Mark Rupp News

After a successful run of Hair at the Carousel House, ReVision Theatre announces their 2008-2009 Premiere Season.

Celebrate the holiday season with famed cabaret performer Jamie deRoy and her Multi MAC Award-winning variety show, Jamie deRoy & friends on Thursday, December 4th (7PM) at the New York hotspot, Metropolitan Room (34 West 22nd Street ~ between 5th & 6th Avenues).

Rita Moreno, singer, actor, and winner of an Oscar, Tony, Emmy, Grammy and Golden Globe, will appear at The Rrazz Room, Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason, SF from November 5-22 at 8 PM, and at 5 PM on Nov. 9, 16, and 23. Tickets are $50-$55 and can be purchased at www.therrazzroom.com, directly through www.ticketweb.com, or 866 468 3399.

The Duplex presents DREAMER - The Songs of Beck & May - an evening of music by Jordan Beck and Jonathan May, which will be performed on Sunday, November 2 and Monday, November 3 at the Duplex in New York.

F. Paul Wilson, the New York Times bestselling author of The Keep, The Tomb will headline a panel discussion on 'Horror, Mystery and Suspense Genres in the 21st Century' before the Halloween performance of Perfect Crime, the longest-running play in the history of New York theater.

Things To Ruin, an incendiary collection of songs by Joe Iconis returns for a limited, four-performance run at The Zipper Factory in New York. The musical, directed by John Simpkins (Theatreworks USA's The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks) will be performed at 8pm on Friday, October 31, Friday, November 14, Saturday, November 22 and Friday, November 28.

F. Paul Wilson, the New York Times bestselling author of The Keep, The Tomb will headline a panel discussion on 'Horror, Mystery and Suspense Genres in the 21st Century' before the Halloween performance of Perfect Crime, the longest-running play in the history of New York theater.

NYTB at the Duplex is a monthly series produced by New York Theatre Barn which highlights the latest work from new composers, lyricists and performers.

Gavin Esham and Christopher Sloan perform their original comic cabaret on October 26, 2008 9:30 PM at the famous Duplex Cabaret Theater entitled Chris and Gavin's Broadway Campaign '08: In Your Heart, You Know Their Right.

The American Theatre Wing and XM Satellite Radio proudly present an interview with Tony Award winner James Naughton, on their weekly theatrical interview show, 'Downstage Center,' on XM's On Broadway (XM Channel 28).

A new outdoor concert series will be presented at the Tudor City Greens in New York City on Wednesday, October 22nd starting at 12 noon. The hour-long program of music and comedy - themed 'Witchcraft' - will feature performers from Broadway and the New York City cabaret scene.

NYTB at the Duplex is a monthly series produced by New York Theatre Barn which highlights the latest work from new composers, lyricists and performers.

The Duplex presents DREAMER - The Songs of Beck & May - an evening of music by Jordan Beck and Jonathan May, which will be performed on Sunday, November 2 and Monday, November 3 at the Duplex in New York.

Gavin Esham and Christopher Sloan perform their original comic cabaret on October 26, 2008 9:30 PM at the famous Duplex Cabaret Theater entitled Chris and Gavin's Broadway Campaign '08: In Your Heart, You Know Their Right.

A new outdoor concert series will be presented at the Tudor City Greens in New York City on Wednesday, October 22nd starting at 12 noon. The hour-long program of music and comedy - themed 'Witchcraft' - will feature performers from Broadway and the New York City cabaret scene.

Broadway, film, and television stars - Alec Baldwin '94 (30 Rock), Broadway legend Elaine Stritch (At Liberty), Filmmaker Joel Coen '78 (No Country for Old Men), Rainn Wilson '89 (The Office), Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order: SVU), Laura Benanti (Gypsy), and Raul Esparza '92 (Company) - will be on hand at Tisch on Stage, the annual gala benefiting NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Baldwin, along with philanthropist and patron of the arts Iris Cantor; inventor, philanthropist, and patron of Tisch's Kanbar Institute of Film and Television Maurice Kanbar; and 'architect of American regional theater' Zelda Fichandler will be honored at the gala on November 17th at the Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center.

Rita Moreno, singer, actor, and winner of an Oscar, Tony, Emmy, Grammy and Golden Globe, will appear at The Rrazz Room, Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason, SF from November 5-22 at 8 PM, and at 5 PM on Nov. 9, 16, and 23. Tickets are $50-$55 and can be purchased at www.therrazzroom.com, directly through www.ticketweb.com, or 866 468 3399.

Things To Ruin, an incendiary collection of songs by Joe Iconis returns for a limited, four-performance run at The Zipper Factory in New York. The musical, directed by John Simpkins (Theatreworks USA's The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks) will be performed at 8pm on Friday, October 31, Friday, November 14, Saturday, November 22 and Friday, November 28.

LIVING FOR TODAY is an exciting benefit concert featuring the best of Broadway benefting the Gilana Shira Alpert Fund playing October 12, 2008 at the Laurie Beechman Theatre.

Variety is reporting that actor James Earl Jones will be receiving this year's life achievement award from the Screen Actors Guild.