Fred Astaire News

You're Invited to the Party! OFTC 20th Anniversary Block Party on Saturday, Oct. 23 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Tony-award winning star Donna McKechnie will join host Ken Kleiber for his 'Kentertainment Report', today, Wednesday October 13 at 12:15pm on Sirius 109/ XM 98. Ms. McKechnie will be speaking about her career and upcoming events, including 'Sondheim Unplugged' and 'My Musical Comedy Life', (both at the Laurie Beecham Theatre with the latter also at the Palais Royale in Indiana), and 'From Broadway With Love', a evening benefitting 'Animal Protection of New Mexico' which also features Kaye Ballard and Liliane Montevecchi.

Morgan Freeman has been selected by the American Film Institute's (AFI) Board of Trustees to receive the 39th AFI Life Achievement Award, the highest honor for a career in film, it was announced today by Sir Howard Stringer, Chair of the AFI Board of Trustees.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival is pleased to announce the world premiere production of TRAV?LIN by Gary Holmes and Allan Shapiro, with musical direction by John Dipinto and choreographed and directed by Paul Stancato. TRAV'LIN will play a limited engagement at TBG Theatre, (312 West 36th Street, NY, NY 10018). Performances begin Monday, October 11 and continue through Sunday, October 17.

Kinetic Dance Theater (Joanna and Ryan Greer) to premiere a new work entitled STOLEN MOMENTS. Limited engagement begins October 9 through October 23, 2010 at the TADA! Theater, 15 West 28th Street between Broadway and Fifth Avenue, Tickets are $15. To purchase please visit www.SmartTix.com or call 212-868-4444

Kinetic Dance Theater (Joanna and Ryan Greer) to premiere a new work entitled STOLEN MOMENTS. Limited engagement begins October 9 through October 23, 2010 at the TADA! Theater, 15 West 28th Street between Broadway and Fifth Avenue, Tickets are $15. To purchase please visit www.SmartTix.com or call 212-868-4444

Tommy Tune in Steps In Time: A Broadway Biography In Song And Dance featuring The Manhattan Rhythm Kings will be coming to the Colonial on November 12, at 8PM.

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College launches its Headliners Series with Broadway legend TOMMY TUNE in Steps in Time: A Broadway Biography in Song and Dance on Sunday, November 14, 2010 at 3pm.

Ginger Rogers danced her way into our hearts in the arms of Fred Astaire, setting the gold standard for grace and elegance on the silver screen. In her surprising true-life story, we follow her from the vaudeville stage at the age of 15 through her ascension to Hollywood goddess. BACKWARDS IN HIGH HEELS tells the story of this legendary dancer, singer and actress through the music of some of the 20th century's greatest composers and with plenty of dance numbers worthy of the Hollywood icon. BACKWARDS IN HIGH HEELS plays in Tucson at the Temple of Music and Art from September 10 through October 2. It continues its run in Phoenix at the Herberger Theater Center from October 7 through October 24. The Tucson media sponsors for the 2010-2011 season are Tucson Lifestyle, KGUN9 and MIX-FM. Arizona Theatre Company's season sponsors are I. Michael and Beth Kasser.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival is pleased to announce the world premiere production of TRAV?LIN by Gary Holmes and Allan Shapiro, with musical direction by John Dipinto and choreographed and directed by Paul Stancato. TRAV'LIN will play a limited engagement at TBG Theatre, (312 West 36th Street, NY, NY 10018). Performances begin Monday, October 11 and continue through Sunday, October 17.

The Laurie Beechman Theatre announced that Tony Award-winner DONNA McKECHNIE will return to The Laurie Beechman Theatre with her critically-acclaimed solo show, My Musical Comedy Life, which will play the midtown venue on Wednesday, November 3rd at 8pm. There is a $35 cover charge, as well as a $15 food/beverage minimum (a full dinner menu is available). The Laurie Beechman Theatre is located within The West Bank Cafe at 407 West 42nd St. (@ 9th Ave)., in the heart of New York's theatre district. For tickets, please contact Smarttix at www.smarttix.com or 212 868 4444.

Kinetic Dance Theater (Joanna and Ryan Greer) to premiere a new work entitled STOLEN MOMENTS. Limited engagement begins October 9 through October 23, 2010 at the TADA! Theater, 15 West 28th Street between Broadway and Fifth Avenue, Tickets are $15. To purchase please visit www.SmartTix.com or call 212-868-4444

The highly successful 'Ballroom DanceSport Extravaganza ; We Are The Champions' featuring six World and American Champion ballroom couples, will return to the Westchester Broadway Theatre for one performance Tuesday evening, Nov. 9.

"Swing Time" (1936), one of the silver screen's most amusing and romantic musicals, will be presented as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' George Stevens Lecture on Directing series at on Tuesday, October 26, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

You may not instantly recall his name, but music lovers and TV audiences everywhere will immediately recall the work of Charles Fox.

Share an intimate evening downtown with Petula Clark at the Tarrytown Music Hall on September 24th. The most commercially success female singer in British chart history, Clark embarked on her career at the tender age of 7 and first tasted the limelight during World War II when she entertained the troops. By the time she was 11 she was a fixture on British television and was dubbed 'The British Shirley Temple'.

Tony Award winning star of A CHORUS LINE is regarded internationally as one of Broadway's foremost dancing and singing leading ladies. She began this summer performing in the Adelaide Cabaret Festival and has just completed her first tour of Australia with MY MUSICAL COMEDY LIFE, before taking it to NY and a sold out crowd at the Laurie Beechman Theater.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival is pleased to announce the world premiere production of TRAV?LIN by Gary Holmes and Allan Shapiro, with musical direction by John Dipinto and choreographed and directed by Paul Stancato. TRAV'LIN will play a limited engagement at TBG Theatre, (312 West 36th Street, NY, NY 10018). Performances begin Monday, October 11 and continue through Sunday, October 17.

Die gutsituierte Witwe Lily Harrison hat bei der Agentur „Sechs Tanzstunden in Sechs Wochen' einen Tanzlehrer gebucht um ihren ereignislosen Alltag im Pensionistenparadies Florida aufzupeppen. Als ihr Tanzlehrer Michael Minetti zur ersten Stunde erscheint, ist sie ob seines Umgangstones schockiert und möchte am liebsten die Stunde absagen.

Die gutsituierte Witwe Lily Harrison hat bei der Agentur „Sechs Tanzstunden in Sechs Wochen' einen Tanzlehrer gebucht um ihren ereignislosen Alltag im Pensionistenparadies Florida aufzupeppen. Als ihr Tanzlehrer Michael Minetti zur ersten Stunde erscheint, ist sie ob seines Umgangstones schockiert und möchte am liebsten die Stunde absagen.