Ben Folds News

Took An Axe Productions proudly presents a special limited 6-week engagement of the rock musical LIZZIE BORDEN.

Award-winning NYC cabaret performer Hector Coris brings his debut solo show Life is Wonderful. at Don't Tell Mama (343 West 46th Street, NYC - 212-757-0788; www.donttellmamanyc.com). Show dates are Tuesday, September 8th @ 7:15PM and Sunday, October 11th @ 6:30PM.

Took An Axe Productions proudly presents a special limited 6-week engagement of the rock musical LIZZIE BORDEN.

NY Gypsy Festival- 5 Years arrives with five shows from Sept 11th through 26th celebrating half a decade of daring programming

On November 27 and 28, 2009 Rebecca Luker will join Shirley Jones and the National Symphony Orchestra Pops for NSO Pops: The Music of The Music Man. These concert reviews of songs from Meredith Willson's The Music Man will be led by Principal Pops Conductor Marvin Hamlisch and will also feature the City Choir of Washington. The performances will take place during Thanksgiving weekend in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall on Friday, November 27 at 1:30 p.m. and 8 p.m., and on Saturday, November 28 at 8 p.m.

On September 15, Loudon Wainwright III will perform a unique concert at the Highline Ballrom highlighting tracks from his new double-album, 'High Wide and Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project' (Aug 18 / 2nd Story Sound Records). Loudon will be joined by the wonderful singers Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright, Lucy Wainwright Roche, Maggie Roche, Terre Roche, Suzzy Roche, and Dave Roche.

Award-winning NYC cabaret performer Hector Coris brings his debut solo show Life is Wonderful. at Don't Tell Mama (343 West 46th Street, NYC - 212-757-0788; www.donttellmamanyc.com). Show dates are Tuesday, September 8th @ 7:15PM and Sunday, October 11th @ 6:30PM.

Took An Axe Productions proudly presents a special limited 6-week engagement of the rock musical LIZZIE BORDEN. Written by Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer and Tim Maner with Alan Stevens Hewitt and directed by Tim Maner, this production will play Thursday, September 10 through Saturday, October 17 at The Living Theatre.

J.L. 'Lynn' Singleton, President of the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC), is pleased to announce that the majority of productions featured in the Broadway Series (excluding WICKED and JERSEY BOYS; on-sale dates for these shows will be announced), the Inskip Lexus Contemporary Classics Series, and Broadway, holiday and contemporary specials go on sale Monday, July 27 at 10A.

J.L. 'Lynn' Singleton, President of the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC), is pleased to announce that the majority of productions featured in the Broadway Series (excluding WICKED and JERSEY BOYS; on-sale dates for these shows will be announced), the Inskip Lexus Contemporary Classics Series, and Broadway, holiday and contemporary specials go on sale Monday, July 27 at 10A.

Guest conductor Erich Kunzel brings the Boston Pops to a lackluster finish with uninspired performances of classic Big Band tunes

Jenna gives a rundown of where she's been and who she's seen in the world of cabaret in the past week. The past week's events include the MAC Awards, Hector Coris' 'Life Is Wonderful' and Rob Langeder's 'Any Place I Hang My Hat...'

terraNOVA Collective will present ONES AT TEN on Friday nights during THE 6TH ANNUAL soloNOVA ARTS FESTIVAL, celebrating solo arts into the wee hours with music, comedy, and spoken word. These late night parties extend the festival to encompass solo performers outside of the Mainstage solo shows.

Award-winning NYC cabaret performer Hector Coris premieres his debut solo show Life is Wonderful. at Don't Tell Mama (343 West 46th Street, NYC - 212-757-0788; www.donttellmamanyc.com). Show dates are Tuesdays, May 5th and 19th at 7:15PM and Saturday, May 9th at 5:00PM.

terraNOVA Collective will present ONES AT TEN on Friday nights during THE 6TH ANNUAL soloNOVA ARTS FESTIVAL, celebrating solo arts into the wee hours with music, comedy, and spoken word. These late night parties extend the festival to encompass solo performers outside of the Mainstage solo shows.

March 2, 2009 Los Angeles - The Off-Broadway hit ?Back to Bacharach and David? will have a short 23 performance engagement at The Music Box @ Fonda April 15 to May 17 (opening April 19).

Award-winning NYC cabaret performer Hector Coris premieres his debut solo show Life is Wonderful. at Don't Tell Mama (343 West 46th Street, NYC - 212-757-0788; www.donttellmamanyc.com). Show dates are Tuesdays, May 5th and 19th at 7:15PM and Saturday, May 9th at 5:00PM.

Bradley Dean, Jonathan Schwartz, Ramona Mallory and Douglas Ullman, Jr. will join the Off Broadway cast of The Fantasticks as El Gallo, Matt, Luisa and The Mute, respectively, beginning Monday, March 30, 2009.

The Independent UK reports that an opera by the singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright is to have its world debut in Manchester after being turned down by the New York Met. The Canadian's first foray into the world of opera, Prima Donna, was commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera in New York, but was not performed after Wainwright refused to change the libretto from French to English.

Bradley Dean, Jonathan Schwartz, Ramona Mallory and Douglas Ullman, Jr. will join the Off Broadway cast of The Fantasticks as El Gallo, Matt, Luisa and The Mute, respectively, beginning Monday, March 30, 2009.