P. James News

SJB Productions presents the West Coast Premiere of 'Marion Bridge' by award-winning Canadian playwright Daniel MacIvor. The guest production runs September 8 through September 24 for a limited Los Angeles engagement at Son of Semele Theater in Los Angeles.

Well, well, well. If it isn't Rhys James, the guy who said comedy shows are for losers and blurbs are for idiots. Back here with another comedy show, as explained in this blurb. Unbelievable.

Running October 6-8, 2017, Chamber Orchestra FIRST EDITIONS (COFE) will launch its third season with a program exploring the synthesis of classical music and jazz - called "third stream music" - including a performance of Gunther Schuller's 1962 classic "Journey into Jazz," narrated by liberal icon Barney Frank, and the premiere of a composition for jazz quintet and string orchestra by drummer Gabriel Globus-Hoenich.

Brexit the Musical isn't the only show in this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe to be inspired by recent political goings-on, but it's likely to be the funniest.

Brown Box Theatre Project returns for a seventh year of Free Outdoor Shakespeare with their largest and most ambitious production yet. The troupe's much-anticipated presentation of Hamlet will enjoy a three-week tour to seven outdoor venues throughout Greater Boston August 11-27.

Goodman Theatre announces the casting and creative teams for its 2017/2018 Albert and Owen Theatre season openers.

After a critically acclaimed 2016/2017 season, New York City Opera is again at the forefront of New York's cultural season, opening its 2017/2018 season on September 6, 2017 at 7:30PM with a new production of Puccini's La fanciulla del West directed by Ivan Stefanutti with James Meena conducting the New York City Opera Orchestra and Chorus. Soprano Kristin Sampson returns to City Opera to sing the role of Minnie, joined by tenor Jonathan Burton as Dick Johnson in his City Opera debut, and bass-baritone Kevin Short as Jack Rance.

StageArt is thrilled to announce the cast for the Australasian premiere of the Tony award-winning Memphis the Musical, which will play at Prahran's Chapel off Chapel from 6 October 2017.

James Andrew Miller, award-winning journalist and best-selling author, teams with DGital Media, leading creator of premium, on-demand audio entertainment, to announce 'Origins' Chapter One:Curb Your Enthusiasm, the first installment of an all-new podcast series exploring epochal beginnings whether from the fields of film, television, music, publishing, or even human relationships.

"All I want to do is play music," says singer/guitarist, Casey James. "Stripping it back to just me making a record of music that I love was a huge stepping stone in my life." Released June 9, Strip It Down, his new album produced by Grammy-winner Tom Hambridge and featuring a guest duet with the legendary Delbert McClinton, does just that.

PYPE Productions presents Zeppelin Experience, the Led Zeppelin cover band, performing Saturday August 26, 8:00pm at The Ritz Theater in Minneapolis. Admission is sliding scale, $20-$40. Tickets available at www.brownpapertickets.com or call 1-800-838-3006. The Ritz Theater is located at 345 13th Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN.

Actor's Express has been awarded grants of $30,000 by both the Fulton County Board of Commissioners and the City of Atlanta Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs and a grant of $12,500 by the Georgia Council for the Arts to support its programming throughout 2017 and 2018. Together the grants amount to the highest level of government support Actor's Express has received in its 30 year history. Managing Director Alex Scollon comments, 'As Actor's Express enters its 30th Anniversary Season, we are honored that the city, county and state recognize the theatre's contribution to the region's cultural community.' The 30th Anniversary Season includes mainstage productions of The Christians by Lucas Hnath, Cardboard Piano by Hansol Jung, both parts of Tony Kushner's Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning masterpiece Angels in America, the World Premiere comedy The Flower Room by Atlanta playwright Daryl Lisa Fazio and a major Broadway musical to be announced, as well as a special concert version of The Harvey Milk Show and the Third Annual Threshold New Play Festival.

MARY IN THE CLUB by James Presson will be read at Judson Memorial Church on August 4th at 6pm. It stars Olivia Macklin (FOX's upcoming LA to Vegas, HBO's The Young Pope).

Luxury Universal [e]Xperience invites to a special UCC event.

The Knowledge is based on the iconic 1979 TV lm comedy. Maureen not only played a leading role in the film, but is also Jack Rosenthal's widow.

An award-winning play written by a 2017 graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) will be presented Aug. 1 and 2 at the National Black Theatre Festival (NBTF) in Winston-Salem.

MARY IN THE CLUB by James Presson will be read at Judson Memorial Church on August 4th at 6pm. It stars Olivia Macklin (FOX's upcoming LA to Vegas, HBO's The Young Pope).

The Barn Stage Company in association with Temecula Presents present the West Coast Regional Premiere of James and the Giant Peach, based on Roald Dahl's beloved children's book, on the Old Town Temecula Community Theatre stage from August 17th to the 27th.

James Nelson-Joyce  is to co-star with the previously announced Julian Clary in the world premiere of the two-handed black comedy, Le Grand Mort.

Today, July 28 at 12:00 Noon at Staten Island's Borough Hall Plaza, the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) will present the third event of the 2017 season of 'Broadway in the Boros,' a series of free musical performances featuring stars from some of Broadway's biggest shows. This performance will feature a showcase of vignettes performed by members of the current casts and orchestras from hit musicals Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Bandstand.