Mark Howard News

Courtney Marie Andrews' anticipated new full-length album, May Your Kindness Remain, will be released March 23 on Fat Possum Records/Mama Bird Recording Co. and is now available pre order

NBCSN jumpstarts its second year of KFC Big Bash League cricket coverage with live action this Tuesday, Dec. 19, at 3:30 a.m. ET, when the 2016-17 BBL runner-up Sydney Thunder face off against the Sydney Sixers at Sydney Showground Stadium in Sydney, Australia.

WaterTower Theatre Artistic Director, Joanie Schultz, today announced casting and creative team details for the remainder of the 2017-2018 Main Stage Season, which includes the Regional Premiere of Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue by Quiara Alegr a Hudes, Bread, a World Premiere by Regina Taylor, The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown, and the Regional Premiere of Hand to God by Robert Askins. The directors for the remainder of the Season include David Lozano, Leah C. Gardiner, Kelsey Leigh Ervi, and Joanie Schultz.

Casting is now complete for the upcoming production of ELEMENTAL: Nature's Rhapsody. Alex Peters takes on the role of a young man struggling with the harsh realities of literary rejection while coping with the loss of his father. Currently in his first year of training in Musical Theatre at the Guildford School of Acting in the United Kingdom, Alex will return to North Texas next spring to play 'The Poet' in Adam Adolfo's ELEMENTAL: Nature's Rhapsody which is debuting in April at the AT&T Performing Arts Center as part of the Elevator Project series. After previously working with Adolfo on Theatre Arlington's Legally Blonde: The Musical, Peters interned in the Music Department on Dallas Theater Center's production of HAIR.

The Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc. (Linda Shelton, Executive Director) is pleased to kick off the new year with the third annual American Dance Platform, a showcase of eight U.S.-based companies over one week at The Joyce Theater, made possible by a grant from The Harkness Foundation for Dance and dedicated to the memory of Theodore S. Bartwink, from January 9-14. Tickets, ranging in price from $10-$46, can be purchased at www.Joyce.org, or by calling JoyceCharge at 212-242-0800. Please note: ticket prices are subject to change. The Joyce Theater is located at 175 Eighth Avenue at West 19th Street. For more information, please visit www.Joyce.org.

Z2 Entertainment has announced a second performance for The Wailin' Jennys on Monday, November 20th, at 8 p.m. at the Boulder Theater. Tickets are on sale now.

Director Adam Adolfo is proud to announce that ELEMENTAL: Nature's Rhapsody has cast Kimberly M. Oliver as Mother in the production receiving its premiere this spring as part of the AT&T Performing Arts Center Elevator Project Season. Ms. Oliver was recently seen onstage as Ursula in Disney's When You Wish at Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma. She was also featured as Vivienne Kensington in Theatre Arlington's Legally Blonde The Musical, also directed by Adolfo. Kimberly is also the host of Broadway On Tuesdays at Alexandre's Bar. ELEMENTAL: Nature's Rhapsody is still casting its principle 19 performers via video submissions. For more information on auditioning via video submission please visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/1459361837478857/

Ghost of Paul Revere and Dragondeer with Paul Whitacre will play the Fox Theatre today, September 28, 2017.

Grammy Award-winning musician Rickie Lee Jones kicks off the annual WFUV Live at Zankel Hall concert series with an intimate, one-night-only performance on Friday, October 27 at 10:00 p.m. Jones, who is widely applauded for her intricate mix of jazz, rock, and folk, will perform selections from her recently released album The Other Side of Desire, in addition to songs from her legendary musical catalogue.

Ghost of Paul Revere and Dragondeer with Paul Whitacre will play the Fox Theatre on Thursday, September 28, 2017.

Two-time Grammy winner Rickie Lee Jones returns to the Jeanne Rimsky Theater on Thursday, October 26 for the first time since her sold out performance in 2009.

The Wailin' Jennys are Nicky Mehta, Ruth Moody and Heather Masse three distinct voices that together make an achingly perfect vocal sound. They will be performing at Boulder Theater on Sunday, November 19, 2017.

Acclaimed genre-defying band RAILROAD EARTH will release a new EP, Captain Nowhere, Friday, July 14 in conjunction with their performance at Colorado's Red Rocks Amphitheatre.

The 26th annual Dance for Life Chicago will exemplify Chicago's versatile and virtuoso dance community with the eight companies that are performing August 19 at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University. Chicago Dancers United (CDU), which mobilizes Chicago's dance community by raising funds through dance, presents this annual benefit performance, which is preceded by a gala reception at the Hilton Chicago.

ONSTAGE in Bedford presents one of the most exciting theatrical events of the 2017 season, the regional premiere of the musical Disaster! by Seth Rudetsky Jack Plotnick, based on a concept by Rudetsky and Drew Geraci, with additional material by Geraci.

The 26th annual Dance for Life Chicago will exemplify Chicago's versatile and virtuoso dance community with the eight companies that are performing August 19 at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University. Chicago Dancers United (CDU), which mobilizes Chicago's dance community by raising funds through dance, presents this annual benefit performance, which is preceded by a gala reception at the Hilton Chicago.

Brick Road Theatre will present A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE, the 2003 Outer Critics Circle Best Musical Award recipient, on May 5th-13th, 2017. The Tony Award-winning trio behind RAGTIME writes the show: Terrance McNally (Book), Stephen Flaherty (music) and Lynn Ahrens (lyrics). Lon Barrera directs.

MainStage Irving-Las Colinas will continue its 2016-17 Razzle Dazzle season with the Tim Firth comedy CALENDAR GIRLS. The production runs March 17 through April 1, 2017, at the Irving Arts Center's Dupree Theater (3333 N. MacArthur Blvd., Irving, TX 75062). All evening performances are at 7:30 p.m., with Sunday matinees at 2:30 p.m. Single tickets range from $19-28 and are on sale now at the Irving Arts Center Box Office (972.252.2787/ www.irvingartscenter.com). Ticket discounts are available for seniors and students. 

Juno Award-winning folk trio The Wailin' Jennys bring their achingly perfect vocal sounds to Pepperdine University's Smothers Theatre at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 21.