Take a look at Sir Andre Previn's heavy touring schedule, and it's clear that he is a celebrated classical pianist and conductor, touring some of the world's best venues and performing with top orchestras. But at the Blue Note, Previn will make a rare detour to another facet of his illustrious career - the jazz piano side - of which recordings with the likes of Dinah Shore and Ella Fitzgerald represent the tip of the iceberg. In addition to his ten Grammy awards, Previn has also won four Academy Awards for his film scores. In 2010, Previn was awarded with the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and was the subject of a documentary aptly titled A Bridge Between Two Worlds. Previn is one of the most versatile musicians to perform at the Blue Note, which is undoubtedly the most intimate venue he plays worldwide. From February 7 - 9, Previn will be joined by celebrated bassist David Finck.
Bay Area Cabaret continues its landmark season at the historic Venetian Room with 'Vintage Rose,' the West Coast solo concert debut of Tony Award winner and A.C.T. alumna Anika Noni Rose. Direct from the Lincoln Center, where she will appear early in February as a part of its acclaimed American Songbook series, this intimate evening will feature songs made famous by Blossom Dearie, Lena Horne, and other legendary artists. 'Vintage Rose' plays one night only: 7pm Sunday, February 20, 2011 at the Venetian Room of the Fairmont San Francisco (950 Mason Street). Tickets ($45) are available at www.bayareacabaret.org or by phone at City Box Office (415) 392-4400. Tickets for the original May 1st date will be honored at this performance.
Leading Manhattan music destination The Iridium has booked an exciting and eclectic lineup this February, featuring a mix of guitar heroes and jazz innovators.
New York's Cafe Carlyle comes to life in San Francisco when Bay Area Cabaret presents the winners of New York's coveted Nightlife Award, jazz guitarist John Pizzarelli and his wife, Broadway star Jessica Molaskey (Tommy, Sunday in the Park with George).
The new Broadway musical Baby It's You! tells the inspiring story of Florence Greenberg, the woman who changed the recording world forever when she discovered The Shirelles and created Scepter Records, becoming the music industry's first female powerhouse. Starring Tony Award winner Beth Leavel as Greenberg, conceived by Floyd Mutrux, directed by Floyd Mutrux and Sheldon Epps, and written by Tony nominated book writers Mutrux and Colin Escott, the team behind Broadway's Million Dollar Quartet, Baby It's You! begins performances at Broadway's Broadhurst Theatre (235 West 44th Street) Saturday, March 26, 2011, and opens Wednesday, April 27, 2011, at 6:30pm. Baby It's You! features a cast of 19 that includes Allan Louis, Geno Henderson, Erica Ash, Kelli Barrett, Kyra DaCosta, Crystal Starr Knighton, Barry Pearl, Christina Sajous, Brandon Uranowitz, Alison Cimmet, Erica Dorfler, Berlando Drake, Adam Heller, Jahi A. Kearse, Annette Moore, Zachary Prince, Ken Robinson and Chelsea Morgan Stock.
New York's Cafe Carlyle comes to life in San Francisco when Bay Area Cabaret presents the winners of New York's coveted Nightlife Award, jazz guitarist John Pizzarelli and his wife, Broadway star Jessica Molaskey (Tommy, Sunday in the Park with George).
On October 14, 2011, The New York Pops orchestra - famous for presenting popular music with a symphony orchestra of the highest quality - will launch its 29th season; a Carnegie Hall series celebrating the stylistic diversity of some of popular music's greatest icons.
The Boston-based singer Shepley Metcalf who, last year, was the first American to record and perform a new trove of songs by the lyricist Fran Landesman, is bringing back her critically acclaimed Landesman tribute to the Metropolitan Room, 34 West 22nd Street, for an exclusive four-show engagement in March. 'Something Irresistible,' featuring songs by Landesman and the British jazz composer Simon Wallace, performs Wednesday March 2 at 7pm; Saturday March 5 at 9:30pm; Saturday March 19 at 7:30pm, and Sunday March 20 at 4pm.
