Mariah Carey News

On Friday July 26, a hard-hitting dramatic piece about war, featuring professional actors as well as students ages 11-18 (mostly high school-age teenagers), was given a dramatic reading before an audience at the Hillman Space at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's BAM Fisher. This was a special collaborative project of two creative writing programs: the BAM Summer Youth Program and the Creative Writing program at the renowned Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts (alumni include Natalie Portman, Mariah Carey, Olivia Thirlby, Jane Monheit, Seth Rudetsky, many more).

Making the rounds of insider music forums across the net, is a rumoured track list for superstar Mariah Carey's upcoming THE ART OF LETTING GO. Previously delayed from July, the album is now expected to be released in November of 2013. The rumoured list includes many past high-profile collaborators as well as some exciting new ones that she's never worked with before...

ANIMATION DOMINATION kicks off this fall with an all-star lineup of guest voices on returning animated series THE SIMPSONS, BOB'S BURGERS, FAMILY GUY and AMERICAN DAD premiering Sunday, Sept. 29 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT).

Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, the renowned summer arts day camp now in its 46th season, will present its annual Gala Concert tonight, July 31 at 7 PM at the McKinley Amphitheater on the Center's 200-acre woodland campus.

TVGuide.com confirms that talk show queen Oprah Winfrey will guest on the Thursday, August 15th episode of WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE! The show airs at 11/10c on the Bravo Network.

In his career, Levi Kreis has released a total of six albums. Not only does Kreis have four studio albums, a live album, and an album of demos under his belt, but he also has a shiny Tony Award somewhere at home. Of course, Kreis is too humble to let it all go to his head. In fact, Kreis needs to be reminded to look back some times to recognize his major successes. Kreis just released his newest studio album IMAGINE PARADISE, and to positive reception. The album founded by Kickstarter allowed Kreis to channel fan support to make music after a four-year hiatus.

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network announced today programming premieres including new summer episodes of 'Oprah's Next Chapter.'

Rory O'Malley and his partner Gerold Schroeder are now engaged! The Book of Mormon actor shared the exciting news on his Facebook page Sunday

Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, the renowned summer arts day camp now in its 46th season, will present its annual Gala Concert on Wednesday July 31 at 7 PM at the McKinley Amphitheater on the Center's 200-acre woodland campus.

Sasha is back in NYC for one night only with MASTER OF F... Call it the halftime show of her journey to become a Master of Fine Arts - She's halfway there!! Singing tunes from Bernstein to Disney and featuring special guest singers, with accompaniest Dan Micciche, it's a night you don't want to miss.

On August 30, leading multichannel retailer HSN will continue their innovative multi-concert, marketing deal with The Venetian Las Vegas when it hosts its next HSN Live concert event featuring multi-platinum, international superstars, Earth, Wind&Fire and special guests. Earth, Wind & Fire will perform tracks from Now, Then & Forever, their latest CD, during a live, omni-platform HSN Live concert event at 11 p.m. (EST). An exclusive CD bundle of their new release, along with a bonus CD featuring six of their greatest hits, is now available for pre-order at HSN.com for $12.95.

Emblem3 will release their highly anticipated debut album Nothing To Lose on July 30. The album, executive produced by award-winning songwriter and producer Savan Kotecha (Maroon 5, Usher, One Direction) is available in deluxe and standard editions (see attached tracklistings) and is currently available for pre-order at http://smarturl.it/E3NothingToLose.

Broadcast Music, Inc., (BMI), the global leader in music rights management, will present the BMI Icon Award to Cash Money's Bryan 'Birdman' Williams and Ronald 'Slim' Williams at the 2013 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards, to be held Thursday, August 22, at the Manhattan Center in New York City. The star-studded event, formerly known as the BMI Urban Awards, draws the entire entertainment community together to celebrate the songwriters, producers and publishers of the most-performed r&b/hip-hop songs of the previous year.

For the third year, five talented Long Island music students will receive a unique opportunity to study and perform this summer at Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts. The program was developed by Usdan Center in 2011 and supported with a charitable grant from Bethpage Federal Credit Union. The Usdan Center/Bethpage Scholars in the Arts program gives accomplished students who otherwise couldn't attend Usdan, the opportunity to study at the country's largest not-for-profit summer arts day camp. The students were chosen for their fine musicianship and for their achievements as outstanding representatives of their communities.

The 2013 MLB All-Star Charity Concert benefiting Sandy Relief will star Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic with special guest appearance by multiple Grammy Award winner Mariah Carey tonight, July 13, three days in advance of the Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Citi Field, which airs on FOX. The concert, which will be free to fans but requires each attendee to have a ticket, will take place on the iconic Great Lawn at Central Park tonight, July 13 beginning at 7:30 p.m.

Robert Nederlander, Jr., a third generation member of the Nederlander theater dynasty, and Richard Eisenberg, a prominent Long Island attorney and arts philanthropist, have joined the Board of Trustees of Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, the renowned Long Island not-for-profit summer arts day camp. Usdan Center (www.usdan.com), now in its 46th season, has introduced the arts to more than 60,000 children ages 6 to 18, and counts among its alumni Natalie Portman, Jane Monheit, Mariah Carey, Olivia Thirlby, Seth Rudetsky, Jackie Hoffman, Lisa Gay Hamiltonand members of major music and dance ensembles.

One of the most successful musical theatre creators in history, Sir Tim Rice, is joining with a superlative singing talent, Clare Teal, for a special one-off concert this Friday night in the UK.

In response to hundreds of messages from Adelaide fans, the Estate of Michael Jackson and Cirque du Soleil announced today that Michael Jackson THE IMMORTAL World TourTM will now come to Adelaide in October this year as part of its Australian tour. This once-in-a-lifetime electrifying production uses Cirque du Soleil creativity to give fans worldwide a unique view into the spirit, passion and heart of the artistic genius who forever transformed global pop culture. Written and directed by Jamie King, the show includes 49 international dancers, musicians and acrobats. Since its world premiere in Montreal in October 2011, the enormously successful arena production has thrilled audiences across North America, Europe and Asia.