Billie Holiday News

The Billie Holiday Theatre and Bed-Stuy Art House will present a one-night-only multidisciplinary event honoring Malcolm X and Lorraine Hansberry through original short plays, live music, and contemporary performance in Brooklyn.

The Lowell Folk Festival announced its first set of performers for its 39th edition, including Elida Almeida, Dat Mighty 9, and Super Chikan & the Fighting c*cks across stages in downtown Lowell, MA.

LADY DAY AT EMERSON’S BAR AND GRILL will be presented at Ivoryton Playhouse. The production stars Christina Acosta Robinson as Billie Holiday and features live music. Performances will run in Connecticut through May.

Asolo Repertory Theatre has announced the cast and creative team for its upcoming regional premiere of Marie and Rosetta, written by George Brant and directed by E. Faye Butler.

54 Below will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Marilyn Maye, Claybourne Elder, and many more. 

Olivier Award winner Jenna Russell joins the full cast of SINATRA THE MUSICAL, set to begin performances June 3, 2026 at London's Aldwych Theatre, featuring over 20 Sinatra hits.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is April 7, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Champian Fulton’s FLYING HIGH delivered a vibrant blend of jazz and cabaret, pairing her elegant pianism with a stellar ensemble and standout vocalists. The set moved effortlessly from intimate moments to full-band swing.

Florida Studio Theatre has announced that A Night with Janis Joplin, a concert-style celebration of the legendary singer and the artists who inspired her, has been extended again by audience demand.

The Lewis Family of New Orleans has announced the New York City premiere of Belle Noire, a theatrical concert celebrating the lineage, artistry, and community foundations of iconic Black female performers.

In April, 54 Below will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Marilyn Maye, Claybourne Elder and many more. 

The star singer (JEKYLL & HYDE) joined forces with Music Director Billy Stritch on Wednesday March 25. Ms. Eder was in supremely capable hands (literally) all night.

The Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) just added Broadway superstar Sierra Boggess and Grammy winning trio Time for Three, consisting of Ranaan Meyer (double bass, vocals), Nicolas “Nick” Kendall (violin, vocals) and Charles Yang (violin, vocals), to the 2026 Princeton Festival's impressive roster of artists.

Kandace Springs will headline the Women's Jazz Festival at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. The annual series highlights the contributions of Black women in jazz through performances spanning generations.

At the 52nd Anniversary Joseph Jefferson Awards for Non-Equity Theater, more than 150 recognized artists and new emerging faces and voices will be honored in a program under the artistic direction of Adrian Abel Azevedo.

Fresh off a major showing in Memphis, Boston's genre-bending blues band Bees Deluxe returns to the stage in Cambridge for a special Saturday afternoon performance at McCarthy's Toad on Saturday, March 14 at 4 p.m.

Tony Award winner Richard Maltby, Jr. discusses with Jennifer Ashley Tepper About Time, his new revue written with collaborator David Shire which, alongside Starting Here, Starting Now and Closer Than Ever, completes the writing team’s trilogy. They also chat about friendship with Stephen Sondheim, how Off-Broadway has evolved since the 1960s, the role Yale University has played, and more.

Strange Fruit, directed by Venus Cuffs at Joe's Pub on 2/26, is a multimedia protest performance inspired by Billie Holiday's 1939 anti-lynching anthem. An all-LGBTQIA+ cast of Black artists explores resilience and resistance.

Hunter College's Rita and Burton Goldberg MFA Playwriting Program will present an industry reading of A GOOD FIT, a play by Maia Matsushita McBride, on March 6th. The event, directed by Awoye Timpo, will explore themes of gentrification, racism, and class dynamics in NYC.

Cabaret Classics will release 'Toast of the Town, Vol. 2,' the second big band album from Boston-based vocalist Brian De Lorenzo, available on CD and streaming on all mainstream digital platforms.