Larry Gatlin News

As the backdrop to countless movies both new and old, New York City occupies a prominent place in film history-and now, NYC & Company, the City's official marketing, tourism and partnership organization, is offering residents and visitors the chance to participate in the first-ever official live Oscars® screening, as well as in activities and programming leading up to it from March 1 to 7.

Celebrated cabaret performer Jamie deRoy presents a special evening of her Multi-MAC Award-winning variety show, Jamie de Roy & Friends on Sunday, February 28th at 6pm at the famed New York music room Birdland (315 West 44th Street) with an evening of songs from Academy Award®-winning Films.

Christian Hoff, 2006 Tony Award winner for Jersey Boys, will be making a special appearance in Rockers on Broadway-Rocks to Rebuild at BB Kings on Monday, March 1. Hoff will join other Jersey Boys original castmembers J. Robert Spencer, Tituss Burgess, Donnie Kehr and Sara Schmidt at the star studded event.

Conveniently located in the heart of Times Square near Penn Station and Port Authority, The B.B. King Blues Club & Grill offers music fans a unique experience. Owned by the Bensusan Family, proprietors of the world renowned Blue Note Jazz Club, the club features world-class musical talent and consists of two distinct spaces: the Showcase Room & Lucille's Grill.

The producing team of the Broadway smash hit THE COLOR PURPLE, The Musical about Love, is proud to announce that the Tennessee Performing Arts Center will host the national touring production of THE COLOR PURPLE for eight performances, March 23-28, 2010.

Tom Andersen, Scott Coulter and Tim Di Pasqua will perform their award-winning show, 'Southern Comfort: A Down-Home Country Music Jamboree!,' on Friday, March 12, at 7 p.m. at the Schwartz Center for the Arts, 226 S. State St. in Dover, Delaware. The trio will sing classic and contemporary hits by Glen Campbell, Patsy Cline, Vince Gill, George Jones, Alan Jackson, k.d. lang, Dolly Parton, Randy Travis and Hank Williams.

Alley Theatre's world premiere of the new musical Wonderland will close on Sunday, February 14.

Moved to action by the troubles facing Haiti's orphaned and injured children after January's devastating earthquake, BB KING BLUES CLUB and THE PATH FUND have joined forces and will be donating 100% of the proceeds of this special benefit concert to UNICEF and Save the Children, organizations working in Haiti to provide safe havens for the thousands of children left homeless by the earthquake.

The 8th Annual Nightlife Awards, hosted by Emmy Award winner Bruce Vilanch, will celebrate the most outstanding performances this past year in cabaret, comedy and jazz in the clubs of New York City. The show will take place at Town Hall on Monday, January 25th (curtain at 7 PM).

The multiple Emmy-Award winning Bruce Vilanch has been announced as the host of the 8th Annual Nightlife Awards at The Town Hall.

Pace University's Pace New Musicals Program, now in it's fourth year, is a workshop initiative that offers students the invaluable opportunity take part in the developmental process of new material with up-and coming writers.

The producing team of the Broadway smash hit THE COLOR PURPLE, The Musical about Love, is proud to announce that Omaha will host the national touringproduction of THE COLOR PURPLE for eight performances, March 16 through 21.

Alley Theatre presents the world premiere of the new musical Wonderland about Alice, a children's book writer in Manhattan who is suffering through a creative block, estranged from her husband and alienated from her daughter. It takes a trip to a strange-yet-familiar Wonderland for her to regain her life's balance and again find the love and everyday magic that reside in us all - if we know how to look. With a book by Alley Theatre Artistic Director Gregory Boyd and Jack Murphy (The Civil War), lyrics by Jack Murphy, music by Frank Wildhorn (Jekyll & Hyde, The Scarlett Pimpernel, The Civil War), and directed by Gregory Boyd, Wonderland begins previews Friday, January 15, opens officially Wednesday, January 20 and runs through Sunday, February 14.

Quanah is the musical journey of Comanche chief Quanah Parker and his mother, Cynthia Ann Parker, who was kidnapped as a girl and raised by the Comanches as one of their own. It is about Christians, Comanches and Texas Rangers; killing and heartbreak and heroes; and how Quanah came to lead his people from the prairie to The White Man's Road.

Pace University's Pace New Musicals Program, now in it's fourth year, is a workshop initiative that offers students the invaluable opportunity take part in the developmental process of new material with up-and coming writers.

Quanah is the musical journey of Comanche chief Quanah Parker and his mother, Cynthia Ann Parker, who was kidnapped as a girl and raised by the Comanches as one of their own. It is about Christians, Comanches and Texas Rangers; killing and heartbreak and heroes; and how Quanah came to lead his people from the prairie to The White Man's Road.

On Sunday, January 10 at the China Club Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, Robert Schenkkan, and composer/lyricist Neil Berg presented an industry showcase of their new musical THE 12. Produced by Adam Friedson and Left Feild Productions, this musical showcase is a preview to its premiere production at the Broward Center this upcoming spring. The showcase, part of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters conference, was directed by Richard Seyd.

The producing team of the Broadway smash hit THE COLOR PURPLE, The Musical about Love, are proud to announce that Grand Rapids will host the national touring production of THE COLOR PURPLE for 8 performances, March 30-April 4, 2010.

First came Hair, then, Jesus Christ Superstar -- which led to Rent and Spring Awakening. Now comes THE 12, written by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, Robert Schenkkan, with music, lyrics and story concept by award winning composer, Neil Berg. On January 10, Adam Friedson and Left Feild Productions will present a a showcase of this new musical as a preview to it's premiere production at the Broward Center this upcoming spring. The showcase, part of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters conference, is directed by Richard Seyd and Produced by Adam Friedson and Left Field Productions.