Eric Johnson News

Thrillpeddlers presents... Shocktoberfest 17: Pyramid of Freaks - Their 17th Annual Extravaganza of Terror & Titillation which includes five new one-act performances.

Honolulu Theatre for Youth will tour its 2015-16 season finale H20, THE STORY OF WATER AND HAWAII  to Maui County, Kauai and the Big Island in October and November. This sweeping musical by the HTY company will immerse both school and public audiences in a celebration of our islands' most precious resource. Show dates, times and locations are:

Lucky Hound Music – a new independent artist development label uniquely committed to building careers of music artists from “the ground up” – has launched, offering support in every aspect of music and visual production facilities, publishing and licensing, as well as marketing and distribution.

Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC) Theatre is excited to kick off its 2016-2017 performance season with "1776: The Musical," September 23 to October 2, in its Pease Auditorium.

Honolulu Theatre for Youth will tour its 2015-16 season finale H20, THE STORY OF WATER AND HAWAII  to Maui County, Kauai and the Big Island in October and November. This sweeping musical by the HTY company will immerse both school and public audiences in a celebration of our islands' most precious resource. Show dates, times and locations are:

Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC) Theatre is excited to kick off its 2016-2017 performance season with "1776: The Musical," September 23 to October 2, in its Pease Auditorium.

Lost, forgotten, and  unknown Irving Berlin songs are the focus of  Chip Deffaa's new album, 'The Irving Berlin Songbook,'  being released today.  

Award-winning playwright/director Chip Deffaa's 'Irving Berlin Songbook' album--part of an ongoing 'Irving Berlin Project' which Deffaa has been developing at the 13th Street Theater in New York City--will be released August 16th.  The album--with two-dozen members of New York's theatrical community singing 29 rare Berlin songs--includes many songs that have never before  been recorded.  Deffaa--one of the world's foremost authorities on Berlin's music and the author of five different shows about him--went through every song in the Berlin archive, some 1500 in all, in preparation for the project.

The groundbreaking, highly acclaimed drama series from Cinemax returns on August 2,2016 when The Knick: The Complete Second Season comes to Blu-ray with Digital HD and DVD with Digital HD

A stunning new production of Honolulu Theatre for Youth's award-winning Anime Momotaro will kick off the company's 2016-17 season, themed 'Stories of Home.' Authored by Alvin Chan, Eric Johnson and the HTY Company, this modern adaptation of the Japanese children's classic, Momotaro: Peach Boy, opens Friday, August 12 at 7 p.m., then plays Saturdays, August 13, 20, 27, September 3, 10 & 17 at 4:30 p.m. A sensory-friendly performance will be held Sept. 17 at 11 a.m.; a Japanese language performance will be staged on Sept. 24 at 7 p.m.

ERIC JOHNSON will play Boulder Theater on August 23rd, 2016. Doors:  7:00 pm | Show:  8:00 pm. Tickets on sale July 8th - $25 Reserved or $30 Gold Circle.

Blues rock phenom Eric Gales set Hollywood's Sunset Strip on fire last year with his six-string pyrotechnics at an explosive concert performance in the legendary Viper Room. A

The groundbreaking, highly acclaimed drama series from Cinemax returns on August 2,2016 when The Knick: The Complete Second Season comes to Blu-ray with Digital HD and DVD with Digital HD

Following on the footsteps of the hugely successful North American 'Surfing to Shockwave' tour, Joe Satriani announces his upcoming European tour dates beginning June 18th in France.

STU HAMM has been THE go-to bass player for the world's great musicians. Time spent playing with Steve Vai and Joe Satriani has cemented his place among the greats and gave HAMM the platform to display his pioneering bass techniques to adoring crowds worldwide.

Bass legend Stu Hamm will be embarking on his “Solo Bass Songs and Stories Tour 2016” first of June! Having stunned audiences across the world with his innovative playing

Singer/songwriter Eliza Gilkyson performing at Roaring Brook Nature Center tonight, May 7. The Austin Music Hall of Fame member will be playing this concert in support of her Grammy-nominated Red House Records release, The Nocturne Diaries.

Veep producer and former New York Times theater critic Frank Rich recently sat down with Re/Code to chat about Veep's upcoming fifth season, which premieres on Sunday on HBO, Donald Trump and Hamilton. 

The One-Minute Play Festival (Dominic D'Andrea, Producing Artistic Director & Caitlin Wees, Associate Producer), Honolulu Theatre for Youth (Becky Dunning, Managing Director & Eric Johnson, Artistic Director), and Kumu Kahua (Donna Blanchard, Managing Director & Harry Wong III, Artistic Director) have created a dynamic partnership for The 2nd Hawaii One-minute Play Festival with part of the proceeds to benefit artist residency and educational programing.

Honolulu Theatre for Youth announces its 2016-17 season, "Stories of Home." Each of the seven original plays explores how stories inform our identity of home.