Joe Smith News

More than 25 years ago, retired music executive Joe Smith accomplished a Herculean feat-he got more than 200 celebrated singers, musicians and industry icons to talk about their lives, music, experiences and contemporaries. The Library of Congress announced today that Smith has donated this treasure trove of unedited sound recordings to the nation's library. The list of noted artists and executives is a veritable who's who in the music industry. They include Artie Shaw, Woody Herman, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, Barbra Streisand, Little Richard, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Elton John, Paul Simon, David Bowie, Billy Joel, Sting, Tony Bennett, Joan Baez, James Taylor, Dick Clark, Tina Turner, Tom Jones, B. B. King, Quincy Jones, David Geffen, Mickey Hart, Harry Belafonte and many others. All types of popular music are represented-from rock 'n' roll, jazz, rhythm & blues and pop to big-band, heavy metal, folk and country-western.

Peter Nero and the Philly POPS® will commence its April concert series, ULTIMATE POPS! at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia on Wednesday, April 11th at 8:00 p.m. GRAMMY-Award winning pianist Peter Nero will perform and conduct dozens of the region's most talented professional musicians in The POPS orchestra in Verizon Hall.

The world premiere production of RELATIVELY SPEAKING - three one-act comedies by the prolific writing trio of Ethan Coen, Elaine May and Woody Allen, and directed by John Turturro - opened tonight October 20 at Broadway's Brooks Atkinson Theatre.

Penguin Rep Theatre (Joe Brancato, Artistic Director, and Andrew M. Horn, Executive Director) and Edmund Gaynes, in association with Don and Lizanne Mitchell, will present The Devil's Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith, a musical by Angelo Parra, conceived and directed by Joe Brancato.

Penguin Rep Theatre (Joe Brancato, Artistic Director, and Andrew M. Horn, Executive Director) and Edmund Gaynes, in association with Don and Lizanne Mitchell, will present The Devil's Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith, a musical by Angelo Parra, conceived and directed by Joe Brancato.

Whether you're a classical music lover or a disco darling, there's something for everyone as Peter Nero and the Philly Pops® plays its most requested audience favorites in Big Numbers (May 15, 18, 20-21, 2011). This crowd-pleasing program, which features music ranging from Tchaikovsky to Earth, Wind & Fire, showcases the talented POPS musicians as they step out from the orchestra and into the spotlight for spectacular solo performances.

Whether you're a classical music lover or a disco darling, there's something for everyone as Peter Nero and the Philly Pops® plays its most requested audience favorites in Big Numbers (May 15, 18, 20-21, 2011). This crowd-pleasing program, which features music ranging from Tchaikovsky to Earth, Wind & Fire, showcases the talented POPS musicians as they step out from the orchestra and into the spotlight for spectacular solo performances.

NETS players Brook Lopez, Derrick Favors, Ben Uzoh, Quinton Ross, Stephen Graham, and Joe Smith today gathered at Brooklyn Borough Hall for a holiday party where they helped to distribute toys for children from five Salvation Army community centers in Brooklyn.

The Cornelia Street Café (29 Cornelia St.) hosts Ben Monder and Bill McHenry as well as The Cellar and Point tonight, June 17th, at 8:30 p.m. Cover is $10. For more information, please call 212-989-9319 or visit www.corneliastreetcafe.com.

Old world traditions run headlong into changing values and political turmoil in Czarist Russian when Playful Theatre Productions presents 'Fiddler on the Roof' at Mercer County Community College's Kelsey Theatre.

Old world traditions run headlong into changing values and political turmoil in Czarist Russian when Playful Theatre Productions presents 'Fiddler on the Roof' at Mercer County Community College's Kelsey Theatre.

Old world traditions run headlong into changing values and political turmoil in Czarist Russian when Playful Theatre Productions presents 'Fiddler on the Roof' at Mercer County Community College's Kelsey Theatre.

No Teatro Glauce Rocha todas as quartas e quintas as 19 horas, o pano se abre para mais uma explosão de talento e teatralidade: Ernesto Piccolo e Rogério Blat estão de volta à cidade com mais um de seus trabalhos com gosto de festa, onde o humor e a musica se unem arrebatadoramente (parece impossivel mas é só ir até lá comprovar) à denuncia social. SORRIA VOCE ESTÁ SENDO ROUBADO, o mais novo musical do Palco Social - Oficinas de Criação de Espetaculo, é a continuidade de um trabalho que,como afirmam seus criadores, foge completamente do padrão das Companhias e espetaculos habituais.

The Broken Arrow Community Playhouse is proud to present Rodgers and Hammerstein's 'Cinderella' the enchanted edition directed by TL Bringle, who just finished directing our acclaimed production of Crimes of the Heart.

The Broken Arrow Community Playhouse is proud to present Rodgers and Hammerstein's 'Cinderella' the enchanted edition from December 4-13. The production is directed by TL Bringle, who just finished directing their acclaimed production of Crimes of the Heart.

The Broken Arrow Community Playhouse is proud to present Rodgers and Hammerstein's 'Cinderella' the enchanted edition directed by TL Bringle, who just finished directing our acclaimed production of Crimes of the Heart.

The Broken Arrow Community Playhouse is proud to present Rodgers and Hammerstein's 'Cinderella' the enchanted edition from December 4-13. The production is directed by TL Bringle, who just finished directing their acclaimed production of Crimes of the Heart.

Anthony Rapp (Rent) and Robert Cuccioli (Jekyll & Hyde) headed the cast of a one-night-only performance of The King Stag, written and directed by Jeremy Dobrish (adapted from the original Carlo Gozzi play) on Monday, March 24 with a 6PM reception and 7:30PM performance at Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street) to benefit Resonance Ensemble's 2008 season.

Anthony Rapp (Rent) and Robert Cuccioli (Jekyll & Hyde) will head the cast of a one-night-only performance of The King Stag, written and directed by Jeremy Dobrish (adapted from the original Carlo Gozzi play) on Monday, March 24 with a 6PM reception and 7:30PM performance at Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street) to benefit Resonance Ensemble's 2008 season.

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