Billy Joe News

RPM Productions presents the world premiere of the full-scale production of "Day of the Gypsy," a highly innovative dance-theater collaboration with choreography by Ruth Page Award winner Gordon Peirce Schmidt and featuring live accompaniment by Grammy Award-winning musician John Jorgenson and the John Jorgenson Quintet.

Bryan Fenkart will bring his one-man show "A Decade of Imperfection" to 54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, on Tuesday  August 11, 2015 at 9:30 pm. "A Decade of Imperfection" celebrates the 10 year anniversary of Bryan's debut album "Imperfect Man," and takes us on the unpredictable journey of the everyman, told through Fenkart's original music and the pop, rock and Broadway songs that have inspired him. Guest artists to be announced.

Broadway Producers John N. Hart, Jr. and Hal Luftig are hosting this year's summer gala at Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater. Players Ball: Caribbean Magic Edition is on Tuesday, July 28 at 5:30 pm.

Broadway's 40 theatres aren't the only places to catch performances from your favorite stars! Well after Broadway orchestras begin their overtures, ensemble members take their dance breaks, and performers belt out their eleven o'clock numbers, the party continues at various cabaret venues throughout New York City. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you some cabaret highlights for this week as picked by our theatre editors, including: Aaron Lazar in 'Look For Me In the Songs;' Broadway Loves Katy Perry; Charles Busch: That Girl/That Boy; Dan'yelle Williamson in 'All of Me;' and 54 Sings Starmites.

The American musical sensation, Grease, will send audiences cruisin' through the days of pajama parties, sock hops, and drive-ins with an exuberant cast of Seattle's freshest faces and favorite performers at The 5th Avenue Theatre this summer.

Birdland Jazz Club has announced its schedule for July 13-19, featuring The Birdland Big Band, Aaron Lazar, Jazz Party with Carole Bufford, and more!

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? Today's big news: Ashman & Menken's classic LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS returns to the stage tonight!

Madison Square Garden Entertainment welcomes music icon and Garden franchise Billy Joel in his record-breaking 65th show tonight, July 1, 2015 at Madison Square Garden.

Birdland Jazz Club has announced its July 2015 schedule, featuring Ravi Coltrane Quartet, John Scofield Trio, The Birdland Big Band, Stacey Kent, John Pizzarelli sings Paul McCartney, The Broadway cast of Phantom of the Opera, Birdland Jazz Party with Carole Bufford, Jim Caruso's Cast Party, and more. Scroll down for details!

Lambertville, New Jersey's Downtown Performing Arts Center has announced a 6-week summer class schedule focusing on Teen and Adult Acting, Tap, Ballet, Jazz and Contemporary Dance. Classes will take place on Tuesday evenings between 5 pm and 8 pm from July 7 through August 11 at the Downtown Performing Arts Studios located at 54 Mt. Airy Village Rd. in Lambertville.

Guitar Player Magazine dubbed him the "Titan of the Telecaster." Rolling Stone said he's "an American treasure" and "one of our best." "One of the best guitarists on the planet" says Elmore Magazine. No matter what you call him, Bill Kirchen is a founding father of the Americana movement, now at the peak of his impressive career. He'll bring his killer band Too Much Fun (David Carroll on bass and Rick Richards on drums) to Daryl's House Club in Pawling on Thursday, July 30 at 8 pm.

Joe Pug will kick off his summer/fall 2015 tour in Montana, with a stop in Des Moines, IA at the Hinterland Music Festival on July 31.

Tony Award nominee Jarrod Spector will bring his acclaimed show, A Little Help from My Friends, to Feinstein's at the Nikko for two performances - today, June 25 (8 p.m.) and tomorrow, June 26 (8 p.m.).  Featuring a full band and back-up singers, Jarrod takes the audience on a joyous ride of great songs everyone knows and tells a vivid story about his time as the iconic Frankie Valli in the hit Broadway musical, Jersey Boys.

He doesn't want to say 'Bye, bye' to Miss American Pie just yet. In the summer of 2013 and early 2014, BroadwayWorld New York cabaret editor/reviewer and Cabaret Scenes Magazine feature writer Stephen Hanks fulfilled his long-held fantasy to perform a cabaret show based on the songbook of 1970s pop singer/songwriter Don McLean, who wrote the classic song, 'American Pie.' Hanks' show BEYOND AMERICAN PIE: THE DON McLEAN SONGBOOK was staged four times at Manhattan's Metropolitan Room and once at Stage 72 (The Triad), and Hanks says the reaction from reviewers and audience members was surprisingly positive. Now Hanks is bringing back his Don McLean 'tribute show,' only this time as DON McLEAN: STORYTELLER, and he'll be performing it at the World Famous Don't Tell Mama 'Brick Room' today, June 20 and Monday, June 29, both shows at 7 pm.

Madison Square Garden Entertainment previously announced that music icon and Garden franchise Billy Joel will perform his 64th show tonight, June 20, 2015 at Madison Square Garden, which will tie Elton John's record at the venue for the 'most number of performances by any artist'. The June show, part of the Time Warner Cable Concert Series, is the 18th show as part of Joel's record-breaking residency at The World's Most Famous Arena.

Billy Joel's concert scheduled for Friday, September 25 will move to Saturday, September 26 at Madison Square Garden to accommodate Pope Francis' visit to New York City.

Birdland Jazz Club has announced its July 2015 schedule, featuring Ravi Coltrane Quartet, John Scofield Trio, The Birdland Big Band, Stacey Kent, John Pizzarelli sings Paul McCartney, The Broadway cast of Phantom of the Opera, Birdland Jazz Party with Carole Bufford, Jim Caruso's Cast Party, and more. Scroll down for details!

I, for one, will be keeping an eye open in the near future, eager to see the next moves that these five will make.

If you want to see a great show with the humor of SNL on a stage in Charlotte, CHARLOTTE SQUAWKS is it!

Django and Jimmie (Legacy Recordings), the new album collaboration from legendary American artists Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard, is emerging a crossover sensation, entering the Billboard Country Albums chart at #1 while going Top 10 (#7) on the Billboard 200 Bestselling Albums chart.