The most ambitious operatic commission to emerge from the global pandemic, the Decameron Opera Coalition's Tales from a Safe Distance has been invited into the Library of Congress' Performing Arts Covid-19 Response Collection.
We’ve all been missing a really kicking, spirited and thoroughly professional performance in a beautiful theater. Wait no longer! The Dizzy Gillespie All Stars is all that— and more— as they take the virtual stage at the South Orange Performing Arts Center Thursday, February 25 at 7:30PM.
Listen up, Atlanta! Actor’s Express is undertaking an exciting new Covid-friendly podcast project. It’s a new serial drama podcast called Crossroads. BroadwayWorld caught up with producer/director Amanda Washington to talk about the project.
Themed around Broadway classics, it stars Freddie Fox, Bonnie Langford, Marisha Wallace, Mazz Murray and Gary Wilmot, as well as series regulars the Café Four.
On February 26, the venerated multi-instrumentalist and composer Joe Chambers will release Samba de Maracatu, a notable Blue Note Records return for a significant figure in the label’s history. The album’s Brazilian flavored title track “Samba de Maracatu,” is available today to stream or download.
A name tells you a lot about a person. For rising rapper TruCarr, his moniker speaks to his persona and his family. “I started off like I wasn't going to tell anybody any fake shit,” explains the Watts, California rapper, whose visibility exploded thanks to his street record “Outside.”
The show, which will mark episode #79 of 'Tough Cookies,' will be available to stream via Low Cut Connie and the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame's social media accounts.
Dance Umbrella today announces the appointment of new Artistic Director and Chief Executive, Freddie Opoku-Addaie. Only the fourth person to hold this position in 43 years, Freddie heralds a new era in the festival's artistic leadership.
Crashing Wayward has released their debut single 'Breathe'. The video for 'Breathe' was premiered worldwide on BraveWords.com and is now available on the Crashing Wayward YouTube channel.
At the beginning of 2020, Ballet Co.Laboratory (BCL) was gearing up for the highly anticipated world premiere of a new rock ballet based on the life of Freddie Mercury, their school enrollment was growing rapidly, and the organization was developing strategic plans to move their art form forward.
Chance Theater is making a commitment to the Southern California community in 2021 -- it will produce five shows with local artists during its 23rd Anniversary Season. There will be no cancellations. The shows will be performed either in-person or on a virtual platform. Therefore… “No Risk. All Chance.”
This February, Actor's Express will launch its first-ever serialized podcast series - “Crossroads.” Actor's Express has commissioned six BIPOC Atlanta writers to write this original podcast drama. Taking place over seven episodes, “Crossroads” is an adventure that takes place throughout time and space.
Rami Malek shares what it was like to work with Robin Williams on Night at the Museum, then dishes on the overwhelming experience of landing the role of Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody and hanging out with Denzel Washington on The Little Things set.
With the new season of FUTURE HISTORY and the launch of the FUTURE HISTORY CLASS OF 2021, Fuse continues to honor individuals who are using their voice to drive positive change, and whose impact on the world will be talked about in the future.
Former President Bill Clinton, Tony Award-winner Leslie Odom, Jr., Tony-nominee Jeff Daniels, Clive Davis, Elvis Costello, and more have signed on for a concert fundraiser to save iconic New York venue Birdland.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has named Satchel and Jackson Lee, children of legendary filmmaker and three-time Golden Globe nominee Spike Lee with producer Tonya Lewis Lee, as the 2021 Golden Globe Ambassadors.
Howard Johnson, veteran jazz musician, tuba innovator and founding member of the Saturday Night Live band, died at home in New York on Jan. 11, 2021, following a long illness, according to his longtime partner, Nancy Olewine.
Yet another one of New York’s most beloved venues is in danger of closing for good. Birdland Jazz Club, a staple of the New York City jazz community since 1949, needs help with the debt it has found itself in due to the health crisis.
International collective When Planets Align return January 21 with the title track to their forthcoming operatic opus, The Death of Us, an unflinching first-person account of earth-shattering love, loss, grief and redemption.