Clive Davis News

Over the past several years, Long Wharf Theatre has reinvented its Gala, bringing audiences backstage to see prosaic theatre spaces in exciting and innovative ways, while enjoying fine food and, of course, the sort of entertainment Long Wharf Theatre is known for.

VH1's five-time Emmy Award-nominated documentary series 'Behind The Music' returns with seven of today's most successful and important artists who have all had a major impact on the music world. Narrated by Jim Forbes, the series gives viewers an inside look into the personal and professional lives of some of today's hottest artists. Featured this season are DMX, Christina Aguilera, Eve, Courtney Love, Jennifer Hudson, Jennifer Lopez and Usher. Beginning on Monday, June 7 at 8:00 PM* with 'Behind The Music: DMX,' the series goes full throttle with the stories, footage and music behind some of the most interesting and talented individuals in the music industry today.

The Blumenthal Performing Arts Center recently announced three new shows featuring the biggest names in comedy and concerts. From the rock-inspired Levon Helm Band to political comedian Bill Maher to actor/musician Harry Connick Jr., there is something for everyone to enjoy.

Earth, Wind & Fire is one of the most important, influential, innovative and commercially omnipotent contemporary funk pop music bands of the 20th century. Those three elementary words mean good vibes, sing-a-long hits and boogie dancing.

The 53rd Annual GRAMMY® Awards will take place in Los Angeles at STAPLES Center on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011, and will air live on the CBS Television Network from 8 - 11:30 p.m. (ET/PT). As a result of last year's earlier show and Awards process dates, this year the eligibility dates for the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards are Sept. 1, 2009, through Sept. 30, 2010.

The Blumenthal Performing Arts Center recently announced three new shows featuring the biggest names in comedy and concerts. From the rock-inspired Levon Helm Band to political comedian Bill Maher to actor/musician Harry Connick Jr., there is something for everyone to enjoy.

Barry Manilow opened Friday night at Paris Las Vegas and his show is, in a word, gorgeous.

MILLER THEATRE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY showcases its versatility with the Jazz and Early Music series: Damien Sneed Gospel Extravaganza (Jazz series) on Friday, February 26, 8:00PM, and The Birth of the Renaissance: Guillaume Dufay (Early Music series) on Saturday, February 27, 8:00PM.

MILLER THEATRE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY showcases its versatility with the Jazz and Early Music series: Damien Sneed Gospel Extravaganza (Jazz series) on Friday, February 26, 8:00PM, and The Birth of the Renaissance: Guillaume Dufay (Early Music series) on Saturday, February 27, 8:00PM.

Music's Biggest Night, the 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards, returns to Los Angeles' STAPLES Center on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010, and will air live on the CBS Television Network from 8 - 11:30 p.m. (ET/PT). To accommodate an earlier date, the eligibility year for the 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards will be shortened by one month (Oct. 1, 2008 - Aug. 31, 2009). The date for the GRAMMY nominations announcement - which showcases GRAMMY Award finalists, the year's best and brightest in music as voted on by The Recording Academy's membership of music professionals - will be reported shortly.

MILLER THEATRE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY showcases its versatility with the Jazz and Early Music series: Damien Sneed Gospel Extravaganza (Jazz series) on Friday, February 26, 8:00PM, and The Birth of the Renaissance: Guillaume Dufay (Early Music series) on Saturday, February 27, 8:00PM.

Previews began January 2, 2010 with an Opening Night, January 21, 2010 and BroadwayWorld.com was there to capture opening night!

Eight cast members of Broadway's Burn the Floor (Damon Sugden, Rebecca Sugden, Patrick Helm, Sharna Burgess, Jeremy Garner, Sarah Hives, Kevin Clifton and Giselle Peacock) will open The Acting Company's Shakespearean Masquerade at The Pierre Hotel on Monday, November 16.

AMERICAN IDOL favorite, actor and singer Justin Guarini is set to marry Reina Capodici this Saturday, September, 26th in a small and intimate ceremony in Pennsylvania. Guarini will also become stepdad to Capodici's 4-year-old daughter Lola.

The award-winning, multi-platinum recording artist Deborah Cox, who made her Broadway debut taking over the title role in AIDA, is set to return to Broadway as Josephine Baker -- the exotic Parisian star of the famed Folies Bergère -- in the new musical JOSEPHINE, featuring music by three-time Grammy-nominee Steve Dorff, lyrics by Oscar and Golden Globe-nominee John Bettis, and book by Ellen Weston and Mark Hampton. Joey McKneely is set to direct and choreograph.

Playwrights Horizons will present private readings of MRS. SHARP, a new musical with Book by Kirsten Guenther and Music & Lyrics by Jonathan Larson Grant recipient Ryan Scott Oliver. Directed by three-time Tony Award nominee and Playwrights Horizons alumnus Michael Greif (Grey Gardens, Next to Normal, Rent), the invitation-only readings will take place on Thursday, July 30 and Friday, July 31 at Playwrights Horizons (416 West 42nd Street).

Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) today announced a principal cast change for the private readings of MRS. SHARP, a new musical (Winner of the Richard Rodgers Award for Staged Readings, administered by the American Academy of Arts and Letters) with Book by Kirsten Guenther and Music & Lyrics by Jonathan Larson Grant recipient Ryan Scott Oliver. Directed by three-time Tony Award nominee and Playwrights Horizons alumnus Michael Greif (Grey Gardens, Next to Normal, Rent), the four invitation-only readings will take place over two days on Thursday, July 30 and Friday, July 31 at Playwrights Horizons (416 West 42nd Street).

Playwrights Horizons will present private readings of MRS. SHARP, a new musical with Book by Kirsten Guenther and Music & Lyrics by Jonathan Larson Grant recipient Ryan Scott Oliver. Directed by three-time Tony Award nominee and Playwrights Horizons alumnus Michael Greif (Grey Gardens, Next to Normal, Rent), the invitation-only readings will take place on Thursday, July 30 and Friday, July 31 at Playwrights Horizons (416 West 42nd Street).

Seattle Theatre Group (STG) presents Taylor Hicks on Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at 8:00pm at the Triple Door. With his raspy, soulful voice and salt-and-pepper hair, Taylor Hicks was one of the unlikeliest contestants to make it to the final round of American Idol, but his quirky charm and rousing delivery of songs like 'Takin' It to the Streets' won Hicks a devoted legion of fans called the Soul Patrol and the title of the fifth-season American Idol.