After the success of Brief Encounter in the West End and on Broadway, Kneehigh's new adaptation of Jacques Demy and Michel Legrand's The Umbrellas of Cherbourg will arrive at the Gielgud Theatre following a limited run at Curve, Leicester. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg will begin previews on 5 March, with press night on 22 March and is booking until 1 October 2011. Directed by Emma Rice, with lyrics translated by Sheldon Harnick, designs by Lez Brotherston, lighting by Malcolm Rippeth, sound by Simon Baker and musical supervision by Nigel Lilley, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg will be produced in the West End by Daniel Sparrow and Mike Walsh Productions, Curve Leicester and City Lights International in association with Be Yu Productions.
UnsungMusicalsCo. Inc. (www.UnsungMusicals.org) will present a special exploratory reading of the 1947 musical comedy Barefoot Boy With Cheek on January 14 at 3pm as the launch of its new initiative: The Archival Project.
Three esteemed Harlem cultural organizations - the Apollo Theater, Harlem Stage and Jazzmobile - have joined forces to present the first Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival May 9-15, 2011.
This January, Noble Fool Theatricals will launch their new Fox Valley Repertory name witha variety of musical tributes and comedic combat, including: Chicago's finest songbirds The Pin Ups, some of the best comedic swordplay in the country, The Swordsmen, and a weekend of the popular Beatles band, American English at Pheasant Run Resort (4051 E. Main St., St. Charles, IL; 630-584-6342).
UnsungMusicalsCo. Inc. has announced additional casting for its special exploratory reading of the 1947 musical comedy Barefoot Boy With Cheek on January 14 at 3pm at Manhattan Theatre Club's Creative Center, 311 West 43rd Street. The reading will launch a new UMC initiative, The Archival Project, aimed at researching, assembling and restoring unpublished and out-of-print musical shows.
An exciting range of performances, including, Behind-the-Scenes at Harlem's famed Apollo theater, a New York Film Festival Sneak Preview, the U.S. Premiere of La Gruta de Baba, a multimedia work by leading contemporary Mexican composer/singer Juan Pablo Villa, the Fish Police, South London funk-punk-hip hop band in its U.S. debut, new works by Jody Oberfelder Dance Projects, and Christmas in Balthrop Alabama, a down-home style, off-beat holiday celebration, are on the schedule for the new fall season of Target®Free Thursdays at the David Rubenstein Atrium.
Actor/singer Luca Ellis is having a breakthrough year portraying Frank Sinatra in the huge hit Hoboken to Hollywood at the Edgemar Center for the Arts, now extended to the end of January. Having portrayed Sinatra last year with the cast of Louis and Keely @ the El Portal, he is no stranger to the legend. It shows, for when you close your eyes, you feel you are listening to Sinatra himself. Handsome and confident, Ellis talks about the show, its eventual move to a larger space - one that has been confirmed by director Jeremy Aldridge, who also directed Louis and Keeley Live at the Sahara to great acclaim - and shares other insights about singers and the art of singing.
SIRIUS XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) today announced that 'Bing Crosby Christmas Radio'-an entire channel devoted to classic radio broadcasts from the personal vault of Bing Crosby, one of America's most beloved entertainers of all time and a star synonymous with classic holiday entertainment-is airing now through December 26 at 3:00 am ET on SIRIUS channel 113 and XM channel 118.
Jenna gives a rundown of where she's been and what's coming up in the world of cabaret (and sometimes beyond!) This week's column features 'A Swinging Birdland Christmas' with Jim Caruso, Billy Stritch, HIlary Kole, and Aaron Weinstein
SIRIUS XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) today announced that 'Bing Crosby Christmas Radio'-an entire channel devoted to classic radio broadcasts from the personal vault of Bing Crosby, one of America's most beloved entertainers of all time and a star synonymous with classic holiday entertainment-is airing now through December 26 at 3:00 am ET on SIRIUS channel 113 and XM channel 118.
