Fred Astaire News

On Monday, November 3, the Broadway company of the record-The breaking worldwide musical smash CHICAGO is pleased to welcome back two-time Tony Award nominee Charlotte d'Amboise as merry murderess Roxie Hart. The production will also welcome Broadway favorite and Tony Award nominee Tom Hewitt in the role of 'that silver-tongued prince of the courtroom,' the slick criminal lawyer Billy Flynn.

'Ah, Paris!' is a witty, often overlooked Cole Porter parody by Stephen Sondheim from the show 'Follies' is just one of the brilliant songs performed by the supremely talented singer and pianist Steve Ross in his upcoming cabaret show, GOOD THING GOING, a 'Stephen Sondheim Sampler, Styled for Tuxedo' at Morgans Cabaret at the Prince in Philadelphia, running from October 29 through November 9, 2008.

The 11th annual Savannah Film Festival, hosted by the Savannah College of Art and Design, presented acclaimed songwriters Alan and Marilyn Bergman with a Lifetime Achievement Award Oct. 27 at Trustees Theater, 216 E. Broughton St.

ANDREA MARCOVICCI - the celebrated singer and actress lauded as 'the greatest cabaret star of her generation' by The International Herald Tribune and 'the epitome of elegance and showbiz savvy' by Variety - will return to the Oak Room of the Algonquin Hotel (59 West 44th Street) for an exclusive seven-week run from November 11 to December 27 with a special new program 'Marcovicci Sings Movies II.'

After a long absence STEVE ROSS, THE CROWN PRINCE OF NY CABARET returns to Los Angeles to perform at L.A.'s renowned Upright Cabaret at Mark's Restaurant, 861 N. La Cienega Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069.

'Ah, Paris!' is a witty, often overlooked Cole Porter parody by Stephen Sondheim from the show 'Follies' is just one of the brilliant songs performed by the supremely talented singer and pianist Steve Ross in his upcoming cabaret show, GOOD THING GOING, a 'Stephen Sondheim Sampler, Styled for Tuxedo' at Morgans Cabaret at the Prince in Philadelphia, running from October 29 through November 9, 2008.

Neal Hefti, a jazz arranger and composer of the the Batman and The Odd Couple theme songs died on Saturday October 11th, 2008 from complications due to cancer. He was 85 years old.

Andrea Marcovicci will present Marcovicci Sings Movies II from October 14-November 2 at San Francisco's The Rrazz Room at Hotel Nikko.

Back in Pictures celebrates the songs that were originally written for the masterpieces of the Golden Age of Hollywood, featuring music from Casablanca, Easter Parade, A Star Is Born, Pennies From Heaven, Disney, Meet Me In St. Louis, Gentlemen Prefer Blonds, The Wizard of Oz and many more. Back in Pictures is showing at the Reprise Room, 245 West 54th Street, between Broadway and 8th Avenue, New York, from April 7, 2008 through January 5, 2009.

On Monday, November 3, the Broadway company of the record-breaking worldwide musical smash CHICAGO is pleased to welcome back two-time Tony Award nominee Charlotte d'Amboise as merry murderess Roxie Hart.

Jim Caruso's Cast Party and TheaterMania.com, the leading source for exclusive theater information and live-events tickets nationwide, are proud to announce LAUREL MASSÉ Monday, September 15, 2008 at 7:00p.m., as part of the long-running, Nightlife Award-winning concert series Broadway at Birdland.

Chicago's famed orchestra leader and pianist Stanley Paul will share 'Songs & Stories of a Glamorous Era' in a free multi-media, one-man show on Tuesday, September 16 at 12:15 pm in Claudia Cassidy Theater of the Chicago Cultural Center, 77 E. Randolph Street. The public is invited to be part of the audience as Paul tells stories and plays the piano accompanied by tapes of the Stanley Paul Orchestra, while some 300 rarely seen photographs from the golden era of show business are shown. The performance will be videotaped.

Jim Caruso's Cast Party presents MICHELE LEE in 'LIGHTS, BROADWAY, ACTION!,' a concert benefiting The Actors Fund, Monday, September 22, 2008 at 7:00p.m., as part of the long-running, Nightlife Award-winning concert series Broadway at Birdland.

Jim Caruso's Cast Party and TheaterMania.com, the leading source for exclusive theater information and live-events tickets nationwide, are proud to announce LAUREL MASSÉ Monday, September 15, 2008 at 7:00p.m., as part of the long-running, Nightlife Award-winning concert series Broadway at Birdland.

Broadway performers Jeffry Denman and Erin Crouch will be married on August 17th in NYC. Erin Virginia Crouch, the daughter of Victoria Crouch and John Crouch of Fallbrook, California will marry Jeffry Andrew Denman, the son of Marguerite Ellen Denman and Robert D. Denman of Buffalo, NY. Pastor Phil Trzynka will officiate at St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Manhattan.

The previously-announced production schedule for the upcoming Broadway revival of Ntozake Shange's acclaimed play 'For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf' is being temporarily delayed, producers Whoopi Goldberg and DreamTeam Entertainment Group announced jointly today.

A tap-dancing, barnstorming pilot and a beautiful, singing swimming star meet, fall in love and find true happiness in the fun and frothy MY ONE AND ONLY.

The dancers will strut their stuff before a live audience with their professional partners provided by Quanita's Ballroom, Fred Astaire Dance Studios, Floor Play Dance, as well as freelance dance professionals. The cast boasts a Mayor, a Magazine Publisher, an Orthopaedic Surgeon, a Realtor, and several other Professionals in the Volusia County area

Warren Beatty will receive the American Film Institute's (AFI) 36th Life Achievement Award in a special ceremony airing on Wednesday, June 25 at 9/8C on USA Network. Barbra Streisand sent in a pre-recorded video message presenting the award to Mr. Beatty. AFI TRIBUTE TO WARREN BEATTY Warren Beatty will receive the American Film Institute's (AFI) 36th Life Achievement Award in a special ceremony airing on Wednesday, June 25 at 9/8C on USA Network. The event will feature tributes from a number of Beatty's friends and colleagues-including Halle Berry, Don Cheadle, Faye Dunaway, Jane Fonda, Dustin Hoffman, Diane Keaton and Barbra Streisand among others. In addition, there will be special tributes from Gene Hackman, Goldie Hawn, Harvey Keitel, George McGovern, Quentin Tarantino and others. The evening will also feature performances from Pras and Earl Scruggs. [5331BS-174.jpg] The AFI Life Achievement Award is regarded as the highest honor for a career in film. As the first award in the film community to acknowledge career achievement, the honor has been bestowed upon many of the greatest film artists in history such as Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Robert De Niro, Clint Eastwood, Tom Hanks, Barbra Streisand, Harrison Ford, Dustin Hoffman, Sean Connery, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, Elizabeth Taylor, Sidney Poitier, George Lucas, Gregory Peck, Barbara Stanwyck, Billy Wilder, Fred Astaire, James Stewart, Alfred Hitchcock, Bette Davis, Orson Welles, James Cagney and John Ford.

Whoopi Goldberg and DreamTeam Entertainment Group are pleased to announce that two-time Grammy Award winner India.Arie will make her Broadway stage debut this fall in a new, re-envisioned production of Ntozake Shange's acclaimed play, FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF.