Dolly Parton News

Below, check out Quotables from NBC's THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON from May 11 - May 15

54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Joshua Hinck: Mess on May 16th at 11:30PM.  

The Smith Center will welcome Paul Anka to Reynolds Hall this fall. Very few performing artists have made as great an impact on popular culture as Anka, who will perform his greatest hits accompanied by his backing band in Reynolds Hall on Friday, Sept. 18 at 7:30 p.m.

This summer the Old Log Theatre will present the Tony Award nominated musical comedy The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, directed by R. Kent Knutson; music director John Lynn and choreographed by Regina Peluso. A cast of 24, featuring Julia Cook, Jefferson Slinkard, John Paul Gamoke, Whitney Rhodes and Ken Rosen, brings big songs and big hair to the stage in this sassy, spirited and touching musical about a real-life brothel in Texas.

SPARKLE & CIRCULATE with JUSTIN SAYRE - the official monthly podcast of the International Order of Sodomites - has posted the seventh episode, which features an in-depth conversation with Carl Siciliano, founder of the Ali Forney Center, which provides shelter and services for homeless LGBT youth. The show is available on iTunes here.  Every June, Sayre's event Night of a Thousand Judys honors Judy Garland for Pride and raises money for the organization. Carl explains how the center was formed, who Ali Forney was and the challenges they face with fundraising. The first six episodes of the show - featuring interviews with Randy Harrison, Michael Musto, Frank DeCaro, Kim David Smith, Jeffery Self and R&B legend Sarah Dash - are also available. SPARKLE & CIRCULATE is produced by Dan Fortune and Tyrus Emory.

The Goodmans are as crazy as ever, but it's no Lifetime movie this time around.

The Meeting* hosted by Justin Sayre, the acclaimed comedy/variety show, will return to JOE'S PUB at The Public Theater on Sunday, May 17 at 9:30 PM to conclude the Spring 2015 Season. The Meeting* has been called 'delicious and delightfully droll' by The New York Post and 'hilarious and sardonic' by The Village Voice. A story for Slate.com called the evening 'so deliciously icy that it left me shivering with fear and delight.' The Fall 2014 shows sold out after a New York Times 'Arts & Leisure' piece ran last September. The May show will be a celebration of The Scissor Sisters with special guests Amber Martin, Edgar Oliver, Tammy Faye Starlight, Michael Cavadias, Bridget Barkan, Jamie Wright, Angela DiCarlo, Philip Taratula and Brendan Michael. David Nagler serves as the show's Music Director.

The Program Launch for the second half of 2015 shows that the Independent Music Theatre team comprising Luckiest Productions (David Campbell, Lisa Campbell and Richard Carroll), Neglected Musicals (Michelle Guthrie), and Neil Gooding Productions, the driving force behind Hayes Theatre Company, have no intention of slowing down are staying true to their vision to provide a permanent home for small-scale musical theatre and cabaret.

VERONIC Voices will raise a glass to the LGBT community during May and June performances to benefit the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. The hit show at Bally's Las Vegas will celebrate diversity as part of "Lend Your Voice," which supports selected nonprofit organizations.

As it closes in on its second consecutive season-long victory in the key adult 18-49 demographic, NBC unveils a new 2015-16 primetime schedule that combines popular returning series, edge-of-your-seat new dramas, inventive new comedies and season nine of the Emmy Award-winning musical competition series “The Voice.”

Birdland Jazz Club has announced its performances for May 18 - May 24, featuring Diane Schuur, Lorin Cohen, Natalie Douglas, and more. Scroll down for details!

 Hershey Theatre is excited to welcome back to the stage the famous a cappella group, Straight No Chaser on Sunday, December 6 at 3:00 and 8:00 p.m.

Atlantic Records recording group Straight No Chaser has announced the release of their much-anticipated new album as well as details of a major North American tour which includes a stop at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on November 19. Tickets go on sale May 15 at 10am.

Catch a glimpse of the lives of three women who dream of becoming country-music divas in The Honky Tonk Angels, playing at Sierra Repertory's Fallon House Theatre this spring. Scroll down for a first look at the ladies in action!

Atlantic Records recording group Straight No Chaser has announced the release of their much-anticipated new album as well as details of a major North American tour. “THE NEW OLD FASHIONED” – the world famous a cappella group's fifth full-length release – arrives this October.

Atlantic Records recording group Straight No Chaser has announced they will return to the Fox Theatre for “The New Old Fashioned Tour” on Wednesday, December 16 at 8 p.m. The tour follows the release of the world famous a cappella group's much-anticipated new album, “The New Old Fashioned,” the group's fifth full-length release arriving this October.

Atlantic Records recording group Straight No Chaser has announced the release of their much-anticipated new album as well as details of a major North American tour. “THE NEW OLD FASHIONED” – the world famous a cappella group's fifth full-length release – arrives this October. The tour will return to The VETS in Providence on Tuesday, December 1st at 7:30pm. Tickets are on sale Friday, May 15th at 10am. Tickets are $59.50-$39.50 and can be purchased at www.thevetsri.com, by calling (401) 421.ARTS (2787) or in person at the PPAC/The VETS Box Office located at 220 Weybosset St. The VETS is located at One Avenue of the Arts in Providence. The VETS on-site Box Office is only open on show days.

54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club, presents a selection of Broadway Stars in Broadway Does Country on May 31, 2015 at 10PM. Broadway Does Country is an authentic hoedown which celebrates the best of country music.

Four recent shows at Don't Tell Mama featured performers either making their debuts on the New York cabaret scene (Evelyn Sullivan and Erin McCracken) or who returned this spring in hopeful anticipation of sharing their artistic vision with audiences (Rob Sutton and Eve Eaton). They no doubt experienced the usual anxiety, trials and tribulations before ultimately taking the stage. And they've come out on the other side relatively unscathed. 

The Community Theatre of Little Rock is pleased to conclude its 59th Season with our Summer Musical '9 to 5: The Musical' by Dolly Parton and Patricia Resnick.   Show dates are June 5th-7th, 11th-14th and 18th-21st to be held at The Studio Theatre, 320 West 7th Street in downtown Little Rock. .