Lorraine Feather News

On the evening of April 6th, in advance of “NATIONAL PET DAY,” (April 11th), Founder/President of the Hollywood Museum, Donelle Dadigan, hosted a tribute exhibit to Acting Animals. See photos from the event.

El Portal Theatre presents GRANT GEISSMAN: BLOOZ  and more! New album release concert, with special guest saxophone legend Tom Scott,  on Saturday, September 24 at 8pm onstage at the historic El Portal Theatre Debbie Reynolds Mainstage, 5269 Lankershim Blvd. in the NOHO Arts District, North Hollywood, CA. 

South Florida's local, legendary Dean of the University of Miami's Frost School of Music, American Steinway Piano artist Shelly Berg is a staid and steady hand for our New Year rendition of “Gershwin Top 20 Celebration.” Don't miss the Shelly Berg Trio LIVE at The Amaturo Theater of Broward Center for the Performing Arts on January 12, 2022.

On Wednesday, July 17th, acclaimed Los Angeles-based jazz vocalist Judy Wexler will perform a CD release concert at Martinis Above Fourth in San Diego, singing the music from her widely lauded new album, Crowded Heart.

On Wednesday, July 17th, acclaimed Los Angeles-based jazz vocalist Judy Wexler will perform a CD release concert at Martinis Above Fourth in San Diego, singing the music from her widely lauded new album, Crowded Heart.

Fats Waller, Willie "The Lion" Smith, and James P. Johnson created a jazz piano style known as stride that is both musically and visually exciting and has been a fan favorite for decades. The Bickford Theatre is proud to present the next generation of  stride pianists in concert with critically-acclaimed musician Stephanie Trick joined by the equally talented Paolo Alderighi on Monday, May 1, at 7:30 p.m.

Steve March Torme, the first-born son of legendary jazz singer Mel Torme presents a magical evening of music and memories on Monday, February 6, at 8:00pm at the McCallum Theatre. Steve March Torme, accompanied by a ten-piece band playing iconic arrangements by Marty Paich, sings his father's best-known songs, interspersed with personal Torme photos and video clips. From the opening strains of "Sweet Georgia Brown" to the up-tempo excitement of Duke Ellington's "It Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain't Got That Swing," the concert covers a sweeping arc of many of the songs Mel performed over a 50 years plus career, including "Stardust," "A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square," "Lulu's Back in Town," and "The Folks Who Live on the Hill."

The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) presents 'LACO @ The Movies Celebrates Walt Disney Animation Studios,' an extraordinary evening of musical world premieres and eye-popping animation spanning more than 80 years with orchestral scores performed live by Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, led by six-time Emmy Award-winning composer Mark Watters, on Saturday, June 13, 2015, 7 pm, at The Theatre at Ace Hotel, an historic movie palace in Downtown LA.

Lyricist/jazz singer Lorraine Feather?s Attachments was released in August of 2013. The album consists of collaborations with Lorraine Feather?s three longtime co-writers Shelly Berg, Russell Ferrante and Eddie Arkin. One additional song is an adaptation of a movie theme by Dave Grusin (?Memphis Stomp,? from The Firm), with whom Feather began working in 2012; another is a Grusin arrangement of Bach?s ?Air on the G String? with Feather?s added lyrics. Attachments also includes a lyricized version of Joey Calderazzo?s ?La Valse Kendall,? from Calderazzo?s album with Branford Marsalis, Songs of Mirth and Melancholy.

Music soars in Mary Zimmerman stage adaptation of "The Jungle Book" entering its final week at the Huntington Theatre Company in Boston, but this new theatrical version based on the Kipling and Disney classics is ultimately unfulfilling, needing more depth and heart.

This Sunday on EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN we present A Tribute to STEPHEN SONDHEIM, coverage of the 24th Annual MAC Awards, and more!

This Sunday on EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN we present A Tribute to STEPHEN SONDHEIM, coverage of the 24th Annual MAC Awards, and more!

Sony BMG Masterworks is proud to announce the release of Stephen Sondheim: The Story So Far, a comprehensive four CD box set with a playing time of over four and a half hours devoted to the entire career of the legendary Broadway songwriter.

Sony BMG Masterworks is proud to announce the release of Stephen Sondheim: The Story So Far, a comprehensive four CD box set with a playing time of over four and a half hours devoted to the entire career of the legendary Broadway songwriter.