Michelle Smith News

After 13 years in business, Milly will debut its first ad campaign this fall in magazines like Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Elle, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, InStyle and New York magazine, as well as several international magazines.

The Richard Rodgers Theatre Box Office (226 West 46th Street) opens today at 10:00am EST for the new Broadway production of Shakespeare's ROMEO AND JULIET, starring international film star Orlando Bloom and two-time Tony Award nominee Condola Rashad as the titular star-crossed lovers, and directed by five-time Tony Award nominee David Leveaux. The opening of the box office also marks the launch of the production's Student Ticket Program; in order to make this production accessible to all, 100 tickets per performance will be set aside at $20 for students and educators.

School may be out for the summer but class is still in session when Theatre Under The Stars' Humphreys School of Musical Theatre (HSMT) presents FREE performances of Disney's High School Musical at Miller Outdoor Theatre today, June 12 - 14 at 11:00 a.m. and June 14 - 15 at 8:15 p.m.

I love today's daily deal because it is not only a great sale but it's on brand new merchandise. Banana Republic just launched their new, limited edition Milly Collection in collaboration with Milly designer, Michelle Smith. The collection is fun, whimsical and inspired by the summer in the Hamptons. It's filled with bold prints, fun t-shirts, dresses and more to get you ready for the season. Starting today and running until June 5th, card holders can get 25% off the new collection!

School may be out for the summer but class is still in session when Theatre Under The Stars' Humphreys School of Musical Theatre (HSMT) presents FREE performances of Disney's High School Musical at Miller Outdoor Theatre June 12 - 14 at 11:00 a.m. and June 14 - 15 at 8:15 p.m.

The runway at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) will once again be the place for established designers, editors, and other VIPs to preview the fashion industry's most promising young designers when the college presents The Future of Fashion, the annual end-of-year runway show, on May 1 at 6:30 p.m. Approximately 80 outstanding looks created by graduating Fashion Design students will be selected from a field of 330, including sportswear, special occasion, knitwear, intimate apparel, and children's wear designed for fall 2013. This year's show will also showcase a capsule collection by graduating Fashion Design students who spent their final year at the college's Milan campus at the Politecnico di Milano.

Three students at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) were named finalists in off-price specialty retailer Loehmann's NY Design Challenge competition, held exclusively with FIT. Ou Ma of Beijing, China; Maor Tapiro from Brooklyn, NY; and Ying Wang of Xi'an, China, received the highest number of votes out of seven semi-finalists during a weeklong contest held on Loehmann's Facebook page.

The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) has signed its first Chinese partnership with Shangpin.com, China's leading online fashion retailer.

The National Civil War Project, a radical multi-city, multi-year collaboration between four universities and five performing arts organizations to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War, launched today and includes the state theater and the flagship university of the state of Maryland. CENTERSTAGE in Baltimore and the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland are collaborating on this national project, commissioning several original theatrical productions and creating new arts-integrated academic programs. CENTERSTAGE and the Clarice Smith Center are one of four regional pairings participating in this national partnership.

Students from Theatre Under The Stars' (TUTS) Humphreys School of Musical Theatre (HSMT) recently received several accolades including Outstanding Achievement in Music, Outstanding Student Director, Outstanding Student Choreographer and Outstanding Performance in the nation-wide Junior Theater Festival, January 18 - 20, 2013.

Producers Scott Morfee, Jean Doumanian and Tom Wirtshafter announced today they will present the New York premiere of the new play, Hit the Wall by Ike Holter, a theatrical exploration of the first night of the 1969 Stonewall Riots, at the Barrow Street Theatre. Directed by Eric Hoff, with original music & music supervision by Dan Lipton, performances for Hit the Wall begin on Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at Barrow Street Theatre (27 Barrow Street at 7th Avenue), with an opening night set for Sunday, March 10, 2013. Tickets for the production are now on sale.

Banana Republic and Milly founder and designer Michelle Smith announced the Banana Republic Milly Collection - a limited-edition capsule inspired by the summer sophistication of the Hamptons. The women's collection is a natural extension for Milly, with the men's styles representing Smith's first foray into designing menswear - a unique innovation for the design partnership. The capsule launches exclusively at select Banana Republic retail locations worldwide and online in late May 2013.

ShangPin.com held a fashion show that exclusively featured more than one hundred European and North American high-end designer brands. This is the first and only baptism here in China with fashion brands, including Red Valentino, DVF, Alice by Temperley, Tracy Reese, Milly By Michelle Smith, Sergio Rossi, Stuart Weitzman, JMC and Beverley Feldman, introduced by the Chinese online retailer. In total, across four categories, more than one hundred brands' products from their Fall and Winter 2012 lines were on show,Zhao Shicheng, CEO and also founder of ShangPin said that it's a breakthrough to grant so many overseas high-end fashion brands' authorization and to sell their products at full-price for a domestic e-commerce company.

The defending WNBA champion Minnesota Lynx and the Indiana Fever will compete for the WNBA title in a best-of-five series beginning in Minneapolis on Sunday, Oct. 14, at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN2. The remainder of the series will be split between ESPN and ESPN2, including games two and five on ESPN. The WNBA Finals will also be available on computers at WatchESPN.com and on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app to fans who receive their video subscription from an affiliated provider.

Theatre Under The Stars' (TUTS) Humphreys School of Musical Theatre (HSMT) performed LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, September 14 - 16, 2012 and featured an all-teen cast made entirely of local high school students. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the show below.

Theatre Under The Stars' (TUTS) Humphreys School of Musical Theatre (HSMT) is 'tickled pink to bring the charming hit show Legally Blonde the Musical back to Houston' in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of the award-winning Humphreys School. Legally Blonde the Musical will "bend and snap" at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts tonight, September 14 - 16, 2012 and feature an all-teen cast made entirely of local high school students. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast below.

Theatre Under The Stars' (TUTS) Humphreys School of Musical Theatre (HSMT) is 'tickled pink to bring the charming hit show Legally Blonde the Musical back to Houston' in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of the award-winning Humphreys School. Legally Blonde the Musical will "bend and snap" at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts tonight, September 14 - 16, 2012 and feature an all-teen cast made entirely of local high school students.

Theatre Under The Stars' (TUTS) Humphreys School of Musical Theatre (HSMT) is 'tickled pink to bring the charming hit show Legally Blonde the Musical back to Houston' in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of the award-winning Humphreys School. Legally Blonde the Musical will "bend and snap" at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts on September 14 - 16, 2012 and feature an all-teen cast made entirely of local high school students.

Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) presents the cast selected to lead the TUTS season opener of two-time Tony Award-winning best musical Guys and Dolls, opening today through October 9 at Hobby Center for the Performing Arts (800 Bagby, between Walker and Rusk).

Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) has announced the cast selected to lead the TUTS season opener of two-time Tony Award-winning best musical Guys and Dolls, scheduled to play September 27 through October 9 at Hobby Center for the Performing Arts (800 Bagby, between Walker and Rusk).