Autumn Hurlbert News

On Monday, November 22nd, 2010, a host of theatre actors will take part in an exclusive concert and cocktail reception featuring the music and lyrics of Steven Jamail. This invitation-only concert will be held at the famed Hudson Terrace. Cocktails start at 6:30pm followed by the performance promptly at 7pm.

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater presents the world premiere of Marcus Gardley's every tongue confess, which opens the new Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle, the third theater space in the Mead Center.

18-year old Emily Kay Shrader and 2010 Roosevelt University graduate David Tomczak have been named the winners of The Rising Star Contest for Bobby Cronin's November 29, 2010 concert, as part of Jim Caruso's Broadway at Birdland Series.

kef theatrical productions is thrilled to announce the upcoming return of Michael Pesce's Old Fashioned Piano Party on Sunday, November 7th at 4:00 PM in the Beechman Theater. The theater is located at 407 West 42nd Street (lower level of the West Bank Café) and tickets may be reserved by calling 212.695.6909. Tickets to the performance are $15 and do not include a $15 food or drink minimum. www.westbankcafe.com.

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater presents the world premiere of Marcus Gardley's every tongue confess, which opens the new Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle, the third theater space in the Mead Center. Director Kenny Leon (Broadway's Fences and last season's Stick Fly at Arena Stage) leads an ensemble cast featuring talent from across the country, including Tony Award-winner Phylicia Rashad teamed up with Jason Dirden, CrystAl Fox, Autumn Hurlbert, Jim Ireland, Leslie Kritzer, Eugene Lee, E. Roger Mitchell and Jonathan Earl Peck. every tongue confess runs November 9, 2010-January 2, 2011 in the Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle.

As the leaves are turning into a rainbow of colors, and we await the first snowflakes to fall, DC theatergoers are anticipating Arena Stage's first two productions in their new Mead Center, while Harry Connick, Jr. introduces children to a friendly elf, and Snow White and a red rose and a guy named Fred make a stop at The Kennedy Center. That red-haired orphan brings Sandy and a bitchy Ms. Hannigan and a pooch named Sandy to Olney, MD. Synetic Theater Artistic Director and his wife/choreographer reunite on the stage, a Ziegfeld Folly stars in a one-woman show, and doughnuts are served at The Studio Theatre.

Award winning composer/lyricist BOBBY CRONIN will make his Birdland debut as part of Jim Caruso's Broadway at Birdland Series, on Monday November 29th at 7pm.

Broadway at Birdland is happy to announce that composer/writer Bobby Cronin, along with many Broadway performers, will perform a concert of his original music on Monday, November 29 at 7pm.

Following on the heels of Arena Stage's wildly successful public opening with the Homecoming Grand Opening Celebration Saturday, October 23, 2010, the company celebrated the completion of a decade-long journey to reopen its new home in Southwest D.C. with an Opening Gala Celebration Monday, October 25, 2010. This black-tie gala kicks off the inaugural season at the breathtaking new Mead Center theater complex and supports all of Arena Stage's programs, including the exciting work on our stages, our investment in new play development and our wide range of community engagement activities.

Arena Stage's inaugural season at the Mead Center for American Theater opens with three productions featuring three powerful leading ladies - E. Faye Butler in Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! in the company's renovated, iconic Fichandler Stage; Phylicia Rashad in playwright Marcus Gardley's world premiere of Every Tongue Confess in the brand new 200-seat Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle; and Anna Deavere Smith in her one-woman play, Second Stage's production of Let Me Down Easy, which begins its national tour in the freshly refurbished Kreeger Theater.

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater announced the full cast for the world premiere of Marcus Gardley's every tongue confess, which opens the new Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle, the third theater space in the Mead Center.

kef theatrical productions is thrilled to announce the upcoming return of Michael Pesce's Old Fashioned Piano Party on Sunday, November 7th at 4:00 PM in the Beechman Theater. The theater is located at 407 West 42nd Street (lower level of the West Bank Café) and tickets may be reserved by calling 212.695.6909. Tickets to the performance are $15 and do not include a $15 food or drink minimum. www.westbankcafe.com.

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater presents the world premiere of Marcus Gardley's every tongue confess, which opens the new Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle, the third theater space in the Mead Center.

Leslie Kritzer, the award-winning Broadway actress who was most recently seen in the acclaimed revue Sondheim on Sondheim, will play the role of Bernadette in the Arena Stage world premiere of Marcus Gardley's every tongue confess in the new 200-seat Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle Theater.

Arena Stage's inaugural season at the Mead Center for American Theater opens with three productions featuring three powerful leading ladies - E. Faye Butler in Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! in the company's renovated, iconic Fichandler Stage; Phylicia Rashad in playwright Marcus Gardley's world premiere of Every Tongue Confess in the brand new 200-seat Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle; and Anna Deavere Smith in her one-woman play, Second Stage's production of Let Me Down Easy, which begins its national tour in the freshly refurbished Kreeger Theater.

'Who Am I: The Music & Lyrics Of Tiffany Schleigh' will be performed on July 10 and 17 at the Laurie Beechman Theatre. The concert will benefit Broadway in South Africa.

'Who Am I: The Music & Lyrics Of Tiffany Schleigh' will be performed on July 10 and 17 at the Laurie Beechman Theatre. The concert will benefit Broadway in South Africa.

'Who Am I: The Music & Lyrics Of Tiffany Schleigh' will be performed on July 10 and 17 at the Laurie Beechman Theatre. The concert will benefit Broadway in South Africa.

Autumn Hurlbert, Lori Prince, and Michael Puzzo are set to star in Killing Women, by Marisa Wegrzyn and presented by kef productions. The production runs at the Beckett Theatre May 13- June 5 and will be directed by Adam Fitzgerald. Additional casting is yet to be announced.

Titanic composer/lyricist Maury Yeston has joined a panel that will precede the June 21 benefit concert of the Tony-winning musical. The conversation will focus on the creative process of creating the original Broadway production, the historical event itself, and the ethical issues brought to light by the sinking and the great loss of life. The talkback will begin at 6:30 PM and is included in the cost of admission to the 7:30 PM concert, which will benefit the New York Society for Ethical Culture (NYSEC). Produced by Sarah Melissa Rotker in association with Josh Wellman, the event will take place in NYSEC's 800-seat Concert Hall, located at 2 W. 64th St. at Central Park West.