Mario Cantone News

Ryan Reynolds, Rosie Perez, and Mario Cantone join the January cast of the 2009 Drama Desk Award winner Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words at New York's Triad Theater, 158 West 72 Street. There will be three January shows: Friday, January 8 at 10:30pm and Monday, January 11 at 7:30pm and 9:30pm.

Visit the Charmin Restrooms this holiday season to help raise money for charity. In addition to providing tourists and local New Yorkers with a free, clean and family-friendly place to 'enjoy the go' this holiday season, Charmin will announce today that visitors to the Charmin Restrooms in Times Square will also 'Go for Good' to help to raise up to $50,000 for charity.

For one festive night on Sunday, December 13, Broadway came to Urban Stages to ring in the season with special arrangements of favorite holiday tunes. BroadwayWorld was there to share in the experience.

For one festive night only, Broadway will come to Urban Stages to ring in the season with special arrangements of favorite holiday tunes. The concert will be held at Urban Stages on Sunday, December 13 at 9:30pm.

Transport Group, the winner of a special 2007 Drama Desk Award and a 2007 Obie Award, honored playwright Terrence McNally and director Joe Mantello on Monday, December 7 at Asia Society and Museum during it's 2009 Gimme A Break! benefit. BroadwayWorld was on hand to capture the ceremony.

For one festive night only, Broadway will come to Urban Stages to ring in the season with special arrangements of favorite holiday tunes. The concert will be held at Urban Stages on Sunday, December 13 at 9:30pm.

The thrilling new Broadway production of RAGTIME at the Neil Simon Theatre (250 West 52 Street) officially opened yesterday, Sunday, November 15, 2009.

The critically-acclaimed show, Brand New Day, returns to the Metropolitan Room for three more shows this Fall.

Songwriter/performer Amanda Green, best known as a Larson Award winner and lyricist for the Broadway musical High Fidelity, will make a special concert appearance at Feinstein's at Loews Regency on November 1st. Green will be joined by Broadway veterans Jenn Coella, Ann Harada, Norm Lewis, and more.

The critically-acclaimed show, Brand New Day, returns to the Metropolitan Room for three more shows this Fall.

The critically-acclaimed show, Brand New Day, returns to the Metropolitan Room for three more shows this Fall.

Chance and Chemistry: A Centennial Celebration of Frank Loesser, a concert to benefit The Actors Fund took place last night, Monday, October 26, 2009 at the Minskoff Theatre.

Mario Cantone and Cookie Monster have joined Chance and Chemistry: A Centennial Celebration of Frank Loesser, a concert to benefit The Actors Fund taking place at the Minskoff Theatre on Monday, October 26, 2009 at 7:30PM.

Carolines on Broadway, 'America's Premier Comedy Nightclub,' announces its all-star line-up of talent for the month of November 2009, highlighted by headliners Mario Cantone, from HBO's 'Sex and the City,' Broadway's 'Laugh Whore' and ABC's 'The View,' November 5 - 8 (as part of the New York Comedy Festival) ; Ruperto Vanderpool, from HBO's 'P Diddy's Bad Boys of Comedy,' BET's 'Comic View' and the film 'The Cook Out,' hosts 'El Spanglish Comedy Show,' November 6 and 7 as part of the NYCF; Louis CK, from HBO's 'Lucky Louie' and the film 'The Invention of Lying,' November 8 (as part of the NYCF), and on November 25; Paul Mooney, 'Negrodamus' from Comedy Central's 'Chappelle's Show,' from Spike Lee's 'Bamboozled' and his Showtime special, 'Jesus Was Black,' November 12 -15, 19 - 22 and 26 - 29; 'The Gangster of Comedy' Capone, from BET's 'ComicView,' 'Showtime at the Apollo' and the film 'Death of a Dynasty,' November 20 - 22; and Charlie Murphy, from Comedy Central's 'Chappelle's Show' and the film 'Norbit' hosts 'Charlie Murphy and Friends,' on November 27 and 28.

Mario Cantone and Cookie Monster have joined Chance and Chemistry: A Centennial Celebration of Frank Loesser, a concert to benefit The Actors Fund taking place at the Minskoff Theatre on Monday, October 26, 2009 at 7:30PM.

Songwriter/performer Amanda Green, best known as a Larson Award winner and lyricist for the Broadway musical High Fidelity, will make a special concert appearance at Feinstein's at Loews Regency on November 1st. Green will be joined by Broadway veterans Jenn Coella, Ann Harada, Norm Lewis, and more.

The critically-acclaimed show, Brand New Day, returns to the Metropolitan Room for three more shows this Fall.

Gary Beach received the 2001 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for the role of Roger DeBris in the Broadway production of 'The Producers.' His other Broadway experiences include 'Les Miserables', 'La Cage aux Folles', 'Beauty and the Beast' (Tony nomination and Ovation Award nomination), 'Sweet Adeline' (Encores!), 'Doonesbury,' 'The Moony Shapiro Songbook', 'Annie,' 'Something's Afoot,' '1776', plus the national companies of: 'Les Misérables,' 'Legends!,' 'Lend Me a Tenor,' 'Closer than Ever,' and 'Of Thee I Sing' (Helen Hayes nomination).

The Bob Woodruff Foundation (BWF) and The New York Comedy Festival (NYCF) unite to present the third annual Stand Up for Heroes: A Benefit for the Bob Woodruff Foundation at Town Hall in New York City at 8:00 PM on Wednesday, November 4th. Brian Williams will host Stand Up for Heroes, which will feature star performances by Louis C.K., Stephen Colbert, Lisa Lampanelli, John Ondrasik, Bruce Springsteen and other surprise guests. These and other A-list entertainers have agreed to Stand Up for Heroes and ReMIND our nation that 'Support our troops' is no longer a slogan. It's an action. The evening promises unforgettable performances, laughter, and sincere gratitude, with proceeds going to the BWF.

Wishful Drinking at Broadway's Studio 54 (254 West 54th Street) celebrated its official opening last night, Sunday, October 4th, 2009. BroadwayWorld.com's cameras captured the celebrated crowd as they arrived to cheer Carrie Fisher on!