The Off Broadway League is recognizing the needs of the less fortunate this holiday season -- particularly under privileged children -- by launching an OFF BROADWAY TOY DRIVE, December 12th - December 22nd, benefiting Safe Horizon, the largest non-profit victim services agency in the United States, touching the lives of more than 250,000 children, adults and families affected by crime and abuse throughout New York City each year. In exchange for one new donated toy, participating theaters will give away one ticket to one of their productions between now and December 22.
Birdland Jazz Club has announced its lineup for December 14 - 20, featuring Catherine Russell Sextet, Apollo Link, Birdland Big Band, and more. Scroll down for details!
Birdland Jazz Club has announced its December 2015 schedule, featuring Saxophone Summit: Joe Lovano, Dave Liebman and Greb Osby, Eliane Elias, The Birdland Big Band, Lesli Margherita, Swingin' Birdland Christmas, Freddy Cole, Jim Caruso's Cast Party and more!
On Thanksgiving Day, BroadwayWorld announced the nominees in 14 categories for the 2015 BWW New York Cabaret Awards. BroadwayWorld's cabaret editors and reviewers congratulate all the deserving nominees and everyone who performs in the great art of cabaret in New York. But today, as you munch on the leftovers from last night's dinner, it's time to actually vote for that one performer who you think is the absolute best in each category. Voting ends on December 31 and after a review of the ballots, winners will be announced officially early the week of January 4, 2016. (Note: There will not be a BWW Awards Show this year.)
Happy Thanksgiving Day, Cabaret Fans! Here's some breaking news you can discuss and debate in between courses at tonight's dinner: It's the final nominees for the 2015 BroadwayWorld New York Cabaret Awards. This year, the cabaret editors and writers at BWW have cited 116 nominees (including duos and variety show/recurring series producers) in 14 categories. In addition, this year six performers or musicians have been cited for special “Editor's Choice Awards,” led by veteran New York cabaret stars Karen Mason and Mark Nadler who have been named “Performers of the Year.”
Birdland Jazz Club has announced its December 2015 schedule, featuring Saxophone Summit: Joe Lovano, Dave Liebman and Greb Osby, Eliane Elias, The Birdland Big Band, Lesli Margherita, Swingin' Birdland Christmas, Freddy Cole, Jim Caruso's Cast Party and more!
The Young Vic's critically-acclaimed production of Arthur Miller's A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE, directed by Ivo van Hove, opens tonight, November 12, at the Lyceum Theatre (149 West 45th Street). Let's see what the critics had to say...
Spread throughout intimate venues in Savannah's historic district, the 2016 Savannah Music Festival (SMF) lineup covers folk, traditional, popular, serious and studied music by renowned artists from across the globe.
NJTV, New Jersey's public television network, and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presented the first performance of the American Songbook at NJPAC series and BroadwayWorld was there. Performances will be taped before a live audience in NJPAC's Victoria Theater on Sunday, October 25 and Monday, October 26 for broadcast on NJTV, WLIW and THIRTEEN next year.
NJTV and NJPAC present a star-studded line-up of performers for the 3rd season of the award-winning American Songbook at NJPAC Series, hosted by Ted Chapin, and featuring stage and screen star Christine Ebersole, BEAUTIFUL's Tony Award-winner Jessie Mueller and Tony nominee Jarrod Spector, SiriusXM Broadway host/entertainer Seth Rudetsky and WICKED composer Stephen Schwartz over two nights of broadcast tapings.
Barking Rain Press, a non-profit fiction publisher, announced the paperback and eBook release of the thrilling paranormal vampire fantasy "The Stage" by author Catherine Russell of Tacoma, Washington. "The Stage" is the first book in a planned four-book series, "The Stage Chronicles."
Megan O'Day has always tried to limit her personal attachments. Her mother died when she was fifteen and she has no memories of her father. She has learned to survive through self-reliance alone. When a friend from high school opens a nightclub in Seattle called The Stage and offers her a job, Megan stumbles into a new world full of dangerous complications. She finds herself mesmerized by the lead singer of the house band, whose songs inexplicably dredge up hidden memories.
As her forgotten past slowly trickles back, the missing pieces of an ancient puzzle start to fall into place. She soon realizes that Geoffrey Drake is no ordinary musician-he is a vampire, and he has always been her unseen protector. While past and present collide, Megan slowly allows herself to feel the emotion she has always beaten back. Can she discover why Geoffrey is protecting her-and from whom-while there's still time?
Ask for "The Stage" at your favorite bookstore, or buy it online at the Barking Rain Press website, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Powells, Waterstones, and many other Internet bookstores. It is also available as an eBook through Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Nook, iTunes iBooks, Kobo, Content Reserve/Overdrive, the Barking Rain Press website and many other outlets worldwide.
