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Saturday, July 15, 2023

Upcoming Cabaret by Sandi Durell

Marieann Meringolo – The Satin Dollz – Birdland Jazz & Theater – Alexandra Silber – Nina Osso – Jackie Draper – CarolSue Gershman I Wish: The Roles That Could Have Been on …

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Shubert Foundation Grants and Scholarships by Sandi Durell

The Shubert Foundation announced a record $37.9 million in unrestricted grants to 635 not-for-profit theatres, dance companies, academic theatre training programs and related service age…

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Friday, July 14, 2023

Pal Joey – New York City Center by Sandi Durell

New York City Center has two new additions to Pal Joey and their Annual Gala Presentation cast: Loretta Devine (Grey’s Anatomy), replacing the previously announced Jennifer Holliday, and…

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A Musical About Star Wars by Sandi Durell

The campy show-within-a-show follows Scott (A Gen-X Winger) and Taylor (A Millennial Falcon), who dream of performing their very unauthorized Star Wars musical at Comic-Con.  However, dark…

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Thursday, July 13, 2023

NYSAF Casting and Summer Season by Sandi Durell

New York Stage and Film announced complete casting today, including Katrina Lenk, John-Michael Lyles, Laurence Fishburne, and Miriam Silverman, for the 2023 Summer Season, starting on Fri…

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Lucille Carr-Kaffashan Returns with 2023 Series by Sandi Durell

Lucille’s 2023 series Three Seasons of Singer-Songwriters with Jeff Cubeta, Matt Scharfglass, and Sean Harkness for Unwritten, a Celebration of 21st Century Female Singer-Songwriters. …

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International Puppet Fringe Festival Returns August 9 by Sandi Durell

International Puppet Fringe Festival is pleased to announce its complete programming schedule, set to take place August 9 –13, 2023 in the Lower East Side. As the only international festi…

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Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Louis Armstrong Musical Coming to Broadway by Sandi Durell

A Wonderful World, A New Musical about the Life and Loves of Louis Armstrong . . . The production team of Thomas E. Rodgers, Jr., Renee Rodgers, Andrew Delaplaine, Liz Curtis, and Marti…

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34th Annual New York Cabaret Convention Awaits! by Sandi Durell

by Sandi Durell . . . It’s never too early to get tickets for the Mabel Mercer Foundation New York Cabaret Convention now in its 34th Year! The dates at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Hal…

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Tuesday, July 11, 2023

A Tailor Near Me – NJ Rep by Sandi Durell

The New Jersey Repertory Company, located at 179 Broadway in Long Branch, is thrilled to present the world premiere of Michael Tucker’s (LA Law, Radio Days) comedy A Tailor Near Me, di…

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Upcoming Theater and Cabaret Shows by Sandi Durell

Ron Miller Songbook – Nosferatu, A 3D Symphony of Horror – United Solo Festival – Eva Noblezada – A Transparent Musical Lisa Dawn Miller (lisadawnmiller.com) who manages the legacy…

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Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club by Sandi Durell

IN HERE, LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL! “CABARET” AT THE KIT KAT CLUB will open at the August Wilson Theatre on Broadway in the Spring of 2024. Willkommen! WWW.KITKAT.CLUB The post Cabaret at the Ki…

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54 Below Announces Ticket Initiative – $15 Tickets by Sandi Durell

54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club and 2022 Tony Awards® Honoree for Excellence in the Theatre, announced today the launch of its Ticket Initiative, a series of programs designed to make…

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Saturday, July 8, 2023

The Shark is Broken Offers $19.75 Tix by Sandi Durell

On Tuesday, July 11, at 12:30pm (EST), the original summer blockbuster, JAWS, opened with tickets priced at $19.75. On this date 200 tickets priced at $19.75 will be available only at Broadw…

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Poor Yella Rednecks Announces Full Cast by Sandi Durell

The full cast for Manhattan Theatre Club’s (MTC) New York Premiere of Poor Yella Rednecks, written by inventive playwright (and screenwriter for Disney and Marvel) Qui Nguyen (Vietgone…

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New York Stage and Film 2023 Founders’ Award and Pfaelzer Award Recipients Ugba and Jameeka Holoway by Sandi Durell

