American Notes - 1988 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 20

The previously announced Broadway run of the African- American production of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, directed by Debbie Allen, will hit Broadwawy beginning the week of February 11, 2008 at Broadway's Broadhurst Theatre.

The Broadway production of The Phantom of the Opera is releasing a special, limited-edition 2008 wall calendar titled 'The Adventures of the Phantom Ballerinas,' beginning Thursday, November 1.

This October, Berkeley is the epicenter of Bay Area drama when Tony Award-winning director Frank Galati brings after the quake to Berkeley Repertory Theatre; performed on the Thrust Stage beginning previews October 12, opening October 17 and runs through November 25.

The cast and crew of The Lion King, now in Charlotte, NC, will host The Lion Sings Tonight - a cabaret-style show featuring a generous mix of Rock 'n Roll, Pop and R&B numbers, as well as dance and comedy.

Tony Award-nominee Hank Azaria stars as David Sarnoff, and Jimmi Simpson as Philo T. Farnsworth in Aaron Sorkin 's new American play about the advent of television, The Farnsworth Invention, directed by two-time Tony Award winner Des McAnuff, opening on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre on Wednesday, November 14, 2007 with previews beginning on Monday, October 15, 2007.

The Island Dance Festival returns to Fire Island Pines on the weekend of July 20.

Hairspray film star Nikki Blonksy and the San Francisco tour cast of Jersey Boys, plus stage and TV star Jai Rodriguez appeared at San Francisco's 37th Annual Pride Parade, Sunday, June 24th.

'Broadway Bares XVII: Myth Behavior' was a great success, raising a record shattering $743,787 to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Tony Award-winning legends Elaine Stritch and Liza Minnelli will join Michael Feinstein in saluting the debonair memory of Bobby Short in Feinstein's new cabaret.

The Theatre World Awards for Outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway Debut performances during the 2006-2007 theatrical season will be presented by a number of former Theatre World Award-winners.

The Manhattan School of Music's American Musical Theater Ensemble is presenting their first-ever full-length musical, Stephen Sondheim's Into The Woods, with a cast made up of some of the school's most versatile singers. The production will run Thursday May 17, through Saturday May 19, at 7:30p.m. in the School's John C. Borden Auditorium.

At 8 pm on Wednesday, May 9th and Thursday, May 10th, the New York Festival of Song will perform We Open in Paris. Paris is the backdrop for four musical theatre works in vest-pocket NYFOS productions, including Jacques Offenbach's La Vie Parisienne and Cole Porter's Fifty Million Frenchmen.

On Tuesday, May 15, 2007 at 7 p.m., the New York Festival of Song celebrates with a benefit concert titled 'Too Marvelous for Words!,' a gala evening of Johnny Mercer songs.