Taj Mahal News

Elko Concerts is presenting two new shows, John Hiatt & The Combo and Taj Mahal Trio and Gino Vannelli, now coming to the Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts this summer. Details below!

Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts is pleased to announce BLACK & SPARROW and HOPEFULLY FORGIVEN, featuring two prominent bands in the music scene tonight, April 18 at 8 pm.

Forest Hills Stadium (ForestHillsStadium.com), the legendary sporting and entertainment venue hidden in the idyllic Queens, New York neighborhood of Forest Hills, has announced their 2015 concert season presented by Madison House Presents.

Travel Channel's mesmerizing and cinematic new series, 'Big Crazy Family Adventure,' premiering Sunday, June 21 with back-to-back episodes at 9:00 p.m. & 10:00 p.m. ET/PT, follows wilderness guide, writer and award-winning photographer Bruce Kirkby throughout this epic trip

Critically acclaimed, California songwriter and seminal folk artist Joel Rafael will release his ninth album, Baladista, today, April 14 (April 10 International) on Inside Recordings. Inside Recordings, a label created by Jackson Browne and his management team, is distributed worldwide by Alternative Distribution Alliance.

Grammy Award-winning legend Mavis Staples and multi-platinum recording artist Joan Osborne bring their highly anticipated national tour, 'Solid Soul” to The VETS on Sunday, November 8th, 2015 at 7:00pm. Tickets, are $57.50-$37.50; available online at www.TheVetsRI.com, by calling (401) 421.ARTS (2787), or in person at the PPAC/The VETS box office located at 220 Weybosset St, Providence. The VETS is located at One Avenue of the Arts. The VETS box office is only open on show days.

Three-time Grammy award-winning singer, songwriter, guitarist and contemporary blues artist, Keb' Mo' has released his 12th studio album, titled Bluesamericana, which garnered a 2015 Grammy nomination for Best Americana Album along with his Old Me Better for Best American Roots Performance. Over the past two decades, Keb' has cultivated a reputation as a modern master of American roots music through the understated excellence of his live and studio performances.

In the all-new teaser below, get a first look at AMERICAN EPIC, a three-part historical documentary and The American Epic Sessions, a feature-length recording studio film will air in Fall 2015 on PBS and BBC Arena.

Paper Mill Playhouse (Mark S. Hoebee-Producing Artistic Director, Todd Schmidt-Managing Director) is hosting its largest fundraising event of the year, the Visionaries Gala on Friday, May 8, at the renowned Hilton Short Hills.

In Three Lions, writer William Gaminara asks a very simple question - what happened in the Swiss hotel when David Cameron, Prince William and David Beckham gearing up for the World Cup 2018 bid? The result is a farcical comedy, which had the audience laughing loudly in the St James Theatre auditorium.

Gregg Allman, the legendary southern rock icon and founding member of The Allman Brothers, brings his eight piece band to Minneapolis at 8 p.m. tonight, March 27, 2015 at Hennepin Theatre Trust's Pantages Theatre (710 Hennepin Ave.). Allman will perform a range of classics from the Allman Brothers Band, blues covers and his own material. Tickets go on sale at 1 p.m. today, Jan. 30. To purchase tickets and for more information, visit HennepinTheatreTrust.org or call ?1.800.982.2787.

This April the Greenwich Odeum is proud to present internationally known stand-up comedian Poppy Champlin and Grammy Award-winning blues musician Taj Mahal.

Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts is pleased to announce BLACK & SPARROW and HOPEFULLY FORGIVEN, featuring two prominent bands in the music scene on Saturday April 18 at 8 pm.

Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) has just announced that Tony Award® nominated actor and director Amy Morton will stage the world premiere of Pulitzer Prize® finalist Rajiv Joseph's play Guards at the Taj, starring Tony Award® nominated actors Omar Metwally and Arian Moayed.

The Public Theater welcomes Tony Award nominee Jonathan Groff to the cast of HAMILTON as 'King George' tonight, March 3. Groff, who performed in The Public's recent revival of Hair as well as The Bacchae and The Singing Forest, is replacing Brian d'Arcy James, who will be starring in Something Rotten on Broadway this spring.

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La Jolla Playhouse announces its final subscription show for the 2015/2016 season: Guards at the Taj, by Pulitzer Prize finalist Rajiv Joseph (Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo), marking newly-appointed Playhouse Associate Artistic Director Jaime Castañeda's directorial debut at the Playhouse. The production will run February 2 - 28, 2016 in the Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis; Executive Director, Patrick Willingham) announced today that Tony Award nominee Jonathan Groff will join the cast of HAMILTON as 'King George' on Tuesday, March 3. Groff, who performed in The Public's recent revival of Hair as well as The Bacchae and The Singing Forest, is replacing Brian d'Arcy James, who will be starring in Something Rotten on Broadway this spring. The world premiere musical HAMILTON, inspired by the book 'Alexander Hamilton' by Ron Chernow, with book, music, and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and directed by Thomas Kail, has been extended three times at The Public due to sold-out demand and will close as scheduled on Sunday, May 3 prior to a Broadway transfer to the Richard Rodgers Theatre beginning July 13 and opening August 6.

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