Harry Connick, Jr. News

Check out an all-new promo for the upcoming 13th season featuring judges Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban and Harry Connick, Jr. along with host Ryan Seacrest!

Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara announces its 2013-14 Season in its new home, the New Vic, beginning with the hit Broadway musical A Little Night Music, inspired by the Ingmar Bergman film 'Smiles of a Summer Night. Directed by Ensemble Executive Artistic Director Jonathan Fox, A Little Night Music features one of Stephen Sondheim's best-known songs, "Send in the Clowns." A star-studded cast featuring Piper Laurie, Stephanie Zimbalist and Patrick Cassidy will christen the stage at the New Vic.

Transport Group, the Drama Desk and OBIE award-winning theatre company, has announced that its 2013 Gimme A Break! benefit will honor producer Beth Williams on Monday, December 9 at 6:30pm, at the Asia Society and Museum, 725 Park Avenue at 70th Street.

Bergen Performing Arts Center located at 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood New Jersey announces new shows for 2014! - See Kelli Agresta perform Thursday January 16 and Friday January 17th in the all new Drapkin Cabaret Room, then on Monday, January 20th its Michael Shenker Group, American Idol's Crystal Bowersox with a special guest appearance by Bergen County's Heather Brave on Thursday, March 27th and on Saturday, May 17th its Tommy James and The Shondells and don't miss Yanni on Wednesday, Auguat 13th --Tickets for these shows go on sale Friday, November 22nd at 11 AM. Reserve tickets at www.ticketmaster.com or call the Box Office at 201.227.1030.

Broadway superstar and internationally renown recording artist Harry Connick Jr. was recently announced as a new judge for the long-running reality singing competition AMERICAN IDOL and the capable crooner has taken to Twitter to ruffle some feathers following recent negative remarks made on the series from former judge Mariah Carey.

Mariah Carey, who last season sat on the AMERICAN IDOL judges panel alongside Randy Jackson, Keith Urban and Nicki Minaj, told Hot 97 yesterday that her experience on the show was like 'going to work every day in hell with Satan.'

Society for the Performing Arts announced today that Grammy and Emmy Award winner, Tony Award nominee and multi-platinum recording artist Harry Connick, Jr. will come to Houston for one night only, tonight, Nov. 9, 2013, at 8 p.m. in Jones Hall.

AMERICAN IDOL released a four-minute clip on YouTube yesterday, giving fans a first look at the upcoming 13th season of the singing competition.

Il Divo, the record-breaking classical crossover group who has sold more than 26 million albums worldwide, releases their 6 th studio album A Musical Affair, on Syco/Columbia Records on November 5th. The album release will raise the curtains on a limited run of live Broadway performances at The Marquis Theater with special guest, Heather Headley, beginning tonight, November 7, 2013.

Il Divo, the record-breaking classical crossover group who has sold more than 26 million albums worldwide, is set to release their 6th studio album A Musical Affair, on Syco/Columbia Records today, November 5th. The album release will raise the curtains on a limited run of live Broadway performances at The Marquis Theater with special guest, Heather Headley, beginning November 7, 2013.

92nd Street Y has announced that Jordan Roth, President of Jujamcyn Theaters, continues his popular interview series, 'Broadway Talks with Jordan Roth,' with award winning stage and screen star Cherry Jones tonight, October 27 at 7:30 p.m. Ms. Jones, the Emmy and Tony Award-winning star of '24' and Doubt, will return to the Broadway stage this season as Amanda Wingfield in Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie.

The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center is pleased to welcome multi-talented singer/songwriter Harry Connick, Jr. to the Center's stage at 8 p.m. tonight, October 26, 2013.

FOX is announcing premieres dates for new and returning series, including the returns of AMERICAN IDOL and THE FOLLOWING, and the debut of new legal drama RAKE.

AMERICAN IDOL will return in January 2014 for its 13th season. The original star-making series called on fans to select the official tagline for the upcoming installment. Below, check out the winning selection in the first official promo for the new season!

An Evening of Bluegrass with Noam Pikelny (banjo), Bryan Sutton (guitar), Jesse Cobb (mandolin), Barry Bales (bass), and Luke Bulla (fiddle), marks a historic collaboration between five of the most celebrated acoustic instrumentalists and singers of our time.

The number-one male jazz singer in the home of the Alamo has been entertaining San Antonio and South Texas audiences and recording critically acclaimed CDs for more than 23 years. Now Ken Slavin will bring his unique sound to the Big Apple when he makes his New York City jazz cabaret debut on Thursday, October 31, at the world-famous Metropolitan Room, 34 W. 22nd Street. Show time is 7 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets start at $25 - with a two-drink minimum - and are available at www.metropolitanroom.com.

Harry Connick Jr. will play Aronoff Center - Procter & Gamble Hall tonight, October 19, 2013 at 8 PM.

On Monday, April 28, 2014, The New York Pops marks its 31st birthday with a grand gala evening with musical honoree, composer and lyricist Marc Shaiman, and corporate honoree, Paul J. Massey, Jr., CEO and Founding Partner of Massey Knakal Realty Services.

AMERICAN IDOL voting starts before the show begins in January 2014, as the original star-making series calls on fans to select the official tagline for AMERICAN IDOL XIII. The American dream inspires every AMERICAN IDOL contestant. So, which tagline will inspire fans the most? Fans may choose one of four taglines and cast their vote(s) at Americanidol.com, via Twitter and on Facebook. Voting begins today and continues through next Monday, Oct. 14, at 11:59 PM PT, with the winning tagline revealed during the AMERICAN IDOL marketing campaign.

Deadline writes that Harry Connick, Jr. -- new judge for AMERICAN IDOL -- will star in a comedy pilot for Fox written by Eric and Justin Stangel (The Late Show).