 Tweet this article !
|
By John Hoglund
|
|
Memphis & La Cage aux Folles Top Award List * Both Shows Win 4 Awards. Unprecedented tie wins in three categories! Outer Critics Circle, the organization of writers and commentators for all media covering New York theatre announced today its award winners for the 2009-10 season in 23 categories. As previously announced, the cast of the hit comedy God of Carnage --- Dylan Baker, Jeff Daniels, Lucy Liu and Janet McTeer will serve as presenters at the organization's 60th Annual Award ceremony on Thursday, May 27th (4pm) at Sardi's (234 West 44th Street).
|
|
Read more...
|
Tweet this article !
|
By Scott Barbarino
|
|
The 21st Annual New York Cabaret Convention, which salutes the best in Manhattan cabaret, will be held Oct. 7-9 at Jazz at Lincoln Center. The Friday, Oct. 8 performance will celebrate the songs of the late Noel Coward. Tony and Emmy winner Elaine Stritch, who appeared on Broadway in Coward's Sail Away, will host the evening, which is titled If Love Were All: Celebrating the Timeless Words and Music of Noel Coward.
|
|
Read more...
|
Tweet this article !
|
By Scott Barbarino
|
 After 37 years, Jack Kleinsinger is calling it quits. May 13, 2010, will be the last Highlights show, making this an even 300 Highlights in Jazz concerts presented by Jack Kleinsinger. His decision is not an artistic one, he would like to continue to produce Highlights, but a financial one. Jack says “if someone can come up with the financing necessary to produce the annual series, I’ll continue, but with cuts in arts funding and private sponsorships for jazz down, it’s not likely.” Jack Kleinsinger presents Highlights In Jazz, New York's Longest Running Jazz Concert Series in the 37th season, the final year.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
Tweet this article !
|
By Rob Lester
|
|
Photo Credit: Maryann Lopinto
Through the courtesy of the Johnny Rodgers Band and The Algonquin, where he is performing for two more weeks, a pair of no-cover-charge seats for the show can be yours. (You will, however, still need to order something to meet with the minimum. The venue offers food as well as drinks.) Whoever gets the most correct answers to the Trivia Contest questions below is the winner, and a choice of dates will be offered: there are performances Tuesdays through Saturdays with two shows on Fridays and Saturdays.
|
|
Read more...
|
Tweet this article !
|
By Scott Barbarino
|
|
The Tony Awards Nominations were announced this morning on Tuesday, May 4th. The Tony Awards will be broadcast in a live three-hour ceremony from Radio City Music Hall on the CBS television network on Sunday, June 13, 2010. For more information on the Tony Awards, please visit www.TonyAwards.com.
Best Play
In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play Author: Sarah Ruhl
Next Fall Author: Geoffrey Nauffts
Red Author: John Logan
Time Stands Still Author: Donald Margulies
|
|
Read more...
|
Tweet this article !
|
By Scott Barbarino
|
|
The Board of Directors of the Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs is proud to announce the winners of the 2010 MAC Awards. The awards ceremony and show, produced by Julie Miller and directed by Lennie Watts, was held on May 4th, at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill. The evening was hosted by Sharon McNight. Tracy Stark was the musical director.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
Tweet this article !
|
By Ruth-Anne Bender
|
|
When I got the call from Scott Barbarino, I was elated. NiteLifeExchange needed a restaurant reviewer, and all of the restaurants would be in venues with live entertainment.
Perfect! Having been in the restaurant biz for thirty years and a performer since the age of four, I felt certain that this would be a better use of my combined talents than (in one of my many past-lives) as Princess Chick Pea, Queen of the Dinner Theatre Circuit! Then came the catch: the first assignment was to review the new menu at The Iridium, the venue that Mr. Barbarino books and oversees.
|
|
Read more...
|
Tweet this article !
|
By Scott Barbarino
|
|
Australian cabaret artist Kim Smith returns to Joe’s Pub at the Public Theatre with “Morphium,” a dark and whimsical evocation of the decadence and decay of 1930’s Europe. Singing in German, French, and English, Kim Smith reinterprets works by Weimar-era composers, and modern-day artists alike, from Mischa Spoliansky and the Supremes, to Kurt Weill and Kylie Minogue, as he charts a ruinous path through the arrivals and departures of a neo-Weimar, musical misfit. Jerry Steichen accompanies on the piano, Christian Coulson directs.
|
|
Read more...
|
Tweet this article !
|
By Andrew Martin
|
|
If nothing else is known about Storme (pronounced "stormy") DeLaviere, including her childhood or her family background, what is known is that she made her mark upon New York nightlife and the Gay Liberation movement, in ways no other had ever achieved. Raw-boned, wiry and a light-skinned Black woman who was also a proud Lesbian with a no-nonsense attitude as well as tremendous charisma and star quality, and an extremely-impressive baritone singing voice,
|
|
Read more...
|
|
