set to host auditions for Gypsy.

Ferdinand the Bull will give families a chance to stop and smell the roses as they settle into the hustle and bustle of the school year. This children's musical about a gentle bull who would rather smell flowers than fight in a Madrid ring will make one if its last appearances nationwide September 9 through 25 on The Rose main stage, before the rights to Munro Leaf's endearing story go to Fox Animation Studios.

Bergen County Players will kick off its 2011-12 season with the multiple Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.

This fall Japan Society Gallery explores a new art that is emerging from a remarkable fusion of Japanese artisanal and industrial textile-making. Coaxed from materials as age-old as hemp and newly developed as microfilaments, a varied array of more than 35 large-scale works will be on view in Fiber Futures: Japan's Textile Pioneers from Friday, September 16 to Sunday, December 18, 2011.

The Conejo Players are set to host auditions for Gypsy.

SING! SING! SING!, the Great American Songbook Sing-In, assembles some of the greatest Broadway songs from musicals titled A through C in THE ABCs OF BROADWAY! - and you're invited to sing along on Tuesday, August 16 (2011) at 7 p.m. at The Triad in New York City.

Wes Driver directs a thoroughly charming and beautifully acted revival of G.K. Chesterton's first play, Magic, now onstage at the Shamblin Theatre on the David Lipscomb University campus in a sumptuously appointed production from Blackbird Theatre Company. Featuring a stellar cast of Nashville stage professionals, Magic might best be described as a gentle drawing-room comedy from the post-Edwardian period (it debuted in 1913) that somehow remains relevant and intriguing almost 100 years after its premiere.

The Museum of Modern Art recognizes the achievements of Roman Polanski with a complete retrospective of the filmmaker's works, September 7-30, 2011, in The Roy and Niuta Titus Theaters. Over the course of a half century, Polanski has become widely recognized as one of the premier international filmmakers, directing films in Poland, England, the U.S., Italy, and France and working with distinguished actors such as Jack Nicholson, Adrien Brody, Catherine Deneuve, Mia Farrow, Ben Kingsley, and Nastassja Kinski.

TRACES, the acclaimed show by the Montreal-based troupe 7 Fingers, is currently playing New York's Union Square Theatre (100 East 17th Street). TRACES began previews Friday, July 29 with an official opening Monday night, August 8.

Theatre Exile continues their legacy of bringing Philadelphia its first taste of the world's most exciting and adventurous playwrights with their 2011-2012 season.

Legendary comedian Bill Cosby will be appearing at Boise State University's Morrison Center For The Performing Arts, on Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 5:00 pm.

The National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) announced today the eight musicals selected to be part of the 23rd Annual Festival of New Musicals on Thursday, October 27 and Friday, October 28 at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street).

Duckie is currently presenting 'Lullaby' at the Barbican Theatre in London, with performances beginning June 24, 2011. The show runs through July 24, 2011. BroadwayWorld brings you production shots below!

Lou Volpe appearing at The John Birks Gillespie Tuesday June 21st 8 PM Tickets are $15.00 WBGO Members $10

Triple threat Jennifer Leigh Warren will sing the songs of Dame Shirley Bassey in Diamonds Are Forever: the songs of Dame Shirley Bassey at the Renberg Theatre of the Gay and Lesbian Center in Hollywood beginning June 16. Known for her incredible performances on stage including most recently in NoHo the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella Panto and the extraordinary new ensemble musical Having It All, this lady is going places. In our chat she defines the Bassey show, emphasizing quite clearly that she is NOT impersonating Shirley Bassey.

Chris Isaacson and the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center's Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner Cultural Arts Center proudly present the premiere of Jennifer Leigh Warren in 'DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER: the songs of Dame Shirley Bassey,' which will make its Los Angeles debut on June 16 at The Renberg Theatre, 1125 N. McCadden Place in Hollywood, with acclaimed Director Richard Jay-Alexander (Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler 'Kiss My Brass' Tour, Bernadette Peters) at the helm.

Lou Volpe appearing at The John Birks Gillespie Tuesday June 21st 8 PM Tickets are $15.00 WBGO Members $10

Chris Isaacson and the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center's Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner Cultural Arts Center proudly present the premiere of Jennifer Leigh Warren in "DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER: the songs of Dame Shirley Bassey," which will make its Los Angeles debut on June 16 at The Renberg Theatre, 1125 N. McCadden Place in Hollywood, with acclaimed Director Richard Jay-Alexander (Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler 'Kiss My Brass' Tour, Bernadette Peters) at the helm.