Billy Porter Will Release Autobiography, UNPROTECTED, This Fall
by Nicole Rosky - May 28, 2021 Tony and Emmy winner Billy Porter made headlines last week when he revealed his HIV status. Now the star has announced that he will discuss it even more in a new autobiography. Unprotected will be released by Abrams Press on October 19, 2021....
Symphony Space Announces Full Programming for 2021-22 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 06, 2021 Symphony Space will welcome audiences back into its New York City home this season for a wide range of memorable events that take place for one night only, and only at Symphony Space....
HBO to Debut KILL CHAIN: THE CYBER WAR ON AMERICA'S ELECTIONS
by Kaitlin Milligan - March 05, 2020 In advance of the 2020 Presidential election, KILL CHAIN: THE CYBER WAR ON AMERICA'S ELECTIONS, debuting THURSDAY, MARCH 26 (9:00-10:35 p.m. ET/PT), takes a deep dive into the weaknesses of today's election technology, investigating the startling vulnerabilities in America's voting systems and the a...
VIDEO: Watch Billy Porter's New 'Children' Music video
by Michael Major - December 15, 2021 Billy Porter has revealed his official music video for “Children”. The visual is Porter's first video with his new team at the Island/Republic record label. “Children” is a high-energy dance floor anthem co-written with GRAMMY® Award-nominated songwriter MNEK [H.E.R., Dua Lipa] and Little Mix’s Jade...
Kelsey Cook Comes to Comedy Works Larimer Square This Month
by Stephi Wild - June 10, 2022 Kelsey Cook recently shot her new half-hour special for season 2 of Unprotected Sets on Epix. She can also be seen on A Little Late with Lilly Singh. Kelsey made her late night debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and her Comedy Central debut on This is Not Happening. ...
LISTEN: Billy Porter Talks Broadway, New Record Deal & More on 100.7 Star
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 13, 2022 Billy Porter joined high school friend Bubba on 100.7 Star this afternoon as he gears up to receive an honorary doctorate degree from Carnegie Mellon University, and will attend The Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books to promote his memoir ‘Unprotected’. ...
LISTEN: Billy Porter Releases New Single 'Children'
by Stephi Wild - October 15, 2021 Billy Porter has released a brand new single entitled “Children” today. The single marks Billy's debut under his newly minted joint partnership with Island UK and Republic Records....
Billy Porter to Return as NEW YEAR'S ROCKIN' EVE Co-Host
by Michael Major - November 17, 2022 Returning for his fourth year, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony-award winner Billy Porter will be back in New Orleans as co-host to head up the Central Time Zone countdown. Billy co-hosted from New Orleans in 2019 and 2021, and Times Square in 2020. For the first time, the special has expanded to Disneyland R...
Billy Porter Will Embark on the BLACK MONA LISA TOUR: VOLUME 1 Beginning Next Month
by Stephi Wild - March 09, 2023 GRAMMY, EMMY, and twice Tony Award-winning singer, composer, director, author, actor, and playwright Billy Porter will embark on the BLACK MONA LISA TOUR: VOLUME 1, kicking off next month. ...
LISTEN: Billy Porter Releases New Single 'Children'
by Stephi Wild - October 15, 2021 Billy Porter has released a brand new single entitled “Children” today. The single marks Billy's debut under his newly minted joint partnership with Island UK and Republic Records....
Listen: Billy Porter Releases New Song 'Stranger Things'
by Stephi Wild - November 04, 2022 GRAMMY, EMMY, and twice Tony Award-winning singer, composer, director, author, actor, and playwright Billy Porter has released a timely and empowering new song entitled “Stranger Things” via Island UK and Republic Records....
VIDEO: Black Broadway Artists Call on the Community to Do Better in 'Are You Listening, Broadway'
by Stephi Wild - June 07, 2020 A group of Black Broadway artists have created a video, titled 'Are You Listening, Broadway.' The video was posted to YouTube by Timothy Oliver Reid....
Billy Porter, Lillias White, Kenny Leon, and Jessica Paz Join EPIC Lineup
by Nicole Rosky - December 20, 2021 The Entertainment and Performing Arts Industry Conference (EPIC) will welcome four Tony Award-winning leaders in their fields – actors Billy Porter and Lillias White, director Kenny Leon, and sound designer Jessica Paz – to its international lineup of more than 120 speakers....
