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The Norris Center for the Performing Arts Artistic Director James W. Gruessing Jr. has announced the 20010-2011 season, which boasts a full schedule of 23 productions. Titled 'Something to Sing About,' the new season lineup includes musicals, comedies, plays, magic, and music ranging from jazz, and rock to classical.

The Theatre School at DePaul University sadly announces the passing of Dr. Bella Konrath-Itkin, who died at St. Joseph¹s Hospital in the afternoon on Wednesday, February 9th at age 90. Dr. Itkin was Professor Emeritus of acting at The Theatre School at DePaul University, formerly the Goodman School of Drama, where she taught for 47 years, and directed over 200 productions, including THE SEAGULL, ROMEO AND JULIET, TOYS IN THE ATTIC, THE CHERRY ORCHARD, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE and the Chicago premiere of Tennessee Williams' ECCENTRICITIES OF A NIGHTINGALE.

Legendary stage, film and television star Dick Van Dyke brings Step In Time! A Musical Memoir to the Audrey Skirball Kenis Theatre @ the Geffen Playhouse opening December 16. He has much to say in our interview about his career and the people he's worked with.

Legendary entertainer Carol Burnett comes to the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines for an exclusive one-night-only engagement of her Q & A format, LAUGHTER AND REFLECTION WITH CAROL BURNETT: A CONVERSATION WITH CAROL WHERE THE AUDIENCE ASKS THE QUESTIONS on Wednesday, November 3, 2010.

The Norris Center for the Performing Arts Artistic Director James W. Gruessing Jr. has announced the 20010-2011 season, which boasts a full schedule of 23 productions. Titled 'Something to Sing About,' the new season lineup includes musicals, comedies, plays, magic, and music ranging from jazz, and rock to classical.

Legendary entertainer Carol Burnett comes to the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines for an exclusive one-night-only engagement of her Q & A format, LAUGHTER AND REFLECTION WITH CAROL BURNETT: A CONVERSATION WITH CAROL WHERE THE AUDIENCE ASKS THE QUESTIONS on Wednesday, November 3, 2010.

Gregory Itzin (TV's '24,' Broadway's ENRON) has been cast in a multi-episode arc on the new USA Network drama Covert Affairs.

The Norris Center for the Performing Arts Artistic Director James W. Gruessing Jr. has announced the 20010-2011 season, which boasts a full schedule of 23 productions. Titled 'Something to Sing About,' the new season lineup includes musicals, comedies, plays, magic, and music ranging from jazz, and rock to classical.

Written and produced by Academy Award®-winner* Mel Brooks, High Anxiety, History Of The World Part I and Robin Hood: Men In Tights arrive on Blu-ray Disc May 11 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Each film is available separately for the suggested retail price of $24.99 U.S./ $25.99 Canada.

Carol Burnett is a beloved comedienne and actress the world over. Highlights of her extraordinary career include the 11-season run of her hit variety show, 'The Carol Burnett Show.' In addition to her television work, Burnett also appeared in a number of feature films and Broadway productions over the years.

Carol Burnett is a beloved comedienne and actress the world over. Highlights of her extraordinary career include the 11-season run of her hit variety show, 'The Carol Burnett Show.' In addition to her television work, Burnett also appeared in a number of feature films and Broadway productions over the years.

The hit films Sunset Boulevard and What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? have so much in common. They are both set in humongous decaying Hollywood mansions inhabited by faded movie stars. Mad About the Boy Productions has very entertainingly connected the two scripts for an onstage parody @ the Macha Theatre - and has succeeded quite well in satisfying our appetite for bizarre camp.

When Sir Frederick Ashton's 'Cinderella,' with music by Sergei Prokofiev, is revived this month by the Joffrey Ballet at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, the roles of the two stepsisters will be portrayed at select performances by two dancers at very nearly the opposite ends of the career spectrum, Willy Shives and Matthew Adamcyk....

Best known as a creator of broad film farces and uproarious parodies, jack-of-all-trades Mel Brooks has been entertaining audiences for years with his wacky and absurdist humor. Now just in time for the holidays, the king of comedy's brilliant work is available for the first time in high definition in The Mel Brooks Collection on Blu-ray Disc, debuting December 15 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.

Vaudeville comes alive...as well as 'Rebecca'-esque portraits, werewolves, vampires, mummies, backstage camels, and more as the Everyman Theatre presents 'The Mystery of Irma Vep'.

Vicki Lawrence, a 12 year veteran of 'The Carol Burnett Show' and later 'Mama's Family' will bring her one-woman show to the Thrasher-Home Center in Jacksonville. The show plays tonight, October 16 at 7:30pm. The performance combines stand-up comedy, music and portrayals of her character, Mama.

Best known as a creator of broad film farces and uproarious parodies, jack-of-all-trades Mel Brooks has been entertaining audiences for years with his wacky and absurdist humor. Now just in time for the holidays, the king of comedy's brilliant work is available for the first time in high definition in The Mel Brooks Collection on Blu-ray Disc, debuting December 15 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.

Did you know that BINGO is more popular than the combined attendance of all NFL, NBA, Major League Baseball, NHL hockey, NASCAR and thoroughbred racing? And, the movie industry sold over $7 billion in movie tickets last year... however; with more people attending Bingo Halls than movie theatres in the United States, Bingo generated $10 billion in annual revenue last year in North America alone.

Did you know that BINGO is more popular than the combined attendance of all NFL, NBA, Major League Baseball, NHL hockey, NASCAR and thoroughbred racing? And, the movie industry sold over $7 billion in movie tickets last year... however; with more people attending Bingo Halls than movie theatres in the United States, Bingo generated $10 billion in annual revenue last year in North America alone.

There's something special about hearing the natural sound of human voices in the theater. They become a symphony of verbosity akin to a chamber ensemble performing in a first rate concert hall. There are nuances and colors that are to be detected without the aid of amplification. Such is the case with the Roundabout Theatre Company's production of THE PHILANTHROPIST which is currently on stage at the American Airlines Theatre.