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The greatest family musical of all time, THE WIZARD OF OZ, is touching down in San Diego as Broadway/San Diego ~ A Nederlander Presentation brings this national treasure to the San Diego Civic Theatre; February 15 - 20, 2011.

The Laguna Playhouse is pleased to present internationally acclaimed actor, playwright and Steinway concert artist Hershey Felder in two exclusive limited engagement shows this February: The Great American Songbook (February 14, 24 & 26) and Monsieur Chopin (February 17 - 27).

The greatest family musical of all time, THE WIZARD OF OZ, is touching down in San Diego as Broadway/San Diego ~ A Nederlander Presentation brings this national treasure to the San Diego Civic Theatre; February 15 - 20, 2011.

Just in time for Valentine's Day, the Edgerton Center for the Performing Arts at Sacred Heart University presents Let's Fall in Love starring two of Broadway's most celebrated stars, Rebecca Luker (Mary Poppins, The Music Man and The Sound of Music) and Howard McGillin (Phantom of the Opera, She Loves Me and Anything Goes) on Saturday, February 12 (2011) at 8pm.

The Tony Award nominee Ann Hampton Callaway made her Royal Room debut in January 2002 and is returning for her sixth engagement at The Colony. One of the finest singer/songwriters of our time, the statuesque performer dazzles music lovers as a singer, pianist, composer, lyricist, arranger, and quick-witted actress. Her talents have made her equally at home in jazz and pop as well as on stage, in the recording studio, on TV and in film. She is best known for starring in the hit Broadway musical Swing! and for writing and singing the theme to the internationally successful TV series, The Nanny.

The greatest family musical of all time, THE WIZARD OF OZ, is touching down in San Diego as Broadway/San Diego ~ A Nederlander Presentation brings this national treasure to the San Diego Civic Theatre; February 15 - 20, 2011.

The Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center will present "A Tribute To Billie Holiday," in celebration of Black History Month, starring renowned jazz pianist and vocalist, Corky Hale, Billie Holiday's pianist, as well as performances by celebrated jazz vocalists Barbara Morrison and Tricia Tahara.

Audiences will soon follow the yellow brick road over the rainbow to see Danielle Hope, winner of BBC TV's Over the Rainbow, play Dorothy at The London Palladium, the capital's home of the family musical. Here is a first look at Michael Crawford as the Wizard! Previews begin February 7 in London!

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The greatest family musical of all time, THE WIZARD OF OZ, is touching down in Atlanta at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre Thursday, February 5 through Sunday, February 8.

Broadway favorites Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley, are set to debut their new concert entitled, HE SAID/SHE SAID in 2011. The husband-wife team, who currently star in Broadway's NEXT TO NORMAL, begin performances at Axelrod Performing Arts Center on February 5 at 8 PM.

Audiences will soon follow the yellow brick road over the rainbow to see Danielle Hope, winner of BBC TV's Over the Rainbow, play Dorothy at The London Palladium, the capital's home of the family musical. Here is a first look at Hope in costume!

Treat your sweetie to an evening of heartwarming favorites as multi-talented singer and songwriter Ann Hampton Callaway joins Peter Nero and the Philly Pops for an evening of 'love'-ly standards entitled Singin' and Swingin' (February 2, 4-6, 2011). Peter and The POPS open the program with swinging and swooning orchestral favorites by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Benny Goodman, along with a few symphonic surprises too good to spoil ahead of time! Before intermission, Ms. Callaway graces the stage joining the Maestro and his orchestra to perform three timeless standards-'Lover, Come Back to Me,' 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow,' and 'Pick Yourself Up.' The second half of the evening finds the sublime Ms. Callaway front and center with our very own Peter Nero leading The POPS from the keyboard. Sentimental favorites by America's greatest songwriters, including Cole Porter ('From This Moment On' and 'Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love'); Rodgers and Hart ('With a Song in My Heart'); George and Ira Gershwin ('The Man I Love'); and Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer ('Blues in the Night') are featured alongside Ms. Callaway's own remarkable songs. As a special treat, Ms. Callaway shares her impressive improvisational skills each night as she takes words and phrases from the audience to create a one-of-a-kind song on the spot.

