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Copyright: December 8, 2024
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Broadway star power is beefing up television prime time.

For decades Broadway stars have been tapped for reoccurring parts to casual walk-ons in an effort to broaden the fan base.

The hit Only Murders in the Building has been rift with stage stars since day one. Starring Tony winner Martin Short, and actor, playwright and banjo player and two time Tony nominee Steve Martin with Tony winner Nathan Lane making guest appearances, as he does in numerous television series.

Lane boasts three Tony Awards, seven Drama Desk Awards, a Laurence Olivier Award, three Emmy Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Lane received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame. Productions welcome him with open arms.

Being able to list a live stage production on your resume tells a casting director a lot. On stage there is no 'take two.' You have to know your part, deliver it correctly, be on time and professional.

Falling into that category: Jackie Hoffman, who has appeared in 18 episodes of Only Murders in the Building, won the Joseph Jefferson Award, Chicago's venerable theatre award, during her eight-year tenure with the Second City troupe.

She performed numerous roles in David and Amy Sedaris's 2001 comic play, The Book of Liz, winning an Obie Award. Her other theatrical credits include The Sisters Rosensweig, Straightjacket, Incident at Cobbler's Knob, and One Woman Shoe, for which she won a Jeff Award. In addition, she regularly performs at Joe's Pub in one-woman concerts.

Amy Ryan has ticked off 15 episodes. She began her professional stage career in 1987 and made her Broadway debut in 1993 as a replacement in the original production of Wendy Wasserstein's The Sisters Rosensweig. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performances in Uncle Vanya and A Streetcar Named Desire, and the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for Doubt: A Parable.

Paul Rudd has logged 14 episodes of Murders followed by Jane Houdyshell with 13 episodes. She made her Broadway debut in the musical A Wonderful Life. She went on to receive the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for The Humans (2016). She was Tony-nominated for her roles in the Lisa Kron play Well, the revival of Stephen Sondheim's musical Follies, the new play by Lucas Hnath A Doll's House, Part 2, and the revival of Meredith Willson's The Music Man.

Meryl Streep, a Murders nine time episoder, made her stage debut in 1975 in Trelawny of the Wells, and the following year she received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for a double-bill production of 27 Wagons Full of Cotton and A Memory of Two Mondays.

Also with nine episodes under her star is Jane Lynch who starred in Nora Ephron's off-Broadway play Love, Loss, and What I Wore in 2009. She made her Broadway debut as Miss Hannigan in the revival of Annie in 2013. She returned to Broadway as Mrs. Brice in another revival, Funny Girl, in 2022.

Murders lists a cast of 228. In addition to the above mentioned, those jumping out with theatrical credentials include: Tony Award nominee Da'Vine Joy Randolph (12 episodes), Tiny Fey (9 episodes), Tony Award winner Jeremy Shamos (8 episodes), Richard Kind (7 episodes), deaf actor James Caverly who began his career with the National Theatre Company (7 episodes), Obie Award winner Russell G. Jones (7 episodes), Eugene Levy (6 episodes), Tony winner Ali Stroker (4 episodes), Tony winner Matthew Broderick (2 episodes), Shirley MacLaine (2 episodes), Amy Schumer (2 episodes), Sting (2 episode), Drama Desk Award winner Marylouise Burke (1 episode), Tony nominee Scott Bakula (1 episode), Tony winner Mel Brooks (1 episode), among others.

There are also some delightful, relatively new series such as Matlock and Elsbeth both airing on CBS. While Matlock has been renewed, Elsbeth hangs in limbo - neither cancelled or renewed.

The spine of Matlock is the overwhelmingly talented, Tony nominated Kathy Bates who was known as "Bobo Bates" in 1973 when she performed in Wayside Theatre's traveling group, Wayside Theatre on Tour. Her first Off-Broadway performance was in the 1976 production of Vanities.

Elsbeth is so delightfully quirky that it is effervescently enchanting. Starring Emmy-winner and Broadway alum Carrie Preston. Co-starring are Broadway performers Wendell Pierce and Carra Patterson. The Great White Way involvement is overflowing with Broadway big timers.

In season one the guest stars included: Tony winner Jane Krakowski, Greg Hildreth, Tony winner Linda Lavin, Tony winner Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Tony winner Laura Benanti and Tony winner André De Shields Paloma Garcia-Lee, Blair Underwood, Gina Gershon and Tony nominee Micaela Diamond, Keegan-Michael Key and Arian Moayed.

Season Two found Nathan Lane on camera as well as Vanessa William, who is currently starring in the West End production of The Devil Wears Prada. Laurie Metcalf and Eric McCormack were on board. So were Rob Riggle, Melanie Chandra, and Victor Williams Carra Patterson, Kaya Blanke Jenn Lyon, Christian Borle, Carter Schmidt.

The Connors which is bidding adieu, has been Broadway strong from the start. John Goodman started his career at The Public Theatre acting numerous productions including Henry IV, Part 1; The Skin of Our Teeth. and The Seagull. He made his Broadway debut in he 1985 production of Big River, for which Goodman received a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical nomination. He returned to Broadway in revivals of the Samuel Becket play Waiting for Godot, and the newspaper comedy The Front Page . Goodman made his West End debut in a revival of David Mamet's American Buffalo.

Laurie Metcalf has a prolific career spanning four decades. She began her career with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company and frequently works in Chicago theatre. She made her Broadway debut in the 1985 play My Thing of Love. She went on to receive six Tony Award nominations, winning Best Actress in a Play in 2017 for her performance in A Doll's House, Part 2 and Best Featured Actress in a Play for the 2018 revival of Edward Albee's Three Tall Women. Her other Tony-nominated roles were for November (2008), The Other Place (2010), Misery (2016), and Hillary and Clinton (2019).

A series which took American television by storm, Quinta Brunson's Abbott Elementary, has its share of Broadway veterans in star roles, guest star gigs, such as Leslie Odom, Jr., or in cameos.

