John Robert News

Broadway legend Jennifer Holliday was in attendance at the national funeral of Congressman John Robert Lewis, which was held today at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Watch she performs a powerful tribute to the American icon- 'Only What You Do For Christ Will Last' by Raymond Rasberry. 

On Wednesday, the Bandsintown LIVE streaming channel celebrates “Inner World,” the first album by His Holiness, the Dalai Lama released on July 6th, his 85th Birthday. The program features exclusive interviews with Tencho Gyatso, the niece of the Dalai Lama and director of Tibetan Empowerment & Chinese Engagement Programs for the International Campaign, and Junelle Groves, the album's executive producer. There will be music and seven meditations from the album with comforting themes like Compassion, Courage, Humanity, and Wisdom.

Bandsintown LIVE presents another amazing week of genre-themed live streams. Starting this week each day's performances will be rebroadcast at 9 PM ET.

The Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) has announced the winners for their 18th annual G.A.N.G. Awards. For the first time, the G.A.N.G. Awards were streamed live on Twitch.tv and featured a pre- and post-show. The Awards were co-hosted by composers Cody Matthew Johnson and Wilbert Roget, II.

Looking for something new to read with your kids while stuck inside, but still need your Broadway fix? We've rounded up 10 theatre-themed children's books that are sure to fill the void.

Random House Children's Books, together with American Ballet Theatre announced today a multi-year, multi-book publishing program to launch in fall 2020, timed to coincide with the opening of ABT's 80th-anniversary fall season.

NBCUniversal Television Distribution has sold 'Dateline' in more than 90% of the country for its fourth season in national syndication, it was announced today by Sean O'Boyle, Executive Vice President of Syndication Sales, NBCUniversal Television Distribution.

AMC announced today that it has greenlit National Anthem, an 8-episode anthology series created by writer/director Scott Z. Burns (The Report, Contagion) and executive produced by Oscar® and Emmy® Award-winner Mark Johnson (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Rectify, Rain Man, The Natural, Bugsy).  The musical dramedy is the first series greenlit under Johnson's multi-year overall deal with AMC Studios, through which he will continue to develop new series for the company's Entertainment Group as well as projects for potential sale to other content companies. National Anthem is the tragically funny story of a middle class midwestern family tumbling down the ladder of American society; periodically bursting into song as they struggle to catch themselves.  Award-winning musician T Bone Burnett (Crazy Heart, The Hunger Games) is attached as the series' music producer with words and music by Craig Finn (The Hold Steady).

On the heels of acclaim from OnesToWatch and over 1 million independent streams and counting, buzzing 19-year-old Virginia artist and producer John-Robert shares his new song and music video “Urs” today via Nice Life Recording Company / Warner Records. John-Robert is the latest discovery from Grammy-nominated producer, songwriter and founder of Nice Life Recording Company, Ricky Reed, who is also responsible for signing Lizzo. 

The Ritz Theatre Company is proud to present the second show of its 35th Anniversary season, The Lion in Winter, a delicious family drama teeming with schemes, scandals, squabbles, and power struggles-all on a kingly scale. Directed by Dr. Elisabeth Hostetter, the production runs from March 5th through March 22nd.

Theater 2020, Brooklyn Heights' only professional and award-winning theater company, presents the first NYC revival of the Sondheim/ Lapine musical Sondheim on Sondheim, a revue that brings many of this musical genius' works together to create quite a show in itself. With a magnificent cast and crew, director David Fuller brings a very noteworthy production to audiences who, whether or not they were familiar with Sondheim to begin with, will wind up loving him.

The Game Audio Network Guild today announced its 18th annual G.A.N.G. Awards nominees with 20 categories in music, sound design, dialogue, mix, and VR. The nominees were selected by G.A.N.G. Advisory Board members and Committees, and winners will be announced at the G.A.N.G. Awards on March 19th at 7:30 p.m. at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. The annual event will once again coincide with the Game Developers Conference (GDC).

A 19 year old powerhouse has arrived in New York to become the next big thing in musical theater. Her show LEADING LADIES proves that Hannah Jane Peterson should succeed at her goal.. by next week.

We make holiday shopping easy for your Broadway hopeful. Here you'll find options for a range of ages at a variety of price points.

The musical shows the competitiveness and intensity of high school cheerleading but never strays away from the themes of friendship, forgiveness, and sportsmanship.

From Audra McDonald to Liza with a a?oeZ,a?? the Alphabet Song turns into a showstopper in this magical new musical theater production created by 92Y's Page to Stage creative team and based on the new book of the same name by John Robert Allman.

Coming on November 12, Penguin Random House will release A Is For Audra: Broadway's Leading Ladies from A to Z - the new children's picture book written by John Robert Allman and illustrated by Peter Emmerich. 

THE PETER PLAYS, written and directed by John Robert Tillotson, announced today industry readings will be presented at 12 Noon on Thursday, August 8, 2019, and 7:30 pm on Friday, August 9, 2019, at Clinton Cameo Studios (307 West 43rd Street), starring Steven Hauck (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), LeeAnne Hutchison (God Shows Up) and Grant Neale (upcoming: MET Opera Porgy and Bess). Production stage management is by C.A. Clark and Travis Acreman.

Today's top stories: Gabrielle Carrubba takes over the role of Zoe in Dear Evan Hansen, Hadestown eliminates its rush ticket policy, and more!

A Is For Audra: Broadway's Leading Ladies from A to Z is the new children's picture book written by John Robert Allman and illustrated by Peter Emmerich. The book will be released on November 12.