Toast - 2016 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 20

NBC'S 'NEW YEAR'S EVE WITH CARSON DALY' has hit a seven-year high in adults 18-49 in the local people meters, with a +22% jump versus last year,

BottleRock Napa Valley 2017, presented by JaM Cellars, announces its fifth annual festival lineup today, which includes headline artists Foo Fighters, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, and Maroon 5. The three-day music, wine, food, and craft brew festival will take place in the heart of the City of Napa at the Napa Valley Expo, May 26 - 28, 2017. Festival passes go on sale at 10AM PST on Wednesday, January 4, 2017at BottleRockNapaValley.com and eventbrite.com.

ImprovBoston rings in 2017 with a New Year's Eve marathon of six fully improvised comedy celebrations chocked-full of improvised scenes, quirky characters, and audience participation, guaranteeing 2016 is a year to remember.

New Philharmonic, under the direction of Maestro Kirk Muspratt, performs three "New Year's Eve with an International Twist" concerts at the McAninch Arts Center (MAC), Today, Dec. 31 at 2, 5:30 and 9 p.m. The program features classical and pop works plus a celebratory champagne toast and special surprises. Continuing their tradition of featuring soloists from the Lyric Opera Ryan Center for Young Artists, tenor Jesse Donner joins New Philharmonic and Maestro Muspratt for this wonderful New Year's Eve tradition. For the fourth year in a row, 98.7 FM-WFMT will provide a live broadcast of the 5:30 p.m. performance.

Laguna Playhouse has announced the third annual New Year's Eve return of superstar comedienne Rita Rudner, in her bubbly and sparkling show, RITA RUDNER: 9PM IS THE NEW MIDNIGHT! 

Theatre Three welcomes the annual return engagement of its New Year's staple I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change from December 29, 2016 to February 12, 2017 in the downstairs Theatre Too space. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast onstage below!

Global hospitality company Hakkasan Group, announced today its highly anticipated New Year's Eve weekend festivities Today, Dec. 29 through Sunday, Jan. 1. Featuring a mix of electronic and open-format talent, including newly announced Hakkasan Group resident Kaskade, as well as Calvin Harris, Tiesto, Drake, and Lil Jon, guests are invited to leave 2016 behind and say hello to 2017 with non-stop celebrations at some of The Strip's hottest nightlife destinations.  

What better way to celebrate our broken resolutions of 2016 than with sprinkles of spice with equal parts both naughty and nice. Purveyors of the finest in entertainment in the Northwest, Can Can wraps up it's Decade of Decadence year-long festivities on the WICA stage.

For the third selection in their 87th season, ROSS VALLEY PLAYERS is pleased to present the dramatic comedy Emilie: La Marquise du Chatelet Defends Her Life Tonight by Award winning playwright Lauren Gunderson (Lanford Wilson Award).  A highly theatrical, fast, funny, sexy rediscovery of one of history's most intriguing women, Emilie defends her life and loves…and ends up with both a formula and a legacy that permeates history. Strong language, mild adult themes. Gunderson, a San Francisco-based playwright, is the second most-produced playwright of the 2016-17 season, and the most-produced living playwright in America.

Ring in the new year with Curtain Up Productions and the Downtown Performing Arts Center at the 3rd annual New Year's Eve Gala Fundraiser on Saturday, December 31, 2016.

Cagney, the new hit musical about Hollywood's tough guy in tap shoes, celebrates its 300th performance, today, December 21 at the Westside Theatre, upstairs. Cagney had its official opening on April 3, 2016 following 21 preview performances.

Billy Kelly will bring his family comedy show to Peoples Improv Theater-Underground, playing the first Saturday of every month at 3 p.m.

January in West Michigan is glittering and refreshing, and what better way to welcome in a new year than by enjoying one of the many celebrations on this side of the state. Whether that means a sparkling dress and a glass of champagne, or hot chocolate with the kids while counting down to midnight, there are a variety of activities across West Michigan to enjoy and celebrate.

Amore Opera opens its holiday season with Johann Strauss II's Die Fledermaus at its new home, the Theatre at St. Jean's on Manhattan's Upper East Side. This bubbly, musical tale of romantic intrigue and merry revenge will be presented in full production with full orchestra conducted by Douglas Martin, with stage direction by Amore Opera's Artistic Director Nathan Hull. Amore Opera's production of Die Fledermaus features several talented casts.

January may bring 'Stormy Weather' and only a 'Paper Moon' but we've 'Got the World on a String' and are 'Over the Rainbow.' Lyrics & Lyricists 2017 season opens with 'Get Happy: Harold Arlen's Early Years,' celebrating the composer of those American Songbook classics, and hundreds more. The show will run January 21-23, 2017 at 92Y.

Due to another holiday season of sold-out houses, New Conservatory Theatre Center has extended its award-winning production of everyone's favorite foul-mouthed, feel-good musical: Avenue Q, with music, lyrics and original concept by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx and book by Jeff Whitty.

It's time to break out the champagne and let the confetti fly. As 2016 comes to a close, BWW brings you a guide to New Year's Eve coverage airing on TV tonight.

Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb will ring in the New Year with “A Toast to 2016!,” a two-hour, star-studded New Year's Eve primetime special from NBC News highlighting the best and buzziest stories from the past year.

ImprovBoston rings in 2017 with a New Year's Eve marathon of six fully improvised comedy celebrations chocked-full of improvised scenes, quirky characters, and audience participation, guaranteeing 2016 is a year to remember.

Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announced today the annual selection of 25 motion pictures that have been inducted into the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress because of their cultural, historic or aesthetic importance.

The Jeanne Rimsky Theater presents the international smash hit comedy where wild, hilarious and true celebrity memoirs are given the full dramatic - and comedic - treatment by some of the sharpest celebrity performers in town.

Las Vegas is one of the world's top New Year's Eve party spots, and what better way to celebrate than with incredible food, overflowing beverages and the best firework viewing locations in the city?  Ring in the New Year with the following Caesars Entertainment Las Vegas Resorts offerings:

Trinity Repertory Company has announced Christina Bevilacqua will bring her expertise in curating conversation to the theater in her new position as Conversationalist-in-Residence.

Great Performances, the highly acclaimed New York City catering company, will present the 8th Annual Latke Festival, one of the city's most deliciously fun yearly tasting events, on Monday, December 19, 2016 at a new location, the Brooklyn Museum.

What a year 2016 has been!  It was a year that saw the passing of David Bowie, Prince, Nancy Reagan, Mohammad Ali, Gene Wilder, and Fidel Castro.  The Chicago Cubs won the World Series, NASA's Juno began its orbit around Jupiter, and the Queen of England turned 90.  Pokemon got us walking and politics got us talking (and tweeting).  And, it ain't over 'til it's over!