Freddie Mercury News

The Music of 'Queen' Fills Baltimore's Inner Harbor at the Pier VI Pavilion

The new FOX network show GLEE makes its on-air debut on May 19th, following this season's penultimate 'American Idol,' and the FOX 'Glee' club definitely has a favorite among remaining contestants Adam Lambert, Kris Allen and Danny Gokey.

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is proud to present the captivating, world-famous tribute show, One Night of Queen, at the Byham Theater on Sunday, April 5, 2009 at 7 p.m.. Cohen & Grigsby is the season sponsor of the Trust Presents series.

ASCAP, in association with the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs, presents THE MAC/ASCAP SONGWRITER SHOWCASE, Saturday, March 21st @ 2:00PM at the Metropolitan Room The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, in association with MAC present another installment in their recurring Songwriter Showcase series.

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is proud to present the captivating, world-famous tribute show, One Night of Queen, at the Byham Theater on Sunday, April 5, 2009 at 7 p.m.. Cohen & Grigsby is the season sponsor of the Trust Presents series.

Recreating and paying tribute to one of the greatest rock bands of all time, One Night of QUEEN Featuring Gary Mullen & The Works returns to the State Theatre in Easton on Wednesday, March 11th at 8PM. Tickets at $30/$25 can be obtained by visiting the State Theatre Box Office, 453 Northampton Street, Easton, by calling 1-800-999-STATE, 610-252-3132 or the 24-Hour Credit Card Hotline at 610-991-STATE (7828), or via the internet at www.statetheatre.org. The show is sponsored by ArtsQuest & 99.9 The Hawk.

NahNotOutsideMyHouse! Productions Inc. in association with Shortened Attention Span Theater and Producer Al Messina is proud to announce the World Premiere Staged Reading of Charles Messina's new play A Room of My Own at the The Players Theatre Main Stage. A Room of My Own is a comedy set in the late 1970s and revolves around one wacky Italian-American family living in a small tenement apartment in Greenwich Village. Headed by a conniving, thieving matriarch, a gambling addicted patriarch, and an uncle with a secret that everyone knows, The Morelli Clan of Thompson Street is one outrageous bunch. Their struggles with debt, poverty and a Nun who they welcome into their lives is seen through the eyes of little 10 year old Carlo Morelli, a would-be writer, whose vocabulary consist mainly of four letter words. Playwright/Director Messina is best known for his work on the critically acclaimed, off-Broadway hits Mercury, about the life of rocker Freddie Mercury, and Cirque Jacqueline, about former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. He is also directing Richard Vetere's musical Be My Love, about the life of legendary tenor Mario Lanza, which is being produced by Sonny Grosso and Phil Ramone. The cast of A Room of My Own features Tony ?n Tina's Wedding stars Johnny Tammaro, Gina Ferranti, Chris DePierro, Gina Musumeci, and Carlo Rivieccio. Rounding out the stellar cast is Monica Arazi, who was last seen in John Guare's Cop Out and Talking Dog at The Gene Frankel Theater, and young John Barbieri, who starred in Messina's play Klepto last season at The Players.

ASCAP, in association with the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs, presents THE MAC/ASCAP SONGWRITER SHOWCASE, Saturday, March 21st @ 2:00PM at the Metropolitan Room The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, in association with MAC present another installment in their recurring Songwriter Showcase series.

Recreating and paying tribute to one of the greatest rock bands of all time, One Night of QUEEN Featuring Gary Mullen & The Works returns to the State Theatre in Easton on Wednesday, March 11th at 8PM. Tickets at $30/$25 can be obtained by visiting the State Theatre Box Office, 453 Northampton Street, Easton, by calling 1-800-999-STATE, 610-252-3132 or the 24-Hour Credit Card Hotline at 610-991-STATE (7828), or via the internet at www.statetheatre.org. The show is sponsored by ArtsQuest & 99.9 The Hawk.

NahNotOutsideMyHouse! Productions Inc. in association with Shortened Attention Span Theater and Producer Al Messina is proud to announce the World Premiere Staged Reading of Charles Messina's new play A Room of My Own at the The Players Theatre Main Stage. A Room of My Own is a comedy set in the late 1970s and revolves around one wacky Italian-American family living in a small tenement apartment in Greenwich Village. Headed by a conniving, thieving matriarch, a gambling addicted patriarch, and an uncle with a secret that everyone knows, The Morelli Clan of Thompson Street is one outrageous bunch. Their struggles with debt, poverty and a Nun who they welcome into their lives is seen through the eyes of little 10 year old Carlo Morelli, a would-be writer, whose vocabulary consist mainly of four letter words. Playwright/Director Messina is best known for his work on the critically acclaimed, off-Broadway hits Mercury, about the life of rocker Freddie Mercury, and Cirque Jacqueline, about former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. He is also directing Richard Vetere's musical Be My Love, about the life of legendary tenor Mario Lanza, which is being produced by Sonny Grosso and Phil Ramone. The cast of A Room of My Own features Tony ?n Tina's Wedding stars Johnny Tammaro, Gina Ferranti, Chris DePierro, Gina Musumeci, and Carlo Rivieccio. Rounding out the stellar cast is Monica Arazi, who was last seen in John Guare's Cop Out and Talking Dog at The Gene Frankel Theater, and young John Barbieri, who starred in Messina's play Klepto last season at The Players.

The Midtown International Theatre Festival will include award-winning playwright Monica Bauer's latest work, THE HIGHER EDUCATION OF KHALID AMIR.

The Midtown International Theatre Festival will include award-winning playwright Monica Bauer's latest work, THE HIGHER EDUCATION OF KHALID AMIR.

American Idol™ Season 4 Top 10 finalist Constantine Maroulis stars as Judas in The Premier Theatre Company's upcoming presentation of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Jesus Christ Superstar'.

NahNotOutsideMyHouse! Productions Inc. is proud to announce that Sopranos' stars Dan Grimaldi and Jason Cerbone, and actor Joe Lisi (Take Me Out, Sopranos) will lead a stellar cast for an invitation only Industry Reading of the new play entitled Homeland, written by Charles Messina (Mercury: The Afterlife and Times of a Rock God).

The Metropolitan Room (34 West 22 St. between 5th & 6th) announces its upcoming September concert schedule. Guests include Suzanne Carrico, Jimmy James, Penny Fuller, Cary Hoffman and Marilyn Maye.

Two-mur Humor: He's Malignant; She's Benign will premiere at The New York International Fringe Festival - Fringe NYC as a production of The Present Company, running from August 11th- August 25th.

Two-mur Humor: He's Malignant; She's Benign will premiere at The New York International Fringe Festival - Fringe NYC as a production of The Present Company, running from August 10th- August 26th.

The Irish Repertory Theatre, led by Artistic Director Charlotte Moore, Managing Director Patrick A. Kelsey, and Producing Director Ciaran O'Reilly, is hosting a New Works Reading Series in support new plays and emerging playwrights.

On February 14th, Tony Award-winner Michael Cerveris - who currently plays Kent in the Public Theater's production of King Lear - will take part in 'The Losers Lounge Valentine Day Tribute to Classic Pop Duets,' beginning at 9:30 at Joe's Pub

PREPARE TO BE ROCKED, TORONTO! David and Ed Mirvish and The Kimsa Group, in association with Queen Theatrical Productions, Phil McIntyre Entertainment and Tribeca Theatrical Productions, present the Canadian premiere of the hit international musical WE WILL ROCK YOU.