Freestyle News

Entertainment is returning to Las Vegas! A number of shows have now returned to the city. Check out everything you can see on the strip below!

Tony-winner Laura Benanti and Tony-nominee Christopher Jackson stop by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to celebrate The Actors Fund for their tireless support of actors put out of work by the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Today's top stories: Jagged Little Pill wins the Best Musical Theater Album Grammy Award, Emily Skinner in concert with Seth Rudetsky, two new trailers for In The Heights, and more!

The awards honored six musicals from Broadway, Off-Broadway, and the West End with nominations for Best Musical Theatre Album - 'Jagged Little Pill,' 'American Utopia,' 'Little Shop of Horrors,' 'The Prince of Egypt,' 'Soft Power,' and Amélie.'

Today's Theater Stories features the Booth Theatre! Learn about some of the theatre's best-known shows including Sunday in the Park with George, Next to Normal, Freestyle Love Supreme, and many more!

Heading the event will be Grand Marshals  LISA LISA; the Latina Pop Music Legend, Dance Theatre of Harlem founding member and current Artistic Director VIRGINIA JOHNSON; and H.T. CHEN & DIAN DONG, founding directors of Chen Dance Center. 

The Museum of Wild and Newfangled Art (mowna), a newly opened online museum specifically designed for the digital age,  announces the Avant Premiere special event as part of mowna's Opening Show.

Earlier this year, Fousheé shared the track and self-directed visual for her anthemic track “single af” which continues to showcase her focus on self-love, self-care and female empowerment through her music.

Six outstanding performing arts professionals adjudicated the performances and narrowed the field to 14 acts (20 students) who will move on to the finals, performing on the Fabulous Fox Stage for a special NinePBS broadcast to air later this spring.

Fifty high school acts will move on to the Semi-final round of the Fox Performing Arts Charitable Foundation's (FoxPACF) 11th Annual St. Louis Teen Talent Competition on Sunday, February 28, 2021. These acts will vie to be finalists and compete onstage at The Fabulous Fox Theatre for $50,000 in scholarships and prizes.

Led by Etienne de Rocher, Haunted Shed features Athens, GA mainstays including guitarist Dan Nettles (Kenosha Kid), drummer Joe Rowe (The Glands) and bassist/cellist Jacob Morris (Vic Chesnutt, Patterson Hood).

Ice Theatre of New York (ITNY) presents a City Skate Pop Up Concert at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park on Thursday, February 25 at 4pm at The Rink at Bryant Park. ITNY performers include Aaron Singletary and Val Levine, with choreography by Douglas Webster and Jody Sperling. The event is free and open to the public.

Dead Air is the story of what happens to William, a man is suffering from the repressed memory of an old trauma. When William discovers a ham radio and stumbles into contact with a woman with a dark secret of her own, the deceptively innocent relationship slowly leads William to a horrible truth and changes him forever.

Tune in on Wednesday, February 10 (4pm ET) to watch the next episode right here at BroadwayWorld. This week's special guests are James Monroe Iglehart and Rev. Liz Walker!

Vevo, the leading music video network, announces the release of Berna's ROUNDS performance videos of “Bait (Ft. Kwengface)” and “Da Outro.” This original performance franchise is the sister series to Vevo’s “Ctrl”, which previously released content in the US with A$AP Ferg, Rick Ross, Burna Boy, Trippie Redd and more.

What better way is there to wait for upcoming movie-musicals than by learning about their original stage productions?

Fifty high school acts will move on to the Semi-final round of the Fox Performing Arts Charitable Foundation's (FoxPACF) 11th Annual St. Louis Teen Talent Competition on Sunday, February 28, 2021. These acts will vie to be finalists and compete onstage at The Fabulous Fox Theatre for $50,000 in scholarships and prizes.

Despite a tumultuous fiscal year that ended on August 31, 2020, Board Chair James L. Chosy, Artistic Director Joseph Haj and Managing Director James Haskins reported that the theater remains financially stable, engaged in critical work and hopeful for the future.

Next up in Bridge Street Theatre's ongoing 2021 Winter Dance Residency initiative is French-Vietnamese dance artist Mai Lê Hô's LayeRhythm. The troupe will be using their two-week residency at the Hudson Valley-based performing arts complex (February 1 - 12) to develop a new piece called SWITCH, culminating in an online performance excerpt from Section One (out of five) of this evening-length work-in-progress.

Freestyle Digital Media, the digital film distribution division of Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios, has acquired North American rights to the horror film THE CANYONLANDS.