Madison Opera brings a jazz-tinged beat into the winter with a double-bill of Leonard Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti and Kurt Weill's The Seven Deadly Sins. Performances are Friday, February 3 at 8pm and Sunday, February 5 at 2:30pm in the Capitol Theater at Overture Center for the Arts.
Fort Salem Theater recently announced a one-night-only special event to take place on Valentine’s Day, Tuesday, February 14th at 7:30PM.
The brand new feature-length concert documentary “Home Again: Carole King Live In Central Park,” which presents musical icon Carole King’s triumphant May 26, 1973 homecoming concert on The Great Lawn of New York City’s Central Park before an estimated audience of 100,000. Watch the video trailer now!
Recording is underway on a concept album for the new musical MY HEART SAYS GO featuring industry veterans Javier Muñoz and Tony Award-winner Jessie Mueller.
In 2019, Cornell University started “Freedom on the Move,” a database of “runaway ads” collected from early newspapers in the United States. These ads, placed by enslavers, preserve snapshots of more than 30,000 enslaved people who took their fate into their own hands, liberating themselves from a cruel, ugly cycle whose effects ripple to this day.
Fifty years ago this month, Evelyn Rudie and Chris De Carlo assumed their posts as Co-Artistic Directors of Santa Monica Playhouse. Under their stewardship, the sixty-three-year-old theatre has become a treasured cultural institution in the beachside community.
Globally acclaimed piano virtuoso Lang Lang will present a special new event The Disney Book Live in Concert, in celebration of his critically-acclaimed new album to take place on Valentine's Day, February 14, 2023 at the legendary Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
The full cast has been announced for the upcoming Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, starring Tony and Grammy-nominated multi-platinum recording artist Josh Groban (Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812) and Tony Award winner Annaleigh Ashford (Sunday in the Park with George).
Gail Bliss has been playing Patsy Cline for more than 30 years. Starting January 6 at the historic Alhambra Theatre & Dining, Gail will begin her official final year starring in A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline. Featuring more than 20 of Patsy’s most beloved songs, A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline will run at the Alhambra through February 5.
Alessandra Assaf has taken her life-long admiration for Ava Gardner and fashioned a love letter to her in her one-woman show Twelve O’Clock Tales with Ava Gardner opening at the Whitefire Theatre January 15, 2023. This tale of the silver screen icon is directed by Michael A. Shepperd.
Myra Flynn returns to Spruce Peak Arts to host Homegoings: A Live Performance, Saturday, Feb. 11th at 7:00PM. Homegoings, a special series from Vermont Public's Brave Little State, features conversations with artist of color who live in Vermont — about Black grief, resilience and art.
Young Indian musician Harpreet is a genre in himself, he creates a bridge between the written word and music. Having always charmed his listeners, this time Harpreet will be back on stage with full band. He will charm us with his rocking band on Saturday 7th January at 7pm at Stein Auditorium.
Some of the people from the 2022 list have gone on to great things, so be sure to keep an eye out for these folks in 2023.
The band on the album is rockin’ and the mixer and master have kept every musical artist in their lane - nobody overshadows anyone else, they put the artist of the moment at the center mic and everyone emerges on equal beautiful footing.
Bobby must jump on THAT bandwagon and sort through our impressive list of reviews and pick out the standouts for the previous 12 months, and so, here goes…
Right out of the gate, it incited critical applause and earned plugs from the likes of Bossip and That Grape Juice, who noted, The ‘Real Housewives of Potomac’ star has been making solid strides with tracks such as ‘Drive Back’ and its housing album ‘Deep Space.’ And the trajectory continues with her newest number.”
THE MARIO 101 A CELEBRATION OF THE MARIO LANZA SONGBOOK is lovely music sung in some lovely ways by a singer who wishes to pay homage to an inspiration
This is not a “Best Of” list because it isn’t for me to say what is best, only what resonated with me, but after a lot, a lot, a lot of shows, this New Year's Eve, these shows are still on my mind.
Billy Porter will be back in New Orleans for his fourth year co-hosting New Year's Rockin' Eve. BroadwayWorld caught up with Porter to discuss what audiences can expect from this year's countdown. He also discuss his projects for the new year, including new music and his production company, his goals for 2023, and returning to Broadway.
Dolby Laboratories, a leader in immersive entertainment experiences, and Imagine Dragons, the multi-platinum, GRAMMY-winning band, are kicking off CES 2023 with a private concert in Dolby Atmos at Dolby Live at Park MGM on Thursday, January 5 at 9 p.m. PT.
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