Tom Waits News

'The Girl in the Spider's Web' will premiere at the 13th Rome Film Fest. The festival's opening night film will be 'Bad Times at the El Royale.' Other films in the lineup include Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet's 'Beautiful Boy,' 'Halloween,' and 'The Miseducation of Cameron Post.' See the full lineup below!

The diner will be 'Opening Up' with Steven Good in the role of 'Dr. Pomatter' on October 26th when the tour is in San Francisco, CA at The Golden Gate Theatre. Waitress is the hit Broadway musical from Grammy nominee Sara Bareilles inspired by Adrienne Shelly's 2007 motion picture.

The music of Athens GA's Gumshoe is an ever-changing structure built on the foundation of frontman Andy Dixon's 'weirdo-as-Everyman lyrics' (Flagpole Magazine). 

The Devil Makes Three has announced an extensive North American tour for 2018 with tickets on sale now HERE. The 23-show run will kick-off in Madison, WI on January 10 and hit major cities throughout Canada and the American Midwest, Northeast, and Southeast, ending in Dallas, TX on February 10.

Whiskey Bayou Records proudly releases Pain By Numbers, the new album by acclaimed guitarist-vocalist, Eric McFadden.

Grammy-nominated DJ, music producer, composer and music and film director Sam Spiegel's “One Last Time,” featuring Paris-based DJ and singer Goldilox, is premiering today. Listen/share the track, which is co-produced by AlunaGeorge's George Reidalongside Spiegel, at https://bit.ly/2PR3HXb.

Two-time GRAMMY-nominated blues-rock titan Joe Bonamassa returns today with his brand-new studio album, Redemption, available now via his own Record Label J&R Adventures. Stream/purchase the album at https://ffm.to/joebonamassaredemption.

The Oshman Family JCC presents Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird, a klezmer band from Berlin bringing Jewish punk cabaret into the modern day. The original radical Yiddish borderland bandits, the group offers the sound of 'Alienation Klezmer'-a unique mixture of traditional Jewish folk music, radical Yiddish song, political cabaret, and punk rock. Concocted by singer/songwriter, polyglot poet, multi-instrumentalist, and activist Daniel Kahn, these furious, tender, and electrifying melodies are inspired by the struggles of Jewish revolutionaries and Kahn's own desire for a better world. The band's captivating fusion of accordion and punk rock has been described by Rolling Stone Germany as 'the free-spirited attitude of the New York Tzadik circle, cabaret flair, and scraps of Tom Waits.' This engaging cultural and musical journey will be presented 7:30pm, Thursday, November 15, 2018 at the Oshman Family JCC Schultz Cultural Arts Hall, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. For tickets $25 General, $20 JCC Members and J-Pass holders) and more information, visit paloaltojcc.org/kahn or call (650) 223-8649.

Joe Bonamassa Announces New Studio Album REDEMPTION

Mike Maimone is very happy to announce that the video for “Hey Now” from the forthcoming The High Hat Club EP (out 9.14) has premiered at Pride! here!

Netflix has released the trailer for The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, a film from Joel and Ethan Coen, launching in select theaters and on Netflix on November 16, 2018.

New York Stage and Film announced today that Artistic Director Johanna Pfaelzer will be stepping down from her longtime leadership position with the organization to become the new Artistic Director of Berkeley Repertory Theatre beginning September 1, 2019.

Husband-and-wife duo John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey make their annual fall pilgrimage to Cafe Carlyle with an all-new show, American Stories, November 6-17. The New York Times recently described John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey as "the supreme nightclub act of our time." A world-renowned guitarist and singer, John Pizzarelli has been entertaining audiences for over 20 years and has established himself as one of the prime contemporary interpreters of the Great American Songbook. Jessica Molaskey is a veteran of a dozen Broadway shows including the revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Sunday in the Park with George, which was nominated for nine Tony Awards. TIME has raved, "Sophisticated, jazzy and engaging, the Astaire-Rodgers of the cabaret world are at the top of their game."

After announcing Farrelly's GREEN BOOK with Viggo Mortensen as Opening Film, the Zurich Film Festival is now delighted to confirm further Gala Premieres. More than thirty of the most highly anticipated films will screen this year in the 'Gala' section. Including films directed by Bradley Cooper, Felix Van Groeningen, Nadine Labaki, Damien Chazelle, Alfonso Cuarón, Yorgos Lanthimos und Jacques Audiard. Additionally, KURSK by Thomas Vinterberg and LIFE ITSELF by Dan Fogelman and David Lowery's THE OLD MAN AND THE GUN celebrate their European premiere at the 14th Zurich Film Festival.

Broadway and television star Bebe Neuwirth is set to open Kean Stage's 2018/19 season with performances at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, September 15, and 3 p.m. on Sunday, September 16, at Enlow Recital Hall.

The 62nd BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express® today announces its full programme, featuring a diverse selection of 225 feature films from both established and emerging talent. This 12-day celebration of cinema illustrates the richness of international filmmaking, with films to delight and entertain audiences, and also films that probe and interrogate issues of significance.

Shawn Colvin won her first Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album with her debut album, Steady On (1989). She has been a mainstay of the contemporary folk music scene ever since, releasing 12 superlative albums and establishing herself as one of America's greatest live performers. She triumphed at the 1998 Grammy Awards, winning both Record and Song of the Year for "Sunny Came Home."

The following acts are performing at City Winery Chicago (1200 W. Randolph St) throughout the month. All City Winery Chicago events are open to all ages and start at 8:00 p.m., unless noted.  Tickets can be purchased by calling 312-733-WINE (9463) or by visiting www.citywinery.com/chicago.

Now entering its 56th season, the New York Youth Symphony (NYYS) is launching a Musical Theater Composition (MTC) program, to be led by newly-appointed director Anna K. Jacobs. In a partnership with the Harlem School of the Arts, this new program aims to diversify the world of musical theater by creating opportunities for young composers to have their compositions workshopped and performed by both peers and professionals.

Carole Shorenstein Hays announced today that Book Passage at the Curran will welcome Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman on Saturday, October 6 at 8 p.m. The event is part of Curran's popular SHOW & TELL series, featuring provocative, topical and entertaining one-night-only events.