Matt Morgan

The Umbrellas are four renegade romantics crafting irresistible indie pop hymns. The band's self-titled 2021 debut album became a breakout moment, winning critical praise and sparking an international tour. Follow-up LP Fairweather Friend goes a step further – absorbing the sonic attack of their live shows.

Rochester Fringe Festival favorites Matt Morgan and Heidi Brucker Morgan are returning to the Rochester Fringe Festival this year in an all-new production of Shotspeare, one of Rochester Fringe's most popular events, in the festival's sparkling Spiegeltent for a limited engagement of five nights only: Tuesday, Sept. 19 through Saturday, Sept. 23, at 9 p.m.

The World Premiere of The Flying Españas in Flippin' Metal Circus opens next week in Downtown Rochester. This heavy-metal, psychedelic, circus event was created especially for the 2022 Rochester Fringe Festival by the globally-renowned circus company, The Flying Españas, and creative director Matt Morgan.

The World Premiere of Cirque du Fringe: Afterglow, created especially for the 2022 Rochester Fringe Festival, opens next week in the glamorous Cristal Palace Spiegeltent. The Vegas-style comedy and variety show was created and directed by the award-winning Matt Morgan. It runs nightly from Tuesday, September 13 through Saturday, September 24, 2022. 

SHOWTIME has announced that Donald Sumpter (Game of Thrones), Brendan Patricks (Downton Abbey), Pippa Bennett-Warner (Gangs of London), Mark Quartley (Lucky Man), Jonathan Livingstone (Peacock), Charlotte Louise Arrowsmith (This is Going to Hurt), and Kelly Wenham (Merlin) have joined the cast of ENTITLED.

The Rochester Fringe Festival has announced today the full, curated festival lineup for the Spiegeltent and its adjacent Spiegelgarden, located at One Fringe Place (corner of Main and Gibbs Streets, across from Eastman Theatre), which operate for the entire duration of the festival (September 13-24). 

Organizers of the Rochester Fringe Festival announced that the eleventh annual festival will include more than 500 performances and events – ranging from comedy, dance, kids' fringe, and multidisciplinary shows, to music, spoken word, theatre, and visual art & film – from Tuesday, September 13 – Saturday, September 24, 2022.

The series is co-produced by SHOWTIME and Channel 4 in the UK, in association with All3Media International. Harry Williams, Jack Williams and Sarah Hammond of Two Brothers Pictures – the producers of the Emmy® winning Fleabag and International Emmy nominee BACK TO LIFE – also executive produce.

The Jazz Ensembles of Mount Holyoke College present the 17th edition of The Big Broadcast! on Friday, March 11 at 7:30 p.m.

The KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival has been the largest multi-disciplinary arts festival in New York State for years now, and 2021’s 10th anniversary Fringe (September 14-25) – with almost 90% of its more than 425 performances and events taking place in-person – was a leader in reopening the performing arts in Western New York.

The festival has more than 425 in-person and online performances and events ranging from comedy, dance, kids' fringe, and multidisciplinary shows, to music, spoken word, theatre, and visual art & film.

Organizers of the KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival announced today that its tenth annual festival will include more than 425 in-person and online performances and events – ranging from comedy, dance, kids' fringe, and multidisciplinary shows, to music, spoken word, theatre, and visual art & film – from Tuesday, September 14 – Saturday, September 25, 2021.

The Jazz Ensembles of Mount Holyoke College present the 16th edition of The Big Broadcast! on Saturday, March 6 at 2PM & 7:30PM, in a free streaming version of what would have appeared on the stage of Chapin Auditorium on the Mount Holyoke College campus in South Hadley, MA.

KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival announces a special New Year's Eve encore performance of the improvised Shakespearean comedy, Shotspeare Presents: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare…sort of on December 31 at 8 pm Eastern.

The 12-day, ninth annual KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival won't take over downtown this year, but it will engage plenty of arts lovers in their own homes from Tuesday, September 15 through Saturday, September 26.

