Urban Stages (Frances Hill, Founding Artistic Director), will close its 34th season with the New York Premiere of Sean Christopher Lewis's DOGS OF RWANDA, directed by Frances Hill and Peter Napolitano. This limited engagement at Urban Stages (259 West 30th Street), begins performances on Friday, March 9, opens on Monday, March 12 and will run through Saturday, March 31, 2018. Tickets for are $35 ($25 during previews; $50 on opening and $15 student rush) and may be purchased via OvationTix at www.urbanstages.org or by phone at 1.866.811.4111.
Just four months after acclaimed Musical Director Barry Levitt tragically died of a heart attack just hours before a performance at the Laurie Beechman Theatre, Charlotte Patton--a beloved performer for whom Levitt frequently played and was one of his closest friends in Cabaret--died early Thursday morning at Mt. Sinai Hospital after an almost two-year battle with cancer. Both passed away at the age of 70.
Broadway, Las Vegas and regional star, Andrea Wolff, gives an encore performance of her spicy, funny and poignant show, 'Prisoner of Love,' at Don't Tell Mama on Saturday, February 3rd at 8pm. Matthew Martin Ward, as Musical Director, brings his own spin to the late Maestro, Barry Levitt's exquisite arrangements, leading a stellar quartet including violin. Peter Napolitano, creative director and producer of Winter Rhythms at Urban Stages, is the director. For a preview, click Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v 2wjwot64AF0
Broadway and cabaret notable, Andrea Bell Wolff, offers up her acclaimed cabaret show 'Prisoner of Love' on December 16th at 9:30 pm in a special holiday performance honoring her late director and colleague, Barry Levitt, at the Winter Rhythms Festival at Urban Stages.
Broadway and cabaret notable, Andrea Bell Wolff, offers up her acclaimed cabaret show 'Prisoner of Love' on December 16th at 9:30 pm in a special holiday performance honoring her late director and colleague, Barry Levitt, at the Winter Rhythms Festival at Urban Stages.
Urban Stages presents this year's award-winning series, WINTER RHYTHMS 2017, which begins tonight, December 12, featuring some of New York's best musical performances through Saturday, December 23, 2017 at Urban Stages Theatre (259 West 30th Street, just East of 8th Avenue).
JANICE HALL has made the journey seamlessly and successfully. After a long career on the international opera stage, Hall joined the New York cabaret scene in 2007 and just four years later won a Bistro Award and MAC Award for her critically acclaimed solo show, Grand Illusions: The Music of Marlene Dietrich. Hall has now created a truly unique new show THE OPERA SHOW (WITH NO OPERA)--that merges the two art forms and that will be launched at the Urban Stages WINTER RHYTHMS Series on Saturday, December 16 at 3 pm.
Cabaret Producer, Promoter, and Performer Stephen Hanks has been chosen by Urban Stages Founding Artistic Director Frances Hill and Director of Musical Theatre Peter Napolitano to Produce and Host the Opening and Closing Night Gala Shows for the organization's Ninth Annual WINTER RHYTHMS SERIES, running this year from December 12 through December 23 at the Urban Stages Theatre (259 West 30th Street, between 7th and 8th Avenues).
Urban Stages announces the line-up for this year's award-winning series, WINTER RHYTHMS 2017, which will begin Tuesday, December 12 and will feature some of New York's best musical performances through Saturday, December 23, 2017 at Urban Stages Theatre (259 West 30th Street, just East of 8th Avenue).
Dawn Derow sang Irving Berlin's White Christmas this November afternoon and made it work, just as she made a collection of songs from 1941 work in her show titled MY SHIP.
Andrea Wolff will perform 'Prisoner of Love,' her final collaboration with the late Musical Director, Barry Levitt, and Peter Napolitano, Director, at Don't Tell Mama on Sunday, October 1st at 7pm and Saturday, November 11th at 5:30pm. Matthew Martin Ward has gamely stepped in to play Barry's exquisite arrangements and lead the band that includes bassist Boots Maleson, violinist Rob Thomas and percussionist Howie Gordon.
Barry Levitt the acclaimed pianist, conductor, composer, musical director and mensch passed away on September 21 after suffering a massive heart attack at the Laurie Beechman Theatre on Sept 21st.
Broadway, regional theater and Las Vegas star Andrea Bell Wolff brings a new cabaret show, 'Prisoner of Love,' to The Metropolitan Room, with four performances scheduled between August 23rd through December 2nd.
Broadway, regional theater and Las Vegas star, Andrea Bell Wolff, brings a new cabaret show, "Prisoner of Love," to Metropolitan Room with four performances scheduled between August 23rd through December 2nd. The theme is love in all its guises, and Wolff, a skilled musical comedy performer who cut her teeth as Ermengarde in "Hello, Dolly!" on tour and Broadway, plays her theme both straight and for laughs. The superb repertoire is culled from Pop,
Broadway, regional theater and Las Vegas star Andrea Bell Wolff brings a new cabaret show, 'Prisoner of Love,' to The Metropolitan Room, with four performances scheduled between August 23rd through December 2nd.
Bernie Fusrhpan, managing partner of the Metropolitan Room moved his club into the Friars Club last night and BroadwayWorld was there for the entertainment super special.
'MWAH!' is an affectionate and humorous look at the life and career of Dinah Shore as seen through the eyes of one of her most ardent fans, someone who sat transfixed in front of his TV during the 1970s watching the 'Dinah!' show almost daily.
Nothing like you've ever heard before! Come join in for this new show, featuring a fresh take on a few stage standards, along with other should-have-been classics from the less explored Great White Way.
