Comedy 101 - 2004 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 9

Award-winning showbiz entertainers, Corky Hale and Charlotte Rae, will perform in a show emceed by Carl Reiner, with Jeff Lass serving as Music Director. The show, 'A Festive Evening For Westside Center for Independent Living,' is a benefit for WCIL.

Should theatre patrons be told about a Broadway National Tour that features a non-equity cast?

On Sunday morning, December 24, NBC's 'Weekend Today in New York' will feature a series of live performances from GrooveLily, the indie pop-rock band behind this season's musical hit Striking 12

For one day only -- on the 12th day of the 12th month -- everyone who visits the Daryl Roth Theatre Box office and purchases a ticket to the smash-hit holiday show Striking 12 will receive a complimentary copy of the GrooveLily's Striking 12 live cast recording

The new holiday musical Striking 12 is set to begin an eight-week limited engagement at Off-Broadway's Daryl Roth Theatre, Monday, November 6

John Cariani's romantic comedy Almost, Maine will close off-Broadway on February 12th

John Cariani's Almost, Maine begins performances off-Broadway on December 15th for a January 12th opening

This December, DISNEY LIVE! WINNIE THE POOH will play a special month-long holiday engagement at New York's legendary Beacon Theatre (2124 Broadway at West 74th Street), December 8-28, 2005.

Complete casting was announced today for the upcoming Broadway production of LENNON, the world premiere musical based on the life and songs of John Lennon. The cast includes Will Chase, Chuck Cooper, Julie Danao, Mandy Gonzalez, Marcy Harriell, Chad Kimball, Terrence Mann, Julia Murney, and Michael Potts.