Sammy Davis, Jr. News

On Tuesday, March 20, acclaimed cabaret vocalist Terese Genecco celebrated the third anniversary of her monthly shows at Iridium Jazz Club with a launch party for her new CD release, 'Terese Genecco & Her Little Big Band: Live from the Iridium NYC.'

Terese Genecco's second CD release is a wonderfully polished production that is a tribute to her musical heroes, including Frank, Dean, Sammy, Marilyn Maye and Mel Torme.

Sandy Hackett's Rat Pack Show will arrive at The Colonial Theatre on March 24 at 8pm to 'recreate one of the famous Summit at the Sands hotel shows at a time when the Rat Pack was creating hipster legend.' With what's being described as 'uncanny vocal recreations of hits like 'That's Amore,' 'Fly Me to the Moon,' 'Mr. Bojangles,' and more, Sandy Hackett's Rat Pack Show will have the audience feeling as if ol' blue eyes were alive and singing again.'

Las Vegas entertainer Kelly Clinton brings her kaleidoscope of talent in "Freckled For Life" to the Suncoast Showroom April 28 and 29, each evening at 7:30 p.m.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Stephanie Kramer will guest star on the CBS drama series CSI on April 4th in an episode entitled 'Split Decisions'. The actress will join previously announced guest star Jackson Pace in the episode.

Bristol Riverside Theatre concludes its season-long series of special performances with Steppin' Out Live with Ben Vereen, a weekend of appearances by legendary Broadway star Ben Vereen on April 20-22. Performances are Friday, April 20 at 8 PM, Saturday, April 21 at 2:00 and 8:00 PM; and Sunday, April 22 at 3:00 PM. Tickets starting at $50 are available by visiting brtstage.org or calling the BRT Box Office at 215-785-0100. All performances are at Bristol Riverside Theatre (120 Radcliffe Street in Bristol, PA).

Sandy Hackett's Rat Pack Show will arrive at The Colonial Theatre on March 24 at 8pm to 'recreate one of the famous Summit at the Sands hotel shows at a time when the Rat Pack was creating hipster legend.' With what's being described as 'uncanny vocal recreations of hits like 'That's Amore,' 'Fly Me to the Moon,' 'Mr. Bojangles,' and more, Sandy Hackett's Rat Pack Show will have the audience feeling as if ol' blue eyes were alive and singing again.'

HUNGER: IN BED WITH ROY COHN is a world premiere fantasy play by Joan Beber about Roy Cohn, the attorney whose hunger for power and prominence ultimately destroyed him.

Experience The Rat Pack at The State Theatre on Saturday, March 31 at 8 PM.

There is much to like about Sandy Hackett's Rat Pack Show, which played at the beautiful McCallum Theatre for three sold out performances on March 2 and 3. Like so many others, I would have loved to have had the chance to witness the "real" Rat Pack hold court in the world famous Copa Room some fifty years ago and so I was greatly anticipating an evening that promised to deliver the next best thing. For the most part, it kept its promise.

The comedy Greater Tuna, written by Joe Sears, Jaston Williams, and Ed Howard, directed by Bradley J. Carroll and starring Billy Breed and George Walker kicks off the 2012 season at The Great American Melodrama.

Billy Crystal was nine for nine with his stupendous hosting - particularly thanks to his superlative musical material courtesy of Tony-winning tunesmith Marc Shaiman - yet, the 2012 Oscars were all about the awards, for once, with a heavy helping of superstars and surprises. A glamorous and generally genial broadcast, more than many in recent years this years, last night's top entertainment honors came across as a class act on the elegantly produced and impressively rendered broadcast, from beginning to end - unscripted screenwriters' Angelina impressions aside. Crytal's hilarious opening montage allowed the Oscar host extraordinaire the opportunity to enact his oh-so-idiosyncratic take on the year's top nominated films - including a kiss with George Clooney ala THE DESCENDANTS and a Justin Bieber/Sammy Davis, Jr. skit inspired by Woody Allen's MIDNIGHT IN PARIS, both of which went on to win the Best Screenplay categories - and remind us why he is tops. The portrait of the winner of Best Picture may have been painted long before last night for THE ARTIST, yet the 2012 Academy Awards show was packed with a plethora of surprises in technical and even some major categories, with Martin Scorsese's HUGO also scoring big and Meryl Streep winning her third statuette, this time for her Best Actress turn in THE IRON LADY, uncanny in her portrayal of British prime minister Margaret Thatcher. Additionally, THE ARTIST's Jean Judarjin took home Best Actor - over Hollywood titan George Clooney, no less - for his superb performance as a Gene Kelly-esque silent film star (save a few words at the very meta finale). The supporting categories showed some love to expected winners Octavia Spencer - for the audience hit, THE HELP - as well as veteran actor Christopher Plummer - for the indie release, BEGINNERS. Cirque Du Soleil afforded us some spectacle in the form of a 3D aerial classic film homage as only they could create and present, but Crystal's inimitable opening sequence - film sequence and crisply amusing song acting as the ideal entree into the awards season's show of shows - were the night's undeniable highlights. So, too, on the performance front did the In Memoriam sequence shine thanks to a soulful rendering of "What A Wonderful World" by Esperanza Spalding. Many of the major categories may have went the way we have all predicted, yet important categories also went to a surprisingly large smattering of the year's other fine filmatic achievements, as well, making it an entertaining and overall quite pleasing broadcast when considering the conservative slate of films nominated this season.

The COLUMN AWARDS Board of Directors and the Executive Director/Producer announced today that Tony Award winner and Kennedy Center Honoree Chita Rivera will be the Co-host for the 13th Annual COLUMN AWARDS Gala.

Actress Shirley Jones, winner of the 1961 Oscar(R) for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for 'Elmer Gantry,' will be honored by Variety, The Children's Charity of Southern Nevada, at Oscar Night(R) Las Vegas.

Private Lives will open Saturday, February 18. The production will run through March 25. The show was originally scheduled to start previews February 2 and run through March 11.

Previews for Table for Two's Production of Noel Coward's classic comedy Private Lives at GTC Burbank will now start on Thursday, February 16, 2012. Opening night is set for Saturday, February 18. The production will run through March 25. The show was originally scheduled to start previews February 2 and run through March 11.

Dory Previn Shannon died on Tuesday morning, February 14, at her home in Massachusetts, according to her husband, artist Joby Baker. She was 86 years old.

Celebrating 50 years of the Rat Pack, Sandy Hackett's Rat Pack Show comes to the Wilson Center.

A multi-talented cast and onstage band bring to life the famous songs of 'The Man In Black' when Cabrillo Music Theatre's production of RING OF FIRE: THE MUSIC OF JOHNNY CASH makes its Thousand Oaks premiere at the Civic Arts Plaza.

With George Clooney's 'The Ides of March' - which he directed and in which he also stars -- receiving critical kudos and film festival acclaim, 'Reel 13' will unspool his directorial debut, 2002 'Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,' on February 11 at 11:20 p.m. on THIRTEEN.