Simmons News

The Off-Broadway League today announced that Taran Killam will host the 32nd Annual Lucille Lortel Awards on Sunday, May 7, 2017 at NYU Skirball Center for Performing Arts.

Margot Astrachan and The Peccadillo Theater Company will present a developmental lab presentation of FANCY, a new musical, on Thursday, March 16 at 4PM and Friday March 17 at 11AM and 3PM at The Westside Theatre, downstairs (407 West 43rd Street).

Trinity Repertory Company announces that Jessica Lange will be honored with the 2017 Pell Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts at the 21st annual Pell Awards Gala to be held on Monday, May 22, 2017 at the new WaterFire Arts Center in Providence.

The New Group presents the world premiere of All the Fine Boys, a new play from writer and director Erica Schmidt, featuring Abigail Breslin, Isabelle Fuhrman, Joe Tippett and Alex Wolff. The show opens tonight, March 1, for a limited Off-Broadway engagement playing through March 26 at The Pershing Square Signature Center (Ford Foundation Studio Theatre, 480 West 42nd Street).

???????ALL OR NOTHING, the new Small Faces musical sensation, will tour the UK in 2017 on its second major outing.

FOREVER PLAID by Stuart Ross is a musical that lends itself to offering audiences a goofy, charming musical escape, and is considered one of the most popular and successful off-Broadway musicals in history. Having never before seen a production of it, I have always been curious why those who have either been in a production or seen the show are such outspoken fans of it. Those involved with the show speak of the 'brotherhood of Plaid' that exists between those who have performed or directed the show previously, with the understanding that if called upon at any time to take part in a production of the musical, it would be a crime to not jump in and make the show an audience favorite. So when I was invited to the current production at the International City Theatre in Long Beach, I jumped at the chance to see what all the fuss is about.

The New Black Fest and The Lark, two theater organizations dedicated to celebrating and advocating for extraordinary and diverse stories, have announced the third annual The New Black Fest at The Lark.

Oscar(R)-winner J.K. Simmons (Whiplash) makes his Bikini Bottom debut during a brand-new episode of SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS 'Snooze You Lose,' premiering Saturday, March 4, at 10:00 a.m. (ET/PT).

???????Director Edward A. Brennan has announced that casting is complete and rehearsals have begun for Bernard Slade's "An Act of the Imagination," the Hampton Theatre Company's third production of the 2016-2017 season. The edge-of-your-seat suspense filled mystery opens on March 23 at the Quogue Community Hall and will run through April 9.

Jack Kleinsinger's Highlights In Jazz, New York's longest running jazz concert series, proudly continues its 45th season at 8:00 PM on Thursday, March 9, 2017 at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center Borough of Manhattan Community College, 199 Chambers Street, NYC with A Salute To David Amram.

The upcoming album LOS AMSTERDAM--due out April 7 on Mad Decent--is where the sound of future music lives, somewhere between YELLOW CLAW's native city (Amsterdam) and their second home (Los Angeles). Two songs from the album--'Invitation' and 'Love & War,' both featuring Yade Lauren--have already been heard.  Today, the Dutch duo launch the album's pre-sale with the new single 'Good Day' featuring DJ Snake and Elliphant. 

Bravo Media's Emmy and James Beard Award-winning series TOP CHEF is partnering with the Lay's “Do Us a Flavor” contest to serve fans the first-ever live Quickfire Challenge Thursday, March 2 at 8:35pm ET

The arts community was out in force on Feb. 22 for the Opening Reception and Awards Ceremony for "Mercer County Artists 2017," now on display at the Gallery at Mercer County Community College (MCCC) through March 23. The Gallery at Mercer is located on the second floor of the Communications Building on the college's West Windsor Campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road.  (The gallery is closed during Spring Break, March 13 to 19.)

On 4 March 2017, Mary Boone Gallery will open at its Chelsea location. The exhibition, show in cooperation with Friedrich Petzel Gallery and curated by Piper Marshall, features three bodies of work by McCollum.

MARVEL'S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. returns with all-new episodes starting Tuesday April 4th on ABC. Check out a promo for the next episode below!

The nationally regarded Fulton Theatre continues its 2016/2017 Ellen Arnold Groff Studio Series with the gripping Disgraced in the Tell Studio Theatre. The Ayad Akhtar drama runs through March 12 with #FridayNightConversations after each Friday Night performance.

This National Margarita Day (Today, February 22nd), spice up your hump day with a refreshing cold one frozen or on the rocks - because let's be honest, who couldn't use a reason to drink Tequila in the middle of the work week?! Celebrity caterer Andrea Correale of Elegant Affairs has created four fun and refreshing Margarita recipes that will have you singing ole this Today.

Check out this fantastic Avocado Margarita Recipe by Andrea Correale of Elegant Affairs. It's great for National Margarita Day on February 22nd or whenever you want to mix up a fantastic drink that is sure to please and impress.

Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., is pleased to announce the release of With A Weapon And A Grin, an in depth look into the propaganda depicting Black African soldiers during WWI.

Combining hyper ADD with an amusingly acute take on things, Dov Davidoff puts on a high intensity stand-up show, making him an audience favorite.  There's no doubt that Davidoff has established himself as one of the MUST-SEE acts on the scene today.