Wally's Cafe

The latest standings as of Monday, December 19th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Ottawa Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

The latest standings as of Monday, December 19th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Columbus Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

The latest standings as of Monday, December 12th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Ottawa Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

The latest standings as of Monday, December 12th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Columbus Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

The latest standings as of Monday, December 5th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Columbus Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

We are back! The Alcove Dinner Theatre opens its 2020-21 season with the hilarious production of Wally’s Café by Sam Bobrick and Ron Clark. Wally’s Café opened on Broadway in 1981, starring James Coco, Rita Moreno and Sally Struthers. Performances dates are every Friday and Saturday nights, Oct. 29-30, Nov. 5-20. Social hour is 6:30 p.m., dinner is served at 7:00 p.m. and the show begins after dinner. Dinner selections and prices are on the Alcove and MTVarts website. The Alcove Restaurant, 116 South Main Street, Mount Vernon, OH 43050. For tickets or more information, visit: https://www.alcoverestaurant.com MTVarts gives generous support to the dinner theater. Please join us for “Welcome Home” an original musical based on the memoir by a Vietnam veteran. For tickets or more information, visit: https://mtvarts.com/

The Huntington announces the launch of four additional titles to its series of short audio plays by local playwrights entitled Dream Boston.

With a storied career across stage and screen, Rita Moreno has received accolades ranging from the Presidential Medal of Freedom to the EGOT. And it is also her activism that makes her our icon ‒ on sexism, racism, and the most important social issues of our time.

Deadline reports that the fourth season of 'One Day At A Time' will premiere on Pop TV starting Tuesday, March 24.

Today, we're taking a look back in our archives with this photo of Rita Moreno from 1981!

Imagination Theater's Readers Theater announces upcoming auditions for Wally's Café, directed by Holly Salvestrin and Adeline Penn.  

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that author, playwright, television writer, and lyricist, Sam Bobrick, best known for creating the television series Saved By the Bell, has passed away after suffering a stoke. He was 87 years old.

Rita Moreno will headline a roster of guest stars on ABC's comedy Bless This Mess, which premieres Tuesday, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

TODAY's Al Roker sat down with award-winning actress Rita Moreno to talk about her iconic roles, including her breakout in "West Side Story." Moreno opened up about the good times she's had in Hollywood over the years as well as the rough times she's faced, including harassment because of her ethnicity and some difficult personal relationships.

Wally and his wife Louise buy a roadside cafe, 40 miles from Las Vegas. One evening the desert wind blows in Janet Cheshire, a young Hollywood starlet, looking for a soda and a place to spend the night - and then the adventure really begins.

Wally and his wife Louise buy a roadside cafe, 40 miles from Las Vegas. One evening the desert wind blows in Janet Cheshire, a young Hollywood starlet, looking for a soda and a place to spend the night - and then the adventure really begins.

Before presenting the Best Foreign Language Film Nominees, Rita Moreno states filmmaking is a universal language. Regardless of the country of origin or the dialect of the words, all films speak to the human condition.

Watch presenter Rita Moreno discuss her 1962 Oscar win and the gown she wore that year on the Oscars 2018 Red Carpet. 

At last night's SAG AWARDS, EGOT recipient Rita Moreno presented Morgan Freeman with the 2018 Life Achievement Award. Freeman had presented the same honor to Moreno five years earlier.

Today's big news: ENGAGEMENTS opens at Second Stage Uptown, QUIETLY officially bows at Irish Rep, Darlene Love joins TRIP OF LOVE Off-Broadway, and BROADWAY AT BRYANT PARK continues with GREAT COMET's Denee Benton and more!

The legendary EGOT winner Rita Moreno laid down some serious wisdom at this year's Berklee Commencement Ceremony in the most memorable way possible: through rap. Watch the video here!

Rita Moreno will star in a Latino family reboot of Norman Lear's classic 1970's sitcom comedy ONE DAY AT A TIME from Sony Pictures TV. The series was picked up by Netflix for a 13-episode straight-to-series order.

The great Rita Moreno gets animated with the TODAY anchors about NINA'S WORLD, the new animated show on Sprout in which she supplies the voice of a character called Abuelita. Check out the appearance below!

Rita Moreno returns to music with her first all Spanish Album- Una Vez Mas. The album was produced by Grammy winning producer Emilio Estefan and Nicholas Tovar. The album contains for the first time in Spanish, 'Somewhere' from West Side Story. Rita is the first Hispanic artist to win all four major American entertainment award including an Oscar, an Emmy, a Grammy and a Tony. In December, Rita will receive the Kennedy Center Honor.

Broadway stars past, present and future will be honored at this year's Industry Dance Awards. 

