Billy Crystal News

Legendary comedian JOAN RIVERS continues to make The Laurie Beechman Theatre in Times Square her performance home in New York City. Rivers presents an evening of her newest and most outrageous riffs on Hollywood, pop culture, celebrities, and award show fashions at The Laurie Beechman Theatre inside the West Bank Cafe (407 West 42nd Street at Ninth Avenue).

Executive Producer Lou Spisto today announced that due to unforeseen conflicts with Roger Rees' schedule, The Old Globe's upcoming production of What You Will has been replaced with Golda's Balcony starring four-time Tony Award nominee Tovah Feldshuh. Written by William Gibson and supervised by Scott Schwartz, Golda's Balcony earned Feldshuh a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress, and is the longest running one-woman show in Broadway history. Golda's Balcony will run in the Old Globe Theatre April 28 - May 30.

La Jolla Playhouse is proud to announce its 2010/11 season resident theatre company: San Diego Asian American Repertory Theater (SDAART). This marks the third year of the Playhouse's landmark Resident Theatre Program, and the newly-appointed company will be in residence in the Theodore and Adele Shank Theatre (formerly the Mandell Weiss Forum Studio) in August/September, 2010, during which they will present Julia Cho's heartwarming drama BFE. SDAART will return to the Playhouse again in May/June, 2011, when they will present their second annual Short Play Festival: Innerviews.

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) announced today that Daytime Emmy® award-winning talk show host and comedian Joy Behar will receive the Excellence in Media Award at the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards Presented in New York by IBM and Prudential on March 13, 2010 at the Marriott Marquis.

WHEN HARRY MET SALLY Plays The New Theatre from April 20-24, 2010.

The Artist Series Presents MY MOTHER'S ITALIAN, MY FATHER'S JEWISH, & I'M STILL IN THERAPY playing at the Wilson Centre for its last performance on February 14, 2010.

The Artist Series Presents MY MOTHER'S ITALIAN, MY FATHER'S JEWISH, & I'M STILL IN THERAPY playing at the Wilson Centre from February 12 to 14, 2010.

The Artist Series Presents MY MOTHER'S ITALIAN, MY FATHER'S JEWISH, & I'M STILL IN THERAPY playing at the Wilson Centre from February 12 to 14, 2010.

The Artist Series Presents MY MOTHER'S ITALIAN, MY FATHER'S JEWISH, & I'M STILL IN THERAPY playing at the Wilson Centre from February 12 to 14, 2010.

The Artist Series Presents MY MOTHER'S ITALIAN, MY FATHER'S JEWISH, & I'M STILL IN THERAPY playing at the Wilson Centre from February 12 to 14, 2010.

On February 8, at 8pm EST the Bravo! Network will air 'Des McAnuff: A Life in Stages' documentary tribute to the Multi-time Tony-winning director and stage producer as part of the Great Canadian Bios series. The documentary is a film about one man on two journeys - one the search for understanding of his father he never knew and the other creative zeal that defines his relentless passion for the world of musical theatre.

The New York Post's PAGE SIX is reporting today in their 'We hear...' column that 'That Billy Crystal has grossed $21 million with two tours of his one-man show, '700 Sundays,' and might bring it back to Broadway'.

Tony-Nominated Actress and Comedian Joan Rivers will appear at Wichita's Orpheum Theatre on Thursday, February 4th at 8pm.

La Jolla Playhouse is pleased to present a one-night only presentation of No Child..., written and performed by Nilaja Sun, on Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 7:00 pm in the Mandell Weiss Theatre.

MY MOTHER'S ITALIAN, MY FATHER'S JEWISH AND I'M IN THERAPY is set to play at Charlotte's Booth Playhouse from March 16th to the 21st. The production is presented by the Blumenthal Performing Arts center. Tickets begin at $24.50.

La Jolla Playhouse announced today five of six productions in its 2010/11 subscription season, including the world premiere of Annie Weisman's Surf Report, running June/July in the Mandell Weiss Forum; William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Playhouse Artistic Director Christopher Ashley and featuring an on-stage orchestra playing the music of Mendelssohn, running July/Aug in the Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre; the world-premiere musical comedy A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, book by Robert L. Freedman, music by Steven Lutvak, lyrics by Robert L. Freedman and Steven Lutvak, starring Tony Award-winner Jefferson Mays, running Sept/Oct in the Mandell Weiss Theatre; a new adaptation of Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground, adapted by Robert Woodruff and Bill Camp, directed by Robert Woodruff, running late Sept/Oct in the Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre; and Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Ruined, running Nov/Dec in the Mandell Weiss Theatre. The final production of the 2010/11 season - a musical - will be announced shortly.

Tony-Nominated Actress and Comedian Joan Rivers will appear at Wichita's Orpheum Theatre on Thursday, February 4th at 8pm.

Le Petit Theatre's January lineup reads like a love letter to Louisiana's eclectic culture and personalities.

THE DAVID BERGER JAZZ ORCHESTRA - the acclaimed band featured in the Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio and PBS TV - introduces the groundbreaking new album Sing Me A Love Song: Harry Warren's Undiscovered Standards, on January 19, 2010.