Hall Carnegie News

The Broadway World Awards are proud welcome the members of the band to the proceedings this year because they are the backbone of the music industry. Attention must be paid.

The Town Hall is pleased to announce Portuguese singer Mariza in a special streaming concert event, being filmed exclusively for this broadcast. Recorded in Lisbon, Portugal to be webcast  January 29 at 8:00PM EST, Mariza will celebrate the release of her album 'Mariza Sings Amália' (on Nonesuch/Warner Bros. Records), which pays tribute to Amália Rodrigues, the Queen of Fado.

Michael James Scott is an actor and singer who originated the role of Genie in the Australian production of Disney's musical Aladdin, which opened in Sydney in August 2016. He received a Helpmann Award in 2017 for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical for his work in this production.

Producer Mark Cortale has announced that five award-winning stars of the stage and screen will join the January 2021 line-up of The Seth Concert Series, the live weekly series based on Seth Rudetsky’s international Broadway series that began at The Art House in Provincetown ten years ago.

On December 21, 2020 at 8 pm EST, the stars of Broadway, TV, and film will unite for a holiday celebration concert to support Middle Collegiate Church. Director/Choreographer Matthew Johnson Harris (Take Me to the World at Carnegie Hall, Alvin Ailey core instructor) will direct and host.

Houston Grand Opera presents the January installment of Live from The Cullen on January 8. Viewers will be transported to the Wortham Theater Center's Cullen Theater for a performance by talented mezzo soprano Sasha Cooke.

Following the successful completion of an online performance practice course that served students nationwide, the New York Youth Symphony Jazz (NYYS Jazz) program and Director Andy Clausen announced today that it will continue an online format for the duration of the 2020/2021 season.

Houston Grand Opera presents the January installment of Live from The Cullen on January 8. Viewers will be transported to the Wortham Theater Center’s Cullen Theater for a performance by talented mezzo soprano Sasha Cooke.

“HAM: A Musical Memoir,” filmed live on stage, is coming to BroadwayHD, where it will begin streaming exclusively January 7th, 2021. Based on Tony Award nominee and multi-platinum recording artist Sam Harris’s critically acclaimed book, “Ham: Slices of a Life”, the original stage production was developed and directed by Billy Porter.

artist BRIAN KENNEDY has announced his very first Christmas Special which will be streamed live on Facebook Sunday, December 20, 2020.  The special holiday event will feature Brian up close and personal performing his favorite holiday songs streamed live from Dublin, Ireland at 3:00 PM ET, 12 noon PT and 8:00 PM Ireland/UK, plus a special guest.

Today (December 14) in live streaming: James Monroe Iglehart sings with Seth Rudetsky, Kelli O'Hara joins the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and so much more!

Kristin Chenoweth took to social media to share a cover of Taylor Swift's song, Mad Woman, in honor of Swift's 31st birthday today. Chenoweth was accompanied by her boyfriend, Josh Bryant, on guitar.

Watch as Richard Ridge chats with Darius de Haas, who streams his new concert, Let Me Carry You This Christmas, from Radio Free Birdland starting December 10 (7pm ET).

Watch as Richard Ridge chats with Tony winner James Monroe Iglehart, who will soon join Seth Rudetsky for two very special concerts on Sunday, December 13 (8pm) and Monday, December 14 (3pm).

Broadway might be dark, but that doesn't mean that theatre isn't happening everywhere! Below, check out where you can get your daily fix of Broadway this weekend, December 12-13, 2020.

Palm Beach Symphony and CBS12 News will broadcast a special holiday concert filled with sounds of the season airing on Christmas Eve at 8 p.m. and Christmas day at 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. The CW34 will simulcast the concert on Christmas morning and repeat the special on December 26 at 6 p.m.

Black Theatre Workshop will kick off its 50th Anniversary season with the annual Discovery Series, which will be streamed live on the BTW Facebook page on January 15, 2021. The series presents a reading of a new work in development and this year's play is Sanctuary by BTW's newly appointed Artistic Associate, Lydie Dubuisson.

Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts is announcing that registration is currently available for the 12-part online workshop Acting For The Camera with Don Stephenson. Sessions will be held online via Zoom on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6 to 7:30 p.m. starting January 26, 2021, and will continue through March 4.

Michael J. Hotopp, an award-winning theatrical and television scenic and lighting designer and producer, died on November 2, 2020, at Northern Dutchess Hospital in Rhinebeck, NY.  Hotopp was 74 years old.  

Staggars & Jags: A Musical Fable That Absolutely Happened, a scripted podcast musical created by Sander Randall and Riley Cecil Taggart, premiered early this week on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and Google Podcasts. The show features performances by Annie Donley (Chris Gethard Presents, Comedy Central), and more.