Jaybird Productions Presents OLEANNA at the Red Sandcastle Theatre, 11/15-11/24October 18, 2012Jaybird Productions will present Oleanna by David Mamet, its inaugural production, at the Red Sandcastle Theatre, beginning a two-week run on November 15, 2012. Written by David Mamet, Oleanna is a riveting two-hander that pits a college professor against his student, male against female, entitlement against lack, and intellectualism against simplicity creating a divide so great that there seems no way for these two to hope to understand one another. And they never do.
SAG-AFTRA to Hold First National Bi-Coastal Well Woman Live Stream and Health Expo, 10/18October 16, 2012The National Healthcare SafteyNet and the National Women's Committees of SAG-AFTRA and the SAG Foundation will be holding the first national WELL WOMAN Live Stream Panel Discussion and Health Expo on Thursday, October 18 at the SAG Foundation Actors Center. SAG-AFTRA members can attend the panel discussion in person and the live stream is viewable at either www.sagfoundation.org or www.sagaftra.org.
Harpsichordist Sonia Lee Presents Free Concert, 11/8October 16, 2012Gotham Early Music Scene (GEMS) will present Sonia Lee: Harpsichord Music of the Italian Baroque - Toccatas, Dances and Variations on Thursday, November 8 at 1:15pm. The concert will feature a vivid and virtuosic program of harpsichord music by Italian composers of the 17th and 18th centuries. Works to be performed include toccatas by Frescobaldi and Pasquini, dance movements by Picchi, and variation works by Storace and A. Scarlatti.
Legendary Saxophonist Bill Trujillo Releases VEGAS, 10/23October 16, 2012Bill Trujillo's new traditional jazz-driven full-length album, Vegas, is set to be released on October 23. A fixture for several decades in the orchestras at such legendary hotels as the Tropicana, Sands, Stardust, Hilton, Dunes, Frontier, Flamingo and MGM Grand, Los Angeles native Bill Trujillo has made Las Vegas his home for 50 years while backing everyone from Frank Sinatra and his Rat Pack pals Dean Martin and Sammy Davis, Jr. to Elvis, Ella Fitzgerald and Peggy Lee.
Peter Michael Marino's DESPERATELY SEEKING THE EXIT Plays Top of the Hourglass, 11/4 & 11/11October 16, 2012After an acclaimed run at the 2012 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, writer/performer Peter Michael Marino returns to NYC with his comic autopsy on his $6 million West End musical fiasco Desperately Seeking Susan in DESPERATELY SEEKING THE EXIT. Directed by Obie Award winner John Clancy, performances of this solo tell-all comedy run November 4 & 11 at Top of The Hourglass on Restaurant Row.
Abingdon Theatre Company Presents MARCH MADNESS, 10/26-11/18October 16, 2012Abingdon Theatre Company will present the world premiere of March Madness from October 26 through November 18 at the Dorothy Strelsin Theatre. With the economy struggling and newspapers dying, Maury and his fellow reporters devise a desperate plan that will allow one of them to escape office hell and live his or her dream.