George W. Bush News

A night of laughter is in store as top comedians Billy Gardell, T.J. Miller, Frank Caliendo and more join forces for the 24/7 ComedyFest at the Orleans Arena on April 23.  

Having recently added a 2016 Bistro Award for “Commanding Cabaret Artistry” to her list of accolades (including a Tony nomination and Theater World Award for her 1989 Broadway debut in Starmites), Sharon McNight belted and growled her way through Songs to Offend Almost Everyone at the second of her two shows at the Duplex (March 10). If Mae West and George Carlin had by some miracle produced a daughter and Elaine Stritch was the child's nanny, she would have grown up sounding like McNight.

It seems like a howling musical about disaffected citizens rising up could be perfectly adapted for our confounding political times.

Academy-, Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning actress Helen Hunt ('As Good As It Gets,' 'The Sessions,' 'Mad About You'), Academy- and Golden Globe Award-winning actor Richard Dreyfuss ('The Goodbye Girl,' 'Jaws,' 'Madoff,' 'Mr. Holland's Opus') and Stephen Moyer ('The Bastard Executioner,' 'True Blood') have been cast in lead roles in SHOTS FIRED.

Introduced to the world internationally as a member of the renowned Irish Tenors, Ronan Tynan is known for his unique voice and irresistible appeal. His incredible repertoire will be on display at the State Theatre on Friday, April 15.

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) located at 1 Center Street in Newark, New Jersey, announces some new shows -- see Classic Rock Legend Todd Rundgren performing with The Tubes Ft. Free Waybill on Friday May 27, 2016 8PM and back by popular demand its Comedian & WBLS Radio Host EARTHQUAKE and the annual Father's Day Celebration Sunday, June 21, 2016 6PM. 

MirandaMania has hit D.C. hard and a reporter asks the musical theatre scribe for his opinion on how Aaron Burr would feel about Donald Trump.

The award-winning drama program at Hanover High School will bring the Gothic thriller Jekyll & Hyde to the stage for its spring musical.

YALE REPERTORY THEATRE announces its 50th Anniversary Season, which will include three world premieres commissioned by Yale Rep and two contemporary masterpieces.

'The personal is political,' wrote radical feminist Carol Hanisch. Next Iteration Theater Company explores this concept in theatrical form with its world premiere of THE BABY, a political and family drama by Houston and London-based playwright Lisa Boss Omlie.

Telemundo announced today it signed a multi-year agreement with international media icon Mario Kreutzberger, better known for his stage name “Don Francisco.”

  The producers of the Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof announce that ITZHAK PERLMAN, the reigning virtuoso of the violin, has recorded a special bonus track for the upcoming New Broadway Cast Album of Fiddler on the Roof.  PERLMAN has recorded 'Excerpts from Fiddler on the Roof' arranged by John Williams.

The Get Motivated! Seminar, an energetic, entertaining and informative business event, world famous for its iconic speakers and remarkable stage production, has announced new U.S. dates through April, 2016

The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at the University of British Columbia (UBC) presents renowned jazz vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater with Irvin Mayfield and his New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (NOJO), February 27, 2016 at 8pm in the Chan Shun Concert Hall.

The Edinburgh Festival hit and critically acclaimed BIGMOUTH has finally landed in Canada with its Canadian premiere at the Panasonic Theatre. Belgian actor Valentijn Dhaenens seamlessly weaves together iconic speeches from the past 2,500 years. BIGMOUTH illustrates the profound power of rhetoric and communication; how powerful speeches can influence history. From Pericles to George W. Bush, Dhaenens takes the audience on a powerful journey through time only using one thing - his mouth.

?The Stella Adler Academy & Theatre will begin its 2016 Series-  Artists At Adler with award-winning playwright Patricia Goldstone at The Stella Adler Theatre 6773 Hollywood Blvd. 2nd Floor, 90028).  ONE APPEARANCE ONLY.   Info:  www.stellaadler-la.com

Foxwoods Resort Casino, the Northeast's premier entertainment, gaming, shopping and hotel destination, is hosting a star-studded lineup of entertainment acts this January.

Award-winning singer and PBS/WNET and NY affiliates Host for Andrea Bocelli 'Live From Central Park' and 'Il Volo Takes Flight' CRISTINA FONTANELLI brings her program of Italy's best-loved songs, arias, Neapolitan and Christmas classics during her 12th-Annual 'Christmas In Italy®' show at the NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts today, December 19 at 3:00.

Speeches throughout history have attempted to exhort masses to rebellion or to war; to raise the dead, praise the dead, or to comfort their families. In BIGMOUTH, world-wide sensation, Belgian artist, Valentijn Dhaenens takes portions of these speeches and emphasizes their importance through use of his incredible dialect and phrasing. Brace yourself for an exciting evening of startling intensity hailed as "brilliant... a fascinating experience" by The Guardian and "unnerving and thought provoking" by Times. Dhaenens expertly interprets fragments of speeches from George W. Bush, Martin Luther King, Josef Goebbels, Robert Kennedy, JFK, Muhammad Ali and Osama bin Laden.

The Public Theater announced complete casting today for the world premiere three-play cycle THE GABRIELS: Election Year in the Life of One Family, written and directed by Richard Nelson. Featuring the same core acting company for all three productions, Play One: HUNGRY, will begin previews on Saturday, February 27 and run through, Sunday, March 20, with an official press opening on Friday, March 4, 2016. The second play, WHAT DID YOU EXPECT?, will premiere in September and the final play in the new cycle, WOMEN OF A CERTAIN AGE, will open on election night, November 8, 2016.