The Rhythm Club - Off-Broadway Articles Page 12

Queens Theatre in the Park (QTP) presents its Annual Gala on Monday, May 24, 2010 at 6pm at Queens Theatre in the Park, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Flushing, NY. Tickets are available at www.queenstheatre.org or by phone at 718-760-0686 x125.

The B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, located at 237 West 42nd Street (between 7th and 8th Avenues), will be hosting several events during the week of May 31 to June 6. Tickets may be purchased via Ticketmaster (www.ticketmaster.com or 1-800-745-3000) or at the B.B. King's Box Office from 10:30am - Midnight (there is $2 per ticket service charge).

This spring, at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, romance unfolds in a new musical wound around the love songs of the landmark album Girlfriend.

The METROPOLITAN ROOM announces show and performer changes for the month of May.

The cast of UNCHAIN MY HEART, The Ray Charles Musical, will be lead by Brandon Victor Dixon (2010 Lortel, Drama League & Outer Critics Circle nominee for The Scottsboro Boys, 2006 Tony nominee for The Color Purple) starring as 'Ray Charles' and Nikki Renée Daniels (Promises, Promises, Nine) as 'Della'.

The Yellowjackets, cutting-edge purveyors of innovative, eclectic jazz for more than 25 years, are no strangers to change. With every recording since their debut album in 1981, they have pushed the boundaries of improvisational jazz and have been leaders in the music's inescapable evolution.

Come pursue the varieties of jazz experience at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem! From conversations and live performances to educational sessions and panel discussions, you're sure to have a ball and learn a lot too.

CHESS opened at the Signature Theatre on August 10 and will run through September 26. The cast is lead by Jill Paice (Curtains, The 39 Steps) as Florence Vassy, Euan Morton (Boy George in Taboo, Sondheim on Sondheim) as Anatoly Sergievsky and Jeremy Kushnier (Footloose, Rent) as Freddie Trumper. The rock musical is directed by Signature's Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer. Written by Mamma Mia! composers Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson with Evita and Lion King lyricist Tim Rice, the 1984 cult musical of Cold War competition in love and chess is being given its first major Washington area production. Chess is being performed in the fabulous intimacy of the 276-seat MAX Theatre.

Come pursue the varieties of jazz experience at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem! From conversations and live performances to educational sessions and panel discussions, you're sure to have a ball and learn a lot too.

DAVE GRUSIN, Oscar and Grammy Winning Composer-Pianist is stepping into the 'spotlight' for the first time in many years, a rare public appearance, on October 14 - 18 at The IRIDIUM, produced by Pat Philips and Ettore Stratta.

Come pursue the varieties of jazz experience at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem! From conversations and live performances to educational sessions and panel discussions, you're sure to have a ball and learn a lot too.

The Orange County Performing Arts Center's Free or All series continues this summer with the enormously popular and eagerly awaited return of free Movie Mondays on the community plaza. This year's line-up will be the biggest and best ever with five great movies: the timeless classic The Wizard of Oz with Judy Garland; the screwball comedy Some Like it Hot starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon; the Dickensian musical Oliver! being presented in partnership with public radio station KCRW-Santa Monica (89.9 FM and www.KCRW.com); the coming-of-age story Dirty Dancing featuring Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze; and the inspiring documentary about New York City school students learning to dance in Mad Hot Ballroom, which was chosen in an audience poll last summer. The Center has always been 'the place' in Orange County to experience Broadway's best and brightest, and Movie Mondays offers audiences the most fun and exciting musical and dance films under the stars and all for free.

Come pursue the varieties of jazz experience at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem! From conversations and live performances to educational sessions and panel discussions, you're sure to have a ball and learn a lot too.

The Yellowjackets, cutting-edge purveyors of innovative, eclectic jazz for more than 25 years, are no strangers to change. With every recording since their debut album in 1981, they have pushed the boundaries of improvisational jazz and have been leaders in the music's inescapable evolution.

Queens Theatre in the Park (QTP) presents its Annual Gala on Monday, May 24, 2010 at 6pm at Queens Theatre in the Park, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Flushing, NY. Tickets are available at www.queenstheatre.org or by phone at 718-760-0686 x125.

DAVE GRUSIN, Oscar and Grammy Winning Composer-Pianist is stepping into the 'spotlight' for the first time in many years, a rare public appearance, on October 14 - 18 at The IRIDIUM, produced by Pat Philips and Ettore Stratta.

The producers of the hit Broadway musical MEMPHIS announced today that the critically acclaimed production will launch a U. S. national tour in Memphis, TN. Performances will begin in October, 2011 at the Orpheum Theatre (203 South Main Street). Additional cities, dates and casting will be announced at a later date.

Come pursue the varieties of jazz experience at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem! From conversations and live performances to educational sessions and panel discussions, you're sure to have a ball and learn a lot too.

New York City's renowned nightclub Cielo presents a pre-WMC extravaganza right here in NYC with the infamous CircoLoco's TANIA VULCANO with an opening set by TATO and CIelo resident DJs NICOLAS MATAR & WILLIE GRAFF this Friday, March 19th, 2010.

UNCHAIN MY HEART, The Ray Charles Musical, featuring the music of Ray Charles with a book by Suzan-Lori Parks, directed by Sheldon Epps will begin previews October 8, 2010 and open officially November 7, 2010 on Broadway at a Shubert Theatre to be announced.

Upcoming events at Cornelia Street Cafe.

In March 2010, the National Jazz Museum in Harlem presents public programming that brings jazz fans closer to artists-emerging to living masters-that embody the art form that defines America to itself and to the world.

Highline Ballroom Announces Schedule of Events for April.

Spring is in the air, the Miami and the Winter Music Conference is beckoning, and the party season is starting to get into full swing. March looks set to be another incredible clubbing month at Cielo with a plethora of guests jetting in from such far away places as Japan, Spain, England, Sweden, Germany, and Ibiza...

Upcoming shows at the Cornelia Street Cafe.