Billy Crystal News

This spring Arizona Theatre Company journeys to the New York boroughs and into Neil Simon's masterwork, LOST IN YONKERS, the fourth installment of ATC's AMERICA PLAYS! Celebrating Great American Stories series. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Tony Award for Best Play, LOST IN YONKERS is as funny as it is poignant and is certain to leave you spellbound with laughter and tears. Featuring Tony Award-winner and Arizona favorite Judy Kaye, and directed by Samantha K. Wyer, LOST IN YONKERS plays in Tucson at the Temple of Music and Art from February 26 through March 19, 2011. It continues its run in Phoenix at the Herberger Theater Center from March 24 through April 10, 2011. LOST IN YONKERS is sponsored in part by JP Morgan Chase, Shirley Estes, and The Stonewall Foundation. AMERICA PLAYS! is sponsored by The Johnson Family Foundation, and Freeport McMoran Copper & Gold Foundation. The Tucson media sponsors for the 2010-2011 season are KGUN9, MIX-FM and Tucson Lifestyle. Arizona Theatre Company's season sponsors are I. Michael and Beth Kasser.

Beloved Emmy Award-winning television host Regis Philbin ('LIVE! with Regis and Kelly,' 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire') will receive the Legend Award at The Ninth Annual 'TV Land Awards' in New York City, it was announced today by Larry W. Jones, president, TV Land.

Four-time Tony-Nominee Tovah Feldshuh will recreate her award-winning performance as Golda Meir in GOLDA'S BALCONY, when the acclaimed William Gibson play comes to PlayhouseSquare's Palace Theatre on January 29th at 7:30 p.m. for one performance only!

One of the longest running one-man comedy shows MY MOTHER'S ITALIAN, MY FATHER'S JEWISH & I'M IN THERAPY, a 90 minute laugh-fest with a 'cast' of outrageous characters created and played by comedian Steve Solomon is coming to The Temple Theater for a limited two week engagement May 11 to 22, 2011.

The Barns at Wolf Trap Starts February off with Return of Zydeco Superstar and Award-Winning Off-Broadway Comedy Show

WaterTower Theatre Producing Artistic Director Terry Martin today announced the line-up for the 2011 Out of the Loop Fringe Festival, March 3-13 at the Addison Theatre Centre.

Legendary comedian Joan Rivers presents an evening of her newest and most outrageous riffs on Hollywood, pop culture, celebrities, reality TV and award show fashion. A full dinner menu and bar are available, and pianist Lance Cruce plays from the time doors open until Joan takes the stage. Tickets are $35 with a $15 per person food/beverage minimum.

MY MOTHER'S ITALIAN, MY FATHER'S JEWISH & I'M IN THERAPY makes its appearance at the Marcus Center for a limited engagement beginning March 1.

MY MOTHER'S ITALIAN, MY FATHER'S JEWISH & I'M IN THERAPY makes its appearance at the Marcus Center for a limited engagement beginning March 1.

COMEDY CENTRAL and MTV Networks, both divisions of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), have tapped New York City to host 'The Comedy Awards,' the first-ever multi-network, multi-platform, annual event dedicated to honoring and celebrating the world of comedy, it was announced today by Doug Herzog, president, MTV Networks Entertainment Group. A night for comedy of all kinds, 'The Comedy Awards' will be taped at New York City's Hammerstein Ballroom on Saturday, March 26 and will premiere on Sunday, April 10, 2011, simultaneously across MTV Networks' COMEDY CENTRAL, Spike TV, TV Land, VH1 and Nick At Nite.

Comedian Steve Solomon brings his hysterical one-man comedy My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish, and I'm in Therapy to the Aronoff Center's Jarson-Kaplan Theater from Friday, February 11 to Sunday, February 13. The show is part of the Cincinnati Arts Association's 2010-11 'Let's Play' Season.

FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed "Best of New York" by New York Magazine, and "an invaluable New York institution" by The New York Post, continues its 2011 season with the debut of actor and writer, BRUCE VILANCH.

The 9th Annual 'TV Land Awards' is moving to New York City, it was announced today by Larry W. Jones, president, TV Land.

Comedian Steve Solomon brings his hysterical one-man comedy My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish, and I'm in Therapy to the Aronoff Center's Jarson-Kaplan Theater from Friday, February 11 to Sunday, February 13. The show is part of the Cincinnati Arts Association's 2010-11 'Let's Play' Season.

La Jolla Playhouse has just released costume sketches by Jennifer Caprio for the upcoming world-premiere musical Little Miss Sunshine. The musical features Tony Award-winning creative team of composer/lyricist William Finn and playwright/director James Lapine. Below are two of the costumes for 'Olive Hoover.'

Larry Magid Entertainment and the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts will present Jake Ehrenreich in his unique multi-media hit musical production, A JEW GROWS IN BROOKLYN.

Four-time Tony-Nominee Tovah Feldshuh will recreate her award-winning performance as Golda Meir in GOLDA'S BALCONY, when the acclaimed William Gibson play comes to PlayhouseSquare's Palace Theatre on January 29th at 7:30 p.m. for one performance only!

Larry Magid Entertainment and the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts will present Jake Ehrenreich in his unique multi-media hit musical production, A JEW GROWS IN BROOKLYN.

La Jolla Playhouse is currently accepting applications for its 2011/12 Resident Theatre Program. As part of the application process, the Playhouse will host a voluntary roundtable event on Tuesday, December 21 at 5:30 pm to provide background information for local theatre companies interested in applying for this prestigious residency.

La Jolla Playhouse presents the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Ruined, by Lynn Nottage (Intimate Apparel, Crumbs from the Table of Joy), directed by South Africa native Liesl Tommy, in the Mandell Weiss Theatre November 16 - December 19 (media night: Sunday, November 21 at 7:00 pm).