Justin Tranter News

Rising pop artist Jake Wesley Rogers announces Peace, Love & Pluto Tour, his first headlining tour of North America. The genre-blurring hitmaker kicks off the live trek co-produced by Live Nation and Emporium on Feb. 24, 2023 in Tampa FL at Crowbar, before criss-crossing the U.S. and Canada. Check out the list of upcoming tour dates!

 Today, GLAAD, the world's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, announced participants wearing purple or going purple online for Spirit Day in a united stand against bullying and show of support for LGBTQ youth.

Joey McIntyre and drag icon Jujubee have joined the cast of DRAG: The Musical, returning to The Bourbon Room in Hollywood, with performances running September 23-October 15, 2022.

Warner Chappell currently publishes and administers music from Anderson .Paak, Ava Max, Bruno Mars, Cole Porter, Dan + Shay, Dave, David Bowie, Duran Duran, George Gershwin, George Michael, Grateful Dead, Kacey Musgraves, Katy Perry, Led Zeppelin, Lizzo, Madonna, Thomas Rhett, and Tones and I, among many others.

The film stars Renée Elise Goldsberry, Eva Reign, and Abubakr Ali. The film will feature music by Leo Birenberg. Anything’s Possible is a modern Gen Z coming-of-age story that follows Kelsa, a confident high school girl who is trans, as she navigates through senior year. Plus, watch the trailer for the upcoming film now!

Gearing up for a massive summer on the dancefloor, breakout pop artist Jake Wesley Rogers shares “Lavender Forever” [Purple Crush Legendary Remix] today via Facet Records/Warner Records. For this high energy version, electropop duo Purple Crush boosted the tempo and reassembled the vocals into an ecstatic electronic bop.

Theatre Communications Group has announced the recipients of the second round of the 2021-22 Edgerton Foundation New Play Awards. The awards, totaling $731,000, allow 16 productions extra time for the development and rehearsal of new plays with the entire creative team, hoping to extend the life of the world premiere play after its first run.

Founded in 2020, Range Media Partners represents a formidable roster of clients from all sectors of the entertainment business, including Emilia Clarke, Bradley Cooper, Benicio Del Toro, Gabrielle Union, Tom Hardy, Vince Vaughn, Naomi Ackie, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Jerrod Carmichael, Stephan James, Anna Kendrick, Shailene Woodley, Jack Harlow, and more.

Paramount+ has unveiled the cast of Grease: The Rise of the Pink Ladies, a new prequel series that takes place four years before the iconic movie musical. The cast features Jackie Hoffman, Jonathan Nieves, Marisa Davila, Cheyenne Isabel, Ari Notaromaso, Shanel Bailey, Jason Schmidt, Maxwell Whittington-Cooper, and Ari Notartomaso.

Colombian superstar J Balvin has joined NEIKED, Mae Muller, and Polo G for an irresistible update of “Better Days” — the smash single that shot to #23 on the Billboard Hot 100 earlier this month, with nearly 300 million streams worldwide. Listen to the new single now! Plus, check out Muller's upcoming tour dates!

American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University's concert production of WILD: A Musical Becoming began performances at the Loeb Drama Center in Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Sunday, December 5, 2021, and opened officially on Thursday, December 9. The production will run through January 2, 2022.

Billy Porter has revealed his official music video for “Children”. The visual is Porter's first video with his new team at the Island/Republic record label. “Children” is a high-energy dance floor anthem co-written with GRAMMY® Award-nominated songwriter MNEK [H.E.R., Dua Lipa] and Little Mix’s Jade Thirlwall.

WILD: A Musical Becoming is a new musical fable about a single mother (played by Idina Menzel) struggling to hold on to her family farm and connect with her teenage daughter (played by YDE), whose determination to save the planet endows her and her friends with powers they never knew they had.

American Repertory Theater’s WILD: A MUSICAL BECOMING does not hold back in its message, and truth be told, it shouldn’t. With a book by V and a score by Justin Tranter and Caroline Pennell (with contributions by V and Idina Menzel), WILD forces its audiences to think about the choices they make and the impact it has on the future.

Find out the best new Broadway holiday albums for 2021! Tis the season for holiday tunes! From festive favorites to brand-new bops, Broadway isn't disappointing this year, with a huge variety of new holiday albums from your favorite artists to put under the tree.

New rehearsal photos have been released for WILD: A Musical. Tony Award winner Idina Menzel and musician YDE appear as mother and daughter in the ensemble cast.

Billy Porter, who last month released “Children,” his anthemic debut single for Island Records UK/ Republic Records in the US, dropped his new single “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas,” on November 19th. 

Rehearsals for WILD: A Musical Becoming are underway at A.R.T. Tony Award winner Idina Menzel (she/her - Rent, Wicked, Frozen) and musician YDE (she/her - @notyde on TikTok, 'Stopped Buying Diamonds,' 'The Haunted Hathaways,' 'School of Rock') appear as mother and daughter in the ensemble cast.

The album is executive produced by GRAMMY® Award-nominated songwriter and Facet Records co-founder Justin Tranter (Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, Bebe Rexha, The Chicks). All of the tracks on the album feature LGBTQ+ songwriters or artists. The tracklist includes songs by Anne-Marie, Bebe Rexha, Brandy Clark, Shea Diamond, Sia, Tegan and Sara and more.

WondaGurl, the multi-platinum and GRAMMY-nominated producer behind hits for Travis Scott, Jay-Z, Rihanna, Drake and more, just produced the newly released song “Made A Way” by FaZe Kaysan ft. Future & Lil Durk.