Fred Astaire News

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.

STEVE ROSS rose to fame as a cabaret entertainer during his lengthy sojourns at New York's fabled Algonquin Hotel and Ted Hook's Backstage in the late 1970's.

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.

Here is where you should head this summer to warm your soul with infectious song, exuberant dancing, jokes both lovably corny and unexpectedly fresh, and of course the satisfying pairing of boy meets girl (as well as leprechaun meets human!)

Here is where you should head this summer to warm your soul with infectious song, exuberant dancing, jokes both lovably corny and unexpectedly fresh, and of course the satisfying pairing of boy meets girl (as well as leprechaun meets human!)

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.

Summer may be winding down, but things are still heating up on Broadway, as the Tony Award-winning, international musical smash CHICAGO announces that stage and screen star John O'Hurley ('Seinfeld,' 'Dancing with the Stars,' Monty Python's Spamalot) has extended his limited engagement as Billy Flynn through Sunday, September 12.

STEVE ROSS rose to fame as a cabaret entertainer during his lengthy sojourns at New York's fabled Algonquin Hotel and Ted Hook's Backstage in the late 1970's.

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'.

The Florida Sunshine Pops is presenting some of the most exciting live entertainment to hit South Florida in quite a while. We've written in this column about them before. Below, please find additional shows that the Pops have added. Have a great time enjoying the delightful entertainment the Pops is bringing us. www.sunsetet.com