Bette Midler News

Michel Balan and Marga Gomez bring their 'Constant Comedy' show to The Rrazz Room, Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason, SF, for five prime time performances, July 8-12. Tickets are $30 and can be purchased at www.therrazzroom.com, directly through www.ticketweb.com or 866 468 3399.

Lee Summers continues his open ended run of Winds of Change on Monday, June 15th at 9:30pm at The Triad Theatre, 158 West 72nd Street (between Broadway & Columbus). Winds of Change will feature standards, pop, R&B and Broadway, along with original songs by Summers. The show will return July 13 and August 17, with dates to be announced in September and November.

Hollywood Sheet Music, an essential source of material for working performers, has been resusciated with a new online store. The popular business was recently forced to close its doors due to the economy, but customer demand has resulted in a move online.

Cyndi Lauper launches the True Colors Fund's Summer Online Auction, which includes celebrity experiences and autographed memorabilia in support of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) and straight ally community.

Complete with sequins, feathers, gorgeous girls, and one show-stopping hit after another, Gotta Get a Gimmick is a loving homage to the theatrical world of burlesque. Inspired by such luminaries as Gypsy Rose Lee, Bette Midler, Fanny Brice, and Flo Ziegfeld's 'glorified girls,' vivacious Quinn Lemley and her sizzling dancers sing and dance up a storm with unforgettable hits like Hey Big Spender, Ten Cents a Dance, Let Me Entertain You, My Man, and My Heart Belongs to Daddy, in this fast-paced and totally glamorous new production.

BroadwayWorld Congratulates Peter Darling, 2009 Tony Award Winner, 'Best Choreography'

Lee Summers' Just A Piano Concert Series has presented numerous top artists such as Broadway/TV's, Roz Ryan, Tony Award Winner, Lillias White, Tony Award Winner, Adriane Lenox, recording sensation Alyson Williams ('Just Call My Name'), Marva Hicks (Caroline or Change), Julie Reiber (Wicked), Crystal Mone Hall (Rent) Shoshana Bean (Hairspray/Wicked), Kevin-Anthony, co-founder of 'Black2 Broadway' Opera's diva Shirley Verrett's vocal protégé Erika Banks - The Little Mermaid's, Zakiya Young Mizen (Featuring Norm Lewis) - Drowsy Chaperone's Kecia Lewis-Evans featuring Tony Award Winner, LaChanze and Tony Award Winner/3 Time Grammy Nominee, Melba Moore.

Previews for the world premiere of The First Wives Club - A New Musical are now set to begin July 17, 2009. The schedule was changed to accommodate a revised rehearsal/technical schedule.

The Encores! Summer Stars production of The Wiz, starring Ashanti, LaChanze and Orlando Jones, will open on Thursday, June 18 at New York City Center. (Previews begin June 12). Easing down the road with Ashanti's Dorothy will be Joshua Henry, James Monroe Iglehart, Christian White, Tichina Arnold and Dawnn Lewis.

3-Time Grammy Nominee and Tony Award Winner Melba Moore is featured in Lee Summers' Just a Piano Concert Series, Monday, June 1st at 9:30pm at The Triad Theatre. Ms. Moore recently appeared at the Triad in Still Standing. Her Just A Piano concert will feature standards, pop, R&B and Broadway.

Broadways Kecia Lewis Evans appears on the 'Just a Piano' Concert Series, in 'Songs I Feel Like Singing' on Monday, June 1st @ 7pm and Friday, June 5th 9:30pm at The Triad Theatre, 158 West 72nd Street (between Broadway & Columbus). Lewis Evans' 'Just A Piano' Concert will feature standards, pop, Gospel, R&B and Broadway.

3-Time Grammy Nominee and Tony Award Winner Melba Moore is featured in Lee Summers' Just a Piano Concert Series, Monday, June 1st at 9:30pm at The Triad Theatre. Ms. Moore recently appeared at the Triad in Still Standing. Her Just A Piano concert will feature standards, pop, R&B and Broadway.

Old Globe Executive Producer Lou Spisto is pleased to announce the complete cast and design team for its world premiere of The First Wives Club - A New Musical, as part of the Globe's 2009 Summer Season.

Complete with sequins, feathers, gorgeous girls, and one show-stopping hit after another, Gotta Get a Gimmick is a loving homage to the theatrical world of burlesque. Inspired by such luminaries as Gypsy Rose Lee, Bette Midler, Fanny Brice, and Flo Ziegfeld's 'glorified girls,' vivacious Quinn Lemley and her sizzling dancers sing and dance up a storm with unforgettable hits like Hey Big Spender, Ten Cents a Dance, Let Me Entertain You, My Man, and My Heart Belongs to Daddy, in this fast-paced and totally glamorous new production.

Get ready, the ?Last of the Red Hot Mamas? is back!! Sophie Tucker, the brassy burlesque and vaudeville entertainer was a legend spanning most of the 20th century. Sunday, June 7, at 2:00 PM at the Skokie Theater, 7924 North Lincoln, (in Skokie- Admission is $25.00 at the door, $20 in advance, with discounts for groups of 10 or more. Order by calling 847-677-7761 or online at www.skokietheater.com.) Chicago cabaret comedy favorite Carla Gordon will salute the great Miss Tucker.

Nick Adams has been added to an already impressive group of special guests for the Miss Fag Hag Pageant. He is set to crown the winner as Miss Kathy Fitzgerald sings.

To mark the acquisition of the more than 500-piece collection of illustrations and sketches of alumnus Richard Amsel, The University of the Arts is presenting 'Richard Amsel: A Retrospective' at its Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery (333 S. Broad St., Philadelphia). The exhibit continues through May 14th.

When Grammy Award winning troubadour John Prine hits the road, the darkest corners and smallest joys get illuminated by the light of his gravelly, utterly American voice, his way with the plainest of language, and the vintage Guild and Martin guitars he plays.

Nigel, a brindle-hair Cairn Terrier, will be making his professional stage debut as Toto in the Encores! Summer Stars production of The Wiz, starring Ashanti as Dorothy, June 12 - July 5 at New York City Center, 131 W. 55th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues).

Bruce Vilanch, comic writer and performer, and Sharon McNight, a singer known for her bawdy songs and Sophie Tucker tribute, plays The Rrazz Room, Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason, SF, Tuesday May 12-Sunday, May 17. Performances are at 8 PM, Sunday at 7 PM. Tickets are $40-$45 and can be purchased at www.therrazzroom.com or directly through www.ticketweb.com or 866 468 3399.