Alicia Witt Performs At The Living Room 7/2July 1, 2009Actress/singer/songwriter Alicia Witt will be singing and performing a set of her original songs at The Living Room on 154 Ludlow St. in New York City on Thursday July 2nd at 10:00 PM.
McDowell Led 'TYNAN', Kron Premiere, and More Highlight 2009/2010 Season at CTG's Kirk Douglas TheatreJuly 1, 2009The 2009-2010 season at the Douglas was announced today by CTG's Artistic Director Michael Ritchie and it will include a world premiere, an American premiere and a West Coast premiere plus expanded DouglasPlus programming that includes an eclectic mix of theatre choices ranging from fully-staged productions to bare-bones workshops and readings. Limited-run, special events will also be a part of DouglasPlus.
ROCK OF AGES Sets Guinness World Record for Largest Air Guitar Ensemble!July 1, 2009Five-time Tony Award Nominated smash hit musical, ROCK OF AGES, along with US Air Guitar (the official air guitar association of the United States who is responsible for operating the US Air Guitar Championships) broke the Guinness World Record for Largest Air Guitar Ensemble immediately following the matinee performance on Today, Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at The Brooks Atkinson Theatre, 256 W. 47th Street.
Photo Coverage: Public Memorial for Michael Jackson at the Apollo TheaterJuly 1, 2009On Tuesday June 30th Harlem's Apollo Theater held a public memorial to Michael Jackson . The theater admitted 600 people at a time for a series of tribute videos and eulogies. DJs played Jackson's music throughout the day and fans left flowers and other tokens. Celebrities such as Spike Lee and Reverend Al Sharpton paid their respects during the day, cheering on the memory of the late 'King of Pop'.
HAIR To Perform On 'The Tonight Show with Conan O' Brien' 7/13July 1, 2009The complete cast, all-star band and crew of HAIR (a total company of 50)will travel to Los Angeles to give a performance from the Tony Award-winning musical on NBC's 'The Tonight Show with Conan O' Brien' on their day off, Monday, July 13th .
Actor Karl Malden Passes Away At 97July 1, 2009The Los Angeles Times reports the sad news that Karl Malden, an Oscar winner for playing his Broadway-originated role as Mitch in 'A Streetcar Named Desire,' died today. He was 97.
RAGTIME Returns To Broadway, Plays Neil Simon Theatre Beginning 10/23July 1, 2009The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts recent all-new critically acclaimed production of Terrence McNally, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty's Tony Award® winning musical RAGTIME, based on the E.L. Doctorow novel featuring direction and choreography by Marcia Milgrom Dodge, will open on Broadway this fall.
Old Globe's 2009 Summer Festival Continues With TWELFTH NIGHT 7/1July 1, 2009The Tony Award®-winning Old Globe continues its 2009 Summer Shakespeare Festival with Shakespeare's TWELFTH NIGHT, a delightful tale of wild infatuation and mistaken identities. The production debuts tonight in the Globe's outdoor Lowell Davies Festival Theatre.
Photo Tribute: Remembering Fred TravalenaJune 30, 2009Fred Travalena, the master impressionist and singer whose vast repertoire of voices ranged from Jack Nicholson to Sammy Davis Jr. to Bugs Bunny, has died. He was 66.
Photo Tribute: Gale Storm RememberedJune 30, 2009Gale Storm, who was one of early television's biggest stars on 'My Little Margie' and 'The Gale Storm Show,' passed away this past Saturday, June 27th at age 87.
Photo Flash: Justina Machado Joins IN THE HEIGHTSJune 30, 2009Kevin McCollum, Jeffrey Seller and Jill Furman, the producers of the 2008 Tony Award-winning Best Musical In The Heights, announced the news that Justina Machado has joined the production in the role of 'Daniela' for 8 weeks only from Monday, June 29, through Sunday, August 23, 2009 at Broadway's Richard Rodgers Theatre (226 West 46th Street).
Susan Boyle To Meet 'UGLY BETTY'?June 30, 2009Sources to the UK SUN are reporting that Britian's Got Talent runner-up Susan Boyle is set to join the cast of hit series Ugly Betty. According to reports, the Scottish singer, 48, has been offered a cameo in the ABC comedy.