Aretha Franklin News

CHELSEA TABLE + STAGE – New York’s newest hotspot for intimate dining and extraordinary music – will present Julia Van Cartier – recently voted “New York’s Next Top Drag Queen (All Star Edition)” – in her latest foray onto the cabaret stage “I’m Not Myself Tonight” on Saturday, June 4 at 7:00 PM.

Signature Theatre has announced its 33rd season today, which highlights the organization’s long-time relationship with the legendary Stephen Sondheim. Signature has produced 31 Sondheim productions in its 32 season history – more than any other theater in North America.

Perryscope’s current roster of legacy artists includes Pink Floyd, AC/DC, David Bowie, The Police, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Janis Joplin, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Juan Gabriel, and the Woodstock Festival, among others.

Circle Theatre, West Michigan's go-to destination for exceptional theatrical arts in an intimate setting, presents Soul Groove: The Hits of Soul and R&B, directed by Lisa Knight. Your hips will start swaying when you get the urge to dance – it's time to groove.

Written and produced by Stewart, Ebony McQueen was recorded at Nashville’s legendary Blackbird Studio and his own Bay Street Recording Studio in the Caribbean, with contributions from an array of top vocalists, session players, and a 60-piece Budapest Scoring Orchestra.

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO) and Cincinnati Pops have announced details for the inaugural Andrew J. Brady Neighborhood Concert Series.

A protégée of Quincy Jones and mentored by Stevie Wonder, singer Sheléa graces The Wallis stage with her one-nighter Pretty World: Through the Eyes of Alan & Marilyn Bergman June 25, 2022. Sheléa shared remembrances of her many high-profile events in her life leading up to her Bergmans tribute.

CHELSEA TABLE + STAGE will present Spencer Day, the #1 Billboard jazz/pop singer and songwriter seen everywhere from Lincoln Center to the Hollywood Bowl, for two shows on Friday, June 10 and Saturday, June 11 at 7:00 PM. These concerts will celebrate the New York launch of Broadway By Day, Spencer’s new album from Club44 Records.

Recovering Child Co-Star from Full House, The Little Rascals, Hey Arnold, Recess, Ragtime the Musical and more! Recently seen on BRAVO's The People's Couch and the series finale of Fuller House! He is also a vocal coach and podcaster!

Having been on pause since the pandemic, Liz Player (Founding Executive and Artistic Director, Harlem Chamber Players) is pleased to announce the rare NYC performance of the Harlem Renaissance composer Nathaniel Dett's (1882-1943) masterpiece oratorio The Ordering of Moses, which was cut short during a radio broadcast in 1937.

In May and June, experience Latin music pianist Eddie Palmieri, trailblazing trumpeter Bria Skonberg and global guitar virtuoso Jesse Cook at the South Orange Performing Arts Center.

CHELSEA TABLE + STAGE will present acclaimed performer Billy Valentine – the Billboard chart-topping singer and songwriter best known for his work on The Five Heartbeats, “Boston Legal” and “Sons of Anarchy” – on Saturday, June 8 at 7:00 PM.

Season tickets for the 2022-2023 North Charleston POPS! season are on sale NOW. Concerts for the North Charleston POPS! 2022-2023 season previously announced in April. The season features something for everyone.

Syracuse Jazz Fest - the popular and long-running music festival which has been on hiatus the past 5 years - will be making it's return to Downtown Syracuse's Clinton Square and a variety of indoor city nightspots in June of 2022.

THE DJANGO will bring another month of stellar jazz by some of the field’s heroes alongside young, emerging artists.

The Juilliard School will hold its 117th commencement ceremony on May 20, 2022, at 10:30am. The ceremony will be held outdoors on the Lincoln Center campus in Damrosch Park, presided over by Juilliard President Damian Woetzel. It will also be livestreamed at juilliard.edu for those unable to attend in person.

Historic six-time Tony Award Winner Audra McDonald, star of Broadway’s The Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, Carousel, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill and HBO’s The Gilded Age, opens the Town Hall series on May 29 with Seth Rudetsky as music director and host.

Today, songwriter Pete Muller has shared a new video for his song “The Other Side,” the latest single from his upcoming record Spaces. “‘The Other Side’ is a highlight of our live set, and we usually get a lot of people singing along with us on the chorus,” writes Muller. “The song is about doing everything you can to get a grumpy partner back to a better frame of mind, and the benefits that might ensue to both of you from doing that. ‘Something good is waiting on the other side!’”

The American Theatre Guild, the largest not-for-profit touring Broadway presenter in the nation, has unveiled its highly anticipated 2022–2023 Season for the Pikes Peak Center. The Season will start off with big news as the number of Broadway show performances increases to three due to popular demand.

New England Conservatory President Andrea Kalyn and the Board of Trustees announce multiple Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter James Taylor as the commencement speaker and honorary degree recipient at the Conservatory's 151st annual commencement exercises, which will be held in-person on Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 2:00 p.m.