Paul Smith News

LOOSE CHICKS has found a new home at The Lincoln Loft (3036 N Lincoln Ave). Jillian Erickson and Roberta Miles, the "Loose Chicks" will be starring in and presenting an hour long performance based on their experiences through life. Erin Lane, the newest chick and Chicago based actress will be featured this month. This juicy, gutsy, balsy, cutting edge look at life through the eyes of three femme fatales will be presented Friday, May 25, 2012 at 7:30pm.

Three Cat Education, an education program of Three Cat Productions, now in its third year, is expanding its summer theatre camps for children and teens to three locations in the Chicago area running June 11-August 20.

Three Cat Productions celebrates Barbra Streisand's 70th birthday with its fifth annual "Bab Fab: A Barbra Streisand Celebration" at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 24 at the Wilmette Theatre, covering her career from the early Greenwich Village days to the present.

Viva Patshiva is an original musical comedy about a down and out man who is swept up by an ancient culture living in the shadows of Brooklyn. After embarking on a series of misadventures with a colorful crew of musical wanderers, he is confronted with a choice that could reconnect him with his soul or send him to hell forever.

Retro Productions and The Bleecker Company, in association with The Arclight Theatre, present Milan Stitt's drama THE RUNNER STUMBLES, with an Off-Broadway run set to open Thursday, May 3 at The Arclight Theatre (152 West 71st Street). Peter Zinn, who helmed Retro Productions' revivals Michael Frayn's BENEFACTORS and Sally Nemeth's HOLY DAYS, directs.

Viva Patshiva is an original musical comedy about a down and out man who is swept up by an ancient culture living in the shadows of Brooklyn. After embarking on a series of misadventures with a colorful crew of musical wanderers, he is confronted with a choice that could reconnect him with his soul or send him to hell forever.

Viva Patshiva is an original musical comedy about a down and out man who is swept up by an ancient culture living in the shadows of Brooklyn. After embarking on a series of misadventures with a colorful crew of musical wanderers, he is confronted with a choice that could reconnect him with his soul or send him to hell forever.

The Rose Nagelberg Theatre at The Baruch Performing Arts Center was SRO for the special presentation of Earl Wilson Jr.'s 'topical, rousing & inspiring new musical' YES!

The first public presentation of Wilson's new show, called YES! THE MUSICAL, will be given a single showcase salon performance on Monday, March 5, at 8 PM -- one year and one day later from the day he started it -- at the Rose Nagelberg Theater at the Baruch Performing Arts Center on 25th Street, just east of Lexington Avenue. The production, with book, music and lyrics by Wilson, is being presented by The Theater at the Duke Ellington Center For The Arts, with Mercedes Ellington as director- choreographer.

The first public presentation of Wilson's new show, called YES! THE MUSICAL, will be given a single showcase salon performance on Monday, March 5, at 8 PM -- one year and one day later from the day he started it -- at the Rose Nagelberg Theater at the Baruch Performing Arts Center on 25th Street, just east of Lexington Avenue. The production, with book, music and lyrics by Wilson, is being presented by The Theater at the Duke Ellington Center For The Arts, with Mercedes Ellington as director- choreographer.

Nickelodeon has signed fourteen-year-old singing sensation Rachel Crow to an overall talent deal, it was announced today by Paula Kaplan, Executive Vice President, Talent Strategy and West Coast Operations.

New York: Interart Theatre and Royal Family Productions (RFP) will extend Gary Duggan's Dedalus Lounge, directed by RFP's Chris Henry, with original musical by Anthony Rapp and Daniel A. Weiss and choreography by JoAnn M. Hunter (On a Clear Day…). Dedalus Lounge began performances on January 8 and celebrated its opening night on January 12. Originally slated to end its run on January 30, but has been extended through February 2, 2012 at the Interart Theatre Annex (500 West 52 Street, 2nd Floor). Tickets are $18 and can be purchased by visiting www.brownpapertickets.com or by calling 1-800-838-3006.

Interart Theatre and Royal Family Productions (RFP) are proud to announce that Anthony Rapp (RENT) and Dee Roscioli (Wicked) and James Kautz (Amoralists) will star in the US premiere of Dedalus Lounge written by Irish playwright Gary Duggan, directed by RFP's Chris Henry, with original musical by Anthony Rapp and Daniel A. Weiss. Dedalus Lounge will begin performances January 8 and will open on January 12 and will initially run through January 30, 2012 at the Interart Theatre Annex (500 West 52 Street, 2nd Floor). Tickets are $18 and can be purchased by visiting www.brownpapertickets.com or by calling 1-800-838-3006 .

Helena Bonham Carter is among the names on the Queen's end of the year Honors list. The actress has been made a CBE.

Psycho Clan, producers of NIGHTMARE, New York's most horrifying haunted house and AOL CityGuide's No. 1 rated haunted attraction in NYC have announced that they will expand the sensory assaulting theatre experience THE EXPERIMENT into an off-Broadway run on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.

Chicago singer and actor, Rob Dorn, returns to the Wilmette Theatre with the holiday concert "Rob Dorn's Wonderland" on December 19th at 7:30pm.

Interart Theatre and Royal Family Productions (RFP) are proud to announce that Anthony Rapp (RENT) and Dee Roscioli (Wicked) and James Kautz (Amoralists) will star in the US premiere of Dedalus Lounge written by Irish playwright Gary Duggan, directed by RFP's Chris Henry, with original musical by Anthony Rapp and Daniel A. Weiss. Dedalus Lounge will begin performances January 8 and will open on January 12 and will initially run through January 30, 2012 at the Interart Theatre Annex (500 West 52 Street, 2nd Floor). Tickets are $18 and can be purchased by visiting www.brownpapertickets.com or by calling 1-800-838-3006 .

Chicago singer and actor, Rob Dorn, returns to the Wilmette Theatre with the holiday concert "Rob Dorn's Wonderland" on December 19th at 7:30pm.

Psycho Clan, producers of NIGHTMARE, New York's most horrifying haunted house and AOL CityGuide's No. 1 rated haunted attraction in NYC have announced that they will expand the sensory assaulting 5-D theatre experience THE EXPERIMENT into an off-Broadway run on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. A special holiday version of NIGHTMARE (BEFORE CHRISTMAS): THE EXPERIMENT will run December 9 through December 22, 2011 at the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, 107 Suffolk Street between Rivington and Delancey.

Psycho Clan, producers of NIGHTMARE, New York's most horrifying haunted house and AOL CityGuide's No. 1 rated haunted attraction in NYC have announced that they will expand the sensory assaulting theatre experience THE EXPERIMENT into an off-Broadway run on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.