Brian Stokes Mitchell News

The Actors' Fund of America will celebrate Shakespeare's 442nd birthday at noon on Monday, April 17, with a birthday party and groundbreaking ceremony at The Lillian Booth Actors' Home, the New Jersey residence for retired entertainment professionals; James Earl Jones and Brian Stokes Mitchell will take part in the festivities

A Weekly Theater Column for the Baltimore/Washington area.

A cast recording of the sold-out South Pacific concert that was presented at Carnegie Hall last summer will be released on April 18th

The Ravinia Festival in Chicago has announced its 2006 summer season; Elaine Stritch, Audra McDonald and others are set to join previously-announced stars such as Patti LuPone in the festival's starry line-up

The first release on Playbill Records will be a self-titled debut recording from critically acclaimed Broadway star Brian Stokes Mitchell, which will be released in June of 2006.

Harvey Evans and more performers have been added to the starry cast of Encores! upcoming 70, Girls, 70

A weekly theater column for the Baltimore/Washington area.

Carleton Carpenter, Carole Cook, Bob Dishy, Olympia Dukakis, Anita Gillette, George S. Irving and Charlotte Rae are among those who will play the lively senior citizens of 70, Girls, 70, presented at Encores! from March 30th through April 2nd

A new staging of Carnival, as well as touring productions of The Light in the Piazza, The Phantom of the Opera, Carnival and Twelve Angry Men will be among the highlights of the Kennedy Center's 2006-2007 season

This musical Arabian night is more of a tired businessman show gleefully passing itself off as high art

The 2006 Nightlife Awards celebrated the best of New York's cabaret, comedy, and jazz scenes in one glorious concert.

On February 9th, the Encores! production of Kismet, starring Brian Stokes Mitchell as Hajj the Poet and Marin Mazzie as the seductive Lalume, will open to run through February 12th

A visitor walking into the Avatar recording studio in New York City last May was greeted with the most stirring rendition of Stephen Sondheim's 'Too Many Mornings'. The voices of Marin Mazzie and her husband, Jason Danieley, were so exceptionally suited to the music that a new dimension was added to the material.

Tom Aldredge, Danny Gurwin, Marcy Harriell and more will join Brian Stokes Mitchell and Marin Mazzie in the star-studded Encores! presentation of Kismet from February 9th through 12th

Today (Monday, January 23), The National Tour of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical of 2005, Monty Pythons SPAMALOT, begins rehearsals in New York, prior to a first performance in Boston on March 7 at the Colonial Theatre. Other cities confirmed for the tour include Chicago, Washington DC, Pittsburgh and Atlanta, with more dates to follow.

PRODUCER Performer Joins Bravo Broadway for Two Productions

Elaine Stritch and Brian Stokes Mitchell will perform at the 2006 Nightlife Awards on February 6th, while other celebrities such as Michael Cerveris, Karen Ziemba, Marin Mazzie and William Finn will also appear

Brian Stokes Mitchell, Audra McDonald, Larry David, and the women of 'The Sopranos' appeared at the New York Times' Arts & Leisure Weekend's 'Times Talks: Special Editions' on January 7th

To launch the fifth annual New York Times Arts & Leisure Weekend, a five-day national and international celebration of art and culture, the auction house Christie's hosted the first New York Times Auction for The Arts on Jan. 5.

Twenty-seven critics and experts voted on the best performances they saw this past year in the clubs of New York City. The results of their voting (below) leave no doubt that this year's Nightlife Awards at Town Hall on Monday, February 6th.