Leonardo News

Weekend movie box office estimates: August 13 - August 15, 2010.

Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director) opens it's latest production, TRUST, starring Zach Braff, Bobby Cannavale, Sutton Foster, and Ari Graynor tonight, August 12. TRUST is written by Paul Weitz and directed by Peter DuBois. Mr. Weitz returns to Second Stage Theatre, where his plays Privilege and Show People premiered in 2005 and 2006, respectively. Directed by Peter DuBois, who staged Second Stage's acclaimed production of Becky Shaw, TRUST began previews on Friday, July 23 at Second Stage Theatre (305 West 43rd street). The production runs through September 5.

THE ARABIAN NIGHTS will play only 24 performances between December 11 and December 30. Tickets are on sale now exclusively to Berkeley Rep's subscribers and donors. Seats go on sale to the general public later this fall.

Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director) has announced that Tony Award nominee JAN MAXWELL will star in Arthur Kopit's acclaimed play WINGS this fall. Directed by Tony Award winner John Doyle (Sweeney Todd, Company), WINGS will begin previews at Second Stage Theatre (305 West 43rd street) on Tuesday, October 5. The production will officially open on Sunday, October 24.

Weekend movie box office update: August 6 - August 8, 2010.

TEEN CHOICE 2010, the annual special that celebrates the year's hottest teen icons in film, television, music, sports and fashion, will air Monday, August 9 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

Weekend movie box office estimates: August 6 - August 8, 2010.

Speranza Theatre Company invites you to World Premiere of THE AWESOME DANCE by Nick Starr. The production, directed by Malinda Sorci, marks the NY stage debut of Dileep Rao (Inception, Avatar, Drag Me To Hell). Performances run September 2 - 26 at The Cherry Pit is located at 155 Bank Street between West & Washington Streets.

The final opening for the Hope Summer Repertory Theatre is A Year with Frog and Toad based on Arnold Lobel's collection of children's stories on Monday, August 2nd at the Knickerbocker Theatre at 8:00 p.m. Book and lyrics are by Willie Reale and music is by Robert Reale.

Weekend movie box office estimates: July 30 - August 1, 2010.

You may get a sugar high from Bravo's sweetest new series, 'Top Chef Just Desserts' - a spin-off of the 2010 Primetime Emmy-nominated and James Beard Award-winning 'Top Chef,' premiering Wednesday, September 15 at 11 p.m. ET/PT, and moving into its regular timeslot of 10 p.m. on Wednesday, September 22. These chefs can have their cake and make it too as the main focus of this competition is the Achilles heel of most chefs: desserts. This time the pastry chefs will see if they have what it takes to out flambe, out frost and out fudge the competition. Gail Simmons, a series judge on 'Top Chef' for the past seven seasons, takes on the hosting duties of this highly competitive series showcasing the best of the best in the world of pastry arts. Joining the judges' panel as head judge is Johnny Iuzzini, one of the country's most celebrated and innovative pastry chefs and Executive Pastry Chef at Restaurant Jean Georges. Hubert Keller, critically acclaimed chef as well as guest judge on 'Top Chef' and finalist on 'Top Chef Masters,' and Dannielle Kyrillos, entertaining expert and DailyCandy Editor-at-Large will also serve as regular judges for the series.

The final opening for the Hope Summer Repertory Theatre is A Year with Frog and Toad based on Arnold Lobel's collection of children's stories on Monday, August 2nd at the Knickerbocker Theatre at 8:00 p.m. Book and lyrics are by Willie Reale and music is by Robert Reale.

Weekend movie box office estimates: July 23 - July 25, 2010.

Starz Entertainment has acquired U.S. television rights to TANDEM Communications' ground-breaking eight-hour television adaptation of Ken Follett's bestselling novel 'The Pillars of the Earth.' Starz kicks-off with a two-hour premiere of the series, produced by Tandem Communications, MUSE Entertainment and Ridley and Tony Scott's SCOTT FREE Films, on July 23 at 10pm et/pt. The hour-long eight-part series will air Fridays at 10pm et/pt.

Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director) has announced that Zach Braff, Bobby Cannavale, Sutton Foster, and Ari Graynor will co-star in the world premiere comedy TRUST, written by Paul Weitz, directed by Peter DuBois. Mr. Weitz returns to Second Stage Theatre, where his plays Privilege and Show People premiered in 2005 and 2006, respectively. Directed by Peter DuBois, who staged Second Stage's acclaimed production of Becky Shaw, TRUST will begin previews on Friday, July 23 at Second Stage Theatre (305 West 43rd street) and officially open on Thursday, August 12. The production runs through September 5.

Zinc Bar (82 W 3rd St, between Thompson and Sullivan) present the Leonardo Cioglia Group on Tuesday, July 20th. The sets are at 9:30 PM, 11:00 PM, and 12:30 AM. This is one of Cioglia's last performances in New York before heading to Brazil.

Weekend movie box office update: July 16 - July 18, 2010.

Leonardo Cioglia Group will play the Zinc Bar on Tuesday, July 20, 2010. Sets @ 9:30PM, 11:00PM + 12:30AM. The Zinc Bar is located at 82 W 3rd St NYC (btwn Thompson and Sullivan). For information, please call 212-477-9462 or visit http://www.zincbar.com.

Weekend movie box office estimates: July 17 - July 18, 2010.

The Prithvi Theatre of India will present THE GENIUS OF THE EAST in English on July 17, 2010 at 11:00am.