Christine Smith News

BARELY LEGAL, a night of new music and budding talent, will take place tonight, July 23rd at Le Poisson Rouge at 158 Bleecker Street, New York, NY . Doors open at 6:30pm and performance begins at 7:30pm. Tickets are $15 (plus processing fee) and available at lepoissonrouge.com. For more information please visit www.candgbarelylegal.com.

BARELY LEGAL, a night of new music and budding talent, will take place on Monday, July 23rd at Le Poisson Rouge at 158 Bleecker Street, New York, NY . Doors open at 6:30pm and performance begins at 7:30pm. Tickets are $15 (plus processing fee) and available at lepoissonrouge.com. For more information please visit www.candgbarelylegal.com.

Greyman Theatre Company has announced the cast and creative team for their March 3-11 World Premiere production of the short play WAKING UP, a humorous and heartfelt look at what happens before and after we sleep.

Uptown Players continues its 2011 season with the hysterical musical comedy, Victor/Victoria, running July 29 - August 21, 2011, at the historic Kalita Humphreys Theater.

Emily Christine Smith, who appeared in the original Greyman Theatre Company production of Michael Kooman and Christopher Dimond's musical DANI GIRL, will step into the role of Mother for Greyman's restaging at WaterTower Theatre's Out of the Loop Fringe Festival.

Christine Johnson Smith, who originated the role of Nettie Fowler in Rogers and Hammerstein's CAROUSEL has died. The role earned Smith a Tony nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.

The Off-Broadway premiere of BASIC TRAINING, a new comedy created by and starring Kahlil Ashanti officially opened last night, October 13th. BASIC TRAINING is a hilarious story based on one soldier's outrageous experience in the U.S. Air Force and will play the Barrow Street Theatre (27 Barrow St. at 7th Avenue, 1 block south of Christopher Street). Performances began September 26th.