Bye Bye Birdie

Broadway performers will sing the music of composer and lyricist Will Van Dyke on Monday, January 17th. The 10:30PM concert billed as 'Will Van Dyke: Live,' will be presented at (Le) Poisson Rouge.

It was a musical evening on Fox last night, January 9, as both The Simpsons and Family Guy featured musical hits. In the first clip below, Bart Simpson re-imagines a Jets/Sharks brawl in West Side Story. In the second clip, Family Guy spoofs 'Honestly Sincere' from Bye Bye Birdie when President Obama pays a visit to the town. Compare that to the original Honestly Sincere in the third clip!

Joe's Pub at The Public Theater debuted in October 1998 and has quickly became one of New York City's most celebrated and in-demand showcase venues for live music and performance.

Goodspeed Opera House has announced additional special guests for next week's Festival of New Artists and the symposium 'Passion. Courage. Risk.: Creating the Future of Musical Theatre' has been added to the schedule.

Combined Artform has announced the world premiere of Blink & You Might Miss Me, written and performed by Larry Blum and directed by Stan Zimmerman, at the Asylum Lab in Hollywood. There will be two preview performances on January 6 and 7, with opening night set for Saturday, January 8 at 8:00. The limited engagement will run through February 6 only.

Gretna Theatre and The Lantern Lodge present Broadway's Timothy Shew and Jane Brockman in a dinner-cabaret event 'Love ‘Round the Piano' for two performances only on Saturday,February 12 and Sunday, February 13, 2011.

Anthony Rapp (Rent) will make a guest appearance during Robi Hager's (Spring Awakening, Bye Bye Birdie) Joe's Pub concert Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at 9:30PM.

My Favorite Things, benefiting The Trevor Project, was held on Monday, January 3, 2011 at downtown's Les Poisson Rouge.

Cantwell/Newsom Productions presents the New York premiere of Martin Blank's advertising world comedy Avenue of the Americas, directed by Katherine M. Carter, January 21 through February 6, 2011 at The Tank @ 45th Street (354 West 45th Street, between 8th & 9th Avenue).

Jennifer Damiano (Spiderman, Next To Normal), Antonique Smith (Rent), Lucas Steele (Three Penny Opera), Matt Doyle (Bye Bye Birdie, 'Gossip Girl') and more will belt pop tunes at My Favorite Things benefiting The Trevor Project, 10pm, Monday, January 3, 2011 at downtown?s Les Poisson Rouge.

"Saturday Night Live" star Rachel Dratch and Tony Award-winning actress Karen Ziemba join the cast of Celebrity Autobiography, playing at Long Wharf Theatre.

For almost 40 years the Magic Castle has strictly catered to the 21 and older crowd. For one night only the club is open to 13 and older as they present YouTube sensation Miranda Sings starring Colleen Ballinger and magician Chris Ballinger who offer a show filled with ridiculous cabaret music, magic, and mayhem! International performer Miranda Sings has been performing her one-woman cabaret show to sold-out audiences since last sp8:00pmring when her Youtube channel went viral. Her hilarious shows consist of singing hit songs, onstage voice lessons, fashion makeovers, and dramatic readings of hate mail. You will not want to miss seeing this lipstick-wearing, epileptic-eye browed, crooked smiling beauty live! Chris is the face of MagicGeek.com and dutifully lives up to the name of the company. His combination of improvisational comedy and magic has made him a huge hit on Youtube, and as a street performer and corporate magician. See this incredible duo as they join forces live for the first time to provide zany entertainment and non-stop laughter.

John Treacy Egan will star as Ebeneezer Scrooge in A SLEEPY HOLLOW CHRISTMAS CAROL. Egan's SCROOGE will take on Washington Irving's characters, when he stars in this enchanting musical which is set in the town of Sleepy Hollow, New York in 1900. A new twist on an old classic, It weaves the magic of the Charles Dickens classic with the delightful characters from Washington Irving's vivid imagination and tells the tale of a Sleepy Hollow businessman, Ebenezer Scrooge, who had no love in his heart for his fellow man, especially at Christmastime. Scrooge meets Washington Irving who takes him on a redemptive adventure to his past, present and future where he meets his boyhood self and such characters as Ichabod Crane, Katrina Van Tassel, Jacob Marley, Tiny Tim and several other surprising encounters. A SLEEPY HOLLOW CHRISTMAS CAROL is brimming with joyous music that will fill audiences with the holiday spirit and leave them with Dickens's reflective message...'It's never too late to change!', including popular Holiday songs 'Deck the Halls'; 'Silver Bells'; 'I'll Be Home for Christmas' any many more.

