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Cast members from the cast of Some Like It Hot came in to record  Sleigh Ride under the Musical Direction of Mat Eisenstein with a new arrangement and orchestration by Darryl Archibald. 

The audience at Joe’s Pub eagerly waited in anticipation for the climactic arrival of Justin Vivian Bond to the stage last Thursday night for Sex with Strangers, described in the marketing material as “an evening of song and poetry for, by, and about the outrageously gorgeous and mythical icon of dissolute glamour, Marianne Faithfull.”

When someone as regal (and bawdy) as Justin Vivian Bond turns 60 years old, it might be time to give whatever equivalent nobility of a Dame we New Yorkers can bestow on this downtown icon.

Justin Vivian Bond honors Julie London in their new show at Joe's Pub.

Get in the holiday spirit at Joe's Pub with Murray Hill, Justin Vivian Bond, Bridget Everett, Justin Hicks and more!

I’m a Believer, featuring rock & roll icon, Micky Dolenz, the latest single from the new Rockers On Broadway: Live  (Volume 1), has been releeased! Rockers On Broadway: Live  (Volume 1) is an album of the best live performances from Rockers On Broadway concerts over the past 28 years. Listen here!

Dream A Little Dream of Me, the latest single from the new Rockers On Broadway: Live (Volume 1), featuring the star of ABC’s “Good Trouble,” Emma Hunton (Wicked, Next to Normal), has been released. Listen here!

Go inside the release party for Rockers On Broadway: Live (Vol. 1)! On hand to celebrate the album release were notable names like Constantine Maroulis, Gerard Canonico, and more!  

The PATH Fund Inc. has announced the release of Purple Rain, featuring Tony Award-winner (The Color Purple) and current nominee (Trouble in Mind), LaChanze, the latest single from the new Rockers On Broadway: Live  (Volume 1), an album of the best live performances from Rockers On Broadway concerts over the past 28 years.

In addition to Brightman and Cerveris, the album includes songs from Paul Williams, Micky Dolenz, LaChanze, Christian Hoff, Alice Ripley, Constantine Maroulis, Emma Hunton, Donald Webber Jr., Morgan James, Michael Lanning, Donnie Kehr, and Isabelle Gottfried. Listen to the new single and check out the full album track list now!

Featuring incredible vocals from a variety of Tony and Grammy Award-winning artists performing 12 chart-topping hit songs, Rockers On Broadway: Live (Volume 1) is now available on all streaming and download channels worldwide. 

Girl From The North Country is pressing on with Broadway performances! The new show by  playwright Conor McPherson boldly reimagines the songs of the legendary Bob Dylan in a soaring masterwork about the dreams we keep close, the people we hold dear, and the place we call home. It just reopened at the Belasco Theatre and BroadwayWorld was there for the big night!

Justin Vivian Bond brought vself new show STORMING THE GLAMPARTS to Joe's Pub inside the beautiful Public Theatre this week. I was lucky enough to catch Thursday night's performance and was dazzled by the brilliance of Bond's talent, brains, and beauty. V is a true one-of-a-kind entertainer. V is outrageous while being grounded in very traditional entertainment forms. V presents vself as a chanteuse with a good deal of diva energy. V arrangements by musical director, Matt Ray are all firmly rooted in the cabaret vernacular. But Justin Vivian Bond goes to a level beyond simply cabaret. V show is a good-natured exposé of everything that's important in 2021. And even though Bond claims to rate low on the empathy scale, v show is the perfect picture of inclusion, empathy, and love.

St. Ann’s Warehouse is making a momentous reopening to full-capacity audiences this fall with Only an Octave Apart, a theatrical concert in which two iconic performers, Justin Vivian Bond and Anthony Roth Costanzo, join forces, subverting distinctions between high and low and juxtaposing their vocal pitches, performance styles, repertoires, and degrees of camp.

Adam Klesh, Daniel Nardicio, Sam Benedict and Taylor Shubert bring youFire Island's hottest double bill: two singular talents in one night! Mx Justin Vivian Bond in: Your Auntie Glam's Midsummer Flutter By and the return of Edie with...Edie Unleashed! on Sunday August 8th doors 7, showtime 7:30pm

Shoshana Bean joined Maestra Music's inaugural concert event, Amplify 2021 on Monday, March 29, 2021. Accompanied virtually by Maestras from around the world, Bean sang an original song with music, lyrics and orchestrations by Maestra member Lynne Shankel (Allegiance) for the finale of the event.

Shoshana Bean has joined the star-studded line up for Maestra Music’s inaugural concert event, Amplify 2021 on Monday, March 29, 2021. Accompanied virtually by Maestras from around the world, Bean will sing an original song with music, lyrics and orchestrations by Maestra member Lynne Shankel (Allegiance) for the finale of the event.

Broadway might be dark, but that doesn't mean that theatre isn't happening everywhere! Below, check out where you can get your daily fix of Broadway this weekend, December 19-20, 2020.

This weekend, Ars Nova raised over $400,000 during the The Ars Nova Forever Telethon, a 24-hour livestream featuring more than 200 artists.