KEVIN SMITH KIRKWOOD - now appearing on Broadway in the Tony Award-winning musical Kinky Boots - will bring CLASSIC WHITNEY: ALIVE! back to JOE'S PUB at The Public by popular demand.
With music and lyrics Stephen Sondheim and a book by George Furth, Company tells the story of Robert, turning thirty-five and still single, living in New York City. Surrounded by friends, all of whom have coupled off, he confronts his perpetual bachelorhood in a series of hilarious interactions...just in time to blow out his birthday candles. This game-changing musical gets a modern makeover in AE's Season 29 opener with unforgettable renditions of some of Sondheim's best-known songs, including 'Being Alive.'
The BRITISH LIVE PERFORMANCE SERIES from Rainman Records has announced that the latest installment of the live album series will feature renowned soul/funk/R&B collective AVERAGE WHITE BAND.
Actor's Express has extended its production of Company through September 11, 2016. The modern take on Stephen Sondheim's game-changing musical comedy is set to open Actor's Express 29th Season on July 30.
Actor's Express opens its 2016-2017 season with a modern take on Stephen Sondheim's game-changing musical Company. After his acclaimed production of Sweeney Todd last season, Actor's Express Artistic Director Freddie Ashley will direct the funny and incisive comedy with a 'reignited love for Sondheim. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast in character below!
The BRITISH LIVE PERFORMANCE SERIES from Rainman Records has announced that the latest installment of the live album series will feature renowned soul/funk/R&B collective AVERAGE WHITE BAND.
ABC won its 2nd consecutive week (w/o 6/6/16) in both Total Viewers (6.6 million) and Adults 18-49 (2.0/8), outpacing its nearest competition by 1.2 million viewers
“The Bachelorette” (8:00-10:00 p.m. – 6.7 million and 2.0/7 in AD18-49): From 8:00-10:00 p.m., ABC's “The Bachelorette” ran a strong second to NBC's “America's Got Talent” in Total Viewers
Written by Abdul Williams (Lottery Ticket) and executive produced by Jesse Collins (Real Husbands of Hollywood) for JCE Films, a division of Jesse Collins Entertainment, the three-night miniseries event is scheduled to premiere on BET in 2017.
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents an evening with R&B super group New Edition, one of music's original boy bands of the 1980s, who paved the way for boy bands like New Kids on the Block, Boyz II Men, The Backstreet Boys and One Direction. The boys from Boston, exploded into the music scene with their debut single, 'Candy Girl,' and followed up with #1 hits 'Mr. Telephone Man', 'Cool It Now' and many more which earned them recognition by Soul Train, Billboard, American Music Awards, National Academy of Recording Music. New Edition remains as one of the top touring bands that continues to sell out venues across America. Sunday July 10, 2016 7PM at Prudential Hall. Tickets On Sale Friday, May 20, 2016 at 10AM! Tickets available at NJPAC.org or 888.GO.NJPAC (888.466.5722)
La La Anthony (Power), Yvette Nicole Brown (The Office; The New Odd Couple), Monica Calhoun (The Best Man), Lisa Nicole Carson (Ally McBeal) and Sandi McCree (The Wire) have joined the cast to play the mothers of the iconic music group New Edition
SJ Presents, announces that R&B super group, New Edition and multi-platinum hit-maker Babyface will be coming to the Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Connecticut Thursday, July 7 at 8:00 p.m. See New England's biggest R&B band perform their platinum plus hits 'Candy Girl' to 'Can You Stand the Rain' along with Babyface who not only produced mega hits for many superstars but sold millions of records with hits 'Whip Appeal' to 'We've Got Love' and so much more. Summer just got hotter with the New Edition and Babyface concert that will undeniably keep the crowd fully entertained performing one chart-topper after the other. Be sure to reserve tickets on Friday, April 29th at 10am at Ticketmaster.com or by phone at 800.745.3000 and at the Webster Bank Arena Click It or Ticket Box Office located at 600 Main Street, Bridgeport, CT.
The hit syndicated talk series, THE REAL has been cleared for the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons on television stations covering more than 95% of the country (including on the Fox Television Stations in a previously announced deal).
Bobby Brown, the husband of late Grammy-winning superstar Whitney Houston, will release a tell-all memoir via HarperCollins' Dey Street Books imprint, according to ABC.
Today, Showtime Documentary Films announced the start of production on a film exploring the incredible career and complicated life of the memorable singer.
Bay Area author and poetess Joy Elan has resided all of her life in Oakland and Berkeley, CA. In her younger years-after having earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from U.C. Berkeley and Stanford University-she was an avid keeper of personal journals. After later publishing three well-received books of poetry, Elan began referring back to diaries that she recorded as long as ten years ago. She decided to share her personal life, dreams and life's lessons in a new biographical novel titled 'Life Is A Canvas.' Elan commented, 'Writing this book involved me going back in time and recreating some things that occurred in my life during 2005 and 2006.'
KEVIN SMITH KIRKWOOD - now appearing on Broadway in the Tony Award-winning musical Kinky Boots - is bringing CLASSIC WHITNEY: ALIVE! back to New York by popular demand.