Nina Simon News

SOUL DOCTOR, The New Musical about the life and music of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach is holding its Regional Premiere in New Orleans at Muriel's Cabaret Space at Le Petit Theatre (616 St. Peter Street) from Friday, May 7th through Thursday, May 12th, before heading to Broadway in 2011.

The well known chanteuse Barb Jungr makes her Little Angel debut with a brand new production for children from three years up and their families. Little Angel's Artistic Director Peter Glanville directs. Puppet design is by Roger Lade, scene design by Anne Tilby and lighting design by David Duffy.

What a way to end the Center Stage Cabaret Series. Baltimore native and Baltimore School for the Arts graduate, Tracie Thoms, rocked the Head Theatre before a sell-out crowd filled with family and friends Thursday evening. Thoms made a name for herself playing the role of Joanne in the film version of Rent (and even performed with the Broadway cast) and now has a recurring role on the CBS television show , 'Cold Case.'

Wigs, weaves and pop culture! Unicorn Theatre closes out the 36th season of BOLD NEW PLAYS with a funny and poignant 'blowout' of African-American sisterhood and identity. Zina Camblin's And Her Hair Went With Her came out of the National New Play Network (NNPN), having received productions at Phoenix Theatre, New Jersey Repertory Company and Fountain Theatre (all NNPN theatres) and was read at the Unicorn in 2008.

Vocalist Madeleine Peyroux returns to the Blue Note for a special series of concerts with her band featuring guitarist Jon Herington, keyboardist Gary Versace, bassist Barak Mori, and drummer Darren Beckett.

Independent singer-songwriter Abby Ahmad will celebrate the release of Curriculum, her second full-length CD, with four weeks of performances at The Living Room. Beginning on April 5th and continuing every Monday night at 8:00 PM in April, Ahmad will bring her hypnotic melodies and thought-provoking lyrics to the Living Room stage.

Cast members of Broadway's Sam Rockwell (Confessions of a Dangerous Mind), Anthony Mackie (The Hurt Locker) and Zoe Kazan (Revolutionary Road) take the stage at 92YTribeca to discuss the current Broadway production of A BEHANDING IN SPOKANE on Sunday, April 25 at 6:30 PM.

Portuguese fado superstar Ana Moura has a new album entitled Leve-me Aos Fados ( Take Me To A Fado House), but this April she brings the fado house to us, with a North American tour.

Portuguese fado superstar Ana Moura has a new album entitled Leve-me Aos Fados ( Take Me To A Fado House), but this April she brings the fado house to us, with a North American tour.

Portuguese fado superstar Ana Moura has a new album entitled Leve-me Aos Fados ( Take Me To A Fado House), but this April she brings the fado house to us, with a North American tour.

Portuguese fado superstar Ana Moura has a new album entitled Leve-me Aos Fados ( Take Me To A Fado House), but this April she brings the fado house to us, with a North American tour.

Independent singer-songwriter Abby Ahmad will celebrate the release of Curriculum, her second full-length CD, with four weeks of performances at The Living Room. Beginning on April 5th and continuing every Monday night at 8:00 PM in April, Ahmad will bring her hypnotic melodies and thought-provoking lyrics to the Living Room stage.

Cast members of Broadway's Sam Rockwell (Confessions of a Dangerous Mind), Anthony Mackie (The Hurt Locker) and Zoe Kazan (Revolutionary Road) take the stage at 92YTribeca to discuss the current Broadway production of A BEHANDING IN SPOKANE on Sunday, April 25 at 6:30 PM.

Portuguese fado superstar Ana Moura has a new album entitled Leve-me Aos Fados ( Take Me To A Fado House), but this April she brings the fado house to us, with a North American tour.

Under the masterful direction of Hugo Jon Sayles & Michael Williams (the same team behind last season's Smokey Joe's Cafe), Shadow Theatre Company brings to life child prodigy, jazz superstar, civil rights activist, and political exile Nina Simone. Using the voices of four female singers representing various stages of Nina's life and rich artistic legacy of the music icon. Songs include 'I Love You Porgy', 'The Look of Love' and 'I put a Spell on You', among others.

SiNNERMAN Ensemble presents the world premiere "Days of Late," written and directed by Braden LuBell. The show plays the Viaduct Theatre from April 15 to May 22, 2010.

SiNNERMAN Ensemble presents the world premiere 'Days of Late,' written and directed by Braden LuBell. This romantic drama is a hybrid of raw, emotional desperation and dark comedy, with fast-paced dialogue and ensemble movement following a savage, hilarious and heartbreaking journey of eight young city dwellers fighting to avoid frantic and isolated lives.

Cast members of Broadway's Sam Rockwell (Confessions of a Dangerous Mind), Anthony Mackie (The Hurt Locker) and Zoe Kazan (Revolutionary Road) take the stage at 92YTribeca to discuss the current Broadway production of A BEHANDING IN SPOKANE on Sunday, April 25 at 6:30 PM.

Independent singer-songwriter Abby Ahmad will continue her celebration of the release of Curriculum, her second full-length CD, with four weeks of performances at The Living Room. Continuing every Monday night at 8:00 PM in April, Ahmad will bring her hypnotic melodies and thought-provoking lyrics to the Living Room stage.

BEATNIK a musical revue of the Jazz Beat Generation will make its NYC premiere on April 11, 2010 at 7 pm. Take a trip back in time to visit the Beatnik Cafe scene of cool jazz music, Jack Kerouac, and poetry of the 40s to the 60s live at the Richmond Shepard Theater located at 309 E 26th Street at 2nd Avenue NY, NY.