Bill T. Jones News

Point Park University's Conservatory Dance Company will perform their annual concert at the Byham Theater in the Cultural District Feb. 24 - 26.

La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts is thrilled to announce the fourth production of National Theatre Live's second season - broadcast live from London's National Olivier Theatre, the musical sensation and Tony nominee for Best Musical, FELA!

On January 27 Spring Awakening will make its Melbourne debut at the National Theatre. Robert Coates will direct the production.

The National Theatre's production of FELA! has received an extraordinarily popular and critical reception. Stephen and Ruth Hendel are proud to announce that the first European engagement signed for the international tour is a return to London for a six-week run at the prestigious Sadler's Wells Theatre.

'Dance: Under the Influence,' a provocative program of dance works inspired by other art practices will debut in the intimate MAD Theater on Wednesday, February 9, 2011 and continue one Wednesday performance a month through May 18, 2011. The program is guest-curated by renowned arts writer, editor, and George Balanchine-biographer, Valerie Gladstone.

The 2007 Tony Award winner for Best Musical and 2008 Grammy Award winner for Best Musical Show Album, SPRING AWAKENING will return to Los Angeles for one week only, February 8 - 13, 2011. This engagement will mark the first time the show has come to Hollywood's iconic Pantages Theatre.

Ulster Bank Dublin Festival is delighted to continue to present National Theatre Live, an initiative presented by in association with the Irish Film Institute, to broadcast live performances of National Theatre plays onto cinema screens around the world.

His music inspired a nation. Motivated by his mother, a civil rights champion, Fela Kuti defied a corrupt military regime in Nigeria and devoted his life and music to the struggle for human dignity. His message came across in his inspired, soulful Afrobeat music, which fuels the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical that tells his story.

Laurie Anderson, one of America's most renowned and daring creative pioneers, returns to the Harris on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 7:30 pm for the Chicago premiere of Delusion, her latest full scale work of performance art.

The Joyce Theater proudly announces that it will continue to support the dance community with the selection of ten choreographers to participate in two residency initiatives which will take place during a two-year period, with additional artists to be selected to participate in 2011.

Dance New Amsterdam (DNA), Lower Manhattan's premiere international dance center that provides the ultimate studio-to-stage experience for artists, announces their Winter 2011 Season.

Ulster Bank Dublin Festival is delighted to continue to present National Theatre Live, an initiative presented by in association with the Irish Film Institute, to broadcast live performances of National Theatre plays onto cinema screens around the world.

Fela! may soon be headed to Nigeria, according to the New York Times. The move was originally reported in June, when it was announced that FELA! has been asked by officials at the Nigerian Ministry of Culture to perform in Nigeria in October.

On January 2, Fela!, the multi-Tony Award-winning Broadway musical about the music and life of the revolutionary musician and activist Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, ended it's run at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre. The critically acclaimed musical began performances on Broadway on October 19 of 2009 and opened to rave reviews on November 23, 2009. Check out photos from the final performance below!

Fela!, the new musical based on the life and music of groundbreaking African composer, performer and activist Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, opened on Broadway at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre (230 West 49th Street) on November 23, 2009. BroadwayWorld and Broadway Beat were on hand and bring you these explosive clips and interviews with the cast and creative!

BroadwayWorld offers highlights of the several productions which will complete their Broadway runs in January.

On Sunday, December 5, the 33rd Annual Kennedy Center Honored celebrated the talents and contributions of singer and songwriter Merle Haggard; composer and lyricist Jerry Herman; dancer, choreographer and director Bill T. Jones; songwriter and musician Paul McCartney; and producer, television host and actress Oprah Winfrey. In case you missed the broadcast on CBS on Tuesday, check out this clip of the full the tribute to Jerry Herman!

In case you missed the broadcast on CBS last night, check out this clip of Angela Lansbury, Carol Channing & Chita Rivera. The legendary Broadway performers go over their notes backstage in preparation to tribute friend and honoree, the great Composer/Lyricist Jerry Herman.

On Sunday, December 5, the 33rd Annual Kennedy Center Honored celebrated the talents and contributions of singer and songwriter Merle Haggard; composer and lyricist Jerry Herman; dancer, choreographer and director Bill T. Jones; songwriter and musician Paul McCartney; and producer, television host and actress Oprah Winfrey.

On Sunday, December 5, the 33rd Annual Kennedy Center Honored celebrated the talents and contributions of singer and songwriter Merle Haggard; composer and lyricist Jerry Herman; dancer, choreographer and director Bill T. Jones; songwriter and musician Paul McCartney; and producer, television host and actress Oprah Winfrey.