Elton John News

Two notes. That's all it takes to recognize the voice of Michael McDonald. Distinctive and soulful, his voice is one of the most yearningly emotional instruments of our time. The five-time Grammy-winning McDonald is a rare thing in contemporary pop, from '70s-era Doobie Brothers classics such as "What A Fool Believes" to solo hits like "I Keep Forgettin'". On Saturday, December 21, as part of the Live at Wharton series, Michael McDonald will perform for one night only.

NEW YORK, Nov. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ For a third consecutive year, Sotheby's has invited the Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) to participate in the auction house's Contemporary Art Day Auction on November 14, 2013, by providing select, donated works to be sold to benefit EJAF's grant-making initiatives. All of the proceeds will go directly to the foundation's urgent work.

With an astonishing recording career that now spans over seven decades, The Capitol Center for the Arts is excited to announce that music legend Kenny Rogers and special guest Linda Davis are bringing their Christmas & Hits Through The Years Tour to Concord on Sunday, December 1st at 7:30pm.

The Daniel Pearl Foundation (www.danielpearl.org) today announced that the 12th Annual World Music Days was celebrated at 867 events in 29 countries.

Just last week, WICKED celebrated its 10th Anniversary on Broadway with a special performance and party. Below you can check out photos of WICKED alum Mandy Gonzalez in the BroadwayWorld.com series 'In The Spotlight' by acclaimed photographer Walter McBride!

The Muny just announced the 2014 summer season, its 96th sensational summer in Forest Park. The exciting line-up includes 4 Muny premieres. The seven shows are: The Addams Family; Billy Elliott the Musical; Grease; Hello, Dolly!; The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess; Seussical the Musical and Tarzan. For more information call (314) 361-1900 or visit muny.org.

Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts presents a six show series for their 2014 Summer Concert Series. This will include: PINK FLOYD: WISH YOU WERE HERE - Sat, May 10, 8pm, PAUL MCCARTNEY: BAND ON THE RUN - Sat, June 21, 8pm, CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL: CHRONICLE - Sat, July 26, 8pm, ELTON JOHN: - GREATEST HITS - Sat, Aug 16, 8pm, PRINCE: PURPLE RAIN - Sat, Sept 13, 8pm, and THE BEATLES: WHITE ALBUM - Sat, Oct 11, 8pm.

After spending ten years in San Fransicso, the RRazz Room has relocated to Bucks County in the heart of New Hope, PA. The RRazz room promises to continue their legacy. The RRazz Room 'promises to present to Bucks County the finest headliner performances from all genres of entertainment: Great American Songbook, Big Band, R&B, Funk, Blues, Traditional, Latin & Smooth Jazz, Rock & Pop, Doo-Wop, Comedy, Theatrical Drag, Performance Art, Las Vegas Spectacles and more.'

Legendary French designer Maurice Renoma - having styled the likes of John Lennon, The Rolling Stones, Elton John and Serge Gainsbourg since the 60's - is synonymous with the unconventional. On November 14, Renoma will bring his iconoclastic style to New York City for the first time in the form of a unique photography retrospective of his work behind the camera over the last twenty years.

The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University, under the Artistic Direction of Diane Paulus, iwill present the second production of the 2013/14 Season: David Farr's The Heart of Robin Hood, directed by Gisli Örn Gardarsson, to begin performances Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at the Loeb Drama Center, Cambridge. The production runs through Sunday, January 19, 2014.

Legendary music icons, Three Dog Night, celebrate over 40 years of their chart-topping pop music hits at The Colonial Theatre on Thursday, November 21 at 8pm.

The Ogunquit Playhouse, America's Foremost Summer Theatre, is honored to be one of the first regional theatres in the nation to produce the astonishing international musical sensation Billy Elliot and to be selected by Cameron McIntosh to be the American Northeast premiere of his hit musical stage adaptation of The Witches of Eastwick.

The question of who determines a child's fate amidst drug addiction, religion and child custody laws takes center stage in Rebecca Gilman's newest work, Luna Gale, directed by Goodman Theatre Artistic Director Robert Falls.

Hotel Nikko San Francisco and Michael Feinstein are thrilled to welcome singer, pianist and songwriter Tony DeSare to Feinstein's at the Nikko for two performances only - tonight, October 25 (8 p.m.) and Saturday, October 26 (7 p.m.). Located within Hotel Nikko (222 Mason Street, San Francisco), Feinstein's at the Nikko presents a wide range of entertainers from stage and screen all within an intimate 140-seat cabaret setting.

The Tempe return of Disney's THE LION KING opens tonight, October 24 at 7:30 p.m. at ASU Gammage for a limited engagement of four weeks through November 17. In Tempe, THE LION KING plays Tuesday through Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m., Saturday matinees at 2:00 p.m., and Sundays at 1:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. "We are thrilled to have THE LION KING back in Tempe," said Colleen Jennings Roggensack, Executive Director of ASU Gammage. "There are still wonderful seats available, so be sure not to miss this show and create lasting memories with your family."

Producer and President of Disney Theatrical Productions, Thomas Schumacher and Stage Entertainment France, previously announced that they will continue their ongoing producing partnership with the premiere of Disney's Beauty and the Beast, which will make its debut in Paris, France tonight, October 24th, 2013 at the Mogador Theatre, marking the first time the production will be performed in French.

Tom Hardy will star as Elton John in Rocket Pictures' Rocketman, and Focus Features has come aboard to give the film a major U.S. release, producers announced today.

Today, Mary Bridges Davies speaks exclusively to BroadwayWorld about her love of the blues, her Broadway debut and why playing the role of Janis Joplin may have been her destiny.