Richard Thompson News

Open Hart Productions will present the World Premiere of Cities of Light, created by Rebecca Joy Fletcher & directed by Bistro awarding winning John Richard Thompson, with musical arrangements by Bob Goldstone. The production is part of the Festival of Jewish Theater & Ideas, hosted by Untitled Theater Co. #61.

Untitled Theater Co. #61 will present a Festival of Jewish Theater & Ideas May 20th through June 14th. The Festival, which will include production by theater companies from around the US & Canada, will frame the Association for Jewish Theatre - International Conference (June 6-10), which will be hosted by Untitled Theater Co. #61, Artistic Director Edward Einhorn. This international conference of Jewish theater professionals is held annually in a different city.

Jenna gives a rundown of where she's been and who she's seen in the world of cabaret in the past week. The past week's events include the Bistro Awards at Gotham Comedy Club and a fabulous Cast Party at Birdland!

Judith Owen, the Welsh singer-songwriter who continues to garner praise from discerning critics, begins an exclusive, two-week engagement at The Metropolitan Room, 34 West 22nd Street, for two weeks beginning March 25.

Back Stage Magazine has announced the winners of its Back Stage Bistro Awards which honor excellence in the world of cabaret. The award ceremony will take place on Tuesday, April 28 at the Gotham Comedy Club.

Judith Owen, the Welsh singer-songwriter who continues to garner praise from discerning critics, begins an exclusive, two-week engagement at The Metropolitan Room, 34 West 22nd Street, for two weeks beginning March 25.

'Little Death' won't die. The provocative new musical performance that reveals the erotic intersections between sex and death, will have an afterlife after all. The well-received two-part performance starring Karen Kohler, who is backed by a delicious 5-piece band led by Doug Oberhamer, adds three performances through Tuesday November 18.

'Little Death' won't die. The provocative new musical performance that reveals the erotic intersections between sex and death, will have an afterlife after all. The well-received two-part performance starring Karen Kohler, who is backed by a delicious 5-piece band led by Doug Oberhamer, adds three performances through Tuesday November 18.

The Actors Company Theatre (Scott Alan Evans, Cynthia Harris and Simon Jones, Co-Artistic Directors),began its 16th season, with a new production of 'Bedroom Farce' written by Alan Ayckbourn, directed by Jenn Thompson at Theatre Row Beckett Theatre (410 West 42nd Street, New York).'Bedroom Farce' began performances on Sunday, October 5, and opens tonight, running through November 5, 2008.

In an exclusive four-week engagement at the Zipper Factory, 336 West 37th Street, the Nightlife, MAC and Bistro Award-winner Karen Kohler stars in Little Death, a provocative new musical performance exploring the erotic synergies between sex and death.

New York's Zipper Tavern presents a fall lineup of featuring music, parody, spoken word, cabaret, including performances by Lauren Cregor, Vermillion Lies, Brother Joscephus, Brad & Lori, Kathy Morath & Christopher Stephens, Kim Schultz, Karen Kohler, Ryan Bogner, Randall Shreve, The Goddess Perlman, The World Famous Bob and more.

B.B. King Blues Club has released a list of newly added or adjusted show to their fall lineup:

Judith Owen, Euan Morton, Klea Blackhurst & Billy Stritch, Tim DiPasqua, and Jeff Harnar return to the Metropolitan Room in the coming weeks. Neile Adams, Gay Marshall and Jill Whelan are among those making their Metropolitan Room debuts.

Cabaret Iconoclast Karen Kohler blurs the line between sex and death in two companion shows

In an exclusive four-week engagement at the Zipper Factory, 336 West 37th Street, the Nightlife, MAC and Bistro Award-winner Karen Kohler stars in Little Death, a provocative new musical performance exploring the erotic synergies between sex and death.

The Actors Company Theatre (Scott Alan Evans, Cynthia Harris and Simon Jones, Co-Artistic Directors), will begin its 16th season, with a new production of 'Bedroom Farce' written by Alan Ayckbourn, directed by Jenn Thompson at Theatre Row Beckett Theatre (410 West 42nd Street).'Bedroom Farce' will begin performances on Sunday, October 5, open on Monday, October 13 and run through November 5, 2008. Tickets are $25-$55 and can be purchased at Ticket Central by phone 212/279 4200 or online at www.tactnyc.org

The Zipper Factory is proud to present Stars in the Margin: An Evening of Special Guests . . . brought to you by Martha Plimpton, Lucy Wainwright Roche and Dan Lipton on Monday, August 11 at 9:30 p.m.

The Zipper Factory is proud to present Stars in the Margin: An Evening of Special Guests . . . brought to you by Martha Plimpton, Lucy Wainwright Roche and Dan Lipton on Monday, August 11 at 9:30 p.m.

For its annual summer festival of contemporary opera, music and theatre, the Almeida Theatre will present a programme which includes the London premiere of An Ocean of Rain, a specially commissioned opera by Yannis Kyriakides and Daniel Danis, the European premiere of Adam Rapp's Nocturne and British African Theatre Company Tiata Fahodzi's first week long residency at the Almeida.

The Flea Theater will present the World premiere of The Director, a new drama by Barbara Cassidy, beginning February 21st.