Southbank Theatre Company Streams RABBIT By Nina Raine
by Nicole Rosky - January 02, 2022 Southbank Theatre Company streams its second show of the season with award-winning British playwright, Nina Raine's play Rabbit, directed by Marcia Eppich-Harris, Thursday through Sunday, December 30-January 9, 2022 on Broadway OnDemand....
Billy Porter, Lillias White, Kenny Leon, and Jessica Paz Join EPIC Lineup
by Nicole Rosky - December 20, 2021 The Entertainment and Performing Arts Industry Conference (EPIC) will welcome four Tony Award-winning leaders in their fields – actors Billy Porter and Lillias White, director Kenny Leon, and sound designer Jessica Paz – to its international lineup of more than 120 speakers....
BACHELOR Share New Single 'Sick of Spiraling'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - April 22, 2021 Written and recorded in Topanga, CA over the course of two weeks in January of 2020, pre-pandemic, Doomin’ Sun is a record steeped in friendship....
Listen: Billy Porter Releases Releases Uplifting New Single 'Fashion'
by Michael Major - May 19, 2023 Canvasing the nation, Billy is currently bringing passion and joy to cities across the country with his first-ever career-spanning pop music concert tour: THE BLACK MONA LISA TOUR: VOLUME 1. The tour features Broadway songs, a nod to Pose, and stunning performances of future pop classics from his fo...
Mayor Adams Announces City Hall To Display Artist Elena Del Rivero's Home Address Exhibit On International Women's Day
by A.A. Cristi - March 08, 2023 New York City Mayor Eric Adams has displayed artist Elena del Rivero's participatory public artwork, “Home Address,” in the New York City Hall Rotunda in honor of International Women's Day. After today, components of the work will remain on view in the Governors Room through the end of March....
Review: LA RUTA at Stray Cat Theatre
by Herbert Paine - December 05, 2022 The importance of LA RUTA's subject needs to be seen and the story it tells needs to be known. Stray Cat Theatre presents this stunning and disturbing production through December 17th at Tempe Center for the Arts....
Review Roundup: Billy Porter Releases Debut Autobiography, UNPROTECTED
by Stephi Wild - October 20, 2021 Porter's debut book is already a best seller, hitting #1 on the Amazon charts for the Rap & Hip-Hop Musician Biographies and R&B & Soul Artist Biographies, as well as hitting #3 in LGBTQ+ Biographies (Books)....
Billy Porter Autobiography, UNPROTECTED, Hits #1 On Amazon
by A.A. Cristi - October 19, 2021 Today, Tony and Emmy winner Billy Porter released his new autobiography, Unprotected....
Review: FRUITS, OR THE DECLINE OF A DISTANT MEMORY, VAULT Festival
by Cindy Marcolina - March 04, 2023 Brazen experimentalism leans into performance art and blurs the lines of form and style with a non-narrative approach. They challenge the status quo chest first, challenging the very concept of a play to introduce ideas like naked existentialism, romantic disillusionment, unilateral desire, gender e...
MGM & Audio Up Launch Season Two of 'Unprotected Sets'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - April 01, 2021 In each of the second season’s 12 episodes, listeners will laugh at killer comedians and hear exclusive confessions chronicling how they turned their personal lives into public performances....
Cabaret Artist Richard Catenacci Sings for LifeTies Virtual Performance Raising Money for LGBTQ+ Youth
by A.A. Cristi - November 19, 2020 Cabaret singer and Ringoes, NJ resident, Richard Catenacci, is returning to the cabaret stage for a virtual concert that benefits LGBTQ youth in need. Proceeds from the virtual cabaret benefit LifeTies, the Ewing, NJ based non-profit that provides quality care and services to youth in crisis due to...
OKLAHOMA! Dancer Gabrielle Hamilton Named 'Outstanding Performer' At The Bessie Awards
by A.A. Cristi - October 14, 2019 Oklahoma dancer, Gabrielle Hamilton wins a Bessie Award for Outstanding Performer!... |