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Thursday, December 22 2011Can you help us?

Darrell Van Citters, the author of Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol, The Making of the First Animated Christmas Special, is looking for any material related to the special for possible inclusion in a special 50th anniversary collector’s edition of the book.  If you have anything to contribute, please contact him at info@mrmagooschristmascarol.com

Tuesday, November 1 2011TCM Schedule

The music of Jule Styne can be heard on Turner Classic Movies on:

Thursday, November 3, 8:00 pm  Romance On The High Seas

Friday, November 4, 9:00 am  Two Guys From Texas

Friday, November 18, 5:45 pm  Malaya

Monday, November 21, 8:00 pm  My Sister Eileen

Saturday, December 17, 3:30 pm  Gypsy

Thursday, December 29, 10:30 am  Anchors Aweigh

Wednesday, October 27 2010Casting Announced for "Bells Are Ringing"

Three-time Tony nominee Kelli O'Hara stars with Will Chase in the New York City Center Encores! production of Bells Are Ringing. O'Hara will play the role of Ella Peterson with Chase as Jeffrey Moss. Also featured in the cast are Dylan Baker (Inspector Barnes), Bobby Cannavale (Blake Barton), Judy Kaye (Sue Summers), Brad Oscar (Dr. Kitchell), David Pittu (Sandor Prantz), Danny Rutigliano (Francis), Jeffrey Schecter (Carl) and John C. Vennema (Larry Hastings).

Performances for the first Encores! production of the season will be Nov. 18-21. The production will be directed and choreographed by Kathleen Marshall with music direction by Rob Berman.

Tickets for Encores! 2010-11 season go on sale Sept. 7, 2010, at the New York City Center Box Office (131 West 55th Street), through CityTix® at (212) 581-1212, or online at www.NYCityCenter.org.

Friday, August 27 2010New York City Center's Encores! to present

The 18th season of the City Center Encores! series will kick off Nov. 18 with the 1956 Jule Styne, Betty Comden and Adolph Green musical Bells Are Ringing. Performances will continue through Nov. 21. In Bells Are Ringing — with music by Styne and book and lyrics by Comden and Green — "a lonely girl who runs an answering service falls for a client she has met only by voice, and typical 1950's mayhem ensues."

The original Broadway production, directed by Jerome Robbins and choreographed by Robbins and Bob Fosse, opened on November 29, 1956 and ran for 924 performances. It starred Judy Holliday and Sydney Chaplin and featured Jean Stapleton, Eddie Lawrence, George S. Irving, Jack Weston, and Peter Gennaro. The show was nominated for 4 Tony Awards and won 3 including Best Actress in a Musical (Judy Holliday) and Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Sydney Chaplin).

Tickets for Encores! 2010-11 season go on sale Sept. 7, 2010, at the New York City Center Box Office (131 West 55th Street), through CityTix® at (212) 581-1212, or online at www.NYCityCenter.org.

Monday, July 12 2010Gypsy added to the National Recording Registry

The 1959 original cast recording of Gypsy was among 25 recordings selected last month to the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry. Each year 25 recordings that are considered "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" and at least 10 years old are selected to the registry as directed by the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000. The addition of these recordings brings the total number of recordings in the registry to 300. For more information on these 2009 additions visit the link below.