Mario Lanza News

Further casting has been announced for the two night only concert version of the smash hit London musical Jerry Springer The Opera which will play Carnegie Hall for two nights only on January 29 and 30, 2008. Joining Harvey Keitel are Max von Essen, Emily Skinner, Linda Balgord, Lawrence Clayton, Luke Grooms, Sean Jennes, Patricia Phillips, Sam Kitchin and Laura Shoop.

Messina's 'Merging' wins Best Play in the Players Theatre's Shortened Attention Span Horror Festival.

Former 'Sopranos' star Jason Cerbone will appear in Charles Messina's new play Merging that will debut at The Players Theatre in Manhattan in October as part of the theatre's Shortened Attention Span Horror Festival.

Two-mur Humor: He's Malignant; She's Benign will premiere at The New York International Fringe Festival - Fringe NYC as a production of The Present Company, running from August 11th- August 25th.

Two-mur Humor: He's Malignant; She's Benign will premiere at The New York International Fringe Festival - Fringe NYC as a production of The Present Company, running from August 10th- August 26th.

The Metropolitan Room, the popular cabaret located at 34 W. 22nd St., has announced a partial July line-up of performers

Darren Holden, the talented singer/songwriter and stage performer, formed his own band at the age of 16 - and continues to rock as the Piano Man in the national tour of Movin' Out

The Carlyle Hotel (James McBride, Managing Director) opens the Café Carlyle 2007 Winter/Spring season with RITA MORENO 'LITTLE TRIBUTES.'

Mercury: The Life and Times of a Rock God will have its Massachusetts premiere in Provincetown from August 30th through September 2nd

Andrew Goffman will appear in the one-man show The Accidental Pervert off-Broadway from February 2nd through 24th

Cirque Jacqueline, Andrea Reese's one-woman play about Jacqueline Onassis-Kennedy, will hold a benefit perforamnce for the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund on October 10th

On Monday October 10, 2005 at 7pm there will be a special benefit performance of Cirque Jacqueline at The Triad Theater in Manhattan, located at 158 West 72nd Street.

The Great Divide is written and directed by Charles Messina and will begin performances on Monday, June 6, opening June 15 - June 29 at 7PM at The Triad Theatre (158 West 72nd Street). The Great Divide is being presented by Scott Brooks, Gina Ferranti, and Bruce Robert Harris.

Tom Dillon, longtime President of the entertainment industry charity The Actors' Fund of America and a veteran performer in all venues of show business, succumbed, Monday, March 14, 2005 of natural causes at The Actors' Fund Homes in Englewood, New Jersey. He was 86 years old and had been living at the facility for several weeks, surrounded by show business colleagues he had worked with and served.

Badlands Stage and Film Company in association with NahNotOutsideMyHouse! Productions Inc. is proud to present the world premiere reading of Charles Messina's new play, THE GREAT DIVIDE.

Messina's 'The Great Divide', Featuring Members Of The 'Tony 'n Tina's Wedding' Cast, Allows The Audience To Decide The Ending

On February 14th, 2005, there will be a special benefit performance of Cirque Jacqueline at The Triad Theater in Manhattan. Cirque Jacqueline is a passionate one-woman play about Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, written and performed by Andrea Reese. All proceeds from this performance and from a silent auction at the theater the same evening will go directly to The American Red Cross International Response Fund to help the victims of the 2004 tsunamis in Southern Asia and Eastern Africa.

We are pleased to announce that Cirque Jacqueline, Andrea Reese's acclaimed one-woman play about Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, will be performed at the prestigious Players on Tuesday, October 12, 2004 at 8pm.