Mary Birdsong News

Mary Birdsong will appear in a stage reading of NYMF's Live! Nude! Girl! on Oct. 15. The show, about a 1950s housewife who undergoes a dramatic make-over, is written by composer Wayne Barker and lyricist-librettist Donna Kaz. Live! Nude! Girl had a Manhattan reading in January 2008 and will premiere a revised script and score in two NYMF presentations.

MORE magazine Editor-in-Chief Lesley Jane Seymour will host the third annual Reinvention Convention - geared towards women over 40 interested in revitalizing their careers, finances, style and health - on October 5, 2009 at Pier Sixty (23rd Street and the West Side Highway). This year's Reinvention Convention will feature emcee Mika Brzezinski of MSNBC's Morning Joe and participation by guests Former First Lady Laura Bush, Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron.

MORE magazine Editor-in-Chief Lesley Jane Seymour will host the third annual Reinvention Convention - geared towards women over 40 interested in revitalizing their careers, finances, style and health - on October 5, 2009 at Pier Sixty (23rd Street and the West Side Highway). This year's Reinvention Convention will feature emcee Mika Brzezinski of MSNBC's Morning Joe and participation by guests Former First Lady Laura Bush, Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron.

MORE magazine Editor-in-Chief Lesley Jane Seymour will host the third annual Reinvention Convention - geared towards women over 40 interested in revitalizing their careers, finances, style and health - on October 5, 2009 at Pier Sixty (23rd Street and the West Side Highway). This year's Reinvention Convention will feature emcee Mika Brzezinski of MSNBC's Morning Joe and participation by guests Former First Lady Laura Bush, Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron.

LOVE, LOSS and WHAT I WORE, an intimate collection of stories by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron, is making its world premiere at New York's Westside Theatre. The play celebrated its official Opening Night yesterday evening, Thursday, October 1st. The producers of the play have extended its limited engagement into 2010.

LOVE, LOSS and WHAT I WORE, an intimate collection of stories by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron, is making its world premiere for a 12-week run at New York's Westside Theatre. The play celebrated its official Opening Night yesterday evening, Thursday, October 1st.

MORE magazine Editor-in-Chief Lesley Jane Seymour will host the third annual Reinvention Convention - geared towards women over 40 interested in revitalizing their careers, finances, style and health - on October 5, 2009 at Pier Sixty (23rd Street and the West Side Highway). This year's Reinvention Convention will feature emcee Mika Brzezinski of MSNBC's Morning Joe and participation by guests Former First Lady Laura Bush, Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron.

Last night, Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron's new play LOVE, LOSS and WHAT I WORE, an intimate collection of stories, premiered at New York's Westside Theatre with a star-studded cast including Rita Wilson, Mary Birdsong and Rosie O'Donnell. Today, O'Donnell took to her blog to reflect on a memory inspired by the production.

LOVE, LOSS and WHAT I WORE, an intimate collection of stories by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron, has its world premiere tonight for a 12-week run at New York's Westside Theatre. Opening night set for October 1.

Producer Daryl Roth announced today that Mary Birdsong, Capathia Jenkins, Lisa Joyce, Jane Lynch and Natasha Lyonne will join the rotating cast of the upcoming World Premiere production of Love, Loss and What I Wore, an intimate collection of stories by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron, playing a 12-week run at New York's Westside Theatre (407 West 43rd Street). Preview performances will begin on September 21, 2009, with the opening night set for October 1.

Weekend Movie Box Office Update: August 28 - September 3, 2009

The Surflight Theater Main Stage will come alive with music and memories in STEPS IN TIME: The Story Of Surflight. This very special show, conceived, staged, performed and produced entirely by Surflight's finest, will tell the remarkable story of one of the longest-running theatres in the country. From that first season in a tent by the beach to the year-round offerings of today, the story of Surflight is the stuff of dreams come true, and an evening not to be missed.