Chris Perfetti stars as teacher Jacob Hill. Perfetti is a graduate of State University of New York, Purchase (BFA) stared in Sons of the Prophet by playwright Stephen Karam, playing the role of Charlie. For his work as Charlie, he received a Theatre World Award for Best Debut Performance in an Off-Broadway play. His numerous stage credits include playing Bomber in the 2012 revival of Picnic by William Inge. Perfetti appeared as Ariel in The Tempest at the Delacorte Theater in the summer of 2015.

Like many stage performers he also did a stint in Blue Bloods and in 2021 accepted the role of Jacob Hill in Abbott Elementary.

Sheryl Lee Ralph has earned an Emmy for portraying veteran elementary school teacher Barbara Howard. On Broadway she became the first black actress cast as Madame Morrible in Wicked.She also was a knockout in Dreamgirls. Ralph played Deena Jones, a singer who's part of a trio of Black women called the Dreams. For her role Ralph received a Tony award nomination. The musical was loosely based on the rise of the '60s girl groups like the Supremes and the Shirelles.

Happy's Place on NBC stars Reba McEntire, who is thankfully all over everything - From Broadway, to her own singing, to judging the singing of others to showing off on a horse. A Kennedy Center Honors recipient, she also serves as an executive producer on Happy's Place. The network has ordered additional episodes of the sitcom for the first season. Happy's Place revolves around Bobbie (Reba) after she inherits her father's bar and learns she is to run it with the half-sister she never knew she had.

Reba made her Broadway debut as Annie in Annie Get Your Gun earning rave reviews. She also serves as a production for the Broadway show Shucked.

Law & Order and its multiple spin-offs has spent over two decades giving over a thousand Broadway actors an additional source of income.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, has enjoyed an embarrassment of riches from Cynthia Nixon to John Stamos, Carol Burnett to Martin Short, and Bradley Cooper to Aaron Tveit. Then there's Alfred Molina, Sutton Foster, Marlee Matlin, Bebe Neuwirth, Lou Diamond Phillips, Patti LuPone, Bernadette Peters, Audra McDonald Lea Thompson, Andy Karl and Henry Winkler.

Blair Underwood appeared on stage in 2012 in the lead role of Stanley in the Broadway revival of A Streetcar Named Desire. In January 2020 he returned to Broadway as Captain Richard Davenport in the Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of Charles Fuller's Pulize Prize-winning drama A Soldier's Play. Raúl Esparza received a Tony-nomination for his portrayal of Bobby in the John Doyle revival of Stephen Sondheim's Company. Another performance was as Fagin in the Encores! revival of Oliver! On SVU, Esparza was cast as Rafael Barba, assistant district attorney.

Two-time Tony nominee Alex Brightman, Drama Desk winner and Tony nominated Ethan Slater, Tony winner Roger Bart, Tony winner Billy Porter, and Tony winner Daveed Diggs have all been cast in SVU.

Other SVU veterans include Tony Award nominee Sam Waterston. The classically trained Waterston made his Broadway debut in 1962 playing Jonathan in the Arthur Kopit play Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad at the Morosco Theatre. The following year, he made his debut at the Delacorte Theatre playing Silvius in a production of William Shakespeare's As You Like It. During summers he was often seen acting in such venues as Long Wharf Theatre and the Yale Repertory Theatre. In 1993, he portrayed Abraham Lincoln onstage in Abe Lincoln in Illinois and received Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations for his performance.

This fall ABC's Doctor Odyssey sailed into television screens, creating buzz about how a cruise ship's medical staff was inaccurately portraying medicine. Currently the series is treading water, not yet informed if they have been picked up or cancelled. Doctor Odyssey can boast its main actors have theatrical track records as wide as the ocean. Joshua Jackson who plays the series doctor heart-throb moved to the UK to make his stage debut on the London West End with Patrick Stewart in David Mamet's two-man play, A Life in the Theatre. The mounting was a success and Jackson indicated he wanted to play Broadway.

A cast member who repeatedly plays Broadway is Phillipa Anne Soo who stars as a nurse in the medical drama. Prior to Doctor Odyssey she was known for her leading roles on Broadway primarily in musical. She has received two Grammy Awards along with nominations for a Tony Award and a Primetime Emmy Award.

Soo originated the role of Eliza Hamilton in the musical Hamilton. Soo's other Broadway credits include the title role in Amélie (2017), Rebecca in The Parisian Woman (2017–18), Cinderella in Into the Woods (2022), and Guenevere in Camelot (2023). She also originated the role of Natasha Rostova in the off-Broadway production of Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (2012) as well as the role of suffragist Inez Milholland in Suffs (2022).

Rounding out the Doctor Odyssey leads is Don Johnson as the ship's captain. Johnson's first major role was in the 1969 Los Angeles stage production of Fortune and Men's Eyes, in which he played the lead role of Smitty. The play included a "shockingly realistic prison rape" scene portrayed by Johnson.

In January 2007, Johnson began a run in the West End of London production of Guys and Dolls as Nathan Detroit.

A regular in Doctor Odyssey is Emmy winner Margo Martindale who is the daughter of the late, iconic game show host Wink Martindale. In the early 1980s Martindale worked for four years at the Actors Theatre, Louisville, Kentucky, where she became good friends with fellow actress Kathy Bates. Martindale starred in several off-Broadway stage productions, most notably originating the role of Truvy Jones in the first production of Steel Magnolias, and starring in its first national tour. Martindale made her Broadway debut in 2004 as Big Mama in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, for which she received a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Play.

Before Doctor Odyssey Cheyenne Jackson was constantly on stage. He began his acting career in regional theatre in Seattle, Washington. After moving to The Big Apple he was an understudy in the Broadway productions of Thoroughly Modern Millie (2002) and Aida (2003). He next originated the role of Matthew in the workshop production of Altar Boyz (2004) for the New York Musical Theatre Festival. Jackson's first leading role on Broadway was in All Shook Up (2005), which earned him a Theatre World Award for "Outstanding Broadway Debut". Since then, on the New York stage, he has starred in The Agony & the Agony (2006), Xanadu earning Drama League and Drama Desk nominations. Damn Yankees followed then Finian's Rainbow earning another Drama Desk nomination. 8 was next followed by The Heart of the Matter: The Performers: The Secret Garden: Into the Woods and Once Upon a Mattress.

