Cab Calloway News

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.

The 92nd Street Y, New York's 2024/25 Harkness Dance Center season will continue with the return of Ladies in the Shoe; Tap Dance Celebration. Learn more!

Delaware Theatre Company has announced the 2024-2025 Delaware Young Playwrights' Festival (DYPF), showcasing five exceptional young playwrights. Selected from 78 submissions, these talented students will see their works brought to life by professional actors, directors, and designers on March 13, 2025 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at DTC's stage in Wilmington.

Give your Valentine the gift of Broadway with tickets to Legacy Theatre's Valentine's Day Weekend Sunday Broadway Concert featuring J. Harrison Ghee. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

submissions are now open for artists to participate in the sixth annual Ladies in the Shoe: Tap Dance Celebration, a live tap dance performance at 92NY's Buttenwieser Hall. Learn how to apply!

Branford's Legacy Theatre has announced a star-studden lineup for the 2025 Sunday Broadway Concert Series lineup for the historic theatre's 5th anniversary season.

Marya Zimmet’s Zimmet Time… And The Livin’s Too Easy at Don’t Tell Mama is a dose of classic cabaret. She draws on old standards as well as soft rock, and then mixes in a couple left field musical choices, making for an engaging experience.