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Tessanne Chin is a Jamaican reggae fusion recording artist, best known for winning season five of the American reality TV singing competition The Voice on Adam Levine's team. Tessanne will make her Canadian debut tonight, May 17, 2014 with her Bread & Butter Band at The Sony Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto. Tickets range from $30-$85 and can be purchased in person at The Sony Centre box office or at ticketmaster.ca.

The powerful new Australian concert drama Rolling Thunder Vietnam will world premiere in Brisbane on 14 August 2014 prior to a national tour.

The powerful new Australian concert drama Rolling Thunder Vietnam will world premiere in Brisbane on 14 August 2014 prior to a national tour.

On July 1, 2014, Dionne Warwick, GRAMMY hall of fame & multi-platinum recording artist, will release a star-studded duets album titled “Feels So Good.”

Returning for its fifth year, Las Vegas Broadway Bares presents 'Got Wood?' tonight, May 2 at 11:59 p.m. at the Planet Hollywood Showroom.

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? Today's big news: HERE LIES LOVE, THE FABULOUS MISS MARIE and TOO MUCH SUN begin today off-Broadway!

In the glow of its seven Tony® Award nominations, including one for Best Musical, producers Scott Sanders and Wynton Marsalis announced today that a trio of true music legends will make their way to Broadway this summer in After Midnight. Multi-award winning icons Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight and Natalie Cole (making her Broadway debut) are set to join the illustrious roster of 'Special Guest Star' vocalists in the red hot Broadway musical.

The Tony winner talks about her Brooklyn upbringing, her Broadway triumphs and her brand-new cabaret show.

Returning for its fifth year, Las Vegas Broadway Bares presents "Got Wood?" on Friday, May 2 at 11:59 p.m. at the Planet Hollywood Showroom. A provocative collection of performances curated by entertainers up and down the Las Vegas Strip, "Got Wood?" will be hosted by Emmy Award® winner Jai Rodriguez of "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" and directed by Paula Caselton, formerly of "Peepshow" and now producer of the "Vanity Vixens" in New York City, and Ryan Lyons of "Le Reve- The Dream" at Wynn Las Vegas. Special guest performance by singer, song writer and philanthropist Matt Zarley performing his new hit single 'Somebody 4 Everybody'.

Harlem Records announces its first full-length album release.

Returning for its fifth year, Las Vegas Broadway Bares presents "Got Wood?" on Friday, May 2 at 11:59 p.m. at the Planet Hollywood Showroom.

The Apollo Theater, a leading not-for-profit performing arts institution, announced that its 2014 annual Spring Gala will be transformed into an epic birthday celebration in honor of the storied Theater's 80th anniversary, Tuesday, June 10, at 7pm. Departing from its tradition of inducting legends into the Apollo Hall of Fame, this year's Gala will celebrate the eight decades of artistic brilliance that has been presented on the Apollo stage since 1934. The evening will include special tribute performances by the music industry's biggest artists, some of whom call the Apollo their musical home, including Gladys Knight, Smokey Robinson, Natalie Cole, The Isley Brothers, and more. Hosted by Emmy Award-winning and Grammy nominated entertainer Wayne Brady.

Due to popular demand, August Wilson play extends to May 4, 2014

Harlem Records announces its first full-length album release.

On Monday, April 21 at 7:30pm, theBestArts.com will present its fifth Broadway benefit cabaret in Atlanta, THE LION SINGS TONIGHT. The evening will feature performances by cast and crew members of the Broadway national touring company of DISNEY'S THE LION KING at the Woodruff Arts Center's Rich Theatre in midtown Atlanta. 100% of ticket revenue from this event will go directly to JOINING HEARTS and BROADWAY CARES/EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS (BC/EFA).

MotorCity Casino Hotel will welcome Gladys Knight to Sound Board on Thursday, October 9, 2014 at 8:00 p.m.

Two-time Dancing with the Stars winner, Kym Johnson, and fellow cast member, Tristan MacManus, will headline April's Ballroom With A Twist Free performance at the Capitol Center for the Arts. Johnson and MacManus will join past finalists from American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance in this one-of-a-kind ballroom dance show, which visits the Capitol Center for the Arts tonight, April 8, at 7:30pm.

The Apollo Theater and World Music Institute present AFRICA NOW, a four-day music festival spotlighting today's African music scene. The second annual festival will feature a powerful lineup of artists who have drawn upon their roots for inspiration - and transplanted them onto the global music landscape. Africa Now will be anchored by a blow-out concert, April 5th, on the legendary Apollo stage featuring: Malian songstress Fatoumata Diawara; Senegalese trio Les Freres Guisse; and reggae/Afrobeat collective Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars.

Hotel Nikko San Francisco and Michael Feinstein are proud to welcome world-renowned artist, Vonda Shepard, to Feinstein's at the Nikko for two performances only - tonight, March 21 (8 p.m.) and Saturday, March 22 (7 p.m.).