Michael Portantiere News

Off-Broadway's NIGHT SKY explores what the noted author and physicist Stephen Hawking has called the two remaining mysteries -- the brain and the cosmos -- as the play looks at what happens to a bright, articulate astronomer, her family and her career when she is struck by a car and loses her ability to speak conventionally, a condition known as 'aphasia.'

A very special evening of culture and history took place on Friday, May 8, 2009 in New York City when three survivors of the 1945 bombings of Hiroshima, Japan during World War II attended the opening performance of Chiori Miyagawa's play 'I Have Been to Hiroshima Mon Amour' at the Ohio Theatre (66 Wooster St.) in Soho.

NIGHT SKY, a play by Susan Yankowitz, will be presented Off-Broadway this spring with previews beginning May 22 prior to its official opening June 2 at the Baruch Performing Arts Center (55 Lexington Ave.) in Manhattan.

Matthew Kelly and Tracey Childs will will be performing in Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. Kelly and Childs will play George and Martha. Performances at Trafalgar Studio 2 begin on April 14 and runs until May 9.

Matthew Kelly and Tracey Childs will will be performing in Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. Kelly and Childs will play George and Martha. Performances at Trafalgar Studio 2 begin on April 14 and runs until May 9.

The Vineyard Theatre (108 East 15th Street) presents the New York premiere of The Civilians' newest work This Beautiful City, in a co-production with Los Angeles' Center Theatre Group, with previews began February 3 prior to its official press opening February 22. Steven Cosson directs.

Todd Murray celebrates the release of his new CD Stardust & Swing with two special performance at one of Manhattan's premier clubs The Metropolitan Room, 34 W. 22nd Street, in New York on Wednesday, February 18th and Friday, February 20th, at 9:45m. There is a $20.00 cover charge and two-beverage minimum ($10.00 for MAC and Cabaret Hotline members). Due to the high demand for this special event, reservations are highly recommended by calling 212-206-0440. You can also visit metropolitanroom.com or toddmurray.com for further information.

Todd Murray celebrates the release of his new CD Stardust & Swing with two special performance at one of Manhattan's premier clubs The Metropolitan Room, 34 W. 22nd Street, in New York on Wednesday, February 18th and Friday, February 20th, at 9:45m. There is a $20.00 cover charge and two-beverage minimum ($10.00 for MAC and Cabaret Hotline members). Due to the high demand for this special event, reservations are highly recommended by calling 212-206-0440. You can also visit metropolitanroom.com or toddmurray.com for further information.

Roust Theater Company offers $10 Holiday Ticket Special for Thanksgiving Weekend on MACBETH- Directed by James Phillip Gates.

CASTRONAUTS, or How I Killed Fidel, a revolutionary new musical by Bobby Houston, Patricio Bisso and Randy Courts, will receive its world premiere as part of this year's 5th annual New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF). Directed and choreographed by Will Pomerantz, Castronauts runs September 16 through 28 at the Zipper Factory.

Accomplished Dancer from TV show You Think You Can Dance Joins Cast of Altar Boyz

The Tony Award-winning Vineyard Theatre celebrated the opening of its newest musical, The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island (Or, The Friends of Dr. Rushower), featuring libretto and drawings by acclaimed cartoonist Ben Katchor and music composed by musician Mark Mulcahy, on Tuesday, February 12 at Osso Bucco on Unversity Place.

Theater for the New City held its fifth annual 'Love 'n' Courage' gala - hosted by Elaine Stritch, with guest including Edward Albee, Bill Irwin, Marian Seldes, Eli Wallach, Anne Jackson and singer/songwriter Amanda Green - on Sunday February 10 at the National Arts Club (15 Gramercy Park South) in New York City.

The Town Hall's first-ever Summer Broadway Festival presented 'A Night at the Operetta,' on Monday, July 16, at 8pm

Camera and laptop in hand, BroadwayWorld Artistic Director Jamie McGonnigal gives an inside look on the entertainment, the fun and the surprises on r family vacations' second cruise.