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Grammy Award-winning Okee Dokee Brothers celebrate release of Winterland with several family concerts

GRAMMY Award-winning The Okee Dokee Brothers embark on an experience of a lifetime as Joe Mailander and Justin Lansing celebrate the spirit of the winter season on their latest full-length studio album,Winterland (Release Date: October 19, 2018). Following their critically-acclaimed 'Adventure Album Series' featuring Can You Canoe?, Through the Woods, and Saddle Up, The Okee Dokee Brothers release an exuberant yet introspective collection of 16 original songs exploring the wonders and beauty of winter. A voyage from autumn to spring, Winterland presents secular winter music the entire family can enjoy while cozying up around the fire. 

This October, Michael & the Rockness Monsters are inviting everyone to party with Monster's Ball, the third release from the award winning band from Rockness Music, out October 26.

Responding to the plight of thousands of immigrant and refugee children who are still being held in federal detention centers around the country, 25 of the top artists in family music have banded together to create Hold Tight, Shine Bright, a compilation album iof 27 songs with a basic goal in mind-the preservation and promotion of love, hope and family. Hold Tight, Shine Bright will be available on August 31 via iTunes.

Latin GRAMMY Award winner and four-time Parents' Choice® Gold Award recipient Mister G (Ben Gundersheimer) calls upon his musical roots to celebrate children's wonder for the natural world with the release of his ninth album for families, Fireflies, on September 28, 2018.

Broadway Method Academy (BMA), in association with the Shubert Theatre of New Haven and Westport Country Playhouse, is proud to announce the nominees for the Stephen Sondheim Awards. The black-tie gala will take place on June 4 at 7:30 pm at the Shubert Theatre in New Haven, CT.  The program's mission is to recognize excellence in high school musical theater.

Stage and screen star, Patricia Morison died today at the age of 103 at home in Los Angeles of natural causes. A stage icon and legend best known for her starring roles in Cole Porter's Kiss Me Kate and The King & I opposite Yul Brynner, she established an indelible mark in films with a reputation as a the villainous femme fatale with large blue eyes and extremely long, dark hair that made her a favorite of studios and fans alike. 

Celebrating this Father's Day with a father-and-son musical bonanza, Frank Gallo, of Brooklyn's award-winning titans of kindie music, Rolie Polie Guacamole, and his dad, veteran children's musician Lou Gallo of Lou Gallo & The Very Hungry Band, have teamed with GRAMMY-winning producer/performer Dean Jones of Dog on Fleas to create a bona fide kindie super-group: Like Father Like Son. Mix in splendid contributions from GRAMMY nominee Brady Rymer and Katie Ha Ha Ha, and you have Sun is a Star, a stellar album for families that's set for release on June 8, 2018.

The Tony Award-winning cast of Kinky Boots spent their Valentine's Day with Flynn the Bichon Frise -- aka the winner of the 2018 Westminster Dog Show! Flynn is the adorable Bichon Frise who was named 'Best in Show' yesterday at the 2018 Westminster 'Best in Show'. Last night, he continued his NYC tour, making his Broadway debut with a walk-on role in Broadway's hottest show!

Award-winning actor Martin Thompson transforms once again into the legendary sleuth 'Sherlock Holmes' starring in the Los Angeles Premiere Engagement of Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily.

Indian Wells Resort Hotel is excited to debut Broadway's Best in October, presenting an evening of enchanting entertainment with acclaimed performers Patricia Welch and Terri Olsen, along with musical director and pianist Alex Danson. Together they perform a selection of timeless Broadway show stoppers, solos and duets, while adorning fanciful costumes. The dinner and show will be held in Frank's Place at the resort in an intimate setting. The dinner service begins at 5:00 p.m. with the musical starting at 6:30 p.m.

The acclaimed Upper West Side institution provides a reliable boredom-busting venue for eclectic, all-ages live experiences; the 2017-18 season launches on October 7.

Symphony Space announces the 2017-18 season launch of Just Kidding on Saturday, October 7  at 11 am and 2 pm with two sketch comedy performances by The Story Pirates, an uproarious experience for the whole family.  The troupe features actors who take original stories submitted by children and create outlandishly funny sketches and mini-musicals that leave kids and their parents howling in the aisles.

Latin GRAMMY and EMMY Award winners Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band will perform a free concert at Madison Square Park today, July 27, as part of their summer tour.  Showtime is 10:30 am, on the Farrugut Lawn. This is one of the park's weekly eclectic lineup of family acts. All ages are invited.

Latin GRAMMY and EMMY Award winners Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band will perform a free concert at Madison Square Park on Thursday, July 27, as part of their summer tour.  Showtime is 10:30 am, on the Farrugut Lawn. This is one of the park's weekly eclectic lineup of family acts. All ages are invited.

Latin GRAMMY and EMMY Award winners Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band embark on a busy summer of family performances around the nation. The band, led by Lucky Diaz and Alisha Gaddis, present interactive, multi-cultural, mixed language and movement based musical performances for children and adults. Catch details of the tour, celebrating the release of their forthcoming album Made in LA, at www.luckydiazmusic.com.

Little Miss Ann will celebrate the release of her fifth album of hopeful and happy songs, Keep On with an all-ages concert at Jalopy in Brooklyn on March 26. Recorded in the Hudson Valley of New York with Grammy-winning producer Dean Jones, Keep On ranges in musical styles. The songs grew out of Little Miss Ann's experiences in working with families. 

MAYBE THIS IS IT! -- a new comedy written and performed by Steve Bakunas, a self-described Road Scholar -- will be presented for four performances only May 23 to 26 at TBG Theatre (312 W. 36 St.) in New York City.

Before A CHORUS LINE and DREAMGIRLS, Michael Bennett got his big break dancing on the TV show Hullabaloo.

Her brother, Dean Jones, and 28 others are dead. The CEO – the first company head ever to be found guilty of a workplace safety crime -- can serve only up to a year in jail for “conspiracy to violate mine safety laws.”