Michael Schiralli News

Theatre Beyond Broadway has announced the world premiere production of Notes from a Narcissistic Negro and Other N Words as part of the United Solo Fesitival Fall 2024 at Theatre Row.

Drag icon and award-winning singer and comedienne Varla Jean Merman will return to Catalina Jazz Club in Hollywood with her new show The Errors Tour for two performances only on Tuesday, October 8, and Wednesday, October 9, at 8:30pm.

Gretna Theatre will present GREAT BALLS OF FIRE, a musical celebration of Jerry Lee Lewis, featuring his iconic hits and electrifying performances. Join us for a night of rock 'n' roll nostalgia.

Cabaret singer Tammy Faye Starlite is bringing her show Nico: Underground, exploring the subversive singer Nico, who is perhaps best known for singing with the Velvet Underground. You can catch the show's final performance at Joe's Pub this Wednesday night on May 22 at at 9:30 pm. See highlights from the Wednesday May 15th show.

Cabaret singer Tammy Faye Starlite is bringing her show Nico Underground, exploring the subversive singer Nico perhaps best known for singing with the Velvet Underground. The show runs at Joe's Pub every Wednesday night at 9:30 pm from May 1 to May 22. We spoke with Tammy about the inspiration behind the show and the process of putting it together.

Experience the electrifying rock and roll of the 1950s in GREAT BALLS OF FIRE, a theatrical concert celebrating the legendary Jerry Lee Lewis. Premiering at the Triad Theater, NYC, the show features Jason Cohen, renowned for his showboat piano style and high-energy performances.

Single tickets and subscriptions are on sale now for Gretna Theatre's 97th season, including five mainstage productions and four Family Series presentations, most of which will take place this summer at the historic Mt. Gretna Playhouse.

Marianne Faithfull (manque) sings the songs that were written for and/or about her, ostensibly by other (less erudite) songwriters, but really through the prism of her dreams via uninvited intrusion into her unconscious mind.

Discover the evolution of cabaret at Pangea in October with violin virtuoso Filip Pogády and a lineup of captivating performances. Get ready for an unforgettable experience that pushes boundaries in music and theater.

Discover the exciting fall lineup at Pangea featuring David Dean Bottrell and Tammy Faye Starlite. Don't miss the opportunity to see these talented performers live. Get all the details and book your tickets now!

Each time it has been this writer’s pleasure to catch her act on The Broadway, Off-The-Broadway, in the clubs, or on a screen, we have marveled, we have admired, and we have laughed - oh golly how we have laughed.

Tammy Faye Starlite is an artist and a star and the crowd at Joe's Pub turned out to see the return engagement of her show NICO: UNDERGROUND.

Pilgrim House, Provincetown's destination for top-flight entertainment, have announced an exclusive three-night engagement of the world premiere of MADAME'S 'FACE-FOR-RADIO' HOLIDAY HOOTENANNY.

Seven Angels Theatre announced today the world premiere of Italian Mom Loves You!, a comedy co-written and starring film, television and stage actor Daniel Franzese. This solo tour de force will run at the theatre, located at 1 Plank Road in Waterbury, CT, from August 12 through 21. Italian Mom Loves You! is co-written by Franzese and Connecticut-based playwright Jacques Lamarre and will be directed by Michael Schiralli.

Clinton Leupp brings his celebrated alter ego drag legend Miss Coco Peru back to the Renberg Theatre at Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner Cultural Arts Center for three performances of his latest show Bitter, Bothered & Beyond the weekend of April 29, 2022. I got a chance to get some behind the scenes dish on Coco and her latest entertaining efforts.

Here's the story of the original bad boy of rock 'n' roll.

Returning to his Manhattan nightclub home, the industrious Well-Strung violinist premieres his second solo in two years.

This week, FEINSTEIN’S/54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club & Private Event Destination, will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond.

Next month, FEINSTEIN’S/54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club & Private Event Destination, will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond.

HE PLAYS THE VIOLIN stars Edmund Bagnell, 1st violinist and vocalist of the internationally acclaimed string quartet Well-Strung. Through stories and song, the evening celebrates all things music: from classical to standards, pop to broadway—and of course, with a good dose of fiddle thrown in.