WICKED, the record-breaking West End musical now in its 7th smash hit year at the Apollo Victoria Theatre, is pleased to announce the opening of its 14th new booking period, on Monday October 1, 2012, with tickets going on sale until Saturday November 2, 2013.
For the sixth consecutive year, the Bob Woodruff Foundation (BWF) and the New York Comedy Festival (NYCF) are proud to present STAND UP FOR HEROES, an evening of comedy and music benefiting our injured service members, veterans and their families, taking place at the Beacon Theatre on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, at 8 p.m.
In 1942, a teenage Sarah Vaughan won the Apollo Theater's amateur singing competition in a performance that was a launching pad for a career that transformed one of America's original art forms and elevated the craft of jazz vocal music. Seventy years later, Vaughan's legacy continues to resonate and will be celebrated with the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, part of the TD James Moody Democracy of Jazz Festival at NJPAC and at venues around Vaughan's hometown of Newark, N.J.
Margaret Morrison's HOME IN HER HEART, a story of bias, racism, and homophobia in 1939 London, will open at Stage Left Studio on October 16 and run through December 17.
The New Jersey Performing Arts Center announced today that Donna Walker-Kuhne has joined its senior management staff as Vice President, Marketing. Acknowledged as the nation's "foremost expert on audience diversification" by the Arts & Business Council, Ms. Walker-Kuhne is an accomplished arts administrator and adult educator who has devoted her professional career to increasing the accessibility and connection to the arts by the nation's rapidly growing multicultural population. She has begun her tenure at NJPAC on a part-time basis, coming aboard full-time in November.
Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) has today announced details of how it is investing £15 million into capital projects which includes a major overhaul of the company's Front of House areas, bars and toilets, in order to improve facilities for customers.
For the third consecutive year, 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire,' with Emmy Award-winning host Meredith Vieira, joins forces with the Alzheimer's Association (ALZ) to present 'Celebrity Week,' airing today, September 17 through the 21st in recognition of World Alzheimer's Month. 'Millionaire' money raised throughout the week will all be donated to ALZ. Check local listings or go to http://www.millionairetv.com for time and channel.
VH1's five-time Emmy Award-nominated documentary series BEHIND THE MUSIC returns to focus on eight of today's most influential icons in the music world.
This October at The Triad, the incredibly talented and inspirational Amy Oestreicher will make her NYC cabaret debut with her show Gutless & Grateful: A Musical Feast which will feature a brand-new song, ("Still Alive") written by acclaimed composer David Friedman and featuring lyrics by Kathie Lee Gifford (their new Broadway show Scandalous begins previews a week before Amy's first performance). Gutless & Grateful will also feature a new song written by Oestreicher herself, "Corner."
Rich Vos first came to fame from the NBC's hit reality show "Last Comic Standing" where Rich was a finalist and third place finisher in Season's 1 and 3. Vos is one of the most exciting and broadest headlining comedians in the country.
For the third consecutive year, 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire,' with Emmy Award-winning host Meredith Vieira, joins forces with the Alzheimer's Association (ALZ) to present 'Celebrity Week,' airing September 17-21 in recognition of World Alzheimer's Month. 'Millionaire' money raised throughout the week will all be donated to ALZ.
For the third consecutive year, "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire," with Emmy Award-winning host Meredith Vieira, joins forces with the Alzheimer's Association (ALZ) to present "Celebrity Week," airing September 17-21 in recognition of World Alzheimer's Month.
NYC & Company, New York City's official marketing, tourism and partnership organization, New York Comedy Festival and Comedy Central today announced the second annual Comedy Week, November 5-11.
NYC & Company, New York City's official marketing, tourism and partnership organization, New York Comedy Festival and Comedy Central today announced the second annual Comedy Week, November 5-11. On the heels of Election Night, Comedy Central's sketch-comedy duo, Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, from the hit series Key & Peele will perform a free Comedy Week show as part of the weeklong celebration on Wednesday, November 7, at8 pm at the NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts. In addition, more than 175 comedians will be in New York City to participate in the New York Comedy Festival, performing at some of New York City's most iconic venues, including the Apollo Theater, Carnegie Hall, the Beacon Theatre, Madison Square Garden, Town Hall and Carolines on Broadway.
Following performances on The Late Show with David Letterman and Live at the Apollo, hit tours of Australia, New Zealand and North America; one of Scotland's biggest comedy exports, Danny Bhoy, brings his internationally renowned Gaelic charm back to Scotland from today, 12th September.
