James Morrison News

L.A. Theatre Works will segue from the digital stage to in-person performance in 2021-22 with a seven-play season of audio theater.

The 2021-22 Season “Reignite, Reimagine!” opens with Having Our Say, The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years, a play by Emily Mann, adapted from the book by Sarah L. Delany and Amy L Delany with Amy Hill Hearth.

After an almost two-year delay, Riverside Center for the Performing Arts' will at long last present the Tony Award nominated Bright Star live onstage from September 15 through October 31!

Joining Catherine on Friday, July 30 is singer/actor Ursula Yovich, writer/actor/composer/pianist Phil Scott and comedy legend Jean Kittson. Also making her virtual return to Catherine & Friends is pivoter of the year Verushka Darling who will be standing by to take your texts as she sashays from 'hotspot' to 'hotline'.

Giant Ledge Production Co. has announced a diverse lineup of Jazz artists scheduled to play at its summer pop-up gallery at 17 Frost Street.

Ojai Playwrights Conference (OPC) will be presenting their virtual celebration CONNECTIONS benefiting their 2021 season June 12, 2021. CONNECTIONS will feature new or adapted works by playwrights: Luis Alfaro, Jon Robin Baitz, Father Greg Boyle, Bill Cain, Culture Clash, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Danai Gurira, Samuel D. Hunter, David Henry Hwang, Julia Izumi, James Morrison and his son Seamus Morrison, Jeanine Tesori and Charlayne Woodard. Performers include Brian Cox, Eileen Galindo, Tzi Ma, Rose Portillo, Samantha Quan, John C. Reilly, Israel López Reyes, Nikkole Salter, Jimmy Smits, and Phillipa Soo; as well as some of the playwrights performing their own pieces.

A starry cast, some of whom will perform their own work, has been set for the Ojai Playwrights Conference presentation of “Connections,” a virtual celebration to benefit the OPC 2021 season, on Saturday, June 12 at 5 p.m. Pacific Time/ 8 p.m. Eastern Time.

The Ojai Playwrights Conference is presenting “Connections,” a virtual celebration to benefit the OPC 2021 season, on Saturday, June 12 at 5 p.m. Pacific Time/ 8 p.m. Eastern Time. A minimum donation of $20 is requested to watch this special 90-minute show.

This was largely due to the artistic chemistry between Janes and British producer and songwriter, Zak Lloyd, whose resume of work includes artists such as Calum Scott, Charli XCX, and James Morrison, and is credited as a co-writer on the track.

Ferris & Sylvester have announced the release of their short film Live At Real World Studios this Thursday (Feb 11th).

El próximo 13 de febrero, Chila Lynn presentará un concierto de San Valentín con canciones dedicadas.

March sees joint exhibitions in the gallery by Michael McVeigh, who until recently worked in Edinburgh as a street artist, even being known as a cult figure by the city's groups on nights out, who also draws inspiration from his Scottish surroundings.  Alongside McVeigh's work is fellow Scot David Cook who uses his imposed isolation on a remote stretch of coastline to connect with the wild and develop his seaside garden.  

The NSW Government and City of Sydney have unveiled a new COVID-safe, pop-up outdoor performance venue and concert series. Sunset Piazza – an Italo-themed summer pop-up stage – will come alive from 28 January to 21 March with a series of performances spanning contemporary pop, comedy, hip hop and indie rock with tickets to all events only $25.

L.A. Theatre Works begins the new school year by expanding and extending its acclaimed learning initiative, Setting the Stage for Learning.

The Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew announce Van Morrison as the final headliner for Kew the Music 2021.

The Blank Canvas is a new podcast from prolific director & producer Lee Rogers - chatting with the trail blazers, artists, thought leaders, athletes, entrepreneurs and creators - stellar individuals who inspire us to live large.

High energy indie-rock musician Andy Martin has announced the self-release of his latest single, 'Heat Of It All' on the 6th of August.

Wash your lockdown blues away with Lester Ang and Chok Kerong in a set of uplifting jazz standards from the bebop and post-bop eras. The pair will perform their uplifting, rhythmic interpretations of a hodgepodge of compositions by Sonny Stitt, John Coltrane, Dinah Washington and Charles Mingus.

Beginning this Saturday, June 13, the L.A. Theatre Works audio theater recording of John Ball's In the Heat of the Night, adapted for the stage by Matt Pelfrey, will air on radio stations across the country and be available to stream free on the L.A. Theatre Works website.

L.A. Theatre Works has made the acclaimed plays 'Judgement at Nuremberg' and 'Kindertransport' available for free via the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust website. Both audio plays will be accessible until June 1, 2020.