Broadway's importance to the small screen, the boob tube, the Telly, or whatever you chose to call that device that keeps us informed and entertained is evident in almost every series.

The Golden Globes airs Sunday, January 5, 2025 marking it's 82nd ceremony. Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner of White Cherry Entertainment are returning as executive producers and showrunners for the 2025 awards telecast. Dick Clark Productions will produce the event. The 82nd Golden Globe Awards will be hosted by Nikki Glaser.

The 30th annual Critics Choice Awards happens on Sunday, January 12, 2025 at the Barker Hangar in Los Angeles.

The People's Choice Awards airs Sunday, February 16, 2025, from Santa Monica, USA. The People's Choice Awards is a star-studded celebration of fan favourites in music, movies and television. Since 1975, the show has been held annually and is broadcast on CBS.

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ART AND ABOUT

MUSEUM OF BAD ART has opened its new gallery in the heart of old Quebec City. Their partner Exmuro Arts Publics, "designed a striking space that includes a Victorian parlor where visitors can sit and sip while they absorb the art."

La nouvelle galerie du MOBA au cœur du Vieux-Québec est ouverte. Nos partenaire, Exmuro Arts Publics, ont conçu un espace saisissant qui comprend un salon victorien où les visiteurs peuvent s'asseoir et siroter tout en s'imprégnant de l'art.

Exmuro Arts Publics presents public art in Quebec, Boston, and around the world. In 2022 and 2023 they invited MOBA to take part in a summer arts festival, Passages Insolites." The enthusiasm for our exhibit convinced them that MOBA should have a permanent home in Quebec. This room in the Aire Publique building is our Salon du Bad Art."

Maintaining our 30-year tradition, admission is free.

WOMEN & FREUD: PATIENTS, PIONEERS, ARTISTS a dazzling new exhibition that highlights the women who helped Freud invent psychoanalysis and their legacy in its practice - as well as in the arts and literature through to our own time.

From the early "hysterics", who Freud called "his teachers", to later patients, many of whom like Princess Marie Bonaparte became analysts, to his daughter Anna Freud and her partner Dorothy Burlingham, to artists such as Marie-Louise von Motesiczky, Louise Bourgeois, Paula Rego, Alice Anderson and Tracey Emin, the exhibition draws on manuscripts, images, objects, visuals, and film footage to bring to life the many women who featured in Freud’s history, as well as those affected by his considerable body of thinking, rethinking and practice .

2024 also marks the 100th anniversary of the first publication of Sigmund’s Freud’s work by the legendary Hogarth Press, founded and owned by Virginia and Leonard Woolf and a key feature in Bloomsbury life.

The exhibition celebrates the establishment of the Press alongside Bloomsbury Freud. Virginia and Leonard Woolf met Freud in his last year in London. Several of Freud’s British women analysands (and later analysts) worked on the translation that eventually became the Standard Edition of the Complete Works of Sigmund Freud – among them the remarkable Joan Riviere and Alix Strachey, who also labored as a typesetter (and "secretaire") at the Hogarth Press.

Women & Freud: Patients, Pioneers, Artists will stretch through the Museum’s many rooms, beginning with interventions on the ground floor, featuring Freud’s family, his female goddesses and Gradiva – the inspiration of the "cure through love".

Drawing on Appignanesi and Forrester’s book, Freud’s Women, the exhibition sets up a dialectic between Freud’s understanding of women and their understanding of themselves which can work both as resistance to and development of psychoanalytic thinking – and also sometimes as its rejection.

Did the talking cure give women the power to speak in their own voice? Did Freud raise women’s private, secret thoughts and emotions into a public (and "scientific") discourse so that they could consider their own sexuality openly even if in argument with him? Where does sexual difference elide into gendered expectations or prohibitions?

These are some of the questions the exhibition raises through its women, not least Anna Freud. Her room in the Museum will feature new materials as well as the hand-made objects she loved (and the making of which she found therapeutic), together with a new installation by ceramicist Abigail Schama.

The exhibition will be accompanied by a series of high-profile events bringing some of the best-known contemporary authors to Maresfield Gardens to talk about their work with analysts and thinkers in the very house where Sigmund Freud had tea with Virginia Woolf while discussing his last major work.

Women & Freud: Patients, Pioneers, Artists is curated by Lisa Appignanesi and Bryony Davies. On exhibit to May 5, 2025.

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SWEET CHARITY

BOTH: A HARD DAY'S SILENT NIGHT It’s The Beatles! It’s the Christmas story! It's BOTH! Celebrate the holidays with Both: A Hard Day’s Silent Night, Open Fist Theatre Company’s annual holiday charity concert spectacular. A rockin’ choir and a swinging live band spread peace and joy, telling the Christmas story through effervescent Gospel arrangements of Beatles songs. Proceeds benefit Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA), giving underserved kids an equal chance to succeed through a comprehensive array of after-school academic, arts, athletics and wellness programs.

Gospel Arrangements by Jason Paige. Music Direction by Chris Wabich. Choreography by Eboni Nichols. Conceived by Mark Wilson.

Seven performances December 18 through December 22 at Atwater Village Theatre in Los Angeles.

DREW & DANE'S 32ND ANNUAL FESTIVITY SUPPORTING BROADWAY CARES/EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS Broadway's holiday season kicked-off at Sony Hall in New York City with Drew & Dane’s 32nd Annual Festivity, Five Golden Rings, inspired by the 2024 Paris Olympics and reflecting the incredibly strong bonds and resilience of the Broadway community. The dinner and show were a benefit supporting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

The show began with a tribute honoring Tom Viola, Executive Director of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, who is retiring at the end of this year after leading the organization for 36 years. Speakers included Joe Benincasa, President and CEO of the Entertainment Community Fund and video tributes from BD Wong, Christy Altomare, Darius de Haas, Andrew Keenan-Bolger, and Karen Mason.