Estimated Weekend Movie Box Office: August 28 - August 30, 2009

Stage and screen favorite Martin Short talks comedy, characters and career to CBC News. Short is heading to an engagement at the Just for Laughs comedy festival in Montreal.

Joan Kobin, accomplished singer on Broadway, and respected voice teacher to many Hollywood and Broadway stars, passed away in her sleep of natural causes on May 30th, 2009.

Theatre World Award-winner Mary Birdsong ('Reno 911!'), 'American Idol' and Broadway star Diana DeGarmo, West End musical actor and 'American idol' contestant Tom Lowe, and musical and film actress Tressa Thomas have been cast in 'Back to Bacharach and David,' the Off-Broadway hit having a 23-performance limited engagement, April 15 to May 17 (press opening April 19) at The Music Box @ Fonda, 6126 Hollywood Blvd. in Hollywood.

American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) continues its 2008-09 season with John Guare's Rich & Famous, directed by John Rando (Urinetown, The Musical and Wedding Singer on Broadway) in its first major revival since its 1976 New York debut. From the ingenious mind of John Guare, who brought Six Degrees of Separation and The House of Blue Leaves to the American stage, this delicious dark comedy springs to life with twisted humor, rapid-fire dialogue, and outrageous plot twists. The revival script includes significant rewrites to the original text, as well as hilarious songs freshly scribed by Guare himself. In Rich and Famous, playwright Bing Ringling yearns to savor the sweet taste of celebrity, and he's hoping play number 844 will be his lucky break. But on opening night, he slips into a nightmarish phantasmagoria that shows him just how wrong things can go.

American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) continues its 2008-09 season with John Guare's Rich & Famous, directed by John Rando (Urinetown, The Musical and Wedding Singer on Broadway) in its first major revival since its 1976 New York debut. From the ingenious mind of John Guare, who brought Six Degrees of Separation and The House of Blue Leaves to the American stage, this delicious dark comedy springs to life with twisted humor, rapid-fire dialogue, and outrageous plot twists. The revival script includes significant rewrites to the original text, as well as hilarious songs freshly scribed by Guare himself. In Rich and Famous, playwright Bing Ringling yearns to savor the sweet taste of celebrity, and he's hoping play number 844 will be his lucky break. But on opening night, he slips into a nightmarish phantasmagoria that shows him just how wrong things can go.

Bidding begins at noon EST on eBay for BID 2 BEAT AIDS, a massive annual auction of rare and autographed items from stars in music, film, Broadway, sports, and television. Broadway fans can bid on tickets to the opening night of Hair and the post-show party, a backstage visit with Hairspray star Harvey Fierstein, signed Playbills, a 'For Rent' sign autographed by the cast of Rent, or even a signed can of hairspray by the cast of Hairspray; concert-goers can snag VIP seats and backstage meet-and-greets with Tony Bennett, Jewel, Bernadette Peters, Aimee Mann, Duncan Sheik, Harry Connick Jr, Estelle, Joan Rivers or Michael Feinstein; sports fans can bid on meet-and-greets with Olympic champion Michael Phelps or skateboarder Tony Hawk.

Bidding begins at noon EST on eBay for BID 2 BEAT AIDS, a massive annual auction of rare and autographed items from stars in music, film, Broadway, sports, and television. Broadway fans can bid on tickets to the opening night of Hair and the post-show party, a backstage visit with Hairspray star Harvey Fierstein, signed Playbills, a 'For Rent' sign autographed by the cast of Rent, or even a signed can of hairspray by the cast of Hairspray; concert-goers can snag VIP seats and backstage meet-and-greets with Tony Bennett, Jewel, Bernadette Peters, Aimee Mann, Duncan Sheik, Harry Connick Jr, Estelle, Joan Rivers or Michael Feinstein; sports fans can bid on meet-and-greets with Olympic champion Michael Phelps or skateboarder Tony Hawk.