Marilyn News

Multi Award winning vocalist, Marieann Meringolo, explores the 60's in her Solo Debut Concert at the annual Provincetown CabaretFEST this coming June 1st, with 'Marieann Meringolo Explores The 60's From Warwick to Mathis to Legrand & more!''

The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association announces that violinist Gabriela Pe a-Kim has been selected for the LA Phil Resident Fellows program. The program was launched during the 2018/19 season as a centerpiece initiative of the LA Phil's Centennial, with the purpose of creating a pathway towards a more diverse and inclusive orchestra of tomorrow. The fellowship is an excellence-based training program for superb early-career symphonic musicians representing or serving historically underrepresented populations. Its goal is to prepare these musicians to compete for, and win, positions in major professional orchestras.

The McCallum Theatre announced today its new lineup for the 2019-2020 season, continuing to present the finest world-class artists and entertainers for Coachella Valley audiences.  The new season includes McCallum debuts, returning favorites, iconic superstars, family-friendly entertainment and holiday cheer, among so much more. A CHRISTMAS STORY, WAITRESS and THE PLAY THAT GOES WORING are among the many Broadway offerings in what looks to be the most stellar season in McCallum history.

'Lucky so & so' Clark Warren swings The Best of ... at Don't Tell Mama on Monday, April 8th, Thursday, May 9th and Wednesday, May 15th, all at 7:00 pm. He is joined by Takaaki Otomo on piano, Noriko Ueda on bass and Tim Horner on drums. Musical direction is by the 'Marvelous' Marilyn Maye.

The International Contemporary Ensemble, 'America's foremost new-music group' (Alex Ross), performs Tyshawn Sorey'sPerle Noire: Meditations for Josephine featuring star soprano Julia Bullock on Friday, May 3, 2019 at 10pm at Oberon, the American Repertory Theater's club venue. Perle Noire: Meditations for Josephine honors the brilliance, daring, courage, and tragedies of Josephine Baker in a production conceived by Peter Sellars with original music by Tyshawn Sorey and texts by Claudia Rankine, both MacArthur Fellows.

From the opening song, the audience knows they are in for a special evening as Spinning Tree Theatre presents BILLY ELLIOT at the Just Off Broadway Theatre in Kansas City. This production directed by Michael Grayman-Parkhurst raises the bar for local theatrical performances. BILLY ELLIOT will make you laugh, it will make you cry, and it will forever be locked in your memory.

The award-winning, autobiographical comedy MY LIFE ON A DIET, starring Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning writer and actress Renee Taylor ("The Nanny"), is now on tour. The current stop is at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts (9390 N. Santa Monica Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90210), where the show opened this weekend, and will perform a limited engagement through Sunday, April 14.

Atlantis Theatrical Entertainment Group, which recently opened its 20th-anniversary season with a critically-acclaimed run of ANGELS IN AMERICA: MILLENNIUM APPROACHES, has announced the full cast of its next production, the Tony, Grammy, and Olivier Award-winning musical BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL, which continues to run on Broadway and on US National Tour.

Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! officially opened tonight, April 7, at Broadway's Circle in the Square Theatre. It will play a limited engagement through Sunday, September 1, 2019.

Zeiders American Dream Theater (The Z) brings Cocktail Hour: The Show, by New York City-based company Ballets with a Twist, to its Main Stage on Saturday, May 18, at 8:00pm, and Sunday, May 19, at 2:00pm. Throughout the evening, beer, wine, and a special selection of cocktails and mocktails from the program will be available in the lobby.

Conformada por cuatro núcleos temáticos que abarcan los diferentes periodos en la vasta obra de Antonio Caballero, la cual cubre todos los géneros de la fotografía, la muestra Antonio Caballero. Fotografía 1953-1985, que se exhibe hasta el 8 de septiembre en el Museo de Arte Moderno, representa la primera retrospectiva en nuestro país del narrador gráfico del México contemporáneo.

Next week, FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit www.54Below.com/Feinsteins or call (646) 476-3551.

The winners of the 2019 New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards will be announced Monday, May 6, 2019 at approximately 5:30pm. The selections will be made at the organization's 84th annual voting meeting.

Contra Costa Civic Theatre (CCCT) presents All the Way, directed by CCCT Artistic Director Marilyn Langbehn. Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Schenkkan's "action-packed, thoroughly gripping…jaw-dropping political drama" (Variety) about the first year of Lyndon Johnson's presidency plays April 12 through May 5 at CCCT. For tickets and information visit the theatre's website at www.ccct.org or call 510.524.9012.

This season's new Broadway production of William Shakespeare's King Lear, starring two-time Academy Award winner, two-time Emmy Award winner, and 2018 Tony Award winner Glenda Jackson and directed by Tony Award winner Sam Gold, opens tonight at the Cort Theatre. The production will play a strictly limited engagement through Sunday, July 7, 2019.

Michael Feinstein, The Ambassador of The Great American Songbook, has built a dazzling career over the last three decades, bringing beloved American standards to the world. From recordings that have earned him five Grammy Award nominations, to his Emmy nominated PBS-TV specials, his acclaimed NPR series, and concerts spanning the globe-- including iconic venues such as The White House, Buckingham Palace, Hollywood Bowl, Carnegie Hall and Sydney Opera House --Feinstein has earned a reputation as one of the most important musical forces of our time.

Goldenstein Gallery and The Lexington Hotel, Autograph Collection announce the final weekend of the 'Golden Dreams' Exhibit, featuring rare color separations of Marilyn Monroe from 1950, on display in the 'Norma Jeane Suite,' where Monroe herself once lived. The collection, which is valued at over $4 million, has been showing exclusively at The Lexington Hotel for a limited time through this Sunday, April 7. Open to the public by appointment only, this is the first time the full collection will be on display in New York City, a city which played a key role in Monroe's career and personal life.

​​​​​​​Five Boroughs Music Festival (5BMF) and the Brooklyn Art Song Society (BASS) present collaborative pianist Martin Katz in a three-event series, entitled Hugo Wolf: The Complete Mörike-Lieder, featuring two presentations and a free masterclass (open to the public) on the following dates:

James Mulally and Vina Spiehler were elected to the LA Opera board of directors at a recent meeting.