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? Today's big news: A murderer returns to Broadway, UP HERE opens in La Jolla and more!

Broadway stars past, present and future will be honored at this year's Industry Dance Awards. 

According to Deadline, stage vet Rita Moreno has signed on for CBS's comedy pilot JOE TIME, starring Steven Weber.

Entertainment Weekly has confirmed that EGOT winner Rita Moreno will guest star on The CW's runaway hit drama JANE THE VIRGIN.

Rita Moreno will lend her voice to the all-new animated series NINA'S WORLD, set to premiere on Sprout network in 2015.

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? Today's big news: PHOENIX, starring Julia Stiles and James Wirt, begins tonight at Cherry Lane, John Leguizamo's GHETTO KLOWN comes to Central Park, and three concerts highlight Broadway talent this evening at 42West, Joe's Pub and 54 Below!

Ricky Martin will present Rita Moreno with People En Español's lifetime achievement award in the arts this May.

Venue Theatre presents Wally's Cafe by Sam Bobrick and Ron Clark from today, March 14-30, 2014. Today and Saturday performances are at 8 pm and Sunday at 2:30 pm.

The project follows 'a reformed wild child Nadia (Lyonne) who has a business caring for the elderly and feels she has more in common with her colorful old clients than she does with people her age. Willard will play one of the clients, the razza-mattazy Hector, a veteran Broadway songwriter who has been joyously married to Rita (Moreno), his writing partner, for over 50 years. One of Nadia's main jobs with Hector to help him sort through the massive amounts of stuff he has have kept over the years.'

Venue Theatre presents Wally's Cafe by Sam Bobrick and Ron Clark from March 14-30, 2014. Friday and Saturday performances are at 8 pm and Sunday at 2:30 pm.

Deadline reports that Broadway, big and small screen vet Rita Moreno has signed on to co-star opposite Natasha Lyonne in NBC's OLD SOUL comedy pilot from Amy Poehler.

Rita Moreno (West Side Story) is set for a Q&A today, November 3 to talk about her role in the 1961 film adaptation of Tennessee Williams' SUMMER AND SMOKE. The discussion will take place at the BFI Southbank and is being held in honor of the film's director Peter Glenville.

According to the Daily Mail, Rita Moreno (West Side Story) is set for a Q&A on November 3 to talk about her role in the 1961 film adaptation of Tennessee Williams' SUMMER AND SMOKE. The discussion will take place at the BFI Southbank and is being held in honor of the film's director Peter Glenville.

Rita Moreno stopped by CBS SUNDAY MORNING today to talk with Mo Rocca about coming to the U.S., her life on the big screen and more. Moreno, who starred as 'Anita' in 1961's West Side Story, said she got her break by modeling herself after Elizabeth Taylor.

Barnes & Noble at 86th and Lexington Avenue will host 'Rita Moreno in Conversation With Lin-Manuel Miranda' today, March 5, 2013. Moreno's book, 'Rita Moreno: A Memoir', will be released the same day.

Barnes & Noble at 86th and Lexington Avenue will host 'Rita Moreno in Conversation With Lin-Manuel Miranda' on March 5, 2013. Moreno's book, 'Rita Moreno: A Memoir', will be released the same day.

Grab your lunchbox, roll up your sleeves and pour yourself a cup of ambition for the Long Island premiere of Dolly Parton's "9 to 5: The Musical," tonight, July 18-Aug. 4 at the Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts."9 to 5: The Musical" is adapted from the 1980 film of the same name, which features Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin as three working-class friends who stage an unorthodox corporate takeover of their greedy, sexist boss.

Grab your lunchbox, roll up your sleeves and pour yourself a cup of ambition for the Long Island premiere of Dolly Parton's "9 to 5: The Musical," July 18-Aug. 4 at the Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts."9 to 5: The Musical" is adapted from the 1980 film of the same name, which features Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin as three working-class friends who stage an unorthodox corporate takeover of their greedy, sexist boss.

A New Jersey couple opens a café in the middle of the desert in this rollicking comedy.

The National Jazz Musuem in Harlem has announced its events for October 25-31:

The National Jazz Musuem in Harlem has announced its events for October 25-31:

This July 23 - August 1, Cabrillo Music Theatre will present Rodgers and Hammerstein's CINDERELLA at the Fred Kavli Theatre (Musical Theatre). Featured as the Fairy Godmother will be 'All in the Family' comedian Sally Struthers.

This July 23 - August 1, Cabrillo Music Theatre will present Rodgers and Hammerstein's CINDERELLA at the Fred Kavli Theatre (Musical Theatre). Featured as the Fairy Godmother will be 'All in the Family' comedian Sally Struthers.