Patrick Williams News

Second Stage Theater has confirmed that Patrick J. Adams, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Jesse Williams will return for the upcoming production of Richard Greenberg’s Tony-winning play, TAKE ME OUT. TAKE ME OUT will now begin previews on Broadway at the Hayes Theater (240 West 44th Street) on March 9, 2022 and will officially open on April 4, 2022.

She’s been called a 'vintage songstress' by BroadwayWorld, has sung on over 200 songs for Hal Leonard Publishing, BMI Publishing, Sony, and Universal, and has performed with The National Symphony Orchestra conducted by the late Marvin Hamlisch, and with Grammy® Award-winning composer/arranger Patrick Williams (Barbra Streisand, Frank Sinatra).

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Los Angeles singer/songwriter NINA HERZOG has released her version of Elvis Presley’s classic song, “Can’t Help Falling In Love,” via Label Logic as distributed by Ingrooves, which can be purchased and streamed on Spotify, Apple Music, and Deezer.

The Naples Players Readers Theatre 'Evening of New Plays' contest is an annual event designed to give playwrights an opportunity to have their one-act plays presented to an audience in a staged reading.

Los Angeles singer/songwriter NINA HERZOG released the second single, “Least Resistance,” today from her long-awaited six-song debut EP, TOGETHER AWAY, which is due out March 12 via Label Logic, as distributed by Ingrooves. 

Nina Herzog has been called a 'vintage songstress' by Broadway World, has sung on over 200 songs for Hal Leonard Publishing, BMI Publishing, Sony, and Universal, has performed with The National Symphony Orchestra conducted by the late Marvin Hamlisch, and more.

Alternative rock band House & Home has signed to Richmond-based label Open Your Ears Records, and is thrilled to announce their new album Find Sense. Feel Love. Make Light. Though the album is set to be released on April 17th, fans can hear the first new song now, streaming exclusively on Alternative Press. For more info on House & Home, visit: www.houseandhome.bigcartel.com. Preorders are available now at www.oyerecs.com.

The first photo of TAKE ME OUT's stars Patrick J. Adams, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Jesse Williams has been released.

Gore Vidal's THE BEST MAN originally written in 1960 (and updated in 1976) about two presidential candidates vying for their party's nomination could have seem much more relevant to present day politics if the set and costumes didn't so vividly remind of the 1970s. Gary Lee Reed directs a committed, but uneven cast. Curious interpretation having the opposing candidates running for president as polar opposites, flip sides of a coin. Mark Belnick's Governor William Russell is everything John Ruby's Senator Joseph Cantwell isn't.

Second Stage Theater (Carole Rothman, President and Artistic Director; Casey Reitz, Executive Director) has announced that PATRICK J. ADAMS will make his Broadway debut opposite the previously announced Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Jesse Williams in the Broadway production of Richard Greenberg's Tony Award-winning play, TAKE ME OUT. Directed by Scott Ellis, TAKE ME OUT will begin previews April 2, 2020 and officially open on April 23, 2020 at Second Stage's Hayes Theater (240 West 44th Street). Mr. Adams will play Kippy Sunderstrom, the best friend of Darren Lemming (Jesse Williams).

Theatre Odyssey has announced the casts for the four plays, all Florida premiers, in the Second Annual One-Act Play Festival. Selected from 100 plays submitted from throughout the United States, the plays will be produced at the Bradenton Kiwanis Theater at Manatee Performing Arts Center, October 31 through November 3. Tickets are selling here and at the Manatee Performing Arts Center Box Office, or by telephone at (941) 748 5875.

One of the Southwest's largest jazz festivals will return to Texas Christian University March 22-23, 2019, for its 42nd year, featuring legendary American jazz drummer Duffy Jackson to the exciting theme,  "Tribute to the music of Count Basie and Buddy Rich." The 2019 TCU Jazz Festival will host more than 700 middle and high school students at Ed Landreth Auditorium and PepsiCo Recital Hall during the annual competition, encompassing two days of performances from some of the most highly-regarded names in jazz, TCU ensembles and young artists from across the state.

Pianist-composer Daniel Szabo debuts a stunning set of new music in his Fuzzy Music album pre-release concert at Blue Whale, Friday, November 9 at 9:00pm.

Golden Globe winner Michelle Williams (Manchester by the Sea, My Week with Marilyn, Blue Valentine) and Emmy nominee Rupert Friend (Pride and Prejudice, 'Homeland,' The Young Victoria) are the latest film & stage stars to perform on the Playing on Air podcast. Released this weekend, John Patrick Shanley's LAST NIGHT IN THE GARDEN I SAW YOU features Williams and Friend in an explosive audio play, directed by Shanley.

Oleg Frish, the colorful and personable singer, is touring the U.S. in 2018 in a show titled Swing Around The World. Known as the "Human Jukebox" and a "Songapedia" because of his encyclopedic knowledge of music of the 1940-80 era, Oleg Frish is an entertaining and charming singer who performs swing classics, jazz standards, tunes from the rock & roll and disco eras, and songs from his native Russia. He not only sings in English and Russian but occasionally in Spanish, Italian, French, Ukrainian, Japanese, German, Swedish, Polish and Yiddish, swinging all the time.

Last night, Showtime hosted the premiere of the new limited series PATRICK MELROSE. The screening was held at the Linwood Dunn Theater at the Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study and was followed by an after party at Beauty and Essex. 

Experience the creation of an original play in real time! Each of Act One Scene Two's performances features a different guest playwright who has submitted the first scene of an unfinished play. The cast performs the submitted scene, having just read it for the first time, then improvises the rest of the play­­- starting from Act One, Scene Two.

Ten plays from the second annual Stage It! 10-Minute Play Festival will premiere at the Center for the Performing Arts of Bonita Springs Saturday and Sunday, April 28 and 29. The event in includes a Book Release Party to celebrate the publication of all the winners.

Russian-Born Singer, Entertainer and TV/Radio Personality Oleg Frish Celebrates his 25th Anniversary in the United States with an Extensive Series of Concerts.