They are a beloved American institution. Just off their 50th Anniversary, Preservation Hall Jazz Band-whose high-energy shows are dedicated to perpetuating traditional New Orleans jazz-celebrated their fifth decade in Carnegie Hall on January 7, 2012.
A thundering chorus of 3,000+ Broadway stars, students and teachers will lock step and raise their voices and hearts in song during the 2012 Junior Theater Festival, a monumental celebration of on-stage and backstage excellence happening January 13 - 15, 2012 in Atlanta, GA, it was announced today by Theater of the Stars president Nick Manos and Timothy Allen McDonald, founding chairman of iTheatrics. Presented by New York's iTheatrics and Atlanta's Theater of the Stars and sponsored by leading theatrical licensor Music Theatre International (MTI), Disney Musicals and NBC, the Junior Theater Festival is the world's largest musical theater festival dedicated to groups working with elementary school, middle school and high school aged students.
The NBC Sports Network today announced that Hall-of-Fame boxing trainer Freddie Roach and cruiserweight contender B.J. Flores team up with NBC's veteran broadcaster Kenny Rice to provide commentary for the network's new NBC Sports Network Fight Night Series.
The Arvada Center Artistic Producer and show Director, Rod A. Lansberry has announced the cast for Chess, A Musical. The show will run March 27 - April 15, 2012 in the Main Stage Theater. For show dates and ticket information go towww.arvadacenter.org or call 720-898-7200.
Interart Theatre and Royal Family Productions (RFP) are proud to announce that Anthony Rapp (RENT) and Dee Roscioli (Wicked) and James Kautz (Amoralists) will star in the US premiere of Dedalus Lounge written by Irish playwright Gary Duggan, directed by RFP's Chris Henry, with original musical by Anthony Rapp and Daniel A. Weiss. Dedalus Lounge will begin performances January 8 and will open on January 12 and will initially run through January 30, 2012 at the Interart Theatre Annex (500 West 52 Street, 2nd Floor). Tickets are $18 and can be purchased by visiting www.brownpapertickets.com or by calling 1-800-838-3006 .
The Pit Stop Players, a twelve-member instrumental ensemble composed of veteran Broadway pit musicians, will present its second annual "Snapshots" concert on Monday, February 13, at 7:00 pm, at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Peter Norton Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway at 95th Street.
Nickelodeon and the White House are joining forces to bring awareness to ways kids can support U.S. military families with a special episode of iCarly, featuring the First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama, premiering Monday, Jan. 16, at 7:30 p.m. (ET/PT). Leading up to the debut of iCarly 'iMeet the First Lady,' the stars of the hit series will appear at four screening events for military families across the country.
Performance Space 122 is pleased to announce that three popular theater works from the contemporary performance festival COIL will extend. Young Jean Lee's Untitled Feminist Show, the TEAM's Mission Drift, and Temporary Distortion's Newyorkland will now run thru February 4, 2012. Additional production information can be found below and online at ps122.org.
On the January 16th episode of Nickelodeon's hit series, iCARLY, First Lady Michelle Obama will make a guest-star appearance. The show will air at 8:00 pm/ET.
ON FREDDIE ROACH, the all-new cinéma-vérité series from renowned filmmaker and Emmy(R) nominee Peter Berg, launches its six-episode season FRIDAY, JAN. 20 (9:30-10:00 p.m. ET/PT), followed by other episodes on subsequent Fridays at the same time, exclusively on HBO.
Lucy Hale ('Pretty Little Liars') and Megan Park ('The Secret Life of the American Teenager') star in the television world premiere of A CINDERELLA STORY: ONCE UPON A SONG. The two-hour movie premieres on ABC Family January 22, 2012 at 8pm ET/PT. 'A Cinderella Story: Once Upon A Song' marks the third installment of the successful franchise. The second movie, 'Another Cinderella Story,' is ABC Family's No. 2 original movie of all time.