Tony Award winner Victoria Clark sings 'O Holy Night' at New York City's United Methodist Church at the 11:30 PM Service of Lessons and Carols, as seen on the CBS-TV broadcast 'A Christmas for Everyone.'

Combined Artform has announced the world premiere of Blink & You Might Miss Me, written and performed by Larry Blum and directed by Stan Zimmerman, at the Asylum Lab in Hollywood. There will be two preview performances on January 6 and 7, with opening night set for Saturday, January 8 at 8:00. The limited engagement will run through February 6 only.

The talented cast includes exciting new faces and a host of returning favorites, led by Pittsburgh's own Tom Atkins as Ebenezer Scrooge.

Joe's Pub at The Public Theater debuted in October 1998 and has quickly became one of New York City's most celebrated and in-demand showcase venues for live music and performance.

Westchester native and Broadway veteran John Treacy Egan will perform a concert at the Emilin Theatre in Mamaroneck, NY, on January 22. The concert is entitled 'John Treacy Egan's Great Big Broadway Valentine' and will include songs from Broadway favorites such as West Side Story, Phantom of the Opera, Carousel, and many more.

Robi Hager, of the Tony Award-winning musical Spring Awakening, will make his solo debut January 18th at Joe's Pub.

Jennifer Damiano (Spiderman, Next To Normal), Antonique Smith (Rent), Lucas Steele (Three Penny Opera), Matt Doyle (Bye Bye Birdie, 'Gossip Girl') and more will belt pop tunes at My Favorite Things benefiting The Trevor Project, 10pm, Monday, January 3, 2011 at downtown?s Les Poisson Rouge.

Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities and Executive Producer James A. Blackman III proudly closes their 19th season with Walton Jones' musical holiday tribute to the swing era.

The Fine Arts Center Theatre Company presents the family holiday classic, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the SaG?Ji Theatre Nov. 26 - Dec. 19, featuring discounted family matinees on Saturday afternoons.

Sh-K-Boom Records will release the debut studio album from musical songwriting team Kait Kerrigan and Brian Lowdermilk, entitled Our First Mistake, on January 18, 2011. To pre-order the album, visit http://sh-k-boom.com/ourfirstmistake.shtml.

For almost 40 years the Magic Castle has strictly catered to the 21 and older crowd. For one night only the club is open to 13 and older as they present YouTube sensation Miranda Sings starring Colleen Ballinger and magician Chris Ballinger who offer a show filled with ridiculous cabaret music, magic, and mayhem! International performer Miranda Sings has been performing her one-woman cabaret show to sold-out audiences since last sp8:00pmring when her Youtube channel went viral. Her hilarious shows consist of singing hit songs, onstage voice lessons, fashion makeovers, and dramatic readings of hate mail. You will not want to miss seeing this lipstick-wearing, epileptic-eye browed, crooked smiling beauty live! Chris is the face of MagicGeek.com and dutifully lives up to the name of the company. His combination of improvisational comedy and magic has made him a huge hit on Youtube, and as a street performer and corporate magician. See this incredible duo as they join forces live for the first time to provide zany entertainment and non-stop laughter.

Executive Producer Lou Spisto today announced the complete cast and creative team for Jane Austen's Emma - A Musical Romantic Comedy. The musical, with book, music and lyrics by Tony Award nominee Paul Gordon and direction by Tony Award nominee Jeff Calhoun, will run in the Old Globe Theatre Jan. 15 - Feb. 27. Preview performances run Jan. 15 - Jan. 22. Opening night is Jan. 23 at 7:00 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online at www.TheOldGlobe.org, by phone at (619) 23-GLOBE or by visiting the Box Office at 1363 Old Globe Way in Balboa Park.

