Symphony Space's annual Spring Festival has become one of the season's most keenly awaited events. This year's installment, Sleeping Around: The Cultural Lives of New York's Hotels, may be the most provocative yet. Running from April 26 to May 21, the monthlong festival celebrates New York's landmark hotels, their occupants, and the lengendary boites that nurtured and sustained the evergreen songs and performers of cabaret. Sleeping Around also credits New York's hotels as incubators for film, classical music, and literature, with programs devoted to Andy Warhol, Virgil Thomson, and Dorothy Parker.
25 years to the day the film was released, HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL, the new stage adaptation of Daniel Waters' iconic 1989 dark comedy, made its New York premiere at New World Stages. Written by Olivier Award winner and Tony Award nominee Laurence O'Keefe and Emmy Award winner Kevin Murphy, HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL is directed by famed stage and screen director Andy Fickman, with choreography by Emmy Award winner Marguerite Derricks. BroadwayWorld was there for the opening night festivities and you can check out photos from the theatre arrivals below!
Today, Red Bull Theater announced the cast for their Staged Reading of The Roaring Girl, by Thomas Dekker and Thomas Middleton: Emily Bergl (of Showtime's 'Shameless'), Sheila Bandyopadhyay, Michael Braun, Clifton Duncan, Miriam Hyman, Whit Leyenberger, David Manis, Alex Morf, Tom O'Keefe, Bhavesh Patel, Pearl Rhein, Rocco Sisto, Raphael Nash Thompson, Sam Tsoutsouvas, and Lisa Wolpe. The Roaring Girl will be directed by Ben Prusiner and will take place Monday March 24th at 7:30pm at the Lucille Lortel Theater, 121 Christopher Street, between Bleecker and Hudson Streets.
It's Shakespeare for the masses in 2014 as we celebrate the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth! In Southern California you'll find more productions and events than ever so mark your calendar now for a big year ahead.
L.A. Theatre Works presents Charles Busch's hilarious homage to movie nuns 'The Divine Sister' starring Charles Busch (Mother Superior) and members of the original Off Broadway cast: Alison Fraser (Sister Walburga) and Julie Halston (Sister Acacius). Joining them on stage were Emily Bergl (Agnes), Maxwell Caulfield (Jeremy, Brother Venerius) and his wife Juliet Mills (Mrs. Levinson).
Broadway veteran Emily Bergl, last seen in the Public Theater's 'Comedy of Errors' and Broadway's 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,' will join the cast of Showtime's 'Shameless' for Season 4.
Coming up this week, 54 BELOW, the performance venue located just below the legendary Studio 54 at 254 West 54th Street, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz and beyond:
Emily Bergl's 'Til I Get It Right', originally set for 54 Below on Monday, October 14, 2013, will be rescheduled due to a work conflict. More information forthcoming.
For four magical nights this week, the Mabel Mercer Foundation will present a sparkling array of America's leading cabaret stars. Among the 60 outstanding artists who will take the stage at the Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center from today, October 7th through 10th are multiple Grammy Award winner Jack Jones, Marilyn Maye, Steve Ross, Karen Akers, Nellie McKay, and Barbara Carroll.
This October and November, 54 BELOW,the performance venue in the grand tradition of New York City nightlife, presents an exciting lineup of the brightest talent from Broadway and beyond. Located just below legendary Studio 54 at 254 West 54th Street.
This past week, celebrities including Sherri Saum ('The Fosters'), Sufe Bradshaw ('Veep'), Retta ('Parks & Recreation'), Rich Sommer ('Mad Men'), Emily Bergl ('Blue Jasmine'), Lorna Scott ('True Blood'), Mayra Veronica (Latin pop star), Rebecca Pidgeon ('Phil Spector', and wife of Emmy nominee David Mamet), Tenille Houston ('The Canyons'), Kate Linder ('The Young & the Restless'), Sadie Katz ('Chavez Cage of Glory'), Leslie David Baker ('The Office'), Adrian Bustamante ('Sharknado'), Mason Vale Cotton ('Mad Men'), Daniel Nguyen ('Tori & Dean'), Lesli Linka Glatter (Emmy Award nominee Directing for a Drama 'Homeland') and others as well as top wardrobe stylists/costume designers such as Janie Bryant ('Mad Men'), got a coveted appointment at StyleLab's Jewelry Preview for the 65th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. Guests had the opportunity to borrow from over $30 million worth of jewelry for the Primetime Emmy Awards and related parties.
For four magical nights in October, the Mabel Mercer Foundation will present a sparkling array of America's leading cabaret stars. Among the 60 outstanding artists who will take the stage at the Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center from October 7th through 10th are multiple Grammy Award winner Jack Jones, Marilyn Maye, Steve Ross, Karen Akers, Nellie McKay, and Barbara Carroll.
Emily Bergl has announced she is partnering with the Voices and Face Project, a documentary project giving voice and face to survivors of sexual violence. ?The project will be hosting a writing workshop in New York called the 'The Stories We Tell,' which is a 2-day summit that provides survivors the opportunity to write about their experiences and learn the power of testimony. This workshop has already traveled to five other cities, and is funded completely by the generosity of donors.
Hotel Nikko San Francisco and Michael Feinstein have announced two upcoming performers at the all-new Feinstein's at the Nikko -- actor and comedian Bruce Vilanch and Tony Award nominated composers Pasek and Paul. Located within Hotel Nikko (222 Mason Street, San Francisco), Feinstein's at the Nikko will present a wide range of entertainers all within an intimate 140-seat cabaret setting. Bruce Vilanch will perform for one-night-only tonight, July 18th at 8 p.m. Pasek and Paul will perform two performances only - Friday, July 19 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, July 20 at 7 p.m.
Hotel Nikko San Francisco and Michael Feinstein have announced the upcoming lineup- including newly added performers Jack Jones, Missi Pyle and and Ariana Savalas - at the all-new Feinstein's at the Nikko for the months of July, August, and September.
The Divine Sister - Original Off Broadway cast members Charles Busch, Alison Fraser and Julie Halston reunite to record Busch's comedy that takes a whack at pop-culture nuns - from the singing to the socially-conscious.
