Eddie Varley - Page 61

Gavin Creel, the Tony nominated star of the hit musical HAIR, injured his ankle during number 'I've Got Life.' He suffered the injury at yesterday's matinee performance of the Tony winning revival at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre.

Chuckleball: The Sports Comedy & Parody Musical Revue introduces its newest version, Brotherly Glove to the theater at Doc Watson's Pub in Philadelphia beginning August 20.

EFFABLE ARTS (Artistic Directors Brad Landers, Kimberly Kaye, Meredith Ryan Packer) has announced its premiere production, Stop, Collaborate & Listen: 20Nothings . Stop, Collaborate & Listen: 20Nothings is a collection of original one-acts, monologues, dance, music and art depicting the hilarity and horrors of twentysomething-ness in 2009. Presented in two parts by artists age 23-27, this collaborative production throws a spotlight on mid-twenties purgatory with riotous, touching and insightful results.

Phantom star Ramin Karimloo and BBC finalists Sarah Lark and Abi Finley lend their voices for a new British musical recording - BLUEBIRD. A host of West End stars, including the current Phantom, will feature on a brand new musical album, Bluebird, from composer Gareth Peter. The album will hit musical theatre shops in three countries on Monday September 14th 2009th.

MTV is promoting the upcoming Video Music Awards with a series of West Side Story-themed ads. In the ads, the hottest young singers share their own special version of the song 'Tonight' from the award-winning musical. Cobra Starship and Taylor Swift did their renditions of West Side Story's 'Tonight,' sultry songstress Katy Perry is the next artist to be spotlighted.

Jeremy Piven is known to tv viewers as Ari Gold, the manic agent on HBO's hit Entourage. He will soon be seen on the big screen as Don Ready, a high powered car salesman in The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard. Piven spoke to SSSTV about Twitter, his film and his early career.

Watch almost 40 performers suddenly break out in song & dance to 'Don't Rain on My Parade' at the South Street Seaport in New York City. This unique performance was shot in HD with over 10 cameras within the unsuspecting crowd.

Producer John Breglio and the Apollo Theater Foundation, Inc. will present the premiere engagement at the Apollo Theater, prior to the national tour of the groundbreaking musical.

MTV is promoting the upcoming Video Music Awards with a series of West Side Story-themed ads. In the ads, the hottest young singers share their own special version of the song 'Tonight' from the award-winning musical.

The rally will be held at Central Park's Delacorte Theater (enter at 81st Street and Central Park West or 79th Street and Fifth Avenue) on Friday, August 28 from 2:30-3:30 PM and will be open to the public. Noteworthy members of both the civil rights and theater communities will be on hand to speak, including Oskar Eustis, legendary gay rights activist Cleve Jones, HAIR star Gavin Creel and producer David Stone.

The Midtown International Theatre Festival (MITF) presents their Tenth Anniversary Season AWARDS CEREMONY, produced by Elisa Abatsis,on Sunday, August 30, 2009 at 7:30pm (doors and bar open at 6:30pm) at New World Stages / Stage 2, 340 W. 50th Street (between 8th and 9th Avenues), NYC. Tickets are $25 ($20 if booked before 8/26) and are available now at www.midtownfestival.org or by phone at 866-811-4111.

Directed by Tony Award-winner Julie Taymor with 22-time Grammy Award-winning Bono and The Edge creating new music and lyrics, SPIDER-MAN will be written by Julie Taymor and Glen Berger. Bono reveals to Irish Central how he came up with the title 'Turn off the Dark.'

In what promises to be a once-in-a lifetime thrill for a hundred of her luckiest fans, Barbra Streisand will celebrate the release of Love Is The Answer---her new album of jazz standards and classics--- by singing a selection of these songs at New York's legendary Village Vanguard on Saturday, September 26, where she last performed in 1961 as the opening act for Miles Davis.

BroadwayWorld.com presents it's newest column, Twitter Watch, which will bring you only the best and most interesting reports straight from the mouths of Broadway stars, shows and more on the hot social networking service - Twitter!

'Frank Wildhorn & Friends' will play a very special series of performances at Las Vegas' Judy Bayley Theater to benefit The Nevada Conservatory Theatre at UNLV. The benefit performances will take place on Friday, September 4th at 8pm, Saturday, September 5th at 8pm and Sunday, September 6th at 7pm.

The cast of the new fall comedy GLEE is hitting the road this summer in search of 'Gleeks' at a mall near you! Cast members Cory Monteith, Lea Michele, Amber Riley, Chris Colfer, Jenna Ushkowitz, Kevin McHale, Dianna Agron and Mark Salling will make appearances exclusively at Hot Topic stores in select cities across the country to sign autographs, hold Q&A sessions and give fans a sneak peek at the new season of GLEE.

The New York Post's Page Six reports that Paula Abdul has officially announced, via her 'Twitter' page that she will not be returning to FOX's American Idol.

The ROCK OF AGES Productions video series is written, shot, and edited by ROCK OF AGES stars Lauren Molina and Mitchell Jarvis.

GLEE is an uplifting series with biting humor that features a soundtrack of hit music from past to present. The stars of FOX's new fall comedy are hitting the road this summer to spread the word about their new show, and they're taking ET along! The young stars, who've already visited cities including New York and Philadelphia on their 'Gleek' mall tour, took their Flip Mino cameras and documented everything from screaming fans to a visit to a local newsroom. The tour will take them to Washington, D.C., Chicago, Minneapolis, Houston, Dallas, Denver and Los Angeles.

Broadway's Sean Bradford (The Lion King) and Adam Kantor (RENT), in association with The Present Company, are presenting the world-premiere of A Contemporary American's Guide to a Successful Marriage © 1959 written by Robert Bastron and directed by Adam Fitzgerald at the Cherry Lane Theatre, 38 Commerce Street, as part of the 2009 New York International Fringe Festival.