Freddie News

TONIGHT! Lagond's LIVE! from the haven (9 Haven Street, Elmsford, NY) presents its Funk/Soul Jam from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm!

St. Ann's Warehouse, responding to extraordinary popular demand, has extended the American Premiere of the National Theatre/Headlong production of Duncan Macmillan's People, Places & Things, directed by Jeremy Herrin, to December 3.

Mystery Writers of America's Florida Chapter is pleased to announce dates for SleuthFest 2018 Writers Conference. SleuthFest will take place March 1-4, 2018 at the Embassy Suites by Hilton in Boca Raton, Florida.

The race is on to steal one of the most expensive cars in the world in the thrilling action adventure OVERDRIVE, arriving on Blu-ray and DVD November 7, 2017 from Paramount Home Media Distribution.

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents an evening with Marc Martel. Get ready to rock with the greatest Freddie Mercury voice on the planet when The Ultimate Queen Celebration comes NJPAC with a concert that incorporates nearly two dozen of that classic rock band's greatest hits: 'Fat Bottomed Girls,' 'Somebody to Love,' 'Bohemian Rhapsody,' and many more.

On Stage at Kingsborough, a leading performing arts presenter located at Brooklyn's Kingsborough Community College is pleased to announce its 2017-2018 season, featuring world class artists from around the globe. On Stage at Kingsborough brings top notch performing arts to Southern Brooklyn with an eclectic roster of artists spanning multiple genres including cabaret, dance, music, and family programming. The full season runs through May 19, 2018.

The Foundation for the Palm Springs Unified School District is proud to announce that Grab Your Seat: Icons & Idols, its annual benefit concert, will be held on Thursday, January 18, 2018 at 7 PM at the Richards Center for the Arts (formerly Palm Springs High School Auditorium, located at 2360 Ramon Road in Palm Springs). The concert is a musical tribute to Janis Joplin, Freddie Mercury, George Michael, and Prince, and is presented by Michael Childers with Frank Goldstin. Tickets are $125 for front orchestra seating, $95 for middle orchestra and $75 for rear orchestra and may be purchased by calling 760-416-8455 or going to grabyourseat.net.

Gravitas Ventures has partnered to acquire U.S. and Canadian rights to ALMOST FRIENDS, a romantic comedy from writer-director Jake Goldberger (LIFE OF A KING). ABC's THE GOOD DOCTOR star Freddie Highmore toplines an all-star cast and the film will have a day-and-date release on November 17.

Less Than Rent Theatre continues LTR HOUSE PARTY, a new reading series presenting bold, innovative works by emerging playwrights, with a staged reading of Tanya Everett's T(wo) Train: to be in transit(ion) at Axis Theatre in the West Village.

Berkshire Theatre Group welcomes Pittsfield CityJazz Festival, featuring The Dizzy Gillespie Afro-Cuban Experience, to The Colonial Theatre today, October 14 at 7:30pm.

Bells will ring and angels will get their wings during Orlando Shakespeare Theater in Partnership with UCF's (Orlando Shakes) production of It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play. Adapted by Joe Landry with original music and arrangements by Kevin Connors, It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play runs from November 29 December 30, 2017 in the Margeson Theater. Tickets ($13 - $50) can be purchased by calling (407) 447-1700 ext. 1, online at www.orlandoshakes.org, or in person at the John and Rita Lowndes Shakespeare Center (812 E. Rollins St.).

Taking to the Belgrade's Main Stage this autumn are six sensational live tribute acts celebrating music from a range of eras and genres - from rock and roll hits to classic pop songs, audiences are invited to experience the sounds of Dolly Parton, The Beatles and more.

Leading theatrical licensor Music Theatre International has partnered with ProductionPro Technologies Inc. to bring an innovative new iPad app successfully used by creative teams in TV, film and Broadway to theatrical organizations in the U.S. and Canada. The app has been custom-tailored to the specific needs of MTI's customers.

Justin Moore is kicking off his highly-anticipated Hell on a Highway Tour on Friday, October 13 at the Monroe Civic Center in Monroe, Louisiana. The PLATINUM-selling entertainer will hit over 40 cities across the US including stops in Baltimore, MD, Birmingham, AL, and Athens, GA. Chart-topping newcomer Dylan Scott is supporting Moore throughout the tour.

Dance Umbrella Festival 2017 opens today with a visually stunning, hold-your-breath spectacle as dancer Satchie Noro performs a mesmerising duet with a 40ft shipping container on the banks of the river Thames outside the iconic Battersea Power Station.

Walnut Street Theatre's 2017-2018 Independence Studio on 3 season continues with the holiday classic, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY. Directed by Jesse Bernstein, the production begins with previews on October 31st, opens November 2nd and continues through December 17th.

The international competition dotCOMM Awards honors excellence in web creativity and digital communication. The competition is unique in that it reflects the role of creatives in the dynamic web that is transforming how they market and communicate products and services.

As TWIN PEAKS continues to thrill and delight audiences 25 years after the original, the eighth official Twin Peaks UK Festival returns to London in October when it opens at Art Deco Hornsey Town Hall.

Eboni Booth, Will Connolly, William Jackson Harper, Ben Horner, Cristin Milioti, David Pegram, and Teresa Yenque comprise the cast of the LCT3/Lincoln Center Theater production of After the Blast, a new play by Zoe Kazan, to be directed by Lila Neugebauer.

I wouldn't exactly call Matt Aucoin, 27, a show-off, even though he wrote the music and libretto for THE CROSSING--his 2015 opera having its NY debut at BAM's Next Wave Festival this past week--and conducted the performance as well. (He left the subtle, fine direction to Diane Paulus, who originally mounted it at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, MA, where it was commissioned for the National Civil War Project.) But I would say he's remarkably (and justifiably) confident.