Stephen Holden News

Capital Repertory Theatre presents a LIMITED TWO-WEEK ENGAGEMENT of Tony and Emmy Award winning Leslie Uggams in concert between July 19 - July 31, 2011.

Jim Caruso announces the return of TOM WOPAT to the Birdland stage on Monday, June 20 at 7pm. This concert is part of the Broadway at Birdland series, which highlights performers and composers from the Great White Way.

The stunningly beautiful, versatile and award-winning vocalist Jennifer Sheehan has just finished a highly successful run of her critically acclaimed cabaret show at the Metropolitan Room in New York, performing for sold-out audiences. She made her Carnegie Hall debut in 2010, performing as a special guest of Michael Feinstein. She won the first-ever Noël Coward Foundation Competition Award last year, and was previously a recipient of The Mabel Mercer Foundation's Julie Wilson Award. At The Colony Hotel's Royal Room, Ms. Sheehan will be performing her latest cabaret show, You Made Me Love You: Celebrating 100 Years of the Great American Songbook. For more information, please visit www.jennifersheehan.com.

The legendary Broadway star, actress/singer Betty Buckley will offer a special Summer Workshop of Song Interpretation and Scene Study beginning June 13. The Fort Worth native will assist aspiring artists, educators and experienced performers in the craft of singing, acting and storytelling.

Through Friday July 1, New York's Metropolitan Room is accepting applications for this year's 2011 "MetroStar Talent Challenge."

Baby Jane Dexter returns to Metropolitan Room for a special summer encore engagement celebrating the release of her new live CD, 'The Real World' on Quannacut Records.

The stunningly beautiful, versatile and award-winning vocalist Jennifer Sheehan has just finished a highly successful run of her critically acclaimed cabaret show at the Metropolitan Room in New York, performing for sold-out audiences. She made her Carnegie Hall debut in 2010, performing as a special guest of Michael Feinstein. She won the first-ever Noël Coward Foundation Competition Award last year, and was previously a recipient of The Mabel Mercer Foundation's Julie Wilson Award. At The Colony Hotel's Royal Room, Ms. Sheehan will be performing her latest cabaret show, You Made Me Love You: Celebrating 100 Years of the Great American Songbook. For more information, please visit www.jennifersheehan.com.

Jim Caruso announces the return of TOM WOPAT to the Birdland stage on Monday, June 20 at 7pm. This concert is part of the Broadway at Birdland series, which highlights performers and composers from the Great White Way.

San Diego Theatres continues to offer a wide range of the best entertainment for their audiences with the announcement of the first presentations of an evolving 2011-2012 BALBOA THEATRE SEASON! The previously announced FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE! 35TH Anniversary World Tour stop on August 2 will be joined by two other great events, k.d. lang and the SISS BOOM BANG on October 22 and An Evening With HOWIE MANDEL on October 23.

Joe's Pub Announces Final Month of Performances Before Renovation.

The legendary Broadway star, actress/singer Betty Buckley will offer a special Summer Workshop of Song Interpretation and Scene Study beginning June 13. The Fort Worth native will assist aspiring artists, educators and experienced performers in the craft of singing, acting and storytelling.

The steamy, sexy and sultry Two Boys in Bed on a Cold Winter's Night comes to Rising Action Theatre in an all new production. James Edwin Parker's play has been critically acclaimed in the US and on the International stage. Set in New York City in 1987, this play explores the sexual etiquette of one-night stands and is peppered with poignant, humorous and sly observations as it's two boys yearn for a carefree time of days gone by.

To celebrate the publication of New York independent filmmaker and animator Bill Plympton's new book Independently Animated (Rizzoli), Museum of the Moving Image will present two days of screenings and personal appearances over Memorial Day weekend.

Award-Winning vocalist ERIC MICHAEL GILLETT will bring CAST OF THOUSANDS: Gillett Sings Carnelia to the Laurie Beechman Theatre, Friday, June 10, Wednesdays, June 22 & 29 & Mondays, July 11 & 18, all at 7pm.

The legendary Broadway star, actress/singer Betty Buckley will offer her successful Song Interpretation Workshop with a round of six classes open to participants in May 2011. The Fort Worth native will assist aspiring artists, educators and experienced performers in the craft of singing, acting and storytelling.

The steamy, sexy and sultry Two Boys in Bed on a Cold Winter's Night comes to Rising Action Theatre in an all new production. James Edwin Parker's play has been critically acclaimed in the US and on the International stage. Set in New York City in 1987, this play explores the sexual etiquette of one-night stands and is peppered with poignant, humorous and sly observations as it's two boys yearn for a carefree time of days gone by.

FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed 'Best of New York' by New York Magazine and 'an invaluable New York institution' by The New York Post, will continue its Spring 2011 season with the return engagement of Grammy Award nominated singer and entertainer MARILYN MAYE with her new show 'It's Maye In May.' Her recent local appearances have been received with rave reviews and full houses. According to Rex Reed in The New York Observer, 'Her show is not to be missed. It's a master class in singing conducted by a polished pro who majored in unforgettable.' In addition to performing jazz and pop standards from the American Songbook composers, Marilyn will be adding her creative touch to songs by her favorite contemporary songwriters including Peter Allen, James Taylor, Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman. She'll present several Broadway show tunes including one from a current Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical. Maye will be joined by pianist/conductor Tedd Firth, bassist Tom Hubbard, and Jim Eklof, her drummer of almost 50 years. The show runs at Tuesday, May 24 to Saturday, June 4 at the Loews Regency Hotel (540 Park Avenue at 61st Street).

The steamy, sexy and sultry Two Boys in Bed on a Cold Winter's Night comes to Rising Action Theatre in an all new production. James Edwin Parker's play has been critically acclaimed in the US and on the International stage. Set in New York City in 1987, this play explores the sexual etiquette of one-night stands and is peppered with poignant, humorous and sly observations as it's two boys yearn for a carefree time of days gone by.

One of the most most sought-after and celebrated singers in the world of cabaret, multi-award-winner Karen Oberlin was hand-picked by The New York Times as one of the 'Saviors of the Great American Songbook.' Winner of this year's New York Nightlife Award, Oberlin brings the heart and humor of many of the most beloved songs from the Great American Songbook, with thrilling highlights taken from her critically-acclaimed shows at the Algonquin's Oak Room, Feinstein's, Jazz at Lincoln Center and Town Hall, among others. Oberlin has performed at major clubs and theatres around the country, has starred in more than 100 Off-Broadway performances of the smash-hit show Our Sinatra, and has appeared on All My Children among other television and film credits. Her recordings include the highly lauded 'My Standards', and the award-winning 'Secret Love: The Music of Doris Day,' and the brand-new, critically-acclaimed live CD of her most recent engagement at the legendary Algonquin Hotel Oak Room (which she brought to the Royal Room) of the songs of Frank Loesser. As David Kenney reported on New York's WBAI radio, 'She dazzles me from the moment she steps on stage!'

The steamy, sexy and sultry Two Boys in Bed on a Cold Winter's Night comes to Rising Action Theatre in an all new production. James Edwin Parker's play has been critically acclaimed in the US and on the International stage. Set in New York City in 1987, this play explores the sexual etiquette of one-night stands and is peppered with poignant, humorous and sly observations as it's two boys yearn for a carefree time of days gone by.