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Acclaimed vocalist and entertainer Michelle Johnson, known as “Las Vegas’ First Lady of Jazz” is happily returning to The Smith Center when she will perform perform her new show Michelle Johnson Presents Home! A Return to Broadway at Myron’s at The Smith Center on Sept. 26.
Celebrate the return of the live theater community on Sunday, October 3, 2021, when Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS' much-anticipated Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction once again takes to the streets of New York City's Theater District.
Returning to his Manhattan nightclub home, the industrious Well-Strung violinist premieres his second solo in two years.
Coinciding with DREAMGIRLS 40th Anniversary, DREAMGIRLS’ original Effie Jennifer Holliday will perform her concert HERE’S TO LIFE at The Wallis October 9, 2021. Had the chance to chat with Jennifer of her current LIFE, her signature song, and her one-upping lockdown.
The York Theatre Company will honor musical theater legends Richard Maltby, Jr. & David Shire (Baby, Big, Starting Here, Starting Now, Closer Than Ever) with the 2021 Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement in Musical Theater and Elisa Loti Stein with The York Theatre Company Founders’ Award at the 29th Oscar Hammerstein Award Gala.
Everything these days seems to be ephemeral. With the attention span of a gnat, Americans lose interest faster than it took to write this sentence. Squirrel! Platforms such as TikTok, Instagram and Tinder (swiping for love based on appearances alone) is ever-shortening society's ability to focus and appreciate longevity. With an insatiable appetite for newer and better, the world has embraced change for change's sake. Longevity is, ironically, a thing of the past. That's why it's beyond remarkable that Theatre Memphis is now celebrating its 100th Anniversary Season with the opening of HELLO, DOLLY! (Now through September 19th). 100 years of the Memphis community coming together to put on a show-that's quite a feat! Like a fine wine, Theatre Memphis seems to be just getting better and better with age. Not only have the production values increased immensely over the past few years, but the overall space itself has been infused with millions of dollars in gorgeous renovations. Everything seems to be peaking for TM at just the right time.
Joining them will be musical director Michael Arrom, Lyman Medeiros on bass, John Ciodini on guitar, and Gene Coye and drums.
The Ridgefield Theater Barn will partner with industry veteran Jaime Babbitt to launch an exciting new adult singing performance workshop this Fall, Sing! Sing! Sing!
Tonight, in their debut show at Don’t Tell Mama, Quentin Harris and Bryce Edwards added their own names to the list of performing teams who use opposition to their advantage. They bill themselves simply as MR. HARRIS AND MR. EDWARDS. If this sounds like a throwback to vaudeville days, it’s not entirely an accident. Harris and Edwards owe much to those old-time show business acts and most of their musical material is drawn from the Great American Songbook and from jazz standards. Quentin Harris knows a great deal about jazz and plays piano in the style of Oscar Peterson and many of the other jazz greats. Bryce Harris is a charmingly off-kilter one-man band, who plays ukulele, banjo, and the world’s most cumbersome looking kazoo. His style is bombastic and more than a little Jolson-esque. Both men are young, still in school, in fact, and so their show is a little rough around the edges as they find their footing. But they have the bones of a really interesting and unique act.
Next month, FEINSTEIN’S/54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club & Private Event Destination, will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond.
It's two seasons done for NiCori Studios smash-hit concert series, and they are taking it out in style with shows by three of the industry's biggest names and talents.
The Vereinigte Bühnen Wien is showing the world famous musical in a new version of the original production in German in the Ronacher.
NiCori Studios & Productions will present this season's final three Music At The Mansion: PORCH PERFORMANCES on Saturday, September 4, starring Celia Berk, Saturday, September 18, starring Natalie Douglas and Saturday, September 25, starring Corinna Sowers Adler.
The Playhouse Patio Cabaret Series wraps up its 2021 season by welcoming back the inimitable Carter Calvert. Sprinkled with “making it in the biz” stories and rollicking behind-the-scenes anecdotes, her award-winning vocal talents deliver a musical tribute to the divalicious ladies of music in a show entitled Viva La Diva. Floating effortlessly between Broadway, Pop, American Songbook, R&B, and Country, Carter delights audiences with the legendary songs of Patsy Cline, Judy Garland, Carole King, Barbra Streisand, Peggy Lee, and more!
The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation today announced actor, activist and fashion icon Billy Porter will be honored at The Elizabeth Taylor Ball to End AIDS fundraising gala on September 17, 2021, joining previously announced honorees Dr. Anthony Fauci, amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, and Sandra Thurman.
Celebrating Broadway’s return, Seth’s Broadway Breakdown will premiere with a press preview on Sunday, September 12, with performances three times a week starting on October 15th. The show will be produced by Asylum NYC’s artistic director, Alan Kliffer.
Touching on genres ranging from rock, country, folk, light opera, big band and mariachi, Elizabeth Ward Land finds her perfect vocal match in this salute to the great Linda Ronstadt.
Steven Brinberg celebrates the 51st anniversary (delayed a year by the pandemic) of Barbra Streisand's beloved 1970 film, featuring many songs from and stories about the making of Vincente Minnelli's last movie musical.
Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts has announced the return of Isaac Mizrahi and his band, live and in-person at the theater, on Saturday, October 9, at 8 p.m. The concert will be followed by a screening of the award-winning 1995 documentary Unzipped on Sunday, October 10, at 4 p.m.
When I heard about this Funny Girl revival, my first thought was, “Oh my god, I hope it’s real this time… and I hope whoever is cast as Fanny Brice is Jewish.” Beanie Feldstein is a powerful choice for Fanny Brice not only because she is truly Jewish, but also because of all the ways in which she veers from the “traditional” Broadway leading lady.
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