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Valerie Smaldone, New York's 5x Billboard Award winning broadcaster, welcomes unique artists, behind-the-scenes talent and international foodies to her weekly broadcast and podcast, Bagels and Broadway, every Saturday at 9am on radio AM970.
THE GREEN ROOM 42 will present the return of Tony Award winner Cady Huffman in Miss Peggy Lee: In Her Own Words and Music for two more shows, Wednesday, July 24 and Wednesday, July 31.
Dancers For Good, the magical celebration of dance, will bring world-class companies, choreographers, dancers and performers under one roof for one night only for a charity event benefiting The Actors Fund, an organization that fosters stability and resiliency, and provides a safety net for performing arts and entertainment professionals over their lifespan.
After a sold-out run in June, the original theatre piece Miss Peggy Lee: In Her Own Words And Music is coming back by popular demand in July for two-nights-only on July 24th and July 31st at 7pm at The Green Room 42.
Come see how Broadway does Pride! Emmy award-winner Susan Lucci will join a bevy of performers from stage, screen and sports to celebrate LGBTQIA Pride!
THE GREEN ROOM 42 - Broadway's newest intimate concert venue - presented the premiere of Tony Award winner Cady Huffman in Miss Peggy Lee: In Her Own Words and Music for two performances only, Monday, June 10 and Wednesday, June 12.
Valerie Smaldone's weekly radio show and podcast, Bagels and Broadway, welcomes top, eclectic Broadway names this week as Valerie does a Countdown to the Tony Awards. Listeners can tune in to the broadcast on radio AM970 Saturday at 9am, or catch the podcast here, Bagels and Broadway, to hear interviews and news from the heart of Times Square, plus food news from around the world.
New York City's premier cabaret highlighting the talents of transgender, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming performers returns to The Duplex to celebrate World Pride on Saturday, June 22nd at 9:30pm. The show is directed by Donnie Cianciotto, with Musical Direction by Anessa Marie and. Cianciotto will also serve as the emcee of the evening.
Valerie Smaldone's weekly radio show and podcast, Bagels and Broadway, welcomes hot, hot Broadway talent this Saturday in a Countdown to the Tony Awards, when she interviews The Ferryman's 2019 Tony-nominated playwright, Jez Butterworth and actress Laura Donnelly who also received one of the nine nominations bestowed upon the show for 2019.
Valerie Smaldone's weekly radio show and podcast, Bagels and Broadway, welcomes talent from the theater, the entertainment world, and the food and beverage scene on Saturdays at 9am. Tune in to WNYM-AM 970, or listen online at www.am970theanswer.com to catch the unique lineup for Saturday, May 25th:
This week on Bagels and Broadway, New York media personality, Valerie Smaldone, welcomes award-winning writer of Tootsie, Robert Horn, Tony winner, Cady Huffman, and writer-director Will Nunziata to her weekly interview and commentary show, airing every Saturday at 9am on AM970.
Lifeforce in Later Years, affectionately known as LiLY, is an UWS and West Harlem based non-profit that coordinates support from a network of caring neighborhood volunteers and community resources to help seniors age safely in their homes. The organization has been featured on CNN Heroes and AARP Inspire as a model for improving the way we honor and care for the elderly. The annual LiLY Legacies gala is being held on Monday, May 6th here on the UWS at the Columbia University Low Library Rotunda.
The 25th Anniversary TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards were held last Friday, April 26 at The Edison Ballroom. The honorees were: Susan Hilferty who was presented the TDF/Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award by her friends Chita Rivera and Michael Mayer; scenic designer John Lee Beatty who was presented the Robert L. B. Tobin Award by former Sharaff awardee, Jane Greenwood; Miodrag Guberinic who was presented the Kitty Leach Young Master Award by former Sharaff awardee Paul Tazewell, and Rodney Gordon who was presented the TDF/Irene Sharaff Artisan Award by Tony winner (and former employee) Cady Huffman. This year's film by Suzy Benzinger was a special tribute to Irene Sharaff in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the awards.
Lifeforce in Later Years, affectionately known as LiLY, is an UWS and West Harlem based non-profit that coordinates support from a network of caring neighborhood volunteers and community resources to help seniors age safely in their homes. The organization has been featured on CNN Heroes and AARP Inspire as a model for improving the way we honor and care for the elderly.
THE GREEN ROOM 42 - Broadway's newest intimate concert venue - will present the premiere of Tony Award winner Cady Huffman in Miss Peggy Lee: In Her Own Words and Music for two performances only, Monday, June 10 and Wednesday, June 12. In a brand-new show long-time collaborators Cady Huffman and Will Nunziata lovingly bring to life Miss ?Lee's extraordinary journey from her humble beginnings as Norma Deloris Egstrom of Jamestown, North Dakota to becoming one of the biggest stars the music world has ever seen.
New York City's premier cabaret highlighting the talents of transgender, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming performers returns to The Duplex with the all new show, 'Make 'Em Laugh', for it's 8th performance at The Duplex on Saturday, April 27th at 6:30pm. The show is directed by Donnie Cianciotto, with Musical Direction by Anessa Marie. Cianciotto will also serve as the emcee for the evening.
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) today announced the Drama Performer Pre-Nominations for the 46th Annual Daytime Emmy® Awards.
Barrow Street Theatricals announced today the rotating cast of guest actors through the beginning of March for the American premiere of the Nassim Soleimanpour and Bush Theatre production of NASSIM by celebrated Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour (White Rabbit Red Rabbit), featuring direction by Omar Elerian. Joining the production will be:
Just in time for Valentine's Day, acclaimed singers-songwriters-entertainers Will & Anthony Nunziata release a brand-new version of their original song “The Gift Is You” - a song they wrote with hit-songwriter Jeff Franzel. The brothers wrote the song last year after learning of their mother's breast cancer diagnosis. Now in remission, “Mama Nunz” is celebrated in a gorgeous music video of the song, with Tony Award Winner Cady Huffman giving a moving performance as Mom.
Inspired by the successful reading of the classic play, "12 Angry Men," by Reginald Rose this fall featuring 12 Broadway actresses, producer Lauren Class Schneider announced in January that women in law schools, universities, high schools, community and regional theaters, and community centers across the country were invited to raise their voices - with scripts in hand - in readings of the play with all-female casts over the weekend of April 5-8, 2019.