Performers included Kevin Spirtas, Brad Weinstock, Jordan Boatman, Lauren Elder, MOIPEI, Kelli Rabke, Evan Alexander Smith, Nicole Henry, and Dez Duron.

Christina Bianco provided a video greeting for the Festivity from Edinburgh, Scotland, where she is kicking off the UK tour of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. What started as a small holiday dinner with five friends on the Upper East Side has now turned into one of BC/EFA’s largest holiday fundraisers with over two hundred guests at a sit-down dinner and show.

HOLIDAY SPIRITS: FESTIVE COCKTAILS AND CHEER! takes place Tuesday, December 10, 2024 on State Theatre New Jersey’s Iconic Main Stage

State Theatre New Jersey located in New Brunswick, NJ kicks off the holiday season with this new holiday fundraising event. "This joyful evening of signature cocktails, delicious hors d'oeuvres, and live music, is hosted in support of making live performances accessible and affordable for everyone in our community."

"Guests at Holiday Spirits will be treated to an open bar with beer, wine, and three signature holiday-themed cocktails, as well as a selection of heavy hors d’oeuvres and sweet treats. Highlighting the evening’s entertainment will be The New York Belles, an acclaimed female vocal group known for their captivating renditions of holiday classics and show-stopping performances. This fun, spirited experience on STNJ's historic stage promises to be an unforgettable celebration and a great way to make a positive impact in the community."

SHARING THE WHITE-TIE DECORATIONS last week King Charles and Queen Camilla hosted the state banquet honoring the Amir of Qatar and the first of his three wives, Sheikha Jawaher bint Hamad bin Suhaim Al Thani.

Picked from the royal gardens, seasonal flowers celebrating the red and white hue of the Qatari flag and the festive time of year were decorated the tables and ballroom.

Afterward the banquet concluded, the flowers were donated to Floral Angels, of which Camilla is patron, and then delivered to hospices, elderly care homes and shelters.

SPREADING THE WORD

DOLLY PARDON IS HOLDING OPEN CASTING for role of herself in a new Broadway musical.

The singer, 78; her manager, Danny Nozell; and ATG Productions have announced that "Dolly: An Original Musical" has launched a nationwide casting search. The Broadway show, previously titled "Hello, I’m Dolly," will follow Parton’s life and career over the decades.

The star explained the open casting call and audition process in a video posted to TikTok, Instagram and YouTube.

"I want to give you the chance to help me bring my story to Broadway — and maybe even play me!" Parton said, encouraging hopefuls audition.

"This show is a celebration of my music, my life and all the amazing people who’ve been with me along the way," she continued. "We’re looking for talented performers who can capture the spirit of my journey, whether you’re an experienced theater professional or an undiscovered gem with that little special something."

According to the press release, casting agents are looking for "performers of all ages to portray Parton at different stages of her incredible life."

Applicants must record a one-minute video of themselves singing their favorite Parton song and post it to social media with the tag #SearchForDolly. Applicants must also complete an application form on the musical’s site. Dolly hopefuls have until 11:59 p.m. ET, January 12, 2025, to send in their auditions. Then the producers will invite any promising applicants to New York City for a formal audition process.

LES BALLETS TROCKADERO DE MONTE CARLO is the company’s 50th anniversary holiday celebration kicking off on December 17, 2024.

The all-male dance and comedy sensation that has twirled in tutus the world over returns for a raucous three weeks of performances at The Joyce Theater in New York City through January 5, 2025.

Haul out the holly, pointe shoes, and belly laughs—Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo is set for a grand return to its New York City home for a hilarious holiday romp like never before to celebrate half a century of pirouettes & pratfalls, fouettés & false eyelashes, grand jetés & guffaws in a pair of dazzling programs.

The first of two programs in the extended holiday engagement boasts the crown jewel of the three-week jubilee: the New York City premiere of rising star choreographer Durante Verzola’s "Symphony". Joining the premiere in Program A is "Giselle Act II", an enduring company repertory favorite involving vampires, resurrection, and a tasteful pas de deux to the death, imbued with a lighthearted touch that delivers it from the macabre to the merry.

Program B brings with it a trio of repertory pieces that show off the Trocks’ adept comedy and ballet chops in equal measure. The company’s signature work, "Swan Lake Act II: Le Lac des Cygnes" makes an always-anticipated return to the stage with a phantasmagoria of variations—and birds. In "Yes, Virginia, Another Piano Ballet", choreographer Peter Anastos simultaneously skewers the abundance of choreographic works mentioned in its title and their intention to strip away the artifice of the classical dancer. Rounding out the program, "Raymonda’s Wedding"—a traditionally confusing divertissement in two scenes—distills the baffling three-act, fifteen-scene Raymonda into only its happy ending, ignoring all its plot intrigues to focus on the titular event.

THE NEW YORK POPS PIANO TRIO returns on Friday, December 13 for a performance at Parker's at Thompson Central Park in New York City.

A night of revelry with members of The New York Pops as they present "A Night of Holiday Magic" featuring our favorite songs of the season.

Performers: Lee Musiker, Piano - Jeffrey Carney, Principal Bassist - James Saporito, Principal Percussionist - Hilary Kole, Vocals.

While you enjoy this special one-night-only performance with some of New York's finest musicians, eat, drink, and be merry with 12 Days of Christmas-inspired cocktails—crafted with options for every style, including zero-proof, and a special bar bites menu that will fill your heart with joy.

BROADWAY'S HELL'S KITCHEN on Thursday, December 12, will welcome Jessica Vosk who will star as "Jersey" in this hit musical. Shoshana Bean, who originated and received a Tony Nomination for her role, played her final performance on Sunday, December 1. Donna Vivino, the current standby for "Jersey", plays the role through December 11.

BARRY MANILOW has received and accepted an offer from his good friend Westgate owner Davd Siegal for a lifetime contact. Anytime Manilow wants to perform at the Westgate the stage is his. Manilow always puts on an excellent show. Worth the visit to Las Vegas.

CHRISTMAS BY CANDLELIGHT - ST GILES IN THE FIELDS Hosted by an award-winning String Quartet in the stunning setting of St Giles-in-the-fields.