This year brings you three season subscription package options; "8 Fantastic Shows for the Price of 7" package, "The You Pick 6" package and the "Just 4 Shows at the Civic" package making it easier for our loyal patrons, season subscribers and new season tickets holders to purchase season tickets.

Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director) and Barry Grove (Executive Producer) announced that Tony and Emmy Award winner Tyne Daly will return to Manhattan Theatre Club as Maria Callas in a new Broadway production of Terrence McNally's award-winning play MASTER CLASS directed by Stephen Wadsworth.

Broadway Speaks OUT with the help of Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS presented the star studded A Very MARY Holiday benefiting The Ali Forney Center at Dixon Place on November 29th.

'Thirteen Stories Down - the songs of Jonathan Reid Gealt' is released digitally December 14th, 2010 on Sh-k-Boom/Ghostlight Records.

MAIEUTIC THEATRE WORKS Proudly Presents UNDERWORLD: duets A Broadway Understudy Tell All...With Music.? Hosted by TONY AWARD NOMINEE WILLY FALK

On Sunday, December 12th at 2 PM, DANCERS OVER 40 will present a special Legacy Award to producer Edmund Gaynes who helped the organization launch its popular yearly discussion panels at his St. Luke's Theater on West 46th Street.

Marquee Productions presents the Broadway sensation, Hairspray, at the Montgomery Theater in downtown San Jose, December 3 - 12, 2010. Winner of eight Tony Awards and four prestigious Laurence Olivier Awards, including 'Best Musical,' this smash-hit musical about a girl with big hair, a big heart and big dance numbers is piled high with bouffant laughter, romance and deliriously fun show tunes. Hairspray is directed by Children's Musical Theater San Jose's Artistic Director Kevin R. Hauge.

Bill Irwin, actor, director, writer and clown, whose work has been honored with Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Barrymore and Helen Hayes Awards, and Doug Skinner, musician, puppeteer and composer, who wrote and played the music for several of Mr. Irwin's shows, will appear in "The Clowns and Mr. Beckett," an evening of madcap routines, shtick and novelty songs, at Westport Country Playhouse on Saturday, December 11, 8 p.m.

'Thirteen Stories Down - the songs of Jonathan Reid Gealt' will be released worldwide on Itunes December 14, 2010 on Sh-k-Boom/Ghostlight Records.

42nd Street Moon today announced that Tony-winning Broadway star KAREN ZIEMBA and her Curtains co-star NOAH RACEY will head the cast for AND ALL THAT JAZZ! - A JOHN KANDER SALON EVENING on Thursday, January 27 at the Alcazar Theatre.

Due to an achilles injury, Dick Van Dyke will be unable to perform in his upcoming show Dick Van Dyke - Step in Time! - A Musical Memoir at the Geffen Playhouse. Van Dyke shared, 'I very much wish that circumstances allowed me to share my stories at the Geffen this winter. Unfortunately, this injury is forcing me to be off my feet for a while. Perhaps there will be an opportunity to revisit this sometime in the future, but in the meantime, I thank everyone for their understanding and support.'

The talented cast includes exciting new faces and a host of returning favorites, led by Pittsburgh's own Tom Atkins as Ebenezer Scrooge.

The League of Professional Theatre Women presents its 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award, which honors women exhibiting exemplary service to the theatre, to two-time Tony Award®-winning actress/singer/dancer Chita Rivera. The award will be presented by her daughter, singer/dancer/choreographer Lisa Mordente, at the League's December 2010 Awards Luncheon.

The concert is located at BACKSTAGE dopo teatro @ Trattoria Dopo Teatro (125 West 44th street, NYC) as a part of the BACKSTAGE concert series produced by Dale Badway /Badway on Broadway LLC & Michael Alden.

On Sunday, December 12th at 2 PM, DANCERS OVER 40 will present a special Legacy Award to producer Edmund Gaynes who helped the organization launch its popular yearly discussion panels at his St. Luke's Theater on West 46th Street.

