Carole King News

Paper Mill Playhouse has announced casting for 'Rising Star Honors,' a virtual celebration of New Jersey high school students

Adam Blanshay Productions are launching the initiative Newfound Hope Songs, uniting some of theatreland's musical theatre performers and commissioning them to write and collaborate on new songs that move us, uplift us, inspire us, and entertain.

Mark Cortale announced today that Seth Rudetsky's internationally acclaimed Broadway concert series that first began in Provincetown at The Art House in 2011 will debut as a weekly virtual series entitled The Seth Concert Series. Hosted by beloved musical director and Sirius XM Star Seth Rudetsky, the first event will take place on Sunday, May 31 and will feature Tony award-winning actress Kelli O'Hara. Stage and screen favorites Jeremy Jordan and Jessie Mueller will headline the following two weeks. Each weekly show will premiere Sunday nights at 8PM EST with a second showing Mondays at 3PM EST for viewers in other time zones like the UK. Tickets are available at www.thesethconcertseries.com for $20.00 (early bird) and $25.00 each.

On Thursday, May 21, SCENERY will launch a new collection of accessories created from the show deck (stage floor) used in the Tony and Grammy winning Beautiful: The Carole King Musical on Broadway.

Feinstein's/54 Below has announced that 10 new shows have been added to #54BelowatHome, a series of streamed performances to provide theater fans everywhere with artistic content from their favorite artists.

This Thursday, Stars In The House will present a live concert to benefit You Gotta Believe, featuring Kerry Butler, Beth Malone, Nia Vardalos and more! Tune in here on BroadwayWorld!

We want to hear from you! We're starting #BwayWorldPrompts, where each day we'll be asking our readers on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram questions to spark some theater conversation.

The word authentic can conjure up different feelings depending on what you're referring to. In art, a truly authentic creation is something that comes from the heart and can not be contrived. Lauren Phillips' music, and her path to creating that music, satisfies both.

MPAC's Friday afternoon Facebook Live concert series continues on May 15 with a performance by Donna Ward of Mama D & The Vexations. The concert takes place at 12:30 pm and can be viewed at : https://www.facebook.com/MayoPerformingArtsCenter. It will be recorded and available to re-view on MPAC's Facebook page and MPAC's website.

El artista impartirá clases en la plataforma a partir de mañana jueves.

Abby Mueller steps into the Batter's Box with host Al Malafronte for Episode 33 of Break a Bat! In this episode, Mueller discusses some of the parallels she sees in high levels of performance both on stage and at the stadium, having grown up in a family that embraced both sports and the arts.

Broadway In Detroit announced today that it has rescheduled the local engagements of touring productions that were slated to appear during the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons. The Detroit engagements of these shows are now scheduled as follows:

Join Tony nominee Ann Hampton Callaway for a special birthday celebration live stream May 31 at 7pm Eastern / 4pm Pacific. Tickets are $25 and ticket buyers will also receive a download of Ann's new inspirational single, 'Carry On'.

The Gaillard Center has announced its 2020-21 season, including Broadway musicals, dance companies, orchestras, and more!

Skylar Astin took to Instagram to perform a cover of the classic tune, 'You've Got A Friend' by the legendary Carole King!

Liz and her sister, Ann Hampton Callaway sing Carole King's 'You've Got a Friend' in the New York premiere of 'Broadway with the Callaways!'

Porchlight Music Theatre's 25th Anniversary season continues with its new free virtual series 'Sondheim @ 90 Roundtable' with host Michael Weber, on Porchlight's Facebook page, www.facebook.com/PorchlightMusicTheatre.

The Phoenix Theatre Company will host a virtual concert An Evening with Friends Monday, May 11 at 6:00pm PST. Celebrity guests include The Phoenix Theatre Company alumni Nick Cartell, Kathy Fitzgerald, James Gish, Brittney Mack and Sam Primack. Proceeds will support The Phoenix Theatre Company's COVID-19 Relief Fund.

 Joe's Pub, a program of The Public Theater, continues JOE'S PUB LIVE!, its free series of live-streamed and archived performances from their iconic stage in New York City. Designed to facilitate social connection during this time of physical distancing, Joe's Pub will share events with audiences worldwide each Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 8PM

This Spotlight focuses on Costume Designer and Educator Halei Parker, who I first met in the dressing room at the Clark Library when she showed up with a wonderful variety of cleverly designed costumes for the publicity photo shoot for a?oeLady Windermere's Fana?? when I was the publicist for Chalk Repertory Theatre. Halei really opened my eyes to the possibilities for character interpretation that a costume designer can bring to a show.