Bette Davis News

Before smart phones and personal computers, before the Beatles first appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show, the Jim Kweskin Jug Band became the original Americana band, playing everything from classic blues to hillbilly country, ragtime, jazz, and rock and roll, perfectly capturing the 1960s mix of exuberant anarchy and heartfelt sincerity. The band will play at the Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse, 2020 Addison Street, Berkeley, Calif. on Saturday, July 6, and Sunday, July 7, 2013.

Over 3,700 unpublished Marilyn Monroe images highlight the auction. All images are to be sold with copyright and will go up for auction on July 27.

June 1913. Sarah Bernhardt wowed New York with the splashy premiere of her new motion picture, The Romance of an Actress, an adaptation of Adrienne Lecouvreur, the play she starred in at New York's Booth Theatre during her first American tour in November 1886. Fast forward. June 2013. Carol Dunitz channels Sarah Bernhardt at the Metropolitan Room in the one woman muscial, 'Bernhardt on Broadway' on Sunday, June 23, 2013 at 4:30 PM.

59E59 Theaters announces the 2013 line up for the 8th annual EAST TO EDINBURGH festival, beginning on Tuesday, July 9 for a limited engagement through Sunday, July 28.

Once again, Bryant Park will be a destination for film buffs on summer nights in New York City, with an incredible line up for the 21st year of the HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival presented by Bank of America with the Wall Street Journal and Magnum Ice Cream in association with Bryant Park Corporation.

The Laguna Playouse will present Hershey Felder's newest production, award-winning concert pianist Mona Golabek starring in the one-woman show, based on a true story, THE PIANIST OF WILLESDEN LANE. Adapted and directed by audience favorite Hershey Felder and based on the book The Children of Willesden Lane by Golabek and Lee Cohen, this music-filled evening recounts the personal story of Ms. Golabek's mother in Nazi-occupied Europe. THE PIANIST OF WILLESDEN LANE will perform for two weeks only beginning tonight, May 29 through Sunday, June 9 at the Laguna Playhouse, Moulton Theatre, 606 Laguna Canyon Rd. in Laguna Beach.

As part of the studio's 90th Anniversary celebration, eight of Warner Bros. Pictures' greatest gangster films - from Edward G. Robinson's 1931 classic Little Caesar to Martin Scorsese's Oscar-winning masterpiece The Departed[i] -- will now be available in two Blu-ray sets today, May 21.

Vintage Theatre presents 'And Then There Was Nun' by Richard T. Witter and Bruce W. Gilray, directed by Peter Hughes, running tonight, May 17 - June 16, 2013.

A parody of the great Agatha Christie thrillers of the 1940's, And Then There Was Nun is a vampy cross-dressing cocktail of humor and "whodunit" as actors emulate your favorite movie stars of the past. Who committed murder? Was it Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Katherine Hepburn, Judy Garland or Marilyn Monroe?

The New York Times reports that Allan Arbus has passed away at age 95 at his home in Los Angeles. The news was confirmed by his daughter, Amy this morning. The actor is best known for his role as psychiatrist Maj. Sidney Freedman on the hit television series M*A*S*H.

CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS is a new musical which will premiere at Riverside Studios in London from 4 to 14 July for 10 performances only.

CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS is a new musical which will premiere at Riverside Studios in London from 4 to 14 July for 10 performances only.

The Film Society of Lincoln Center presents the 40th Chaplin Award honoring Academy Award-winner Barbra Streisand, this evening, April 22nd, at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center. The celebration in honor of the international film legend's groundbreaking career will feature musical performances and film and interview clips culminating in the presentation of The Chaplin Award by President Bill Clinton.

As part of the studio's 90th Anniversary celebration, eight of Warner Bros. Pictures' greatest gangster films - from Edward G. Robinson's 1931 classic Little Caesar to Martin Scorsese's Oscar-winning masterpiece The Departed[i] -- will now be available in two Blu-ray sets May 21.

The award-winning Musical Theatre Guild, a company of professional performers who present concert-staged readings of seldom seen musicals, will continue its 17th season with the Los Angeles premiere of A CATERED AFFAIR. The opening performance will take place tonight, April 15, 2013 at 7:30 PM at the historic Alex Theatre in Glendale. A second, and final, performance will occur on Sunday, April 21, 2013 at 3:00 PM at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza's Scherr Forum.

New York Theatre Barn will live auction three rare items donated by Barry Manilow from his personal collection to raise funds for New York Theatre Barn when he headlines their benefit A Conversation with Barry Manilow: From Selling Jingles to Selling Out Broadway today, April 14, 2013 at 2pm in New York City.

New York Theatre Barn will live auction three rare items donated by Barry Manilow from his personal collection to raise funds for New York Theatre Barn when he headlines their benefit A Conversation with Barry Manilow: From Selling Jingles to Selling Out Broadway on Sunday, April 14, 2013 at 2pm in New York City.

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