Marilyn News

In celebration of the musicals' relaunch, Lyn Paul returns for her farewell tour in the iconic role of Mrs Johnstone, which she first made her own in London's West End. 

The Golden Girls meets the Odd Couple! RIPCORD is a hilarious  comedy of two elderly women thrown together by a wicked sense of humor. The production will begin performances in October at Cyranos.

Theatre 40 celebrates its 55th Anniversary season with the world premiere of Marilyn Anderson’s AS GOOD AS GOLD September 16, 2021. Got the chance to chat with David Hunt Stafford, Theatre 40’s artistic and managing director on Theatre 40’s history and plans for the future.

There is something for everyone in this series of sketches from The Carol Burnett Show. While it will take older audiences on a nostalgic journey, younger audiences will enjoy the rapid-fire comedy. A show for audiences who enjoy sketch comedy, improv, and shows like Saturday Night Live, The Carol Burnett Show at Gettysburg Community Theatre will tickle the funny bone and give everyone a much-needed laugh.

Billy Stritch has always embodied a suave elegance that evokes another era before tuxedos were replaced by ripped jeans and before cocktail hour was replaced by Netflix binges. His encyclopedic knowledge of The Great American Songbook is prodigious. He not only knows all the songs, he knows the history of them all. He is as stylish as the great pianists of that era: Oscar Peterson, Marion McPartland, Teddy Wilson, Art Tatum, and Dave Grusin. He is the upholder of a tradition that includes Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Doris Day, and Mel Tormé.

Hollywood Museum founder Donelle Dadigan headed a re-opening ceremony of her Hollywood Museum August 4, 2021; commemorating the donated additional props from Bill and Patrick Shea to the Back to the Future Part I, II, III exhibit. On behalf of the Museum and the Shea father and son, Donelle presented a $5,000 check to the Michael J. Fox Foundation, which Michael accepted via video.

On Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 7:30pm, the pioneering International Contemporary Ensemble and composer and multi-instrumentalist Tyshawn Sorey will be presented as part of NYC FREE, a new one-time-only multidisciplinary festival at Little Island. The Ensemble and Sorey will perform the composer's 45-minute Autoschediasms.

Songwriters include Burt Bacharach and Hal David, Carole King, Randy Newman, Michel Legrand, Alan & Marilyn Bergman, Paul Williams, and Barry Gibb

Legendary icon, Barbra Streisand, recently announced that her new album, Release Me 2, will be available on Friday, August 6th. Streisand's first Release Me album debuted in September 2012, and contained tracks recorded between her 1967 Simply Streisand and 2011 What Matters Most albums. Featuring a personal collection of songs, written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, Barry Gibb, Paul Williams, Randy Newman, Michel Legrand and Alan & Marilyn Bergman, Harold Arlen and Carole King, this 10-track compilation brilliantly showcases the vulnerability and beauty of the human spirit – chock full of honest truths and gratitude for the simple pleasures.

What could be better than an evening of music by The Bergmans? Having the music be sung by Marieann Meringolo.

Actors Theatre of Indiana is proud to present 'A Night with Billy Stritch - 'Billy's Place'' as the next in the ATI LIVE at Feinstein's shows.

Over the next five weeks alone, between now and Labor Day weekend, The Art House and Town Hall in Provincetown will host a “who’s who” constellation of Broadway award-winners and music & comedy all-stars with no less than sixteen individual shows opening across the two venues’ three stages.

The 68th episode of Jim Caruso's Pajama Cast Party will air on it's new day, Wednesday, August 4 at 8pm ET, and will feature lively chat and performances by Broadway leading man, talk show host and producer Patrick Cassidy, singer/social environmentalist Rhonda Ross and the wild and hilarious host of 'The Lineup,' Susie Mosher!

Austin's oldest film festival, aGLIFF (All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities Film Festival) announces the official program selections for PRISM 34 running August 26 – September 6, 2021 in hybrid form, both in-person and online.

Feinstein’s/54 Below is pleased to announce that it will begin streaming its programming on an ongoing basis. “Live from Feinstein’s/54 Below” will feature LIVE performances of current shows on the calendar, streamed directly from Broadway’s Living Room.

Gloria Swansong is an illusionist with a big following and a big task. Her followers are joining her at The Q on Tuesday nights to see her live up to the task: becoming Judy Garland before their very eyes.

Holmdel Theatre Company has announced tickets are now on sale for the next installment of their 2021 Broadway At the Barn series with CHRISTINA BIANCO: Me, Myself, and Everyone Else on Saturday, September 18 at 8 PM ET.

Contra Costa Civic Theatre (CCCT) today announced plans to reopen the theatre to live in-person performances as its 62nd season begins October 1.

Fleitman & Bassett, whose music has appeared in ALNM concerts three times, will look back at clips from the archives as well as premiering a brand new work for viewers! Join the conversation live on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitch beginning at 7:00 PM PT.

New York nightlife is making a slow and steady return to the City that Never Sleeps. One of the city's most famous jazz institutions, Birdland is making a long-anticipated return to live performances next week with one of New York's most elegant and beloved piano men, Billy Stritch. Birdland has been Stritch's artistic home base for nearly two decades. He has played for some of the biggest names in show business and has been a staple of Monday nights at Jim Caruso's CAST PARTY.