Sarah Vaughan Celebration with The Christian McBride Trio, Dianne Reeves, Lisa Fischer, and Sheila Jordan is set for Today, November 19, at New Jersey Performing Arts Center (1 Center Street, Newark NJ).
United States Artists (USA) has announced the 2016 USA Fellowship Awards. This year, 46 artists across nine creative disciplines will receive unrestricted $50,000 cash awards. The awards honor their creative accomplishments and supports their ongoing artistic and professional development.
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Sarah Vaughan Celebration with The Christian McBride Trio, Dianne Reeves, Lisa Fischer, and Sheila Jordan is set for Saturday, November 19, at New Jersey Performing Arts Center (1 Center Street, Newark NJ).
On a Wednesday night in 1942, Newark teenager Sarah Vaughan went to the Apollo Theater to compete in an amateur singing contest. It was the chance to win $10 and a weeklong engagement performing on the Apollo stage. Instead, Vaughan's win launched her career and forever changed the art of jazz vocal music.
The Iridium has announced its lineup (as of August 26) for this season, including the just-added THE RIES BROTHERS with special guest Vini 'Mad Dog' Lopez on August 31. Scroll down for details!
The Iridium has announced its upcoming fall shows!
Birdland Jazz Club has announced its lineup for August 15-21, including Music of Joe Henderson With The Phantom Band, ShowBiz After Hours with Frank DiLella, Rolando Morales-Matos Jazz' Y Mambo Band, and more!
The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts announces programming for the 2016-17 season featuring internationally-acclaimed superstars in rock, dance, comedy, and jazz; family shows as part of the Family Discovery Series, returning favorites, the best of touring Broadway, and more!
Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC) announces the fall 2016 performance and residency series, which runs September 27 through December 16. BAC Presents will bring to BAC's stages World and U.S. Premieres of works by international music and dance artists. Tickets go on sale August 15 and can be purchased online at bacnyc.org or by phone at 866 811 4111. Throughout the season,BAC Residencies will provide critical support to nine artists across disciplines to develop new work in BAC's studios.
The Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, UC Davis is pleased to announce the addition of six performances to its 2016-17 season: Italian composer and pianist Ludovico Einaudi on Thursday, October 6, 2016 at 8 p.m.; Homecoming King, a one-man show from comedian and Davis native Hasan Minhaj on Friday, January 27, 2017 at 8 p.m.; jazz vocalist Dianne Reeves celebrating Valentine's Day on Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at 8 p.m.; stand-up from comedian Brian Regan on Friday, February 17, 2017 at 8 p.m.; artful singer-songwriter Jose Gonzalez with the 20-piece Goteborg String Theory on Friday, March 3, 2017 at 8 p.m.; and actor and Broadway star Alan Cumming in a cabaret-style performance entitled Sings Sappy Songs on Thursday, March 30, 2017 at 8 p.m.
Ruskin Group Theatre Opens A RAISIN IN THE SUN Featuring Starletta DuPois - Begins July 22nd in Los Angeles
Coming up at The Iridium are: NYC's all-women blues band JANE LEE HOOKER on July 23; ELLEN KAYE with UK guitarist PAUL ROSE and Ethan Fein and the LiveIt!LIVE Band on July 26; VERNON REID POWER TRIO on July 29; and soul singer/songwriter/guitarist RAUL MIDON on September 24 & 25. Scroll down for details!
Gregory Harrell is bringing his show LOVERS AND OTHER KILLERS to Don't Tell Mama on August 15th at 7pm. The performance will feature songs by Bette Midler, David Yazbek, Dianne Reeves, Nancy Wilson, The Civil Wars, Rupert Holmes, Kander and Ebb, Shirley Bassey, Nat King Cole, Sondheim, Justin Bieber, Cole Porter, and more.
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) welcomes globally recognized hip hop soul artist Musiq Soulchild on Friday, June 10th at 8PM. See Musiq Soulchild in this much anticipated concert perform hits 'Love,' 'Half Crazy' plus his infectious hot new single 'I Do' from his recently released new album, Life On Earth. Musiq Soulchild has earned multi- platinum status with now seven albums released and over seven hit singles along with awards from Billboard, BET, ASCAP, BMI, NAACP, Soul Train, MTV, The American Music Awards and an impressive eleven Grammy nominations. This Philadelphia crooner who has not performed live in a long time and who has carved his own musical genre will perform live at NJPAC! A show not to be missed and will include guest performances by Lalah Hathaway and Raheem Devaughn. Be sure to reserve tickets at NJPAC.org or 888.GO.NJPAC (888.466.5722).
Recognized the world over not only by their bold-face names, but especially by their superb talents, the artists headlining New Jersey Performing Arts Center's 2016-17 season validate the Arts Center as the state's most diverse and artistically excellent presenter.
Last night many beautiful people came to the concluding night of Ann Hampton Callaway's new show 'But Beautiful' at Birdland. BroadwayWorld was there for the final performance. Check out photos below!
Broadway's 40 theatres aren't the only places to catch performances from your favorite stars! Well after Broadway orchestras begin their overtures, ensemble members take their dance breaks, and performers belt out their eleven o'clock numbers, the party continues at various cabaret venues throughout New York City. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you some cabaret highlights for this week as picked by our theatre editors, including: Laura Michelle Kelly at 54 Below; Ann Hampton Callaway Presents 'But Beautiful'; The Skivvies; David Yazbek at 54 Below; and Kara Lindsay: Bursting Your Bubble.
Over the course of four days and nine live concert performances, more than 30 artists, collectively honored with 40-plus GRAMMY® and Latin GRAMMY Awards®, will converge in Brooklyn
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