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Photo Coverage: Celtic Thunder's Phil Coulter Celebrates New Album

Renaissance man Phil Coulter has managed to write, produce or record chart-topping songs in every decade since the 1960s. Such iconic artists as Elvis Presley, Van Morrison and The Bay City Rollers have sung Coulter's impressive songbook. In addition, his atmospheric instrumental CDs, which Enya credits as an inspiration for her own best-sellers, have found the pianist a regular home on the charts. The consummate songsmith's most recent triumph has been his role as music director and composer for the hugely successful Celtic Thunder, which has enjoyed great success on PBS, enjoying several Gold selling albums and sold-out tours across the country and even an appearance at the White House. Celtic Thunder's devoted following range from teenyboppers to grandparents alike. Their current CD Heritage has surpassed Coulter's expectations. 'I was thrilled to see Heritage climb to number 11 in the Billboard Hot 200......up there with Pink and Lady Gaga!' (more...)

Photo Flash: Carol Channing Suppports Arts Education at Lulu's

Join the Ultimate Broadway Baby, Carol Channing, as The Channing-Kullijian Foundation offers patron's the desert's biggest Emmy viewing Party, featuring The 63rd Primetime Emmy Telecast, hosted by Lulu California Bistro. Channing and celebrated friends will host a red carpet event featuring a live and silent auction, very special performances by Broadway personalities and young people representing the Valley's public schools' arts programs. The Foundation will proudly present the first ARTS STAR AWARD to Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-CA), who successfully championed the H Con Res 275, a concurrent resolution designating a week in September as 'Arts in Education Week.' (more...)

Photo Flash: Firehouse Theater Presents SEX, DRUGS, ROCK & ROLL

The Firehouse Theatre Project proudly announces the final show of its 2009-10 season, Eric Bogosian's 'Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll', running April 15-May 8. An Obie-award winning series of eleven monologues by the loquacious and satirical Bogosian (Talk Radio), this one-man show portrays a funny, yet bleak, landscape of the Western world. (more...)

Photo Flash: Ferrari, Shaw, Smilow, Dozier et al. Set to Perform at Sterling's Upstairs at Vitello's

Annually cited as the most popular supper club of its kind in Los Angeles for its dedication to presenting the best of Broadway music and standards from the Great American Songbook, Sterling's Upstairs at Vitello's is pleased to announce its constellation of March headlining stars beginning with SHELIA FERRARI, DANA SHAW, MELISSA SMILOW and TAMRA LAMESE DOZIER in Sex, Love & Whine on Sunday, March 14th at 7:00 pm. This foursome of seasoned musical theatre professionals bring with them a mix of musical theatre, pop, country and R&B hits to help tell the tale of ... the morning afte (more...)