Alan Cumming News

The RuPaul's Drag Race Star gave an encore performance of her Judy Garland Tribute show to a sold-out house at Club Cumming during DragCon this week.

Alan Paul directs and demonstrates the power of live theater.

Jacqueline Novak: Get On Your Knees, written by and starring Jacqueline Novak, has extended its limited run to October 6th, due to overwhelming ticket sales and rave reviews. This will be the final extension and the show must close on that date. The show, 'a standup comedy set that inclines towards theater (New York Times),' plays the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street, between Hudson and Bleecker Streets), having transferred from the Cherry Lane Theatre, where the whole run sold out. Jacqueline Novak: Get on Your Knees is presented by Natasha Lyonne, and executive produced by Mike Birbiglia. Mike Lavoie, Carlee Briglia and Abingdon Theatre Company are producers.

The Players announces its next Pipe Night, honoring Tony Award-nominated composer and writer Joe Iconis (Be More Chill). A favorite Players tradition that has celebrated significant cultural figures for over a century, the Pipe Night for Mr. Iconis will be held on Monday, September 9th starting at 6:30 pm at The Players, located at 16 Gramercy Park South. 

Alan Cumming and Julianna Margulies recently visited the Tony Award winning musical revival of “Oklahoma!” on Broadway. Following the performance, the pair posed with some cast members backstage.

Keeping us gasping is what Cabaret in all of its incarnations has always been about. Gasping at the opulence, gasping at the decadence, gasping at the heedlessness and the horror. It is intentionally strong stuff, and if it delivers, then it succeeds. And by that yardstick, this version, whatever it may or may not owe to its predecessors, is a smashing success.

Gallery Players will open its 53rd season with Cabaret; book by Joe Masteroff, based on the play by John Van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood; music by John Kander; lyrics by Fred Ebb.

Jonathan Demar will make his Green Room 42 debut on November 10th at 7pm with an all new version of his solo show Setting the Standard.

USA Network has released the first trailer for Briarpatch, the anthology drama series starring Rosario Dawson and featuring Alan Cumming.

Jordan Brookes has been announced as the winner of Dave's Edinburgh Comedy Awards for Best Comedy Show and Catherine Cohen is Best Newcomer.

Now in its 53rd season, Gallery Players of Park Slope announce the full line-up for the 2019-2020 season, which opens on Saturday, September 7, 2019 with Cabaret.

An extra performance has been squeezed in for Everything I See I Swallow, the sell out Edinburgh Fringe hit from Shasha and Taylor Productions. In addition to its programmed performances at 18.00 daily to Sunday 25 August in Summerhall's Demonstration Room, the show, a groundbreaking multimedia blend of drama and aerial rope performance, can be seen at 10.30am in the same space on Friday 23 August.

Alan Cumming (Cabaret, a?oeThe Good Wifea??) and Ari Shapiro (NPR's a?oeAll Things Considered,a?? Pink Martini) both transport audiences to other worlds through their stories. Now, they're joining forces in song to perform a?oeOch & Oy! A Considered Cabareta?? on Saturday, September 21 with two performances at 7:00 PM and 9:30 PM. The exclusive New York debut of their new evening of tunes and tall tales at the majestic Whyte Hall in Fire Island Pines, in addition to an audience Q&A after the show. The evening is presented by Daniel Nardicio and features musical direction by Henry Koperski.

Alan Cumming will join forces with Ari Shapiro in Och & Oy! a?" A Considered Cabaret at The Crown & Anchor's Paramount Theater in Provincetown for three performances Labor Day weekend. 

Inc. magazine today revealed that Davenport Theatrical Enterprises is No. 4019 on its annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. The list represents a unique look at the most successful companies within the American economy's most dynamic segmenta?'its independent small businesses. Microsoft, Dell, Domino's Pizza, Pandora, Timberland, LinkedIn, Yelp, Zillow, and many other well-known names gained their first national exposure as honorees on the Inc. 5000.

Gorgeously indiscreet, this New York Comic is as sharp as they come. Bubbly, with a sprinkling of aggression. Cohen hails from New York, where she has a weekly slot at Alan Cumming's cabaret bar a?" her act includes songs a?" and Henry Koperski accompanies her on keys.

'DARK PLANET: Not Your Mother's Valentine's Day' presented by Planet Connections Theatre Festivity; performing Thursdays and Fridays, February 6 - 21 at the 14th Street Y Theatre, 344 E 14th St, New York City.

ACT (A Contemporary Theatre) of Connecticut announces the first show of its second season, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS. Following its wildly-successful inaugural season, ACT of CT will kick-off the 2019-2020 lineup with a bang a?" or shall we say a SCREAMa?" when this global phenomenon lands in Ridgefield. 

Ben Rimalower brought Patti Issues back to The Green Room 42 last night, August 2, 2019.

Producer Rick Murray announced that Tony Award-winning actor, singer, and author Alan Cumming will join forces with NPR host and Pink Martini front man Ari Shapiro in Och & Oy! a?" A Considered Cabaret at The Crown & Anchor's Paramount Theater in Provincetown for three performances Labor Day weekend. Show times are Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, August 30, 31, and September 1 at 8:45 p.m.