Dee Dee Bridgewater News

Conductor Jeff Rupert and several skilled jazz students from the University of Central Florida will offer two free performance at the Garden Theatre (160 West Plant Street) Sunday, October 3 at 1pm and 3pm.

Conductor Jeff Rupert and several skilled jazz students from the University of Central Florida will offer two free performance at the Garden Theatre (160 West Plant Street) Sunday, October 3 at 1pm and 3pm.

Vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater returns to the Blue Note with a tribute to Billie Holiday titled 'To Billie With Love - A Tribute To Lady Day' from June 3 - 6.

Vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater returns to the Blue Note with a tribute to Billie Holiday titled 'To Billie With Love - A Tribute To Lady Day' from June 3 - 6.

Vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater returns to the Blue Note with a tribute to Billie Holiday titled 'To Billie With Love - A Tribute To Lady Day' from June 3 - 6.

Gifted actor/performer/impersonator Tommy Femia will star in the new comedy 'Norma Doesmen' a parody of a popular 1950's film about a faded star of the silent screen, opening Monday, March 8th (7:30PM) at Off Broadway's Abingdon Theatre (312 W. 36th Street Sixth floor).

Gifted actor/performer/impersonator Tommy Femia will star in the new comedy 'Norma Doesmen' a parody of a popular 1950's film about a faded star of the silent screen, opening Monday, March 8th (7:30PM) at Off Broadway's Abingdon Theatre (312 W. 36th Street Sixth floor).

Gifted actor/performer/impersonator Tommy Femia will star in the new comedy 'Norma Doesmen' a parody of a popular 1950's film about a faded star of the silent screen, opening Monday, March 8th (7:30PM) at Off Broadway's Abingdon Theatre (312 W. 36th Street Sixth floor).

Gifted actor/performer/impersonator Tommy Femia will star in the new comedy 'Norma Doesmen' a parody of a popular 1950's film about a faded star of the silent screen, opening Monday, March 8th (7:30PM) at Off Broadway's Abingdon Theatre (312 W. 36th Street Sixth floor).

Lincoln Center's acclaimed series American Songbook enters Week Three of its twelfth season celebrating the diversity of American popular song.

The 8th Annual Nightlife Awards, hosted by Emmy Award winner Bruce Vilanch, will celebrate the most outstanding performances this past year in cabaret, comedy and jazz in the clubs of New York City. The show will take place at Town Hall on Monday, January 25th (curtain at 7 PM).

The line-up for the show that Stephen Holden of the NY Times called 'The Nightclub world's equivalent of the Tony's' is fast becoming blindingly bright in its star appeal.

2nd Annual Company of Heaven Jazz Festival: Jan. 8-10, Fri Jan 08

The 8th Annual Nightlife Awards, hosted by Emmy Award winner Bruce Vilanch, will celebrate the most outstanding performances this past year in cabaret, comedy and jazz in the clubs of New York City. The show will take place at Town Hall on Monday, January 25th (curtain at 7 PM).

Lincoln Center's acclaimed series American Songbook returns in January for its twelfth season celebrating the diversity of American popular song. For 16 nights of pop, folk, cabaret, country, rock, and show tunes, the series will explore the best of the golden age of musical standards through to today's most dynamic contemporary songwriting.

The Sheldon presents Dee Dee Bridgewater, 'Lady Day: A Tribute to Billie Holiday,' Saturday, October 3, 2009 at 8 p.m. in the perfect acoustics of the Sheldon Concert Hall.

If you look up the term 'soul survivor' online, you might just stumble across a biography and picture of Bettye Lavette waiting for you to peruse since her career trajectory could lead to her being aptly labeled as such. Lavette started recording in the early 1960's at age sixteen, but she flew beneath the pop culture radar for a number of years before a revival at the turn of the century sparked a resurgence of interest in her work.

The Annenberg Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts Penn Presents/Dance Celebration 09/10 Season includes many great dance, theater and music performances. Currently students can get $10 tickets to all performances through the Ben's Tix Program. (Ticket sale runs Sept. 17-19)