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Get ready, 'cause here it comes- MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL that is! MOTOWN begins preview performances tonight, March 11 and will open on Broadway on April 14, 2013 at The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (205 West 46 Street).Directed by Charles Randolph-Wright, MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL will feature a book by Berry Gordy and music and lyrics from the legendary Motown catalogue. Meet the company of the new musical with videos of them from past productions and roles below!

Following the success of its limited series Song by Song: Johnny Cash last fall, Ovation is launching Song by Song as an ongoing original series. Kicking off the series this year will be SONG BY SONG: DOLLY PARTON, premiering today, March 10 at 8:00 pm ET.

According to Showbiz411.com, Clive Davis announced during a reading for his book at the 92nd Street Y last night that his top pick Bartlett Sher has signed on to direct the 2014 Broadway revival of MY FAIR LADY. Sher's recent credits include South Pacific, Golden Boy, and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.

NY1 Anchor Roma Torre is set to host the free concert event Spotlight on Town Hall on Thursday, March 28 at 6pm which will also feature a special performance from Smash star and Tony-nominee Jeremy Jordan. He joins a lineup that will also include performances from the Broadway productions of Chicago and The Phantom of the Opera, Off-Broadway's Avenue Q, The New York City Gay Men's Chorus and The Town Hall Broadway's Rising Stars Chorus.

NY1 Anchor Roma Torre is set to host the free concert event Spotlight on Town Hall on Thursday, March 28 at 6pm which will also feature a special performance from Smash star and Tony-nominee Jeremy Jordan. He joins a lineup that will also include performances from the Broadway productions of Chicago and The Phantom of the Opera, Off-Broadway's Avenue Q, The New York City Gay Men's Chorus and The Town Hall Broadway's Rising Stars Chorus.

Nell'attesa del 'debutto' della riedizione di CIAO AMORE CIAO, lo spettacolo scritto e diretto da Piero di Blasio da un'idea di Luca Notari e Stefania Fratepietro, vi proponiamo quattro interviste esclusive ai due protagonisti, all'autore/regista e all'arrangiatore delle musiche Emiliano Begni.

Today we are celebrating one of the most beloved special entertainment events of all time - originally an original musical written for television, presented live, actually - which has now been retrofitted, refigured and wholly reinvented into an entirely new experience live on Broadway byway of the brand new stage adaptation of Rodgers & Hammerstein's CINDERELLA, which opens this weekend!

On last night's AMERICAN IDOL, Vincent Powell hit the high notes for his rendition of Lenny Williams' "Cause I Love You." The 29-year-old from Austin,TX is a former back up singer for the late Whitney Houston. Check out his performance below!

Legacy Recordings is proud to announce a brand-new series of playlists created by legendary music executive Clive Davis, appearing exclusively on 'The Legacy Of' app on digital music subscription service Spotify. The creation of the playlists coincides with the publication of Davis' long-awaited autobiography, The Soundtrack Of My Life (Simon & Schuster).

'Tis the Sunday before Piaf opens at The Curve Theatre, Leicester. I am sitting in my digs, with a glass of wine in hand, wondering what the press will think of it all. Hopefully, they will enjoy it as much as the preview audiences. However, until they give their verdict, let me tell you about the lead-up to now and rehearsals.

To commemorate the Department of the Interior's recent designation of The Town Hall as a National Historic Landmark Site and to celebrate its newly elected President and CEO Michael Presser, on Thursday, March 28 at 6pm, The Trustees of The Town Hall Foundation will honor the 92 year old New York City landmark by presenting a free concert event, Spotlight on Town Hall, which will showcase the vibrant New York City performing arts scene.

Shoshana Bean will play two Orlando Concerts May 10 & 11, 2013 at the Orlando Cabaret Festival.

Now according to USA Today, Davis is eying LES MISERABLES star Anne Hathaway and Colin Firth to play Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins respectively. Firth has also starred in a big screen musical in the past, taking on Harry in 2008's MAMMA MIA. Neither actor, however, has yet starred in a Broadway production.

Shoshana Bean will celebrate the release of her long-awaited sophomore CD, 'O'Farrell Street,' with an album release concert and party at The Sayers Club in Los Angeles tonight, February 20, 2013.

Esteemed music mogul, Sony Music chief and soon-to-be Broadway producer Clive Davis has revealed that he is a late-in-life bisexual according to a revelation in his new autobiography, THE SOUNDTRACK OF MY LIFE, out today.

When two of the best musicians on the planet decide to combine their estimable talents to create a band without boundaries, the result is the WOLFF & CLARK EXPEDITION. Dizzy Gillespie famously said that jazz must have 'one foot in the past and one in the future.' With the Wolff & Clark Expedition, the music embraces the past, ventures into the future, but remains rooted in the improvisatory present. After several high profile performances in 2012, jazz legends Michael Wolff and Mike Clark, the Wolff & Clark Expedition, release their self-titled debut album today. Performing with creative bassist Chip Jackson, the Expedition's initial outing aims for uncharted, compelling musical territories while still entertaining a wide audience of astute listeners.

The Road to Qatar!, a true new musical comedy, will have three staged 'concert readings' as part of the new Page to Stage Festival at London's Landor Theatre tonight, 16th February 7.30pm and Sunday 17th February 3pm and 7.30pm.

Beyonce 2013 tour tickets seem to be most demanded right now. Every single seat has been sold for Barclays Center concert within seconds after tickets went on sale Monday morning. As a result, an additional Barclays Center date has been added, and tickets will go on sale today at 10:00 AM.

A behind the scenes look at Shoshana's sophomore album. Exclusive footage and interviews give insight into what inspired the album and the process of its creation.

Paulette Dozier has a busy February and March ahead of her. Tomorrow, February 13th the acclaimed jazz vocalist will be the featured artist in the popular Jazz in the Gables series; on February 15th she will perform live on WLRN's South Florida Arts Beat; and from March 8th through March 24th she will reprise her role as Billie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill at the Miami Beach Stage Door at the Byron Carlyle Theatre.