Allan Harris News

The Metropolitan Room will host the acclaimed Audrey Silver Quintet tonight, November 21st at 9:30 pm. The quintet features Audrey Silver with Bruce Barth (piano), Paul Beaudry (bass), Alex Norris (trumpet), and drums TBA.

The Metropolitan Room will host the acclaimed Audrey Silver Quintet on Wednesday, November 21st at 9:30 pm. The quintet features Audrey Silver with Bruce Barth (piano), Paul Beaudry (bass), Alex Norris (trumpet), and drums TBA.

After eight critically acclaimed months at Feinstein's, performing every Thursday night at 11 PM to delighted crowds of late night musical theater fans, Scott Siegel's Broadway Ballyhoo will take the stage for one week only during prime time with five entirely different 8 PM shows from Tuesday, July 17 thru Saturday, July 21.

Let's face it, nobody produces a song and sketch revue based on the plays of Ionesco in a theatre on the western outskirts of 55th Street expecting a commercial smash.  During the ten days in 1974 when the original production of Ionescopade ran Off-Broadway, lovers of musical theatre were lining up at box offices to see stars like Carol Channing in Lorelei, Debbie Reynolds in Irene, and Patty and Maxene Andrews in Over Here!  Younger playgoers were discovering themselves with Pippin and rocking out to Grease, while those who go for intellectual snob hits had their choice of the revival of Candide or the new Sondheim/Prince romance A Little Night Music.  Those venturing to Off-Broadway were still flocking to that fresh new musical, The Fantasticks, then in only its fifteenth year.

The 10th Annual Nightlife Awards this year honored Terri White (Follies), who spent a great many years as one of New York's most exciting piano bar entertainers. White was honored with a Special Award for her Contributions to New York Nightlife. As is always the case with The All-Performance Nightlife Awards, Terri took the stage to sing. Also returning to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Nightlife Awards by performing were two former Nightlife Jazz Vocalist winners, Allan Harris and Karen Oberlin.

The cast of the 10th Annual Nightlife Awards reaches critical mass with the addition of Tony Nominee and Nightlife Legend KAREN AKERS and nightlife and recording sensation NELLIE McKAY. They join a cast that already includes TERRI WHITE (Follies), who spent a great many years as one of New York's most exciting piano bar entertainers and will be honored with a Special Award for her Contributions to New York Nightlife. As is always the case with The All-Performance Nightlife Awards, Terri will take the stage and sing. Heralded TV and nightclub comedian, RAY ELLIN, is on tap to perform on Monday night, as are two former Nightlife Jazz Award winners Vocalist winners, ALLAN HARRIS and KAREN OBERLIN.

Theatre Aspen is holding a private reading of the new musical Cross That River on Thursday, January 26th, in New York City. The musical is subtitled "a new musical about the black west" with a book by Allan & Pat Harris and Andrew Carl Wilk and music and lyrics by Allan Harris (based on an original story by Allan & Pat Harris).

The cast of the 10th Annual Nightlife Awards continues to grow with one stellar performer after another added to the bill. Terri White (Follies), who spent a great many years as one of New York's most exciting piano bar entertainers, will be honored with a Special Award for her Contributions to New York Nightlife. As is always the case with The All-Performance Nightlife Awards, Terri will take the stage to sing. A guest star joining the cast is the heralded TV and nightclub comedian, Ray Ellin. Also returning to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Nightlife Awards by performing are two former Nightlife Jazz Vocalist winners, Allan Harris and Karen Oberlin.

New York's top charting jazz artist Allan Harris joined jazz legend Monty Alexander at Jazz at Lincoln Center for the Music of Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole, a nostalgic holiday performance which was sold out Friday, December 9th and Saturday, December 10th, 2011, this past weekend.

The holiday season kicks off with a nostalgic celebration of Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra at the popular Jazz at Lincoln Center series.

The holiday season kicks off with a nostalgic celebration of Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra at the popular Jazz at Lincoln Center series.

Allan Harris, one of New York's greatest musical treasures new CD ' Open Up Your Mind' has been designated as 'what's hot' on iTunes and continues to rapidly climb the chart as one of the hottest new jazz albums of the month.

Allan Harris invites you to Open Up Your Mind and come celebrate his new CD release this Sunday at BB King Blues Club in the heart of NYC's Times Square.

Allan Harris will perform 'I Do Believe' for the benefit of the first responders to the 9/11 tragedy on the 10th anniversary in New York in two separate appearances that day and evening.

Allan Harris will perform 'I Do Believe' for the benefit of the first responders to the 9/11 tragedy on the 10th anniversary in New York in two separate appearances that day and evening.

Allan Harris, one of New York's greatest musical treasures, launches his new CD 'Open Up Your Mind' in a special press event at BB King Blues Club in New York on Thursday, September 25, 2011 at 8pm.

The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center has announced selections for this summer's Cabaret and Performance Conference, under the leadership of Artistic Director Michael Bush.

Each year since 1976, the New Jersey Jazz Society has presented Jazzfest, one of the best mainstream jazz festivals in the entire metropolitan area. This year is no exception as this popular jazz festival presents nine hours of great music in the air conditioned comfort of two concert halls plus outdoor entertainment, a food court and vendors selling everything from hard-to-find CDs to crafts and interesting merchandise.

The legendary choreographer/dancer/theatre director Donald Saddler will receive the Duke Ellington Center for the Arts' 1st Annual Duke Ellington 'Beyond Category' Award at a special tribute performance on Monday, June 13, 2011 at 8 PM in Merkin Concert Hall in the Elaine Kaufman Center, 129 West 67th Street, between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue. The special award show is a fund-raiser in support of the Duke Ellington Arts Scholarship Fund.