Just in time for Valentine's Day, the Edgerton Center for the Performing Arts at Sacred Heart University presents Let's Fall in Love starring two of Broadway's most celebrated stars, Rebecca Luker (Mary Poppins, The Music Man and The Sound of Music) and Howard McGillin (Phantom of the Opera, She Loves Me and Anything Goes) on Saturday, February 12 (2011) at 8pm.

Lincoln Center's acclaimed series American Songbook, which explores the best of the golden age of musical standards through to the best in current songwriting, will bring to the stage some of today's most gifted interpreters of song. Week Three is a Grammy Awards fest, as three of the four acts are current and past nominees. On February 2nd one can experience life in the Piedmont hills of the Carolinas via the vibrant sound of the Carolina Chocolate Drops. This three-piece string band plays old-time roots music with virtuoso playing of the banjo, fiddle, guitar, harmonica, jug and more. Next up is the crown princess of bossa nova, Bebel Gilberto. Gilberto has taken classic bossa nova rhythms and mixed them with modern pop - for a sound that is up for a Grammy this year. On February 4th perennial Grammy nominee Joan Osborne will perform an emotionally-charged work she has written with Jack Petruzzelli: Love and Hate - A Song Cycle. On February 5th, actress/singer Anika Noni Rose, a Tony winner for Caroline, Or Change, will make her eagerly-anticipated solo concert debut.

Fifty years after her legendary Carnegie Hall debut, The New York Pops remembers Hollywood icon Judy Garland with a song-for-song re-creation of the 1961 performance that is referred to by so many as "the greatest night in show business history".

On Sunday January 30 comedienne/singer Maxine Lapiduss brought a new show to Sterling's Upstairs @ Vitello's and received what few performers ever do in LA cabaret - a thunderous heartfelt standing ovation. This is one funny lady who can sing up a storm and make you laugh until your pants split. What an entertainer! Backed by an eight-piece orchestra under the musical direction of wonderful Michael Orland, Lapiduss wowed the SRO room with her nonstop hilarious comedy about life in LA, the fear of living and the need to change. Funny, yes, and with the delivery of a caring yet sarcastic next-door neighbor, she is down-to-earth, sassy and easy to like.

The Friend Center for the Arts at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (JCCSF) proudly presents the new Gershwin Musical, ‘S Wonderful, for two performances only on Saturday January 29 at 8 pm, and Sunday, January 30 at 2 pm.

The Friend Center for the Arts at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (JCCSF) proudly presents the new Gershwin Musical, ‘S Wonderful, for two performances only on Saturday January 29 at 8 pm, and Sunday, January 30 at 2 pm.

Today, in this BWW Exclusive interview, we are investigating the iconic and incomparable career - in every arena of entertainment, as depicted in her PBS concert retrospective DIAHANN CARROLL: THE LADY, THE MUSIC, THE LEGEND - of Ms. Diahann Carroll. From the first African American Golden Globe winner, winning for the first network series to feature a fresh, non-Caucasian actress as the lead character, JULIA; to the co-starring in the films of George & Ira Gershwin's PORGY & BESS and Oscar Hammerstein's CARMEN JONES opposite the likes of Harry Belafonte and Sammy Davis Jr.; to her remarkable roles on Broadway in Harold Arlen and Truman Capote's HOUSE OF FLOWERS and Richard Rodgers's NO STRINGS all the way up to Andrew Lloyd Webber's SUNSET BLVD in the 1990s in Toronto - and that's not even mentioning her concert appearances everywhere in the world for the last fifty years as well as her lauded performance on USA's hit nighttime drama WHITE COLLAR, which she returns to this week. Also, don't forget her humanitarian work for breast cancer awareness! She has done it all, and blazed a new path for herself and everyone coming in her wake in order to do so. She is the lady. She is the music. She is the legend. She is Diahann Carroll - and what divinity that is.