Edie Falco News

YPHIL - International Philharmonic Orchestra kicks off Seven Epic Concerts with the Play for Peace Concert at Peter Norton Symphony Space on September 10, 2015 at 7pm.

The 52nd Street Project makes a difference in the lives of Hell's Kitchen (Clinton) kids by pairing them with theater professionals who mentor them through the creation of original theater. For its One-on-One series, the its cornerstone acting program, the Project takes a group of ten kids out of town to a country retreat for a week in the summer. Each child is assigned a playwright who is charged to write a musical specifically for that child. The shows are rehearsed over the course of the week and performed informally for the community in the retreat setting. Upon returning to Manhattan, the plays are performed at the Project's Five Angels Theater (789 Tenth Avenue, 2nd floor, NYC), supported by professional designers and crews who volunteer their services.

YPHIL - International Philharmonic Orchestra presents the first of Seven Epic Concerts Play For Peace Concert Featuring the World Premiere of Faruk Kanca's Ornament Overture And the American Premiere of Nimrod Borenstein's Concerto for Violoncello and String Orchestra, Op. 56B At Peter Norton Symphony Space September 10, 2015 at 7pm

Composer Paola Prestini, the Creative and Executive Director of National Sawdust (NS), today announced programming for the non-profit's inaugural fall season in its new home-a $16 million, 13,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art chamber hall in the heart of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The performance and recording venue, designed by Brooklyn-based architecture firm Bureau V in the shell of century-old former sawdust factory, will provide composers and musicians a setting in which they can flourish, and a place where they are given commissioning support, mentoring and other critical resources essential to create, and then share, their work. For audiences-serious fans and casual listeners alike-the venue will be a place to discover genre-spanning music at accessible ticket prices.

The 52nd Street Project makes a difference in the lives of Hell's Kitchen (Clinton) kids by pairing them with theater professionals who mentor them through the creation of original theater. For its One-on-One series, the its cornerstone acting program, the Project takes a group of ten kids out of town to a country retreat for a week in the summer. Each child is assigned a playwright who is charged to write a musical specifically for that child. The shows are rehearsed over the course of the week and performed informally for the community in the retreat setting. Upon returning to Manhattan, the plays are performed at the Project's Five Angels Theater (789 Tenth Avenue, 2nd floor, NYC), supported by professional designers and crews who volunteer their services.

Andy Donald is the Producer of Artistic Development and Community Program for New Jersey Performing Arts Center. We recently interviewed him to learn a little more about his career and the upcoming season at the Center.

This morning, SHOWTIME was recognized with the most lead performer series nominations of any network or streaming service, and as the only network or streaming service to have lead actor and actress nominations in both comedy and drama

-15-year-old Broadway veteran Rachel Resheff takes the stage at 54 Below for her first solo show,Unwrangled, on July 26th at 7:00pm. Currently performing as Jessica Drexel in Larry David's hit Broadway play Fish in the Dark, the multifaceted stage and screen actress will perform an array of songs and anecdotes while finding out the answers to some of life's toughest questions; With five Broadway shows under her belt, where does the teen go from here? How did it all happen? And how does she navigate the journey from 'child actress' to leading lady…all while getting her homework done, as a high school student striving towards getting into a good college?

Alvin Puentevella and the American Theatre of Actors present a new play by Jack Horton Gilbert as part of the 39th Season of New Playwrights. 'WE WILL ALWAYS TALK THIS WAY' runs now through the 27th, 2015 at The Beckmann Theater within the American Theatre of Actors (314 West 54th Street, 2nd Floor).

An industry reading of Ted Malawer's new play, The Anatomy of Love, is presented in Manhattan on June 17th.

'American Masters' Season 29 continues with three new documentaries premiering this September on PBS

Edie Falco stopped by last night's LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS to talk about portraying difficult women throughout her career. Watch the appearance below!

Treehouse Comedy Productions and Sports Haven are proud to announce three celebrity comedy artists to headline an all new Treehouse Comedy Series at Sports Haven. After a successful first series launch this past fall, a new three show series starring headlining comedians Adam Ferrara, Robert Kelly and Vic DiBitetto will kick-off this spring.

Second Stage Theatre welcomes film star Amanda Seyfried (Les Miserables, Dear John, Mamma Mia!, upcoming Ted 2 and Pan) in her off-Broadway debut opposite Thomas Sadoski (The Newsroom, Wild, upcoming in NBC's The Slap) in the world premiere production of NEIL LaBUTE's drama, The Way We Get By. Directed by Tony nominee LEIGH SILVERMAN, the production began previews on April 28, 2015 and officially opens tonight, May 19, 2015 at Second Stage Theatre, 305 West 43rd Street.

Women of Letters, a monthly literary salon featuring female writers and performers reading the letters they have written to the theme of the evening, returns tonight, May 13th at Joe's Pub.

PENNY DREADFUL ON A NEW DATESHOWTIME will now premiere the sophomore season of the critically-acclaimed psychological thriller PENNY DREADFUL tonight, May 3rd at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

On last night's TONIGHT SHOW, Jimmy gave Nurse Jackie's Edie Falco a chance to reattempt her first-pitch throw.

Second Stage Theatre welcomes film star Amanda Seyfried (Les Miserables, Dear John, Mamma Mia!, upcoming Ted 2 and Pan) in her off-Broadway debut opposite Thomas Sadoski (The Newsroom, Wild, upcoming in NBC's The Slap) in the world premiere production of NEIL LaBUTE's drama, The Way We Get By. Directed by Tony nominee LEIGH SILVERMAN, the production begins previews tonight, April 28, 2015 and officially opens on May 20, 2015 at Second Stage Theatre, 305 West 43rd Street.

Women of Letters, a monthly literary salon featuring female writers and performers reading the letters they have written to the theme of the evening, announces its lineup for May 13th at Joe's Pub. Women of Letters will welcome renowned guests to read their own 'Letter to the Tap On My Shoulder'featuring Megan Abbott, Anna Holmes, Molly Crabapple, Sigrid Nunez, Beth Hoyt, and Amy Sohn.

Tonight, April 13th, The 24 Hour Company is teaming with the Exchange, an off-Broadway theater company, to create the seventh 24 Hour Musicals. A team of more than 100 - including stars from Broadway, film, television, and music - will cast, write, compose, direct, rehearse, tech, and perform four original musicals - all in the obscenely short time between an evening meet-and-greet on Sunday, April 12 and show time tonight, April 13 at 8pm. The event benefits the Exchange's summer program, The Orchard Project, which incubates and accelerates innovative new theatrical work from around the world.