Carol Channing News

Edd Clark and Sue Matsuki kick off the holiday season by bringing their annual show, Sue & Edd's FABULOUS Christmas Show for 2 performances to Don't Tell Mama (343 West 46th Street) tonight, December 4th at 7:00 p.m., and Sunday, December 7th at 3:00.

Tony and Emmy Award-winning actress and singer Leslie Uggams (Roots, Hallelujah, Baby!) will open a new window this holiday season when she stars in Jerry Herman's glorious musical MAME at the Wick Theatre in Boca Raton, Florida. Based on the 1955 novel Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis, this Tony Award-nominated classic is filled with irresistible songs including 'Open a New Window,' 'We Need a Little Christmas,' 'Bosom Buddies' and 'If He Walked into My Life.' The book is by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee with music and lyrics by Jerry Herman.

This December and January 54 BELOW presents an exciting lineup of the brightest talent from Broadway and beyond. Scroll down for details!

The Annenberg Theatre kicked off its' starry 2014-2015 Cabaret Season with four of Broadway's most celebrated leading ladies - Donna McKechnie, Andrea McArdle, Maureen McGovern and Randy Graff - in an unforgettable evening of song and story to a "standing room only" crowd dotted with several other Broadway luminaries including Carol Channing, Kaye Ballard and composer David Zippel. Under the masterful musical direction of John McDaniel, this quintessential quartet delivered well beyond my already high expectations and to say the evening was "memorable" would be nothing short of an understatement.

Andrea McArdle talks with BroadwayWorld about 4 GIRLS 4: A CHRISTMAS TOGETHER , a star vehicle with Maureen McGovern, Donna McKechnie, and Faith Prince driving into Boston next week for one night at The Wilbur Theatre. A modernization of the original show which starred Rosemary Clooney, this version presents four fabulous musical stars who each take a turn performing their signature material and some music of the season, with Music Direction by John McDaniel.

It's the most wonderful time of year because Scott Nevins (one of the breakout stars of Bravo's new hit show The People's Couch) brings his star-studded Holiday benefit SPARKLE: An All-Star Holiday Concert back to Los Angeles on Thursday, December 11that 7:30pm to Rockwell: Table & Stage where it will once again benefit the programs and services of The Actors Fund (www.actorsfund.org)!

Global superstar KATY PERRY will headline the PEPSI SUPER BOWL XLIX HALFTIME SHOW on NBC in University of Phoenix Stadium in Arizona on Sunday, February 1, 2015, it was confirmed last night in an unprecedented multi-media, global announcement.

The York Theatre Company will honor Tony Award-winning collaborators Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty with the Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement in Musical Theatre at the 23rd Oscar Hammerstein Award Gala to be held tonight, November 24, 2014 at Park Avenue's Racquet & Tennis Club (370 Park Avenue).

Broadway's Leading Ladies Head to Buffalo

Need a little music? Need a little laughter? Need a little singing, ringing through the rafter? Then take that road before you and come see high stepping showgirls at this toe-tapping celebration of mistletoe and holiday madness.

Pittsburgh CLO has announced the cast of the Tony Award-winning Broadway hit comedy, BOEING BOEING, which will run February 5 - April 26 at the CLO Cabaret.

The Demon Barber of Fleet Street will make it's Johnstown debut on February 15, 2015. The Community Foundation for the Alleghenies and the Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center have completed casting for their benefit presentation of SWEENEY TODD in Concert at Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center on Sunday, February 15, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. The concert proceeds will benefit the Arts Coalition of the Alleghenies, according to Michael Bodolosky, Executive Director.

Edd Clark and Sue Matsuki kick off the holiday season by bringing their annual show, Sue & Edd's FABULOUS Christmas Show for 2 performances to Don't Tell Mama (343 West 46th Street). Thursday, December 4th at 7:00 p.m., and Sunday, December 7th at 3:00.

The York Theatre Company will honor Tony Award-winning collaborators Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty with the Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement in Musical Theatre at the 23rd Oscar Hammerstein Award Gala to be held Monday, November 24, 2014 at Park Avenue's Racquet & Tennis Club (370 Park Avenue).

Back by popular demand, Sharon McNight will present her acclaimed holiday show Twisted Xmas: A Druid's View of the Holidays at Feinstein's at the Nikko for two performances only - Thursday, December 18 (8 p.m.) and Saturday, December 27 (8 p.m.). Twisted Xmas is an irreverent look at holiday traditions with an array of alternative holiday songs rather than the same old carols you've heard a hundred times. McNight's outrageous and wacky musical commentaries will get your holiday season started with lots of laughter. Tickets for Sharon McNight range in price from $25-$40 and are available now by calling 866.663.1063 or visiting www.ticketweb.com.

Jennifer Kranz, winner of LA's Next Great Stage Star 2014; and Stage Star top finalist Adrienne Visnic make their respective headlining debuts at Sterling's Upstairs November 16th and 23rd.

SHN alongside Matthew Lombardo and Rick Murray will present Tony Award winners Carol Channing and Tommy Tune in TIME STEPPIN' for one night only tonight, November 8, 2014 at 8PM at the SHN Curran Theatre. Tickets go on sale Friday, September 12, at 10am.

Among the locations Channing will be visiting are her childhood home, Twin Peaks, Musicians Union, Frederick Burk Elementary School, Grace Cathedral, Lombard St., Fisherman's Wharf, the Bay and Golden Gate Bridge (which she remembers being built from her home on the hill), the San Francisco Chronicle (where her father and uncle worked), and a very special appearance at Lowell High School at 12:30pm on November 6th, to speak with the students and facility in 'The Carol Channing Theatre' (which she only recently discovered had been named after her).

Happy Birthday Andrea McArdle! As 'Annie,' McArdle became the youngest performer ever to be nominated for a Tony Award as Best Lead Actress in a Musical. Also on Broadway, she starred in the Jerry Herman musical Jerry's Girls alongside Carol Channing and Leslie Uggams; she portrayed the sassy Smoking Car, Ashley, in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Starlight Express; and starred as Margy Frake in State Fair; as Fantine in Les Miserables and, most recently as Belle in Disney's Beauty and the Beast.

Broadway legends Carol Channing and Tommy Tune will soon reunite on stage in TIME STEPPIN', for one night only on Saturday, November 8, 2014 at 8PM at the SHN Curran Theatre. below, you can get the inside scoop on the upcoming special event from Channing herself! BroadwayWorld brings you an exclusive interview with Channing, as conducted by Ken Kleiber.