Michael West News

Acclaimed jazz pianist Michael Wolff continues his busy year of touring with a March 25th concert at Vitello's in Studio City, California.

Two-time Drama Desk nominee Leslie Kritzer, whose Broadway credits include Sondheim on Sondheim, A Catered Affair, Legally Blonde and Hairspray, will join the cast of Newsical: Full Spin Ahead beginning tomorrow, March 25, 2011. She steps in for Christine Pedi, who has injured her ankle. Kritzer will perform through April 23. Pedi will return on April 24.

Two-time Drama Desk nominee Leslie Kritzer, whose Broadway credits include Sondheim on Sondheim, A Catered Affair, Legally Blonde and Hairspray, will join the cast of Newsical: Full Spin Ahead beginning March 25, 2011. She steps in for Christine Pedi, who has injured her ankle. Kritzer will perform through April 23. Pedi will return on April 24.

A new music festival celebrating the 'Art of Song' will feature some of the world's great singers and songwriters in performance in the heart of the West?End at Leicester?Square?Theatre, from Tuesday April 5 - Tuesday April 19.

Acclaimed jazz pianist Michael Wolff continues his busy year of touring with a March 25th concert at Vitello's in Studio City, California.

The new interactive musical comedy, ‘The Ultimate Drag Off' opened Off-Broadway on January 15th, 2011. With a fabulous spin on 70's game shows such as ‘Let's Make a Deal' and ‘The Price Is Right', The Ultimate Drag Off takes the audience into a cabaret style theatre space where you can play for prizes. Be a part of the DRAG OFF Revolution and join one of the hottest Saturday Night downtown events for theatre enthusiasts after the Broadway shows are all over!

Five people struggle with greed, hope, desire and integrity in the wake of an emailed plea for money that promises big returns.

Go inside the imaginative and creative world of special effects make-up artistry with Syfy's new reality competition series, Face Off, premiering Wednesday, January 26 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Syfy. The series will introduce 12 up-and-coming make-up artists who will face off in Los Angeles in a series of elaborate challenges that will determine just who has the steady artistic hand to be the country's next great SFX artist.

Inis Nua Theatre Company, Philadelphia's only professional company dedicated to producing contemporary plays from Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales, is excited to bring Philadelphia the U.S. premiere of Leo Butler's The Early Bird, the Philly premiere of Abbie Spallen's Pumpgirl and the U.S. premiere of Michael West's Dublin by Lamplight (Dublin by Lamplight is supported by the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage through the Philadelphia Theatre Initiative).

No one in the news is safe! The 2010 Drama Desk nominated revue, NEWSical the Musical, is back lampooning current events, headlines, newsmakers, celebrities, and politicians. With songs and material being updated on a regular basis, composer-lyricist Rick Crom's topical musical comedy is an ever-evolving mockery of all the news that is fit to spoof!

No one in the news is safe! The 2010 Drama Desk nominated revue, NEWSical the Musical, is back lampooning current events, headlines, newsmakers, celebrities, and politicians. With songs and material being updated on a regular basis, composer-lyricist Rick Crom's topical musical comedy is an ever-evolving mockery of all the news that is fit to spoof! BroadwayWorld was on hand for the opening and brings you photo coverage below.

No one in the news is safe! NEWSical the Musical, the 2010 Drama Desk-nominated comedy revue, is back lampooning current events, headlines, newsmakers, celebrities and politicians.

Five people struggle with greed, hope, desire and integrity in the wake of an emailed plea for money that promises big returns. Is it a scam or a golden opportunity? RED DOG SQUADRON presents the West Coast premiere of greedy by Karl Gajdusek. RED DOG SQUADRON co-artistic director James Roday directs a cast that includes Amanda Detmer, Kurt Fuller, Peter Mackenzie, Ivana Milicevic, Brad Raider and Roday's co-star on the USA series psych, Maggie Lawson. The limited four-week engagement takes place at the El Centro Theatre, January 8-29.

No one in the news is safe! NEWSical the Musical, the 2010 Drama Desk-nominated comedy revue, is back lampooning current events, headlines, newsmakers, celebrities and politicians.

Take a wander through Irish theatre this season! Ireland's bustling towns and wistful countrysides provide backdrops for eight plays filled with humor, melancholy, and bittersweet storytelling.

Five people struggle with greed, hope, desire and integrity in the wake of an emailed plea for money that promises big returns.

The Chichester Festival Theatre production of Love Story will transfer to the West End previewing at the Duchess Theatre from 27 November, with press night on 6 December 2010.

Blazing Light. A woman buried to the waist in a mound of scorched earth. Waking to a piercing bell, Winnie faces another day with boundless optimism and endless chatter. She throws back her head and declare, 'Another heavenly day.'

The Corn Exchange presents HAPPY DAYS by Samuel Beckett and directed by Annie Ryan- A co-production with the Théâtre Nationale Populaire, Lyon

No one in the news is safe! NEWSical the Musical, the 2010 Drama Desk-nominated comedy revue, is back lampooning current events, headlines, newsmakers, celebrities and politicians.