Billie Holiday News

Previews begin tonight, April 1, for Lincoln Center Theater's production of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic The Skin of Our Teeth. The production opens on Monday, April 25 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. Meet the cast here!

Florida Repertory Theatre has announced its 25th Anniversary Season in the Historic Arcade and ArtStage Studio Theatres. The 2022-2023 Season opens to previews in the ArtStage Studio on September 20, and the nine-show season runs through May 21, 2023.

Marcus Performing Arts Center (MPAC), Johnson Financial Group, and Broadway Across America are proud to announce the 2022-23 Broadway at the Marcus Center season, along with the new MPAC Presents series for 2022-23. 

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts will close out its 2021–22 season with an eclectic variety of music, theater, dance, film, humor and even a puppetry workshop.

Lyrics and Lyricists™ 50th anniversary season will continue with You Send Me: The Song and Soul of Sam Cook on April 23, 24 and 25. Darius de Haas delves into the world of Sam Cooke – his gospel roots and triumphant 1964 engagement at the Copacabana; his classics of romance, and work as a trailblazing entrepreneur and civil rights activist.

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson has a history of involvement in the theater.

Academy Award® winner Daniel Junge and Emmy Award winner Sam Pollard announced today that they have partnered with the estate of the Archbishop Carl Bean to co-direct the upcoming documentary I WAS BORN THIS WAY based on the iconic LGBTQ Archbishop’s incredible life as a singer turned leader and activist.

The California Symphony led by Music Director Donato Cabrera, presents Symphony Royale, an unforgettable evening of vintage glamor, jazz, and swing-filled entertainment. All Symphony Royale proceeds directly support the musicians of the California Symphony and the children served through its education programs.

Three dynamic vocalists and an all-female jazz band pay tribute to three of history's greatest jazz singers in the musical performance Bessie, Billie, & Nina—Pioneering Women in Jazz at Pepperdine University's Smothers Theatre in Malibu on Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 8 p.m.  

Experience the life, the musical history and legacy, the very essence of THE greatest icon of American Jazz, “Pops,” “Satchmo,” “Louis” Armstrong, in a truly multi-dimensional immersive experience taking place at Cotuit Center for the Arts on the evening of Friday, April 22nd. Public welcome at 6:30pm, showtime is 7:30pm.

The Royal Conservatory Of Music has announced its April lineup of concerts including Live Life Now, Live Music Again @ Koerner Hall and classical concerts with Ivo Pogorelić, Joyce DiDonato, Sir Bryn Terfel, Eve Egoyan and more!

Theatre Calgary's Artistic Director Stafford Arima has announced their 2022-23 season of plays.

The legendary voice of love, Peabo Bryson, comes to Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts (PTPA) on Sunday, April 3 at 7pm. Tickets range between $39.00 - $89.00 plus fees and can be purchased online anytime at PatchogueTheatre.org or at the Box Office, (631) 207-1313, 71 East Main Street in Patchogue. Student/Senior citizen discounts are available. Advanced ticket purchase is strongly recommended.

From high-stepping and fan-favorite musicals to compelling award-winning dramas, Orlando Shakes in partnership with UCF has announced its upcoming productions for the 2022-23 season. 

The time is 1959. The place is a seedy bar in Philadelphia. The audience is about to witness one of Billie Holiday’s last performances, given four months before her death. More than a dozen musical numbers are interlaced with salty, often humorous reminiscences to project a riveting portrait of one of the greatest vocalists of all time.

Curio Theatre Company comes back, after two seasons without a mainstage show, with an intimate look at a musical icon. Curio will transform its Black Box space into a South Philly bar for one of Billie Holiday's final performances.

The CJRO returns to the Lone Tree Arts Center (LTAC) for an evening of fantastic jazz with Back by Popular Demand: The CJRO Returns. CJRO fans, both old and new, will hear many of their favorite big band jazz numbers such as “Take the “A” Train,” “You Make Me Feel So Young,” “Moanin,” and “More Today Than Yesterday” along with some new arrangements too! Nationally known, vocalist Marion Powers will be featured.

The Betsy (thebetsyhotel.com), a luxury family-owned and operated hotel on Miami Beach known internationally as a hub for arts, culture, and community, announces its 10th Annual Overture to Overtown (OTO) Jazz Festival, in celebration of National Jazz Appreciation Month (“JAM”) from April 1-April 30, 2022 on Miami Beach. Proud to be joining with other national jazz presenters, the hotel's month-long program co-produced with Carole Ann Taylor, will include over 40 live performances, curated community conversations, curated outdoor exhibits, and the exhibition, Sounds of FREEDOM. 

The Marsh announces the line-up for its second digital global festival, MarshStream International Solo Fest, presenting performers from across the nation and around the world in a three-day online marathon of 36 global works.

Laguna Playhouse has announced its third production of its 100th anniversary season, Artists Lounge Live presents FIRST LADY OF SONG: ALEXIS J ROSTON SINGS ELLA FITZGERALD, written by Angela Ingersoll (End of the Rainbow), musical direction by William Kurk, and starring Alexis J Roston.