Jana Robbins News

Even the celebrities had a tough time getting a ticket for their shows at Feinstein's/54 Below. Jana Robbins and Haley Swindal's closing night's performance actually seemed more like an opening night with all the notability in the room. Audiences have been wildly enthusiastic about their cabaret act titled The Songs of Kander & Ebb…We Just Move On!

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) presents its annual free introductory panel Thursday, September 20, 2018: WHO IS TRU? A Free Introduction to Our Community and Programs at 7:30pm (doors open for networking at7pm) at The Playroom Theatre, 151 W. 46th Street, 8th fl., NYC. This panel is free but please reserve using the bright red reservation box athttps://truonline.org/events/who-is-tru/, or call at least a day in advance (or much sooner) for reservations: 212-714-7628; or e-mail TRUStaff1@gmail.com.

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) is now accepting Applications for the 2018-19 TRU Producer Mentorship & Development Program, deadline September 8, 2018 for Basic Class and September 15, 2018 for Master Class. For more details and application tools, visit https://truonline.org/tru-event-category/pdmp/.

BWW Picks returns! Published every Sunday night, BroadwayWorld Cabaret writers will make their top recommendations for shows throughout NYC during the upcoming week.

Coming up at Feinstein's/54 Below this month, award winning singer, pianist, composer, lyricist, arranger, actress, educator, TV host and producer Ann Hampton Callaway (September 19-22); Tony nominated Rebecca Luker and Sally Wilfert (September 7-8); Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Gloria Reuben (September 20); Tony nominee Jana Robbins and Haley Swindal (August 30 and September 6). Below, watch as all six preview their upcoming shows!

Next week, FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit www.54Below.com/Feinsteins or call (646) 476-3551.

The latest batch of stars to hit the Feinstein's/54 Below stage met the press this week and BroadwayWorld was on hand to catch all the action. 

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) announces a Free Introduction to TRU's Producer Program on Wednesday, August 22, 2018 from 6pm-8:30pm at Clinton Cameo Studios, 307 W. 43rd Street, NYC. Tickets are free but space is limited - only ten spots remain! RSVP at https://truonline.org/events/introduction-to-pdmp/.

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) announces a Free Introduction to TRU's Producer Program on Wednesday, August 22, 2018 from 6pm-8:30p mat Clinton Cameo Studios, 307 W. 43rd Street, NYC.

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) announces How To Write a Musical That Works feedback workshop #3: Reckoning and Resolution onSunday, August 5, 2018 from 10am-6pm at Studios 150, 150 W. 46th Street, 7th floor Studio 7.5. Submission deadline is extended to July 27, 2018.

Aria Entertainment's prestigious festival of new musical theatre, From Page To Stage (FPTS), which returns with gusto for a 6th successful year from September 2018, is proud to announce the seven exciting new musicals selected for the 2018 festival at London's Southwark Playhouse.

Jana Robbins (Gypsy, I Love My Wife, The Tale of the Allergist's Wife) and Haley Swindal (Jekyll and Hyde, White Christmas, Sweeney Todd) will join forces and return to Feinstein's/54 Below for two unforgettable evenings with 'We Just Move On! - The Songs of Kander and Ebb.' The shows are slated for Thursday, August 30th at 9:30PM and Thursday, September 6th at 7:00PM. Following separate sold-out shows of their own, both Robbins and Swindal are no strangers to the Kander and Ebb catalogue. Jana appeared in two tours of Zorba and both Jana and Haley have played 'Sally Bowles' in separate productions of Cabaret. The veteran duo can currently be seen starring together in the smash Off-Broadway show, This One's For The Girls.

Due to overwhelming demand, Off-Broadway's musical smash THIS ONE'S FOR THE GIRLS today put a new block of seats on sale through January 5, 2019. Initially set to run to the end of 2017, this marks the third extension for Dorothy Marcic's THIS ONE'S FOR THE GIRLS, which opened October 27th to unanimous rave reviews.

New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia spoke it fluently as did James Cagney. Barbara Streisand can converse, and Judy Garland sang in it. Last night the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene premiered Fiddler On The Roof in Yiddish directed by Joel Grey for a VIP Opening Night audience and Gala which honored Jeffrey S. Wisenfeld, Chairman of the Folksbiene.

BWW Review: CLEVER LITTLE LIES at Penguin Repertory Theatre

Penguin Rep Theatre, the award-winning professional Equity theatre under the leadership of founding artistic director Joe Brancato and executive director Andrew M. Horn, presents Clever Little Lies, a comedy by Joe DiPietro, the Tony Award-winning author of Memphis and I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, June 29 through July 22 in Stony Point, New York.

Penguin Rep Theatre, the award-winning professional Equity theatre under the leadership of founding artistic director Joe Brancato and executive director Andrew M. Horn, presents Clever Little Lies, a comedy by Joe DiPietro, the Tony Award-winning author of Memphisand I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, June 29 through July 22 in Stony Point, New York.

They're her top tomatoes! Prolific producer and host Randie Levine-Miller presented a special edition of her 'Showstopper Divas' series at The Triad, 158 West 72nd Street, on Thursday June 21 at 7pm. BroadwayWorld was there and you can check out photos below!