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After My Leonard Cohen, the sold out smash hit of the 2017 Adelaide Fringe, multi-award winning performer, composer and artistic director Stewart D'Arrietta returns to Adelaide with the world premiere of his latest work, 'Belly Of A Drunken Piano'.
Stage and screen icon Kathleen Turner makes her Cafe Carlyle debut with Finding My Voice, May 22-June 2. In Finding My Voice, Turner lends her trademark husky voice to classic songs from the Great American Songbook and shares personal anecdotes and stories from her celebrated career.
LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE just announced the fifth show in its 97th season, Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner MELANIE GRIFFITH starring as Mrs. Robinson in THE GRADUATE, adapted by Terry Johnson, based on the novel by Charles Webb and the screenplay by Buck Henry and Calder Willingham and directed by Ovation Award-winner Michael Matthews (Twelve Angry Men, Billy & Ray). Executive Director Ellen Richard comments, We are just thrilled to welcome Melanie Griffith to the Laguna Playhouse in one of the most iconic roles of all time Mrs. Robinson. Adds Artistic Director Ann E. Wareham. We have been trying to seduce Melanie to perform on our stage for quite some time. We are overjoyed that she has said yes and know our subscribers and audiences will be utterly mesmerized by her return to the stage under the inspired direction of Michael Matthews! THE GRADUATE will begin previews on Wednesday, February 21; will open on Sunday, March 4 at 5:30pm and perform through Sunday, March 18, 2018 at the Laguna Playhouse, 606 Laguna Canyon Drive in Laguna Beach.
In conjunction with the exhibitions Josef Albers in Mexico and Danh Vo: Take My Breath Away, the Guggenheim Museum presents the following public programs and film series, as well as the thirtieth annual Hilla Rebay Lecture and eighth annual Robert Rosenblum Lecture.
Maltz Jupiter Theatre welcomes you to the 60's with their production of the musical Hairspray. Featuring music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman and Shaiman and a book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, the musical is based on the 1988 John Waters film of the same name.
You can't stop the beat in the Maltz Jupiter Theatre's big and bold Broadway blockbuster about one girl's inspiring dream to dance!
With the phenomenal success of the recent UK, Hairspray is back on the road touring the length and breadth of the UK and Ireland. Starring ITV comedy legend, Norman Pace, the production opened on 16th August to incredible public and critical acclaim and will go on to tour over 30 more venues across until June 2018.
Based on the 1988 film by John Waters, Hairspray tells the tuneful story of Tracy Turnblad, who has never been part of the 'in' crowd until winning a coveted spot on the local TV dance program, The Corny Collins Show, where she becomes a teen idol and an overnight sensation in Baltimore. Tracy quickly becomes a trendsetter and uses her popularity to help change the show's segregation policy.
Just in time for Valentine's Day, Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts presents A Date With John Waters on Tuesday, Feb. 13, at 7:30 p.m.
You can't stop the beat in the Maltz Jupiter Theatre's big and bold Broadway blockbuster about one girl's inspiring dream to dance! Onstage January 9 through 28, the smash hit musical Hairspray kicks off the New Year at the Theatre. The musical takes place in 1962 Baltimore, where Tracy Turnblad a girl with big hair and an even bigger heart is on a mission to dance her way onto national TV. When her dream comes true on the Corny Collins Show, Tracy transforms from social outcast to teen superstar and sets out to integrate the show.
Renowned for writing some of the most compelling documentaries in television history, Geoffrey C. Ward will be honored with the Writers Guild of America, East's Ian McLellan Hunter Award for Career Achievement at the 70th annual Writers Guild Awards, which will be held at New York's Edison Ballroom on Sunday, February 11, 2018.
Steve Abrams and Kicky Productions announce that a brand new cabaret-concert, Lettin' the Good Times Roll featuring the dynamic duo, E. Faye Butler, Felicia P. Fields and a host of renowned musicians in a very special limited engagement for 9 performances at The Biograph Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln Avenue in Chicago.
Steve Abrams and Kicky Productions announce that a brand new cabaret-concert, Lettin' the Good Times Roll featuring the dynamic duo, E. Faye Butler, Felicia P. Fields and a host of renowned musicians in a very special limited engagement for 9 performances at The Biograph Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln Avenue in Chicago.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts has announced events for February 2018. See the full schedule below:
Afterglow Festival and OBERON continues its collaborative series Glowberon at the American Repertory Theater's second stage and club theater venue on the fringe of Harvard Square, OBERON.
Nick Kroll and John Mulaney, the stars of Broadway's OH HELLO! are returning as SPIRIT AWARDS hosts for the second year in a row. The show will air on IFC on Saturday, March 3 at 2:00 pm PT/5:00 pm ET.
See the full 42nd season lineup at the Noel S. Ruiz Theater below!
Due to phenomenal public demand, Hairspray has today announced it will continue to tour the UK into August of next year.
Tonight, November 7, 2017, the Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) will host its annual New York Fall Gala at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. This year's gala commemorates the Foundation's 25th year and honors Founder Sir Elton John.
Afterglow Festival and OBERON continues its collaborative series Glowberon at the American Repertory Theater's second stage and club theater venue on the fringe of Harvard Square, OBERON.
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