Kaye Ballard News

Lee Goldsmith, lyricist and book writer for what is thought to be the first musical on Broadway to feature lead characters who were gay (“Sextet,” which played the Bijou Theatre in 1974), died Oct. 5 in Cutler Bay, FL, at the age of 98. 

Opera diva Rose Kingsley now shares her operatic training, 4-octave range singing jazz around the world. She is making a stop in Las Vegas performing The Diva and The Astronaut Fairy Tales Do Come True at the Summerlin Library on Nov. 7.

As the air at Birdland is filled with Bravas, Christina Bianco says goodbye in style.

The hour and a half show, from which the Minnesota queen took really only 1 short break... left the audience breathless with laughter, and then, the moments where Miss R let the audience have it with her broad baritone voice left everyone breathless in another way...

The York Theatre Company in association with Riki Kane Larimer, will present the world premiere of Cheek to Cheek: Irving Berlin in Hollywood, a song and dance celebration featuring the music and lyrics of the legendary Irving Berlin, with book by Barry Kleinbort, music direction by David Hancock Turner, and directed by Randy Skinner.

Though Barbra Streisand remains Broadway's most beloved Fanny, plenty of legends have taken on the role over the last six decades.

Cumming squeezed an enormous amount into his show.

Though her setlist consists of very familiar hit songs from Broadway and pop repertoires, the particular selections and where they intersect with her On The Road Again act brought surprise after surprise and laughs on top of laughs. Seriously, who puts Moonraker (a James Bond Theme) in their nightclub act if their name ain’t Bassey?

Though hard to believe it may be, Studio Tenn artistic director Patrick Cassidy and his wife Melissa Hurley Cassidy have been Tennesseans for well over a year now – he took the reins at Studio Tenn, the Franklin-based professional theater company that has gained critical acclaim and national notoriety during its existence for its unique blend of musicals and original plays – but only now, as theater re-emerges from the dark days of a pandemic-related shutdown, have we managed to get the peripatetic Mr. Cassidy to take time out from his hectic schedule to answer our questions and give BroadwayWorld readers a chance to get to know him better.

In a show that may have worn out its Heavenly stage welcome, the Saving Grace of Arizona Broadway Theatre's production of NUNSENSE, is embodied in an ensemble of five artists who render performances that rise above the script. Thankfully, through the ninety-some minutes of show time, a heavenly host of angelic voices lifts the spirit. The show runs through May 16th.

Ask any of the women working in the nightclub industry who their idol is, who their role model, there heroine, and chances are they will say one of these names.

Featuring new performers with every show, the weekly Piano Bar Live! will stream tonight, Tuesday, March 16 at 7:15 pm ET, with host Scott Barbarino and guests Whitney Gentile, Kenney Green, Murechimso Kalu, Gretchen Reinhagen and JD Smurthwaite, plus Mystery Guests and MORE!

In celebration of Women’s History Month, three female-led documentaries are now available on Broadway On Demand, including Kaye Ballard – The Show Must Go On, a history of the groundbreaking all-girl jazz and big band instrumentalists, The Girls in the Band, and Olympia, the fascinating life story of Academy Award-winning actress Olympia Dukakis.

This week's list includes a new limited edition orange vinyl of the 2017 revival cast recording of Once on This Island, as well as a purple vinyl edition of the 1964 cast recording of My Fair Lady. Plus, the latest volume of The Untold Stories of Broadway by Jennifer Ashley Tepper is now available!

BRUCE KIRBY, beloved veteran character actor best remembered for his great performance as Matt Dillon's father Pop Ryan in the Academy Award-winning film CRASH.

Need something new to read, watch, or listen to? Check out this week's list of new and upcoming releases! This week's list includes the new Christmas album from Michael Ball & Alfie Boe, new music from Linda Eder, Liz Callaway, and more.

Jamie deRoy & friends Presents GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Part 2 in honor of those we've lost.

Christopher Denny helps the artists in need with an online class.

The Pandemic Playlist is back with a look at the people who made cabaret what it is today.

Today (July 15) in live streaming: Freestyle Love Supreme visits Backstage Live, Chris Jackson chats with The Chaos Twins, and so much more!