Novak News

Arizona-based actress and Invisible Theatre's Managing Artistic Director, SUSAN CLAASSEN, most recently completed a sold-out 5 week run at the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood.

Theatre Exile's 2010-11 season is bolder than ever-with two productions in 2011 guaranteed to leave you gasping for more!

Lampkin Music Group is proud to present critically acclaimed jazz singer, Spider Saloff, in a special Valentine's Eve dinner concert 'My Funny Valentine' on Sunday, February 13, 2011 at 5 p.m. at the Palais Royale at the Morris Performing Arts Center. Dinner starts at 5 p.m. and the show starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $50 and available by calling 574-235-9190 or online at www.morriscenter.org.

Nationally acclaimed vocalist Spider Saloff will make a rare appearance in South Bend for this elegant and romantic evening at the Palais Royal. Saloff will present a priceless collection of songs about love, many from the Great American Songbook as well as some lesser known material. She will also interject her own special brand of humor into the performance with antidotes about the songs and love itself!

The Writers Guild of America, West and the Writers Guild of America, East have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in television, news, radio, promotional writing, and graphic animation during the 2010 season to be honored at the 2011 Writers Guild Awards on February 5, 2011, in Los Angeles and New York.

At the age of 42, Shirley Valentine's marriage and life are in a rut. Her world is one of kitchens, cooking and faded dreams. She longs to 'drink a glass of wine in the country where grapes are grown,' so when a friend invites her on holiday to Greece, she packs her bag without a second thought, ditching the drudgery of housework in hopes of adventure and love.

The Windham Theatre Guild presents a delightful romantic comedy as the February production. Come and enjoy a fable about two witches, a warlock, an apartment house, the young man upstairs, an eccentric aunt, and a writer obsessed with writing a book on the existence of witches. As the precursor to the TV series 'Bewitched', this play became a Golden Globe award winning movie for Best Picture starring James Stewart and Kim Novak.

The Windham Theatre Guild is sorry to announce that for reasons beyond their control, they have had to cancel the February 2011 production of "Charlotte's Web". It is the WTG's hope to mount another production of this show in a future season.

The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts will host the world premiere of the new public TV documentary STEVEN CARAS: SEE THEM DANCE on February 24. Presented by Arizona PBS, the film concerns the life and work of Mr. Caras, a former New York City Ballet dancer, who transformed his career to become one of the world's most renowned dance photographers. Currently a resident of West Palm Beach, Caras is also a published author, guest lecturer, ballet master and founding chairman of the Randolph A. Frank Prize for the Performing Arts in Palm Beach. For more information, please visit www.stevencaras.com.

Because just 17% of America's main stage productions are written by women Wide Eyed Productions attempts to tip the scales and expose eager audiences to more fantastic theatre.

Because just 17% of America's main stage productions are written by women Wide Eyed Productions attempts to tip the scales and expose eager audiences to more fantastic theatre.

Highlights Include the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, Natalie Cole, Michael Feinstein, Dudu Fisher, Kathy Griffin, Shirley MacLaine, Jackie Mason, Peking Acrobats, Itzhak Perlman, The Temptations & The Four Tops, Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons, The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein, Spring Awakening, Tango Inferno, West Side Story & the World Premiere Screening of Steven Caras: See Them Dance

Direct from New York, Tony N' Tina's Wedding, the longest running Off-Broadway comedy in history, finishes its Columbus run on January 30.

Started in Chicago in 2009 as a way to release 7s with perfect pop songs, Trouble in Mind announces the release of their second and third LPs this spring featuring new recordings from San Francisco's purveyors of ragged pop The Wrong Words and Nashville psych explorers The Paperhead.

Bear Country, the highest attended and biggest selling play in the 25 year history of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival's Octagon stage will return to ASF for a limited engagement and will close on January 23. This Silver Anniversary encore production will take place on a reconceived set in ASF's 750-seat Festival Theatre.

Highlights Include the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, Natalie Cole, Michael Feinstein, Dudu Fisher, Kathy Griffin, Shirley MacLaine, Jackie Mason, Peking Acrobats, Itzhak Perlman, The Temptations & The Four Tops, Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons, The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein, Spring Awakening, Tango Inferno, West Side Story & the World Premiere Screening of Steven Caras: See Them Dance

Direct from New York, Tony N' Tina's Wedding, the longest running Off-Broadway comedy in history, comes to Columbus. As Tony and Tina exchange vows, the audience plays the part of family and friends joining them for the reception feast and the hilarious family drama which ensues.

Because just 17% of America's main stage productions are written by women Wide Eyed Productions attempts to tip the scales and expose eager audiences to more fantastic theatre.

At the age of 42, Shirley Valentine's marriage and life are in a rut. Her world is one of kitchens, cooking and faded dreams. She longs to 'drink a glass of wine in the country where grapes are grown,' so when a friend invites her on holiday to Greece, she packs her bag without a second thought, ditching the drudgery of housework in hopes of adventure and love.

The Windham Theatre Guild presents a delightful romantic comedy as the February production. Come and enjoy a fable about two witches, a warlock, an apartment house, the young man upstairs, an eccentric aunt, and a writer obsessed with writing a book on the existence of witches. As the precursor to the TV series 'Bewitched', this play became a Golden Globe award winning movie for Best Picture starring James Stewart and Kim Novak.