New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT), which has supported the advancement of women in the entertainment industry for more than 30 years, will present their 30th annual Muse Awards at a gala luncheon to be held Wednesday, December 8th at the New York Hilton.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is pleased to announce the full company of the new Broadway production of Anything Goes, starring Tony Award winner Sutton Foster as 'Reno Sweeney' and Tony and Academy Award winner Joel Grey as 'Moonface Martin.'

Frankie Avalon and Bobby Rydell, regarded as two of the original teenage idols of early rock 'n' roll return to The Orleans Showroom for three-night engagement, January 14, 15 and 16, each evening at 8 p.m. from January 15-17.

The Broadway community comes together to support Artists for Elephants with a benefit concert at Joe's Pub, December 6th at 9 p.m.

Marquee Productions presents the Broadway sensation, Hairspray, at the Montgomery Theater in downtown San Jose, December 3 - 12, 2010. Winner of eight Tony Awards and four prestigious Laurence Olivier Awards, including 'Best Musical,' this smash-hit musical about a girl with big hair, a big heart and big dance numbers is piled high with bouffant laughter, romance and deliriously fun show tunes. Hairspray is directed by Children's Musical Theater San Jose's Artistic Director Kevin R. Hauge.

Legendary stage, film and television star Dick Van Dyke brings Step In Time! A Musical Memoir to the Audrey Skirball Kenis Theatre @ the Geffen Playhouse opening December 16. He has much to say in our interview about his career and the people he's worked with.

WONDERLAND - A New Alice. A New Musical has confirmed complete casting: Janet Dacal (In The Heights) as Alice, Darren Ritchie (Little Shop of Horrors, Thoroughly Modern Millie) as White Knight, E. Clayton Cornelious as Caterpillar, Jose Llana (Spelling Bee, Flower Drum Song) as El Gato, Karen Mason (Hairspray, Mamma Mia!) as Queen of Hearts, Kate Shindle (Legally Blonde, Cabaret, Jekyll and Hyde) as Mad Hatter, Carly Rose Sonenclar (Les Miserables, Little House on the Prairie) as Chloe and Edward Staudenmayer (Spamalot, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me) as White Rabbit. With a book by Gregory Boyd and Jack Murphy, lyrics by Jack Murphy, music by Frank Wildhorn, choreography by Marguerite Derricks and direction by Gregory Boyd, WONDERLAND will open at Broadway's Marquis Theatre on Sunday, April 17, 2011, and performances will begin Monday, March 21.

Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities and Executive Producer James A. Blackman III proudly closes their 19th season with Walton Jones' musical holiday tribute to the swing era.

John Treacy Egan will star as Ebeneezer Scrooge in A SLEEPY HOLLOW CHRISTMAS CAROL. Egan's SCROOGE will take on Washington Irving's characters, when he stars in this enchanting musical which is set in the town of Sleepy Hollow, New York in 1900. A new twist on an old classic, It weaves the magic of the Charles Dickens classic with the delightful characters from Washington Irving's vivid imagination and tells the tale of a Sleepy Hollow businessman, Ebenezer Scrooge, who had no love in his heart for his fellow man, especially at Christmastime. Scrooge meets Washington Irving who takes him on a redemptive adventure to his past, present and future where he meets his boyhood self and such characters as Ichabod Crane, Katrina Van Tassel, Jacob Marley, Tiny Tim and several other surprising encounters. A SLEEPY HOLLOW CHRISTMAS CAROL is brimming with joyous music that will fill audiences with the holiday spirit and leave them with Dickens's reflective message...'It's never too late to change!', including popular Holiday songs 'Deck the Halls'; 'Silver Bells'; 'I'll Be Home for Christmas' any many more.

Bill Irwin, actor, director, writer and clown, whose work has been honored with Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Barrymore and Helen Hayes Awards, and Doug Skinner, musician, puppeteer and composer, who wrote and played the music for several of Mr. Irwin's shows, will appear in "The Clowns and Mr. Beckett," an evening of madcap routines, shtick and novelty songs, at Westport Country Playhouse on Saturday, December 11, 8 p.m.