Billy Joel News

Award-winning NYC-based artist and MPress Records founder Rachael Sage will release the Deluxe Reissue of her latest album 'Blue Roses' via MPress August 28th. The album, featuring five new tracks including the new single 'Coloring Book', will be the label's first release through a new distribution deal with Independent Label Services, which is partnered with Caroline Distribution & Universal Music Group.

Earlier this year, Alan Cumming made his Cafe Carlyle debut with his solo show, ALAN CUMMING SINGS SAPPY SONGS, in which he performed songs full of emotion and authenticity by artists as diverse as Billy Joel, Stephen Sondheim, Bob Dylan, Jerry Herman and Miley Cyrus, to name a few. Now he is taking his show on the road beginning this fall. The itinerary is as follows:

The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel has announced the Cafe Carlyle's fall 2015 season, which features the venue debuts of the Broadway veteran Brian Stokes Mitchell, who kicks off the season, and jazz vocalist Kurt Elling; as well as the return of audience favorites Buster Poindexter (aka David Johansen), Alexa Ray Joel, John Pizzarelli & Jessica Molaskey, and Steve Tyrell. 

Madison Square Garden Entertainment welcomes legendary musician and Garden franchise Billy Joel in his 20th show as part of his record-breaking residency at The World's Most Famous Arena tonight, August 20th, 2015. After 18 months, the August show, part of the Time Warner Cable Concert Series, will be Joel's 66th all-time performance at The Garden.

Bergen Performing Arts Center located at 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood, New Jersey presents RAEL: The Music of Genesis, tonight, August 19th, 2015 at 8PM.

Observing the last show of the second cycle of her year-long presentation of Songs I Feel Like Singing--four runs of four different shows with four different musical director/accompanists (Mark Janas, Sean Harkness, Ritt Henn, and Steven Ray Watkins)--one might note that 2014 Bistro Award winner Tanya Moberly presents not so much a cabaret act as an intense “recital in song,” featuring music that seemingly examines the emotional psyche of a woman coming to grips with loneliness, alienation, betrayal, addiction, love, and eventual self acceptance.

Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts has announced JUDY CARMICHAEL will perform her THIS IS MY LUCKY DAY! cabaret show on Saturday, September 19 at 8 pm. This special evening of music includes a VIP ticket opportunity to mix and mingle with the artist at a cocktail party following the performance. Tickets are available on line at www.baystreet.org or by calling the Bay Street Theater Box Office at 631-725-9500.

With his well-received 2013 debut 'Completely,' keyboardist/composer Michael Gallant emerged as a stylistically omnivorous musical force, 'an artist unafraid and bending the tradition,' in the words of one critic. Gallant continues to explore his disruptive musical proclivities on his sophomore release, 'Live Plus One,' due out October 9 from his Gallant Music label.

Legendary 'Piano Man' Billy Joel and his wife, Alexis Joel, have welcomed their first child, a baby girl, early Wednesday morning. J

Recently seen on 'Good Morning America' and 'The Rachael Ray Show' - and hailed by The Huffington Post as an 'impossible pairing of talent, stage presence, and charisma' - twin brothers Will & Anthony Nunziata come to Feinstein's at the Nikko for one performance only - Thursday, September 24 at 8 p.m. With their soaring tenor voices, Will and Anthony will perform fresh takes on timeless classics - from Broadway to pop standards to songs from Italy. Combined with their brotherly banter and comedic flair, this concert is simply, as Entertainment Weekly puts it, 'amazing.' Tickets for Will and Anthony range in price from $25 - $40 and are available now by calling 866.663.1063 or visiting www.ticketweb.com.

2015 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee, Ricky Byrd will bring his Clean Getaway All Stars to the Warner's Nancy Marine Studio Theatre on September 19 at 8 pm. This concert will benefit The McCall Foundation of Torrington, a local drug and alcohol treatment center.

54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Bryan Fenkart in "A Decade of Imperfection" on August 11, 2015.  Derrick Baskin (Memphis, Spelling Bee), Sam Brown, Zak Resnick (Piece of My Heart, Mamma Mia) and Daniel J. Watts (After Midnight, Motown) join Bryan as he celebrates the 10 year anniversary of his debut album, "Imperfect Man". The evening will take us on the unpredictable journey of the everyman, told through Bryan's original music and the pop, rock and Broadway songs that have inspired him. 

After several previous sold out engagements, Bay Area favorite Tom Reardon returns to Feinstein's at the Nikko with his brand new show Until the Night for two performances only – Wednesday, September 16 (7 p.m.) and Thursday, September 17 (8 p.m.).

Robert Gould reports for BWW on the album release and launch concert of Will Barratt's Confessions Of A Justified Sinner.

The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. It's all about musical legends! 'Men Of Soul,' 'All Shook Up,' 'Amazing Grace,' 'Million Dollar Quartet' and 'Bette' show showbiz as it was. Also on our boards: '[title of show],' 'Madame Pompadour' and 'Clue,' plus revisiting 'Eastland' and preparing to see the 'October Sky.'

One of the Midwest's leading, professional equity theaters presenting both regional and world premieres, Theatre at the Center, 1040 Ridge Road, Munster, is thrilled to offer an array of special events and performances in addition to their exceptional 2015 Anniversary Season. Kicking off the lineup is a jam packed weekend of entertainment with Harbor Lights' Tribute to Doo-Wop, Chicagoland's hottest doo-wop vocal quintet performing entirely in a cappella on August 21, followed by M&R Rush on August 22.Switchback may be known for their Celtic hits but will treat audiences to a special bluegrass concert, Switchback Americana, on September 27. The Neverly Brothers will delight with their fun synthesis of rockabilly and 60's British Invasion on October 31. Rounding out the lineup is A Jersey Voice: Sinatra to Springsteen and Everyone In Between on December 31. Ring in the New Year with some of America's beloved classics including songs from Dean Martin, Billy Joel and Frankie Valli.

RPM Productions presents the world premiere of the full-scale production of "Day of the Gypsy," a highly innovative dance-theater collaboration with choreography by Ruth Page Award winner Gordon Peirce Schmidt and featuring live accompaniment by Grammy Award-winning musician John Jorgenson and the John Jorgenson Quintet.

Bryan Fenkart will bring his one-man show "A Decade of Imperfection" to 54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, on Tuesday  August 11, 2015 at 9:30 pm. "A Decade of Imperfection" celebrates the 10 year anniversary of Bryan's debut album "Imperfect Man," and takes us on the unpredictable journey of the everyman, told through Fenkart's original music and the pop, rock and Broadway songs that have inspired him. Guest artists to be announced.

Broadway Producers John N. Hart, Jr. and Hal Luftig are hosting this year's summer gala at Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater. Players Ball: Caribbean Magic Edition is on Tuesday, July 28 at 5:30 pm.

Broadway's 40 theatres aren't the only places to catch performances from your favorite stars! Well after Broadway orchestras begin their overtures, ensemble members take their dance breaks, and performers belt out their eleven o'clock numbers, the party continues at various cabaret venues throughout New York City. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you some cabaret highlights for this week as picked by our theatre editors, including: Aaron Lazar in 'Look For Me In the Songs;' Broadway Loves Katy Perry; Charles Busch: That Girl/That Boy; Dan'yelle Williamson in 'All of Me;' and 54 Sings Starmites.