Eccles Center Sets 2015-16 Season
by Tyler Peterson
- Sep 18, 2015
Entertain. Illuminate. Educate. As Park City Performing Arts Foundation has transitioned into Park City Institute, its mission has broadened. This season at The Eccles Center illustrates PCI's efforts to not just entertain, but also to educate and to illuminate. PCI sets the tone for a 'thinky' Eccles Center season with Edward Snowden opening the line-up on December 5 (via closed video feed). As always, the season includes an eclectic mix of live dance, music, authors, speakers, family shows, spectacles, up-and-comers and well-established legends.
Emily Skinner, Jeremy Kushnier & More Set for Workshop of Bruce Hornsby Musical SCKBSTD at Signature Theatre
by Tyler Peterson
- Aug 11, 2015
Continuing its ongoing efforts of supporting the development of new musicals and plays under its SigWorks program, Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA is currently workshopping SCKBSTD by Grammy Award-winning composer/lyricist Bruce Hornsby, lyricist Chip deMatteo and book writer Joe Calarco (Shakespeare's R&J, Walter Cronkite is Dead) based on an original book by Clay McLeod Chapman (rest area, The Tribe Trilogy). The workshop will culminate in an invitation only presentation.
THE PUMPKIN PIE SHOW to Play UNDER St. Marks, 9/24-10/10
by Tyler Peterson
- Aug 10, 2015
FRIGID New York @ Horse Trade will present the seventeenth annual presentation of The Pumpkin Pie Show, with stories written by master storyteller Clay McLeod Chapman and performances by Chapman and downtown superstar Hanna Cheek. The production will run September 24-October 10 at UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place between 1st Avenue and Avenue A) with performances Thursday through Saturday at 8pm.Tickets ($18; $15 students) may be purchased in advance atwww.horseTRADE.info.
Dailey & Vincent to Play Spencer Theater, 7/26
by Tyler Peterson
- Jul 21, 2015
Hailed as the “Rockstars of Bluegrass,” the Dailey & Vincent duo and their band of string masters are admired throughout the music industry as one of the most exciting and elite Bluegrass bands in America. Their uniquely contagious music - so riveting & crisp - has scored 14 significant awards from the International Bluegrass Music Awards Association including three “Entertainer of the Year” titles, three-time “Vocal Group of the Year” awards and “Album of the Year.” They've also garnered three Grammy Award Nominations including nomination for the 2014 “Bluegrass Album of the Year,” and four Dove Awards for “Blue Grass Album of the Year.”
Guitar Legend Carl Verheyen and Band Set West Coast U.S. Tour for September
by Caryn Robbins
- Jul 21, 2015
Carl Verheyen, recognized as “One of the Top 10 Guitar Players in the World” by Guitar Magazine and “One of the Top 100 Guitarists of All Time” by Classic Rock magazine, today announced that he will bring his three-member Carl Verheyen Band on a September tour of the West Coast
Allman Brothers Band, Blues Traveler Added to Peach Music Festival Lineup
by Caryn Robbins
- Jun 19, 2015
The Peach Music Festival just announced the final line-up additions for this year's event, including Blues Traveler and Butch Trucks & Very Special Guests Jaimoe, Oteil Burbridge, Marc Quinones, Jack Pearson, Lamar Williams Jr., Bill Evans, Bruce Katz, & Pat Bergeson and also the Ron Holloway Band.
Tony Bennett to Headline 4th Annual TD James Moody Jazz Festival at NJPAC, 11/7-15
by Tyler Peterson
- Jun 9, 2015
New Jersey Performing Arts Center is proud to announce the TD James Moody Jazz Festival, headlined by the legendary Tony Bennett, from November 7-15, 2015. With help from NJPAC Jazz Advisor Christian McBride, this festival promises to be one of the largest gatherings for jazz fans on the East Coast, showcasing all-star line-ups with some of the country's best musicians, such as Dianne Reeves, Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings and the Sarah Vaughan Vocal Competition. Now in its fourth year, the festival offers nine days of concerts, panel discussions and workshops around Newark, in honor of saxophonist, bebop pioneer, and Newark native James Moody.
Spike Lee's DA SWEET BLOOD OF JESUS Hits Theaters Today
by Movies News Desk
- Feb 13, 2015
Spike Lee's DA SWEET BLOOD OF JESUS, written by Bill Gunn and Lee and starring Zaraah Abrahams, Stephen Tyrone Williams, Rami Malek, and Elvis Nolasco, will hit theaters today, February 13 and will be available on VOD on January 13, 2015.
Blake Pfeil Album Release Party Rescheduled for Rockwood Music Hall
by Tyler Peterson
- Feb 6, 2015
Concluding the sold-out Manhattan-based concert series The Papering Sessions, a successful digital album release, and the launch of the online docu-series Off the Wall, the much-anticipated album release party for Blake Pfeil's debut album Wallpaper has been rescheduled following Winter Storm Juno's cancellation at Dixon Place and will instead paper the walls of Rockwood Music Hall on Manhattan's Lower East Side on Sunday, February 15 at 9:00 PM.
Dennis McNeil and Ed Martel Perform Tonight at the Met Room
by BWW News Desk
- Jan 28, 2015
Following two BroadwayWorld Awards, rave reviews, and 4 years of packed houses at LA's Comedy and Magic Club in Hermosa Beach, Dennis McNeil and Ed Martel are finally bringing what they do best to New York's landmark Metropolitan Room for one night only, tonight, January 28 at 9:30PM.
Dennis McNeil and Ed Martel to Perform at Metropolitan Room, 1/28
by Tyler Peterson
- Jan 22, 2015
Following two BroadwayWorld Awards, rave reviews, and 4 years of packed houses at LA's Comedy and Magic Club in Hermosa Beach, Dennis McNeil and Ed Martel are finally bringing what they do best to New York's landmark Metropolitan Room for one night only, Wednesday, January 28 at 9:30PM.
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