Brian Stokes Mitchell News

Veteran actors Joseph Kolinski ('FOLLIES,' "LES MISERABLES") and Julia Motyka ('OBAMA44,' "WHAT WE'RE UP AGAINST") will answer questions from audience and discuss getting started in the business as an actor.

Barbara Cook returns to Carnegie Hall to celebrate her 85th birthday on Thursday, October 18 at 8:00 p.m. with a special performance in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage.

Music industry innovator and VH1 President Tom Calderone was honored tonight by the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function (IMNF) with its 12th annual Music Has Power Award. The award was presented by IMNF Board Member Nick Stern at a musical fete at Feinstein's at Loews Regency, hosted by Michael Feinstein. Check out photos from the event beow!

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will kick-off a five-week holiday season on November 28th with a star-studded gala benefit performance at New York City Center and party at the Hilton New York. Academy award-winning actress and comedienne Mo'Nique will serve as the evening's Honorary Chair and Alvin Ailey's timeless masterpiece Revelations will be sung live with special celebrity guests onstage.

After four years of planning, Austin's Zach Theater Company recently unveiled the nearly completed Topfer Theatre to invited guests earlier this week. While the theater will not officially open until late this month, guests got a sneak peak at the venue, its amenities, and highlights from ZACH's upcoming season.

A celebrated list of industry elite will gather to honor one of Hollywood's greatest cheerleaders - Dale Olson. The Actors Fund and The Hollywood Museum (formerly The Max Factor Museum), will host a memorial for one of the entertainment industry's greatest publicists and industry insiders, who passed in early August. A lobby exhibit will be designed to highlight the remarkable career of the man who many have referred to as the guardian of the Golden Era of Hollywood.

Dale Olson, One of the entertainment industry's greatest Publicists passed away this morning, August 9, 2012, at the Burbank Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center after a long battle with cancer. He was 78.

The Topfer Theatre and entire ZACH campus will be party central for the Deep in the Heart of ZACH opening gala event on Saturday, Sept. 29.

Bernadette Peters, one of the greatest living Broadway superstars, will headline the first opening gala, Once Upon a Dream, at ZACH's new Topfer Theatre Sept. 27. The illustrious actress, winner of two Tony Awards, three Drama Desk Awards, and a Golden Globe Award, is known for iconic stage roles in Gypsy, Song and Dance, and Annie Get Your Gun among many others. Her performance at ZACH's gala will include a 30-piece orchestra of Austin musicians.

Making good on his promise to eventually show up in Orange County to speak about his enduring career in the theater, legendary Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim finally made his long-awaited appearance at the Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa for the landmark event STEPHEN SONDHEIM: IN CONVERSATION on July 13. Back to provide live performances were Christine Ebersole and Brian Stokes-Mitchell, while ASCAP Musical Theater scholar Michael Kerker hosted the talk show/concert hybrid.

A legendary line-up of talent from the worlds of music, television, stage and screen join together for an unprecedented night of entertainment in 'From Dust To Dreams: Opening Night at The Smith Center For The Performing Arts' in Las Vegas, set to air on PBS on Friday September 21st at 9pm ET/PT. Check out a sneak preview of Laura Osnes and Cheyenne Jackson singing 'Tonight' from West Side Story in the video below!

Watch a sneak preview of 'Our Time' from Stephen Sondheim's MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG, performed by Cheyenne Jackson, Benjamin Walker, Sherie Rene Scott, Laura Osnes and Montego Glover for the 2012 PBS Special 'From Dust To Dreams.' Click below to watch footage from the performance!

A legendary line-up of talent from the worlds of music, television, stage and screen join together for an unprecedented night of entertainment in 'From Dust To Dreams: Opening Night at The Smith Center For The Performing Arts' in Las Vegas, set to air on PBS on Friday September 21st at 9pm ET/PT. BroadwayWorld brings you a first look at the concert below!

A legendary line-up of talent from the worlds of music, television, stage and screen join together for an unprecedented night of entertainment in 'From Dust To Dreams: Opening Night at The Smith Center For The Performing Arts' in Las Vegas, set to air on PBS on Friday September 21st at 9pm ET/PT.

On March 10, 2012, stars of Broadway joined some of the biggest names in entertainment at a black-tie gala for the Opening Night of the new Smith Center for the Performing Arts in Las Vegas. Highlights from the event were taped for a PBS special entitled FROM DUST TO DREAMS: Opening Night at the Smith Center for Performing Arts, which will air on September 21 on PBS.

Americans for the Arts today announced the recipients of the 2012 National Arts Awards. This year's recipients are.

I am not given to gushing but, with apologies for doing so, I am about to gush. You see, on Saturday evening, I felt very privileged. For on that night, I went to Las Vegas' gorgeous Smith Center for the Arts and saw Stephen Sondheim: A Life In The Theater, An Evening of Music and Conversation.

Segerstrom Center for Arts' presentation of Stephen Sondheim: In Conversation was previously rescheduled for tonight, July 13, 2012 at 8 p.m. in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall.

Pittsburgh CLO will present Fiddler on the Roof, July 13-22 at the Benedum Center. This classic tale is filled with 'memorable music, rousing dances and a touch of human wisdom.'