Jack Urbont

HOLIDAY REGARDS: A REVUE TO CELEBRATE' AT 'WINTER RHYTHMS Adds Performance At Urban Stages

Due to popular demand Winter Rhythms  have announced an added third performance of Holiday Regards: A Revue to Celebrate! part of its “2024 Winter Rhythms” series, the award-winning music festival at Urban Stages Theater (259 West 30th Street – between 7th & 8th Avenues), on Monday, December 16 at 7:00pm.

HOLIDAY REGARDS: A REVUE TO CELEBRATE Set for Winter Rhythms 2024 Series at Urban Stages

Winter Rhythms will present Holiday Regards: A Revue to Celebrate! as part of its “2024 Winter Rhythms” series, the award-winning music festival at Urban Stages Theater, on Saturday, December 7 at 3:00pm and Sunday, December 8 at 7:00pm.

Maureen Taylor to Release 'Cosmic Connections: The Lyrics of Michael Colby'

Brainstorm Records announces the April 23rd release of Vocalist Maureen Taylor’s recording: Maureen Taylor: Cosmic Connections – The Lyrics of Michael Colby. The collaboration between Taylor and Colby will feature nineteen Colby songs. The album will be available for streaming and purchase on all the major music outlets (as well as a limited number of CDs for purchase at the release party).

MRS. MCTHING Will Hold Benefit Performances at TADA! Youth Theater This Month

Jack Urbont and Michael Colby's bewitching musical Mrs. McThing, with a splendid cast of New York theater pros, is slated for two benefit performances at TADA! Youth Theater on Halloween, Sunday, October 31st at 2pm and 7pm. TADA! Youth Theater is located at 15 West 28th Street in Manhattan.

New and Upcoming Book, Music, and Film Releases For the Week of July 6 - Books on Acting, the Business of Professional Theatre, and More!

Need something new to read, listen to, or watch? Check out this week's list of new and upcoming releases!

New and Upcoming Releases For the Week of June 22 - Robbie Rozelle, OUR TABLE With Melissa Errico & Constantine Maroulis, and More!

Need something new to listen to or watch? Check out this week's list of new and upcoming releases, including Robbie Rozelle's 'Songs From Inside My Locker', Our Table (Melissa Errico, Constantine Maroulis, and more), and many others

Photo Flash: Fun & Theater History Take the Stage at Michael Colby's Birthday Bash

Lyricist/librettist, Michael Colby, author of the memoir,  'The Algonquin Kid-Adventures Growing Up at New York's Legendary Hotel," celebrated his 65th Birthday on Sunday, Oct. 30th with a fundraiser/musical event for Child Find of America. 'Quel Fromage II'  featured performers from Broadway and cabaret, including members of TADA! Youth Theater, who gave a 90 minute concert at TRIAD on the upper west side, singing songs from Colby's musicals. Scroll down for photos from the event!

Photo Coverage: All Singin,' All Dancin' at The Town Hall

Last night, July 26, the Town Hall hosted ALL SINGIN' ALL DANCIN,' an exhilarating extravaganza of song and dance directed and choreographed by Jeffrey Denman (YANK!, WHITE CHRISTMAS). Inspired by the legendary Broadway dance of The Astaires, Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson, Gower Champion, Bob Fosse, and Jerome Robbins, the show consisted of original choreography created exclusively for the concert and was set to some of the greatest show music ever written including 'Slaughter on Tenth Avenue' and 'Cell Block Tango.' BroadwayWorld was on hand and brings you photo coverage below.

'A Stage Kindly' showcase of new musicals in London

Following their sell-out debut performances last autumn, A Stage Kindly will present a new series of revues of new musical theatre writing at various venues in London and Brighton in March 2009. This new musical theatre initiative provides the opportunity for fresh new writing talent to introduce their work to the stage and gives musical theatre fans a chance to experience possible future hit shows before anyone else.

Showcase of New Musicals Tour London and Beyond Starting in March

Following their sell-out debut in the autumn, this acclaimed revue of new musical theatre writing, featuring music from over twenty new musicals from around the world, is preparing to embark upon a UK Regional Tour. The A STAGE KINDLY new musical theatre initiative offers composers a chance to have their new musicals introduced to the London stage, and gives theatre enthusiasts a chance to experience future hit shows before anyone else.