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PBS today announced its Winter/Spring 2018 schedule lineup, which includes the much-anticipated second season of MASTERPIECE's hit series Victoria (Sundays, January 14-February 25),starring Jenna Coleman, Tom Hughes and, this season, Dame Diana Rigg.
Producer Mark Cortale has announced that he will present red hot comedian Randy Rainbow in his New Orleans debut shows at Cafe Istanbul today and Saturday, December 1 & 2.
Well-Strung, the critically acclaimed singing string quartet, will make their Town Hall solo debut in Provincetown on December 30 with Home for the Holidays for one show only. The hit holiday show has been devised by Well-Strung, Mark Cortale and director Richard Jay-Alexander, and features the group's own unique pop-classical spin on some of the most beautiful and traditional holiday favorites, such as 'Silent Night', 'Sleigh Ride,' all the way to Dolly Parton's Hard Candy Christmas and everything in between. Well-Strung's performance is part of Provincetown's annual First Light Weekend and sponsored by the Anchor Inn Beach House and the Provincetown Gym. For tickets and information please visit http://www.ptownarthouse.com/.
Barbra Streisand plays an intimate venue in London......in the guise of world renowned impressionist Steven Brinberg as SIMPLY BARBRA'S HOLIDAY SHOW. This special engagement is Friday, December 8th at 7:30 pm at Christmas In Leicester Square (located in the centre of Leicester Square).
The Fred Ebb Foundation, in association with the Roundabout Theatre Company, just presented the 13th annual Fred Ebb Award for aspiring musical theatre songwriters to Shaina Taub.
Kris Kringle The Musical, featuring Tony Award nominees Cathy Rigby and Pamela Myers (Company, Into the Woods), and Broadway's Andrew Keenan-Bolger (Tuck Everlasting, Newsies) and Kim Crosby (Into the Woods,Guys & Dolls) plays two performances, today, November 24 at 3PM and 8PM, at The Town Hall (123 W. 43rd Street, NYC).
Vineyard Theatre presents the world premiere production of Harry Clarke by Obie Award-winner David Cale (LILLIAN), directed by Obie Award-winner Leigh Silverman (VIOLET) and starring Tony Award-winner Billy Crudup (THE COAST OF UTOPIA, Spotlight, Vineyard's THE METAL CHILDREN) through December 17. The show opened last night, November 21st, and BroadwayWorld has photos from the festivities below!
The New Group presents New Group Now: Where Art Meets Our Present Culture, an ongoing series of public discussions locating New Group productions within the larger context of American and/or global society, continuing on Monday, December 11 with a conversation on 'Confronting Racial Bias in Our Communities.'
The Eli and Edythe Broad Stage in Santa Monica presents the second event of the National Geographic Live series during The Broad Stage's 2017-18 Season Standing at the Water's Edge with marine biologist and National Geographic photographer, Cristina Mittermeier. The event includes a post-show Q&A with Mittermeier.
Feinstein's/54 Below, presents a return engagement of Broadway quadruple threat and Bistro Award winner, Robert Creighton, recently seen as the title character in the hit off-Broadway musical CAGNEY at the Westside Theatre.
Israel's iconic singer-songwriter, guitarist and UNICEF goodwill ambassador David Broza returns to perform his The Not Exactly Xmas Show at The Broad Stage on Thursday, December 21 at 7:30pm. This is Broza's second consecutive December at The Broad Stage with his signature concert, which he has been performing in New York City for over 20 years.
New York-based comedian, actor and writer Kalli Siringas (the Moth, Dixon Place) brings a new concert-play, Remember When You Cried Alone in Your Bed: A Mixtape, to the SoloCom Comedy Festival at the PIT Mainstage on Sunday, November 19th at 1pm.
Royal Family Productions, a non-profit theatre company known for its innovative productions and development of new original work, concludes its week-long workshop of Ayodele Casel's DIARY OF A TAP DANCER V.4, directed by Torya Beard at the Royal Family Performing Arts Space (145 West 46th Street, 3rd Floor) with a benefit performance tonight, November 16, hosted by Daphne Rubin-Vega.
New York City Center President & CEO Arlene Shuler today announced Anne Kauffman and Jeanine Tesori as Co-Artistic Directors for the 2018 Encores! Off-Center season.
Marilyn Bergman. Dorothy Fields. Mary Rodgers. Jeanine Tesori. Betty Comden. Throughout theatre history, there have been a few bold pioneers-in-heels who crashed the boys' club, and wrote hit songs and shows like On the Sunny Side of the Street, Sweet Charity, On the Town, Witchcraft, Once Upon a Mattress, and so much more. This entertaining and moving 75 minute revue celebrates these songwriters against the backdrop of the current world's surprisingly ongoing conversation What is a woman's place?
A friendly reminder that KRIS KRINGLE The Musical, featuring Tony Award nominees Cathy Rigby and Pamela Myers (Company, Into the Woods), and Broadway's Andrew Keenan-Bolger (Tuck Everlasting, Newsies) and Kim Crosby (Into the Woods,Guys & Dolls) plays two performances, Friday, November 24 at 3PM and 8PM, at The Town Hall (123 W. 43rd Street, NYC).
The New Group presents the world premiere of Seth Zvi Rosenfeld's Downtown Race Riot.
Casting has been announced for The Barn Stage Company's upcoming production of the Tony-nominated Broadway musical Little Women, the second production in their 2017/18 season from the partnership with Temecula Presents.
Chita Rivera is a living Broadway legend and a two-time Tony winner who originated the roles of Anita in 'West Side Story', 'Rosie in Bye Bye Birdie,' Velma in 'Chicago,' and appeared in the original casts of 'Guys and Dolls,' 'Can Can,' 'Jerry's Girls' and many others. Producer Mark Cortale has announced that she will be coming to Chicago for one show only on Monday, December 11 at 6:30 PM to be part of Steppenwolf's Lookout Series.
Following the successful inaugural launch last season that featured several sold-out performances, the popular intimate nightclub, The Sorting Room, returns next month to the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.
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