John Legend News

X barks the spot in the new tour, PAW Patrol Live! The Great Pirate Adventure, coming to The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts for two shows, Wednesday, April 25 at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Music icon Engelbert Humperdinck will perform at The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts on April 17, 2018 at 7:30 p.m.

New Year's Eve is super hot at Newark's New Jersey Performing Arts Center with R&B icon Charlie Wilson set to take to the stage ringing in 2018 on Sunday, December 31st at 8 p.m. Charlie Wilson has been recording hits for decades and was just nominated for 3 2018 NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Male Artist, Outstanding Duo/Group for 'I'm Blessed' (ft. T.I.) and Outstanding Album, 'In It To Win It.' There is no stopping Charlie Wilson!

Feel free to lavish director Tina Landau with a flood of praise for spinning seaweed into gold with SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS, the hyperactive new musical based on the long-running Nickelodeon animated series that brings a cartoon vaudeville to the famed Palace Theatre.

Nobel Peace Prize Concert organizers today announced that internationally renowned actor David Oyelowo will host the 24th annual event in Oslo, Norway on December 11th at Telenor Arena, honoring the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, ICAN, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. Oyelowo joins an elite group of artists who have hosted the concert over the years, including Oprah Winfrey, Meryl Streep, Denzel Washington, Scarlett Johansson, Liam Neeson, and many others.

SpongeBob SquarePants on Broadway officially opens tonight, December 4th, at The Palace Theatre. SpongeBob SquarePants is a new musical with a book by Kyle Jarrow, music supervision, orchestrations and arrangements by Tom Kitt, choreography by Christopher Gattelli, and conceived and directed by Tina Landau.

SpongeBob SquarePants on Broadway officially opens tonight, December 4th, at The Palace Theatre.

The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts announces its new Jazz Residency artists for the 2017-18 season: Luke O'Reilly, Colton Weatherston, and Doug Hirlinger. This year, the artists, alongside an array of collaborators, will each produce new work that speaks to an aspect of Philadelphia's history or culture, from the Black Lives Matter movement, to Germantown Avenue, to inequality and gentrification in the city.

Good morning BroadwayWorld! Today's top news: SpongeBob Squarepants opens tonight on Broadway, BC/EFA's 29th Annual Gypsy of the Year, and more!

The cast and creative team of Broadway's SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS: THE MUSICAL were profiled on this morning's CBS SUNDAY MORNING. The show, which began preview performances on Monday, November 6th will officially open tomorrow, Monday, December 4th at The Palace Theatre.

SpongeBob SquarePants on Broadway officially opens tonight, December 4th, at The Palace Theatre (1564 Broadway - Broadway at 47th Street). Scroll down to learn more about the company, plus watch interviews with the cast and get a peek at them in rehearsal in the video below!

Austin Christopher is celebrating his first release with Arrival Music, led by 35+ year industry vet and former head of Sony/ATV Jim Vellutato (Miley Cyrus Wrecking Ball, Kelly Clarkson Stronger ).

FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Aurora Barnes in Somewhere Between Sondheim and Lullabies on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at 7pm. A portion of the proceeds from the show will benefit TADA! Youth Theater. Come hear songs ranging from Sondheim to Bob Dylan to Aurora's original compositions.

Taking a next step forward toward the democratization of music, Vezt Inc. announced today that it had acquired a portion of the rights to songs recorded by artists including Kanye West, Drake, John Legend, and others. The songs will be listed on the platform in its public launch, currently projected for Q1 2018.

British-Zimbabwean artist KWAYE has released his latest single 'Jasmine', out now via Mind of a Genius. The track follows recent track 'Lost In My Boots,' a hauntingly poignant acknowledgement of the pain, sense of betrayal and heartache suffered by your partner if you were to break up with them. 'Jasmine' on the other hand sets a more ambiguous tone - albeit undercut with more overtly positive energy than 'Lost In My Boots'.

The new album by Italy's Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino is a 'songbook' for the world.

Tonya Lewis Lee and Nikki Silver's ToniK Productions' MONSTER to world premiere on Monday, January 22nd at 3PM in the Dramatic Competition of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival taking place from January 18 th-28 th, 2018 in Park City, Utah.

On Saturday, December 16 at 12:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m., three vibrant New York City-based artists will perform in My City, My Song, an interactive Family Concert celebrating music from around the world. The performance features traditional and original Georgian folk songs from Ilusha Tsinadze, Freedom Songs of the Civil Rights Movement fromImani Uzuri, and original Haitian songs from Emeline Michel. Free pre-concert activities take place in Zankel Hall one hour prior to each performance.

Nobel Peace Prize Concert organizers today announced that the world renown youth performance company Le PeTiT CiRqUe is confirmed for the 24th annual event in Oslo, Norway on December 11th at Telenor Arena, honoring the Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

St. Vincent has announced the "Fear the Future Tour," her first extended run of dates in over two years.  St. Vincent will be at DPAC today November 25, 2017.