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This December and January, FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW presents an exciting lineup of the brightest talent from Broadway and beyond. Located just below the legendary Studio 54 at 254 West 54th Street. For a detailed schedule of upcoming performances at Feinstein's/54 Below and to purchase tickets, visitwww.54Below.com/Feinsteins.
Tonight, December 1st at 7 pm at at Barnes & Noble located at 150 East 86th Street, Ann Hampton Callaway will perform selections from THE HOPE OF CHRISTMAS, a new collection of Christmas songs interpreted by the multiplatinum-selling singer, Tony nominated actress, pianist and leading champion of the American songbook, with lyrics by two-time Emmy Award winner William Schermerhorn. Schermerhorn will join Callaway in the discussion, with Alex Rybeck on piano.
Nick Blaemire, Annie Golden, Eric William Morris, George Salazar, and more join The 8th Annual Joe Iconis Christmas Spectacular, presented December 18-19, at Feinstein's/ 54 Below.
Joan Baez will celebrate her 75th birthday on Saturday, January 27 at the Beacon Theatre. The special event will honor her legendary 50 plus years in music in an intimate career spanning live performance. Baez will perform alongside fellow artists and friends, including: Jackson Browne, Indigo Girls,Emmylou Harris, Judy Collins, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Damien Rice, Nano Stern and David Bromberg. Additional acts will be announced shortly. The concert is being recorded and produced for television by Thirteen Productions LLC for WNET New York as part of the Great Performances series on PBS.
Musical Theatre Factory in association with The Chelsea Symphony presented a gala concert event 'Get Yourself Some New Orchestrations,' the launch of an exciting new series which pairs emergent musical theatre writers with Broadway orchestrators to commission stunning new orchestrations of their shows. 'New Orchestrations,' took place at Merkin Concert Hall (129 W 67th St) on Monday, November 9, 2015 at 8PM. BroadwayWorld has photos from the red carpet below!
Musical theater rabble rouser Mr. Joe Iconis brings his unique mash-up of showtune cabaret and rock and roll jamboree back to Musical Theatre Factory on Thursday, November 12th at 10 p.m., Saturday, November 14th at 10 p.m., and Monday, November 15th at 8 p.m.
On Monday, November 9, 2015, the New-York Historical Society presented Ron Chernow and Lin-Manuel Miranda with the distinguished 2015 History Makers Award during its annual History Makers Gala at Cipriani Wall Street. The event featured a conversation with the honorees moderated by Charlie Rose and a special tribute to Richard Gilder, Trustee and Chairman Emeritus of the New-York Historical Society. More than 700 people were in attendance.
Below, check out highlights from the special night, which included performances by Criss, Danny Burstein, Kristin Chenoweth, Ben Platt and more!
On last night's 60 MINUTES on CBS, CHARLIE ROSE went behind the curtain to report on Lin-Manuel Miranda's new original Broadway musical Hamilton. Everyone knows that the critically-acclaimed and publicly-adored show is the hottest ticket in town, but the extent of its commercial success has been unknown- until now. Rose revealed that advance ticket sales of HAMILTON are now upwards of $57 million. In fact, a new block of tickets went on sale just today, giving fans a chance to snag seats through October 2016.
Earlier this year, WNET teamed up with Make-A-Wish® to grant the wish of 10-year old Trisha from Cincinnati, Ohio.
On last night's 60 MINUTES on CBS, Charlie Rose went behind the curtain to report on Lin-Manuel Miranda's new original Broadway musical HAMILTON.
Chita Rivera: A Lot of Livin' to Do, a retrospective of her extraordinary life and career -featuring interviews, archival performance footage, and newly filmed numbers from Rivera's concert including such numbers as 'A Boy Like That,' 'America,' 'A Lot of Livin' to Do,' 'All That Jazz,' and 'Nowadays' -- aired on Great Performances. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you the WHOLE performance! Enjoy!
Musical Theatre Factory in association with The Chelsea Symphony will present the gala concert event "Get Yourself Some New Orchestrations," the launch of an exciting new series which pairs emergent musical theatre writers with Broadway orchestrators to commission stunning new orchestrations of their shows.
After Friday evening's presentation of Great Performances: Chita Rivera: A Lot of Livin' to Do on PBS, Reel 13's November schedule kicks off the following night with Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins' Academy Award-winning film adaptation of West Side Story.
After Friday evening's presentation of Great Performances: Chita Rivera: A Lot of Livin' to Do on PBS, Reel 13's November schedule kicks off the following night with Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins' Academy Award-winning film adaptation of West Side Story.
Charlie Rose goes behind the curtain to report on “Hamilton,” an unorthodox treatment of the story of America's first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton.
BroadwayWorld has learned that the New-York Historical Society will present Alexander Hamilton biographer Ron Chernow and HAMILTON creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda with the distinguished 2015 History Makers Award during its annual History Makers Gala at Cipriani Wall Street on Monday, November 9, 2015.
Do you have a question for legendary theatrical icon Chita Rivera? On Thursday, November 5 at 3:00 PM ET, the Tony Award winner will personally answer questions during a live, PBSFacebook Q & A, one day before the premiere of her Great Performances special Chita Rivera: A Lot of Livin' To Do.
On December 1st at 7 pm at at Barnes & Noble located at 150 East 86th Street, Ann Hampton Callaway will perform selections from THE HOPE OF CHRISTMAS, a new collection of Christmas songs interpreted by the multiplatinum-selling singer, Tony nominated actress, pianist and leading champion of the American songbook, with lyrics by two-time Emmy Award winner William Schermerhorn. Schermerhorn will join Callaway in the discussion, with Alex Rybeck on piano.
On Friday night's LATE SHOW on CBS, just because Stephen Colbert was busy hosting a late night talk show, it didn't mean he couldn't take a moment to hand out candy to the kids.
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