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Opening night of Red Hot & New: A Songwriters' and Singers' Soiree at Ido Sushi New York Starting Thursday October 21st at 8:30PM Red Hot & New the newest weekly party to hit the theater and cabaret scene opens with a bang.

Combining complex rhythms, tones and key signatures with a West Coast Cool sound, Dave Brubeck has long been proof that creative and popular jazz can be synonymous. A favorite with critics and fans alike, Brubeck has been redefining jazz music for over 50 years, since his days with General Patton's Army Band during WWII. He is credited as a force in rebirth of jazz in the 1950s and '60s, taking the popular Dave Brubeck Quartet on tour with greats such as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Stan Getz, and composing standards such as 'Take Five,' now featured in the Grammy Hall of Fame, and 'Blue Rondo A La Turk.'

The Workshops at Bay Street Theatre present RAINDOGS, directed by Andrew MacBean, a new rock musical, based on BALM IN GILEAD by Lanford Wilson, on Saturday, October 16 at 8 pm.

The Workshops at Bay Street Theatre present RAINDOGS, directed by Andrew MacBean, a new rock musical, based on BALM IN GILEAD by Lanford Wilson, on Saturday, October 16 at 8 pm.

Today we begin a new comprehensive academic music discussion series on BroadwayWorld in which I speak to the most cutting-edge artists in the recording industry, on Broadway and in Hollywood about their influences and experiences in the industry with an emphatic emphasis on the songwriting process itself and what drives and inspires it. While these discussions may be on occasion only tangentially theatre-related, the insights provided by the various participants is a demonstrative way in which to illuminate perhaps the most mysterious of all the arts: music. Peering into the psyche of the composer and lyricist, we may begin to understand what the craft of composition and lyric-writing is all about and why musical theatre tends to attract the most talented and innovative songwriters, both in the twentieth-century and today (as this column proves).

'Politically Incorrect' comedian and political commentator Bill Maher brings his trademark humor back to The Orleans Showroom September 25 and 26, each evening at 8 p.m.

'Politically Incorrect' comedian and political commentator Bill Maher brings his trademark humor back to The Orleans Showroom September 25 and 26, each evening at 8 p.m.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will kick off its 29th annual 'Contemporary Documentaries' screening series with last year's Oscar-winning feature 'The Cove' and Oscar-nominated short 'China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province' on Wednesday, September 22, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Admission to all screenings in the series is free.

Combining complex rhythms, tones and key signatures with a West Coast Cool sound, Dave Brubeck has long been proof that creative and popular jazz can be synonymous. A favorite with critics and fans alike, Brubeck has been redefining jazz music for over 50 years, since his days with General Patton's Army Band during WWII. He is credited as a force in rebirth of jazz in the 1950s and '60s, taking the popular Dave Brubeck Quartet on tour with greats such as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Stan Getz, and composing standards such as 'Take Five,' now featured in the Grammy Hall of Fame, and 'Blue Rondo A La Turk.'

Bill Maher, who for the last seventeen years has set the boundaries of where funny political talk can go on American television, makes his way to Cincinnati for a live appearance at Procter & Gamble Hall in the Aronoff Center for the Arts on Saturday, October 23, at 8:00 p.m.

This Week At Cornelia Street Cafe Mon Aug 23, 6:00PM SUMMER STORYTELLING FESTIVAL

'Politically Incorrect' comedian and political commentator Bill Maher brings his trademark humor back to The Orleans Showroom September 25 and 26, each evening at 8 p.m.

'Politically Incorrect' comedian and political commentator Bill Maher brings his trademark humor back to The Orleans Showroom for a two-night engagement, July 17 at 18 at 8 p.m. each evening.

'Politically Incorrect' comedian and political commentator Bill Maher brings his trademark humor back to The Orleans Showroom for a two-night engagement, July 17 at 18 at 8 p.m. each evening.

People are talking, laughing, living. Shots ring out. Screams and more screams and then...nothing. Three college students find themselves in the aftermath of a killing spree in a room with no exit. Does the way out lie through a door or through a better understanding of humanity, how hatred blinds, how love redeems?

'Politically Incorrect' comedian and political commentator Bill Maher brings his trademark humor back to The Orleans Showroom for a two-night engagement, July 17 at 18 at 8 p.m. each evening.

Continuing her long-standing and impressive career with Bravo, Frances Berwick was promoted to President, Bravo Media, effective immediately. The announcement was made today by Lauren Zalaznick, President, NBC Universal Women & Lifestyle Entertainment Networks to whom Berwick will continue to report. Berwick previously held the post of Executive Vice President and General Manager for Bravo Media since January 2008.

Avenue Q is the story of Princeton, a bright-eyed college grad who comes to New York City with big dreams and a tiny bank account. He soon discovers that the only neighborhood in his price range is Avenue Q; still, the neighbors seem nice.

Roger Ross Williams' Academy Award-winning 'Music by Prudence' film featuring Prudence Mabhena premieres on HBO2 on Wednesday, May 12, 2010.

Roger Ross Williams' Academy Award-winning 'Music by Prudence' film featuring Prudence Mabhena premieres on HBO2 on Wednesday, May 12, 2010.