Mary Ann McSweeney News

Halie Loren, International jazz/pop artist, is performing four shows in New York City April 12 through 15

Halie Loren, internationally acclaimed jazz/pop artist, is performing four shows in New York City April 12 through 15. Accompanied by pianist/bandleader Matt Treder and New Yorkbassist Mary Ann McSweeney, Loren will perform at the Metropolitan Room on April 12 at 7:00 and April 15 at 9:30.

Halie Loren, International jazz/pop artist, is performing four shows in New York City April 12 through 15

April at The Metropolitan Room

Halie Loren, internationally acclaimed jazz/pop artist, is performing four shows in New York City April 12 through 15. Accompanied by pianist/bandleader Matt Treder and New Yorkbassist Mary Ann McSweeney, Loren will perform at the Metropolitan Room on April 12 at 7:00 and April 15 at 9:30.

April at The Metropolitan Room

Jim Caruso is please to present Marcy Heisler and Zina Goldrich in 'The Marcy & Zina Show' as part of the Broadway at Birdland concert series on Monday, April 26 at 7pm. This performance marks the 10th time the writing duo has been booked at the historic music room!

Jim Caruso is please to present Marcy Heisler and Zina Goldrich in 'The Marcy & Zina Show' as part of the Broadway at Birdland concert series on Monday, April 26 at 7pm. This performance marks the 10th time the writing duo has been booked at the historic music room!

FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed 'Best of New York' by New York Magazine, and 'an invaluable New York institution' by The New York Post, continues its 10th Anniversary season with the debut of acclaimed Broadway vocalist, DAVIS GAINES - hailed as 'the closest thing on Broadway to a vocal Superman' by The New York Times - in his first New York club appearance in over ten years.

FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed 'Best of New York' by New York Magazine, and 'an invaluable New York institution' by The New York Post, continues its 10th Anniversary season with the debut of acclaimed Broadway vocalist, DAVIS GAINES - hailed as 'the closest thing on Broadway to a vocal Superman' by The New York Times - in his first New York club appearance in over ten years.

The new original musical comedy STAGE AND SCREEN - written and composed by Kip Dennis, with music direction, arrangements and orchestration by six-time Emmy Award winning Musical Director Lanny Meyers - will make available a limited number of copies of its brand new Original Cast Recording, beginning on May 20, 2009, it has been announced by lead producer Vasi Laurence. Those interested in the cast recording of STAGE AND SCREEN should e-mail Mosby78@aol.com for consideration.

The two-time Tony Award-winning singer and dancer returns to Feinstein's in a celebration of the best of Broadway and the American Songbook

Kicking off the Harold Clurman Festival of the Arts, the Stella Adler Studio hosts Art and Social Activism Spotlight on Africa, a panel discussion with Melissa Fitzgerald (actress, The West Wing, activist, Voices of Uganda), John Prendergast (author, Not On Our Watch: The Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond, chair of ENOUGH Project), Mira Sorvino (Academy award-winning actress, Mighty Aphrodite, ambassador Amnesty International), Winter Miller (playwright, In Darfur) and Jeffrey Wright (actor, W., Angels in America, spokesperson for All for Africa), on Friday, October 17 at 7pm at Cooper Union's Great Hall, 7 East 7th Street, New York, NY.

William Ayers, Jimmie Briggs, Ruby Dee, Alvin Epstein, Melissa Fitzgerald, Maxine Greene, Margie Gillis, Whoopi Goldberg, Bill T. Jones, Herbert Kohl, Francis Lucerna, Leonard Lopate, Winter Miller, Tom Oppenheim, Rosie Perez, John Prendergast, Phylicia Rashad and Anna Deavere Smith are among the many artists that will be participating in the upcoming Harold Clurman Festival of the Arts.

The Harold Clurman Festival of the Arts will kick off with a symposium discussing Art and Social Activism: Spotlight on Africa with participants Nima, Elbagir, Mira Sorvino, Winter Miller, Melissa Fitzgerald, John Prendergast and others.

The Laurie Beechman Theatre is very pleased to welcome Broadway veteran RIC RYDER for a one night only concert event. The seasoned performer (Blood Brothers, The Music Man, Starmites, Grease, A New Brain), is joined by composer/musician Steve Marzullo (I Hid My Love, Somedays, Musical Director of Once on This Island, etc.) and musicians Mary Ann McSweeney (Avenue Q Swings) and Everett Bradley (Broadway's Swing!, tours with Darryl Hall, John Bon Jovi, Chris Botti, Cyndi Lauper), as well as vocalists Michelle Blakely (Broadway's Senator Joe, Grease and Annie Get Your Gun) and Holly Hylton (Hello, Dolly with Mimi Hinds).

The Metropolitan Room announces it's summer lineup featuring Wopat, deRoy, York, and more.

Jason S. Little as Tits Fisher with Kitten's Kiss, a cabaret Voltaire, is presented at The Zipper Factor on Thursdays, February 21 and 28 at 11PM.

Jeff Marx and Robert Lopez, the Tony Award-winning composers of Avenue Q, have signed on to perform in Avenue Q Swings! tonight, October 3rd

Barrett Foa, who currently stars in the Tony Award-winning musical, will appear in Avenue Q Swings! on October 3rd