Nelson Riddle News

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On Friday June 4th THE AFTER PARTY is thrilled to welcome Broadway's ROSEMARY LOAR, hosted by BRANDON CUTRELL and featuring KATIE CASS & BECCA JOHNSON-SOUTHWORTH with Professor RAY FELLMAN at the piano

Come join us every Friday and Saturday from 11PM-2AM for our piano lounge. No cover, no minimum!

Come join us every Friday and Saturday from 11PM-2AM for our piano lounge. No cover, no minimum!

Come join us every Friday and Saturday from 11PM-2AM for our piano lounge. No cover, no minimum!

Tywla Tharp is this year's recipient of the 2010 Drama Desk Award for Best Choreography.

KARINE PLANTADIT, nominated for a TONY Award, Astaire Award and Drama League Award for her starring role in 'Come Fly Away', will be a guest on the CBS-TV News Weekend Morning Show this Saturday, May 22nd at 9 AM.

Come join us every Friday and Saturday from 11PM-2AM for our piano lounge. No cover, no minimum!

Today, 'LIVE! With Regis and Kelly' featured the cast of COME FLY AWAY as part of 'Broadway Week,' which launched on Monday, April 26. Regis visited the cast, and was showcased in his own special performance with the talented cast. For this special week, top morning program 'LIVE! with Regis and Kelly' has welcomed some of today's most popular Broadway entertainers who are known to light up both the stage and screen. Each day, the hosts have featured some of today's most exciting musicals, with the hosts themselves taking part in some of the productions. LIVE! with Regis and Kelly airs on ABC at 9:00am EST.

Today, 'LIVE! With Regis and Kelly' featured the cast of COME FLY AWAY as part of 'Broadway Week,' which launched on Monday, April 26. Regis visited the cast, and was showcased in his own special performance with the talented cast. For this special week, top morning program 'LIVE! with Regis and Kelly' has welcomed some of today's most popular Broadway entertainers who are known to light up both the stage and screen. Each day, the hosts have featured some of today's most exciting musicals, with the hosts themselves taking part in some of the productions. LIVE! with Regis and Kelly airs on ABC at 9:00am EST.

On May 6th, CAP21 (Collaborative Arts Project 21) will transform its block box theater 'The Shop' into Europe during WWI, the backdrop for Fengar Gael's 'The Usher's Ball'. The play will have a month long run in May, as part of CAP21's Spring/Summer season.

Reprise Records has released a new Frank Sinatra-filled album with his songs featured in Twayla Tharp's musical Come Fly Away. The CD includes 16-tracks of the original Sinatra recordings with thr original musicians. These original arrangements were done by by Nelson Riddle, Billy May, Don Costa, Gordon Jenkins, Johnny Mandel, Neal Hefti, Torrie Zito, Sam Nestico, Emuir Deodato, Ernie Freeman and Quincy Jones.

COME FLY AWAY follows four couples as they fall in and out of love during one song and dance filled evening at a crowded nightclub. Blending the legendary vocals of Frank Sinatra with a live on stage 19-piece big band and 15 of the world's finest dancers, COME FLY AWAY weaves an unparalleled hit parade of classics, including 'Fly Me To The Moon,' 'My Way,' and 'That's Life' into a soaring musical fantasy of romance and seduction.

According to a report by Variety, the recent union dispute surrounding Broadway's Come Fly Away has caused American Guild of Musical Artists to try to play a bigger role in the Broadway community. Alan Gordon, AGMA exec director, expressed interest in representing dancers not ony in dance-heavy shows like Come Fly Away, but other productions as well. Gordon stated, 'We think that down the road it's better for dancers appearing in anything, including Broadway shows, to be represented by AGMA.'

According to a report by Variety, the recent union dispute surrounding Broadway's Come Fly Away has caused American Guild of Musical Artists to try to play a bigger role in the Broadway community. Alan Gordon, AGMA exec director, expressed interest in representing dancers not ony in dance-heavy shows like Come Fly Away, but other productions as well. Gordon stated, 'We think that down the road it's better for dancers appearing in anything, including Broadway shows, to be represented by AGMA.'

Sit back, relax, and relive the party and the time where the audience found fun in the antics of three cool, politically incorrect legends. Direct From Vegas The Rat Pack® comes to the historical California Theatre of the Performing Arts in San Bernardino, California for one night only: Sunday, April 11, 2010 at 8:00pm.

Actors' Equity has just released the following statement regarding COME FLY AWAY.

San Diego Theatres' presentations for this season at the historic and nationally acclaimed Balboa Theatre continues. For those that loved the 40's swing production of 'In the Mood' these past two seasons, this season the Balboa will be hosting The Big Band Broadcast on April 10 at 2PM ~ a swinging sentimental re-enactment of the best of the 40's big band era, with glamour, panache, humor, and top quality musicianship.

San Diego Theatres' presentations for this season at the historic and nationally acclaimed Balboa Theatre continues. For those that loved the 40's swing production of 'In the Mood' these past two seasons, this season the Balboa will be hosting The Big Band Broadcast on April 10 at 2PM ~ a swinging sentimental re-enactment of the best of the 40's big band era, with glamour, panache, humor, and top quality musicianship.

The Wall Street Journal reports on a conflict has arisen between two unions over who holds jurisdiction for the performers of Twyla Tharp's COME FLY AWAY, which blurs the lines between dance and musical theatre.