Peter James Zielinski News

This coming Monday August 17th the hit show 'The Temperamentals' by Jon Marans continues the populart Militant Mondays, a series of talk backs following the performance. Charles Busch, Daryl Roth & Jon Marans will lead the lively discussion.

On Thursday, August 13 - one month before its final performance on Broadway - AVENUE Q will appear on both Good Day New York (Fox) and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (NBC).

On Thursday, August 13 - one month before its final performance on Broadway - AVENUE Q will appear on both Good Day New York (Fox) and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (NBC).

Acting legend Lynn Redgrave will headline the 13th annual Broadway Blessing, an interfaith service that will kick-off the new theatre season, on Monday, September 14th from 7:00 PM - 8:15 PM at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, located at 1047 Amsterdam Avenue (at 112th Street), Manhattan.

Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director) and Barry Grove (Executive Producer) are pleased to announce that Tony Award nominee Brian d'Arcy James will join the cast of the New York premiere of Donald Margulies' TIME STANDS STILL at Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street).

The best of Broadway is FREE on six consecutive Thursdays this summer with '106.7 Lite fm Presents Broadway in Bryant Park 2009' - a lunchtime series that kicked off on Thursday July 9th at 12:30PM on the Bryant Park Stage.

The producers behind the World-Premiere of Jason Mitchell's new gay comedy THE BOYS UPSTAIRS - part of the 2009 New York International Fringe Festival - hosted a benefit on Monday, July 27 at Soho House (29-35 Ninth Avenue).

True Colors Cabaret, a new monthly cabaret show, hits Feinstein's at the Loews Regency, 'the nightclub of New York,' starting Monday, September 28. The next show will be Monday, October 26. All of the net proceeds from True Colors Cabaret support the True Colors Fund and Broadway Impact.

KT Sullivan and City Hall Restaurant are set to launch an exciting new 'old time' cabaret venue, Kathleen Downey's Granite Room-'Neath the Sidewalks of New York. Events will be held four successive Thursdays, August 20 and 27, and September 3 and 10.

Gavin Creel, star of the hit musical HAIR, returned to Joe's Pub on July 27th for two sold out shows, his first concerts in over 8 months.

Katie Thompson (left), Morgan Karr and Mac Award Winner Cait Doyle led the cast of This Preview is RATED RSO-a set of songs by Ryan Scott Oliver-which will perform at the Public Theatre, produced by the Summer Play Festival. The evening featured songs from Mrs. Sharp, Darling, plus new material. The concert play took place Friday, July 24 at 9:30pm.

BroadwayWorld.com's cameras were there to join the fun yesterday Thursday July 23rd, 2009 as WICKED, Mary Poppins, Vanities and ROCK OF AGES sang for the crowds!

Tony nominees Daphne Rubin-Vega (Rent, Les Miserables), Celia Keenan-Bolger (Spelling Bee), Michael Rupert (Falsettos, Legally Blonde), Stephen Bogardus (Love! Valour! Compassion!) and Laura Osnes (South Pacific) among many other artists joined together for 'Broadway Stands up for Freedom!,' a benefit concert to support the youth programs of the New York Civil Liberties Union.

Rich Affannato in association with Meri Krassner presented a special invitational reading of the new musical, CALIGULA, with book, music & lyrics by Eric Svejcar, for two performances on Monday, July 13 and Tuesday, July 14 at 3 p.m. at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street).

The Dramatists Guild of America have announced the winners of their annual awards, which will be distributed at an awards ceremony Monday, November 2, 2009, at The Players Club in New York.

On July 20, 2009, Seattle will host a dynamic creative workshop lead by Broadway's Hunter Bell (2009 Tony nominee) and Susan Blackwell. The workshop, appropriate for individuals 16 and older, is inspired by the popular song ?Die, Vampire, Die' in the hit Broadway musical [title of show]. The song, also co-written by Susan Blackwell, defines a Vampire as 'any person, thought or feeling that stands between you and your creative self-expression'.

Actress/singer/songwriter Alicia Witt returns to Joe's Pub on Friday, July 17, 2009, 11:30 PM to celebrate the release of her new self-titled EP! Witt will be singing and playing a set of her original songs with full band.

Playwright Lynn Nottage and director Kate Whoriskey whose Pulitzer Prize winning play RUINED recently announced its final extension at Manhattan Theatre Club, was featured last night on 'Charlie Rose.'

Hollywood royalty Steven Spielberg and Billy Crystal visited backstage with stars Matt Cavenaugh, Josefina Scaglione, Tony Award winner Karen Olivo, Cody Green, George Akram, Curtis Holbrook, and the entire cast of Broadway's WEST SIDE STORY after catching the show last night, Tuesday July 14th.

To celebrate the release of the highly anticipated, CreArt by Swatch timepieces, Swatch's Time Square store will host an all day art extravaganza today Wednesday, July 15th complete with painting and a live DJ.