Michael Jackson News

Producers Scott Sanders and Wynton Marsalispresent AFTER MIDNIGHT, directed and choreographed by Warren Carlyle and featuring the big-band sounds of nine-time Grammy Award-winner Wynton Marsalis' Jazz at Lincoln Center All-Stars, After Midnight will begin previews on Friday, October 18, 2013 at Broadway's Brooks Atkinson Theatre (256 W 47th St) with an official opening night set for Sunday, November 3, 2013. The cast just met the press and you can check out photos of Fantasia in action below!

Yoshi's San Francisco announces updated calendar for club and restaurant through November 17, plus new shows through January 2014. Details below!

The Kitchen welcomes back Neal Medlyn for the world premiere of King, the seventh and final work in his series of performance pieces built around pop stars. With King, Medlyn turns his attention to the pop star par excellence: Michael Jackson.

The innovative Croatian cello duo 2CELLOS will perform at the Manhattan Center's Grand Ballroom tonight, October 17 at 7:30 PM. New York City-based pop duo A Great Big World will open the show.

Motown'Fox & Friends' television host Anna Kooiman went backstage on Broadway at the smash hit MOTOWN THE MUSICAL with Tony Award nominated stars Brandon Victor Dixon, Valisia LeKae and Charl Brown and Bryan Terrell Clark, Raymond Luke Jr. and Darius Kaleb for an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour that aired this morning on the nationally syndicated morning show. Watch the segment below!

Experience the most anticipated Designer for Fashion Week LA, 'Mthemovement' who has gained fame within the realm of celebrities for his savvy and elite cut of upscale street casual, and fine custom made men's shirts as well as an amazing accessory line from watches to shoes etc.

Tune in to the Fox News Channel tomorrow morning to go behind the scenes at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre with 'Fox & Friends' host Anna Kooiman and stars of the smash hit MOTOWN THE MUSICAL including Tony Award nominees Brandon Victor Dixon, Valisia LeKae, Charl Brown and Bryan Terrell Clark, Raymond Luke Jr. and Darius Kaleb.

Thriller Live, the spectacular concert celebrating the unparalleled career of the King of Pop, arrives at the Lyceum Theatre from Monday 21 - Saturday 26 October.

Jarrod Spector will bring his show, 'A Little Help From My Friends', to 54 Below on October 27, November 3, 10 and 17, 2013.

In response to hundreds of messages from Adelaide fans, the Estate of Michael Jackson and Cirque du Soleil announced today that Michael Jackson THE IMMORTAL World TourTM will now come to Adelaide in October this year as part of its Australian tour. This once-in-a-lifetime electrifying production uses Cirque du Soleil creativity to give fans worldwide a unique view into the spirit, passion and heart of the artistic genius who forever transformed global pop culture. Written and directed by Jamie King, the show includes 49 international dancers, musicians and acrobats. Since its world premiere in Montreal in October 2011, the enormously successful arena production has thrilled audiences across North America, Europe and Asia.

Bucket-loads of humor fill Odyssey Dance Theatre's 15-dance work called "Thriller," taking center stage Friday at 8 p.m. at the Spencer theater for the Performing Arts. Yes, there's heavy sloshings of horror too, but the bulk of this generously blended classical and jazz dance extravaganza is just pure fun! The clever, well-crafted dances effectively spoof famous horror flicks and our favorite archetypal creeps: the knife-slicing Lorena Bobbitt, blood-sucking vampires, tap dancing skeletons, crafty Salem Witches, a lovestruck Frankenstein, graveyard ghouls, terrible children of the corn, the Hunchback, vengeful Jason and more.

The innovative Croatian cello duo 2CELLOS will perform at theManhattan Center's Grand Ballroom on Thursday, October 17 at 7:30 PM. New York City-based pop duo A Great Big World will open the show.

Talking to USA Today, Queen's Brian May tells the paper that 'A new Queen album is also on the table, after uncovering some of the band's old forgotten tapes (which include collaborations between Michael Jackson and Freddie Mercury, the band's lead singer who died in 1991).

Today, October 13, Las Vegas-based song and dance collaborators Michael Kessler and MeLinda Jackson will welcome guests to their newest Las Vegas show, 'That's Life.' The performance will be held one night only at Summerlin's Starbright Theatre and include the duos' signature song and dance stylings along with fine artist Terry Ritter. The production will intertwine Ritter's live painting with song and dance.

The cast for URINETOWN The Musical includes Katie Bernstein (Little Becky Two Shoes/Mrs Millennium), Cory English (Old Man Strong/Hot Blades Harry), Richard Fleeshman (Bobby Strong), Madeleine Harland (Soupy Sue/Cladwell's Secretary), Rosanna Hyland (Hope Cladwell), Julie Jupp (Old Woman/Josephine Strong), Mark Meadows (Senator Fipp), Joel Montague (Male Swing 1), Jo Napthine (Female Swing 2), Jenna Russell (Penelope Pennywise), Matthew Seadon-Young (Robbie The Stockfish/UGC Executive 1) and Jonathan Slinger (Officer Lockstock).

m Fruhjahr 2014 kehrt THRILLER - LIVE, die Original-Show uber den King of Pop aus dem Londoner West End, nach Deutschland, Österreich und in die Schweiz zuruck. Nach ausverkauften Gastspielen von Wien bis Beijing und von Kapstadt bis Singapur wird sie hier erneut das Originalgefuhl der Auftritte und Videos Michael Jacksons live auf den Buhnen von Berlin, Zurich, Koln, Hamburg, Wien sowie in weiteren Stadten erlebbar machen.

Yoshi's San Francisco has announced its updated calendar for club and restaurant through November 10, plus new shows through January 2014. Details below!

Artist John Coulter continues his exploration of the affinity between Tribal (Primitive) Art and Modern Art with his latest exhibition The New Mythology opening today, October 10th at The Gallery at EarthWE @ Bergamot Station. The New Mythology further expands Coulter's interpretations of human and totemistic figures. Depicted with charcoal pencil, oil, acrylic and watercolor, Coulter's 35 drawings and paintings are a fusion of atavistic forms and present-day icons, grounded in the Modern Primitivism style.

Pan American Musical Art Research (PAMAR), founded and directed by Polly Ferman (and this year celebrating its 30th Anniversary!) has announced the 8th annual Latin American Cultural Week, a sumptuous list of events showing the rich culture of Latin America, with music, dance and theater performances, films, visual arts, and auctions, November 15-24 all around town, including Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and the Apollo Theater in NYC, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Queens Theater, with a couple of trips to the Ritz Theater in Elizabeth NJ and Symphony Hall in Newark NJ.

Soccer fanaticism, sexual identity and politics. The Latino Theater Company presents the world premiere of ¡Ser!, a comedic solo show written and performed by Karen Anzoategui that features live music byCAVA and Walter Miranda written in collaboration with Louie Perez of Los Lobos. ¡Ser! opens at the Los Angeles Theatre Center on Saturday, Nov. 16 with one low-priced preview on Nov. 15.