Broadway On 22nd Street Returns with D'Abruzzo, Mackston, Violet, 9/12August 22, 2011The hit series is back in September with three more stars of Broadway. Created by Joseph Macchia this monthly series features some of the most talented Broadway performers as well as some future Broadway stars. On September 12th at 7:00 PM the series returns to the beautiful Metropolitan Room. Doors open at 6:30 PM Showtime is 7:00 PM. There is a $20 Cover Charge and 2 Beverage Minimum. To make reservations call 212-206-0440.
White Plains Performing Arts Center Celebrates New Season, 8/27August 22, 2011The White Plains Performing Arts Center Board of Trustees and the Honorable Thomas M. Roach, Mayor of White Plains, announce that the annual Season Opening Celebration will be held at the theatre on Tuesday, September 27. The Chair of the evening's event is Councilman John M. Martin, Esq., Vice President and General Counsel of All New York Title Agency, Inc.
STAGE TUBE: Michael Crawford Talks THE WIZARD OF OZAugust 21, 2011Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE WIZARD OF OZ, with new songs written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, is now playing at The London Palladium. Joining Danielle Hope (BBC TV's Over the Rainbow winner) in the cast are Michael Crawford (Professor Marvel/The Wizard of Oz), Edward Baker-Duly (Hickory/Tin Man), David Ganly (Zeke/Cowardly Lion), Paul Keating (Hunk/Scarecrow), Emily Tierney (Glinda), and Hannah Waddingham (Miss Gulch/Wicked Witch of the West) will be joined by: Sophie Evans (Alternate Dorothy), Stephen Scott (Uncle Henry/Ensemble, first cover Professor Marvel/The Wizard of Oz), and Helen Walsh (Aunt Em/Munchkin Barrister/Ensemble).
Jessica Kirson to Perform at Chenango River Theatre, 9/5August 21, 2011Jessica Kirson's unique style and captivating stage presence captures the attention of audiences everywhere she performs. Her wide variety of characters brings a diverse energy to her routine. Once you have seen her amazing talent, it is easy to understand why she was selected to perform at the Hamptons, Toyota, Marshall's Women in Comedy, Comedy Central's South Beach and HBO's Las Vegas comedy festivals. Jessica performed at The Stockholm Comedy Festival in the fall of 2009 and her character voices can be heard on Nickelodeon's Bubbleguppies.
Raul Esparza to Guest Star on A GIFTED MANAugust 21, 2011Raul Esparza, Tom Nelis, Jenna Stern and Brian Curlan are among the initial wave of guest stars set for A GIFTED MAN this season, according to Futon Critic. Co-star Patrick Wilson revealed the news during the show's panel at the TCA Summer Press Tour.
Surfside Players Announce Auditions for DEAD MAN'S CELL PHONE, 8/28-29August 21, 2011An incessantly ringing cell phone in a quiet café. A stranger at the next table who has had enough. And a dead man-with a lot of loose ends. So begins Dead Man's Cell Phone, a wildly imaginative new comedy by Sarah Ruhl, author of The Clean House and Eurydice. A work about how we memorialize the dead-and how that remembering changes us-it is the odyssey of a woman forced to confront her own assumptions about... morality, redemption, and the need to connect in a technologically obsessed world. Presented by special arrangement with Samuel French.
Ars Electronica Presents HOT ON THE TRAIL OF QUANTAantaAugust 21, 2011The quantum computer of the future will need considerably fewer calculating steps to solve problems than a conventional computer does. What will make this possible are quantum mechanical phenomena such as contingency, superposition and entanglement that can be used to pave the way to a completely new information technology. And quantum physics also opens up another fascinating new field: quantum cryptography.