Trixie News

Take a ride in the Way-Back Machine with Vaudezilla as we resurrect our guiltiest pleasures with 'Junk in the Tunk - A Naughty Nostalgia Burlesque.'

Don't miss this over-the-top stage adaptation of the show that single-handedly revived the cocktail - 'the cosmopolitan'...and premarital sex! Velvet Rage Productions presents: Sex and the City: LIVE! Featuring San Francisco's finest drag performers in two episodes each night. The show runs for an open-ended engagement, every Wednesday night beginning January 16, 2013 at 7 and 9 p.m. at the Rebel in San Francisco.

Six D.C.-area playwrights have been selected to participate in the inaugural Playwrights' Arena as part of the American Voices New Play Institute at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater. Playwrights' Arena is a collaborative group of local writers dedicated to the support and development of each other's work and practice. The yearlong program commences in January 2013, and the inaugural members include Norman Allen, Randy Baker, Jacqueline E. Lawton, Heather McDonald, Danielle Mohlman and Shawn Northrip. Also in January as part of the Institute's programming will be the next installment of the Kogod Cradle Series featuring readings of The Age of Innocence, a new adaptation for the stage by Resident Playwright Karen Zacarías, January 14-16, 2013.

The Actors Fund presents a very special Musical Monday, an evening with five grand ladies of musical theatre in LADIES OF AN INDETERMINATE AGE tonight, December 10, 2012. Anne Jeffreys, Jane Kean, Pat Marshall, Patricia Morison and Charlotte Rae - join together on the same stage to sing songs from their careers, talk about their co-stars, directors and composers and stray into their wicked (or not-so-wicked) adventures in the great tradition of "No Business Like Show Business."

BBC Worldwide America Sales & Distribution and PBS announced today they have signed a deal that brings a second season of the critically-acclaimed British drama CALL THE MIDWIFE to PBS, with new episodes to start airing on March 31, 2013, at 8:00 p.m. ET.

The Old Globe will open its 2013-14 Season with the world premiere of The Honeymooners, a new musical based on the legendary CBS television series. 2012 Tony Award winner Michael McGrath (Nice Work If You Can Get It) will star as Ralph Kramden, the small-time bus driver with big-time dreams. Tony Award winner Jerry Mitchell (Kinky Boots, Legally Blonde) will direct and choreograph the musical comedy, with book by Dusty Kay and Bill Nuss, music by Stephen Weiner and lyrics by Peter Mills.

CINE, the film and television non-profit renowned for its Golden Eagle Awards, will launch the CINE Film Scoring Competition on December 10. Entering composers will each score the same short CINE Golden Eagle-winning film, from which the existing score is removed.

The Actors Fund presents a very special Musical Monday, an evening with five grand ladies of musical theatre in LADIES OF AN INDETERMINATE AGE on December 10, 2012. Anne Jeffreys, Jane Kean, Pat Marshall, Patricia Morison and Charlotte Rae - join together on the same stage to sing songs from their careers, talk about their co-stars, directors and composers and stray into their wicked (or not-so-wicked) adventures in the great tradition of "No Business Like Show Business."

Have you ever dreamt of having a bevy of beautiful ladies read you to sleep… Naked? Well you could have just that at the next Naked Girls Reading, Fairytale edition. Naked Girls Reading is a performance of Burlesque ladies who love to read stories of whimsical delight, fairy dust, and evil Queens. These beauties will bring their sexy and magical skills to the DC Arts Center tonight, November 16, 2012 at 7:30pm.

Have you ever dreamt of having a bevy of beautiful ladies read you to sleep… Naked? Well you could have just that at the next Naked Girls Reading, Fairytale edition. Naked Girls Reading is a performance of Burlesque ladies who love to read stories of whimsical delight, fairy dust, and evil Queens. These beauties will bring their sexy and magical skills to the DC Arts Center on November 16, 2012 at 7:30pm.

SLUGTERRA, a sci-fi comedy adventure set in a fantastical underground world, debuts TODAY, OCTOBER 15 (3:30 p.m., ET/PT), with new episodes premiering Monday through Friday on Disney XD.

BBC Worldwide America Sales & Distribution and PBS previously announced the sale of the first season of the critically acclaimed British drama, CALL THE MIDWIFE to PBS. The series will premiere tonight, September 30, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. leading into MASTERPIECE CLASSIC 'Upstairs Downstairs,' transforming Sunday nights into a destination for drama on PBS. Watch a preview of the show below!

KNUFFLE BUNNY A Cautionary Musical is now running through October 7 at the Theatre of Youth. Script and Lyrics by Mo Willems. Music by Michael Silversher. Based on the book 'Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale' written and illustrated by Mo Willems. BroadwayWorld has a promo video of the show below!

Rodeo Drive Resale (http://www.shoprdr.com), premier reseller of 100% authentic designer shoes, handbags and accessories including discount Louis Vuitton heels and Yves Saint Laurent pumps, is inviting shoppers to walk in style this fall through a special designer shoe sale taking place now at its online store.

It's almost time for the 31st Annual Curtain Up! in Buffalo event! To celebrate the beginning of Buffalo's live theatre season, there will be a black tie dinner at Shea's Performing Arts Center, 16 theaters will hold various productions, and a post party with live entertainment will occur downtown in the Theatre District. How exciting!

With a career encompassing Broadway, TV and film, veteran comic actress Jane Kean is best known for playing Trixie Norton in the hour-long color, musical version of the Honeymooners series (1966-70). Kean presented her one-woman show onstage at the Colony Saturday September 8.

SLUGTERRA, a sci-fi comedy adventure set in a fantastical underground world, debuts MONDAY, OCTOBER 15 (3:30 p.m., ET/PT), with new episodes premiering Monday through Friday on Disney XD.

City Theatre anticipates the presidential election season with Electile Dysfunction: The Kinsey Sicks for President, a City Events special presentation blending the Kinsey Sicks' harmonious theatrics with colorful, election-year parodies. Electile Dysfunction: The Kinsey Sicks for President runs on City Theatre's Mainstage from tonight, September 6-9, 2012.

It's almost time for the 31st Annual Curtain Up! in Buffalo event! To celebrate the beginning of Buffalo's live theatre season, there will be a black tie dinner at Shea's Performing Arts Center, 16 theaters will hold various productions, and a post party with live entertainment will occur downtown in the Theatre District. How exciting!

City Theatre anticipates the presidential election season with Electile Dysfunction: The Kinsey Sicks for President, a City Events special presentation blending the Kinsey Sicks' harmonious theatrics with colorful, election-year parodies. Electile Dysfunction: The Kinsey Sicks for President runs on City Theatre's Mainstage from September 6-9, 2012.