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The Chicago Tribune reports that Chicago's downtown Marriott Hotel will host a reading for UNSPEAKABLE, a new play based on the life of comedian Richard Pryor.
Eminent artists, friends and peers of this year's five honorees converged in Washington, D.C., last night (Dec. 4) to present entertaining and heartfelt tributes at THE 34TH ANNUAL KENNEDY CENTER HONORS, an entertainment special to be broadcast Tuesday, Dec. 27 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, with Caroline Kennedy as host for the ninth consecutive year
Cabrillo Music Theatre has announced a new entertainment series that serves as both entertainment and fundraiser for Cabrillo's OUTREACH programs.
The Fox Performing Arts Center in Riverside has announced its initial line-up of shows for the Winter/Spring of 2012!
Continuing the tradition of preserving and celebrating great recordings, The Recording Academy has announced the newest additions to its GRAMMY Hall Of Fame, adding 25 recordings to a collection that now totals 906 titles. The collection is on display at the GRAMMY Museum.
John Pinette will present a hilarious evening of stand-up comedy at the Capitol Center for the Arts on Friday, November 18th at 8:00pm. Tickets are on-sale now can be purchased at ccanh.com, 603.225.1111, or at the Capitol Center for the Arts Box Office. Ticketsare $32.50 plus applicable service charges.
Last year Jimmy Kimmel declared November 17 - National UnFriend Day (NUD). NUD is a holiday dedicated to giving Facebook users the opportunity to 'unfriend' people without any guilt. This annual event was created to weed out people on Facebook whom users wouldn't usually have contact with in their day to day lives, reserving the connection only for true friends.
Jake Shimabukuro (she-ma-BOO-koo-row), the wide-ranging virtuoso of a four-string, two-octave instrument - the ukulele - will sweep onto the Jorgensen stage Thursday, Nov. 17, at 7:30 p.m.
The Pasadena Playhouse (Sheldon Epps, Artistic Director and Stephen Eich, Executive Director) announced that, by popular demand, Hershey Felder will return to The Pasadena Playhouse with a special presentation of the world premiere of LINCOLN - AN AMERICAN STORY for Actor and Symphony Orchestra which will be performed in front of a 45-piece orchestra, preceded by his tour-de-force works, MONSIEUR CHOPIN - the love story of Frederic Chopin and the authoress George Sand, featuring Chopin's most beautiful piano music, and MAESTRO: LEONARD BERNSTEIN - the hit production that has played nationwide.
A multi-talented cast and onstage band bring to life the famous songs of 'The Man In Black' when Cabrillo Music Theatre's production of RING OF FIRE: THE MUSIC OF JOHNNY CASH makes its Thousand Oaks premiere at the Civic Arts Plaza.
Last year Jimmy Kimmel declared November 17 - National UnFriend Day (NUD). NUD is a holiday dedicated to giving Facebook users the opportunity to 'unfriend' people without any guilt. This annual event was created to weed out people on Facebook whom users wouldn't usually have contact with in their day to day lives, reserving the connection only for true friends.
Jake Shimabukuro (she-ma-BOO-koo-row), the wide-ranging virtuoso of a four-string, two-octave instrument - the ukulele - will sweep onto the Jorgensen stage Thursday, Nov. 17, at 7:30 p.m.
Award-winning actor and musician Hershey Felder (George Gershwin Alone, Monsieur Chopin, Beethoven As I Knew Him) returns to Chicago with Maestro: The Art of Leonard Bernstein. Combining first-person narrative with the music of composer Bernstein and the artists who inspired him, Maestro: The Art of Leonard Bernstein is the story of the legendary American composer and longtime music director of the New York Philharmonic. Helmed by award-winning director Joel Zwick, Hershey Felder will return to Chicago's Royal George Theatre, 1641 N. Halsted, where from September 2004 through January 2006, he held residence with George Gershwin Alone and the World Premiere of Monsieur Chopin, culminating in 70 weeks of live performances. Maestro will begin previews on November 1st with press opening November 9th, and will play through December 30.
Following Halloween, Jimmy Kimmel challenged parents to pretend they'd eaten all of their kids' trick or treat candy, video tape each child's reaction to the bad news and then post it to YouTube. The late-night host shared the results in a video -- and the kids were pissed. The video has grown exponentially over the past week, with more than 14 million views on YouTube.
Creative Mind Entertainment & OBC DreamTheatre in association with Randolph Sturrup and Mike Muse present a by-invitation-only reading of the new play UNSPEAKABLE: a dramatic fantasia, which explores the 'tragic genius of comedian Richard Pryor' in Los Angeles on November 9th.
BroadwayWorld.com has learned that Isaiah Washington is set to join Loretta Devine and cast of Unspeakable in LA in a new reading. Creative Mind Entertainment & OBC DreamTheatre in association with Randolph Sturrup and Mike Muse will present a by-invitation-only reading of the new play UNSPEAKABLE: a dramatic fantasia, which explores the 'tragic genius of comedian Richard Pryor' in Los Angeles on November 9th.
Applauded singer-impressionist and comedian Tom Stevens, who recently performed his 500th show in Las Vegas, returns to the Suncoast Showroom for two performances, November 5 and 6, each evening at 7:30 p.m.
Applauded singer-impressionist and comedian Tom Stevens, who recently performed his 500th show in Las Vegas, returns to the Suncoast Showroom for two performances, November 5 and 6, each evening at 7:30 p.m.
Creative Mind Entertainment & OBC DreamTheatre in association with Randolph Sturrup and Mike Muse present a by-invitation-only reading of the new play UNSPEAKABLE: a dramatic fantasia, which explores the 'tragic genius of comedian Richard Pryor' in Los Angeles on November 9th.
Talk show listings for Friday, November 4.
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