James Morgan News

This week will be historic, to say the least, but for some levity and a break from all the news, look no further. BACKSTAGE BABBLE: TRIVIA NIGHT will be streaming next Saturday, January 23 at 7pm ET. It will consist of five rounds of trivia about Broadway from the Golden Age until Broadway today asked by five very special celebrity presenters! Backstage Babble host Charles Kirsch, of BroadwayWorld's Kid Critics, has gathered a diverse group of experts and stars, including Tony-nominated actors, respected historians, producers, musical directors, and more.

Join Morgan James and her husband, guitarist Doug Wamble, for a virtual performance on Friday, February 12, 2021 at 8pm.  The duo will perform live from their home studio as they celebrate the one-year anniversary of her album 'Memphis Magnetic.' They will play some of their favorite songs off the album as well as classic covers.

It's been a bad year for the New York Theatre community, but things got even worse last week for the York Theatre Company, which sustained major damage from a water main break. Watch as we check in with James to find out the latest on the situation.

Broadway On Demand will present several one-person events this month, as part of its “One-Person Powerhouse” theme, including the solo show Kennedy: Bobby’s Last Crusade (January 15 – 31) and the documentary series Billy Joel: Last Play at Shea (January 22) and Carole King: Natural Woman (January 29).

Saint Peter’s Church, home of the York Theatre Company, has suffered extensive flooding damage after a midtown water main break yesterday, January 5.

Alex Brightman's performance as part of The Seth Concert Series premiered this weekend. Check out a clip featuring Alex singing You'll Be Back from Hamilton! Plus watch a video from the PBS special, United in Song: Celebrating the Resilience of America, featuring Audra McDonald, Josh Groban, and more!

On New Year's Eve, JoAnn Falletta conducted the National Symphony Orchestra in the PBS Special, United in Song: Celebrating the Resilience of America. The star-studded performance-filmed at George Washington's Mount Vernon and The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts-encourages our nation to come together and celebrate our irrepressible strength as we welcome the New Year.

This week's Theater Stories features The Circle in the Square Theatre! Learn about the Circle in the Square Theatre School, the 2019 Tony-winning revival of Oklahoma!, the show that was most recently set to be performed in the theatre, American Buffalo, and much more!

On New Year's Eve, PBS will air the musical special 'United in Song: Celebrating the Resilience of America.' BroadwayWorld had the pleasure of speaking with Broadway's own Brian Stokes Mitchell, who performs 'Make Them Hear You' and 'Wheels of a Dream' from 'Ragtime' as part of the special. He told us about recording in a pandemic, recovering from COVID-19, and his work as chairman of The Actors Fund.

This New Year’s Eve, JoAnn Falletta conducts the National Symphony Orchestra  in the PBS Special, United in Song:  Celebrating the Resilience of America which will premiere Thursday, December 31, 2020 from 8:00-9:30 p.m. EST and again from 9:30-11:00 p.m. EST.

In this exclusive clip from the upcoming PBS special “United in Song: Celebrating the Resilience of America,” Tony winners Audra McDonald and Brian Stokes Mitchell perform “Wheels of a Dream” from “Ragtime.”

Today (December 16) in live streaming: the cast of Estella Scrooge on Stars in the House, Norm Lewis visits Backstage Live, and so much more!

Haul out the holly! The York Theatre Company and Riki Kane Larimer will present the special holiday benefit cabaret Broadway’s Great American Songbook: The Holiday Gala hosted by 5-time Grammy Award nominee Michael Feinstein with Master of Ceremonies Gerry McIntyre, York’s Associate Artistic Director.

This New Year's Eve. PBS will present a concert, United In Song: Celebrating The Resilience Of America, premiering Thursday, December 31, 2020 from 8:00-9:30 p.m. ET.

Today (December 11) in live streaming: Laura Osnes, Courtney Reed and Susan Egan visit Backstage Live, and so much more!

Today (December 7) in live streaming: Ana Gasteyer sings with Seth Rudetsky, The Prompter on Plays in the House, and so much more!

Just in time for Hanukkah! Join The York Theatre Company on December 7 at 7pm as they revisit Bar Mitzvah Boy, the bittersweet musical comedy based on Jack Rosenthal's award-winning 1976 BBC1 teleplay of the same name about a young Jewish Londoner who runs away from the Bar Mitzvah into which his parents have poured their efforts and their money.

Ashley Kate Adams’ (Broadway’s La Cage Aux Folles, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”) first book #BYOP: Be Your Own Producer, the written debut of her best-selling creative consulting business #BYOP, will be published by Morgan James Publishing.

The York Theatre Company tonight, November 23 at 7pm will present a Roadside panel with legendary lyricist/librettist Tom Jones, and more. Join them as they revisit Uncle Billy and his traveling tent show on a Wild West adventure in this pioneering musical that received its Off-Broadway premiere production in 2001.

Rajant Corporation, the provider of Kinetic Mesh wireless networks, will host a fundraiser to bring awareness and donations for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), a United Nations agency responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children in 192 countries worldwide. The virtual event on November 19th, 2020, will be streamed 'live' via Rajant's YouTube channel from 9 AM to 5 PM EST.