Neptune News

Jon Batiste & Stay Human will be doing an in-store performance at Silver Platters record store, Wednesday, Oct. 2nd, in support of their upcoming album 'Social Music' available 10/15.

During his six-year stint on 'SNL,' Fallon ventured outside NBC with great success. Small parts in Cameron Crowe's 'Almost Famous' and Tom Hanks' and Steven Spielberg's 'Band of Brothers' led to starring roles in the feature films 'Taxi,' with Queen Latifah, and 'Fever Pitch' with Drew Barrymore.

Cake Productions and The New Ateh Theater Group present Molière's The Learned Ladies, translated and adapted by Freyda Thomas. Paul Urcioli directs an all-female cast of eleven, including Kathryn Alexander, Sarah Brill, Francesca Day, Janna Emig, Susan Finch*, Katie Honaker*, Marta Kuersten, Madeleine Maby*, Sara Montgomery, Elizabeth Neptune, and Alyssa Lott. Performances will be staged October 4-19, 2013 atThe Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex, June Havoc Theatre, 312 West 36th Street, New York, NY 10018. *Member, Actors' Equity Association. AEA Approved Showcase.

Blitzen Trapper's seventh album, VII, is out Sept. 30 on new label home Vagrant Records, but you can stream the album in full starting today via the New York Times.

Scott Aukerman's Comedy Bang! Bang! LIVE!, featuring special guest Paul F. Tompkins, along with opening act The Birthday Boys, are hitting the road together for a multi-city comedy tour

New London Maritime Society Hosts a Weekend of Special Events Reception - Painter Ruth Sussler: Scenes from Neptune Park Donation-only Day at Pequot Light & Connecticut Freedom Trail Open House with historian Sally Ryan.

Theatre Puget Sound (TPS) has announced husband and wife team, John Kazanjian and Mary Ewald as the 2013 recipients of the Gregory A. Falls Sustained Achievement Award. The committee of prior recipients has made this selection to honor their dedication to the Seattle theatre community, much of it through their efforts with The New City Theatre. This award along with 17 others will be presented at the 5th Annual Gregory Awards being held at The Neptune Theatre on Monday, October 28, 2013 at 7:30pm.

Zappa Plays Zappa: Roxy & Elsewhere 40th Anniversary is set to play Thursday, January 30, 2014 at 8PM at The Neptune (All Ages / Bar w/ ID). Price: $40.00, $65.00 for VIP, $75.00 for Masterclass, not including fees. Seating: General Admission. Tickets on sale now.

Move over grown-ups! Kids take over the kitchen on the series premiere of culinary competition series MASTERCHEF JUNIOR airing tonight, Sept. 27 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. The MASTERCHEF judging panel - host and award-winning chef Gordon Ramsay, restaurateur Joe Bastianich and acclaimed chef Graham Elliot - welcomes the series' first-ever batch of kids to the kitchen, where they will prove their passion for cooking in the auditions round.

Theatre Puget Sound (TPS) is accepting submissions for the 2nd annual Melissa Hines Award recipient. Anyone can nominate an individual who has provided exceptional service to the Puget Sound theatre community throughout the last year. In order to have your unsung hero considered, please send a short essay to melissahinesaward@gregoryawards.org

Tarragon Theatre launches its 2013-14 season with the Toronto premiere of The Best Brothers, written by award-winning playwright-in-residence Daniel MacIvor. MacIvor along with John Beale recreate the roles they originated in last season's hit Stratford Festival production of this heart-warming and hilarious two-hander. This bittersweet comedy previews opens tonight, September 25 and runs to October 27, 2013 in Tarragon's Mainspace.

Phosphorescent will play tonight, September 25, 2013 at 8:00 PM at The Neptune (All Ages / Bar w/ ID).

New London Maritime Society Hosts a Weekend of Special Events Reception - Painter Ruth Sussler: Scenes from Neptune Park Donation-only Day at Pequot Light & Connecticut Freedom Trail Open House with historian Sally Ryan.

Louise PItre is one of the grand dames of Canadian musical theatre, and this fall, she's back in Toronto doing something truly brave, unique and more than a little scary. On Wednesday, her show ON THE ROCKS opens Theatre Passe Muraille's 2013-2014 season. A 90 minute emotional rollercoaster, the show features stories from Pitre's difficult life as well as original music that she wrote specifically for the production. Is she scared? Absolutely. But she's talking about it. And BWW is thrilled to bring readers this in depth interview where she talks about the reasons for doing the show, why she's ready to expose her past, and how she learned the importance of not giving a f**k what other people think of her.

Multi Grammy winning singer/songwriter India.Arie has announced dates for her highly anticipated Soulbird Presents A SongVersation with India.Arie 2013 North American tour set to kick off tonight, September 21st in Seattle, WA.

Angelwalk Theatre, Toronto's premiere producer of Off-Broadway style musical theatre, launches its fifth anniversary season in 2013/2014 with a new production of Jonathan Larson's autobiographical musical, tick, tick...BOOM!

The National is set to perform tonight, September 20, 2013 at 8:00PM at The Paramount.

CHICAGO is back in town and it's pure entertainment! The first national tour of CHICAGO returns to the Fabulous Fox Theatre in St. Louis from tonight, September 20 through September 22.

The National will play tonight, September 19, 2013 at 7:30PM at The Paramount.

Neko Case will play tonight, September 18, 2013 at 7:30 PM at The Paramount (All Ages / Bar w/ ID). Price: $32.00 - $37.00, not including fees. Seating: Reserved.