Hugh Masekela News

Award-winning contemporary dance group, the Vuyani Dance Theatre (VDT), returns to Cape Town on 15 and 16 August 2014 after a successful international tour last year that included countries such as France and the United States.

Casting has been announced for the Boston engagement of Disney's The Lion King. Boston's most eagerly awaited stage production returns to the Boston Opera House stage from September 9 to October 12 as part of the 2014-2015 Lexus Broadway In Boston Season.

Kevin Mahogany to headline the 3rd annual South Bend Jazz Festival, Saturday, August 16th from 4:00 p.m till 11:00 p.m; in front of the Morris Performing Arts Center. Free to the Public! Featuring Six international acts from a Variety of Jazz genres.

Four options for the four public access TV stations in South Africa. A great way to smarten up local television, don't you think?

'An Evening with Johnny Mathis' delighted the audience at New Jersey Performing Arts Center's Prudential Hall on Friday Night. The center's season continues with a wide variety of musical performances to please metropolitan area audiences.

World musician Oliver Mtukudzi & The Black Spirits bring merry music from the heart of Africa to the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center on Sunday, March 9 at 8:00 p.m. All tickets are $25 and are available online at www.whbpac.org.

Music Director Gustavo Dudamel and President and CEO Deborah Borda today announced the 2014/15 season of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. This new season, the orchestra's 96th, is devoted to moving music forward by presenting an ever-evolving vision through a series of programs that demonstrate the artistry of the Los Angeles Philharmonic as a leading orchestra of the 21st century, under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel.

Clive Gillinson, Executive and Artistic Director, today announced Carnegie Hall's 2014-2015 season made up of over 170 concerts plus extensive education and community programs created by Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute. The new season will feature a remarkable range of performances by many of the world's greatest artists and ensembles from the worlds of classical, pop, jazz, and world music, with events presented on Carnegie Hall's three stages and throughout New York City.

The Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center has added three new shows to its line-up. Public sale begins today, Wednesday, January 15.

ON KENTUCKY AVENUE, a musical revue based loosely on fact and mostly fiction about the people and performers who took the stage and filled the tables at the majestic Club Harlem 'on Kentucky Avenue' in the north section of Atlantic City from the 1930s until the late 1980s, will make its NYC commercial stage debut at STAGE72/THE TRIAD, 158 West 72nd Street, on Sunday, February 2, with performances at 3pm and 7pm and Monday, February 3 at 7pm in honor of Black History Month.

SiriusXM today announced that it will launch 'The Nelson Mandela Music Tribute Channel' to commemorate the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela.

Scott Pelley, anchor and managing editor of the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY, will anchor 'Nelson Mandela: Father of a Nation,' a one-hour 48 Hours PRESENTS special featuring original reporting from CBS News journalists who have covered Mandela's life firsthand and using a quarter-century of rich CBS News footage of his fight for freedom and the human toll it took on a nation. The special will be broadcast tonight, Dec. 7, 2013 (9:00 PM, ET/8:00 PM, CT) on the CBS Television Network.

In Exit/Exist, renowned South African choreographer Gregory Maqoma reinvigorates African oral and musical tradition with contemporary movement to explore his family's ancestral heritage as a way of understanding the complexities of our contemporary world. Now touring the U.S., Exit/Exist will have its West Coast premiere at REDCAT, Calarts' downtown center for contemporary arts Thursday, November 7 to Sunday, November 10.

In partnership with Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Dimensions Dance Theater, the Bay Area's preeminent African-American dance company, is proud to announce the celebration of its 40th anniversary on October 5, 2013. This momentous occasion will be marked with a formal procession followed by a retrospective of the company's four decades of creativity and community-building. The evening will conclude with the world premiere of all four parts of Rhythms of Life: Down the Congo Line, a monumental work representing the legacy of traditional Congolese dance forms in the New World. Dance performances will be attended throughout by live music and ritual enactments.

The Republic of South Africa's Department of Arts and Culture invites you to the South African Arts Festival 2013. Please mark your calendar: Sat. Oct. 5 & Sun. Oct. 6, 2013.

Broadway's landmark musical event THE LION KING, the fifth longest-running show in Broadway history, welcomes JEFFREY KUHN, in the role of Zazu, and TSHIDI MANYE, who rejoins the production as Rafiki.

The Republic of South Africa's Department of Arts and Culture invites you to the South African Arts Festival 2013. Please mark your calendar: Sat. Oct. 5 & Sun. Oct. 6, 2013.

Africa UMOJA: The Spirit of Togetherness created and directed by Todd Twala and Thembi Nyandeni is explosive. It's a light and lively journey of history of the African culture and heritage through an energetic array of singing that is soulful and inspirational. With the AMAZING costumes, and high-energy dance choreography, the encounter with this production is exhilarating to say the least. Africa UMOJA is dynamic in a manner that will command your undivided attention. The audiences respond repeatedly with standing ovations.

In partnership with Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Dimensions Dance Theater, the Bay Area's preeminent African-American dance company, is proud to announce the celebration of its 40th anniversary on October 5, 2013. This momentous occasion will be marked with a formal procession followed by a retrospective of the company's four decades of creativity and community-building. The evening will conclude with the world premiere of all four parts of Rhythms of Life: Down the Congo Line, a monumental work representing the legacy of traditional Congolese dance forms in the New World. Dance performances will be attended throughout by live music and ritual enactments.

Berkeley Playhouse closes its fifth season with the Tony Award-winning musical THE WIZ. Kimberly Dooley(Lucky Duck, Seussical, The Musical, Once On This Island) directs and choreographs this soulful re-imagining of L. Frank Baum's family classicThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz, featuring a cast of 46. THE WIZ plays today, July 13 through August 25 (Press opening: July 13) at the Julia Morgan Theater in Berkeley.