Michael Major - Page 1109
Michael Major is a Connecticut native and a graduate of Marist College.
After starting out running social media for a theatre company, his love of pop culture led him to intern at TigerBeat Media. After also writing for organizations like PopCrave, uInterview, and Talk Radio NYC, Michael began as BroadwayWorld's entertainment editor in August of 2021.
Growing up watching movie musicals like Hairspray and Little Shop of Horrors on repeat, Michael is an expert on television and film. His love of the film industry has carried over to his work at BroadwayWorld, working with major networks like NBC, ABC, FOX and more to cover Broadway stars taking over the big screen.
He also frequently works with companies like Netflix, Disney, Apple, and Universal to bring exclusive clips and interviews from Broadway-related releases to readers. Stay tuned for the latest news on movies like Wicked, Mean Girls, The Color Purple, and more!
As a big fan of pop music, BroadwayWorld Music includes news on your favorite singers, like Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, and more, along with coverage on original music from Broadway alums like Reneé Rapp, Idina Menzel, Leslie Odom Jr., and more.
While at BroadwayWorld, he has had the honor of interviewing stars like Katy Perry, Carol Burnett, Denzel Washington, Bernadette Peters, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jane Krakowski, and more.
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- Interview: Reneé Rapp Wants to EGOT - After seeing her breakthrough performance in Mean Girls on Broadway, I've been loving Reneé Rapp's debut album, "Snow Angel." It was so exciting to chat with her about launching her solo music career and how her experience on Broadway helped her get there.
- Exclusive: How THE KELLY CLARKSON SHOW Will Spotlight Broadway After Moving to New York City - After attending a taping of The Kelly Clarkson Show at 30 Rock, I got to combine two of my favorite things (pop music and Broadway) to share how Kelly Clarkson's talk show will be spotlighting Broadway now that it is in New York City.
- Interview: Katy Perry Is Ready to PLAY With New Las Vegas Residency - Continuing my love of combining Broadway and pop music, I sat down with Katy Perry to discuss her spectacular Las Vegas residency, her soon-to-be-released sixth album, and if she would ever come to Broadway.
- Sara Bareilles Is Working on a New Musical - As a huge fan of her musical Waitress, it was very exciting that Sara Bareilles exclusively revealed to me that she was working on a new musical.
- Interview: Julia Lester on Returning to HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL Following Her INTO THE WOODS Tony Nomination - After first interviewing her in 2020 for the second season of High School Musical: the Series, it was a great time sitting down with Julia Lester to discuss all of her success since then, including her Tony nomination for Into the Woods and starring in the Off-Broadway revival of I Can Get It For You Wholesale.
December 2, 2022
The second volume expands upon the Michigan-centric aural delights purveyed on Vol. 1, by including groups from throughout the Midwest. Highlighting groups spanning Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, Vol. 2 works to cement the Midwest's status as a breeding ground for the space-rock and shoegaze subgenres.
December 2, 2022
The EP release also comes with an official video for “Last Bite.” Over the past few months, Blair has been rolling out a few of the singles off of her upcoming EP. The first release “Hurdles” was followed by “Peachy World” and “Flower Mind,” all of which were produced by close collaborator ModMaxx (Drake, Roy Woods, Tinashe).
December 2, 2022
El Camino Sierra, set for Spring 2023 release, marks David’s third full-length release and follows his 2020 album Death Valley which garnered praise from several acclaimed music publications including American Songwriter, Billboard, Goldmine, Glide Magazine, Elmore Magazine and Americana Highways, among others.
December 2, 2022
Clarkson's holiday special premiered last year and the track is available on streaming platforms now. Last year, Clarkson released her ninth studio album “When Christmas Comes Around…,” her latest since 2017’s critically acclaimed Grammy-nominated album “Meaning of Life”and second holiday offering following 2013’s “Wrapped in Red.”
December 2, 2022
Alongside the original thirteen songs from Crooked Tree, the deluxe edition features new renditions of the Grateful Dead’s “Dire Wolf” and traditional folk song, “Cold Rain and Snow,” also made famous by the Grateful Dead, as well as live versions of album tracks “Dooley’s Farm” (feat. special guest Jerry Douglas) and “Castilleja.”
December 2, 2022
The new EP features reimagined versions of five of her original songs, performed live with a variety of instrumentation that spotlights her artistic range. Moore debuted her new takes on the songs in a series of live performance videos. The collection kicks off with an electric guitar version of Moore’s debut single, “sweet and sour.”
