WIZARD OF OZ Touches Down in Memphis 12/15-20September 24, 2009In celebration of its 80th anniversary, the 1939 MGM classic The Wizard of Oz will perform at The Orpheum beginning Tuesday, Dec. 15 through Sunday, Dec. 20 for eight performances only.
Broadway In South Africa Offers Discount Tickets To Their Second Annual Benefit Concert 10/5 September 24, 2009Broadway in South Africa's Second Annual Benefit is less than two weeks away and now, more than ever, they need your support. Over the course of two weeks in January 2009, Broadway in South Africa conducted 54 hours of hands-on workshops and programming for over 400 under privileged children in the townships of Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban.
Please join them Monday, October 5, 2009, for the Second Annual Broadway in South Africa Benefit Concert, featuring world-premiere songs based on essays from the children they work with in South Africa.
THE GIRL SINGERS OF THE HIT PARADE Hits BPAC On 10/25September 24, 2009'The Girl Singers of the Hit Parade' is a truly entertaining show jam-packed with hit after hit from some of the best-loved female vocalists of all-time. You'll not only hear fantastic music performed by an outstanding cast, Colleen Raye, Jennifer Grimm, Debra O'Keefe and Sophia Grimm, but also take a nostalgic trip back to a simpler time. Accompanied by three extraordinary musicians under the Direction of Norton Lawellin, the music has a 'true to the era' sound with background vocals and instrumentals.
Carol Kline, Joseph Sicari, And More In A Benefit Staged Reading of COFFEE STAINS 9/27, 9/28 At The Zephyr TheatreSeptember 24, 2009A noteable, benefit staged reading of the new play Coffee Stains from playwright Scott Damian, will be presented September 27th and 28th at 7:30 p.m. at the Zephyr Theatre, 7456 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, California, 90046. The proceeds will be going to The Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation. The benefit is being produced by Tony Nominated Producer Heather Provost (Reasons To Be Pretty, [title of show], ?Reality Check?).
Neck-Biting Laughter In A Light-Hearted DRACULA Romp At PlaymakersSeptember 23, 2009Don?t take the upcoming Playmaker production about Dracula too seriously. The vampire in ?Dracula: the Musical?? is bumbling and inept, more like The Count in the films 'Love at First Bite' or 'Dracula: Dead and Loving It.' Neither has he any similarity with the current heartthrob, Edward, in the Twilight series. This Dracula loses track of time and fails to return to his castle before sunrise. He spends several days in a sanitarium, interacting with its doctors and patients.