Spread festive cheer as string instruments bring to life your favorite Christmas classics including All I Want for Christmas is You; Fairytale of New York and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, all surrounded by atmospheric candlelight.

Performances a St. Giles in the Fields, London.

TONY DANZA returns to Café Carlyle in New York City with his hit new show, "Tony Danza: Sinatra & Stories," running from December 10th through 14th, 2024.

"Accompanied by his four-piece band, Danza brings his trademark wit, charm, storytelling, and a touch of soft shoe and ukulele performances to a selection of Sinatra’s timeless classics. The show blends Danza’s captivating personal anecdotes with the unforgettable music of one of America’s most iconic crooners. As the return run falls during the holidays, Danza will also work a few of his favorite Christmas songs into the act for this limited run."

LA MA MA PRESENTS I LOVE THAT FOR YOU by Paul Budraitis from Thursday, December 12, 2024 - Sunday, December 22, 2024 at The Downstairs at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in New York City.

I Love That For You is an intimate solo performance that invites its audience to notice what an acceptance of the temporary nature of our lives might teach us about living more fully. Simple, direct, empathetic, the production offers a compelling shared experience that encourages a greater presence in our relationships and in our world.

Paul Budraitis is a director, performer, and generative artist born and raised in Queens, New York, and now based in Berlin. His original solo performance, I Love That For You, premiered at Acker Stadt Palast theater in Berlin in the fall of 2023 and will have its U.S. premiere at La MaMa E.T.C. with this staging, followed by performances at On the Boards (Seattle) in January 2025.

With the support of a Fulbright grant, Paul earned his MFA in theater directing from the Lithuanian Music and Theatre Academy under the mentorship of visionary director Jonas Vaitkus.

Evan C. Anderson is a Brooklyn-based lighting designer and musician who created the lighting, sound, and original music for I Love That For You. He is an Associate Artist at The Wooster Group.

He is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama and a member of United Scenic Artists, Local 829.

Simona Bieksaite is a Berlin-based visual artist, art director and spatial designer, working at the intersection of contemporary theatre, film and digital media. Her works have been shown at BAM, Berliner Ensemble, and a number of EU National stages.

La MaMa has been honored with the 2018 Regional Theatre Tony Award, and most recently, a 2023 New York Drama Critics’ Circle Special Citation.

THE 92ND STREET Y one of New York’s leading cultural venues, presents the The Living Earth Show and Post:ballet: Lyra, co-presented by 92NY’s Tisch Music and Harkness Dance Center, on Saturday, December 14, 2024 at Buttenwieser Hall at The Arnhold Center.

"The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice is reimagined in this provocative, hauntingly beautiful collaborative production from the experimental San Francisco-based guitar/percussion duo The Living Earth Show and contemporary dance company Post:ballet."

Blending music by Samuel Adams, choreography by Vanessa Thiessen, film directed by Post:ballet Artistic Director Robin Dekkers, and cinematography by Benjamin Tarquin, Lyra explores themes of empathy, technology, and our relationship to the natural world in a stunning new realization of a timeless ancient story. The performance features the musicians live onstage with dance video projected, followed by a live solo by Babatunji Johnson to end the evening.

"The Living Earth Show" features Travis Andrews, guitars and Andy Meyerson, percussion. Post:Ballet is danced by Babatunji Johnson.

"Lyra" has music by Samuel Adams. Choreography by Vanesa Thiessen, "with significant contributions by the dance artists."

Cinematography, Video Direction, and Editing by Benjamin Tarquin. Cast: Emily Hansel, Babatunji Johnson, Moscelyne ParkeHarrison, Mia J. Chong, Colleen Loverde, Anthony Pucci, Cora Cliburn, Landes Dixon, Travis Andrews, and Andy Meyerson.

Underworld Beings Charmaine Butcher, Mia J. Chong, Caitlin Hicks, Colleen Loverde, Jenna Marie, Anthony Pucci, Christian Squires.

THE WORLD WAR I MUSEUM in Kansas City, MO, today, Sunday, December 8th, the Living History Volunteer Corps will be onsite to share stories of how WWI soldiers and their families celebrated the winter holidays at Day in the Life: The Holidays in WWI. Finally, also on December 8th the annual screening of "Joyeux Noël" will take place in the Auditorium. "Joyeux Noël" is the story of the 1914 Christmas Truce between opposing soldiers on the Western Front.
On Wednesday, December 11th, eExplore his home of Sgt. Alvin York with Tennessee State Historic Park staff in Life After War: Sgt. York’s Pall Mall Paradise is free and online only. Registration is required. Sgt. Alvin York is a well-known WWI hero. Upon returning to the U.S. after WWI, York was gifted a farm in Tennessee, where he lived until his death.

The National WWI Museum and Memorial is America’s leading institution dedicated to remembering, interpreting and understanding the Great War and its enduring impact on the global community. The Museum and Memorial holds the most comprehensive collection of World War I objects and documents in the world and is the second-oldest public museum dedicated to preserving the objects, history and experiences of the war.

JAPAN SOCIETY proudly presents a two-program event of classic silent samurai films enlivened by live benshi narration and shamisen performance with The Benshi Tradition and the Silver Screen: A Japanese Puppetry Spin-Off, performed by modern benshi star Ichiro Kataoka and master shamisen musician Sumie Kaneko. The Benshi Tradition and the Silver Screen will have two events only, featuring screenings of Japanese silent film rarely seen outside of Japan: A Diary of Chuji’s Travels (1927) on December 12 and Chushingura (1910) on December 13, taking place at Japan Society in New York City. This marks the culminating event in the Fall 2024 Series "Ningyo! A Parade of Puppetry"

THE DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER patron of the Scottish opera on December 11, 2024 will visit the Production Studios in Glasgow, Scotland.

Upcoming at the venue is The Makropulos Affair by Leoš Janácek. Sung in English with English supertitles. Translation by David Pountney.