Interested readers can preview the first four chapters of "The Stage" for free by visiting the Barking Rain Press website at barkingrainpress.org.
The Stage: Book 1 of 4 in The Stage Chronicles series
BISAC Genre Codes:
FIC009050 - Fiction / Fantasy / Paranormal
FIC027120 - Fiction / Romance / Paranormal
FIC009060 - Fiction / Fantasy / Urban
BIC Genre Codes:
FMR - Fantasy romance
FH - Thriller / Suspense
LCCN: 2015931566
Trade Paperback (186 pp)
ISBN-13: 978-1-935460-86-2
ISBN-10: 1-935460-86-2
Retail Price: $13.95 USD
Distributors: Ingram, Bertram Books, Gardners Books
eBook (ePub, Kindle, PDF)
ISBN-13: 978-1-935460-87-9
ISBN-10: 1-935460-87-0
ASIN: B0162CBL66
Retail Price: $5.95 USD
Distributors: Content Reserve/Overdrive, Ingram
About Barking Rain Press
Barking Rain Press is an imprint of the BRP Publishing Group (BRP), which is a non-profit publisher located in the greater Portland/Vancouver metropolitan area-a thriving hub for independent publishers, writers, and literary venues. BRP currently operates three imprints, including Barking Rain Press, Virtual Tales, and Nitis Books. Find out more about the BRP Publishing Group at their website, barkingrainpress.org.
Woody Allen is passionately devoted to music - in particular the jazz, swing, and popular music of the 1920's, 30's, 40's and 50's. His movies are a love letter to a glorious period in American music, featuring some of cinema's most memorable musical moments. Celebrate the collaboration between a great filmmaker and his passion for music with an evening of live performances by three of music's finest song interpreters tonight, October 8 at Town Hall in New York City.
Critically acclaimed jazz singer Laurie Krauz and her Award-winning Musical Director Daryl Kojak have reinvented Krauz's original show Tapestry Rewoven into Tapestry Rewoven UNPLUGGED and the duo-with just Krauz singing and Kojak at piano--will perform two sets at Cafe Noctambulo at Pangea (178 2nd Avenue between 11th and 12th Streets) on Saturday, November 7 at 7 and 9 pm.
NJTV, New Jersey's public television network, and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) announced a talent-rich line-up for season three of the award-winning American Songbook at NJPAC series.
The Lyceum Theatre box office (140 West 45 Street) opens today (Tuesday, September 8) at 10am for tickets to the Young Vic's critically-acclaimed Olivier Award-winning production of Arthur Miller's A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE directed by Ivo van Hove, which producers Scott Rudin and Lincoln Center Theater will bring to Broadway this fall. The 17-week limited engagement begins previews Wednesday evening, October 21, opens Thursday, November 12, and will run through Sunday, February 21, 2016.
Woody Allen is passionately devoted to music - in particular the jazz, swing, and popular music of the 1920's, 30's, 40's and 50's. His movies are a love letter to a glorious period in American music, featuring some of cinema's most memorable musical moments. Celebrate the collaboration between a great filmmaker and his passion for music with an evening of live performances by three of music's finest song interpreters on Thursday, October 8 at Town Hall in New York City.
Catherine Russell levels the playing field. With a connoisseur's passion for primarily 1930s-40s music, preternatural comprehension, and protean musical talent, this artist personifies the enduring relevance of vintage numbers with a freshness that makes the material feel immediate. Russell is never less than fully committed and infectiously entertaining. Thursday night at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (Jazz at Lincoln Center), with city lights twinkling as a backdrop, she and her blue-chip band (Music Director Matt Munisteri on guitar; Mark Shane on piano, Mark McLean on percussion, and Tal Ronan on bass) played Russell's show Sultry Summer Swing to two sold-out houses of faithful and burgeoning fans.
Broadway in Bryan Park continued its 2015 program on Thursday - and BroadwayWorld was on hand to capture the first day. This week's line-up included performances from the casts of LES MISERABLES, THE FANTASTICKS, MATILDA, ON THE TOWN, and HAPPY 50ISH. BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the special event below!
Film and television star David Butler has joined the cast of Off-Broadway's longest running play, PERFECT CRIME, in the role of W. Harrison Brent. He began performing in the role on July 27, doing a guest appearance for one month.
Birdland Jazz Club has announced its schedule for June 22 - June 28, featuring Django Reinhardt Festival, Erich Bergen Live!, a Special Pride Celebration Including Tony Yazbeck, Molly Pop, and more!
