Madison Square Garden Entertainment announced today that the legendary Chicago Theatre will celebrate its 90th anniversary this year. Constructed in October of 1921 as the flagship in a series of opulent movie houses, the famed venue's six-story high marquee remains one of Chicago's most recognizable landmarks today.
Pilobolus (crystallinus) is a phototropic zygomycete - a sun-loving fungus that grows in barnyards and pastures. It's a feisty thing - only 1/4 inch tall - that can throw its spores nearly eight feet
The Trinity Academy of Irish Dance steps on to the Schaumburg High School Auditorium stage for their 2011 spring performance, Inspire. In a heart-pounding display of strength and agility, Trinity dancers ages 4-18 take the stage with new choreography as well as old favorites including 'The Dawn', 'Celtic Tiger' and 'Johnny'. Special performances include Trinity II, the junior touring company, Men of Trinity and dancers fresh from the World Championships in Dublin, Ireland.
JACKIE FIVE-OH! will e nd its run at Joe's Pub (425 Lafayette Street) through April 4th. In the all-new JACKIE FIVE-OH!, the blisteringly funny, filter-free Hoffman muses on her own decay at 50, her career of playing 'bit' parts, her thoughts about being in The Addams Family and an array of other topics running the gamut from Queen Latifah to Kristen Chenoweth. Hoffman also sings five new original songs (written with musical director Bobby Peaco). Hoffman will also continue in her hilarious, scene-stealing performance as Grandma in THE ADDAMS FAMILY into the summer.
Kids 'N Comedy, New York's leading presenter of young comic talent, will send five teen comics--Luke Bergamini, Rachel Kaly, David Thompson, Conor Williams, Lee Wolfowitz and Andrew Vatier--to the stage of Gotham Comedy Club, 208 W. 23rd Street, on Sunday, April 10. The show begins at 1:00 PM.
Tom Shillue, the master of comedic storytelling, will be extending his award winning one-man show Supernormal at Performance Space 122 through April 9. Drawing from his middle class Catholic upbringing, Tom's comically crafted tales of growing up in suburban Massachusetts and life in NY are both poignant and hysterically, universally relatable. In other words, they are so normal, they are radical.