Nominated for a 2022 Southbank Sky Arts Award, this co-production of Janácek’s mature masterpiece returns to Scottish Opera in its first full staging since 1993.
The Makropulos Affair is a Czech opera in 3 acts, with music and libretto by Leoš Janácek. Janácek based his opera on the play Vec Makropulos by Karel Capek.

Emilia Marty is a stylish, enigmatic diva with a secret. For over three centuries, she has lived many lives, in a quest to become a great opera singer. Emilia - also known as Enila Makropulos, or simply E.M. - captivates minds and hearts along her journey through time and across Europe. Her existence raises questions of science and nature, reality and fantasy, and life and death. But as the elixir she was given begins to lose its power, the secrets of her lives and loves begin to come to light. She can no longer escape from these essential human tensions.

Orla Boylan leads as Emilia Marty, with Ryan Capozzo as Albert Gregor. Joining them are Henry Waddington as Doctor Kolenatý, and Mark Le Brocq as Vitek. The Orchestra of Scottish Opera, conducted by Martyn Brabbins, brings out every dramatic nuance.

The cast also includes: Catriona Hewitson, Roland Wood, Michael Lafferty, Alasdair Elliott and Edward Jowle.

Music produced by The Orchestra of Scottish Opera and The Chorus.

The creatives are: Conductor Martyn Brabbins. Director Olivia Fuchs. Designer Nicola Turner. Lighting Designer Robbie Butler. Video Designer Sam Sharples.

Audio-described performances and touch tours - Mention opera and most people think of singing and music – but this is only part of the overall experience. What about scenery, costumes, lighting, direction and choreography? For those living with sight loss, our audio description service provides a live commentary describing the action on stage without compromising the music. As part of the experience, a recorded introduction to the opera is available in advance and there is a live audio introduction before the start of the performance.

Patrons with a visual impairment can also book onto a free touch tour – an opportunity to go backstage and become more familiar with the set, scenery, props and costumes.

New co-production with Welsh National Opera. Performances at Theatre Royal Glasgow: February 15, 19 & 22 followed by Festival Theatre Edinburgh with performances February 27 & March 1, 2025.

FOR THOSE WHOSE INVITATION GOT LOST IN THE MAIL and thus didn't make it to last week's White Tie Banquet at Buckingham Palace, music was played by the Hiraeth String Quartet, which is composed of talented students from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and the King's Harpist Mared Pugh-Evans, with tunes including "Moondance" by Van Morrison and excerpts from the film La La Land.

OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY

PARKING AND RESORT FEES are the MGM Resorts - the largest operator of casinos on the Las Vegas Strip - have increased.

Resort fees at Bellagio, Aria, Vdara, and The Cosmopolitan have risen by $5, amounting to $55 per day.

At MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay, and Delano, fees have been adjusted to $50 per day, reflecting a $5 increase, while Park MGM, Nomad, and The Signature are increased by $8 to $50.

New York-New York, Luxor, and Excalibur have implemented a resort fee of $45 per day, marking a $3 hike for New York-New York and an $8 increase for Luxor and Excalibur.

Resort fees cover a variety including: unlimited local and domestic phone calls, in-room Wi-Fi, digital downloads of newspapers and magazines through PressReader, access to the fitness center, Paramount+ with Showtime On Demand, and boarding pass printing.

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BROADWAY LEAGUE NAMES NEW PRESIDENT Adam Siegel, current managing director of Lincoln Center Theater, has been named Second Stage Theater’s new executive director.

Siegel succeeds Interim Executive Director Lisa Lawer Post, who remains in her position through April 1, 2025. Siegel will team with Evan Cabnet, the company's artistic director, who joined the organization in September 2024. The pair will launch their first season of programming in Fall 2025.

Second Stage Theater is a nonprofit theatre company founded in 1979 by Robyn Goodman and Carole Rothman that produces work by living American writers both on and Off-Broadway. As of 2022, they have a total budget of approximately $29 million.

As managing director of LCT since 2012, and general manager from 2002 to 2012, Siegel, a three-time Tony winner, produced and oversaw over 100 plays and musicals in three-theatre venue on the Lincoln Center campus as well as on Broadway, on tour, and internationally.

A select list of key productions include the Tony-award winning productions of The King and I, Oslo, A View From The Bridge, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, War Horse, Awake and Sing!, Henry IV, and Contact. Other notable productions include The Light in the Piazza, Falsettos, Other Desert Cities, Pipeline, and Pulitzer prize-winning Disgraced. Kevin Brockman served as head of the Executive Director Search Committee) and Terry Lindsay. At Lincoln Center, Siegel was responsible for the organization's business operations with direct oversight of general management, marketing/publicity, finance, HR-EDI, production management, front of house, and box office. Siegel reported to the Board of Directors and served on multiple board committees to provide insights and strategic advice. He established both board and staff-level EDI committees, serving on both; and developed an anti-racism action plan for internal accountability. A League of Resident Theatres (LORT) member since 2013, Siegel served as president of the organization from 2020-2024. As president during the COVID pandemic, he negotiated shutdown terms, new media streaming opportunities, and re-opening protocols. He also served as lead negotiator for the most recent Actor’s Equity Association and United Scenic Artists agreements, having served on every LORT negotiating committee since 2002.

ON THE MEND

BRIAN MAY whose wife Anita Dobson announced that her husband, the Queen's guitarist, has learned to play guitar again.

Sir Doctor Brian May, 77, who holds a Doctor of Science in astrophysics and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth, suffered a "minor stroke" in September, resulting inn an inability to use his left arm. Thanksfully, the good news is he won't have to fall back on his Doctorate to earn a living.

"He's much better now, he's stabilized now, which is brilliant," Anita said at the Television Radio Industries Club (TRIC) Christmas Lunch, where she was honored with an award.

TRIC is a professional charity organization in which "charities are carefully selected by our President and Committee to reflect the interests of all the broadcasting industries TRIC represents." At the lunch TRIC guests dined with the brightest stars from TV, radio and online, and watch live performances from the UK’s leading comedians and round off the day with Christmas carols from West End superstars.

