Comix At Foxwoods Welcomes John Mulaney, 11/10October 18, 2012Named one of Variety's "10 Comics To Watch," and one of Entertainment Weekly's "Comedians on the Rise" in 2008, stand-up comedian John Mulaney continues to prove why he's a must-see. On Saturday, Nov. 10, Mulaney will be stepping on the Comix At Foxwoods stage for two hilarious shows at 8 and 10:30 p.m.
THE WOMAN IN BLACK Returns to Capital Stage, 10/31 & 11/1October 18, 2012Just in time for Halloween, Capital Stage will present a staged-reading of a classic tale of ghosts and things that go bump in the night. Adapted by Stephen Mallatratt from the book by Susan Hill, The Woman in Black is a story of haunting and the haunted. The reading will featuring Capital Stage co-founders Jonathan Rhys Williams and Peter Mohrmann reprising their roles from the 2002 pre-Capital Stage Company, Delta King Theatre production.
ORI GERSHT: TWO VIDEOS Opens at The Jewish Museum Today, 10/19October 18, 2012The Jewish Museum is presenting Ori Gersht: Two Videos, an installation in the Museum's Barbara and E. Robert Goodkind Media Center from today, October 19, 2012 through March 24, 2013. Ori Gersht makes videos and photographs on borders, thresholds, and transitions in time and place. In Dew (2001, 3 min., 17 sec.), dew on the artist's lens evaporates to reveal the landscape of the Negev Desert.
Tommy Tune Brings TAPS, TUNES AND TALL TALES to Feinstein's in NovemberOctober 18, 2012FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY will continue its Fall 2012 season with the New York solo debut of Broadway legend TOMMY TUNE. Broadway's tallest tapper takes to the city's smallest stage, dancing, singing and tale-telling through 50 years of big time showmanship, all on only 4 square feet! This intimate evening - featuring Musical Director Michael Biagi on piano - will run for six shows on three nights: November 18, 25, and 26 at the Loews Regency Hotel (540 Park Avenue at 61st Street).
CHAPLIN Releases New Block of Tickets Through June 2, 2013October 18, 2012Tickets for Broadway's CHAPLIN are now on sale through June 2, 2013. CHAPLIN, a new musical depicting the life of film icon Charlie Chaplin, with music and lyrics by Christopher Curtis and book by three-time Tony Award-winner Thomas Meehan (Annie, The Producers, Hairspray) and Christopher Curtis, opened on Broadway on Monday, September 10, 2012. Previews began Tuesday, August 21, 2012. Warren Carlyle (Finian's Rainbow; Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway) directs and choreographs the production.
Houston Grand Opera Season Opens 10/19October 18, 2012Houston Grand Opera opens its 2012-13 season in grand style on October 19, with a brand-new production of Puccini's La boheme starring Dimitri Pittas and Katie van Kooten.
Ovation Announces Holiday Programming: A SNOW WHITE CHRISTMAS, NUTCRACKER and MoreOctober 18, 2012Ovation, 'the only television network devoted to artists and every kind of artistic expression,' will usher in the holiday season with programming celebrating theater and dance. On Thanksgiving night, Ovation will present an Ovation Original documentary special, A SNOW WHITE CHRISTMAS: OPENING NIGHT, which takes viewers behind- the-curtain for the Lythgoe Family's (American Idol, So You Think You Can Dance) quest to bring the entertaining and cheerful British "panto" musical theater tradition to American audiences for the first time. Ovation then kicks off its sixth annual programming event, "BATTLE OF THE NUTCRACKERS," featuring stunning Nutcracker productions and a chance for viewers to vote on their favorites. The popular programming event will now air for a month on Sunday afternoons in a celebration the entire family can enjoy together.
The Fifty/50 Announces Halloween EventsOctober 18, 2012Wicker Park upscale sports bar The Fifty/50 (2047 W Division St) will throw a "Welcome To The Jungle" themed Halloween party from 7pm until 3am on Saturday, October 27.
WVIZ/PBS ideastream and Cleveland Orchestra Announce of 'The Cleveland Orchestra in Performance – Bruckner Symphony No. 4' BroadcastOctober 18, 2012WVIZ/PBS ideastream® will broadcast the world premiere of The Cleveland Orchestra in Performance: Bruckner Symphony No. 4 on Monday, October 29, 2012, at 9:00 pm. Under the musical direction of Franz Welser-Most, the performance was filmed in 2012 at the beautiful 17th-century baroque Abbey of St. Florian in Austria. Emmy Award-winner Brian Large directed the video recording. This is the first video produced of the recent critical edition of the 1888 version of Bruckner's Fourth Symphony, edited by Benjamin Korstvedt and published in the Bruckner Collected Works edition (Vienna, 2004).
MTC's Lynne Meadow Receives the Museum of the City of New York's Louis Auchincloss PrizeOctober 18, 2012The annual presentation of the Museum of the City of New York's Louis Auchincloss Prize will be held on Monday, October 22nd at 6 pm. This year, the prize will be awarded to Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director of the Manhattan Theatre Club, and the event will feature a performance by Bebe Neuwirth and special appearances by Jill Eikenberry and Michael Tucker.
Stephen Colbert to Host Lookingglass 'gglassquerade,' March 2, 2013October 18, 2012Lookingglass Theatre's Board of Directors and Gala Committee announce one of Chicago's highly anticipated events of the season, the 2013 Lookingglass gglassquerade, which will celebrate 25 years of ensemble collaboration, transformation and invention. Host Stephen Colbert, of Comedy Central's The Colbert Report, will be presented with the Lookingglass Civic Engagement Award at the event. gglassquerade will be held Saturday, March 2, 2013, at 6:00 p.m. at The Four Seasons, 120 East Delaware Place in Chicago.
The Triad to Re-Launch as STAGE 72 in November; Susie Essman, Mario Cantone and More in LineupOctober 18, 2012This November, after five years of ongoing renovations, the popular Upper West Side performance space the Triad Theater (158 West 72nd Street) will officially re-launch as STAGE 72 as a part of the New York Comedy Festival, which will include performances and appearances by Susie Essman, David Steinberg, Meredith Vieira, two special editions of Celebrity Autobiography featuring Janeane Garofalo, Tony Danza, Mario Cantone, Oscar-nominee Jennifer Tilly, SNL alum Rachel Dratch, and more.