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Praised by Backstage Magazine for 'one of those rare voices with a soothing, almost hypnotic quality' award winning vocalist and actress Jill O?Hara, the original female lead in the Burt Bacharach-Hal David-Neil Simon Broadway musical Promises, Promises, reunites with Burt Bacharach at the annual spring gala for 92nd Street Y. What The World Needs Now?The Music of Burt Bacharach will take place at Kaufmann Concert Hall, 1395 Lexington Avenue, new york, Monday, May 18. Jill introduced the Bacharach/David pop classics I?ll Never Fall In Love Again, Knowing When To Leave and Whoever You Are I Love You. O?Hara went on to win a Tony nomination, the Theater World Award and New Jersey Journal Award for Best Actress In A Musical, while the cast album earned a Grammy Award. The concert event will also feature performances by Dionne Warwick, Sarah Dash and Elvis Costello. Proceeds from the Spring Gala support the 92nd Street Y's myriad of programs. Tickets are available by calling 212-415-5488 o

The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation, the organization that puts on Anime Expo every year has announced the nominees for their annual SPJA Industry Awards. The general public...

Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words, the hit show that just received a 2009 Drama Desk Award nomination for Unique Theatrical Experience, continues its sit-down, open-ended run at the Triad Theater, 158 West 72 Street, Sunday, May 10, at 7pm with a special Mother?s Day edition, and Monday, May 11, at 7:30pm.

Music superstar Christina Aguilera has signed on for her first big screen project -- read on for more details. The four-time Grammy Award winner will star in Screen Gem's 'Burlesque,' Variety reports. Aguilera will play a talented singer from a small town who finds success and love while performing at a burlesque club in Los Angeles, says the trade paper.

Because playwrights write on spec, they tend to be 'white, male, middle-class graduates from south-east England - the group who can most afford to take this financial risk. It follows that most plays they write will inevitably reflect the world view and concerns of this narrow group. A system has evolved that ensures plays and playwrights are developed by a process of financial natural selection.'...

Academy Award-winning actor Robert Duvall has fired a verbal salvo against plans to build a Wal-Mart Supercenter near a Virginia ...

Film News: Constantin, Vitagraph pact for Oscar nominee -- Vitagraph Films has entered into a deal with Constantin Film for all U.S. distrib rights to the Academy Award- nominated 'The Baader-Meinhof Complex.'

The MTV Movie Awards will never outrank the Oscars when it comes to the prestige factor associated with a win. But where it outdoes the Oscars - and 99% of...

TV News: 'Australians,' 'Border' also take home awards -- Nine's crime drama 'Underbelly' was the big winner at the 51st Logies, Australia's annual TV awards.

New york — Productions set in Africa have taken the top Lucille Lortel Awards for the best of off-Broadway...