Michael O. Smith

UNCF's (United Negro College Fund) New Orleans Area Office and New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu will host the third annual UNCF Mayor's Masked Ball on Saturday, March 12 at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans.

Chester Theatre Company will open its 26th season at the Town Hall in Chester, MA with the East Coast premiere of THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THOMAS JEFFERSON, CHARLES DICKENS AND COUNT LEO TOLSTOY: DISCORD. This comedy of ideas, from Scott Carter, the Executive Producer of Real Time with Bill Maher, will run from June 24 through July 5.

Chester Theatre Company continues its 25th Anniversary Season with Caryl Churchill's A NUMBER. The production, which runs now through August 10 at the Chester Town Hall in Chester, MA, will feature CTC favorite Jay Stratton, joined by newcomer Larry John Meyers. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the duo in action below!

Join Jimmy Ferraro and Brenda Martin every Wednesday from 12:35 to 1:00 PM Eastern Time for 'Theatre Chat and This 'n That!' ...the show that features a variety of talented people in the arts and all-around wonderful citizens doing wonderful things - that's where the 'this 'n that' comes in! This week's show features conversations with: Actress and Singer, Suzanne Stark, who is currently appearing as Mother Abbess in 'The Sound of Music' at Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre in Indianapolis and who started her career in the very same show; and Broadway, Film and Television star, Michael O. Smith, who discusses his illustrious career and recent one-man show on the life of Theodore Roosevelt.

The national tour of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF kicks off at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre in Lancaster.

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) is thrilled to kick off the Americas Off Broadway festival with the NYC premiere of Morris Panych's THE DISHWASHERS, directed by Byam Stevens. THE DISHWASHERS, from the Chester Theatre Company (Chester, MA), begins previews on Friday, May 8 for a limited engagement through Sunday, June 7. Opening Night is Wednesday, May 13 at 8:15 PM.

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) is thrilled to kick off the Americas Off Broadway festival with the NYC premiere of Morris Panych's THE DISHWASHERS, directed by Byam Stevens. THE DISHWASHERS, from the Chester Theatre Company (Chester, MA), begins previews on Friday, May 8 for a limited engagement through Sunday, June 7. Opening Night is Wednesday, May 13 at 8:15 PM.

Veteran actor portrays Theodore Roosevelt in Off Broadway One Man Show

'The Bully Pulpit' a new play written and performed by Michael O. Smith begins performances on April 29th. Taking place on Teddy's 60th birthday, surrounded by mementos of his adventures as a rancher, Rough Rider, naturalist and President, Roosevelt re-examines the events of his colorful life from humorous and characteristically blunt perspective.

The South Ark Stage announces the Off-Broadway premiere of THE BULLY PULPIT, a new play about the extraordinary life and turbulent times of Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt, our 26th president.