Russell Simmons News

East 14th, a new comedy starring, written and directed by Don Reed will play New World Stages, off Broadway (340 W. 50th Street) beginning June 26th with an official opening scheduled for July 10th, it was announced today.

The Public Theater's Hair for BE IN: A Night of Music and Love to benefit Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS. Critically-acclaimed poet and actor Lemon Andersen from Def Poetry Jam.

Berkeley Repertory Theatre announces a five city tour of Carrie Fisher's 'Wishful Drinking' starting June 18th in Santa Fe.

Interview with cast of Greatest Love Story Ever Told being presented at Beacon Theatre in NYC

Fast-growing Fifteen Minutes Public Relations, the agency founded by Howard Bragman, is opening its doors in New York City.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will celebrate the opening of its annual season at New York City Center on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 with a Gala celebration, hosted by Artistic Director Judith Jamison. One of the City's largest and most successful fund-raisers, Hip Hop Impresario Russell Simmons is this year's Honorary Chair. This year's gala will feature two pieces danced to live music.

Hairspray film star Queen Latifah will be among a score of headliners at an upcoming fundraising concert.

The Vineyard Theatre and Queens Theatre in the Park will present the New York premiere of History of the Word - a multi-cultural play about the urban high school experience - written by Ben Snyder (New York Stage and Film, NYC's Hip Hop Theater Festival), and featuring the poetry/spoken word of NYC high school students.

Mark Sendroff and Jason Baruch have announced that they will combine their practices to form a new law firm to be named Sendroff & Baruch, LLP, specializing in the areas of theatre, film, television, music, publishing and new media.

Discount tickets for Emergence-SEE!, written and performed by Daniel Beaty and directed by Kenny Leon, will be available from November 14th through 19th

Emergence-SEE!, written and performed by Daniel Beaty and directed by Kenny Leon (Gem of the Ocean, A Raisin in the Sun), will extend at the Public Theater for an additional week. Performances will now run through November 19th

Celebrities from the worlds of TV and film as well as of theatre have been flocking to see Steel Magnolias, currently running at the Lyceum Theatre

The Color Purple, headed to Broadway in 2005 has launched a new web site for the production.

Entertainment Events Inc., and Waxman Williams Entertainment with Robert Dragotta, will present the US premiere of We're Still Hot, the award-winning musical from Canada, that tells the story of four 50+ women putting together a show for their 35th high school reunion. We're Still Hot, with a book by JJ McColl and score by Ms. McColl and Rueben Gurr, has taken Canada by storm, performing for sold out engagements in Ontario, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. Sue Wolf will direct.