December 2, 2022
19-year-old London-based artist lozeak shared her powerful new single “Cutthroat.' Written by lozeak and The Nocturns (Charlie Martin / Joe Housley) the single showcases a new side to lozeak’s songwriting which is as diverse as her musical influences – everything from Hole, Kasabian, and Radiohead to Katy Perry, Avril Lavigne, and Bebe Rexha.
December 2, 2022
The interplay between guitarist Kenneth William and drummer Anne-Marie Vassiliou is more complex, the sound more cohesive. During an unintentional five year hiatus, White Lung managed to grow up without settling down, and the trio has emerged out of its transformative period with raw, feral energy.
December 2, 2022
Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Releasing has announced the acquisition of writer/director Gabriel Martins’ MARS ONE. As Brazil’s selection for the 95th Academy Awards International Feature Film, MARS ONE will debut on select screens and on Netflix. ARRAY Releasing has acquired distribution rights in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and. more.
December 2, 2022
Breakout Country star Parker McCollum is closing out 2022 with his latest release, “Stoned,” out now. The solemnly reflective track, written by McCollum, Brett James, and Mark Holman, explores the universal emotions of loneliness, uncertainty, and misunderstanding, and how we often find ways to self-medicate our feelings.
December 2, 2022
2022 has been a phenomenally active year for Greg Anderson as The Lord. Having previously shared standalone track releases, he then released his debut solo album Forest Nocturne in Summer followed by a collaborative album with Petra Haden, Devotional in October. Now, he is heard in collaboration with David Pajo in a brand new track, 'Nazarite.'
December 2, 2022
Co-produced by BRE and Pascal Pahl, mastered by Grammy nominee Dale Becker (Khalid, Doja Cat, Justin Bieber), and engineered by Paul Redel (Gayle, ZZ Ward), the single is an uproar of confidence, as well as compassion. Alt-pop artist BRE has released her third single, “IDNTBR,” or “I Don’t Need to Be Right,” a powerful pop-rock track.
December 2, 2022
Australia’s highest streaming music exports PNAU are on fire. Their collaboration with Elton John and Dua Lipa on ‘Cold Heart’ became one of the biggest global smash hits of 2021, resulting in 1.5 billion+ streams to date, a #1 hit in multiple countries including the UK, and their first Top 10 in the US.
December 2, 2022
Amid the omnipresent holiday standards, Justus Bennetts offers an alternative – a raucous, refreshing nihilistic new single, “Everything is Nothing,” from Capitol Records. Justus wrote “Everything is Nothing” with Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda, Pat Linehan (B.o.B., Phem) and Remy Gautreau (The Chainsmokers). Shinoda and Linehan co-produced the track.
December 2, 2022
David Byrne has released a new holiday song, “Fat Man’s Comin’,” out now (December 2), exclusively through Bandcamp, accompanied by his hand-drawn storyboards for a decade-old, never-produced Bandcamp-exclusive video now reconstituted into a fresh clip. Originally written in 2013 and produced/arranged by Jherek Bischoff.
December 2, 2022
Idina Menzel confirmed the rumor that she was originally going to star in the Broadway revival of Funny Girl last night on Watch What Happens Live. Since she thought she was too old for the role, producers had gone to Fanny Brice's estate to see if they could include more of her life in the show. Watch the video clip from the interview now!
December 1, 2022
Bend It Like Beckham filmmaker Gurinder Chadha and Paul Mayeda Berges are currently developing a new Disney musical film inspired by a dynamic princess from Indian history. Disney has commissioned original musical film, which will also be directed and produced by Chadha.
December 1, 2022
Produced by Mercury Prize nominated artist and celebrated producer Dave Okumu (Jessie Ware, Nilufer Yanya, Lianne La Havas, Joan As Police Woman), the EP provides the follow up to last year’s New Light EP which was produced with Dan Carey (Fontaines DC, Wet Leg, Kae Tempest, Bat For Lashes).
December 1, 2022
Thursday’s broadcast of “Tamron Hall” (on 11/17/22) tied the show’s highest-rated telecast on any day so far this season in Households (0.8 rating) and stood as the show’s 2nd most-watched telecast (1.135 million) of the season. Thursday’s episode featured GRAMMY® Award winner Macy Gray and Slutty Vegan founder Pinkey Cole.
December 1, 2022
Barrelling into the year by collaborating with Mo’Ju, Ali Barter, I Know Leopard and more on her 2nd Annual Holiday Hootenanny show in Melbourne, she followed up by assembling a supergroup featuring Adam Newling and members of Middle Kids and Superorganism on her standalone single ‘Enemy’ (co-written with Alex Lahey)
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