On September 22nd, the 2008 Ovation Award Nominees were announced. Now in its 19th year, the LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards will celebrate the 168 theatre companies, 390 registered productions, and over 2,000 individual artists who participated in the September 1, 2007 to August 31, 2008 season
The Carlyle Hotel (James McBride, Managing Director) welcomes the return of John Pizzarelli & Jessica Molaskey, the gifted husband-and-wife team, as they open the fall entertainment season in the legendary Café Carlyle. Beginning Tuesday, September 9th and playing through Saturday, November 1st, Mr. & Mrs. Pizzarelli, who made their debut engagement in May 2007, will once again grace the stage to present an entertaining evening of romantic ballads and swinging jazz tunes, including songs from each of their latest recordings: 'With A Song in My Heart' (Telarc, 2008), Mr. Pizzarelli's tribute to composer Richard Rodgers, and 'A Kiss to Build a Dream On' (Arbors Records, 2008), a sophisticated collection of 15 of Ms. Molaskey's favorite tunes. Mr. Pizzarelli (guitar and vocals) will lead a quartet consisting of younger brother Martin Pizzarelli (bass), Larry Fuller (piano) and Tony Tedesco (drums).
DOUBLE PLAY CONNECTIONS, LLC & WILD BIRD PRODUCTIONS, INC. are pleased to announce the world premiere workshop production of the musical OPA!, directed by Spiro Veloudos.
The Original Broadway Cast album of 'Spring Awakening' won the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album during the pre-televised 50th Annual Grammy Awards today, Sunday February 10. Tune-in for all the winners tonight on CBS at 8PM.
On May 15th and 16th, acclaimed singer/songwriter and Broadway performer Larry Gatlin performed at the Metropolitan Room in an evening presented by Jamie deRoy & friends.
Tony Award-nominated Broadway/rock star Alice Ripley, with her band RIPLEY, will perform a 30-minute set at the Rainbow Room in Los Angeles on Wednesday, May 23rd at 9:30 PM.
Stars from popular music, Broadway, film and television will take the Carnegie Hall stage with The New York Pops in support of the orchestra and its education programs and free Summermusic concerts on Monday, April 30, 2007 at 7:00PM
Theo Bleckmann will return to Joe's Pub with 'Las Vegas Rhapsody (The Night They Invented Champagne),' with Fumio Yasuda and a string quartet led by Todd Reynolds, for one night only, on Wednesday, April 18th at 7:30pm.
The Carlyle Hotel will welcome legendary pop/jazz vocalist Keely Smith to the Café Carlyle (located in The Carlyle Hotel 35 East 76th Street at Madison Avenue) for a four-week debut engagement.
Producer Scott Siegel has announced the addition of country music legend Larry Gatlin, Jersey Boys star Daniel Reichard, Broadway favorite Charles Busch and jazz band Ben Riley's Monk Legacy Septet to the line-up of talent for the 2007 Nightlife Awards, the one and only 'All Performance Awards Show.'
Twenty-seven critics and experts voted on the best performances they saw this past year in the clubs of New York City. The results of their voting (below) leave no doubt that this year's Nightlife Awards at Town Hall on Monday, February 6th.