Garrison Keillor News

Richmond CenterStage wraps up its inaugural U.S. Trust Life is a Cabaret! Series: A Celebration of the Great American Song Book by welcoming award-winning Broadway star Sandra Reaves-Phillips to Rhythm Hall as she performs her show entitled Me, Myself, and You.

Richmond CenterStage wraps up its inaugural U.S. Trust Life is a Cabaret! Series: A Celebration of the Great American Song Book by welcoming award-winning Broadway star Sandra Reaves-Phillips to Rhythm Hall as she performs her show entitled Me, Myself, and You.

Ravinia Festival President and CEO Welz Kauffman announced the festival's 2012 season, which offers more than 100 separate events exemplifying most musical genres, including the 77th residency of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The summer boasts a variety of music's legends from Philip Glass to James Taylor, along with 43 debuts, including Glee and Wicked star Idina Menzel, reggae master Jimmy Cliff, classic rocker Santana, Grammy-and-Oscar sensation Esperanza Spalding, and Musical America's "conductor of the year" Jaap van Zweden. Ravinia Music Director James Conlon celebrates the 35th anniversary of his own festival debut as his contract is extended through 2014.

The best-selling author and host of A Prairie Home Companion Garrison Keillor will make an appearance at the Gallo Center for the Arts on Tuesday, March 6 at 7:00 PM.

LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS announces LEONARDO LIVE, presented by BY Experience and PhilGrabskyFilms.com. The first-ever tour of a fine art exhibition created for movie theater audiences, coming via satellite directly to La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts. LEONARDO LIVE is a showcase of the completely sold out Leonardo da Vinci exhibition at the National Gallery in London. LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS will present LEONARDO LIVE on Sunday, February 19, 2012 at 11am in its gorgeous theatre at 14900 La Mirada Blvd. in La Mirada.

Returning to the Royal Room for the sixth time since 2002, KT Sullivan recently appeared at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC with Brian Stokes Mitchell in Broadway Today, at the Humanities Festival in Chicago with Dave Frishberg and at Carnegie's Zankel Hall with Michael Feinstein. She is an annual headliner at the Oak Room of New York's Algonquin Hotel and has headlined at Carnegie Hall, Town Hall, Lincoln Center, and The Caramoor Festival. She has performed internationally at The Spoleto Festival, The Nouvelle Eve in Paris, The Chichester Festival in England and the Adelaide Festival in Australia.

The Town Hall (123 West 43 Street) has signed Award-winning Jazz singer Marilyn Maye, Tony Award winner, Ben Davis (Baz Luhrmann's La Boheme), Dameka Hayes, Audelco Award Nominee for It Ain't Nothing But The Blues and Jessie Mueller, who made her Broadway debut in On a Clear Day…, to perform in THE BROADWAY MUSICALS OF 1946 on Monday, February 13, 2012 at 8pm.

The best-selling author and host of A Prairie Home Companion Garrison Keillor will make an appearance at the Gallo Center for the Arts on Tuesday, March 6 at 7:00 PM.

The Town Hall (123 West 43 Street) has signed Award-winning Jazz singer Marilyn Maye, Tony Award winner, Ben Davis (Baz Luhrmann's La Boheme), Dameka Hayes, Audelco Award Nominee for It Ain't Nothing But The Blues and Jessie Mueller, who made her Broadway debut in On a Clear Day…, to perform in THE BROADWAY MUSICALS OF 1946 on Monday, February 13, 2012 at 8pm.

LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS announces LEONARDO LIVE, presented by BY Experience and PhilGrabskyFilms.com. The first-ever tour of a fine art exhibition created for movie theater audiences, coming via satellite directly to La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts. LEONARDO LIVE is a showcase of the completely sold out Leonardo da Vinci exhibition at the National Gallery in London. LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS will present LEONARDO LIVE on Sunday, February 19, 2012 at 11am in its gorgeous theatre at 14900 La Mirada Blvd. in La Mirada.

Acorn Productions, a company dedicated to developing the performing arts in the Southern Maine area, is pleased to announce a new addition to the company's performance series with the inaugural presentation of "Lowry's Lodge," a monthly series of poetry readings hosted by Jim Donnelly and Anna Wrobel.

The Town Hall has just announced the 12th Season of their acclaimed BROADWAY BY THE YEAR® concert series which kicks off with THE BROADWAY MUSICALS OF 1946 on Monday, February 13, 2012. The show is created, written and hosted by Scott Siegel for The Town Hall. Initial casting includes Alice Ripley, the Tony® Award winning star of Next to Normal, Tom Wopat (Tony® Award nominated for his role of Frank Butler in Annie Get Your Gun revival/Catch Me if You Can), Kerry O'Malley (On a Clear Day…Annie Get Your Gun revival) and Noah Racey (Curtains), who will also choreograph. The evening will feature songs and dance from Irving Berlin's classic Annie Get Your Gun and other musicals including Call Me Mister, St. Louis Woman and Park Avenue. Ross Patterson is the musical director.

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts will present An Evening with Garrison Keillor on Thursday, Feb. 2, at Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix.

Acorn Productions, a company dedicated to developing the performing arts in the Southern Maine area, is pleased to announce a new addition to the company's performance series with the inaugural presentation of "Lowry's Lodge," a monthly series of poetry readings hosted by Jim Donnelly and Anna Wrobel.

The Klezmatics - the first (and only) Jewish music group ever to win a Grammy - return to Walt Disney Concert Hall on Monday, December 19, at 8 PM to celebrate Hanukkah and the band's 25th anniversary.

Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts announces its first onsale of Summer 2012 shows, generating strong interest from members and patrons.

The Meeting* hosted by Justin Sayre, called "a riotously funny and campy variety show" by Next Magazine, and 'a rollicking, wry affair complete with funny political commentary on current events' by Gay City News, will present their newest edition on Thursday, December 15 at 9:30 PM.

The Meeting* hosted by Justin Sayre, called "a riotously funny and campy variety show" by Next Magazine, and 'a rollicking, wry affair complete with funny political commentary on current events' by Gay City News, will present their newest edition on Thursday, December 15 at 9:30 PM.

The Klezmatics - the first (and only) Jewish music group ever to win a Grammy - return to Walt Disney Concert Hall on Monday, December 19, at 8 PM to celebrate Hanukkah and the band's 25th anniversary.

Berkshire Theatre Group and Artistic Director/CEO, Kate Maguire is proud to announce programming for the first half of 2012. Some highlights include Travis Tritt, Colin Hay, Bettye LaVette, Turtle Island Quartet, Tarbox Ramblers, BeauSoleil avec Michael Ducet, Danu, Jay Ungar & Molly Mason, Ahmad Jamal, Carrie Newcomer, The Bronx Wanderers and Rhythmic Circus. With acts that feature country music, folk music, magic, tap dance, comedy and much more, Berkshire Theatre Group has a diverse blend of offerings.