In addition to the Awards, NYSAF creates Indigenous Voices of the Northeast Residency Summer Season at Marist College which launches July 14 with a kick-off concert “Joe Iconis & Famil…

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Thursday, June 22, 2023

New York, New York Original Cast Recording by Sandi Durell

The producers of NEW YORK, NEW YORK –the new Broadway musical that was nominated for 9 Tony Awards, including “Best Musical”–have announced that the show’s Original Broadway Ca…

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Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Alex Brightman, Colin Donnell, Ian Shaw, Joseph Nixon – The Shark is Broken by Sandi Durell

 JAWS Day (48 years since the film opened on June 20, 1975), full casting for THE SHARK IS BROKEN at Broadway’s John Golden Theatre (252 West 45th Street).begins performances July 25…

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Monday, June 19, 2023

Jazz at Pride – Dizzy’s Club by Sandi Durell

Bryan Carter Presents Jazz at Pride, featuring 2023 Tony winner for Best Orchestrations Bryan Carter (Some Like It Hot), will be presented at Dizzy’s Club June 19-20 at 7:30 PM and 9:30 …

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HERE LIES LOVE by Sandi Durell

– The Broadway Theatre Renovation – Digital and Lottery Tix – After many months of planning, scenic designer David Korins and director Alex Timbers started work in early March with the…

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Bucks County Playhouse – Tick, Tick …Boom! by Sandi Durell

Andy Mientus (“Spring Awakening”), Krystina Alabado (“Mean Girls”) and Noah J. Ricketts (“Disney’s Frozen”), are the stars of the upcoming Bucks County Playhouse production of …

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David Marino Coming to Chelsea Table+Stage by Sandi Durell

David Marino is a multilingual crooner from Montréal best known for his appearance as a finalist on Canada’s hit TV-show “The Voice”, under the mentorship of famous French artist and …

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New Victory Theater for Young Audiences by Sandi Durell

The New Victory Theater announced their 2023-24 season, featuring two world premieres and five U.S. premieres among its 11 productions of theater, circus, dance, puppetry, and music from aro…

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Saturday, June 17, 2023

Annette Bening New Chair of Entertainment Community Fund by Sandi Durell

The Board of Trustees of the Entertainment Community Fund (formerly The Actors Fund), voted Annette Bening as the new Chair of the Board. The Fund is a national human services organizati…

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Friday, June 16, 2023

Joe Iconis & Family by Sandi Durell

By Sandi Durell . . . Once again, pop culture contemporary composer/lyricist Joe Iconis, the great purveyor of all things humanity, sets the record on a path of understanding life and all it…

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Lightweight – SoHo Playhouse by Sandi Durell

Direct from its sold-out run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the dark comedy Lightweight, will debut Off-Broadway this summer, opening July 23rd through August 26th, 2023 at SoHo Playhou…

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Thursday, June 15, 2023

Glenda Jackson Dies at Age 87 by Sandi Durell

Oscar-winning actor and former MP Glenda Jackson has died at the age of 87, her agent has said. In a statement, Lionel Larner said: “Glenda Jackson, two-time Academy Award-winning actr…

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Jeff Harnar & Alex Rybeck: Our 40th Anniversary Songbook by Sandi Durell

By Marilyn Lester . . . On June 13th, 1983, two twenty-something hopefuls, pianist Alex Rybeck and vocalist Jeff Harnar, made their cabaret debut together at Palsson’s Supper Club. A few y…

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Bebe Neuwith to Host 2023 Actors’ Equity Foundation Awards by Sandi Durell

Honorees Include Brian Stokes Mitchell, Mary K. Klinger, Alex Newell, Bonnie Milligan The Actors’ Equity Foundation, a non-profit organization supporting the professional theatre community…

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Wild About You by Sandi Durell

Brian Spector of Keaka Productions and Broadway Records proudly announce the upcoming release of the world premiere recording of WILD ABOUT YOU (formerly WITH(OUT) HER) featuring an all-star…

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Leslie Odom Jr. Back to Broadway by Sandi Durell

Tony & Grammy Award winner and Academy & Emmy Award nominee Leslie Odom, Jr. will star in the first Broadway revival of the American comedy Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate …

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All that Chat

2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic
TBA: Ragtime