City Parks Foundation Presents SummerStage, 7/21-30
by Courtnie Mele
- Jun 30, 2014
Hip hop, Indie-rock, punk and folk artists committed to social change will come together to honor musician and activist Pete Seeger. The program's hosts are Gina Belafonte, Harry Belafonte's daughter and Kitama Jackson, Pete Seeger's grandson. Mr. Seeger and Mr. Belafonte became international household names as singers who stood for change. For Belafonte that meant being involved in both the Civil Rights Movement in US and the Anti-Apartheid movement in South Africa. For Seeger that meant getting people singing, and then using song to lead marches and rallies around the world. From the labor movement to the Civil Rights movement to the environmental movement, Pete Seeger was always on the front lines. Today's artists aren't that different from Seeger and Belafonte, they also use music as a means to give voice to the voiceless and inspire people to change the world for themselves, their communities and future generations.
TAIKOPROJECT Hosts Taiko Nation Percussion Concert, 7/19 - 7/20
by Jillian Gaier
- Jun 11, 2014
Thrilling, heart pounding and joyous percussion are the hallmark of taiko, and the best is in store when the world's top taiko ensembles and performers converge on L.A.'s Little Tokyo for an exhilarating three-concert event. Taiko Nation is set to electrify audiences July 19 and July 20 at the Aratani/Japan America Theatre.
According to mythology, taiko music was created when a Shinto goddess emptied out a barrel of sake and jumped on the barrel's head, stomping on it furiously to create compelling, percussive rhythms in her attempt to entice the goddess of sunlight from a cave where she had hidden. The other gods could not help but join in, dancing and singing joyously, and Amaterasu brought her light back to the world.
WAKE UP with BWW 6/10/14 - Equity Awards, 'BIKE', 'NIGHT', 'NEW GIRL' Off-Broadway, LaBelle AFTER MIDNIGHT and More!
by Jessica Showers
- Jun 10, 2014
Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? Today's big news: Actors' Equity doles out awards, off-Broadway is teaming with new shows, Patti LaBelle struts into the guest-starring role in AFTER MIDNIGHT and more!
BWW Countdown: You Get to Rank Your Favorite Audra McDonald Roles
by Matt Tamanini
- Jun 4, 2014
There is little doubt who is the reigning queen of Broadway. With five Tony Awards and eight nominations in just 20 years, Audra McDonald has held that title for quite a while now. In addition to her prolific stage career, she also has found time to do turns on TV and have a recording and touring career. If Audra wins her sixth Tony this Sunday, she will become the first actor to do so in the four major acting categories.
ABC Airs 2014 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS Tonight
by TV News Desk
- May 18, 2014
ABC and Dick Clark Productions have announced that 'The 2014 Billboard Music Awards' are set to return to ABC and will be broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas TONIGHT, MAY 18. The show will showcase this year's hottest and biggest music stars.
John Legend Performs at the Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center Tonight
by BWW News Desk
- May 13, 2014
Downtown York's historic Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center will welcome Grammy award winning artist John Legend for an intimate and acoustic evening, highlighted by guitar and vocal accompaniment as well as a string quartet, tonight, May 13, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. The performance will be a part of Legend's All of Me Tour which comes in support of his highly acclaimed fourth studio album Love In the Future.
Bernard Haitink Conducts Two Programs With NY Phil to Celebrate 60th Conducting Season & 85th Birthday, Now thru 5/17
by BWW News Desk
- May 8, 2014
Bernard Haitink will return to the New York Philharmonic to conduct two weeks of performances highlighting works by Austrian composers - Berg, Webern, and Mahler - and Beethoven, who spent much of his career in Austria. In the first program, Mr. Haitink will conduct Webern's Im Sommerwind, Berg's Violin Concerto with Leonidas Kavakos, and Beethoven's Symphony No. 3, Eroica, tonight, May 8, 2014, at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, May 9 at
8:00 p.m.; and Saturday, May 10 at 8:00 p.m. Bernard Haitink's appearances are part of an international, season-wide celebration of the 60th anniversary of his conducting debut with the Netherlands Radio Union Orchestra (now the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra) and his 85th birthday.
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