The new season of the Tudor City Greens FREE outdoor concert series continues on Tuesday, August 3^rd at 6pm. (Rain date: Wednesday, August 4th) This event will feature performers from Broadway and the New York City cabaret scene. The concert will be hosted by Tudor City resident, Broadway and cabaret performer Raissa Katona Bennett (Phantom of the Opera, Chess). Performers scheduled to appear in the concert – entitled A Night at the Opera: Vocal and Instrumental Classics - are Willy Falk (Tony nominee for Miss Saigon), the cast of I’ve Got a Little Twist (Bistro Award), Bistro and MAC Award winner Mark Janas, The Metropolis Opera Project, Sarah Rice (the original Johanna in Broadway’s Sweeney Todd), cabaret artist Maureen Taylor and composer/lyricist Bill Zeffiro.

Jim Caruso is pleased to announce the Birdland debut of Rebecca Spencer and Philip Fortenberry on Monday, July 26 at 7pm.  This event will be part of the long-running Broadway at Birdland concert series. Rebecca Spencer & Philip Fortenberry perform as solo artists, and as a duo with symphonies and in major concert hall and performing arts center engagements, nationally.  Each performer has Broadway, Las Vegas and Hollywood credits, and their collaboration is a magical exchange that stimulates the mind and enriches the soul. 

On Friday, July 23rd, at the Honorary Golden Pineapple Awards of International CringeFest '10, the coveted golden fruit will be served up to: Broadway & Off-Broadway playwright-actor Charles Busch, Broadway & Off-Broadway playwright Israel Horovitz, Off-Broadway playwright & Gay Rights activist Doric Wilson, BackStage's Editor-at-Large Sherry Eaker & Dixon Place's Founder & Executive Director Ellie Covan. The event takes place in the Grand Theatre at the Producers' Club. Admission for the evening's theme, Sex Encounters of a Disturbed Mind, directed by Robert Bartley & starring Richard Pryor Jr.,

"The Church Ladies," played by Leilani Bryant, Yolanda Wyns and Teresa Stanley, were the ever-present trio in Oprah Winfrey’s Broadway production of The Color Purple. They appear virtually in every scene of the award-winning production, which starred Fantasia as Celie. The show is anchored by The Church Ladies whose contrasting personalities blend gossip, song and comedy. Now that the show has closed, the women perform as "The Broadway Church Ladies."

Jane Monheit performed with the Les Paul Trio this past Monday, July 12 at Iridium - with Special Guest Frank Vignola. This is a group shot of everyone in the Les Paul Greenroom.  From Left to Right: Jay Leonhart, Jane Monheit, John Colianni, Lou Pallo, Frank Vignola. The series continues every Monday at Iridium with Special Guests.