Country powerhouse Josh Gracin has had quite an impact on country music since hits like “Nothin' to Lose” and “Brass Bed” - and now he is back and better than ever. The Marine-turned-country-singer has dealt with trials and tribulations over the years but has redeemed himself, fought demons and come out on top. His new independent label, Revel Road Records has enlisted Reviver Records' hit-making marketing and promotion staff for his new music and he has inked a management deal with 117 Management. The Kinkead Entertainment Agency will continue to exclusively represent Gracin world-wide and 117 Publicity will handle PR representation.
Kelsey Lu will make a special appearance in two songs at the West Coast premiere of Oneohtrix Point Never's MYRIAD performance at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Monday, October 22, 2018. Examining disorienting forms at the intersection of theater, installation art, and musical performance, and imagined from the perspective of an alien intelligence, MYRIAD explores film and television tropes, abstract sculpture, game ephemera, poetry, apocryphal histories, internet esoterica, and philosophies of being. It looks toward the possibilities of the future while considering the conflict between today's civilization and the environment.
Industry veteran Jim Malito has been named to the newly created position of VP/Promotion for the Reviver Entertainment Group. Jim will be working with both the Reviver and 1608 promotion staffs while reporting to Reviver's SVP Bob Reeves.
Mercury Chamber Orchestra opens its 2018-19 Neighborhood Series this October 20 - 25 with Johann Sebastian Bach's spirited Brandenburg Concerto No. 5. Featuring not one, but three instruments - the flute, violin and harpsichord, it is the only one of the six Brandenburg Concerti in which the harpsichord has a solo part. Written for a smaller ensemble, but with symphonic proportions, this sublime work features musicians playing both leading and supporting roles in an ever-changing pattern of give and take.
Force of Nature Productions presents the world premiere of Kerry Kazmierowicztrimm's GRAY PEOPLE. Directed by Sebastian Munoz, the play will open on November 2, 2018 and run until November 17, 2018 in its world premiere.
“There is something musically explosive and inexplicable about the Murphy Chesney combo,” said Reviver Founder and President/CEO David Ross. “Their relationship, and Reviver's partnership with Blue Chair Records, has not only given life to the incredible songs on David Lee's new album No Zip Code, it's brought two companies together with a common purpose - to give one of the genre's best-known and most loved songwriters his own stage.”
Oneohtrix Point Never premiered MYRIAD as part of Red Bull Music Festival New York, with three sold out shows over the course of two nights. The concertscape featured his first full live touring ensemble--featuring Kelly Moran (keys, voice), Aaron David Ross (keys, vocal synth, foley triggers) and Eli Keszler (drumset, sensory triggers, aux percussion)--together with special guests including Kelsey Lu (cello) and Prurient (vocals), and visual collaborators. Using the scale of the Park Avenue Armory's Wade Thompson Drill Hall to explore disorienting forms at the intersection of theater, installation art and musical performance, the world premiere of MYRIAD was presented as a four-part epochal song cycle.
The six remaining athletes are ramping up their spring dance training as they ready themselves for another double-header, on the semi-finals of “Dancing with the Stars: Athletes,” MONDAY, MAY 14 (8:00-10:01 p.m. EDT), on The ABC Television Network, streaming and on demand. “Dancing with the Stars” season 24 runner-up David Ross returns to the ballroom as a guest judge, alongside Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba.
Playmaker Media, NBC Sports Digital's technology service providing end-to-end support for companies in need of best-in-class live streaming and VOD solutions, has been selected by Formula 1 to power its new F1 TV, F1's over the top (OTT) subscription video platform, produced in conjunction with world leaders in the field of streaming video and subscription services.
To close out their sold-out season, Shakespeare BASH'd returns to Junction City Music Hall with Measure for Measure. Shakespeare's story of sexual politics, consent, power, and corruption is given a barroom staging. Led by the company's Associate Artistic Director Catherine Rainville (director of Hamlet and Merry Wives of Windsor for BASH'd), the company is bringing a 2018 feminine perspective to their work on this classic play.
Antoine Plante, Artist Director, and Brian Ritter, Executive Director, announce Mercury's 2018-2019 season featuring a diverse range of masterpieces, from the Renaissance to the Romantic. Season soloists include violinist Rachel Barton Pine, tenor Nicholas Phan and pianist Alon Goldstein, as well as violinists Jonathan Godfrey and Oleg Sulyga. Of special note is the expansion of Mercury's Neighborhood Series due to popular demand, as well as the continuation of its collaboration with The Juilliard School's Historical Performance Program for the third consecutive year.
The 2017 awards honor productions which opened between October 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017. Nominations were completely reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended October 31, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors.
The 2017 awards honor productions which opened between October 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017. Nominations were completely reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended October 31, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors.
The 2017 awards honor productions which opened between October 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017. Nominations were completely reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended October 31, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors.
The 2017 awards honor productions which opened between October 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017. Nominations were completely reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended October 31, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors.
The 2017 awards honor productions which opened between October 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017. Nominations were completely reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended October 31, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors.
The Open Source Music Festival, November 16-18, 2017 at the Abrons Arts Center, takes its inspiration from the collaborations and connections between artists. The groundbreaking event explores the phenomenon of Open Source through a musical lens.
