Peter James Zielinski News

SRT's Annual Benefit features Tony, Academy and Grammy Award-winning artists in 'Sonnet Sings: The Bard, An Evening of Original Songs Inspired by the Work of William Shakespeare.' 11/17

Curtain Call is a multi-media exhibition crackling with creative verve and bursting at the seams with the dazzling works of the little-noted women without whose costume, set, and lighting designs and innovations the show could not have gone on in North America for the past hundred-plus years. This is the stuff that makes the audience gasp in awe. This is the opportunity to meet those responsible for taking our breath away.

On Monday, November 17th at 8 PM, The Town Hall stage will thunder with the sound of Broadway's greatest voices in the 5th Annual Broadway Unplugged. The thunder will be provided without any microphones; we do it with just terrific singers singing great Broadway show tunes.

The Zipper Factory Theater (336 West 37th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues) presents REANIMATED! The Unlikely Return of Kravitz and Jones, which will be performed on Monday, November 17 at 9:30 p.m.

Previews begin tonight, Friday, November 14th, 2008 for an official opening on Sunday, November 23rd, 2008, and a limited run through Sunday, January 4th, 2009.

Gotham-based indie production and distribution company CAVU Pictures is set to release actor Robert Davi's directorial debut THE DUKES, beginning in NY on November 14th, and nationally beginning November 21st.

Harvey Fierstein returned to his Tony-winning role as the greatest Broadway mother of them all, Edna Turnblad in Hairspray on Tuesday, November 11th. BroadwayWorld was there to cheer our favorite 'Mama' on as he celebrated becoming a 'Hairhopper' again!

SPRING AWAKENING, Broadway's Tony Award-winning musical held a special panel discussion and performance at the all-new 92Street Y/Tribeca (200 Hudson Street). 'On Stage With Spring Awakening' took place Monday, November 10th at 7:30PM, BroadwayWorld.com's camera caught the informative and entertaining event.

Now entering its 6th year on Broadway, the musical blockbuster WICKED will welcome new cast members in the coming week. Beginning performances Tuesday, November 11, MARCIE DODD will assume the role of Elphaba and ALLI MAUZEY will assume the role of Glinda. Also joining the company are KEVIN KERN in the role of Fiyero and BRYNN O'MALLEY as Nessarose. ALEX BRIGHTMAN will assume the role of Boq on Tuesday, November 4.

Members of the cast of HAIR will perform the signature song 'Hair' at the Apollo Theatre today - Monday, November 10 - during a ceremony in which Mayor Michael Bloomberg will present a Mayor's Award for Arts and Culture to HAIR composer Galt MacDermot and five others members of the arts community.

Celebrating its 15th anniversary, the Great Neck Arts Center (GNAC) hosts its annual gala fundraiser, 'Stars of Broadway,' on Monday November 10, at The Tilles Center at the C.W. Post campus of Long Island University. The event -- which includes a VIP cocktail reception, dinner and show will generate support for GNAC's flourishing arts programs that serve thousands of Nassau, Suffolk and Queens residents each month.

ROCK OF AGES was 'Born to Run' at New World Stages Saturday night November 8th when Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band member and The Sopranos star Steven Van Zandt stopped by to catch the performance. He was joined by his actress wife, Maureen Van Zandt.

Edith Shain, the nurse in the iconic kissing photo taken in Times Square the day World War II ended, had 'some enchanted evening' when she visited the Tony Award winning Broadway revival of 'South Pacific' and met the ?sailors' from the cast, Sunday November 9, 2 PM, at the Vivian Beaumont Theater, Lincoln Center.

SRT's Annual Benefit features Tony, Academy and Grammy Award-winning artists in 'Sonnet Sings: The Bard, An Evening of Original Songs Inspired by the Work of William Shakespeare.' 11/17

Lampkin Music Group has announced the CD release party for Broadway personality, Devin Richards 'My Own Voice - Live at Metropolitan Room.' The evening will feature musical direction by Dan 'The Man' Furman and take place on November 10th at 8:30 PM. Tickets are $25 which includes a copy of the CD.

The New Group's U.S. premiere of Kevin Elyot's Mouth to Mouth directed by Mark Brokaw, officially celebrated Opening Night, November 6th on Theatre Row. This production features New Group artists David Cale, Lisa Emery and Elizabeth Jasicki.

The New York Pops led by Vincent Falcone and Eric Stern, celebrated its hometown on Friday, November 7th at Carnegie Hall in a program entitled 'A Love Letter to New York' featuring classic songs about New York City and the world premieres of original songs about the city by composer Kenneth Laub.

The Tony® and Grammy® award-winning musical Jersey Boys celebrated three standing-room-only years on Broadway this past Thursday, November 6. BroadwayWorld.com sent in ace photographer Peter James Zielinski to capture all the birthday ‘Boys' fun!

SHREK THE MUSICAL is proud to announce The Duloc Ticket Lottery at Shrek's Swamp Shoppe, located on the 3rd floor of M&M'S WORLD® in Times Square (1600 Broadway).

It has been confirmed that [title of show] star Heidi Blickenstaff will be replacing Sheri Rene Scott as 'Ursula' in the Disney musical THE LITTLE MERMAID on Broadway.