Alanis Morissette News

MARY TESTA -- the two time Tony Award nominated singer and actress -- and MICHAEL STAROBIN, the Tony Award winning orchestrator and arranger will perform four concerts in January to promote their new album Have Faith from Ghostlight Records.

MARY TESTA - the two time Tony Award nominated singer and actress - and MICHAEL STAROBIN, the Tony Award winning orchestrator and arranger will perform four concerts in January to promote their new album Have Faith from Ghostlight Records. Fresh off her recent starring role on Broadway in Wicked, Mary will perform a special CD release engagement at The Laurie Beechman Theater at The West Bank Cafe January 4-5,11-12, 2015 at 7:00 PM. Music Director Michael Starobin, will join her on piano with Alisa Horn on cello. Since being released earlier this month, Have Faith was called "stunning" by Playbill, "beautifully hypnotizing" by BroadwayWorld and "a sensational CD debut, terrific from first cut to last" by the Connecticut Post. For tickets, please visit www.lauriebeechmantheatre.com. To order the album, please visit www.sh-k-boom.com/havefaith.

Sirius XM Radio The Pulse is set to air an exclusive concert special on New Year's Eve that was captured at the star-studded 'Live In The Vineyard' music festival in Napa Valley, California November 7th to 9th. The three hour special, which will include performances by Train, Ingrid Michaelson, Meghan Trainor, Matt Nathanson, Mat Kearney, Echosmith, Blue October, Scars on 45, Jamie Scott, and many more, will air at 6pm and 9pm EST on Wednesday, December 31st. The 'Live In The Vineyard' concert special will rebroadcast January 1st through the 4th and fans can get the rebroadcast times by going to http://www.siriusxm.com/thepulse.

Having seen Mary Testa in a cabaret concert in Houston, I feel I had an idea of what to expect from her and Michael Starobin's album HAVE FAITH. While I expected it to be eccentrically eclectic and haunting, nothing could have prepared me for how it was beautifully hypnotizing and simultaneously so unlike anything I've ever heard before. The unique album utilizes well-known pop songs (hits from The Beach Boys to Alanis Morissette) and songs written by William Finn and Michael John LaChiusa to explore thoughts on faith and doubt in ways that are equally alluring and unexpected.

Ghostlight Records has announced the release of the new CD from MARY TESTA - the two time Tony Award nominated singer and actress currently starring in Wicked on Broadway - and MICHAEL STAROBIN, the Tony Award winning orchestrator and arranger. The album will be available in stores and via online outlets today, December 2, 2014. Mary and Michael will perform a special CD release engagement at The Laurie Beechman Theater at The West Bank Cafe January 4-5,11-12, 2015 at 7:00 PM. For tickets, please visit www.lauriebeechmantheatre.com.

Rob Bell will star in an all-new one-hour primetime special “The Rob Bell Show” premiering Sunday, December 21 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network.

The Brown Paper Box Co. returned to Davenport's Piano Bar & Cabaret last Sunday and Monday nights with BPB Yearbook: A Throwback Cabaret. This two-night-only event featured solos and duets performed by Brown Paper Box Co. artistic associates and previous cast members as they cracked open their personal time capsules and revealed hilarious anecdotes and cringe-worthy stories from their teenage years.

The 2010 American Idol runner-up, the first female finalist in three years, Crystal Bowersox has made it her mission to live life and her music to the fullest. With a gentle warmth and wisdom well beyond her years, the consummate artist has an uncompromising vision of herself and her music that is refreshing and rare. Singer, songwriter and actress Crystal Bowersox will be in concert at The Capitol Center for the Arts tonight, November 14, at 8pm.

While many know Rachel Potter as the breakout Broadway star from the EVITA revival, she also wowed audiences on Fox's The X Factor with her stellar rendition of Queen's 'Somebody to Love.' Following a recent concert, I sat down with Rachel Potter to discuss NOT SO BLACK AND WHITE, her upcoming solo country album.

Ghostlight Records has announced the release of the new CD from MARY TESTA - the two time Tony Award nominated singer and actress currently starring in Wicked on Broadway - and MICHAEL STAROBIN, the Tony Award winning orchestrator and arranger. The album will be available in stores and via online outlets December 2, 2014. Mary and Michael will perform a special CD release engagement at The Laurie Beechman Theater at The West Bank Cafe January 4-5,11-12, 2015 at 7:00 PM. For tickets, please visit www.lauriebeechmantheatre.com.

The 2010 American Idol runner-up, the first female finalist in three years, Crystal Bowersox has made it her mission to live life and her music to the fullest. With a gentle warmth and wisdom well beyond her years, the consummate artist has an uncompromising vision of herself and her music that is refreshing and rare. Singer, songwriter and actress Crystal Bowersox will be in concert at The Capitol Center for the Arts on Friday, November 14, at 8pm.

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Oprah sits down with seven-time Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter Alanis Morissette in an all-new episode of 'Super Soul Sunday' airing today, September 21 at 11 a.m. ET/PT on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network.

Oprah sits down with seven-time Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter Alanis Morissette in an all-new episode of "Super Soul Sunday" airing this Sunday, September 21 at 11 a.m. ET/PT on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network.

As BWW previously reported, rumors indicated that Lea Michele would offer up her own version of the Oscar-winning song, 'Let It Go,' from Disney's mega-hit FROZEN, in the premiere episode of the sixth and final season of FOX's GLEE.

The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. Remembering Bernie Yvon and honoring Bebe Neuwirth. And the show goes on with Route 66's Alanis Morissette tribute, 'Cats' at the Paramount, Bailiwick's 'Wild Party' and BoHo's 'Parade,' music improv at MCL Chicago, the new Refuge Theatre Project, and Chicagoans on tour with 'Sister Act!'

A report today on Eonline gives us more reason than ever to believe that the rumor just may be true.

Some people have the obsession to seek spotlight, the urgency to perform renditions of circumstances representative of the human experience. I do not feel that call, though I've stepped closer to understanding its appeal.

More juicy nuggets as to the fate of the residents of Lima, Ohio and the students at McKinley High have been revealed

Lea Michele will offer up her own version of the Oscar-winning song in the premiere episode of the sixth and final season of FOX's GLEE.