Aretha Franklin News

Ashford & Simpson's Sugar Bar (254 W. 72nd St at Broadway and West End Ave) presents Chris Parker & Friends on Friday, June 4th. The show is from 8 PM to midnight. Admission is $10.

42nd Street's renowned music venue, B. B. KING BLUES CLUB & GRILL, is celebrating a milestone birthday this summer.

The Triad and the Just A Piano Concert Series presents recording artist Jane Burbank in 'A Tribute to Queens' on June 10 at 7pm. Celebrating a third CD release ('My Romance' currently available at JaneBurbank.com and soon on iTunes), Ms. Burbank's vocal abilities have been critically acclaimed with such quotes as '...Polished...Gorgeous voice...' from the New York Post and many other publications.

Harlem Stage, one of the country's top presenters, producers and supporters of works by artists of color, announces four performances by EVIDENCE, A Dance Company (Ronald K. Brown, founder and Artistic Director) in celebration of the company's 25th Anniversary.

Nearly 7,000 fans attended 2009's Istanbulive at SummerStage, making it one of the top-attended Central Park shows of the year. How best to improve on that success? According to event producers Serdar Ilhan and Mehmet Dede, by gearing the festival more toward the casual listener. Ilhan says, 'The first Istanbulive featured artists that were instantly recognizable to their indigenous audience: MFÖ, Painted on Water with Sertab Erener and Demir Demirkan and Husnu Senlendirici.

Grammy Award winning vocalist Maya Azucena has made a name for herself as a riveting performer with a sound that spans alternative R&B, jazz and adventurous pop music. After the success of her first two recordings, the self-released Maya Who?! and the all-acoustic Junkyard Jewel, Maya is currently completing a new recording, Cry Love, that features her powerful voice and soulful songwriting skills. For her Blue Note performance, Maya will be premiering new music with her stellar band which features several high profile musicians.

In honor of Margaret Wise Brown's 100th Birthday, GPR Records (Glen Roven, Peter Fitzgerald, Richard Cohen, artistic directors) will release a live recording of the concert based on Brown's two best selling children's books Goodnight Moon and Runaway Bunny.

Bay Street Theatre's Picture Show expands this Spring with a new series for lovers of both music and film! THE LEGENDS SERIES, sponsored in part by Long Island Radio Broadcasting WEHM 92.9/96.9, will feature four evenings of incredibly rare film footage of live performances by some of the greatest musical icons of all time.

Shoshana Bean, star of the Broadway smash hits Wicked and Hairspray, is coming to Adelaide!

FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed 'Best of New York' by New York Magazine and 'an invaluable New York institution' by The New York Post, will continue its all-star Spring 2010 season with the New York concert debut of LAKISHA JONES, the 'American Idol' finalist and star of Broadway's The Color Purple, on Monday, June 14.

Jim Caruso is proud to present the return of Tony Award-winning actress/singer CHRISTINE EBERSOLE in concert on Monday, June 21 at 7pm. This evening is a continuation of the award-winning series, Broadway at Birdland.

Tony- and Emmy award-winning actress Cherry Jones joins Keith Lockhart, the Boston Pops, and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, and special guests-actors Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, and Ed Harris-for the world premiere performance of The Dream Lives On: A Portrait of the Kennedy Brothers-the centerpiece of the Boston Pops' 125th anniversary season celebration-on May 18, at 8 p.m. (repeated on May 19), at Symphony Hall in Boston, MA. Cherry Jones, who can currently be seen in the hit TV show 24 as President Allison Taylor, has appeared in Oceans Twelve, The Village, Signs, and Cradle Will Rock, and in guest appearances on television shows including 'The West Wing' and 'Frasier.' Ms. Jones won Tony awards in 1995 for her leading role in The Heiress and in 2005 for her leading role in Doubt, and won an Emmy award in 2009 for her role in 24. The world premiere performances of The Dream Lives On are the centerpiece of the Boston Pops 125th anniversary season, May 4-June 20.

Acclaimed actors Robert De Niro, Ed Harris, and Morgan Freeman give life to the words of John, Robert, and Edward Kennedy, respectively, when they join conductor Keith Lockhart, the Boston Pops Orchestra, and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus for the world premiere performance of The Dream Lives On: A Portrait of the Kennedy Brothers-the centerpiece of the Boston Pops 125th anniversary season celebration-on May 18, at 8 p.m. (repeated on May 19), at Symphony Hall in Boston, MA.

The 2010/11 season at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts features six distinct performance series that highlight amazing artists and extraordinary experiences. This season showcases a world-class roster of performers including international theatre companies, jazz and world music greats, superstar dance companies and Philadelphia's most edgy and innovative artists.

The Boston Pops world premiere of The Dream Lives On: A Portrait of the Kennedy Brothers, which will take place at Boston's Symphony Hall on May 18 and 19, is set to receive a live audio recording for later release. The event will also be documented in a video exclusive, featuring interviews with composer Peter Boyer, lyricist Lynn Ahrens, and conductor Keith Lockhart, as well as excerpts from the show itself.

The Salerno Theatre Co., in association with Carrollwood Cultural Center and the Pinellas Park Performing Arts Center, presents the final weekend of the world premiere of the new 50's and 60's pop musical, COAST-2-COAST: HITSVILLE, USA from May 14th to 16th.

Disco diva and Grammy Award winner, Thelma Houston, will once again grace the Teatro ZinZanni fabled spiegeltent as the legendary hostess from February 4 - May 16. She will appear in a new version of Hearts on Fire, a show that ran some eighteen months ago to great critical and audience acclaim, and which will span the celebratory month of March, which marks the Teatro ZinZanni's 10th anniversary in San Francisco

The Salerno Theatre Co., in association with Carrollwood Cultural Center and the Pinellas Park Performing Arts Center, presents the final weekend of the world premiere of the new 50's and 60's pop musical, COAST-2-COAST: HITSVILLE, USA from May 14th to 16th.

In honor of Margaret Wise Brown's 100th Birthday, GPR Records (Glen Roven, Peter Fitzgerald, Richard Cohen, artistic directors) will release a live recording of the concert based on Brown's two best selling children's books Goodnight Moon and Runaway Bunny.

Grammy Award winning vocalist Maya Azucena has made a name for herself as a riveting performer with a sound that spans alternative R&B, jazz and adventurous pop music. After the success of her first two recordings, the self-released Maya Who?! and the all-acoustic Junkyard Jewel, Maya is currently completing a new recording, Cry Love, that features her powerful voice and soulful songwriting skills. For her Blue Note performance, Maya will be premiering new music with her stellar band which features several high profile musicians.