With happy news to report to attendees and the press Dobson admitted, "I just hope we don't have any more reoccurrence."

She added of Brian's return to playing: "He's got the use of that arm, which was a bit of a challenge, back now. "He's good to go now. He’s playing the piano quite a lot in the house. He likes a lot of Beethoven. I love it – the piano in the house is really, just very relaxing. “He didn’t actually try until after he’d recovered quite a bit. And then he very slowly started to pick up an acoustic guitar and gradually just exercise the muscles. And it very quickly came back" Anita continued: "He's just retraining the messages from your brain to that arm, that it’s actually okay to do what it used to do. It was scary. "And also being a genius for someone like that. His brain’s overloaded, that’s what it is. He's too clever for his own good." Following his stroke,which MMay had described as "about 40 minutes of pain in the chest and tightness and that feeling in the arms and sweating." the musician was taken to Frimley Hospital in an ambulance with "blue lights flashing... the lot". Later May reported that he had received "fantastic" care.

THE PRINCESS OF WALES or, as we in America call her, Princess Kate. The woman who has endured a dreadful year fighting health problems, looked stunning as she hosted her annual Carol Service last Friday at Westminster Abbey. The feative event carried the theme of "Love and Empathy." Those in attendance each received a tender letter from the mother of three. The front page featured a special illustration by artist Charlie Mackesy showing people walking towards Westminster Abbey with their arms around each other. The caption reads: "How did I help? You were by my side, which was everything."



ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES: THE MUSICAL based on John Sullivan’s legendary television show.

The Trotters are returning to London after a record-breaking 4 year run in London’s West End! You don’t want to miss the UK’s funniest show, playing at the Hammersmith Eventim Apollo for Christmas 2024/25! Stick a pony in your pocket – The Trotters are back and coming to a town near you! The smash hit show Only Fools and Horses The Musical - direct from a record-breaking four-year sold- out run-in London’s West End - featuring Del Boy, Rodney, Grandad, Cassandra, Raquel, Boycie, Marlene, Trigger, Denzil, Mickey Pearce.

This critically acclaimed home-grown musical spectacular features cherished material from Britain’s best loved TV series. With a script and original score written by John’s son, Jim Sullivan, and comedy giant Paul Whitehouse, prepare to get reacquainted with Britain’s most lovable rogues and experience the classic comedy brought to life on stage through an ingenious script and 20 hilarious songs.

Join us as we take a trip back in time, where it’s all kicking off in Peckham. While the yuppie invasion of London is in full swing, love is in the air as Del Boy sets out on the rocky road to find his soul mate, Rodney and Cassandra prepare to say 'I do', and even Trigger is gearing up for a date (with a person!). Meanwhile, Boycie and Marlene give parenthood one final shot and Grandad takes stock of his life and decides the time has finally arrived to get his piles sorted.

With musical contributions from the iconic Chas & Dave, the beloved theme tune as you have never heard it before, and an array of brand-new songs full of character and cockney charm, you’re guaranteed to have a right ol’ knees-up! Only Fools and Horses The Musical is a feel- good family celebration of traditional working-class London life in 1989 and the aspirations we all share. Performances December 17, 2024 ending January 4, 2025 at the Eventim Apollo in London.

FAWLTY TOWERS Adapted for the stage by John Cleese, who co-created the original TV show with Connie Booth.

Directed by Caroline Jay Ranger.

Manuel, take the guests' bags and show them to their room! This summer, check into Fawlty Towers, the world’s most chaotic hotel, in the West End.

In this new comic play, the characters we know and love are all present and correct and nothing at the genteel Torquay hotel is running smoothly – it’s more of a madhouse than a spot for a weekend by the sea. Basil is in a bother of his own making, Sybil is gossiping, Manuel is struggling with his English, and Polly is trying to hold everything together.

The stage show is based on three of the best-loved episodes: “The Hotel Inspectors”, “Communication Problems”, and “The Germans”. Basil is paranoid that there’s an inspector in his midst, the bad-tempered “guest from hell”, Mrs Richards, in on his case while he tries to hide his gambling from Sybil, and he’s outrageously insensitive towards a group of German visitors while suffering the effects of a concussion. Enjoy three hilariously farcical storylines in one evening! Adam Jackson-Smith steps into Cleese’s shoes as the permanently harassed Basil who openly despises most of his guests. Anna-Jane Casey plays his formidable wife and co-manager Sybil. Hemi Yeroham stars as the endearingly hapless Spanish waiter Manuel, and newcomer Victoria Fox plays Polly, the long-suffering voice of reason.

Performances to March 1, 2025 at the Apollo Theatre, London.

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's short story of the same name.

Jethro Compton wrote the musical and is also the show's director and designer.

A unique musical exploring the beauty and challenges of aging backward.

This story tells the classic tale of Benjamin Button, who is born old and gets younger each day. The adaptation is set in a small Cornwall fishing village at the end of World War I. This touching story includes a folk-infused score with songs like A Matter of Time, The Tide is Comin' in, When E're She Looked at Me, and The Kraken's Lullaby.

The excellent cast is led by Olivier Award winner John Dagleish as Benjamin Button, and Olivier Award nominee Clare Foster as Eloween Keene. The cast also includes Katy Ellis, Matthew Burns, Jonathan Charles, Oonagh Cox, Anna Fordham, Philippa Hogg, Damien James, Elliot Mackenzie, Ann Marcuson, Jack Quarton and Benedict Salter.

Orchestrations and arrangements are by Darren Clark and Mark Aspinall, choreography is by Chi-San Howard, costume design is by Anna Kelsey, lighting design is by Zoe Spurr, and sound design is by Lue Swaffield for Autograph Sound.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a musical that premiered in 2019 at Southwark Playhouse and was staged there again in 2023 for a sell-out run. Performances through February 22, 2025 at the Ambassadors Theatre in London.

DRUNK SHAKESPEARE by The Drunk Shakespeare Society.

Directed by David Hudson.

Featuring: Nate Betancourt, Danielle Cohn, Tim Haber, Josh Hyman, David Andrew Laws, Whit Leyenberger, Preston Mulligan, Mariah Parris, Mike Sause, Aubrey Taylor, Khiry Walker.

