Billie Holiday News

BAM has revealed its 2025 Winter Spring Season, featuring Paul Mescal in A Streetcar Named Desire, Whitney White's Macbeth in Stride, and more. Learn more about the full lineup here!

in just days, A Wonderful World will open on Broadway at. Studio 54. We're celebrating the occasion with a playlist of just a few of our favorite Broadway showtunes turned jazz standards. 

Experience COLE PORTER'S KISS ME, KATE at Quintessence Theatre, directed by Todd Underwood. Enjoy a blend of jazz, dance, and comedy from November 27 to January 5.

As a part of its 2024-25 Season, The Billie Holiday Theatre - one of the nation's preeminent arts and culture organizations - will launch the inaugural “Black Narrative” theater series.

Laibach have announced details of “Strange Fruit”, a three-track single release that follows their recent single “The Future” (Leonard Cohen). This unique interpretation of the haunting protest song has been featured in their ongoing Opus Dei tour. Listen to it now!

This holiday season, “let the memory live again” of Betty Buckley’s Tony Award-winning performance in Cats as her Grizabella joins Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS’ limited edition Broadway Legends ornament series.

Explore the MOODY JAZZ FESTIVAL at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center from November 7-24, featuring a lineup of renowned jazz artists and performances.

The Frank Silvera Writers' Workshop continues its 2024-25 season with a reading of WHO YOU KISS FOR FUN by Emma Y. Lai, exploring identity and romance among Asian American friends.

Bees Deluxe, the British-American acid blues band, returns to Stitch Bar & Blues in NYC on November 2nd.

Esteemed American playwrights Cherríe Moraga and Richard Wesley have been announced as the 2024 recipients of the Legacy Playwright Awards. Learn more about the playwrights and about the awards.

Grammy winner, Golden Globe winner, and Oscar-nominated artist Andra Day returns with her striking new single “Bricks,” in tandem with her lead role in the critically acclaimed drama Exhibiting Forgiveness.

Dianne Dixon joins the American premiere of GOODBYE, DOCTOR, a psychological drama by Betty Milan, directed by Debora Baladini. The play runs at A.R.T./New York Theatres from October 24 to November 3.

Celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Nitz/Howe Experience at Elgin's Hemmens on November 24. Enjoy a night of audience participation, comedy, and music with After Dark Award winners Daryl Nitz and George Howe.

Sunday brunch gets the blues when Bees Deluxe, the British-American sensation, comes to the stage at Daryl's House in Pawling NY, New York State's coolest live music venue on Sunday October 20th at noon for a unique acoustic show featuring Carol Band, keyboards, vocals & harmonica, Jeff Lopez acoustic bass and Conrad Warre on vocals & acoustic guitars.

Marya Zimmet returns to the New York cabaret scene with performances at Don't Tell Mama and Pangea in November, featuring songs from her debut album and classics by Cole Porter and Paul McCartney.

The New Jersey Performing Arts Center revealed the top five finalists for the 13th annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, featuring emerging talents from around the world. Learn more!

Alliance Theatre in Atlanta unveiled two new BOLD leadership positions, aiming to enhance its commitment to innovative programming and community engagement. Learn more about the promotions and about the company!

Celebrate the 25th anniversary of the NITZ/HOWE EXPERIENCE, Chicago's longest-running cabaret show, featuring Daryl Nitz and George Howe with vocal impressions and audience participation every Saturday. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Ann Hampton Callaway will return to The Pheasantry Jazz Club in London with her new show, SIRENS OF SWING. The performance promises an evening of jazz and swing music. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

I mean, my influences growing up? I went through a phase of everything was jazz! And it had to be old-school jazz! When I was about twelve or thirteen, I went to a yard sale. I found this CD. It was actually a tape. Billie Holiday, Lena Horn, Sarah Vaughn, Ella Fitzgerald. I'd never heard of any of them, and I just poured over it and studied the nuances of their voices.