Carnegie Hall’s online series will continue in June featuring a range of programming for music lovers, including new episodes of Live with Carnegie Hall, historic filmed performances streamed as part of Carnegie Hall Selects, and a Lullaby Project Celebration Concert presented as part of Learn with Carnegie Hall.
Some of the greatest songs in American music will provide the soundtrack to I GOT RHYTHM, playing Friday through Sundays until May 30, 2021 at the new Covington Plaza (144 Madison Ave, Covington KY 41011). Featuring music from the likes of Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Irving Berlin and George Gershwin among others, the high-energy, family-friendly production is appropriate for all ages and lovers of tap dance alike.
ASCAP Award-winner Chip Deffaa's 'Say it with Music' cast album--with a cast of 21 led by Michael Townsend Wright and Jed Peterson, who helped develop the show at New York's 13th Street Theater--is out now! The album--featuring no less than 40 songs by Irving Berlin---may be ordered now (as either a physical CD or digital download).
Any of the wonderful mezzos who appear on the NY Festival of Song’s “How About Those Mezzos!” gala could easily be called “a girl singer” --as in “the females who used to sing with the Big Bands in the ‘40s”--as well under their usual hats as opera singers. The proof: There wasn’t an aria to be heard on the program (which will be available on demand through the end of the month), co-hosted by NYFOS chief Steven Blier and mezzo Rebecca Jo Loeb, an up and comer to watch. (Blier also supplied the piano accompaniment on a half dozen entries.)
They sang everything from Edith Piaf, Reynaldo Hahn and Alberto Ginastera to Antonio Carlos Jobim and Irving Berlin, all in styles that sounded little like anything you might hear at the Met, Covent Garden or the Wiener Staatsoper. There were songs in French, English, Brazilian and Spanish, with the singers at home in everything they sang
Featuring music from the likes of Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Irving Berlin and George Gershwin among others, the high-energy, family-friendly production is appropriate for all ages and lovers of dance alike.
Broadway’s Best Shows has just announced a musical extravaganza with dozens of Broadway stars performing the title songs from over 20 beloved musicals. “Show of Titles” will be available on June 8, 2021 for a limited time only. All proceeds will benefit The Actors Fund.
Ted Chapin has decided to step down as President and Chief Creative Officer of The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization at the end of his current contract this month, Scott Pascucci, CEO of Concord, announced today. His departure comes exactly 40 years after the Rodgers and Hammerstein families first tapped Chapin to run their business.
DeForest Theatricals announces Doris Dear, “America's Perfect Housewife” streaming season 2, episode 3, of her hit show, “Doris Dear's Gurl Talk”, on Broadway On Demand Friday May 14th starting at 3pm ET.
Center Stage Theatre, a community-theatre based in Shelton, Connecticut, has announced its 2021 season. The line-up for live performances includes: Godspell, June 11-June 27; Wedding Singer, July 23-August 1; Nunsense A-Men!, September 3-September 19 and more!
ASCAP Award-winner Chip Deffaa's 'Say it with Music' cast album, co-starring Michael Townsend Wright and Jed Peterson, who helped develop the show at New York's 13th Street Theater, will be released on May 23rd.
Composers Concordance presents Tin Pan Allegiances on Saturday, May 15th at 6pm at Michiko Studios in New York City. The concert commemorates and pays tribute to NYC's Tin Pan Alley, where publishers of zillions of popular songs had their offices. Songwriters associated with Tin Pan Alley included George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, and Jerome Kern, among many others.
Joining the line-up of CABARET AT THE BALLROOM kicking off in June, is Queenie Van de Zandt in BLUE: The Songs of Joni Mitchell and in July, Ash Flanders is Nothing and Lucy Maunder sings Irving Berlin: Songs in the Key of Black.
Mario Frangoulis, international classical crossover tenor, hosts the premiere streaming of his sold-out concert 'Blue Skies, An American Songbook' from the ancient theatre of the Herod Atticus Odeon at the foot of the Acropolis in Athens on May 7th.