With the unprecedented spread of COVID-19, our medical, law enforcement, retail, grocery and all essential workers are in an increasingly urgent need of masks. Even as we go back to work, social distancing and masks will be an important part of our lives to keep the disease in check. Influencers include Hollywood star Jamie Kennedy, a well-known American stand-up comedian, television producer, screenwriter, and actor. He is best known for playing Randy Meeks in the Scream franchise and playing various characters in The Jamie Kennedy Experiment on The WB. Jamie Kennedy was introduced to Uplive through a freestyle rapper: Chris La Vrar who was on America's Got Talent and a local comedian celebrity Jimmy Shin, who are both Uplive hosts as well. Former WWE champion Matt Morgan, current mayor of Longwood, is also a strong advocate; He strongly recommended his followers download Uplive to become a host as well, to give them an opportunity to connect with the world while making additional income and making impact. Other influencers include: Jon Klaason @jonklassen, Mackenziesol @mackenziesol, Joey Luthman @joeyluthman, Elise Luthman @eliseluthman and more. Their donations will be streamed live on Uplive and shared with their fans on social media. Uplive is inviting more influencers to join its campaign to donate up to 50,000 face masks to local hospitals and public establishments to help to assuage the desperate need in our medical and local community. The 1st 8000+ masks have been shipped to Orange County Mayor's office in Florida where 27 deputies have been confirmed with Covid 19 and 2 have passed away. 'We are very grateful for Uplive communities' generosity. These masks will help us to protect our policemen and frontline workers!' Mayor Demings said. Other medical device companies have reached out to Uplive to make donations as well. A particular UVC light company is also partnering with Uplive to donate some UVC light disinfection devices to the medical workers. These devices can help to sanitize personal belongings such as cell phone, wallet, small packages and even masks within seconds or minutes. It has been used in over 1000+ hospitals in China and is a hot commodity over there. Medical workers and other public essential workers, influencers and Uplive hosts can also request a free mask through this link. Uplive will prioritize and ship out masks and devices while supplies last. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd-zA_RJ_5me32feZz_rf2VcmkwB6puaK9IGeOTgab2lMmdVA/viewform What is Uplive? Uplive is a live streaming video and audio chat platform where content creators can go live, and share their talent, present visual podcasts, create virtual battles with an opponent in split screens duels, and much more. With over 100 million downloads worldwide, Uplive offers a variety of live hosts sharing streams while singing, dancing, chatting, gaming, working out, and keeping each other company, interacting socially, which is sorely needed during these difficult times of #quarantinelife. For more information about the Uplive App please contact: Contacts: uplive.usa@gmail.com Please follow: Instagram @Uplive.usa and @TesseractTalentPR TikTok: @upliveusa Website: upliveusa.com

The Jazz Ensembles of Mount Holyoke College present the 15th edition of The Big Broadcast! on Saturday, March 7 at 2PM & 7:30PM at Chapin Auditorium, Mount Holyoke College, in South Hadley, MA. Snow date is Sunday, March 8.. Created and directed by Mark Gionfriddo, who is also onstage as a?oeMatt Morgana??, The Big Broadcast! is a re-creation of a live 1940's radio show featuring the Mount Holyoke College Big Band, Vocal Jazz, and Chamber Jazz Ensembles performing well-known tunes from the swing era and the American songbook. WWLP-TV meteorologist Brian Lapis is emcee a?oeFred Kelleya?? for his 13th consecutive season. Mount Holyoke alum, bassist and singer Caitlin Jaene Mercer, will join The Big Broadcast! as special guest.

The Jazz Ensembles of Mount Holyoke College present the 15th edition of The Big Broadcast! Saturday, March 7, 2020 at 2:00PM and 7:30PM at Chapin Auditorium, Route 116, South Hadley, MA.

The 2019 KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival (Tuesday, Sept. 10 a?" Saturday, Sept. 21) is thrilled to announce that it will feature a new international star this year. Japanese a?oedanger magiciana?? TanBA will make his first East Coast appearance as part of an international cast of performers debuting in this year's Cirque du Fringe: D'illusion.

Back by popular demand, Laughter League, a non-profit organization, has announced a limited engagement of The Petite Palace at the Bath House Cultural Center, 521 E. Lawther Dr., Dallas, TX. 75218, October 17-November 3, 2019.