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Broadway's Carols for a Cure, Vol. 12 Adds PROMISES, PROMISES & RAIN Casts

Two more casts have added their voices to Broadway's Carols for a Cure, the annual holiday music CD benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA). Promises, Promises cast members sing 'Oh Come, Oh Come Emmanuel,' and Joey Curatolo, who plays Paul McCartney in RAIN - A Tribute To The Beatles On Broadway, wrote and recorded an original song 'Wishing You a Very Merry Christmas.'

BONNIE & CLYDE, LA BETE, DEATHTRAP et al. Set for Asolo Rep's New Season

Michael Donald Edwards, Asolo Repertory Theatre's producing artistic director, announced today his selections for the 2010-2011 season. A major highlight of Asolo Rep's 52nd season is the pre-Broadway try-out production of Bonnie & Clyde opening on November 19, 2010.

JACK FROM ABOVE Set For Kennedy Center; Special VSA Perfs Offered 9/30, 10/1

VSA (The International Organization on Arts and Disability), an affiliate of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, presents as special abridged version of JACK FROM ABOVE -- a new play performed by Tony Award-winning director Jack Hofsiss (THE ELEPHANT MAN) chronicling his life-changing experiences following a near-fatal diving accident -- for two performances only at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts' Family Theatre in Washington, DC (2700 F Street NW) on Thursday, September 30 and Friday, October 1 at 7:30pm.

Photo Coverage: PROMISES Sings 'Carols for a Cure'

Broadway headliners are coming in droves to record the 2010 Broadway's Carols for a Cure, the annual holiday CD benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA). Featured voices include Bernadette Peters and the cast and orchestra from A Little Night Music, Kelsey Grammer, Douglas Hodge, Christine Andreas and the cast of Tony Award winning La Cage aux Folles; Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley, from Next to Normal; plus the casts from Memphis, Wicked, Elf, and In the Heights. Jackie Hoffman and the cast of The Addams Family sing 'It's Chanukah,' a Jackie Hoffman/Lon Hoyt original song written during their time together at Hairspray.

RIALTO CHATTER FOLLIES Update: Cattrall, Dossett Out; Paige & Lavin In?

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced back in August that Bernadette Peters will star as Sally Durant Plummer in the Kennedy Center production of Follies in the Eisenhower Theater May 7 to June 5, 2011. Additionally, BroadwayWorld.com had heard that starring alongside Peters could be Sex and the City star and Golden Globe winner Kim Cattrall as Phyllis, Danny Burstein as Buddy and John Dossett as Ben, all of whom were cast and were then in contract negotiations. We've now heard from reliable sources that neither Cattrall or Dossett were able to work out their contract deals for the production and that both sides have moved in. Now said to be in talks? First lady of the British Musical Theatre Elaine Paige and Linda Lavin, who was most recently a 2010 Tony nominee for Collected Stories. More information to come soon...

Irish Rep's THE IRISH...AND HOW THEY GOT THAT WAY to Close 9/26

The Irish Repertory Theatre's hit revival THE IRISH...AND HOW THEY GOT THAT WAY by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Frank McCourt ('Angela's Ashes') will close on September 26, 2010. The production is Directed by Charlotte Moore, who helmed the recent Broadway concert version of BRIGADOON.

Samuel Brett Wiilliams' THE REVIVAL Ignites Theatre Row Thru 9/25

Project Y Theatre presents the World Premiere of THE REVIVAL, written by Samuel Brett Williams and directed by Michole Biancosino. THE REVIVAL begins previews on Thursday, September 9 for a limited engagement through Saturday, September 25.

REVIVAL Closes at Theatre Row, 9/25

Project Y Theatre presents the World Premiere of REVIVAL, written by Samuel Brett Williams and directed by Michole Biancosino.

Peters, Grammer, Hodge & More Set for CAROLS FOR A CURE; Track List Released

Broadway headliners are coming in droves to record the 2010 Broadway's Carols for a Cure, the annual holiday CD benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA). Featured voices include Bernadette Peters and the cast and orchestra from A Little Night Music, Kelsey Grammer, Douglas Hodge, Christine Andreas and the cast of Tony Award winning La Cage aux Folles; Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley, from Next to Normal; plus the casts from Memphis, Wicked, Elf, and In the Heights. Jackie Hoffman and the cast of The Addams Family sing 'It's Chanukah,' a Jackie Hoffman/Lon Hoyt original song written during their time together at Hairspray.

Renowned Tenor Anthony Kearns Begins Benefit Tour for Children

This month, Anthony Kearns, a founding member of The Irish Tenors, begins a unique concert tour to help improve education for children across the U.S. The tour will feature Kearns singing favorite songs of Ireland, Broadway and operas in San Francisco, CA (September 23), Long Beach, CA (September 26), Columbus, OH (October 21), and Wilton, CT (October 23). The concert tour, sponsored by Wexford Institute, continues in Spring 2011.

The Philadelphia Orchestra Kicks Off 2010-11 Cultural Season

Chief Conductor Charles Dutoit and The Philadelphia Orchestra, who are celebrating 30 magnificent years of musical collaboration together in 2010, kick off Philadelphia's cultural season with the Opening Concert and Gala of the Orchestra's 111th season on Thursday, September 23, 2010, at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts.

Kennedy Center Presents Chekhov Int'l's THREE SISTERS and TWELFTH NIGHT

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts presents theChekhov International Theatre Festival productions of Three Sisters on October 19 and 20 at 7:30p.m. and Twelfth Night on October 22 and 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the Kennedy Center EisenhowerTheater.

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