Luna Stage continues the second season of its jazz series, 'Music In The Moonlight: An Intimate Evening of Jazz', tonight, February 10th at 7pm with a one-night only concert by acclaimed pianist and vocalist Daniela Schachter. The Linden, NJ-based pianist, vocalist, composer and arranger will be joined at Luna Stage by tenor saxophonist Joel Frahm, bassist Steve La Spina and drummer George Schuller to present 'Jazz and the American Songbook: The Music of Johnny Burke and Jimmy Van Heusen.'
Irish Repertory Theatre, in association with Fallen Angel Theatre Company, Inc., announces a two-week extension of the U.S. premiere of AIRSWIMMING by Charlotte Jones, the award-winning author of HUMBLE BOY, with performances now set to run through February 17, in Irish Repertory Theatre Company's W. Scott McLucas Studio Theatre (132 West 22nd Street). John Keating directs.
Irish Repertory Theatre continues its 25th Anniversary Season with DONNYBROOK! -a musical based on the movie 'The Quiet Man,' with music and lyrics by Johnny Burke and book by Robert E. McEnroe-with previews set to begin February 7, prior to its official Off-Broadway opening on Sunday, February 17 on the company's Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage Theatre (132 West 22nd Street). Charlotte Moore (2012 Callaway Award finalist for DANCING AT LUGHNASA) directs.
Luna Stage continues the second season of its jazz series, 'Music In The Moonlight: An Intimate Evening of Jazz', on Sunday February 10th at 7pm with a one-night only concert by acclaimed pianist and vocalist Daniela Schachter. The Linden, NJ-based pianist, vocalist, composer and arranger will be joined at Luna Stage by tenor saxophonist Joel Frahm, bassist Steve La Spina and drummer George Schuller to present 'Jazz and the American Songbook: The Music of Johnny Burke and Jimmy Van Heusen.'
The popular revue with music and lyrics by Johnny Burke is described as 'a dazzling, toe-tapping, finger-snapping delight' featuring over 40 American standards.
With only three shows remaining in its 2011-2012 Main Stage Series, West Hartford's Playhouse on Park is offering a special deal! Until June 3rd, 2012, when you purchase tickets to 2 of the theater's 3 remaining productions, you will received a ticket to the remaining show FREE.
Equally at home in the world of jazz and cabaret, singer/pianist Daryl Sherman is internationally acclaimed for a stellar 14-year run at the Waldorf-Astoria where she played Cole Porter's Steinway. Last June, she headlined the annual Cole Porter Festival in his hometown of Peru, IN. Sherman has performed at The Algonquin's Oak Room where the Village Voice touted her as 'someone who fits the room like Derek Jeter fits the Yankees.' She's also worked at Feinstein's, Rose Hall with Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Dizzy's Coca Cola and 59E59 Theaters where she was lauded for her band singer role in a centennial tribute to Artie Shaw.
The fact that Jonathan Larson won two posthumous Tony Award for writing and composing Rent is certainly bittersweet, but the fact that for one of those awards he bested the also posthumously nominated Rodgers and Hammerstein is just plain weird. But the last-minute addition of Rent to the 1995-96 Broadway season seemed to be the catalyst for one the oddest Tony nights ever.
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!!! Catalina Bar & Grill will present a performance of the critically acclaimed CD of romantic ballads, "CORKY HALE…AND FRIENDS - I'M GLAD THERE IS YOU," featuring Corky Hale, Jazz pianist, harpist and singer with her friends, singers Sally Kellerman, Ariana Savalas, Tricia Tahara and Brenna Whitaker for One Night Only!!!
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!!! Catalina Bar & Grill will present a performance of the critically acclaimed CD of romantic ballads, "CORKY HALE…AND FRIENDS - I'M GLAD THERE IS YOU," featuring Corky Hale, Jazz pianist, harpist and singer with her friends, singers Sally Kellerman, Ariana Savalas, Tricia Tahara and Brenna Whitaker for One Night Only!!!
Stage veteran Lewis Cleale has joined the cast of THE BOOK OF MORMON, the first Broadway musical from the creators of 'South Park'. The production opens on Broadway on Thursday, March 24, 2011 at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre (230 West 49th Street). Previews begin on February 24, 2011.
Jane Scheckter's 'The Moon, the Stars, Albert Einstein and Love' at the Metropolitan Room Five Nights: November 8, 9, 15, 16 and 17. Accompanied by Tedd Firth, Tom Hubbard and Peter Grant. Jane Scheckter's program features heavenly-inspired songs by the great songwriters of the Twentieth Century http://www.nonprofitenginesite.com/images/Scheckter-Headshot-Small.jpg
Executive Producer Lou Spisto today announced the cast and creative team for the World Premiere of Robin and the 7 Hoods - A New Musical featuring a book by Tony Award winner Rupert Holmes and songs by four-time Academy Award winners Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen.
Catalina Bar & Grill will present a performance of a new critically acclaimed CD of romantic ballads, 'CORKY HALE...AND FRIENDS - I'M GLAD THERE IS YOU,' featuring Corky Hale, the world renowned Jazz pianist, harpist and singer with her friends, singers Sally Kellerman, Freda Payne, Ariana Savalas, Tricia Tahara and Brenna Whitaker for One Night Only!!!
Executive Producer Lou Spisto today announced the cast and creative team for the World Premiere of Robin and the 7 Hoods - A New Musical featuring a book by Tony Award winner Rupert Holmes and songs by four-time Academy Award winners Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen.
Catalina Bar & Grill will present a performance of a new critically acclaimed CD of romantic ballads, 'CORKY HALE...AND FRIENDS - I'M GLAD THERE IS YOU,' featuring Corky Hale, the world renowned Jazz pianist, harpist and singer with her friends, singers Sally Kellerman, Freda Payne, Ariana Savalas, Tricia Tahara and Brenna Whitaker for One Night Only!!!
CHESKY RECORDS will be releasing Invitation [SACD348], the debut album of vocalist, Beat Kaestli, on April 13, 2010. Beat Kaestli will celebrate the release of his CHESKY RECORDS debut, Invitation [SACD348], with a show at Birdland Jazz Club on Thursday, April 29th, 2010 at 6 pm. Invitation [SACD348] features Billy Drummond on drums, Jay Leonhart on bass, Paul Meyers on guitar, Joel Frahm on saxophone and Kenny Rampton on Trumpet. Invitation [SACD348] marks the first release for CHESKY RECORDS in 2010.
