Audra McDonald to Bring LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR AND GRILL To The West End
by Alan Henry
- Feb 2, 2017
Billie Holiday will be travelling across the pond this summer! BroadwayWorld can report that six-time Tony Award-winner Audra McDonald will make her West End debut as the legendary jazz icon in LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR AND GRILL at Wyndham's Theatre with performances beginning on June 17th.
Anchorage Community Theatre Presents LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR AND GRILL
by BWW
News Desk
- Feb 3, 2017
Just four months before her death Billie Holiday performed at Emerson's Bar and Grill. This small intimate musical gives us a glimpse into that performance. We see Billie at her best and her worst as she battles her demons onstage but continues to sing with all the grace and talent that made her a legend.
Rep Lab the Short-Play Festival Returns to Milwaukee Rep 4/13-17
by A.A. Cristi
- Feb 1, 2017
Milwaukee Repertory Theater presents the seventh annual production of Rep Lab, a short-play festival featuring The Rep's highly-lauded Emerging Professional Residents in the Stiemke Studio April 13 - 17. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased online at www.MilwaukeeRep.com, by phone at 414-224-9490, or at the Ticket Office at 108 E Wells Street, Milwaukee.
Pianist Lara Downes to Launch THE CRYPT SESSIONS Season 2
by BWW
News Desk
- Feb 1, 2017
Unison Media has announced Season 2 of its acclaimed concert series The Crypt Sessions, featuring intimate classical music and opera performances in the remarkable Crypt chapel underneath the Church of the Intercession in Harlem.
Keith A. Dames to be Joined by The Danny Mixon Quartet at Metropolitan Room
by Julie Musbach
- Jan 28, 2017
Entertainer, vocalist and jazz aficionado Keith A. Dames will be joined by The Danny Mixon Quartet on Saturday, January 28 for his7:00pm performance at The Metropolitan Room (34 West 22nd Street) in Manhattan. For reservations and more information, contact 212.206.0440 or go to:metropolitanroom.com
Adam Davenport and Shanica Knowles Make EDM Debut with MY RETURN ADDRESS IS YOU
by A.A. Cristi
- Jan 27, 2017
Actress Shanica Knowles, the mean girl to Miley Cyrus on Hannah Montana who most recently played Tichina Arnold in the Lifetime film Surviving Compton, has collaborated with New York actor Adam Davenport on his debut single, 'My Return Address is You.' The release, which was delayed a week in protest of the Inauguration, is now set for this Friday, January 27th, via Independent Ear through Caroline Distribution/Universal Music Group/ILS.
Creative Cauldron to Present Scorching Musical BLUES IN THE NIGHT
by BWW News Desk
- Jan 27, 2017
Creative Cauldron presents the Tony-Award Nominated Musical Blues in the Night, directed by Creative Cauldron's Artistic Associate, Matt Conner. Set in a rundown hotel in Chicago 1938, Blues in the Night was conceived and originally directed by Sheldon Epps.
Cedric Jones Returns to Don't Tell Mama
by BWW
News Desk
- Jan 28, 2017
Cedric Jones takes center stage once again at Don't Tell Mama in 'Mister Diva Sings the Blues' today, January 28, 2017. He will perform songs made famous by Jazz legend Billie Holiday.
American Bard Theater Explores Gender Roles, Race, and Death in VISIONARY VOICES
by Julie Musbach
- Jan 27, 2017
American Bard Theater Company presents Visionary Voices, three poignant, tantalizing plays by two pioneering women playwrights, exploring gender roles, race, and death in America's early twentieth century. Aimee Todoroff and Tonya Pinkins direct. The evening of one-act works include Trifles by Susan Glaspell (1916), Exit: An Illusion by Marita Bonner (1929), and The People by Susan Glaspell (1918). Performances will be staged at the Gloria Maddox Theatre, 151 West 26th Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10001 from February 15-March 5, 2017.
Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks Headline Highlights In Jazz 44th Anniversary Gala
by A.A. Cristi
- Jan 25, 2017
Jack Kleinsinger's Highlights In Jazz, New York's longest running jazz concert series, proudly kicks off it 45th season at 8:00 PM on Thursday, February 9, 2017 at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center of Borough of Manhattan Community College, 199 Chambers Street, NYC with The Highlights In Jazz 44th Anniversary Gala featuring the swinging jazz and blues of Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks with vocalist Ms Vinnie Knight and the festive multi-dimensional music of Cynthia Sayer and her Joyride Band featuring clarinetist Adrian Cunningham, plus, as in all Highlights In Jazz concerts, a surprise guest.
Houston Symphony Announces 2017-2018 Season, Names Jimmy Lopez Composer-In-Residence
by Molly Tracy
- Jan 24, 2017
The Houston Symphony and Music Director Andres Orozco-Estrada announced today details of the 2017-18 season, which marks Orozco-Estrada's fourth year as music director. Highlights of the season include the appointment of Peruvian-born composer Jimmy Lopez as the Houston Symphony's new Composer-in-Residence and the introduction of Ars Electronica Futurelab's musical visualization of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, an immersive concert experience directed by acclaimed choreographer Klaus Obermaier
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