I spoke recently with Elaine Alvarez who will be singing the lead role this weekend in the San Diego Opera's production of Florencia en el Amazonas by Mexican composer Daniel Catan and librettist Marcela Fuentes-Berain. Alvarez told me that when she got a call from the San Diego Opera's General Director David Bennett, 'I was at a train station in France, and it was cold. I started jumping up and down! And he was like, 'Do you think you're going to be ready to sing this? Is this in line now with where your voice is.' And I'm like, a hundred percent! Yes! Yes! Yes!' Spanish was her first language, Florencia appealed to her Latin heritage, and she knew her voice was ready. She'd sung Beatrice in Catan's earlier opera Rappaccini's Daughter and was delighted with the opportunity to make her San Diego debut with another of his works.
FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, will present MARC SUMMERS PRESENTS: DREW GASPARINI on Wednesday, April 4th at 9:30pm, featuring performances by 2016 Tony nominee Alex Brightman (School of Rock), F. Michael Haynie ("Jesus Christ Superstar LIVE," Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), and Andrew Kober (She Loves Me, School of Rock).
AVENUE Q - the Tony Award-winning Best Musical that features a cast comprised of people and puppets - will celebrate WORLD PUPPETRY DAY on Wednesday, March 21, 2018 with what is to be an unprecedented large gathering of professional and amateur puppeteers and their puppets for a special performance and post-show soiree at New World Stages (Off-Broadway, 340 West 50th Street), starting at 8:00PM.
Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts and Live Nation announced today that death-defying magician, David Blaine, is taking his mind-blowing show 'David Blaine Live' on the road this spring and summer with a new round of 36 North American tour dates. Produced by Live Nation, the tour will kick off May 6, 2018 in San Diego, CA and make stops in U.S. cities including Orlando at the Walt Disney Theater on June 11, 2018.
Coinciding with the release of their brand new single available this Friday, O.A.R. has announced their 'Just Like Paradise' summer tour,joined by special guest Matt Nathanson. The tour will stop at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts for a pavilion-only concert on August 19th.
George Clooney describes his love for wife Amal: “Her life meant more to me than my life.” Clooney's revealing interview on My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman launches Friday, February 9 on Netflix.
Art-rocker and genre-defying heroine Kristeen Young will be paying tribute to the late David Bowie with her rendition of “Moonage Daydream” along with 24 other artists on Friday, February 9 for The Howard Stern Tribute to David Bowie special. Co-produced herself, Young wanted to pay tribute to her collaborator by making the cover as special as possible in his memory by adding a personal message in the song for him.
Scottish superstar rock trio Biffy Clyro recorded their own distinctive take on the David Bowie classic hit “Modern Love” exclusively for The Howard Stern Tribute To David Bowie, which premieres this Friday, February 9 at 10:00 P.M. ET on Stern's SiriusXM channel Howard 101 and also on demand via the SiriusXM app. Long-time Bowie producer Tony Visconti will host the special honoring the legend, which features an eclectic mix of contributions from William Patrick Corgan, Daryl Hall, Todd Rundgren, Greta Van Fleet, Sun Kil Moon, Car Seat Headrest and many others.
Howard Stern and SiriusXM announced today The Howard Stern Tribute to David Bowie, a special honoring the legendary musician. The radio event will premiere on Friday, February 9, exclusively on Stern's SiriusXM channel Howard 101.
Multiple GRAMMY Award winning singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran has quickly established himself as one of the world's biggest musical artists with over 26 million albums sold and 5 billion Spotify streams. His third studio album '÷' (pronounced divide) entered the Billboard 200 at #1 upon its March 2017 release, and went on to be the year's biggest album in the U.S., according to Nielsen Music, with sales equivalents exceeding 2.764 million units. 'Shape Of You' - the album's 8x-Platinum lead single - debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 2017, held the top spot for a remarkable 12 weeks, and remained in the top 10 for 33 consecutive weeks, the most ever in the chart's 59-year history. Sheeran dominated Billboard's Year In Review, standing at #1 on 16 of their year-end charts including Top Artist of the Year and Hot 100 Song of the Year for 'Shape Of You,' taking the honor for the second consecutive year (Sheeran co-wrote Justin Bieber's 'Love Yourself,' 2016's Hot 100 Song of the Year). With his 2x-Platinum certified single 'Castle on the Hill' also debuting at #6 on the Hot 100 after being released in tandem with 'Shape Of You,' Sheeran also became the only artist in chart history to have two singles simultaneously debut in the Top 10. Sheeran has supported '÷'with a number of high profile, national television appearances including performances on the 59th GRAMMY Awards, Saturday Night Live, TODAY, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the 2017 Billboard Music Awards, and most recently the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards. Additional press highlights include Sheeran's first Rolling Stone cover, inclusion in TIME's '100 Most Influential People in the World,' CBS THIS MORNING Sunday profile, The Howard Stern Show, The Late Late Show with James Corden's Carpool Karaoke and more.
David Letterman is out of retirement and returning to television with a six-episode, 60-minute Netflix talk show series, MY NEXT GUEST NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION WITH DAVID LETTERMAN. The first episode will stream today, January 12, and a new episode will be made available each subsequent month in 2018.
This 2018 season, the talent performing at The RRazz Room at Mizner Park Cultural Center is a diverse mix of world class artists. There is truly something for all tastes at the intimate and comfortable venue, where audiences have the opportunity to enjoy their favorite artists up close and personal. There is nothing quite like the connection between the performers and their audience in an intimate setting like that of The RRazz Room at Mizner Park Cultural Center.
David Letterman is out of retirement and returning to television with a six-episode, 60-minute Netflix talk show series, MY NEXT GUEST NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION WITH DAVID LETTERMAN. The first episode will stream on Friday, January 12, and a new episode will be made available each subsequent month in 2018.
On December 12th, 2017, 39 West Press released the new book Meet the Deplorables: Infiltrating Trump America, authored by legendary infiltration journalist Harmon Leon and ferocious political cartoonist Ted Rall to answer the question most of America has been asking: 'What the hell happened in 2016?'
AVENUE Q, the Tony Award winning musical comedy, now in its 14th year on stage in NYC and around the globe announces its revised holiday performance schedule for Christmas week Off-Broadway.
