Fred Astaire News

IT TAKES TWO will be performed Tuesday, April 27 at On Broadway in Cape Town, Ireleand. The show will run Tuesdays thru Saturdays. Starring Francois Lliam and Caely-Jo Levy, the pair will take you through the decades of duos and duets in their own way. Francois Lliam is back at On Broadway for the first time since 2008, performing alongside someone who might just upstage him!

Arizona Theatre Company creates the most thrilling professional theatre in the Southwest in 2010-2011, with electric moments of pure beauty, magic and deeply felt emotion in a mix of comedy, drama, classics and musicals. The new season opens with the Southwest premiere of the musical BACKWARDS IN HIGH HEELS, about the journey of Hollywood goddess Ginger Rogers; followed by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright August Wilson's MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM, directed by Lou Bellamy and starring renowned recording artist Jevetta Steele as Ma Rainey. ATC's new season follows with the Arizona premiere of WOODY GUTHRIE'S AMERICAN SONG, directed by ATC favorite Randal Myler, followed by the world premiere of Jeffrey Hatcher's TEN CHIMNEYS set at the legendary summer estate of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. Neil Simon's Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play LOST IN YONKERS continues ATC's AMERICA PLAYS! Celebrating Great American Stories initiative for a fourth season; and a twelfth anniversary revival of audience favorite, THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP, with the original ATC cast and designs. The 2010-2011 season also includes a limited engagement presentation of The Acting Company and Guthrie Theater's production of ROMEO AND JULIET.

The Rrazz Room at Hotel Nikko announces their upcoming events and shows. The Rrazz Room is located at 222 Mason Street (between Ellis and O'Farrell) San Francisco, California 94102

This Stage Limited is delighted to announce three upcoming dates for its new piano bar event Show Off! Show Off!, which had its debut on 6 March 2010 at Cafe Koha, is inspired by the piano bars of New York City. The next three dates for Show Off! will be Saturday 27 March 2010, Friday 16 April 2010 and Saturday 29 May 2010, at Cafe Koha in Covent Garden. The doors will open at 8 p.m. each night, with the live music starting at 9 p.m. Food an drink will be available from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. each night.

Teatro ZinZanni's upcoming production Love, Chaos & Couture opening May 20, features an artistic collaboration with international fashion designer Luly Yang, who created thirteen original costumes for the show. An affectionate send-up of the world of high fashion, the show stars the legendary Tony Award winner Liliane Montevecchi, who returns to the San Francisco spiegeltent after an absence of two years, and ZinZanni favorite, comedian Frank Ferrante.

Steve Ross, who has been dubbed The 'Crown Prince of New York Cabaret,' will present a witty musical tribute to Indiana's own beloved composer, Cole Porter. But what good is a party of one? Other dapper guests who may join the soireé include; Noel Coward, Fred Astaire, and more!

Broadway's triple threat Rick Faugno (pronounced Fawn-Yo) will reprise his critically-acclaimed one-man song and dance show, "Songs My Idols Sang (And Danced!)," due to popular demand on Sunday, March 21, at 3 p.m. in the 400-seat South Point Casino Showroom. He'll also be selling his new CD at the performance. One of the Strip's popular Broadway imports and the original Frankie Valli in "Jersey Boys" at the Palazzo, Faugno premiered his solo show last August at the South Point and to date has sold out three performances - all with standing ovations from his endearing audiences.

Living In A Musical will end its run March 21 at Theater for the New City, 155 First Avenue (at E. 10th Street). The show is presented by Theater for the New City.

International City Theatre will close out the first production of its 25th, Silver Jubilee Season, the Los Angeles premiere of a new musical about Silver Screen legend Ginger Rogers entitled BACKWARDS IN HIGH HEELS on March 21st.

Following a sell-out run Pizza on the Park last autumn, Harold Sanditen returns with Love Exposed, a show of songs, exploring the edgier sides of love and romance.

Following a sell-out run Pizza on the Park last autumn, Harold Sanditen returns with Love Exposed, a show of songs, exploring the edgier sides of love and romance.

This Stage Limited is delighted to announce three upcoming dates for its new piano bar event Show Off! Show Off!, which had its debut on 6 March 2010 at Cafe Koha, is inspired by the piano bars of New York City. The next three dates for Show Off! will be Saturday 27 March 2010, Friday 16 April 2010 and Saturday 29 May 2010, at Cafe Koha in Covent Garden. The doors will open at 8 p.m. each night, with the live music starting at 9 p.m. Food an drink will be available from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. each night.

On Monday, March 15th at 6pm Tom Jones, creator of the The Fantasticks, will interview dancer and choreographer Marge Champion. Marge and her husband Gower Champion were legendary in the 1950s for their dancing in nightclubs, MGM musicals and on television. More recently, she appeared with her current dance partner, Donald Saddler, in a six-month run in the Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim's Follies in 2001. In 2007 Ms. Champion, who began her dance career with Walt Disney as the live action model for Snow White, was honored with the Disney Legends Award. Following the interview, there will be a question and answer period.

Living In A Musical Plays March 4 to 21 at Theater for the New City, 155 First Avenue (at E. 10th Street). The show is presented by Theater for the New City and runs Thursdays through Saturdays at 8:00 pm; Sundays at 3:00 pm $10.

It's about time there was a stage show about Ginger Rogers, the name that has become synonymous with dancing on the silver screen. Though her films, particularly those partnered with Fred Astaire have become iconic, most people tend to forget that she got her start and ultimately built her career treading the boards on the vaudeville circuit and on Broadway. Rogers was a lady of the stage, with a catalogue of standards attached to her name from the Gershwins, Jerome & Kern, and Irving Berlin just to name a few. If the biographies of Patsy Cline and Buddy Holly have the makings of a hit Broadway musical, surely a tribute to Ginger Rogers would glide right past them. Unfortunately, Backwards in High Heels is rather unfitting, possibly even embarrassing tribute to a one of America's greatest stage and screen legends.

Broadway's triple threat Rick Faugno (pronounced Fawn-Yo) will reprise his critically-acclaimed one-man song and dance show, "Songs My Idols Sang (And Danced!)," due to popular demand on Sunday, March 21, at 3 p.m. in the 400-seat South Point Casino Showroom. He'll also be selling his new CD at the performance. One of the Strip's popular Broadway imports and the original Frankie Valli in "Jersey Boys" at the Palazzo, Faugno premiered his solo show last August at the South Point and to date has sold out three performances - all with standing ovations from his endearing audiences.

Legendary star Ginger Rogers is long overdue for a musical show in her honor. Overshadowed by dancing partner Fred Astaire, she was known to have said 'I did everything he did only backwards in high heels'. Thus, we have the basis for the title of this classy, snappy new musical at ICT which is an instant audience pleaser.

International City Theatre opens its 25th, Silver Jubilee Season with the Los Angeles premiere of a new musical about Silver Screen legend Ginger Rogers.

Two new musicals celebrating Hollywood legends will bookend International City Theatre's 25th Anniversary Season in 2010.

Following a sell-out run Pizza on the Park last autumn, Harold Sanditen returns with Love Exposed, a show of songs, exploring the edgier sides of love and romance.