Billie Holiday News

Award winning actor and playwright David Heron has completed production as the narrator of A Reggae King Rises Again, Rolling Stone Magazine's new audio podcast tribute to Jamaican reggae legend and Grammy Award winning musician Frederick 'Toots' Hibbert.

Explore the Sydney Improvised Music Association's (SIMA) Jazz NOW Summer Season program and uncover the secrets of Sydney's local music scene.   

Alexandra Eckhardt is an accomplished Music Supervisor and bassist, having worked with artists including Sara Bareilles, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Alex Lacamoire, and many more! Eckhardt most recently supervised the music for the film, Passing, which premiered on January 30th at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Dramatic Competition.

“How much time do you want for your progress?” The late, great James Baldwin’s question to America remains unanswered. 

Notables from President Bill Clinton and Whoopi Goldberg to musicians Wynton Marsalis and Sting joined together on Sunday, Jan 24th to 'Save Birdland'.

Notables from President Bill Clinton and Whoopi Goldberg to musicians Wynton Marsalis and Sting joined together on Sunday, Jan 24th to “Save Birdland”.  During the fundraising concert the Broadway community was treated to “All That Jazz” starring the original Velmas of Chicago, Chita Rivera and Bebe Neuwirth.

The fundraising campaign for Birdland Jazz Club will conclude on January 24th with a free streaming concert titled Save Birdland: A Celebration of Music, History and Community.

1/ST, owners of the Pegasus World Cup Championship Invitational Series and Gulfstream Park have teamed up with recently opened Red Rooster Overtown to bring its energy and ethos to the 2021 Pegasus World Cup’s Flamingo Room experience by curating the menu and cocktails exclusively for the Pegasus connections, owners, trainers, jockeys and their families and guests. 

Katrinah Carol Lewis and Steve Perigard have been named Interim Co-Artistic Directors of Virginia Repertory Theatre by Managing Director Phil Whiteway, effective immediately. This six-month engagement is in sync with the longer term planning process that the Virginia Rep Board will begin at the end of this month. 

And the hits just keep on coming!

The fundraising campaign for Birdland Jazz Club will conclude on January 24th with a free streaming concert titled Save Birdland: A Celebration of Music, History and Community.

Now more than ever, art, activism, and collective agency are paramount to evoking real social change.

CLUB44 RECORDS is launching their relationship with acclaimed vocalist Nicolas King with the release of his new collection Act One: Celebrating 25 Years of Recordings, which will be available in streaming and digital formats on Friday, January 22.

EgoPo’s 2020-21 season continues with a presentation of Lawrence Theatre Company’s newest play, Three OG’s, as a live, virtual reading at 8pm on January 22nd, 2021. Written by Lawrence Theatre Company’s founder, Derrell Lawrence, Three OG’s stars John Canada Terrell, Brian Anthony Wilson and Lawrence’s Artistic Director, Damien J. Wallace.

Trustus Theatre is opening its first full production since the theatre's closure in March 2020 due to the pandemic. With new safety guidelines in place, Trustus will bring Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill to the theatre's Main Stage in-the-round for five weekends with socially distanced seating at half capacity.

Today, JUNO 2020 Award winner Dominique Fils-Aimé released “While We Wait,” the latest single ahead of her upcoming album Three Little Words.

DACAMERA, a Houston-based presenter of chamber music and jazz concerts, announces its virtual programming lineup for January through March.

Hulu announced today that the streaming platform has acquired the U.S. rights to Lee Daniels’ THE UNITED STATES vs. BILLIE HOLIDAY, which will debut as a Hulu Original film on Hulu on February 26, 2021. Sierra/Affinity will continue to handle international sales on the film.

Check out the current list of Equity-approved theatres, sorted by state, as well as any upcoming events they may have planned.

The 2021 Season at Ephrata Performing Arts Center will begin February 26, 2021.