'Thornhills of Park Avenue' Stars to Appear at Long Island Film FestivalAugust 5, 2011Juliette Bennett, Bill Connington, and Anthony Haden-Guest, stars of the the short film THE THORNHILLS OF PARK AVENUE, will appear with the director Thomas Caruso, at the 28th Annual Long Island Film Festival (LIFF) on Monday, August 8th at the Boulton Center for the Performing Arts, on Long Island. Doors open at 6 pm.
Mary McDonough brings 'Lessons...' to NY in SeptemberAugust 5, 2011Join award-winning actress, writer and director, Mary McDonough at Barnes & Noble (UPWS), as she signs copies of Lessons From the Mountain: What I Learned From Erin Walton (Kensington Publishers). Ms. McDonough's recent appearances at DOLLYWOOD (with Dolly Parton), the Country Tonite Theatre (With Loretta Lynn), The Opry Shop (At the Grand Ole Opry), as well as The Kennedy Center in DC broke records in sales and attendance.
Berlin Lends Colossal Statue of Pharaoh to Met Museum for Ten YearsAugust 5, 2011A monumental ancient Egyptian statue of a seated pharaoh-probably Amenemhat II-will be lent to The Metropolitan Museum of Art by Berlin's renowned Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preussischer Kulturbesitz for a period of ten years, beginning this month.
Baltimore Playwrights Festival Closes With ZULU FITS, 8/18-9/4August 5, 2011The Baltimore Playwrights Festival (www.baltplayfest.com) announces the August 18th opening of Zulu Fits, by Alonzo D. LaMont, Jr., to be produced by Heralds of Hope Theater Company (www.heraldsofhopetheater.com) at Load of Fun Theater, 120 North Ave., Baltimore, MD 21201. Performances are Thursday-Saturday at 8pm, Sundays at 3pm, through September 4th. Ticket information can be obtained by contacting the theater at 410-997-3997.
Starlight Theatre Presents XANADU, 8/15-21August 5, 2011It's time to dig through Kansas City closets for leg warmers and disco balls! Starlight Theatre's production of Xanadu, the final show of the 2011 Broadway season, is ready to light up the Starlight stage (with neon!) on Aug. 15-21.
Miranda Sings to Make Art House Debut 8/13-16August 5, 2011Her YouTube parody music videos have been viewed over 16 million times. BroadwayWorld.com called her 'an internet superstar' and 'the hottest, freshest and oddest breakout star in the musical theatre/cabaret scene.'
Wonderful World Awards to Feature PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Performance 9/19August 5, 2011The 6th Annual Wonderful World Awards presented by Beth Israel Medical Center's Louis Armstrong Center for Music and Medicine will honor physician Marvin A. McMillen, MD, legendary musician Levon Helm, and guitarist and Beth Israel patient Andrew Schulman, announced Joanne V. Loewy, DA, MT-BC, LCAT, Director, Louis Armstrong Center for Music & Medicine.
BARNEY LIVE IN CONCERT Comes to the Fox Theatre, 11/19 & 20August 5, 2011Join the loveable, huggable Barney and friends in Detroit as they sing and dance their way into your hearts for a brand-new, interactive concert party tour. Barney Live in Concert - Birthday Bash! performs at the Fox Theatre for a limited four shows on Saturday, Nov. 19 and Sunday, Nov. 20.
Fountain Hills Theater Announces THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, 9/16-10/2August 5, 2011The Drowsy Chaperone is a musical with a comedy. This charming, laugh-out-loud show revolves around a die-hard musical fan and his favorite cast album-a 1928 smash hit called The Drowsy Chaperone, which suddenly bursts to life inside his NY apartment, transporting you to a nostalgic era filled with producers, gangsters, butlers and flappers. Witness the zany thrills and surprises, the striking costumes and dazzling sets, and the comic pratfalls and memorable music of The Drowsy Chaperone.
American Opera Projects Announces Composers & Librettists for 'Composers & the Voice'August 5, 2011American Opera Projects (AOP) is proud to announce its selection of composers and librettists for the 2011-2012 season of its popular Composers & the Voice program. Chosen by Composers & the Voice Artistic Director Steven Osgood, the 2011-2012 season will include composers Mikael Karlsson, Robert Paterson, Rachel Peters, and Ronnie Reshef and composer/librettist teams Zach Redler/Sara Cooper and Sidney Marquez Boquiren/Daniel Neer. The primary focus of Composers & the Voice is to give composers and librettists experience working collaboratively with singers on writing for the voice and contemporary opera stage.
ANGELINA BALLERINA Moves to The Theatre at Saint Peter’s, 9/17-10/16August 5, 2011VITAL THEATRE COMPANY the award-winning theatre company and producer of the long running family show PINKALICIOUS, THE MUSICAL, and HIT Entertainment, a leading provider of quality children's entertainment, are pleased to announce ANGELINA BALLERINATM THE MUSICAL will continue performances at The Theatre at Saint Peter's, September 17th through October 16th, 2011. Book and lyrics by Susan DiLallo , music by Ben Morss and directed and choreographed by Sam Viverito based on the famous dancing mouseling and her friends created by Katharine Holabird and illustrated by Helen Craig. Performances are Saturdays at 12pm and Sundays at 2pm. ANGELINA BALLERINATM THE MUSICAL will return to VITAL THEATRE COMPANY October 21st, 2011 with performances on Fridays at 4:30pm and Saturdays and Sundays at 3:30pm.
Stage Left Returns to Eagle Theatre with Cabaret Throughout AugustAugust 5, 2011Stage Left Productions, the same company that brought The Who's Tommy to Hammonton, will perform the classic musical Cabaret at the Eagle Theatre, located at 208 Vine Street in Downtown Hammonton, at 8pm on August 12, 13, 19, 20, 25, 26, and 27, and 2pm on August 14 and 21.