Genevieve News

The Abominable Showman got his due in a rousing celebration at Town Hall last week.

Members of the companies of Broadway shows including MARY POPPINS, THE LION KING, PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and others will have the opportunity to show off their hidden, behind-the-scenes talents when their handiwork is featured in the 6th annual 'ActorCrafts' fair on Saturday, November 21, 2009 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Holy Cross School (332 West 43 Street) in Manhattan.

Tales & Tricksters is a whimsical collection of stories and poems that will tickle the funny bone and delight the young at heart.

Kaufman Center and New York Festival Of Song (NYFOS, www.nyfos.org), will premiere Great American Songwriting Teams, an evening of famous and rarely-heard songs honoring the genius of America's classic collaborators, on Tuesday and Thursday November 17 and 19 at 8 PM at Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center. Merkin Concert Hall is at 129 West 67th Street (between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenues), New York, NY 10023.

Sydney Theatre Company presents TOT MOM, Created by Steven Soderbergh 18 December 2009 to 31 January 2010. Opens 23 December 2009 at 8pm Wharf 1, Sydney Theatre Company, Pier 4, Hickson Road, Walsh Bay.

The Town Hall, Broadway's landmark concert venue, presented the fifth annual Broadway Cabaret Festival, October 16th- 18th. This three-concert series, created, written an hosted by Scott Siegel, took place over one weekend and included A Tribute to David Merrick, staring Corbin Bleu of High School Musical, on Friday October 16th at 8pm, All of Me staring Linda Eder on Saturday October 17th at 8pm and Broadway Originals on Sunday October 18th at 3pm.

The Town Hall, Broadway's landmark concert venue, presented the fifth annual Broadway Cabaret Festival, October 16th- 18th. This three-concert series, created, written an hosted by Scott Siegel, took place this weekend and included A Tribute to David Merrick, staring Corbin Bleu of High School Musical, on Friday October 16th at 8pm, All of Me starring Linda Eder on Saturday October 17th at 8pm and Broadway Originals on Sunday October 18th at 3pm.

The Town Hall, Broadway's landmark concert venue, presented the fifth annual Broadway Cabaret Festival, October 16th- 18th. This three-concert series, created, written an hosted by Scott Siegel, took place over one weekend and included A Tribute to David Merrick, staring Corbin Bleu of High School Musical, on Friday October 16th at 8pm, All of Me staring Linda Eder on Saturday October 17th at 8pm and Broadway Originals on Sunday October 18th at 3pm

The New York Musical Theatre Festival and Gorgeous Entertainment will present Deep Cover, a noir musical, in performances Monday 10/2, Thursday/10/5, Friday 10/16, and Saturday 10/17 at Sweet Caroline's.

Nevermore 2009, one-man reenactments, a mock-funeral, exhibits and film festivals; Baltimore has its share of Edgar Allen Poe celebrations in this, the 200th anniversary of his birth. Single Carrot Theatre, debuting a workshop theatre space in a laboratory setting for the first time, will present a different kind of tribute altogether in the Poe Project, an interactive, process-based work derived from the writings of Poe himself.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival and Gorgeous Entertainment will present Deep Cover, a noir musical, in performances Monday 10/2, Thursday/10/5, Friday 10/16, and Saturday 10/17 at Sweet Caroline's.

Chicago Cabaret Professionals presents its eleventh anniversary Gala Benefit 2009: 'Put on Your Sunday Clothes' Honoring Karen Mason

Arts Leadership Lab invites you to A Creative Conversation on Art and Technology - Current and Possible Intersections, on Wednesday, October 7, 7 - 9 PM at Kirkland Arts Center.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival and Gorgeous Entertainment will present Deep Cover, a noir musical, in performances Monday 10/2, Thursday/10/5, Friday 10/16, and Saturday 10/17 at Sweet Caroline's.

FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed 'Best of New York' by New York Magazine and 'an invaluable New York institution' by The New York Post will continue its star-studded Fall 2009 season with the return of award-winning actress, KAREN MASON, Sunday, October 4.

Broadway star Karen Mason, whose credits include Sunset Boulevard and Hairspray, will perform a benefit concert for The Actors Fund on Sunday, October 4 at Feinstein's at the Loews Regency.

As part of the 1st Irish Theatre Festival, David Staller of the acclaimed Gingold Theatrical Group's Project Shaw series presented SUPER SHAW -- a special, one-night-only evening of wish-list Shaw on Tuesday, September 29 at 7pm at The Players Club (16 Gramercy Park South) in Manhattan.

Arts Leadership Lab invites you to A Creative Conversation on Art and Technology - Current and Possible Intersections, on Wednesday, October 7, 7 - 9 PM at Kirkland Arts Center.

One of the spring's most highly acclaimed solo shows, 'The Men I Love,' which the British singing sensation Barb Jungr premiered at the Café Carlyle in March, returns to New York for a one-week exclusive engagement at The Metropolitan Room, 34 West 22nd Street, beginning Monday September 28 at 7pm. 'The Men I Love,' which The New York Times said sparked 'a small revolution' plays a total of four performances through Saturday October 3.

BROADWAY CLASSROOM PRESENTS 'PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER' First workshop to feature West Side Story