Emmylou Harris News

A.C.T. Conservatory Director Melissa Smith announced today that honorary master of fine arts degrees will be conferred upon Grammy Award-winning musician Tracy Chapman and master playwright John Guare.

Making music to the ears of budget-conscious audiences, the River To River® Festival today unveiled a stellar line-up of completely free music, dance, and cultural events that firmly establishes Lower Manhattan as the city's summer arts capital.

MARY MCBRIDE with special guest Patrick Wilson Monday, 4/13 at 7:30 PM 'Her voice is part angel, part truck driver, as if to say sometimes you power through sadness and sometimes you just hope for a miracle.' - The New York Times 'Enter Mary McBride, whose songcraft defies all expectation.' - Harp Magazine

A.C.T. Conservatory Director Melissa Smith announced today that honorary master of fine arts degrees will be conferred upon Grammy Award-winning musician Tracy Chapman and master playwright John Guare.

MARY MCBRIDE with special guest Patrick Wilson Monday, 4/13 at 7:30 PM 'Her voice is part angel, part truck driver, as if to say sometimes you power through sadness and sometimes you just hope for a miracle.' - The New York Times 'Enter Mary McBride, whose songcraft defies all expectation.' - Harp Magazine

A slew of entertainment is coming to Toronto's Massey Hall & Roy Thompson Hall in March and April of 2009.

In its 13th Season, the Virginia Arts Festival will present the world?s great performers to audiences throughout Hampton Roads, in six whirlwind weeks that will bring over 50 performances to more than two dozen venues in ten cities across the region. Performances include the best of Broadway, breathtaking ballet, electrifying modern dance, colorful performance traditions from around the world?and great music for every taste, from the world?s most acclaimed classical artists to top performers of pop, country, bluegrass, and jazz. Showstoppers Liza Minnelli and Patti LuPone, two of the most extraordinary voices in American theater, bookend the 2009 Festival.

Variety reports that following a seven-month, $15 million renovation, Gotham's Beacon Theater will reopen with a pair of Paul Simon concerts on Feb. 13 and 14.The 2,800-seat, Upper West Side showcase, which Cablevision's MSG Entertainment acquired in November 2006, originally opened in 1929. Designed by Chicago architect Walter Ahlschlager, it had been used for opera, films, vaudeville and theatrical productions. In 1979 it received landmark designation, and it has functioned primarily as a concert venue since the late 1980s.

Broadway favorites and more are at Joe's Pub this August.

2008 Delta Classic Chastain series performers include Melissa Etheridge, Soul Asylum, The Temptations and The Four Tops, Gipsy Kings, Hootie & the Blowfish and many more (see full lineup below). The latest performer additions to the 35th anniversary lineup are country music superstar Trace Adkins, Tony Award-winning actress, singer and songwriter Idina Menzel, and the 'Kickin' Pickin' Bluegrass Party' featuring Marty Stuart and the Del McCoury Band.

Come all ye faithful as Kiki & Herb take the stage once again at the legendary Carnegie Hall for a ONE NIGHT ONLY appearance Kiki & Herb: The Second Coming - A Christmas Concert. This not-to-be-missed holiday spectacular will take Wednesday, December 12 at 8PM.

The Emelin Theatre, a non-profit performing arts center in Mamaroneck, NY, today announced that it has partnered with Nashville's renowned Bluebird Cafe to bring Grammy Award winners Marcus Hummon and Don Henry - along with country music stars Sherrie Austin and Roxie Dean - to the Emelin for two performances of A Tribute to the Bluebird Cafe: the Sounds of Nashville.

Kiki & Herb take the stage once again at the legendary Carnegie Hall for a one night only appearance Kiki & Herb: The Second Coming - A Christmas Concert. This not-to-be-missed holiday spectacular will take Wednesday, December 12 at 8PM.

Academy Award-nominee and Emmy Award-winner Mare Winningham (Georgia, 'Grey's Anatomy'), now starring in Atlantic Theater Company's world premiere musical 10 Million Miles, was recently interviewed on 'Voice of America' radio to discussing making her New York stage debut at last and the release of her third album 'Refuge Rock Sublime.'

Academy Award-nominee and Emmy Award-winner Mare Winningham (Georgia, 'Grey's Anatomy'), now starring in Atlantic Theater Company's world premiere musical 10 Million Miles, joins 'Broadway's Biggest Hits' radio host Bud Wilkinson this weekend to discuss finally making her New York stage debut, the release of her third album 'Refuge Rock Sublime.'

Award nominee and two-time Emmy Award winner Mare Winningham, now making her New York stage debut in Atlantic Theater Company's world premiere musical 10 Million Miles, will appear live on WNYC Radio's 'Soundcheck,' today Monday, June 11th in the 2:00p half hour.

Academy Award-nominee and two-time Emmy Award-winner Mare Winningham will make her New York nightclub debut on Sunday, June 17th, 2007 at 9:30 p.m. at Joe's Pub at the Public Theater.

Harold Thau will present the New York premiere of ALMOST HEAVEN: THE SONGS OF JOHN DENVER, a new musical opening Wednesday, November 9, 2005 at Off-Broadway's Promenade Theatre (2162 Broadway at 76th Street). Directed by Tony Award nominee Randal Myler (It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues), ALMOST HEAVEN begins preview performances on Friday, October 28.