Boy George News

ASCAP announced that President Paul Williams received the PRS for Music Special International Award today at the 60th Annual Ivor Novello Awards presented by BASCA (the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors) in London. 

Coming up this week, 54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz and beyond. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit www.54Below.com or call (646) 476-3551.

DANCENOWNYC kicks off its 20th anniversary season with the world premiere of NEWYORKnewyork@AstorPlace, a new dance-theater work by Obie and Bessie Award-winning choreographer Mark Dendy. Performances will take place today-Friday, May 6-8 at 7pm, and Saturday, May 9 at 7pm and 9pm, at Joe's Pub at The Public Theater.

Sony/ATV Music Publishing has announced a long-term, worldwide deal ex- North America with hip hop pioneer and “Godfather” Afrika Bambaataa.

Boy George and Bunim/Murray Productions (BMP), producers of longstanding reality franchises Real World, Project Runway and Keeping Up with the Kardashians, are partnering with Boy George's Manager Paul Kemsley and award-winning producer Cindy Cowan to develop a reality docu-series chronicling the icon's move from London to Los Angeles.

The hosts and guest host Boy George weighed in on the subject on CBS's THE TALK!

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents an evening with Grammy-winning Culture Club Tuesday, August 4, 2015 at 7:30 PM at Prudential Hall.

Get ready for a spectacular summer at New Jersey Performance Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark, New Jersey announces new shows! See Ten-time Grammy Award winner and international icon Chaka Khan ('Ain't Nobody,' 'I Feel for You') with special guest, Grammy Award winner and Broadway star Stephanie Mills 'Never Knew Love Like This Before' 'Home' perform Sunday, May 31 at 7PM. On Saturday, June 6th at 8PM it's acclaimed fado-singer, Nathalie Pires with special guest Danças Ocultas. Don't miss internationally acclaimed, multi-platinum selling Boy George and Culture Club have announced its first North American tour in 14 years with all four original members and included NJPAC as one of the first venues on their tour on Tuesday, August 4, 2015. Reserve your tickets for these two great shows now at NJPAC.org or by calling 888.GO.NJPAC (888.466.5722)

Get ready for a spectacular summer at New Jersey Performance Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark, New Jersey announces new shows!

On last night's AMERICAN IDOL, Boy George and the Top 11 contestants kicked off '80's Night' with a performance of the Culture Club hit 'Karma Chameleon.'

The internationally acclaimed, chart topping and multi-platinum selling Boy George and Culture Club are proud to announce new North American tour dates for the summer. Their tour starts on July 20th in Denver, Colorado and will have them performing all of their greatest hits and new materials across 12 states this summer including Atlanta's Fox Theatre on Wednesday, August 12 at 8 p.m.

This week, legendary music and fashion icon Boy George will be joining Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban, Harry Connick, Jr and Ryan Seacrest for the 14th season of the popular Fox Television show American Idol.

Last night, in a dramatic moment, finalist Qaasim Middleton was saved from elimination after the AMERICAN IDOL XIV judges - Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban and Harry Connick Jr. - unanimously agreed to use the save when it was revealed that he received the lowest number of votes.

DANCENOWNYC kicks off its 20th anniversary season with the world premiere of NEWYORKnewyork@AstorPlace, a new dance-theater work by Obie and Bessie Award-winning choreographer Mark Dendy. Performances will take place Wednesday-Friday, May 6-8 at 7pm, and Saturday, May 9 at 7pm and 9pm, at Joe's Pub at The Public Theater.

Coming to the Durham Performing Arts Center from March 10th-15th is the national touring production of the Tony Award-Winning hit Broadway musical Kinky Boots starring North Carolina native J. Harrison Ghee as Lola, a role originated on Broadway by Tony Award-Winner Billy Porter.

This spring, the outright kings of Rock n' Roll explode onto the West End stage in a brand new show, set to have audiences rocking in the aisles. The four giants of late Fifties and early Sixties popular music, Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Billy Fury and Roy Orbison come together for the first time in BE BOP A LULA!, which opens at The Ambassadors Theatre tonight, March 4 and returns for the first Wednesday in every month.

Half Moon Theatre School of the Arts is thrilled to announce a new opportunity for teens in grades 7-12 -- a theatre workshop just for them taught by award-winning Broadway actress Denise Summerford.

Following a sold-out 2013 debut at 54 Below, Tony Award nominee Euan Morton returns to the acclaimed Manhattan nightspot to launch his newest project, I (Heart) THE CARPENTERS. Backed by the newly-formed Downey CA Collective, Mr. Morton will perform songs made famous by the all-American jazz/pop duo Richard and Karen Carpenter. With songs from composers such as Burt Bacharach and Hal David, Paul Williams, Roger Nichols, Leon Russell, John Bettis and Richard Carpenter himself, I (Heart) THE CARPENTERS is fresh take - both extremely personal and totally universal - on mid-20th Century American pop genius, designed to be an emotional trip down memory lane for some and an exciting, memory-making first meeting for others. I (Heart) THE CARPENTERS will be performed on three consecutive Monday evenings in June: June 1st at 7 PM, June 8th at 9:30 PM, and June 15th @ 7 PM. There is a $45 cover charge and a $25 food and beverage minimum. Visit 54Below.com for tickets/reservations.

Internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright performs Live at the RSC in Stratford-upon-Avon on Sunday 12 July 2015 as one of a select number of solo UK dates this Summer.

This spring, the outright kings of Rock n' Roll explode onto the West End stage in a brand new show, set to have audiences rocking in the aisles. The four giants of late Fifties and early Sixties popular music, Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Billy Fury and Roy Orbison come together for the first time in BE BOP A LULA!, which opens at The Ambassadors Theatre on March 4 and returns for the first Wednesday in every month.