Raise a glass to this unique Shakespeare series where booze upends the Bard.

At every performance of, five actors within the The Drunk Shakespeare Society put on one of the famous playwright's works; it changes each night. But this isn't like the Shakespeare you'll see at Shakespeare in the Park or at the Globe. Pre-show, one of the actors takes five shots of whiskey (joined for the first one by an audience member, to prove the liquor's real) and must proceed to play their part. It's up to the other four actors to keep the show going while also following whatever unexpected choices the fifth actor drunkenly makes.

Drunk Shakespeare has been in New York since 2014; at first, the Society only put on Macbeth, but more shows have been added to the rotation. The show has changed venues multiple times since its premiere; all have been intimate, often hidden, performance spaces and converted bars.

Certain things about the show have remained the same from venue to venue. Each venue is decorated to look like an old library. Improv, contemporary references, and audience interaction all become part of each show, making even Shakespeare's tragedies into comedies. And most importantly of all, the audience is able to purchase cocktails for themselves and join in the liquor-fueled fun.

Though Shakespeare plays vary in length, all are performed within 90 minutes at Drunk Shakespeare. There is no intermission. Ticketholders for Drunk Shakespeare must be 21+.

Performances at the Ruby Theatre Off-Broadway in New York City.

PEN PALS by Michael Graffo, adapted from a 2022 movie musical.

Two women, five decades, one unbreakable friendship. Witness the power of distant connection.

Pen Pals is the extraordinary story of two friends that unfolds over decades.

Bernie and Mags live in two different countries, they’ve never met, and yet they’re best friends. Because they’ve been pen pals for over fifty years. Since they were teenagers, they’ve shared every aspect of their lives with each other. The trivial bits, the most intimate details, all the happiness, all the heartache. They’ve told each other things they wouldn’t dare tell another soul. Even though Bernie lives in New Jersey and Mags is from England, the women are closer to each other than anyone else in the world. Come witness the journey of their lifetime. In their own words.

With a rotating cast of renowned actors, no two performances will ever be the same.

Rotating Cast Schedule for the near future:
Two time Tony nominee Johanna Day & Nancy McKeon performing through December 22, 2024.
Catherine Curtin & Sharon Lawrence December 26 – December 29, 2024
Note: This theatre is up three flights of stairs, and is not wheelchair accessible. Performances through February 9, 2025 at Theatre at St. Clement's in New York City.

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FINAL OVATION

MARSHALL BRINKMAN an Academy Award Winner and Tony nominee died November 29, 2024. He was 85.

Brinkman co-wrote the books with Rick Elice for Broadway's Jersey Boys and The Addams Family. Brinkman also penned the book and contributed sketches for Straws in the Wind Off-Broadway.. Brickman and Elice were nominated for a Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for Jersey Boys.

He began his career playing guitar in the folk group The Tarriers, as well as banjo in the trio New Journeymen. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin with degrees in music and science.

By 1960, Brickman's was working for the hidden camera reality series Candid Camera. By 1969, he was serving as head writer for The Tonight Show, with Johnny Carson hosting.

While working as creative consultant and producer for The Dick Cavett Show, Brickman met Woody Allen, who would become a frequent collaborator. The pair wrote the script for Sleeper, and Annie Hall and Manhattan. Allen and Brinkman won the Oscar for Best Screenplay for Annie Hall.

He is survived by his wife, Nina Feinberg, daughters Sophie and Jessica Brickman, and five grandchildren.

MARVIN LAIRD the acclaimed composer, conductor, and musical director, died December 2, 2024. He was 85.

Laird made his Broadway debut as a musical assistant in 1964 for Ben Franklin in Paris. He subsequently provided dance arrangements and/or incidental music for such Broadway productions as Skyscraper; Breakfast at Tiffany's; The Happy Time; Georgy; Broadway Follies, and Oh, Brother! He was also the vocal arranger and musical director for the latter two stagings. In 1980 he was the assistant conductor for Perfectly Frank.

Laird was a busy musical collaborator from the 1960s through 2020, when he served as arranger, orchestrator, conductor and musical director for the TV special Bernadette Peters: A Special Concert. on television he was the composer for Dynasty; Quincy, M.E.; The Love Boat and A Different Approach, and supplied the music for the Lar Lubovitch ballet Smile with My Heart.

Among his other Broadway credits are Annie Get Your Gun and Follies, and he conducted concerts for Peters, Grey, Ross, Elliot, Springfield and Hawn. Laird's talents also extended beyond the Broadway and concert stages. He wrote dance music for the Hello, Dolly! film starring Barbra Streisand; and New York, New York, starring Liza Minnelli and Robert DeNiro; and music for the Robert Altman film The Company. With his partner Joel Paley, Laird also created Ruthless! The Musical, the 1992 award-winning musical comedy. The show—which famously spoofs Broadway musicals from Gypsy to Mame as well as iconic films including The Bad Seed and All About Eve—tells the story of eight-year-old Tina Denmark, who will do anything to play the lead in her school play. The work's original Off-Broadway production counted both then-youngsters Britney Spears and Natalie Portman in its company.

Laird and Paley later collaborated on The Yiddish are Coming…! The Yiddish are Coming…!, which played regionally throughout North America.

Laird is survived by Paley, his partner in marriage as well as being his professional partner for 48 years; his brother and sister-in-law, Larry Lee and Jeanne Laird; and nieces Lana Whittaker and Lynnette Norcross.

KYLE BIRCH a West End star has died. He was 26.

Known for his performance as Usher in the West End production A Strange Loop, Birch was considered a rising force in the U.K. theatre scene. Originally a cover within the production, Birch took over the lead role to finish the run to great acclaim.

Birch's other theatre credits included a tour of The Color Purple; Once On This Island at Southwark Playhouse, and I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire at Southwark Playhouse, which he performed in while also appearing in a London Palladium Bat Boy concert.

Kyle Birch’s death was announced by his representative, Russell Smith.

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