Bob Spiotto News

Last night Mercedes Ellington granddaughter of Duke Ellington and president and founder of The Duke Ellington Center For The Arts along with co-producer Judi Marks hosted a Triple Threat musical celebration at the legendary Friars Club.  It was a special evening that featured performances of the music of the three giants of Jazz and BroadwayWorld was there.

Friar Laura Slutsky hosted a lunch at the Friars Club with invited guest Robert Creighton the star of the hit musical Cagney now playing the The West Side Theatre.  The event was co-produced by Riki Kane-Larimer and Friars filled the Milton Berle Room for a lively lunch and many interesting stories about all thing Cagney, Cohan, and Creighton.   

Luckily the Sunshine Comedy Show at the Friars starts after the main course in The Frank Sinatra dining Room. Comics are an impediment for the healthy digestion of a meal. I don't think that there has ever been a person that has been in the Friars club who has not shared a laugh or left the Monastery not smiling. That in itself is a huge accomplishment, but the Friars do so much more than entertain themselves and enjoy their camaraderie. The Friar's Club Sunshine Committee (Tom DeBow chairman) is to the Friars what Ronald McDonald House is to McDonald's-they bring a ray of sunshine to those who need it most!

From his history making performance on Broadway as the original Master of Ceremonies in CABARET, to his wonderful portrayal of the Wizard of Oz in WICKED - and more recently, back on Broadway in ANYTHING GOES, Joel Grey has entertained audiences for more than 60 years.

"HARRY & EDDIE: The Birth of Israel" is set to close tonight at The Actors Temple Theater.

"HARRY & EDDIE: The Birth of Israel" is set to close December 18th at The Actors Temple Theater.

"HARRY & EDDIE: The Birth of Israel", Mark Weston's new drama about the creation of Israel, at off-Broadway's Actors Temple Theatre, 339 West 47th Street, announced a special Chanukah offering for the entire month of December.

HARRY & EDDIE: The Birth of Israel', which opened off-Broadway at St. Luke's Theatre on September 8th, will move to Actors Temple Theatre, 339 West 47th Street, beginning performances Wednesday, October 12th at 2 PM.

HARRY & EDDIE: The Birth of Israel', which opened off-Broadway at St. Luke's Theatre on September 8th, will move to Actors Temple Theatre, 339 West 47th Street, beginning performances Wednesday, October 12th at 2 PM.

'HARRY & EDDIE: The Birth of Israel' tells the largely-unknown story of how President Harry S. Truman's friendship with his former business partner, Eddie Jacobson, leads to the creation of Israel in 1948.

'HARRY & EDDIE: The Birth of Israel' tells the largely-unknown story of how President Harry S. Truman's friendship with his former business partner, Eddie Jacobson, leads to the creation of Israel in 1948.

Bob Spiotto - known to thousands of theater professionals and tri-state audiences as the very creative Executive Producer of Hofstra Entertainment (Hofstra University) - will change hats this July as he takes to the Metropolitan Room stage with his new show, 'Shades of Grey: A Tribute to Joel Grey.'

Bob Spiotto - known to thousands of theater professionals and tri-state audiences as the very creative Executive Producer of Hofstra Entertainment (Hofstra University) - will change hats this July as he takes to the Metropolitan Room stage with his new show, 'Shades of Grey: A Tribute to Joel Grey.'

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 will continue its 2011 season with the debut of Jersey Boys star JOHN LEONE in "Songs My Father Loved: A Tribute to the Great Italian-American Singers" on Monday, March 21.

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 will continue its 2011 season with the debut of Jersey Boys star JOHN LEONE in "Songs My Father Loved: A Tribute to the Great Italian-American Singers" on Monday, March 21.