The Beach Boys News

Go west this spring as the award-winning San Diego Gay Men's Chorus premieres its highly anticipated new show California Dreamin' at the historic Balboa Theatre on April 23 and 24.

Director Shawn Kjos is particularly excited by London Calling, his 13th original production for the Harlequin Dinner Theatre. The musical revue style show is currently playing to a packed house and runs through April 16th. The revue strings together over 50 notable hits by artists stemming from British influence including the Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, Amy Winehouse, The Spice Girls, Petula Clark, Rod Stewart and The Beatles to name a few.

Celebrating 70 years, Indian Ranch in Webster, MA announced that Dark Star Orchestra will be performing live in concert on Saturday, August 13th at 2:00 P.M.  Tickets go on-sale Friday, March 18th at 10:00 A.M.

On April 11, 2016 the John W. Engeman Theater will welcome back Will and Anthony Nunziata with their new 'Showstoppers' concert.

The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's Cabaret & Performance Conference will hold two days of auditions for its 2016 Junior Fellows summer program. Auditions will be in held in Waterford, CT on Saturday, April 9, and in New York City on Sunday, April 10.

Last night, March 3, 2016, dance music icon, Tiësto, was awarded the Edison Pop Oeuvre Lifetime Achievement Award on a special broadcast of RTL Late Night. Presented since 1960, the annual Dutch prize is one of the oldest music awards in the world and celebrates outstanding achievements within the industry.

The John W. Engeman Theater at Northport (Kevin O'Neill, Managing Director and Richard T. Dolce, Producing Artistic Director) announces its Special Events series for 2016. The lineup of 17 performances includes a diverse array of shows ranging from improv comedy to classic Broadway concert series. Audience members can choose from returning favorites as well as several new acts. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased by calling the Box Office at (631) 261-2900, visiting our website at www.engemantheater.com/special-events or at the Engeman Theater Box Office at 250 Main Street Northport, NY 11768.

Music legend Brian Wilson has added a slate of new show dates to his upcoming 2016 world tour to celebrate and perform the iconic album Pet Sounds for a final time, in honor of its 50th anniversary. 

Exciting sounds of Brass and Swing will shake the legendary Joe's Pub as the two most in-demand energetic NYC swing bands -  Svetlana & The Delancey Five and Danny Lipsitz & His Brass Tacks -  make their special double-bill appearance at the legendary Joe's Pub!

Trip of Love, New York's high-voltage 1960's Pop Music Spectacular, proudly announces three casting updates:  Brandon Leffler steps into the role of George.  Leffler's Broadway and national tour credits including On the Town,Cinderella, Wicked, A Chorus Line, Cats, and Fanny and Anyone Can Whistle atEncores! Great American Musicals In Concert®.  Television audiences have seen Leffler on TV's 'SNL,' '30 Rock,' and 'Gossip Girl.'

Exciting sounds of Brass and Swing will shake the legendary Joe's Pub as the two most in-demand energetic NYC swing bands -  Svetlana & The Delancey Five and Danny Lipsitz & His Brass Tacks -  make their special double-bill appearance at the legendary Joe's Pub!

NBC just announced an all-star team of Broadway's finest creatives -- featuring familiar faces Kenny Leon, Jerry Mitchell and Harvey Fierstein -- for its upcoming production of HAIRSPRAY LIVE, the network's latest stage musical following the phenomenal success of THE WIZ LIVE. The telecast will air Wednesday, Dec. 7 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. The cast for HAIRSPRAY LIVE will be announced at a later date, but based on this news, BWW can't wait to see what NBC has in store!

We have a feeling Broadway fans are going to love the 2016 Boston Pops season, running May 6-June 18, under the direction of conductor Keith Lockhart. Featuring classic Boston Pops programming, including film scores of the silver screen, ballads from Broadway and the great American Songbook, classic rock anthems, and a Gospel Night spectacular, along with an impressive lineup of Boston Pops debuts, new programs that spotlight the best of the worlds of dance and puppetry, and the return of last year's audience favorite -- Pops On Demand: You Choose the Tunes -- the lineup features a slew of Broadway talent, including Sutton Foster, Mandy Patinkin, and Marin Mazzie & Jason Danieley.

A quarter of a century has gone by since Sire/Warner Bros. released Richard X. Heyman's pop classic 'Hey Man!' To celebrate this anniversary, RXH and his long-time band The Owls (Nancy Leigh, Andy Resnick, Kurt Reil) will perform the 'Hey Man!' album in its entirety atArlene's Grocery, 95 Stanton Street, NYC on Saturday, March 19th, 2016, at 9 PM. 

Live from New York! SNL alum Tina Fey and husband Jeff Richmond have co-written and will co-direct a special tribute to SNL creator Lorne Michaels at Lincoln Center's American Songbook Gala. The event takes place at The Alice Tully Hall tonight, February 11th.

Danny Seraphine, co-founder of the iconic band Chicago, will perform with the group for the first time in 25 years, as the band is inducted into the prestigious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, April 8th, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

With Fox's upcoming live broadcast of GREASE, let's take a look back at what could have been. Below, check out the top 10 'almosts' from the original GREASE movie.

Celebrating 70 years, Indian Ranch in Webster, MA announced that Josh Turner will be performing live in concert on Sunday, June 26th at 2:00 P.M.  Tickets go on-sale Friday, February 5th at 10:00 A.M.

SNL alum Tina Fey and husband Jeff Richmond will co-write and co-direct a special tribute to SNL creator Lorne Michaels at Lincoln Center's American Songbook Gala