Ken Davenport, Founder announced today on his blog, TheProducersPerspective.com, that the Rave Theater Festival - the new theater festival that launched last year, playing to packed houses and rave reviews - will present a virtual 'Social Distancing Festival.'
The new acclaimed stage show celebrating the life and music of American singer songwriter Paul Simon has announced it will make its Brighton Fringe Festival debut this year.
HOVEY BURGESS, the internationally celebrated juggler, clown and circus performer will join the cast of Matt Roper's downtown variety show WILFREDO A GO GO this coming Monday night, 3/9 at the Slipper Room. Burgess will appear as 'the Polar Bare', in an act comprising the art-forms of circus, burlesque and comedy alongside his performance partner, Lil' Miss Lixx.
This spring, SoHo Playhouse Inc. (Darren Lee Cole producing artistic director) and F.C.C. (Flow, Create and Connect) will present Wild Dogs Under My Skirt, the award-winning play by Samoan poet Tusiata Avia and directed by Anapela Polata'ivao. Wild Dogs Under My Skirt plays a limited six-week engagement April 16 - May 24 at SoHo Playhouse (15 Vandam Street, NYC). The official opening is Thursday, April 30 at 7:30PM. Tickets are available online at www.sohoplayhouse.com.
Matt Ratner, the director of the new Billy Crystal movie, STANDING UP, FALLING DOWN, and Vince Ebert, who is starring in the show: SEXY SCIENCE: SERIOUS HUMOR at the SoHo Playhouse are Tom Needham's exclusive guests this Thursday at 6 pm on WUSB's SOUNDS OF FILM.
Producer Michael Urie has announced that Happy Birthday Doug a?" the new comedy written and performed by Drew Droege (the Internet's a?oeChloë,a?? a?oeDrunk History,a?? a?oeBob's Burgers,a?? RuPaul's a?oeAJ and the Queena?? on Netflix) a?" has extended through Sunday, March 29 after opening last week to rave reviews. The New York Times hailed the show a?oea laugh-out-loud funny social sendupa?? and heralded Droege's a?oesupercharged performance.a?? The Daily Beast calls it a?oea very funny, pointed celebrationa?? and praised a?oeDroege's vivid compendium of characters.a?? The play, originally scheduled to run through Sunday, March 1, is being performed at SoHo Playhouse (15 Vandam Street, between 6th Avenue and Varick Street in Manhattan). Happy Birthday Doug is directed by Tom DeTrinis (Bright Colors And Bold Patterns) and produced in association with Zach Laks. For tickets and information, please visit HappyBirthdayDoug.com
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DOUG opened last night, Thursday, February 13 at SoHo Playhouse!
The Hollywood Fringe is congratulating the thirteen members of the 2020 Fringe Scholarship Program. This year, the Scholarship Program received over 160 applications, and after numerous conversations and intense deliberation by our selection committee, the Festival is proud to announce the 2020 Fringe Scholarship winners.
Opening this week, producer Michael Urie presents HAPPY BIRTHDAY DOUG a?" a new comedy written and performed by Drew Droege (the Internet's a?oeChloë,a?? a?oeDrunk History,a?? a?oeBob's Burgers,a?? RuPaul's a?oeAJ and the Queena?? on Netflix) a?" performed at SoHo Playhouse (15 Vandam Street, between 6th Avenue and Varick Street in Manhattan).
The internationally-known standup who first brought his Jewish-focus material Off-Broadway in 2018 with STRICTLY UNORTHODOX arrives at the SoHo Playhouse with a show inspired by his friendship and professional collaboration with Muslim standup Imran Yusuf. Having spent a great deal of time traveling together from gig to gig, Yusuf had a lot of questions about Judaism, and their conversations prompted Blaker to examine how to explain his faith to a goy.
Members of the NYC Songwriters Alliance banded together to support British singer/songwriter Daniel Cainer and the 7:30 opening night performance of his critically acclaimed one-man show, a?oeJewish Chronicles.a??
Check out photos from press day as the team behind the new off-Broadway play, Happy Birthday Doug, greeted the media!
Starting this week, producer Michael Urie will present HAPPY BIRTHDAY DOUG - a new comedy written and performed by Drew Droege (the Internet's 'Chloë,' 'Drunk History,' 'Bob's Burgers,' RuPaul's 'AJ and the Queen' on Netflix) - performed at SoHo Playhouse (15 Vandam Street, between 6th Avenue and Varick Street in Manhattan).
A new stage show celebrating the life and music of American singer songwriter Paul Simon has announced tour dates for 2020 following a number of successful runs in the UK and the States. The show returns to Liverpool, the city where the shows journey began, at the Epstein Theatre on Saturday 22nd February.
A new stage show celebrating the life and music of American singer songwriter Paul Simon has announced tour dates for 2020 following a number of successful runs in the UK and the States. The show comes to Lochgelly Centre in Fife on Saturday 29th February.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge is launching her own production company, Wells Street Films, according to Deadline.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge has won the 2020 SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series for starring in the Amazon Prime series Fleabag.
Fleabag took home two awards during the 2020 Golden Globes on Sunday, January 5! The series took home Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy and the show's creator, Phoebe Waller-Bridge won the award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy.
The Soho Playhouse (Darren Lee Cole, producing artistic director) will kick-off the New Year with a trio of powerful productions from New Zealand, WILD DOGS UNDER MY SKIRT, beginning January 4 – 18, 2020.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge has won the 2019 Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy for starring in the Amazon Prime series Fleabag. The 77th Annual GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS are airing live on NBC, hosted by Ricky Gervais.
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