Cab Calloway News

East Lynne Theater Company of Cape May will open its 46th season with HAVING OUR SAY: THE DELANY SISTERS' FIRST 100 YEARS, starring Richarda Abrams and Sharon Hope at the Clemans Theater for the Arts.

Performer Lina Koutrakos and pianist Gregory Toroian will perform at Palisades Hub in Washington, DC, marking their first appearance in the nation's capital together.

MUSE/IQUE will present THE SUN RISES IN HARLEM, celebrating the Harlem Renaissance with Tony winner Kecia Lewis, Sy Smith, and the MUSE/IQUE Orchestra at The Huntington and Skirball Cultural Center.

Elvira Tortora will bring her Bistro Award-winning and MAC Award-nominated show The Bookmaker's Daughter to Josephine's Cabaret at Club Café in Boston.

What did our critic think of GREG - CELEBRITY ROAST al TEATRO OLIMPICO?

A joyful revival that reanimates the spirit of the show that once jolted Broadway.

Now through 2/14, three-time GRAMMY®-nominated vocalist Catherine Russell will appear at Birdland Jazz Club, celebrating the release of a single from her ucpoming album.

Dot Time Records has announced the release of Catherine Russell's first live album, 'Catherine Russell – Live at Jazz at Lincoln Center,' set for April 24, 2026. The album captures a vibrant live performance, showcasing Russell's expertise in classic jazz and blues.

The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts will present the 20th Annual African American Film Festival (AAFF) from February 19–22, marking two decades of programming dedicated to Black cinema.

It's another standing room only night for Susan Mack and Birdland.

Faith Kasparian will make her Don’t Tell Mama debut with her new one-woman show Law of Imagination on Monday, September 8 and Wednesday, September 10 at 7:00 p.m.

Ryan London Levin, the writer and creator behind American Golem: The Kid Cann Story, a new play that dives deep into a lesser-known piece of Minnesota history. Set in 1920s Minneapolis, the story follows the Blumenfelds, a Jewish family who flee persecution in Romania hoping for a better life in America—only to find themselves caught in the unrest of a city facing its own battles.

From 1918 to the mid-1930s, African American artists in the United States experienced a cultural blossoming known as the Harlem Renaissance-a period in which theatre, music and literature were created by (and often for) Black Americans.

Beverley Knight starsBefore Elvis, Johnny Cash and Jimi Hendrix came Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the so-called 'godmother of rock ‘n’ roll’ who you have probably never heard of. Controversially Tharpe took her conservative gospel roots into the nightclubs, playing with Duke Ellington and selling millions of records in the USA and the UK during the 1930s and 40s, yet she ended her life in an unmarked grave. 

A wonderfully varied evening of jazz.

Kansas City Jazz Orchestra Executive Director Alyssa Bell Jackson has announced the last events for the 2024-2025 Signature Series, Glamour of Old Hollywood, featuring a Jazz Gala on Friday, May 30 at 6:00pm and multimedia concert on Saturday, May 31 at 7 p.m. at Stephen Metzler Hall in the Folly Theater.

HERE's Dream Music Puppetry revealed that KT Shivak's Rhynoceron and Lake Simons' Variations On (the) Water will join the lineup for Puppetopia 2025. See the full lineup here!

Tony, Emmy  and Grammy Award-nominated vocalist N’Kenge today announced that she will record her debut album “CENTERSTAGE: Live at the Ella Fitzgerald Festival”. Learn more here!

HERE's Dream Music Puppetry will present the World Premiere of The Harlem Doll Palace, written by Alva Rogers. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

We speak to Eddy Hackett of immersive theatre specialists The Lost Estate about the jazz-infused 58th Street and its inspiration Belle Livingstone.