The Texas Tenors burst onto the scene in 2009, when they became the highest-rated vocal group in the history of the television show 'America's Got Talent.' Now, they bring their down-home flavor to the Buffalo Philharmonic for their Western New York debut at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 2 at Kleinhans Music Hall, 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo.
(Boston) Celebrity Series of Boston will present Bela Fleck's Banjo Summit on Thursday, October 10, 2013, at 7:30pm at Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall, Harvard University, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge.
Kathryn Pintus reviews Hairspray at the Bristol Hippodrome.
Due to illness, Sonny Rollins has been forced to cancel his Celebrity Series of Boston performance on Saturday, September 28, 2013, at 8pm at the Boston Opera House. The event was also to serve as the highlight performance of the Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival. Rollins says, 'Due to a recent illness I am unable to perform my upcoming concert in Boston. I am disappointed but I hope to recover soon and I want to thank my many fans who are so loyal to me.'
The roof got lifted off the Birmingham Hippodrome last night with the rapturous audience reaction to Stage Entertainment's UK touring production of Hairspray. With big hair and fun aplenty, you will not find a show with so much energy and attack as this one. With wide appeal across the board due to the 2007 film starring John Travolta as the loveable Edna Turnblad, Hairspray has something for everyone. It is great to see a younger audience drawn to the theatre; very few shows these days have such power. Hairspray is topical, has good morals, catchy music by Marc Shaiman and brilliantly choreographed dance routines by Jerry Mitchell - the show has everything!
Today the 1960's sprang back to life in a mist of hairspray and greasepaint as Specialist Hair and Media Make-up students from University College Birmingham showcased their skills to cast members from the hit musical Hairspray at Birmingham Hippodrome, including X-Factor runner up Marcus Collins.
The King's Theatre, Glasgow, will present HAIRSPRAY, starring Mark Benton, Lucy Benjamin, Marcus Collins and Freya Sutton.
The King's Theatre, Glasgow, will present HAIRSPRAY, starring Mark Benton, Lucy Benjamin, Marcus Collins and Freya Sutton.
Birmingham Hippodrome has announced details of one of its busiest years ever, with no fewer than three West End blockbusters, a ballet premiere, new opera productions and the return of several popular favourites. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the season in the video below.
The producers of HAIRSPRAY today announced that The X Factor's Marcus Collins will join stars Mark Benton and Lucy Benjamin on the show's forthcoming UK and Ireland tour, which opens at Manchester's Lowry Theatre in February next year.
First discovered in 2009 on TVs reality show "America's Got Talent," The Texas Tenors now enjoy international repute as powerful entertainers who weave effortlessly from John Denver to Puccini, Merle Haggard and Leonard Bernstein. This made-in-America Texas trio takes their audience on a musical ride from West Virginia to Italy to New York City, pausing between genres to swap tales big and small and smile wide to roaring applause. Their voices boom and blend with the power and beauty of that other famous trio of tenors, deeply resonating with listeners of every stripe. And, yes, they're awfully nice to look at!
Janet Devlin remains the early favourite in Sky Bet's X Factor betting after she wowed the judges with her rendition of Coldplay's 'Fix You' on Saturday's first live show.
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