The Corsair 1857 - Articles Page 8.2

The Stella Adler Outreach Division provides free actor training to New York City pubic school students who might not otherwise be able to afford it. The Outreach Division offers year-long instruction to these aspiring artists with the same intensity and integrity of all the Studio's other learning tracks. The program also addresses at-risk youth's need to have a safe place to find and express their voices.

ShakespeareNYC will begin their 2008/2009 season with Henry IV, parts 1 & 2, performed in repertory.

The Passion Project is a vibrant archival film experiment spun from the reels of the last great silent film, Carl Th. Dreyer's 1928 immortal masterpiece, 'The Passion of Joan of Arc.'

Collider.com got the scoop on the upcoming Fame film, with an interview with Lakeshore's President/Producer Gary Lucchesi. Amongst the details revealed are that the film, which begins shooting in November will feature unknowns as the students, but 'recognizable' teachers. Set in the present day, the $25-30 million film will feature all new music except for the classic title song.

Splash Bar presents a very special Labor Day edition of Scott Nevins' Curtain Call with recording artist Kelly King. Just months after taking New York by storm with her out-of-this-world vocals, this belting beauty was snatched up to record her first solo CD on a major label and has since been touring the country opening for Baby Face and Michael Bolton! Get there early to grab a seat to watch those legendary musical numbers on the screens, and then sit tight as the incredible Kelly King performs all of your favorite show-stoppers live in person!

Playwright provocateur Thomas Bradshaw ignites the stage yet again in one of his signature inflammatory satires. Following sold out and controversial runs at Performance Space 122, including Prophet and Purity, and elsewhere, including Strom Thurmond Is Not a Racist and Cleansed, Bradshaw teams with acclaimed director Jose Zayas (a/d Talk Radio) for an explosive new creation that is not for the faint of heart.

Jake Ehrenreich's autobiographical 'comedy musical', A Jew Grows in Brooklyn comes to the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie for a limited one-week engagement this November. This Rock N' Roll true story will premiere in Chicago at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, 9501 Skokie Blvd, for a limited one-week engagement November 5 - 9, 2008.

PRELUDE '08 -- the fifth annual FREE festival of new work by more than 20 of New York's most distinctive contemporary theatre artists including Richard Foreman, Big Art Group, NYC Players, Builders Association, Jenny Schwartz and NTUSA -- will be presented September 24 to 27 at the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center (MESTC) at The Graduate Center (365 Fifth Ave. at 34 St.) at The City University of New York in Manhattan.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Mara Manus) announced a final one-week extension today for HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical which has been playing to sold out houses at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park since July 22. Directed by Diane Paulus with book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot, this critically acclaimed revival of the classic 1967 musical has had two previous extensions but now must close on Sunday, September 14.

The Laurie Beechman Theatre is very pleased to welcome Broadway's LUBA MASON for a one night only concert, as part of their celebrated Voices from the Great Whit Way Series.

Gateway Playhouse, Long Island's premiere professional Equity musical theatre, presents the award winning hit musical, 'The Producers' at the Patchogue Theatre, 71 E. Main Street, Patchogue, August 27 - September 13. It is directed by Larry Ravon; choreographed by Matthew Vargo; Jeff Buchsbaum is musical director; lighting design by Paul Miller; with original scenic design by Robin Wagner and original costume design by William Ivey Long. The cast stars Michael Kostroff (Max), Adam Wylie (Leo), Christine Cherry (Ulla), David Edwards (Roger Debris), Stephen Ted Becklar (Franz), Garth Kravits (Carmen Ghia), with Anne Bloemendal, Sarah Burns, Will Cohen, William James Daniels, Erik Floor, Abeku Hayes, Patrick Oliver Jones, Denis Molnar, Kevin Murnane, Linda Neel, John O'Malley, Candice Pennefather, Jessica Sheridan, Elizabeth Sousek, and Lindsay O. Travis.

Cabaret Cares the hit cabaret series that benefits both Broadway Cares and Help Is On The Way Today returns to the beautiful Beechman Theatre on August 18th. The series produced and created by cabaret producer Joseph Macchia brings together the best of the Broadway and Cabaret communities.

Acclaimed singer/songwriter Jeremy Schonfeld will take the stage at New York's The Cutting Room on Monday, August 18, 2008 at 8:00pm.

America's longest running professional summer theatre, The Cape Playhouse, will proudly present the 1940's comedy Born Yesterday as their fifth summer offering. The production will star Leslie Kritzer as the dim-witted showgirl, Billie Dawn, along side Michael McGrath as the shrewd tycoon, Harry Brock. Born Yesterday opens on Monday, August 18th.

The fourth year of the acclaimed series, 'Monday Nights, New Voices,' will continue on August 18th with special guest host Donna Lynn Champlin, who recently stared in John Doyle's Broadway revival of Sweeny Todd.

Cabaret Cares the hit cabaret series that benefits both Broadway Cares and Help Is On The Way Today returns to the beautiful Beechman Theatre on August 18th.

Jim Caruso's Cast Party is proud to announce SOUL DEEP: AN ANTHOLOGY OF BLACK MUSIC, a Broadway Inspirational Voices benefit concert aiding in the preservation of African American music, Monday August, 18 2008 at 7:00 p.m.

Scott Schwartz and Natascia Diaz talk about the development of a musical from the New York Musical Theatre Festival to its formal premiere in Washington, DC.

The Tony Awards are over - but that doesn't mean the final word has been spoken as to who YOU think deserves to be recognized this year. The most comprehensive theater site on the net brings you this years 2008 Fans' Choice Awards - the largest open voting contest of its kind! Voting ends August 20, 2008 at 11:59 PM EST.

As of 7 PM on Sunday, August 17, there is a mandatory evacuation of visitors to the Florida Keys and schools are closed in Broward and Miami Dade counties on Monday. There is no word on Tuesday as yet. Also, thus far, every show scheduled to take place indoors in Florida is still scheduled to go on.