Virginia's Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre, through its groundbreaking American Musical Voices Project (AMVP), announces the world premiere of the musical comedy And the Curtain Rises (formerly known as Wheatley's Folly). Beginning performances on Thursday, March 17, 2011, And the Curtain Rises marks the third production presented as part of Signature's AMVP, the largest commissioning program for new musicals in the country, following Michael John LaChiusa's Giant in 2009 and Ricky Ian Gordon's Sycamore Trees last year. The Washington Post has said that 'Signature's AMVP is the most ambitious embrace of new musical theater in the DC region.'
Just one year ago, Aurora was the first regional theatre in America to produce the post-Broadway production of A Catered Affair, a performance that won high praise from its creators the legendary Harvey Fierstein and composer John Bucchino.
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater is delighted to present The Arabian Nights, written and directed by Tony Award winner Mary Zimmerman (Metamorphoses). The production, presented in association with Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Kansas City Repertory Theatre and Lookingglass Theatre Company, has been recognized as "Zimmerman's most theatrically complete and perfect creation" (Chicago Tribune).
Carolines on Broadway, "America's Premier Comedy Nightclub," has a very special treat for comedy lovers for Valentine's Day Weekend, highlighted by the hilarious Marlon and Shawn Wayans, headlining Thursday, February 10 - Sunday, February 13; the legendary Paul Mooney headlining late night shows on February 11 and 12; and two "My Funny Valentine" shows on Valentine's Day, February 14, 1626 Broadway (between 49th and 50th Streets), in Times Square.
Lights! Cameras! Action! Ready, or not, the bus chock full of celebrity impersonators is headed to Las Vegas! International Celebrity Images will present The 20th Annual Production of THE REEL AWARDS, an entertaining two and a half-hour tongue in cheek parody, homage, spoof and tribute to the real Academy Awards, as well as the 11th Celebrity Impersonators Convention at the Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino
Join Theatre Exile in February for two effects workshops revealing the secrets of the gutsy, bloody, break-neck and heart-breaking shows you have come to count on from Philadelphia's "go-to company for fierce, sexy theater" (Philadelphia Inquirer). Get ready for Exile's Lieutenant of Inishmore with two events guaranteed to quicken your pulse!
Carolines on Broadway, "America's Premier Comedy Nightclub," has a very special treat for comedy lovers for Valentine's Day Weekend, highlighted by the hilarious Marlon and Shawn Wayans, headlining Thursday, February 10 - Sunday, February 13; the legendary Paul Mooney headlining late night shows on February 11 and 12; and two "My Funny Valentine" shows on Valentine's Day, February 14, 1626 Broadway (between 49th and 50th Streets), in Times Square.
Monument Records - The House That Roy Built: The Big O's Monument Singles Collection Debuts First-Ever CD Release Of Original Mono Mixes of All A & B Sides Cut For The Label, Plus DVD of Nine Songs From 'The Monument Concert 1965' Digitally Restored, Includes The Official Video For 'Oh Pretty Woman'
Treat your sweetie to an evening of heartwarming favorites as multi-talented singer and songwriter Ann Hampton Callaway joins Peter Nero and the Philly Pops for an evening of 'love'-ly standards entitled Singin' and Swingin' (February 2, 4-6, 2011). Peter and The POPS open the program with swinging and swooning orchestral favorites by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Benny Goodman, along with a few symphonic surprises too good to spoil ahead of time! Before intermission, Ms. Callaway graces the stage joining the Maestro and his orchestra to perform three timeless standards-'Lover, Come Back to Me,' 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow,' and 'Pick Yourself Up.'
The second half of the evening finds the sublime Ms. Callaway front and center with our very own Peter Nero leading The POPS from the keyboard. Sentimental favorites by America's greatest songwriters, including Cole Porter ('From This Moment On' and 'Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love'); Rodgers and Hart ('With a Song in My Heart'); George and Ira Gershwin ('The Man I Love'); and Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer ('Blues in the Night') are featured alongside Ms. Callaway's own remarkable songs. As a special treat, Ms. Callaway shares her impressive improvisational skills each night as she takes words and phrases from the audience to create a one-of-a-kind song on the spot.
