Reimagining great popular music of the past 40 years is the goal of Songbook: Steven Page and the Art of Time Ensemble. Page, co-founder and former lead singer of Barenaked Ladies, and Art of Time, an acoustic instrumental ensemble, will present their takes on contemporary songs at the Virginia G. Piper Theater at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts at 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 9. The Toronto-based musicians will perform inventive arrangements of well-known rock and pop songs.
Cumberland County Playhouse launches its 54th season in Crossville with a slate of productions that range from exciting new Broadway shows, noteworthy premieres and revivals of audience favorites.
The 5th Avenue Theatre's new production of Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn is running now through December 31st. Watch Sarah Rose Davis (Linda Mason), Matt Owen (Ted Hanover), Eric Ankrim (Jim Hardy) and company perform 'Easter Parade' from the show below!
HOLIDAY INN's Corbin Bleu will guest star on an upcoming episode of ABC's THE MIDDLE. The episode airs Tuesday, January 9 (8:00-8:30 p.m. EST), on The ABC Television Network, streaming and on demand. Check out a first look below:
Although New Orleans doesn't usually get snow for the holidays, the stage production of Irving Berlin's WHITE CHRISTMAS THE MUSICAL is an excellent substitution filled with holiday spirit and cheer.
The upcoming 28th annual The Donald M. Ephraim Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival will present movies from around the world, opening with BODY AND SOUL: An American Bridge, focusing on the early performance history and cross-cultural impact of the jazz standard by Jewish composer Johnny Green.
The Hip Hop Nutcracker (www.hiphopnutcracker.com), a contemporary dance spectacle set to Tchaikovsky's timeless music, hits the road this holiday season to 28 U.S. cities. The show will perform in Rochester at RBTL's Auditorium Theatre for one night only on December 20! Produced by the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) with Executive Producer, Eva Price, and co-commissioned by the United Palace of Cultural Arts, The Hip Hop Nutcracker will feature Kurtis Blow, one of hip hop's founding fathers, opening the show in most cities with a short set before rapping the introduction.
The Cincinnati Arts Association (CAA) and Cincinnati Music Theatre (CMT) are excited to announce LOVE IS LOVE: A Cabaret of Broadway Songs About Love at the Aronoff Center's intimate Fifth Third Bank Theater on February 9-10 and 16-17 (see detailed schedule below).
This year, New Orleans has had just about as white of a Christmas as we've seen in quite a while. With the excitement of last week's snowfall and Christmas coming up on Monday, the touring production of Irving Berlin's WHITE CHRISTMAS couldn't have come to the Saenger Theater at a more perfect time.
Get the new year off to a joyous start by spending some time in the company of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, Irving Berlin, George and Ira Gershwin, Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, and Frank Loesser. Bruce Linser, whose cabaret shows have been seen locally as well as internationally aboard SilverSea and Crystal Cruises, brings his popular evening of Broadway standards,Almost Like Being in Love, to Palm Beach Dramaworks' Cabaret Series from January 5-7. He will be accompanied by Irwin Solomon at the piano.
On his continuing journey through the works of Stephen Sondheim, director Spiro Veloudos brings us Sondheim's latest work,Road Show, the true boom-and-bust story of two of the most colorful and outrageous fortune-seekers in American history. From the Alaskan Gold Rush to the Florida real estate boom in the 1930s, entrepreneur Addison Mizner and his fast-talking brother Wilson were proof positive that the road to the American Dream is often a seductive, treacherous tightrope walk.
Musical Theater Heritage at Crown Center offers its tenth-annual original Spectacular Christmas Show. Locally written and produced holiday shows are sometimes times prone to hyperbole. This particular performance is SPECTACULAR in almost every way a show can be outstanding. The 2017 MTH Spectacular Christmas Show shines.
The 5th Avenue Theatre's new production of Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn is running now through December 31st. Watch Sarah Rose Davis (Linda Mason), Matt Owen (Ted Hanover), Eric Ankrim (Jim Hardy) and company perform 'Easter Parade' from the show below!
Encores! Artistic Director Jack Viertel today announced additional details and casting for Hey, Look Me Over! (Feb 7 - 11), the Encores! original production which opens the 25th season of the beloved, Tony- honored series responsible for bringing classic American musicals back to life since 1994.
Birdland Jazz Club has announced its January 2018 lineup, featuring An Evening with Monty Alexander - From Kingston to Harlem, Vijay Iyer Sextet, John Pizzarelli, Vincent Herring's The Story of Jazz: 100 Years, David Murray Infinity Quartet, La Tanya Hall and The Andy Milne Trio, Fleurine, Jim Caruso's Cast Party, and more. Scroll down for details!
Celebrate year round when Broadway, TV and Film Star Jake Ehrenreich performs his Smooth Jazz tribute to the Jewish songwriters behind the Christmas Classics. Based on the highly acclaimed 2017 CD release with Grammy Winner and Oscar Nominee Roger Kellaway. Superb musicianship, multi media and fascinating behind the scene stories.
The Muny announced today the directors, choreographers and music directors for The Muny's 2018 centennial season, which opens on June 11 with the first production in the world of Jerome Robbins' Broadway since it's Tony - award winning Broadway and national tour productions.
Emmy Award-winning producer Steve Garrin - longtime producer of 'The Joe Franklin Show,' among many other credits - has presented the first annual 'Joe Franklin Entertainment Award' to Jon Peterson, for his work starring in Chip Deffaa's musical play 'Irving Berlin: In Person,' currently running at the 13th Street Repertory Theater, 50 W. 13th Street, New York City.
The Hip Hop Nutcracker, a contemporary dance spectacle set to Tchaikovsky's timeless music, is set to return to the New York and New Jersey area this holiday season.
