Michael Jackson News

The starry lineup is complete for the 11th installment of the BROADWAY SINGS concert series, Broadway Sings Whitney Houston, in which a cast of 15 Broadway stars will sing completely new arrangements of the legendary diva's greatest hits, accompanied by a 14-piece orchestra playing original orchestrations. Joining the list of performers are Danielle Brooks (The Color Purple, 'Orange is the New Black'), Carly Hughes (Chicago), Mykal Kilgore (Book of Mormon, 'The Wiz Live!'), and Ciara Renee (Pippin, 'DC's Legends of Tomorrow').

Three-time Grammy Award winner, multi-platinum selling singer, songwriter and producer R. Kelly is set to hit the rode for "The Buffet" tour starting Thursday, April 21, 2016. The 40 city tour is promoted by The Commission Presents and will kick off in Cincinnati-running through Chicago, Miami, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta & New Orleans. "The Buffet" tour, set to be one of R. Kelly's most entertaining shows to date, stops at Joe Louis Arena on Friday, April 22 at 8 p.m. following a sold out New Year's Eve performance at the Fox Theatre earlier this year. He'll be accompanied by a live band and backup dancers while performing songs his fans have never seen live.

Symphony Siren and Broadway Diva N'Kenge (Motown: The Musical and Sondheim and Sondheim) is continuing to make audiences rise to their feet, as she joins conductor Jack Everly and the BSO Super Pops for the thrilling Broadway Divas show, Thursday - Saturday, March 31 - Saturday, April 2, 2016 (8:00pm) and Sunday, April 3, 2016 (3:00pm).

On Friday, March 18, some of the biggest names in entertainment came out to support One Night for One Drop imagined by Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas, joining GRAMMY-nominated singer-songwriter Leona Lewis and TV star Miles "Baby Boogaloo" Brown as they raised funds and awareness for critical water issues worldwide. Presented by MGM Resorts International, McLaren Automotive and Zappos.com, the star-studded benefit generated $6.5 million for ONE DROP's global water initiatives, with all proceeds supporting water access and conservation programs across the globe.

The New England premiere of Robert O'Hara's BOOTYCANDY at SpeakEasy Stage Company is based on the author's own experiences of growing up black and gay in America. Similar in structure and tone to THE COLORED MUSEUM, it is a series of loosely connected vignettes that rely on humor and satire to confront racial, sexual, and cultural stereotypes. Summer L. Williams directs an outstanding cast of five actors who portray nearly two dozen characters.

Blogger and playwright Demetria Daniels has followed the traditional advice to write about what she knows -- and what she knows is meeting celebrities.

?Direct from London's West End, where it is now in its record breaking seventh year, Thriller Live a spectacular concert celebrating the career of the world's greatest entertainer, Michael Jackson, comes to the Lyceum Theatre from Tuesday 29 March - Saturday 2 April.

Gary Naylor sees a starry French farce with plenty of the traditional laughs for those who buy in - but you do need to buy in!

The fourth annual Albuquerque Film & Music Experience (AFME) kicks off in April, with this year's events featuring one-of-a-kind musical experiences, including the 2016 Showcase Music Event. The showcase event evening begins with the New Mexico Premiere of the documentary Nathan East: For the Record, followed by a Concert Tribute to Nathan East.

The cast of Thriller Live celebrated in style last night as  the show marked its 3,000th performance in the West End with a spectacular cake and an American-themed party at Planet Hollywood.

Damian Woetzel continues his DEMO series uniting artists around a common theme, April 22-23, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. in the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater. This installment of the multi-genre series features Memphis jookin' dance pioneer Lil Buck, along with fellow jooker Ron "Prime Tyme" Myles, and musicians Sandeep Das (tabla), Johnny Gandelsman (violin), Cristina Pato (gaita), Wu Tong (sheng), David Teie (cello), and singer, song-writer, and multi-instrumentalist Kate Davis. This adventurous cast of musicians and dancers will explore, through their performances, the worlds they came from, collaboratively reinventing their own instruments and art forms around the theme of Place.

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) located at 1 Center Street in Newark, New Jersey, announces some new shows -- see Classic Rock Legend Todd Rundgren performing with The Tubes Ft. Free Waybill on Friday May 27, 2016 8PM and back by popular demand its Comedian & WBLS Radio Host EARTHQUAKE and the annual Father's Day Celebration Sunday, June 21, 2016 6PM. 

Andrew Lloyd Webbers und Tim Rices mit 7 Tony Awards, 6 Drama Desk Awards, einem Oscar und einem Grammy ausgezeichneter Welterfolg EVITA ist wieder in Wien zu sehen. Die Premiere fand vergangene Woche statt. Nach der Premiere spendete das anwesende Publikum begeisterten Beifall, die Kritiker außerten gemischte Meinungen. Wir haben hier die Pressestimmen zur neuen Inszenierung der Vereinigten Buhnen Wien zusammengefasst:

Music and film lovers at South by Southwest(R) will be the first to get a sneak peek at SOUNDBREAKING: STORIES FROM THE CUTTING EDGE OF RECORDED MUSIC, an upcoming eight-episode PBS series

Sony Corporation ('Sony') and the Estate of Michael Jackson ('the Estate') announced today that Sony Corporation of America ('SCA'), Sony's wholly owned subsidiary, signed a binding memorandum of understanding ('MOU') with the Estate to obtain full ownership of Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC ('Sony/ATV') by acquiring the 50% interest in Sony/ATV held by the Estate.

Z2 Entertainment is proud to present Common Kings with Tomorrows Bad Seeds at the Fox Theatre today, March 15th, 2016.

When it opened at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway in 1975, The Wiz was heralded as a groundbreaking theatrical event because it was a large-scale, big-budget musical featuring an all-African American cast. The Wiz laid the foundation for other African-American hits including Dreamgirls. Most recently, The Wiz Live! was featured on NBC in December of 2015, and beginning on March 23, The Wiz will ease on down to Jacksonville with its debut at the Alhambra Theatre & Dining featuring a big cast, big costumes and a big set. The show will run through April 24.

 Producers Kevin McCollum, Doug Morris and Berry Gordy, and the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center, are proud to announce that single tickets for MOTOWN THE MUSICAL are on sale now. 

If you love getting down to classic Soul, Motown and Disco artists like the Jackson 5, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Michael Jackson, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, and more, don't miss the opportunity to see their greatest works performed live by the Queensland Performing Art Centre (QPAC) Choir on 17 May 2016.

Bill Hanney's award winning North Shore Music Theatre (NSMT) has announced that recording artist and Broadway veteran Shoshana Bean has been cast as Fanny Brice in an all new production of FUNNY GIRL opening Tuesday, June 7 and playing thru Sunday, June 19, 2016. The full cast will be announced at a later date.