Sierra Fox - Page 17

My Big Gay Italian Wedding, by Anthony J. Wilkinson, will return for a limited run Off-Broadway at St. Luke's Theatre, 308 West 46th Street. Previews begin November 3.

On October 9, pioneering wine importer, author and singer-songwriter Kermit Lynch will release his fourth album, 'Donuts & Coffee,' on Lynchmusic/MesaBluemoon Recordings. The LP is a follow-up to 2011's 'Kitty Fur.'

After a successful first series earlier this year, The Curtain Up Show returns to London's arts radio station, Resonance 104.4FM, for a new 11 week run. Tim McArthur will be joined live in the studio at 12pm on Friday 5 October by Sam Buttery and Katie Kerr who are currently starring in Taboo at the Brixton Clubhouse, and by Joshua Miles who is currently starring in Bully Boy by Sandi Toksvig at the newly opened St. James Theatre.

Montreal's Talisman Theatre will present the Canadian English-language premiere of The Medea Effect at Theatre La Chapelle from October 11-20. The show was written by Quebecoise playwright Suzie Bastien and translated for Talisman Theatre by Nadine Desrochers. Emma Tibaldo directs the cast, which stars Eloi ArchamBaudoin as Ugo and Jennifer Morehouse as Ada.

Internationally acclaimed bestselling author and songwriter Jeffery Deaver and writing partners Clay Stafford and Ken Landers have been nominated for a 2012 Hollywood Music in Media Award (HMMA) in the Best Country category. The nominated song 'Near The Silver Mine' is part of the group's latest collaboration, based on Deaver's mystery/thriller novel, 'XO.' The HMMA winners will be announced at this year's event, which will take place in Hollywood on November 15.

The Stoop Storytelling Series begins its season on Monday, October 1 with 'Believe it or Not: Stories About Finding and Losing Faith.' The show includes stories about growing up as a Scientologist, undergoing an exorcism, being gay and called to the ministry, joining the Black Muslims, creating one's religion, and losing one's religion.

8 Million Protagonists, a first of its kind Off-Broadway production, will run at 9th Space Theatre from November 1 to November 10. The show is a crowdsourced play with its plot driven by the online submissions at newyorkwritesitself.com from everyday New Yorkers, capturing the real, uncensored streets of New York.

Royal & Derngate presents its next Made in Northampton production, Yasmina Reza's God of Carnage. A riotous comedy of frayed nerves and bloated egos and one of the most successful plays of recent years, the show runs from 19 October to 10 November.

The Players Club of Swarthmore's Children's Theater Series kicks off its season with Bunnicula, a vampire themed story just in time for Halloween, opening October 5.

The Friends United Developing Genuine Entertainment (F.U.D.G.E.) Theatre Company will present their 12th Anniversary Season's inaugural production of Jason Robert Brown and Alfred Uhry's musical, PARADE, beginning on Friday, October 12 at The Arsenal Center for the Arts (321 Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA) where it will play through Saturday, October 20.

This Sunday evening, September 30, marks the final performance of David Garrison and Jenn Harris, as Dr. Hannibal Lecter and Clarice Starling, in Off-Broadway's SILENCE! The Musical at the new Elektra Theatre in the heart of Times Square. The new stars of SILENCE! will be announced later this week.

Southeastern Pennsylvania's cultural sector leads the nation in job creation, according to a forthcoming report sponsored by Bank of America and published by the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance. The Arts, Culture and Economic Prosperity in Greater Philadelphia report measures the economic impact of the region's nonprofit arts and cultural sector on the wider economy and compares Philadelphia and the region against 181 other cities, regions and communities.

Mary Mary, the chart-topping sister act of Erica and Tina Campbell will bring their Go Get It Tour to the Fox Theatre on Friday, November 9 at 8 pm with special guests Isaac Carree and Jessica Reedy.

The International Street Cannibals, the multi-genre new music ensemble of seasoned chamber musicians/composers directed by Dan Barrett and co-directed by Dan Cooper and Chala Yancy, will inaugurate its 2012-13 season with Fishy Bizness in the main performance space of St. Mark's in-the-Bowery on Sunday, October 14 at 7:30 p.m.

Palais Theatre presents ReAction Theatre's production of At the Water's Edge, a collection of short plays by local and international award-winning playwrights, celebrating life by the water.

Urlakis & Cusick, the Chicago-based sketch comedy duo, will premiere of their second original sketch comedy revue, 'Urlakis & Cusick: Questionable Lullabies,' at Stage 773 beginning October 12th.

The New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, America's preeminent professional Gilbert & Sullivan repertory company, will launch its G&S Fest 2013 with a rarely staged production of The Sorcerer on Saturday, December 1st & December 2nd at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College (899 10th Avenue at 59th Street).

On Monday, October 15, 2012, Bananarama, best known for the chart topping singles "Venus," "Cruel Summer," and "I Heard a Rumor," will take the stage at Hard Rock Cafe Las Vegas as part of Hard Rock's 13th annual PINKTOBER breast cancer awareness campaign. Bananarama will perform in honor of PINK, while celebrating their 30th anniversary as the most successful female pop group in history.

The Charlotte improvisational theatre group, the Chuckleheads, will celebrate their fifth birthday/anniversary with a comedy improv musical variety extravaganza at Theatre Charlotte, 501 Queens Road, Charlotte on Saturday, October 13 at 8p.

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) will celebrate its 21st year as a not-for-profit service organization with their annual TRU Love Benefit, Making the Impossible Possible! honoring producer Van Dean of the Broadway Consortium; director-choreographer Jerry Mitchell and Broadway Bares; and legendary downtown entrepreneur Edith O'Hara and the 13th Street Repertory.