Josephine Baker News

Chamber Music Northwest and BodyVox once again collaborate to present a new performance of dance and chamber music with the upcoming production of Beautiful Everything.

Tony winner Ben Platt is indeed back on Broadway later this spring when he arrives at the newly renovated Palace Theatre. In this video, watch as he chats more about what audiences can expect from the show!

It’s fun, a bit quirky, and has a Fellini-sized cast that should make your head spin in all the right ways. Apparently, it takes an army to make a diva, but then again, is that a surprise?

Experience the continuation of CARNEGIE HALL's FALL OF THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC: DANCING ON THE PRECIPICE festival this spring.

Broadway performer Brenda Braxton will be joining the Guest Faculty this summer at the Broadway Theatre Project in Tampa, Florida.

The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra has announced details of the 2024-25 season, its 103rd, which will feature the greatly anticipated revival of Giants in the Earth – the Pulitzer Prize winning opera by American composer Douglas Moore (The Ballad of Baby Doe) based on Ole Edvart Rølvaag's epic novel about Norwegian settlers of the Dakota Territory in 1873.  The SDSO's production will be the first ever fully professional staging of Moore's opera.  More details on Giants in the Earth can be found at the bottom of this release.

Inspired by the music of Grammy Award winner USHER, the Untitled Usher Project is a series about Black love in Atlanta and individuals looking to find a place to call home. The series will explore music, style, sex, romance and secrets that threaten to tear relationships apart. 

Tanglewood has revealed details of its 2024 season, opening in late June through August 31.

AT THIS PERFORMANCE... returns to The Green Room 42 featuring Standbys, Understudies, and Alternates from HOW TO DANCE IN OHIO, HAMILTON, HARMONY, MJ THE MUSICAL, and KIMBERLY AKIMBO. Join us on Monday, February 19th at 7 PM for an evening of Broadway talent.

The cast recording for Harmony – the new Broadway musical by Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman – has been released on CD today, Friday, January 26. The album was released on digital and streaming platforms earlier this season.

Following a comprehensive search, the board of New Orleans Opera Association (NOOA) has announced Anglo-American producer and librettist Lila Palmer as its new General and Artistic Director. Her term begins on May 15, 2024.

Court Theatre has revealed the cast for 'Antigone,' a timely masterwork by Sophocles. Directed by Gabrielle Randle-Bent and featuring Nicholas Rudall's translation, this production concludes Court Theatre's Oedipus Trilogy.

In spring 2024, William Kentridge and The Centre for the Less Good Idea will host a collaborative residency with Brown Arts Institute .

The Museum of Modern Art announces To Save and Project: The 20th MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation, which will screen from January 11 to February 4, 2024.

OSL's winter/spring season at Carnegie Hall will feature performances on three stages, music by BIPOC composers, and more.

Callaway has a way of finding new depths to even though most familiar songs, exerting a warmth that Winter in Paris needs.

Imani Winds' founding oboist Toyin Spellman-Diaz hosts this hour long special that offers a modern take on classic Christmas carols, to be broadcast on public radio stations. Imani Winds has much to celebrate this holiday season, having just received a GRAMMY nomination for Best Classical Compendium for their recording of Jeff Scott's Passion.

Music legend Chaka Khan is set to attend a staged reading of ‘I'm Every Woman - The Chaka Khan Musical' on Friday 1 December in London.

An industry  workshop presentation of I'm Every Woman - The Chaka Khan Musical will take place with two 80-minute performances at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, London, on Friday 10th November - show times 11.00am and 2:30pm.

Celebrate the holiday season at Joe's Pub with a lineup of talented performers including Sandra Bernhard, Murray Hill, Everett Bradley, Jane Lynch & Kate Flannery, The Hot Sardines, and Eva Noblezada.