Ben Folds News

In Muriel's Wedding The Musical, Muriel Heslop is back! And this time she's singing.

With the Fall approaching, The Space at the Westbury Theater is getting ready to bring the sounds of some of Long Island and greater NY's hottest musical acts, tributes to great bands as well as the best decades in popular music, and national headliners to their Main Stage and the All Music Inc. Lounge at 250 Post Ave, Westbury NY!

Haven Theatre Company announces How We Got On to begin their fourth season, written by Idris Goodwin and directed by Jess McLeod, at the company's new home within the Den Theatre's new Bookspan Theatre, 1335 Milwaukee Ave., September 29 - November 12. Previews are Thursday, Sept. 29 - Saturday, Oct.1 at 8 p.m. Opening night isSunday, Oct. 2 at 7 p.m. The regular performance schedule is Thursdays - Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m.Regular run tickets are $32, senior tickets are $20 and college/industry tickets are $15 (preview tickets are $12). You may purchase tickets and get more information at www.haventheatrechicago.com.

Songwriter and recording artist Carly Jamison has announced the release of a new single today. 'Sneaking Around This Small Town'

Haven Theatre Company announces How We Got On to begin their fourth season, written by Idris Goodwin and directed by Jess McLeod, at the company's new home within the Den Theatre's new Bookspan Theatre, 1335 Milwaukee Ave., September 29 - November 12.

DSI Comedy Theater is hosting its second annual Soundbites Festival. This annual even brings several podcasts to the DSI stage at 462 West Franklin Street for an evening of humor and storytelling. Each evening will feature a podcast paired with a comedy performance. Tickets range from $10-$20 depending on the show.  More information is available online at www.dsicomedy.com.

Creator and host of COMEY BANG! BANG! Scott Aukerman took to Twitter today to announce that  the IFC series would conclude after its fifth season.

Booze, puking, nudity -- Drunk History is back September 27 with more soused lessons on the past. Season 4 premieres Tuesday, September 27 at 10:30 p.m. on Comedy Central.

Joe's Pub at The Public has announced its nightly shows, running August 17-28. Scroll down for details!

Multi-platinum selling singer/songwriter/producer Ben Folds comes to Mayo Performing Arts Center as part of his new solo tour 'Ben Folds and A Piano.' The show is Sunday, September 18, 2016 at 8 pm. Tickets are $49 - $99.

Bergen Performing Arts Center located at 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood, New Jersey presents Ben Folds: And A Piano presented by Westfield Garden State Plaza-Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at 8PM.

The ever Quiet Clubbing Festival will take place on Coney Island August 27-18, 2016.  It will feature 9 Live DJs on multiple stages battling for your attention, faceprinting, LED Robots, Fire Twirlers and LED Hula Dancers. 

Single tickets for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Pops 2016-17 season at the Taft Theatre go on sale Monday, August 1 through the CSO and Pops Box Office at the Taft Theatre (513) 381-3300 and online at cincinnatisymphony.org and cincinnatipops.org.

If ever a show has become part of the 'fabric' of New York and pop culture, it is the Tony Award-winning musical Avenue Q -- with its colorful cast of humans and puppets. The ground-breaking musical hits a new landmark this summer when it celebrates its 13th anniversary on Sunday, July 31, 2013 at New World Stages (340 W. 50 St.) in New York City.

This season, "Drunk History" transports viewers back in time to hang with the founding fathers as the multi-talented Lin-Manuel Miranda narrates the rivalry between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr.

In addition to planning an Off-Broadway series at the Horton Grand Theatre, SDMT is cultivating two, site-specific works; LAST NIGHT IN TOWN - a new musical based on the discography of Ben Folds, and HALL PASS - an immersive musical set and performed in a high school. Both musicals were featured in New York University's Forum on Site-Specific Performance in 2015. LAST NIGHT IN TOWN has another San Diego connection: one of the show's creators, Amy Cordileone, grew up in San Diego and worked locally for many years before moving to New York City.

No matter if you like rock or Bach, the Kansas City Symphony's packed 2016-17 season includes a wide array of concerts to satisfy a variety of tastes.

New shows on sale this week at bergenPAC: Ben Folds: A Piano and a Playpen presented by Westfield Garden State Plaza-Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at 8PM. Tickets go on sale Friday, July 15, 2016 at 11AM at www.ticketmaster.com or by calling bergenPAC's Box Office at 201.227.1030.

Tony nominee Sara Bareilles performed the Broadway for Orlando song 'What the World Needs Now Is Love' on NBC's annual MACY'S 4TH OF JULY FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR.

Mix the face of Brick-era Ben Folds, with the musical talent of Tim Minchin, with the stagecraft of Ross Gellar's music career and you've got Bryce Halliday. An adorkable juxtaposition of vocal simplicity and production complexity. A comedy-jazz musician in his prime, Halliday is looking anachronistically back to bring the Hayes Theatre Cabaret audience something 'basic', a mission in which he fails most sublimely spectacularly.