The legendary Broadway star, actress/singer Betty Buckley continues her successful Song Interpretation Workshop with a new round of six classes open to new participants in late October 2010.
Razors Edge Productions and the New York Society Library present Bill Connington (ZOMBIE), Stephanie D'Abruzzo (Tony nomination for AVENUE Q), Annmarie Benedict (ROBESON) and others, who will bring to life two of A.R. Gurney's best-loved plays, both of them witty and touching looks at a segment of American life.
Portland Actors Conservatory's 26th Anniversary season of plays champions playwrights new and old with high-pitched satire, classic Shakespearian farce and contemporary theatrical reinvention.
Tony & Emmy Award winner Elaine Stritch, currently starring opposite Bernadette Peters in Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, directed by Trevor Nunn, will be interviewed by Michael Riedel and Susan Haskins on "Theater Talk" this Friday, October 22 at 1:00 AM EST on WNET-TV (Channel 13).
Tony Award® winner Idina Menzel will open the National Symphony Orchestra's 2010-11 Pops season on October 28-30, 2010.
Beginning Tuesday, October 19, 2010, Dee Snider is hosting post-show 'Rock Senate Hearings,' which will occur every Tuesday night and feature Q & A's with special guests and ROA stars. Mick Jones, founder of the rock band Foreigner and author of the smash hit song, ‘I Want to Know What Love Is,' which is featured in ROCK OF AGES, kicked off the 'Hearings' with Snider last night. Special guests will be announced on ROA's social media sites each week. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the series launch and brings you photo coverage below.
Broadway Superstar Gavin Creel has announced that he will be heading to the UK this October to play three very special shows, two of which will be his first ever performances outside of London.
Composer-lyricist Joe Iconis, lyricist Kenneth Jones and composer Gerald Stockstill were honored with 2010 songwriting awards from the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs.
The Town Hall, New York City's landmark concert venue (123 West 43rd Street), will honor Tony ® and Emmy ® Award winning theatre legend Elaine Stritch, (who is currently starring in A Little Night Music) and Merryl H. Tisch, (Chancellor of the New York State Board of Regents) with The Town Hall 'Friend of the Arts' Award on Sunday, October 17th, 2010.
The Time Out New York Lounge at New World Stages will present TITUSS AND THE TIGHTASS BAND, a special concert to benefit The Trevor Project, the leading national organization focused on crisis and suicide prevention efforts among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth.
Yesterday, October 13, Broadway and GLEE star Idina Menzel, hosted a 'Twitter meeting' to promote her concert tour at Joe's Pub. During the meeting, she revealed that she heads into the studio next week to begin work on a new album that will feature mostly original music, but also some standards to be recorded with a full orchestra. No specific song titles or release plans were revealed. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the conversation and brings you photo coverage below.
The world famous menacing and muscular male swan ensemble of the upcoming New York return engagement of the Tony Award winning MATTHEW BOURNE'S SWAN LAKE arrived in Times Square in a flock of full costumed fury this morning, October 13 before beginning performances this evening. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the spectacle and brings you photo coverage below.
'Saturday Night Live' alumni Molly Shannon made her Broadway debut in hit musical comedy PROMISES, PROMISES as Marge MacDougall for a limited 12 week run yesterday, October 12, 2010. Shannon will perform through Sunday, January 2, 2011. BroadwayWorld was on hand for her opening night bow and brings you photo coverage below!
Gavin Creel is set to perform his new cabaret, Back to New York at Birdland on Mondays, November 1, 8, and 15 at 7pm. Creel is returning from appearing in the West End production of Hair after appearing in the Broadway production last year. Creel has also appeared on Broadway in Thorougly Modern Millie.
The Boston Conservatory, the oldest performing arts conservatory in the nation, today announces a series of celebratory performances and events to commemorate the grand opening of the Conservatory's new and improved theater building.
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Governor David A. Paterson and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver today announced an agreement to create a $100 million fund for the Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center site with federal funds directed to Lower Manhattan. The performing arts center is part of the Master Plan for the Redevelopment of the World Trade Center and is expected to serve as a cultural anchor for Lower Manhattan. This is part of a process for defining priority uses for the remaining Federal money. Federal funds will also be used for Lower Manhattan utility infrastructure upgrades and economic development, transportation, cultural and community projects, including the East River Waterfront Esplanade and Piers Project, upgrades to Water Street, small business development, the completion and maintenance of parks and transportation improvements. The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, the entity responsible for signing off on the federal allocation, will work to develop detailed proposals for these priority projects, and will solicit public input. The Board is expected to vote on these proposals at its next meeting in November.
The Rrazz Room at hotel Nikko is a sophisticated night club offering the finest in the world class cabaret, jazz, comedy and popular music entertainment.
Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) announces Tony and Academy Award winner Joel Grey will return to Broadway to join the cast of the new Broadway production of Anything Goes, starring Tony Award winner Sutton Foster as 'Reno Sweeney.'
The Off Broadway Alliance, the organization of Off Broadway producers, theaters, general managers, press agents and marketing firms, will hold the fifth in its series of seminars focused on the culture, business and history of Off Broadway.
Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) announces Tony and Academy Award winner Joel Grey will return to Broadway to join the cast of the new Broadway production of Anything Goes, starring Tony Award winner Sutton Foster as 'Reno Sweeney.'
