Madonna News

Under the MASTERWORKS BROADWAY label, the New Broadway Cast Recording of Evita was recorded in April in anticipation of a June 19th 2012 release. The album is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com. The album cover art has just been released and BroadwayWorld brings you a first look below!

Celebrating only the very best in celebrity rants, feuds and sexy scandals, Logo presents SCANDALICIOUS, a new four-part series uncovering the creme de la creme of headline-grabbing bad behavior and attention-grabbing physiques.

Singer, songwriter, musician and producer Stevie Wonder will receive the 2012 Billboard Icon Award. An all-star tribute to him, along with the award, will be presented at the '2012 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS,' hosted by Julie Bowen and Ty Burrell, which airs live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on SUNDAY, MAY 20 (8:00-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

The New York Public Library (NYPL) and Souleo Enterprises LLC, an event/media production company, have formed a partnership to provide adult library patrons with an exciting line-up of artistic/cultural, LGBT and financial literacy summer programming, beginning June 2012. Highlighting the evolving role of libraries as educational culture hubs, programming includes improv performances by the National Comedy Theater; make-up makeovers by NYC's top drag queens such as Hedda Lettuce; a panel on LGBT hip-hop; celebrity impersonators discussing diva worship; music industry veterans Meli'sa Morgan, Full Force and Christopher "Play" Martin discussing overcoming financial struggles; a master class in career reinvention by George C. Fraser; interactive workshops featuring the iconic drag entertainer John Epperson (Lypsinka's Maid); a fashion reinvention design workshop with Beau McCall; and much more. Full program information below.

Investigation Discovery's new series REEL CRIME/REAL STORY, hosted by legal champion and biopic subject Erin Brockovich, uncovers the true facts and real personalities behind iconic crime-and-justice movies that have become a part of our pop culture.

mtvU, MTV's 24-hour college network, previously announced that comedian, political commentator and 'Real Time' host Bill Maher is the newest guest professor on the network's ongoing, Emmy-nominated STAND IN series. As mtvU followed, Maher travelled to the University of California Los Angeles campus to shock a class full of students during Professor Tom Schwartz's 'Introduction to American Politics' course.

Made Event, the team behind the celebrated annual Electric Zoo Festival, is proud to present Benny Benassi & Friends with Hardwell,Bingo Players and DallasK at Governors Beach Club on Governors Island, NYC, Saturday, June 9, 2012.

The Off-Broadway League today announced the confirmed performers for the 2012 Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway. Additionally, the remaining tickets to the show have been released for sale to the public at a discounted rate of $35 each. The 27th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards will be handed out this Sunday, May 6, 2012 at NYU Skirball Center, beginning at 7:00pm EST, in a ceremony that will once again benefit the Actors Fund.

Three-time Billboard Music Award winner Taio Cruz, 2005 Billboard Music Award nominee Gavin DeGraw, Gladys Knight, Julianne Hough, Natasha Bedingfield and actor Jeremy Sisto have been announced as the first round of artists and celebrities to present at the '2012 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS.

Third Street Theatre, the West Hollywood 99-seat Equity Waiver theatre that brought LA the critically-acclaimed smash hit Falsettos, presents three limited engagement fundraising gala performances of The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown tonight, May 4th, tomorrow May 5th and Sunday, May 6th. Each night will bring audiences a fresh mix of Broadway, film and television talent with hosts Jane Lynch, William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman, and a cast that includes Tracie Thoms (Rent), Shoshana Bean (Wicked), Lindsay Pearce (The Glee Project) and Chase Williamson (Spring Awakening). Every performance will be immediately followed by a catered reception and a hosted wine bar.

Tony Award-Nominated Rock of Ages director Kristin Hanggi is set to create and direct the new multi-million dollar musical extravaganza SURF THE MUSICAL, written by Burton Young. The new production, featuring songs of The Beach Boys, will premiere at Las Vegas' Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino this summer.

In a career spanning three decades, the American choreographer Karole Armitage has continuously bridged contemporary ballet with the worlds of visual art and fashion. Luminaries such as Jeff Koons, David Salle, Philip Taaffe and Brice Marden have created sets and costumes for her dances. She is described as 'pioneering in her valorization of voguing, creating the video for Madonna's 'Vogue' in 1992 and serving on the jury of many of New York's underground voguing balls, elaborate early 1980s events in which 'walkers' competed in a series of categories emulating high fashion, style or a ways of being.'

The forthcoming EDM album by US composer and technologist BT has been signed for world wide release on Armada Music. The Grammy-nominated producer will present the follow-up to his Grammy® nominated 'These Hopeful Machines'. The as yet un-named 8th studio album is set for release in late summer of 2012.

Kelly Clarkson, Linkin Park, Nelly Furtado and Usher have been announced as the second round of artists to perform at the '2012 Billboard Music Awards,' airing live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on SUNDAY, MAY 20 (8:00-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

With a puff of glitter, and glamour galore, Australia's all-star Celebrity Female Impersonation show, Divine Divas, hits the Queensland Performing Arts Centre's (QPAC's) Concert Hall stage for one night only tonight, 28 April.

MASTERWORKS BROADWAY has announced details of the release of the complete New Broadway Cast Recording of Evita, the first complete English language stage recording of the show since the original 1979 Broadway cast album. The two-CD set, produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Nigel Wright, with Tim Rice as Executive Producer, will be released on June 26, 2012. Visit MasterworksBroadway.com for more information as it develops.

Caesars Entertainment, whose Atlantic City, NJ portfolio includes Caesars, Harrah's Resort, Bally's and Showboat, announced today its summer lineup.

The opening of Madonna's MDNA Tour is now planned for Thursday, May 31st at Ramat Gan Stadium in Tel Aviv, two days later than previously scheduled due to production delays. The change in the opening date was announced today by promoters, Live Nation and Shuki Weiss. All tickets dated May 29th will be honored at the rescheduled May 31st event.

mtvU, MTV's 24-hour college network, today announced that comedian, political commentator and 'Real Time' host Bill Maher is the newest guest professor on the network's ongoing, Emmy-nominated STAND IN series. As mtvU followed, Maher travelled to the University of California Los Angeles campus to shock a class full of students during Professor Tom Schwartz's 'Introduction to American Politics' course.

Gayle Tufts' neue One-Woman-Show ist ein alle Sprach- und Genregrenzen sprengendes Feuerwerk. Sie erzahlt das abenteuerliche Leben einer Entertainerin, die ein Jahr junger ist als Madonna: Lustvoll, laut und very hot! Neue Lieder und frische Texte uber das Erwachsensein, das Jung bleiben und Frauen erhitzt vom Rampenlicht und anderen Energie-Quellen. Treffender Humor gemischt mit bittersußen Reflektionen uber die Ruckkehr der Pubertat und die endlose Suche nach menschlicher Warme. Perfektes Timing, gepaart mit einer grandiosen Singstimme und dem genauen Blick der bekanntesten in Deutschland lebenden Amerikanerin.