George White News

Scott Siegel opened the ninth season of Broadway by the Year with The Broadway Musicals of 1924

The Tony Awards announced the inception of The Isabelle Stevenson Award today, which will recognize an individual from the theatre community who has made a substantial contribution of volunteered time and effort on behalf of one or more humanitarian, social service or charitable organizations, regardless of whether such organizations relate to the theatre.

MAUDE MAGGART, the critically-acclaimed chanteuse - hailed as 'bewitching' by The New York Times, 'utterly enchanting' by the New York Post and 'stunning' by the Los Angeles Times - will return to THE OAK ROOM of THE ALGONQUIN HOTEL for a six week engagement from April 1 - May 10. Her new show, 'Speaking of Dreams,' will feature John Boswell (April 1 - 12) and Lanny Meyers (April 15 - May 10) on piano and Yair Evnine on cello and guitar. All performances are at the Oak Room (59 West 44th Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues). Please call (212) 419-9331 for reservations.

The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center will present its annual Monte Cristo Award posthumously to Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Wendy Wasserstein in recognition of her distinguished accomplishments and contributions to the American theater exemplifying Eugene O'Neill's standard of excellence.

Peter Steinman Productions and the NY Fringe Fest present an amusing parody of 1930s gangster melodrama.

Maude Maggart will launch a weekly series, 'Mondays with Maude,' in the Algonquin's Oak Room March 7th, beginning with a reprise of her critically acclaimed cabaret show, 'The Talk of the Town: The Music of 1933.'

Mark N. Grant's new book explores the fall of a once-vital art form.