Mark Morris News

Our Lady J returns to The Zipper Factory (336 West 37th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues) for two new concerts of all-original music in celebration of the release of her new EP 'Our Lady J: Live From The Zipper Factory,' which was recorded last October. Along with favorites including 'Picture of a Man' and 'Pink Prada Purse,' Our Lady J will continue to bring gospel music into the 21st century by debuting a score of fresh tunes with The Pink Champagne Orchestra and The Train To Kill Gospel Choir. Shows are Monday, April 7 and Friday, April 18 at 9:30 p.m.

The nominations were just released for the 2008 Olivier Awards and Haispray is leading the pack with 11 nominations.

Justin Bond - the Tony nominee beneath the glamous Kiki of Kik and Herb - will team with Our Lady J (aka Jonnah Speidel), Nathan Carrera, Glenn Marla and The Pixe Harlots for gender-bending fun in Lustre at PS 122 beginning February 20.

Henry Purcell's King Arthur, with libretto by John Dryden, premieres on Wednesday, March 5 at 7PM, opening the company's spring season with a gala to follow.

The New York International Fringe Festival (FringeNYC), the largest multi-arts festival in North America, will present the 12th Anniversary Festival from August 8th - 24th, 2008. Applications are available online at www.fringenyc.org and completed applications are due February 14, 2008.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. today announced the 2008-2009 season of its Great Performers series featuring 76 live performances - concerts, recitals, dance, theater, and multimedia events - plus an 11-part film series and 23 lectures and panel discussions, running from October 3, 2008 through June 6, 2009

The New York Times 2008 Arts & Leisure Week will take place January 7 to 13. The Times' annual signature event is now a seven-day international celebration of the arts that includes a wide range of activities, from interviews between journalists and their guests at TheTimesCenter in New York City, to special offers at cultural institutions around the world.

The Zipper Factory presents Our Lady J in 'The Gospel of Dolly' Friday, December 14 at 9:30 PM with guests Kevin Cahoon, Adam Dugas, Todd Almond and Bianca Leigh.

Ravinia Festival has commissioned award-winning choreographer Bill T. Jones, who most recently won a Tony for his choreography for Spring Awakening, to create a new full-evening work, tentatively titled A Good Man, inspired by Abraham Lincoln and celebrating the slain president's 2009 bicentennial.

Next month, Our Lady Jand The Pink Champagne Orchestra (featuring a 32-voice gospel choir) will take audiences through 'a haunting musical journey through an apocalyptic wonderland.'

The new Boublil and Schönberg musical The Pirate Queen, starring Stephanie J. Block as the swashbuckling title character, opened at the Hilton Theatre on April 5th, and BroadwayWorld was there!

Ravinia Festival Chairman Michael E. Lavin and President and CEO Welz Kauffman today announced details of the 2007 season of music theater and dance events.

Yale Repertory Theatre and Yale School of Drama have announced the appointment of Susan R. Hood to the position of Press Director.

The Ravinia Festival's 2007 summer season will include performances by such Broadway stars as Tony-winners Brian Stokes Mitchell, Lillias White and Heather Headley, as well as a staged concert production of The Most Happy Fella

Ars Nova will present 'Our Lady J and the Pink Champagned Orchestra' with special guest Bianca Leigh on Friday, December 8 at 8:00 PM at Ars Nova

The Lincoln Center Festival 2006 will feature a 9-hour marathon of plays by J.M. Synge and Julie Taymor's opera Grendel among its offerings

ESPN reporter Jeremy Schapp, actor Chris Elliott, Tony-Award winning composer Steven Schwartz and James Beard Award winner Gordon Hamersley are among the luminaries that will participate in the debut of the Boston Globe 2005 Arts & Entertainment Weekend GlobeTalks series on January 21-22 at the Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts.