Joanna Gleason is perhaps most well known for her Tony Award winning portrayal of the Baker's Wife in Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's beloved Into The Woods. Good news! Ms. Gleason will be back on stage later this month in her NYC cabaret debut at 54 Below. Though busy preparing for the show, she took the time to chat with me about her upcoming cabaret performance, other future projects, and her surprise dancing abilities.
Hotel Nikko San Francisco and Michael Feinstein have announced the upcoming lineup at the all-new Feinstein's at the Nikko for the months of October, November and December. Artists include Emmy Award winning actress Megan Mullally ('Will and Grace) and actress Stephanie Hunt ('Friday Night Lights,' 'Californication') and their band Nancy & Beth; actress, producer and singer Rita Wilson; Broadway star and recording artist Linda Eder; soul and jazz vocalist Oleta Adams; and more!
Dust off your dance belts and put on your thinking caps! Hotel Nikko San Francisco and Feinstein's at the Nikko are proud to announce the launch of Broadway Bingo, a weekly happy hour event featuring a mix of show-stopping entertainment, trivia and America's favorite pastime - BINGO! Hosted by San Francisco's favorite Russian redhead, The Countess Katya Smirnoff-Skyy, and San Francisco-based musician and cabaretist Joe Wicht, Broadway Bingo will occur every Wednesday from 7 - 9 p.m. in Hotel Nikko's Kanpai Lounge (222 Mason Street, San Francisco), located directly outside of the Feinstein's at the Nikko showroom. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. A variety of food and beverage specials, including small plates crafted exclusively for Feinstein's at the Nikko by Executive Chef Philippe Striffeler through Restaurant Anzu, will be available. Admission to Broadway Bingo is free. Broadway Bingo kicks off tonight, October 2, 2013.
While making their London debut last week, BBC Radio host Jo Good called Well-Strung "amazing, absolutely amazing" after their on-air performance and interview for her show. In the States, they've also been called the "hottest thing with a bow since Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games" by the New York Daily News. Well-Strung: the Singing String Quartet returns for their first performances in NY of a new show directed by Donna Drake at XL Cabaret on October 4 and 25, for two performances only. The group has been on a roll: in addition to their London debut last week, they are just off of a three-month run at the prestigious Art House in Provincetown, two recent hit New York productions Off-Broadway in the past year, and their first album just released in spring. The new show will feature new arrangements of songs by Pink, Kelly Clarkson, Taylor Swift and Third Eye Blind among others as well as new material written by Jeffery Roberson (aka Varla Jean Merman). For tickets please visit the www.well-strung.com.
Pride Films and Plays presents three incredible opportunities, to see Miss Coco Peru, Well-Strung, an all male quartet of string musicians, and a production of the Normal Heart.
Well-Strung will make their European debut in a show directed and co-written by Donna Drake, at Leicester Square Theatre from tonight 19 September - Saturday 21 September.
Jeffery Roberson, better known on stage and screen as his drag icon alter-ego Varla Jean Merman, will appear at London's Leicester Square Theatre in her hit comedy show "The Book of Merman" September 19 - 21. She is joined on a double-bill by fast-rising Well-Strung, the Singing String Quartet who've just had two recent hit Off-Broadway productions in New York and their first album released this year. Like Varla, they are just off of summer-long runs at Provincetown's prestigious Art House Theatre. The evening is directed by Donna Drake (original cast member of A Chorus Line!) For information, please visit http://www.leicestersquaretheatre.com/.
Hotel Nikko San Francisco and Michael Feinstein are proud to welcome Broadway and West End performer, Alexandra Silber, to Feinstein's at the Nikko for two performances only - Friday, October 11 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, October 12 at 7 p.m.
Dust off your dance belts and put on your thinking caps! Hotel Nikko San Francisco and Feinstein's at the Nikko are proud to announce the launch of Broadway Bingo, a weekly happy hour event featuring a mix of show-stopping entertainment, trivia and America's favorite pastime - BINGO! Hosted by San Francisco's favorite Russian redhead, The Countess Katya Smirnoff-Skyy, and San Francisco-based musician and cabaretist Joe Wicht, Broadway Bingo will occur every Wednesday from 7 - 9 p.m. in Hotel Nikko's Kanpai Lounge (222 Mason Street, San Francisco), located directly outside of the Feinstein's at the Nikko showroom.
The Leicester Square Theatre has announced its upcoming events for September 2013.
Hotel Nikko San Francisco and Michael Feinstein have announced the upcoming lineup at the all-newFeinstein's at the Nikko for the months of October, November and December. Artists include Emmy Award winning actress Megan Mullally ('Will and Grace) and actress Stephanie Hunt ('Friday Night Lights,' 'Californication') and their band Nancy & Beth; actress, producer and singer Rita Wilson; Broadway star and recording artist Linda Eder; soul and jazz vocalist Oleta Adams; and more! Additional artists will be announced at a later date.
WELL-STRUNG, The Singing String Quartet, plays a mash-up of Mozart's A Little Night Music (1st Movement) with Kelly Clarkson's Since You've Been Gone. Check out the video below!
Sam Harris, starred on Broadway in The Producers, Grease and The Life. He was also the first ever Grand Champion of TV's Star Search, and starred in a smash hit Town Hall concert in Provincetown last year. Now, Harris is set to return this summer to join the star-studded lineup of Broadway @ The Art House this weekend, Aug. 3 & 4 for two shows only, with Todd Schroeder at the piano.
Sam Harris, starred on Broadway in The Producers, Grease and The Life. He was also the first ever Grand Champion of TV's Star Search, and starred in a smash hit Town Hall concert in Provincetown last year. He returns this summer to join the star-studded lineup of Broadway @ The Art House on Aug. 3 & 4 for two shows only, with Todd Schroeder at the piano. For tickets please visit www.ptownarthouse.com, or call 1-800-838-3006.
Audra McDonald, the five-time Tony Award winner and recent star of Porgy and Bess on Broadway and TV's Private Practice, makes her Provincetown debut with four shows only on July 21 and 22 at 5pm and 7pm. Sirius/XM radio star Seth Rudetsky, whom theNew York Times just dubbed "The Mayor of Broadway," hosts again at the piano.
Joanna Gleason won the Tony Award for her leading role of the Baker's Wife in Into The Woods, by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine. She launches this season's Broadway @ The Art House season in Provincetown tonight, June 28 and the 29th with An Evening with Joanna Gleason. Each performance will combine the East Coast premiere of a the hilarious and moving one act play Bloom, written for her by Emmy and Golden Globe winning writer Michael Patrick King (creator of Sex and The City & Two Broke Girls) with a second act of songs featuring special guests Well-Strung, and hosted by pianist/host Seth Rudetsky.
Called the 'hottest thing with a bow since Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games' by the New York Daily News, Well-Strung: the Singing String Quartet will return to Provincetown's Art House theater this season. Since the group's 3-month run at the venue last summer, they've been on a roll - with two recent hit New York productions Off-Broadway and their first album released this spring. Well-Strung will debut an all-new show for the summer, running from June 30 - Sept. 1. It is directed again by Donna Drake, and will feature new arrangements of songs by Pink, Kelly Clarkson, Taylor Swift and Third Eye Blind among others as well as new material written by Jeffery Roberson (aka Varla Jean Merman). For tickets, please visit www.ptownarthouse.com or call 800-838-3006.
There's a new kind of boy band on the circuit. The all-male string quartet Well-Strung makes its Florida debut, featuring classical musicians who sing and put their own spin on the music of Mozart, Vivaldi, Adele, Lady Gaga, and more.
The fourth annual celebration features a groundbreaking lineup of award-winning LGBT artists from New York, boldly mixed with cutting edge performers from Havana, Cuba that are traveling to Miami for their U.S. debuts.
