Bill Taylor News

Joe's Pub at The Public Theater debuted in October 1998 and has quickly became one of New York City's most celebrated and in-demand showcase venues for live music and performance. With its genre-blind booking and vast diversity of interests, the stage at Joe's Pub gives voice to a world of varied and stellar artists.

The Scottish Exhibition + Conference Centre (SECC) has presented a commemorative Champion award to Stage Entertainment.

Whatsonstage.com is reporting that the producers of the West End production of Hairspray have posted a show closing notice for March 28, 2010. The closing will proceed Hairspray's National Tour, which launches on March 30, 2010.

Lineup of shows coming up at Joe's Pub for the month of March.

Come enjoy the beautiful spring weather and local music during Mesa Arts Center's free outdoor concerts Thursdays, starting on February 4, in the Wells Fargo Garden. These lunchtime concerts will feature local artists playing a variety of music including Irish and Hawaiian tunes, classic rock, big band, jazz, Dixieland, and more. Chairs and lawn seating are available, but guests are encouraged to bring stadium cushions and blankets. Brown bags and picnic baskets are welcome and many of Downtown Mesa's unique restaurants offer convenient and appetizing take-out options. All Out to Lunch concerts are FREE and open to the public.

Whatsonstage.com is reporting that the producers of the West End production of Hairspray have posted a show closing notice for March 28, 2010. The closing will proceed Hairspray's National Tour, which launches on March 30, 2010.

Come enjoy the beautiful spring weather and local music during Mesa Arts Center's free outdoor concerts Thursdays, starting on February 4, in the Wells Fargo Garden. These lunchtime concerts will feature local artists playing a variety of music including Irish and Hawaiian tunes, classic rock, big band, jazz, Dixieland, and more. Chairs and lawn seating are available, but guests are encouraged to bring stadium cushions and blankets. Brown bags and picnic baskets are welcome and many of Downtown Mesa's unique restaurants offer convenient and appetizing take-out options. All Out to Lunch concerts are FREE and open to the public.

Robert Rehme, an Executives Branch governor of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, was elected Tuesday night (8/18) as president of the Academy Foundation, the educational and cultural arm of the Academy.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that Edward Zwick has prevailed in the run-off for the open Directors Branch seat on the 2009-2010 Board of Governors; this will be his first term on the Board. Zwick will join Martha Coolidge and Curtis Hanson as the third governor representing the branch.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that the annual branch elections of governors of the organization have returned nine incumbents to the board as well as four new governors and one who returns to the Academy's governing body after a year off.

The opening number of Sister Act - the musical, which opened on June 2 at the London Palladium, is entitled ?Take Me To Heaven? - and that is precisely what this delightful new show does to its audience. It is divinely fresh, funny and fabulous.

The nuns mark their first previews with a scary stunt...

The opportunities and challenges facing motion picture costume designers working in the current era of digital technology will be explored at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' program, 'Costume Design in the Digital Age,' on Friday, April 24, at 8 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. The evening will be hosted by Oscar-nominated costume designer Dr. Deborah Nadoolman Landis and Academy Governor Bill Taylor.

The opportunities and challenges facing motion picture costume designers working in the current era of digital technology will be explored at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' program, 'Costume Design in the Digital Age,' on Friday, April 24, at 8 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. The evening will be hosted by Oscar-nominated costume designer Dr. Deborah Nadoolman Landis and Academy Governor Bill Taylor.

Dust off your cowboy boots and head down to Foothills Theatre March 14 -April 5, 2009 to see the high energy musical comedy, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas! Written By Larry L. King and Peter Masterson, with music and lyrics by Carol Hall; this exuberant and bawdy musical comedy recounts a real-life story of small-town vice, statewide political sidestepping, and that Great American Pastime, sex.

Dust off your cowboy boots and head down to Foothills Theatre March 14 -April 5, 2009 to see the high energy musical comedy, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas! Written By Larry L. King and Peter Masterson, with music and lyrics by Carol Hall; this exuberant and bawdy musical comedy recounts a real-life story of small-town vice, statewide political sidestepping, and that Great American Pastime, sex.

Based loosely on Romeo and Juliet, West Side Story offers a modern-day telling of tragic love with Bernstein's music bringing a new dimension to the classic love story of social and racial strife. Symphonic Dance Music from West Side Story offers the best of Bernstein's beloved music and captures the essence of the story with four movements featuring wonderful dance beats including the Mambo, Cha-cha and the bop sound associated with the conflict between the Jets and the Sharks.

It's a Time Warp! Dr. Frank N'Furter struts his stuff again as Foothills Theatre kicks off 32nd season!

Former Really Useful Group CEO Bill Taylor has today been appointed CEO of Stage Entertainment UK by founder Joop van den Ende, also the creator of one of the world's largest TV production companies Endemol.

A cold, snowy Sunday provided the ideal backdrop for the opening of 'A Christmas Carol'