Aretha Franklin News

This new REVOLUSHN album highlights their influences including Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, The Black Keys, Lady Gaga, Manaskin, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, and more. 3 was recorded at Swamptone Studios in Northern California, Cypher Sound Studios in Kansas City, MO, Hailer Studios in Los Angeles, and Coast Mastering in Berkeley, CA.

Individual performance tickets for FIM's upcoming season, All Together Now, are on sale. This includes all performances that are part of FIM Flint Repertory Theatre, FIM Flint Symphony Orchestra, FIM Capitol Theatre and FIM's Whiting Presents series.

Best of Enemies will begin previews at the Noël Coward Theatre on 14 November with an opening night on 28 November. Find out how to get tickets to Zachary Quito's West End Debut

Jennifer Hudson kicks off the premiere episode of “The Jennifer Hudson Show' by going back to where it all began. The EGOT winner will reunite with former “American Idol” judge Simon Cowell for their first sit-down conversation since she placed seventh on Season 3 of the singing competition series in 2004. The premiere will mark Hudson’s birthday.

Deborah Grace Winer has curated another great night of standards and talent.

Multi-genre singer/songwriter, producer, recording artist and proud member of the Recording Academy (and a Grammy️ Voter since 2020), Justine Blazer, just released her highly anticipated debut blues album 'Girl Singing the Blues.'

Amidst the current attacks on women's rights in America, Bianca Jade understands that now more than ever, is the time to speak up and band together to support her fellow women. In her new single 'Pressure', Bianca channels beloved 2000's R&B vibes to remind women that they are Bad B*tches who deserve everything they want out of life.

Historic six-time Tony Award Winner Audra McDonald returned to the Provincetown Town Hall series produced by Mark Cortale on August 28 with Seth Rudetsky as music director & host. As part of the evening, Audra welcomed Tony Award-winning star Michael Cerveris onstage for a Sondheim duet. See the video!

​​​​​​​Ravinia's fall-spring Bennett Gordon Hall concert series returns in 2022-23 for the first time since 2019 and will include 22 festival premieres. The concerts run from Oct. 15 through May 5 in Ravinia's most intimate space, the 450-seat Bennett Gordon Hall. It mirrors the celebrated festival season by showcasing a variety of talented artists across several genres, including classical and jazz, as well as a popular children's musical theatre.

Comedy Works has announced that Billy D. Washington will perform at Comedy Works South at the Landmark.

The American Theatre Guild has announced that single tickets to four engagements in the 22–23 BROADWAY IN SANTA BARBARA SERIES will go on sale Tuesday, August 30 at 12:30 p.m. All engagements will be held at The Granada Theatre. 

Jennifer Hudson sings a medley of songs she's performed throughout her career, with selections from Annie, Cats, Big River, and more.

Pompano Beach Arts has announced an extraordinary new concert series produced by “Generation” Venetian Arts Society (GENVAS) specifically for the Pompano Beach Cultural Center. The Bell'Arte Concert Series, in its inaugural season, will consist of four fine arts salon-style concerts, each unique in topic and genre.

What better way to cap what has been billed as MSMT’s Revival Season than with a free, festive outdoor event that, despite intermittent showers, drew a large, enthusiastic crowd? That is exactly what MSMT did on August 24 when it presented its annual MSMT Concert on the Mall as part of the Brunswick Downtown Association’s summer series. In a program designed to thank the community for its loyal support of the theatre, especially during the pandemic, the seventy-five-minute concert featured performers from the company’s current main stage show, KINKY BOOTS, as well as other local artists in a rousing and engaging program of musical theatre selections.

Join American Idol Finalist Lakisha Jones in a celebration of the greatest ladies of soul from Diana Ross, Donna Summer, Tina Turner, the legendary Aretha Franklin, and the one and only Whitney Houston. “...from sound stages and concert halls across the country and around the world, she’s got them standing in the aisles!”

Actor / comedian Rhonda 'Passion' Hansome (SiriusXM 'John Fugelsang's Tell Me Everything,' / 2022 Black Women in Comedy LaffFest) will be joined by Hollie Harper, Kelli Dunham, Robin Siegel Lakin, Maribeth Mooney and Mina Hartong at the Funny Over 50 live (and livestream) comedy showcase on Tuesday August 23, 2022.

World Premiere play at The Marsh San Francisco.

The Gracie Theatre's 11th season is upon us.

The Hylton Performing Arts Center kicks off its 2022-2023 season of in-person programming this September and October 2022 with exciting performances as part of Hylton Presents, Hylton Family Series, and Matinee Idylls, plus performances by Hylton Center Arts Partners, the return of Arts Alive!, and a new lineup of workshops at the Hylton Center and offsite at Prince William Public Library locations as part of the Veterans and the Arts Initiative.

The Washington Pavilion is adding great new shows to the 2022-23 performance season. In addition to the six-show all-Broadway Pavilion Performance Series, a “Bonus Bundle” package of BUDDY – The Buddy Holly Story and R.E.S.P.E.C.T. will go on sale next week, and FOREVER YOUNG will open the season in October.