Shelton Brooks News

Julie Wilson Award winner Jennifer Sheehan makes her Laurie Beechman Theatre debut celebrating the upcoming 100th birthday of The Great American Songbook. After all, its first chapter was written in 1910, with the publication of Shelton Brooks's 'Some of These Days,' a song that experts regard as the first modern American standard!

Vassar & New York Stage and Film's Powerhouse season will continue through Sunday, August 2, with the Mainstage play Vera Laughed (through 8/2); the Martel Musical Tina Girlstar (7/31 - 8/1); the ever-popular Readings Festival 2 (7/30 - 8/2); and a free concert reading by the Powerhouse Apprentice Company of the new musical Hello! My Baby.

Get ready, the ?Last of the Red Hot Mamas? is back!! Sophie Tucker, the brassy burlesque and vaudeville entertainer was a legend spanning most of the 20th century. Sunday, June 7, at 2:00 PM at the Skokie Theater, 7924 North Lincoln, (in Skokie- Admission is $25.00 at the door, $20 in advance, with discounts for groups of 10 or more. Order by calling 847-677-7761 or online at www.skokietheater.com.) Chicago cabaret comedy favorite Carla Gordon will salute the great Miss Tucker.

The New York Festival of Song, with Artistic Director Steven Blier and Associate Artistic Director Michael Barrett, closes its 17th season on Wednesday, May 11th with LOST TRIBES OF VAUDEVILLE, at Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center, 129 West 67th St., beginning at 8 p.m.