James Taylor News

On last night's LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER, host John Oliver didn't hold back, delivering his post-Brexit rant

The Bird & The Rifle, the new album from Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and performer Lori McKenna, is now available to pre-order. Each digital pre-order comes with immediate downloads of the title track as well as the lead track, “Wreck You.”  

This upcoming Monday, June 27th, an exciting concert will be held at 54 Below...an 'unprecedented evening' that will bring original LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS performers together, spanning from the original production to the more-recent Broadway revival. Three of the performers: Jennifer Leigh Warren (Original 'Crystal'), Nikki Rene (Off-Bway 'Chiffon'), and Sheila Kay Davis (Original 'Ronnette') spoke with BroadwayWorld about their experiences, their favorite memories from the production, and what they are most looking forward to for Monday night's concert.

The Kennedy Center Honors announced today that its honorees for 2016 will be Argentine pianist Martha Argerich, rock band the Eagles, screen and stage actor Al Pacino, gospel and blues singer Mavis Staples and musician James Taylor.

The Pasadena POPS continues their one of a kind, popular outdoor summer concert series with Michael Cavanaugh and the Music of Billy Joel on Saturday, July 9 at the LA County Arboretum.

Michael Longoria kicks off New York Pride with SONGS FOR NEW ALTERNATIVES, a star-studded fundraiser to empower LGBT youth and raise money for the New Alternatives center. BroadwayWorld spoke with Longoria to learn more about the event, his passion for the community, and his heartfelt album, BROADWAY BRICK BY BRICK.

HBO continued to present a satirical look at the week in news, politics and current events, as well as addressing broader issues, as LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER continued its third season

On this morning's TODAY, Puth remembers meeting James Taylor and nervously handing Taylor one of his CDs, and now he says it’s a dream come true having fans waiting to see him perform.

Peterson's, a leading producer of college preparation and business information, today announced the June 14, 2016 publication of its newest book, Start Your Business on a Ramen Noodle Budget, by Queen of Ramen Noodle Startups and award-winning entrepreneur, Felecia Hatcher-Pearson. This quick-reading, inspiring, and often humorous guide outlines 12 important lessons broke entrepreneurs need to learn to get their business off the ground.

HBO continued to present a satirical look at the week in news, politics and current events, as well as addressing broader issues as LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER continued its third season

Below, BroadwayWorld brings you some cabaret highlights for this week as picked by our theatre editors, including: A Funny Thing Happened: Songs from the Road to Broadway; Broadway's Best Musical Comedy Stars!; Tom Wopat at The Metropolitan Room; The Skivvies at 54 Below; and Nicolette Robinson at 54 Below.

On June 7, the Rockwell Table & Stage featured the stunning vocals of Michael Longoria. Smartly written by Longoria and his director Taylor James, Broadway standards received re-imagined, re-purposed raison-d'etre in advancing Longoria's fascinating narrative. His verbal accounts (serving as song intros) gave fresh, innovative meanings to his show tune classics selections.

Feinstein's/54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club, presents rising star Rebecca LaChance in her debut solo cabaret, BROADWAY: WHAT THE FOLK? today, Thursday, June 9th at 9:30PM.

Los Angeles Children's Chorus (LACC) furthers its national and international reach when two of its leading choirs embark on major tours this summer to Japan and the East Coast, capping LACC's 30th Anniversary season. 

WORKING is based on Studs Terkel's well-known book of interviews with U.S workers, which retells the accounts of men and women and presents the meaning that these jobs bring to their lives. This classic musical was first adapted by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso and premiered at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. The show later ran on Broadway briefly before entering the national regional theatre circuit. The show was updated in 2012 with two new songs from Lin-Manuel Miranda, and features the classic numbers from artists such as Stephen Schwartz, Craig Carnelia, and James Taylor. WORKING runs at Main Street Theatre from May 21 - June 19, 2016. The show, directed by the talented Andrew Ruthven, reflects not only the struggles that we go through as a nation, but hits home on multiple levels with the diverse and hard working citizens of Houston.