Flying cows, killer rabbits, beautiful show girls and rude Frenchmen are just some of the oddities and marvels which will be on hand to usher in the Roxy Regional Theatre's 31st season with the opening of the Tony Award-winning musical comedy sensation Monty Python's SPAMALOT on Friday, September 13, at 8pm.
Make no mistake about it, Shakespeare's plays, despite their intellectual reputation, are filled with content that, if written today, would draw the ire of many parents. However, when Shakespeare used rape, drugs and alcohol, and murder in his plays, it was always as a vehicle to serve the larger story. When his plays featured lies, betrayals, and manipulations, they were always motivated by the unique psychology of the individual characters. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for 'The Cortez Method,' running through September 22nd at the Orlando Shakespeare Theater.
The 67th Edinburgh International Festival draws to a close tonight with the Virgin Money Fireworks Concert gathering approximately 250,000 Edinburgh residents and visitors across the city to share in the annual spectacular performed live by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Pyrovision.
Who is Ricky J? Well, for starters he's an award-winning, multi-talented entertainer and recording artist who just so happens to be CNN's breakout Artist of the year!
Penobscot Theatre Company announces the first surprise production of its 40th Anniversary Season: the wildly popular, Forever Plaid. Beginning on New Year's Eve, the original four Plaids will take the stage in this delightful 1950's doo-wop musical, for six performances only from December 31 - January 5.
Music superstar Usher has been announced as one of the headlining acts for the highly anticipated 4th Annual Curaçao North Sea Jazz Festival.
Something was a little off in tonight's semifinal episode of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE. The Group Performance, which normally opens the show, was moved until after the judge's introductions, and then Cat mentioned that 'America's Favorite Dancers' would be crowned in two weeks. That doesn't make any sense, there will only be two boys and two girls left at the end of the night, are they taking a Day-After-Labor Day Holiday? Why won't Cat explain what's going on to us?
In honor of the 50 th anniversary of The March on Washington tonight, August 28, Bounce TV (www.BounceTV.com) will present the exclusive television premiere of the acclaimed documentary KING: A FILMED RECORD MONTGOMERY TO MEMPHIS at 7:00 p.m. (ET).
The Warner Archive Collection announces its newest releases:
Love makes his own debut as a performer with the release of his solo Division1/Interscope Records EP, Discrete Luxury, which arrives August 27
On the recent 'The Package Tour,' a high grossing, 49-date summer fling across the U.S. with his group, New Kids on the Block and Boyz II Men, the singer saw firsthand the way otherwise mild mannered wives, moms, nurses, lawyers, etc. went crazy when NKOTB's Donnie Wahlberg and Jordan Knight ripped off their shirts like Chippendales dancers. That's the kind of widespread, uncontrollable estrogen commotion Timmons is set on stirring up with 'Men of the Strip' (www.menofthestrip.com), an explosive and multi-faceted new live male revue entertainment extravaganza whose branding is spot on: Taking Sexy To A Whole New Level!
Orchestra Seattle and the Seattle Chamber Singers (OSSCS) launch a stunning 44th season with a dynamic new music director, Clinton Smith and a compelling roster of seven concerts inspired by different facets of the human spirit. Smith's inaugural OSSCS concert, titled Love and Adoration, is at 7:30 p.m. on September 28th at the First Free Methodist Church on Queen Anne.
THE MARCH premieres tonight, August 27, 2013 at 9:00 p.m. ET (check local listings) on PBS.
Surfside Players, Cocoa Beach, will open their fifty-fifth season of entertaining, critically acclaimed theatrical productions with FIVE WOMEN WEARING THE SAME DRESS, a comedy by Alan Ball, playing September 13 - 29, 2013. The show will perform on Fridays and Saturdays 8:00pm, Sundays 2:00pm. Tickets are $18 adults / $16 seniors, active military / $13 students, with opening night as Buy One, Get One Free. Call (321) 783-3127 for reservations, or visit www.surfsideplayers.com.
A Noise Within (ANW), the acclaimed classical repertory theatre company led by Producing Artistic Directors Geoff Elliott and Julia Rodriguez-Elliott, continues its 22nd season and the third season in its new Pasadena home with The Guardsman by Ferenc Molnar, translated by Frank Marcus, opening Saturday, October 5 and closing Sunday, November 30, 2013, with previews starting September 28.
Christopher 'The Toy Guy' Byrne takes readers back to their childhoods of G.I. Joe action figures, Nerf Super Soakers, and rousing games of Mousetrap in Toy Time!: From Hula Hoops to He-Man to Hungry Hungry Hippos: A Look Back at the Most- Beloved Toys of Decades Past (Three Rivers Press, an imprint of Random House, October 8, 2013) Byrne is content director for TimetoPlaymag.com, the leading U.S website covering toys and all things play.
The MIT Musical Theatre Guild presents AVENUE Q: August 30-31, September 5-7 and 12-14 at 8 PM and September 1 at 2 PM at the Kresge Little Theater.
A Broadway legend, international jazz stars, first class ballet performances, and family shows with a magical flair are just a few highlights in Centenary Stage Company's 35th Annual Concert Season. The David and Carol Lackland Center in Hackettstown will be a busy place this season with a selection of entertainment options for everyone to enjoy.
Elizabeth Arden, Inc., a global prestige beauty products company, today announced that Stephen J. Smith has resigned as the Company's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in order to accept a position as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer with The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAIN) based in Lake Success, New York. Mr. Smith will remain with the Company through September 1, 2013. The Company has commenced a search for a new Chief Financial Officer.
In honor of the 50 th anniversary of The March on Washington on August 28, Bounce TV (www.BounceTV.com) will present the exclusive television premiere of the acclaimed documentary KING: A FILMED RECORD MONTGOMERY TO MEMPHIS at 7:00 p.m. (ET).
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