On the heels of their Billboard Top 10 Classical Crossover album, Well-Strung returns to New Orleans with a world premiere holiday show featuring Varla Jean Merman. 'A Well-Strung Christmas' will have its world premiere at Cafe Istanbul on November 27, 28, and 29. The new show has been devised by Well-Strung, Mark Cortale and director Richard Jay-Alexander, and features the group's own unique pop-classical spin on some of the most beautiful and traditional holiday favorites. The new show hosted by Varla Jean Merman will feature holiday favorites like 'Silent Night' and irreverent newly-observed versions of songs like 'I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus' and 'Sleighride,' all the way to George Michael's 'This Christmas' and everything in between. For tickets and information please visit www.broadwaynola.com.
In an exclusive live interview on TODAY, Sen. Bernie Sanders tells Savannah Guthrie and Matt Lauer that his campaign is “generating excitement” that makes him, not Hillary Clinton, the best Democratic White House candidate.
In honor of her birthday, Hillary Clinton admitted to the THE LATE SHOW audience that she took a little time to catch up on some binge-watching her favorite show 'The Good Wife.'
The CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY remains the only network evening news broadcast to grow its audience year-to-year (+5% in viewers, 6.82m from 6.48m), according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending Oct. 23.
In his new biography of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, BERLUSCONI: The Epic Story of the Billionaire Who Took Over Italy (Hachette Books; October 20, 2015), journalist Alan Friedman details Hillary Clinton's original crucial mistake over Libya: Ignoring the advice of the Pentagon and NSC and deciding to support Nicolas Sarkozy in bombing Gaddafi and seeking regime change.
Democratic Presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton will be a guest on ABC's 'Jimmy Kimmel Live,' THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5. This will be Senator Clinton's first appearance on #Kimmel since announcing her run for the Presidency.
Despite being an encore, “Tonight” maintained the prior Tuesday's results with an original in both households (2.7/7 vs. 2.7/7 on Oct. 13) and 18-49 in the local people meters (1.0/5 vs. 1.0/5).
More stars have joined BROADWAY'S GOT GUTS to celebrate the memory of Nancy LaMott on the 20th anniversary of her death to benefit the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America on Monday, November 2, 2015 at 6 PM at the Friars Club, 57 East 55th Street, New York City.
Ambassador Richard Holbrooke died unexpectedly from heart COMPLICATIONS on Dec. 13, 2010. Shortly afterward, his eldest son, David Holbrooke, attempted the seemingly impossible: capturing the legacy of his influential father 'to understand him better in death,' while traveling across the globe to reveal a behind-the-scenes view of U.S. foreign policy.
Biographers International Organization (BIO) will present its 2015 Editorial Excellence Award to Jonathan Segal, Vice President, Senior Editor, Alfred A. Knopf, at a ceremony in New York on November 4. This is the second award for Editorial Excellence presented by BIO - the first, in 2014, was presented to Robert Gottlieb. The evening is co-sponsored by the New York Society Library.
The Coral Springs Center for the Arts is launching a star-packed 2015-2016 season next month with an exciting, diverse, audience-wowing array of hit shows, comic legends and musical superstars, according to Kevin Barrett, the Center's General Manager.
On Monday, November 2, 2015 at 6 PM at the Friars Club (57 East 55th Street, New York City), BROADWAY'S GOT GUTS will provide a spectacular evening of wonderful entertainment by Broadway's brightest, singing the wonderful standards and hits performed by the late, great Nancy LaMott on the 20th anniversary of her death, all to benefit the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America.
Well-Strung has been on quite the roller coaster ride this year. They sold out their summer run at the Art House in Provincetown, with their show Summer Lovin' and got to perform at a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton when their song 'Chelsea's Mom' went viral. Both the opening, and the event were simultaneously (not planned) scheduled.
Pigs do Fly Productions will return to Ft. Lauderdale's Empire Stage with Flying High!, the second production of their second season, from October 9th through October 25th. There will be a preview performance tonight, October 8th.
The boys of Well-Strung are back with their thrilling sophomore album, POPssical. With a track listing inspired by their acclaimed cabaret show by the same title, this follow-up to their self-titled debut album avoids the treacherous waters of the dreaded sophomore slump and gifts fans and newcomers with a vibrantly bodacious new record that improves on their original and alluring concept.
Performances included Cyrus' rendition of 'I Did it My Way,' by Frank Sinatra, a full-cast parody of 'We Go Together' from GREASE, as well as a special appearance by Hillary Clinton- playing a bartender. Check out those clips and more below!
