David Bowie News

An Emperor Media Ltd production, documentary special BESIDE BOWIE: THE MICK RONSON STORY (101:50 minutes) is from award-winning producer/director Jon Brewer. Mick Ronson's humble beginnings in Hull, England underpinned his values and modest, unpretentious personality as he wor

MC Theatrical Productions has announced that it will present THE DEATH OF THE MOON, a dramatic new musical written and directed by Arnold L. Cohen, with music direction by Michael Ferrara, September 12th - October 8th at the Theater Center's Jerry Orbach Theatre (1627 Broadway). The official opening will be on September 17th.

As a lifelong fan of David Bowie and human rights equality, when I heard The Los Angeles LGBT Center was hosting a return performance of the Trans Chorus of Los Angeles (TCLA) to its Renberg Theatre the weekend of August 26-27, 2017 to perform planet Earth's first staged concert production of Bowie's full The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars album, I rushed to get my tickets! And thanks to TCLA's artistic director, Lindsey Deaton, and the talented artistic singers of the group, I can tell you the evening was one of the most inspirational of my life.

Bernard Pomerance, the American playwright and poet who wrote the Tony Award winning play The Elephant Man, died at his home in Galisteo, New Mexico on the morning of Saturday, August 26, 2017.

Variety.com reports that the music of David Bowie has reached its billionth stream on Spotify. The top-streamed song is the 1977 track “Heroes,” which was originally recorded in English, French and German.

Known for breathing new life into musical compositions of the greats, Steven Davis is now taking that expertise and applying it to more modern fare. Teaming up with producer / collaborator, Josh Charles, he's set to unveil a different side of his distinguished career with his appropriately titled album, DEPARTURE.

San Francisco's Forbidden City nightclub. 1942. Estrella Wing is on the brink and she needs time to think. How do you blend in and stand out? How do you tell your best friend you love her? When will you stop feeling so alone?

Known for breathing new life into musical compositions of the greats, Steven Davis is now taking that expertise and applying it to more modern fare.

Rock music's new breakthrough artist Threatin released his highly-anticipated debut album “Breaking the World” this week.

New York City's favorite funktastic jam-band--GRIDLINE--release 'W.M.F.P.' as the second single from their debut album Soul Brew, due out September 22. Premiered today on Live Nation's up-and-coming blog, Ones To Watch, Maxamillion Polo says of the single: 'Despite “W.M.F.P.” being only the second single from GRIDLINE's forthcoming debut album Soul Brew, it exudes a level of musical precision and expertise that makes one question where this band has been hiding all this time.'

It's been a morbid time for 'the country's leading musical satirist' (The Times); he's turned 47 - over the hill by anyone's standards - his personal life is in turmoil, and his childhood heroes are dropping like flies. At times like these, a man feels the Reaper creeping up on him... But is death anything to fear? And is it really the end? (Yes. Yes it is, sorry!) Mitch Benn confronts his - and YOUR - mortality with hilarious (and tuneful) consequences. Join him! It's time you're not getting back!

Pioneering rockers Phil May & Wally Waller (of The Pretty Things) present the highest quality release to date of their collaboration with French playboy Philippe DeBarge. To be released on September 1st by Madfish Records, the album is now remastered and reworked and features bonus tracks and rare photos!

BabsonARTS announces its roster of programming for the fall of 2017, including a screening of I Am Jane Doe by Mary Mazzio and a range of visual and performing arts events.

Rejoice, rock 'n' rollers: San Francisco's Flamin' Groovies are returning with Fantastic Plastic, an all-new album of high-energy, pop-inflected original songs that bring together the band's prime movers of the '70s, singers-guitarists-songwriters Cyril Jordan and Chris Wilson for the first time in 38 years.  Produced by Jordan and Joel Jaffe (who also contributes guitar) mostly at Studio D in Sausalito, Calif., and due Sept. 22, 2017 on the band's own independent imprint Sonic Kicks Records and Severn

Cristin Milioti's career has spanned film, television, theater, and music. Though I, personally, know her work solely from her season on HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, I had heard of the roles she originated in both ONCE on Broadway, as well as David Bowie & Enda Walsh's LAZARUS at New York Theatre Workshop. So when I went to her concert at Joe's Pub on August 17, I had no doubt that I was in for a virtuosic performance of sorts.

Often times, the lyrics of a song can get lost in the music. But for psych-pop's Elettrodomestico, the lyrics are as important as the groovy bass lines and dramatic melodies.

The Kentucky Center and Brown-forman Midnite Ramble present Complexions Contemporary Ballet in Star Dust, A David Bowie Tribute on Friday, October 13, 2017 at 8 p.m. at The Brown Theatre (315 W. Broadway, Louisville).

No time for a curtain call just yet! Following back to back sold-out performances of its acclaimed Bowie rock opera, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, last April, the Trans Chorus of Los Angeles will be returning for two encore performances this coming weekend.

The Original Cast Recording of SpongeBob SquarePants - The New Musical will be released September 22 by Masterworks Broadway. Available for preorder now, the album features a score of original songs unlike anything Broadway has ever heard and is produced by Scott Riesett and Tom Kitt, with executive producers Scott Farthing, Doug Cohn and Susan Vargo.

Feinstein's/54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club, presents AJ Lambert in 'In The Wee Small Hours' on August 18th, 2017.