John Legend News

Four-time Emmy Award-winning hit musical competition series “The Voice” is set to launch the second season of the nine-part digital companion series “The Comeback Stage,” presented by Lays. This season kicks off with EGOT winner John Legend, returning superstar coaches Kelly Clarkson, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton on Monday, Feb. 25 at 8-10 p.m. ET/PT on NBC.

The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts has announced its 2019 summer programming schedule, with a variety of exciting options for students ages 9-21.

Juilliard Dance, led by director Alicia Graf Mack, continues its season with Spring Dances, a repertory program featuring Martha Graham's The Rite of Spring, Bill T. Jones' D-Man in the Waters (Part 1); and Alejandro Cerrudo's Little mortal jump.

Today, the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts announced that London's The Kingdom Choir will perform in Helzberg Hall on October 1, as part of the 2019-2020 Kauffman Center Presents series.

Whenever another act of violence happens in the world, people are quick to send 'thoughts and prayers'. How is that enough? We need more than that to stop these cruel intentions. 

Tony-nominated Norm Lewis performs some of Broadway's best today, February 15, at Adelphi's Performing Arts Center (PAC). Lewis' impressive career spans the stage, television and film.

Today, GRAMMY-winning songwriter Dan Wilson released a new song 'Fly Safe' following his announcement last year that he will begin releasing a new song each month in lieu of full length album in 2019. These songs, which include 'Uncanny Valley' and 'We Ain't Telling,' follow the release of his critically-acclaimed 2017 solo album Re-Covered where he revisited songs he wrote with other artists including Adele, The Dixie Chicks and more.

The nominees for the 50th NAACP Image Awards were exclusively announced today at the Television Critics Association's (TCA) TV One's joint press conference with Derrick Johnson, President and CEO of the NAACP and Alfred Liggins, Chairman and CEO of TV One. The winners will be revealed during the Two-Hour LIVE TV special airing on TV One on Saturday, March 30, 2019.

Desus Nice and The Kid Mero will welcome fellow Bronx native Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) as the first guest in studio on their new SHOWTIME weekly half-hour late-night talk show, DESUS & MERO. The series will premiere on Thursday, February 21 at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT and air on Thursday nights from New York City. In the premiere episode, the duo will also visit the Congresswoman's new offices in D.C. determined to make her feel at home, as well as give their take on the day's hot topics in their signature style in front of a small live studio audience. Upcoming guests on DESUS & MERO will include John Legend, Vince Staples, Ben Stiller, Issa Rae, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Pusha T.

The Riant Theatre will be presenting THE PIONEER OF THE ARTS AWARDS to CAMILLE A. BROWN, Choreographer of ONCE ON THIS ISLAND and CHOIR BOY on Broadway and JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR - LIVE on NBC with John Legend and to JEROME PRESTON BATES, Actor, JITNEY, STICK FLY & AMERICAN SON on Broadway, on Monday, March 4, 2019 at the Mansion/Museum, Margo Feiden Galleries LTD, 15 East 9th St, NYC.

Hollywood icon John Cusack comes to The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts for a special screening of the iconic film “Say Anything…” on Friday, May 17 at 7:30 pm. Following the screening, there will be a live conversation with audience Q&A. Tickets are on sale to members now and go on sale to the general public on Friday, February 15 at 10 am.

On February 14th, Sons of Serendip will release a lushly buoyant new original single, “Love You Still”, hot off the heels of their commanding performance at the Dolby Theatre, on NBC's “America's Got Talent: The Champions”, the franchise that catapulted the band to world-wide notoriety in 2014 as 'America's Got Talent' finalists and fan favorites. The genre-defying ensemble delivering 'fresh' and 'imaginative arrangements (Los Angeles Times), will also kick off a 2019 tour on February 14th - which previewed with a packed house at Joe's Pub in NYC last month - performing over 40 U.S. concerts spanning both coasts and the south, through May (see dates below).

City Harvest, New York City's largest food rescue organization, announced today that Chrissy Teigen, TV host, model, and bestselling author, and Antoni Porowski, Emmy Award-winning TV personality, actor, food expert, author and restaurateur, will co-host City Harvest: The 2019 Gala, on April 30. Teigen and Porowski are also members of City Harvest's Food Council, a group of culinary experts and top chefs that support the organization's work to rescue good food that would otherwise go to waste and deliver it to New Yorkers in need.