Brian McKnight News

It has just been announced that Tony Award-winner Cynthia Erivo will join Shoshana Bean onstage Monday, July 30, at the world famous Apollo Theater!

On Thursday, July 12, 2018 at 8 pm, Shoshana Bean from the hit Broadway musical Wicked will perform at the Michener Art Museum as part of the Broadway Cabaret series presented through PNC Arts Alive. Bean's performance is the second of three in the series, following a sold-out performance in June by Norm Lewis. Limited tickets are available for purchase. The public can register at MichenerArtMuseum.org to win free tickets through an online sweepstakes.

The new Chicago-area theater company Ogorod Productions (whose name is taken from the Russian word for 'vegetable garden') has announced their cast and production team for THE FANTASTICKS, with book & lyrics by Tom Jones and music by Harvey Schmidt.

City Winery Chicago, 1200 W. Randolph Street, announces versatile jazz master Chick Corea and more. The following shows go on sale to the public on Thursday, May 31 at noon. All tickets will be available at citywinery.com/chicago.

Lewis & Tolkien: Of Wardrobes and Rings, written by and featuring David Payne and directed by Marc Whitmore,will make its New York debut at the Black Box Theater at The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture. Performances began on May 23 with opening night scheduled for May 31, the engagement runs throughJune 14.

On Monday, July 30, Shoshana Bean will perform her recently released album show - Spectrum - at the Harlem's World Famous Apollo Theater.  Spectrum, Bean's fourth studio album was released on February 9, is a fresh new take on the classic tradition of big band with arrangements by Grammy award-nominated arranger Alan Ferber. This concert will feature Bean along with an 18 piece big band performing a carefully-selected collection of standards, classics and modern favorites, while still including a few Bean-penned gems. Bean made her Broadway debut in the original cast of Hairspray before taking over for Idina Menzel as Elphaba in Wicked and has performed all over the world with artists such as Ariana Grande, Brian McKnight, Postmodern Jukebox (PMJ), David Foster and Michael Jackson.

Jazz is one of the major forms of musical expression. In the 1970s, jazz was moving away from strict acoustic instruments and was adding electric instruments— turning its style toward rock music. Warren Benbow, who has been playing drums since he was young, details the changes jazz music underwent in his artistic memoir, 'A Drummers Story' @ https://store.bookbaby.com/book/A-Drummers-Story1

The Columbus Symphony today announced the 2018 season lineup for its two annual summer outdoor concert series-Nationwide Picnic with the Pops and Popcorn Pops.

City Winery Chicago, 1200 W. Randolph Street, announces British pop star Howard Jones ("What is Love?") and more. The following shows go on sale to the public on Thursday, May 10 at noon. All tickets will be available at citywinery.com/chicago.

A Phantom and an Elphaba walk into a recording studio... Find out what happened when Chris Man and Shoshana Bean joined forces to sing Justin Timberlake's 'Say Something.'

City Winery at the Riverwalk, 11 W. Riverwalk South, announces a free performance by She's Crafty on Thursday, May 17 at 5:30 p.m. Raffles and proceeds from two specialty cocktails will benefit Chicago Period Project and Gilda's Club Chicago.

City Winery Chicago, 1200 W. Randolph Street, announces holiday concerts with award-winning singer, actress, and comedian Jane Lynch ("Glee") and more. The following shows go on sale to the public on Thursday, April 26 at 2:00 p.m. All tickets will be available at citywinery.com/chicago.

Parsons Dance - under the Artistic Direction of David Parsons - is excited to announce that its annual gala will take place on Tuesday, May 15, 2018, as part of the company's recently announced two-week return engagement to New York City's Joyce Theater. This year's gala, honoring legendary Broadway composer and multiple award-winner Stephen Schwartz, will feature two pieces specially created for the evening, in addition to the previously announced Joyce Theater programing.

The new Chicago-area theater company Ogorod Productions (whose name is taken from the Russian word for 'vegetable garden') has announced their cast and production team for THE FANTASTICKS, with book & lyrics by Tom Jones and music by Harvey Schmidt.

Redtwist Theatre presents Frost/Nixon by Peter Morgan, and directed by Scott Weinstein, featuring Redtwist company member & Jeff Award-winner Brian Parry as Richard Nixon. The show opens Saturday, April 21, 2018, at 3pm (this is also the press opening) and runs Thu, Fri, Sat at 7:30pm; Sun at 3pm, through Sun, May 20.

Broadway fave and former Elphaba, Shoshana Bean, has just dropped her a video with Travis Wall of her cover of the Oscar-nominated anthem, This Is Me, from the musical The Greatest Showman. Check it out here!

Club 11 London today announce Broadway's SHOSHANA BEAN will return to London to perform her fourth studio album, Spectrum live in London at Cadogan Hall on 9 September 2018 with an 18 piece band. Special guests to be announced.

Shoshana Bean recently performed at the Theatre at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles in honor of the release of her album, Spectrum. The concert featured special guests Amber Riley and Haley Reinhart. Check out the video of her performance of 'Make it Rain' below!

On Saturday, February 24, Shoshana Bean performed her album release show - Spectrum - at Ace Theater Downtown Los Angeles. Spectrum, Bean's fourth studio album which was released on February 9, is a fresh new take on the classic tradition of big band with arrangements by Grammy award-nominated arranger Alan Ferber.

Broadway fave and former Elphaba, Shoshana Bean, has just dropped her cover of the Oscar-nominated anthem, This Is Me, from the musical The Greatest Showman. All proceeds of the song will go to benefit the LA LGBT Center. You can find the song on Spotify and other music streaming platforms.