Madonna News

It's Latin Night on DANCING WITH THE STARS and Global Music Icon Carlos Santana takes over the ballroom with performances of some of his classic hits throughout the evening.

ABC Family has begun production on the new drama series, BUNHEADS, filming in Los Angeles. Set to premiere on Monday, June 11th at 9:00pm ET/PT, BUNHEADS is the tale of a Las Vegas showgirl who impulsively marries a man, moves to his sleepy coastal town, and takes an uneasy role at her new mother-in-law's dance school. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Kenny Ortega has signed on to direct the third episode, which will air June 25.

The cast of EVITA, including Ricky Martin, Michael Cerveris and Elena Roger performed 'Buenos Aires' and 'High Flying Adored' on this morning's 'Good Morning America'. Directed by Tony and Olivier Award-winner Michael Grandage and choreographed by Tony Award-winner Rob Ashford, EVITA opened April 5, 2012 at The Marquis Theatre.

MASTERWORKS BROADWAY has just announced the signing of the New Broadway Cast Recording of Evita. The album will be recorded in April in anticipation of a June 19th 2012 release and is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com.

Renowned performer Don McLean is set to headline at the LVH - Las Vegas Hotel & Casino (formerly Las Vegas Hilton) on July 3 in the LVH Theater.

The Drama Desk Award-winning Celebrity Autobiography returns with its new edition, Celebrity Autobiography: The Next Chapter, to the Triad Theater Monday, April 9 at 7pm. Celebrity Autobiography: The Next Chapter performs at the Triad Theater, 158 West 72 Street.

Today, DanceOn debuts its first original show as part of YouTube's original channels offering titled "D-trix Presents Dance Showdown." This new weekly interactive dance competition show features YouTube's biggest names, battling for the title of 'Dance Showdown Champion' and $25K with the help of world-class choreographers like Tabitha & Napoleon D'Umo. Viewers can tune in every Thursday on YouTube.com/DanceOn for new episodes and to vote for their favorite contestants.

EVITA opened tonight, April 5, back on Broadway at the Marquis Theatre! The company of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's landmark musical is led by Ricky Martin as Che, Elena Roger in her Broadway debut as Eva Perón and Michael Cerveris as Juan Perón, along with Max von Essen as Migaldi and Rachel Potter as the Mistress. Did she charm the critics? Let's find out...

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.'

On Wednesday April 4, the bands The New Empires and The Cumberland Collective will perform together at Rhythm & Brews in Chattanooga at 9:00 PM.

The Estate of Michael Jackson and Cirque du Soleil announced today the official international launch of Michael Jackson THE IMMORTAL World Tour™ written and directed by Jamie King, the leading concert director in pop music today.

Anoushka Shankar, who learned at the knee of her sitar maestro father, Ravi Shankar, will cross the 1,000-year-old bridge between Indian classical and Spanish flamenco roots on her U.S. "Traveller" tour, stopping at Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday, April 10, at 7:30 p.m.

VH1 Classic's THAT METAL SHOW is back for a 10th season that is jam-packed with a star-studded lineup of the 'who's who' in heavy metal.

Former Disney star and talented singer Demi Lovato sat down exclusively with E!'s Giuliana Rancic to discuss her new music video, GIVE YOUR HEART A BREAK, for a 30-minute special that will air on April 2nd.

Madonna's upcoming tour will stop at Madison Square Garden on November 10. The tour, which launches in May, will also include performances at HP Pavilion in San Jose, Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, Air Canada Center in Toronto, United Center in Chicago, Verizon Center in Washington DC, KayArena in Seattle, the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, MJM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami, and several other venues in the U.S.

VH1 Classic's THAT METAL SHOW is back for a 10th season that is jam-packed with a star-studded lineup of the 'who's who' in heavy metal.

Men Alive - The Orange County Gay Men's Chorus continues its successful 11th Season with POP GOES THE OPERA, a high-concept concert experience that blends two musical styles--Classic Opera and Contemporary Pop music--on the same stage. The concert event opens Friday, March 30 at the Irvine Barclay Theatre with two additional shows on Saturday, March 31. The genre mash-up includes selections from Lady Gaga, Verdi, Madonna, Puccini, Annie Lennox, plus a full, live-action re-enactment of the Warner Bros. cartoon classic 'What's Opera, Doc?'

The Drama Desk Award-winning Celebrity Autobiography returns with its new edition, Celebrity Autobiography: The Next Chapter, to the Triad Theater Monday, April 9 at 7pm. Celebrity Autobiography: The Next Chapter performs at the Triad Theater, 158 West 72 Street.

Thankfully, Idol chose not to go with a specific artist's songbook this week - one can only take so much of a weird sort of karaoke night where the jukebox is stuck on one artist - and instead had the contestants perform songs from their own idols (solo and as part of three trios), resulting in some variety at long last. Find out more below, and don't forget to check out photos from this episode on page two!

Direct from New York (via a galaxy far, far away) comes VOCA PEOPLE - an out-of-this world musical theatre event that combines vocal sounds, a cappella singing, comedy and the art of beat box - playing at San Francisco's Marines' Memorial Theatre (609 Sutter St., 2nd floor) for a limited engagement beginning Tuesday, June 5, 2012. Press night is Wednesday, June 6 at 8 p.m. Tickets range in price from $49 - $75 and are on-sale now at the Marines' Memorial Theatre Box Office, online at marinesmemorialtheatre.com or by phone at (415) 771-6900.