The Pasadena Playhouse (Sheldon Epps, Artistic Director) announced today that legendary director, choreographer and producer Kenny Ortega will be the 2015 Diversity Award Artistic Honoree, and Abel Ramirez, founder of Pasadena's El Portal Restaurant and business and cultural leader of the Pasadena community, will be the Community Honoree at the 9th Annual Pasadena Playhouse's Wells Fargo Theatrical Diversity Project fundraising benefit on Sunday, September 13, 2015, in honor of the opening of Josefina Lopez's Real Women Have Curves.
Ronnie Marmo is proud to produce the New York smash Halloween horror, 'DRACULA' - Adapted of Bram Stoker's classic vampire novel, by Jayce Johnson, after a highly successful 2014 run in New York City. Delving into the depths of women's suffrage and the violent culture that oppressed them, the Los Angeles production will also be directed by Sophia Watt, for the LA Premiere of this adaption. Opening at Theatre 68 @ NoHo Arts Center on September 25th, 2015.
MTV is set to award Kanye West with the VMA's highest honor, the "Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award," for his career-spanning groundbreaking videos, legendary VMA performances, and continued impact on music, art, fashion, and culture.
Today, Because Music/Neon Gold/Atlantic recording artist Christine and the Queens releases a new 'Tilted' (Paradis Remix) digitally and is on Soundcloud
Lyric Opera of Kansas City opens its 58th season with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's haunting Don Giovanni September 26 and 30 and October 2 and 4 at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. The production will be sung in Italian with English titles.
One of Time Out New York's Top 10 Cabaret Artists for 2013, Tori Scott, returns to Joe's Pub tonight, August 24, 2015 her new solo show, THIRSTY!, a celebration of poor life choices, a crippling need for attention, and a regrettable love of vodka.
Monday, Aug. 24 is the release date for the debut EP from My Cruel Goro (Italy-Iceland), which Impose Magazine says is loaded with 'a plethora of dirty garage pop styles.. that gives you a head rush' and referencing The Ramones, while The Sound of Confusion refers to The Clash, The Stranglers, The Jam, Ash, Arctic Monkeys and Weezer.
RFD -TV is teaming up with Jeff Foxworthy and Larry the Cable Guy to bring the We've Been Thinking Tour to Detroit for an unforgettable night of comedy. Due to popular demand, a second performance has been added. The two superstar comedians will now perform two shows at the Fox Theatre on Saturday, October 17 at 5 p.m. and the previously announced 8 p.m show. During this momentous event, both comedians will deliver a laughter-packed evening of all new material before they come together on stage for an uproarious encore you won't want to miss.
Multi-platinum, GRAMMY-nominated singer-songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen releases her new album, E·MO·TION via Schoolboy Records/Interscope today, August 21st, in the U.S.
Whatever happened to theatre etiquette? It's a question that many theatre-goers have been asking themselves in recent months, as stories of carelessness, rudeness, and just plain craziness have made their way to the internet.
For years now, cell phones have been a culprit of many mid-show disturbances, and it seems that the trend isn't fading away anytime soon. Earlier this spring, HAMILTON's Lin-Manuel Miranda banned Madonna from coming backstage after she spent most of of the show on her phone. This summer, a patron stormed HAND TO GOD's stage on Broadway in search of an outlet to charge his phone, while a week later, the legendary Patti LuPone snatched a theatre-goer's phone mid-performance of SHOWS FOR DAYS Off-Broadway.
The recklessness continues. Earlier this week during a performance of THE FIX at D.C.'s Signature Theatre, a woman stormed the stage yet again... this time in search of a restroom. She reportedly used the backstage bathroom before being promptly escorted to the lobby by house staff.
With this kind of audience misbehavior seemingly taking over the world, we thought it fitting to ask our readers about some of their own Audience Horror Stories. Check out the list below and brace yourself...it's about to get scary.
YELLOW SOUND LABEL has announced the new album from TELLY LEUNG, star of this season's new Broadway musical Allegiance opposite George Takei and Lea Salonga.
MenAlive, the Orange County Gay Men's Chorus, returns to the Hollywood Bowl to once again open for ABBA: The Concert on Saturday, September 19, at 7 pm.
What do HAMILTON creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and Patti LuPone have in common (other than their Broadway star status, of course)? Both actors have had no problem calling out audience members for cell phone use during their performances. Earlier this spring, Miranda banned Madonna from coming backstage after she spent most of HAMILTON on her phone. Months later, LuPone snatched a phone from an audience member who was texting during SHOWS FOR DAYS. On Twitter, Lin-Manuel Miranda had this to say @lin_manuel:
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Social September encourages everyone to press pause in September - disconnect from our digital lives, and reconnect with each other and ourselves. It is the month to get together with your friends - and what better way to do it than over dinner at Slide? You'll be treated to amazing French food and incredible performances by some of Australia's biggest names in entertainment.
A musical parodist in the broad, juvenile yet clever tradition of Mad magazine, 'Weird Al' Yankovic is known for adding his own gently satirical lyrics to current hit songs. His shaggy, hangdog appearance, affection for slapstick, and amiable willingness to do seemingly anything for a laugh made him a natural for videos. Yankovic is undoubtedly the most successful comedy-recording artist in the world, with more than 12 million albums sold. His newest tour offering, The Mandatory World Tour, covers his latest album Mandatory Fun (RCA Records), fresh from winning a Grammy and topping Billboard's album chart, for what can be deemed his most successful musical comedy endeavor to date.
Global Citizen has announced that Stephen Colbert, CHIME FOR CHANGE co-founder Salma Hayek Pinault, Deborra-Lee and Hugh Jackman, Kerry Washington and Olivia Wilde will appear as the lead hosts of the 2015 Global Citizen Festival
