CBS announced that singer-songwriter Josh Groban will headline the 19th annual A HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS, to be broadcast today, Dec. 19 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Also, Kelly Clarkson, Kacey Musgraves and Kane Brown are set to perform on the special.
As we count down the last days of 2017, New York City's top theatre critics have been taking stock of the theatre season- deciding on their personal choices for their favorite productions of the year. With so many stellar plays, musicals, revivals and new works, both on Broadway and off, a slew of shows have gained recognition from the critics this year.
Gettysburg Community Theatre (GCT) the not-for-profit 501c3 community theatre located at 49 York Street in historic downtown Gettysburg, is preparing to enter its 10th Season with the opening of the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice rock opera, Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat which will perform 8pm Fridays and Saturdays and 2pm Sunday January 5-21, 2018.
Greenway Arts Alliance (Whitney Weston and Pierson Blaetz, Co-Founders and Co-Artistic Directors) and Urban Theatre Movement (Paul Tully, Artistic Director and Gisla Stringer, Company Manager) present the world premiere of YERMA IN THE DESERT by Oliver Mayer (Off-Broadway's Blade to the Heat at The Public Theater) and co-directed by Marlene Forte and Edgar Landa. Urban Theatre Movement is the first Los Angeles theatre company recipient of Greenway Arts Alliance's Greenway Residency Program, created in celebration of GAA's 20th Anniversary Celebration. YERMA IN THE DESERT will open to the press at Greenway Court Theatre (544 N. Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles) on Friday, November 17 and play through December 16, 2017.
Indianapolis Monthly Magazine named Gail Payne Best Cabaret Act in its December 2017 Best of Indy issue, which includes the editors' favorites in categories of Food & Drink, Arts & Culture, Shopping & Style, and Health & Beauty.
Birdland Jazz Club has announced its January 2018 lineup, featuring An Evening with Monty Alexander - From Kingston to Harlem, Vijay Iyer Sextet, John Pizzarelli, Vincent Herring's The Story of Jazz: 100 Years, David Murray Infinity Quartet, La Tanya Hall and The Andy Milne Trio, Fleurine, Jim Caruso's Cast Party, and more. Scroll down for details!
The 2017 awards honor productions which opened between October 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017. Nominations were completely reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended October 31, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors.
The 2017 awards honor productions which opened between October 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017. Nominations were completely reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended October 31, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors.
The 2017 awards honor productions which opened between October 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017. Nominations were completely reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended October 31, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors.
The first time I saw Ms. Jasmine Rice LaBeija perform she was serving full female fantasy, donning a vibrant set of what MUST have been DD's and that's a conservative estimate. She was scantily clad in a little black number that hugged every one of her curves with exacting precision, bookending the experience with the perfect dramatic wig. She was a visual pastry that demanded consumption and I was there for every crumb. I needed to know more about this enchantress, and when she threw some classical music into her act, I all but stopped the show dead in its tracks demanding a background check.
Shakespeare's Globe production of Farinelli and the King, starring three-time Tony Award winner and Academy Award winner Mark Rylance opens tonight, December 17, at Broadway's Belasco Theatre (111 West 44th Street).
The Marsh San Francisco announces a new solo show by Jill Vice, A Fatal Step. Flipping the tables on film noir tropes, Vice's 60-minute dramedy tells its shadowy tale not from the typical point of view of the hardboiled detective, but from that of the femme fatale. When Sarah's footing with her handsome podiatrist boyfriend is undermined by an archrival, she takes drastic steps to keep her man. Returning to The Marsh after her highly acclaimed run of Tipped & Tipsy, Vice's A Fatal Step was hailed as a delicious turn on noir by the Winnipeg Free Press. A Fatal Step, directed by Mark Kenward and developed with David Ford, will be presented 8:00pm Thursdays and 8:30pm Saturdays January 18-March 3, 2018 (press opening: January 25) at The Marsh San Francisco, 1062 Valencia St., San Francisco. For tickets ($20-$35 sliding scale, $55-$100 reserved), the public may visit www.themarsh.org or call The Marsh box office at 415-282-3055 (open 1pm-4pm, Monday through Friday).
Riverside Theatre's production of Million Dollar Quartet, adds two additional performances! Million Dollar Quartet runs January 2-21, 2018 on the Stark Stage and is sponsored by John and Marilyn McConnell with additional support from Riverside Theatre's Patron Producers' Group
Entertainment Director/co-owner of Dino's Backstage and The Celebrity Room, Michael Richard Kelly, continues to present 'The Snow Show' in a duo with singer Paula Johns on December 15 and 16. Their special guest this weekend is Denise Montana, whose song Merry Christmas All was a platinum record and played worldwide. Dino's Backstage and Celebrity Room, 287 N. Keswick Avenue in Keswick Village, Glenside, PA. Dinner seating is at 7 pm and showtime at 8:30 pm. Ticket prices are $40 ticket/$20 food & beverage minimum and are available at www.dinosbackstage.com or by calling 215-884-2000.
Broadway Records celebrates Hamlisch Uncovered, released digitally today, December 15, 2017, and in stores on Friday, January 26, 2018.
In 90 At Last!, marvelous Marilyn Maye returns to her home away from home to celebrate her milestone 90th birthday with her favorite audiences. As always, Marilyn carries the torch from her peers who originated tunes of the Great American Songbook to the singers who perform these songs today and will carry them on to future generations.
On January 18, the ten outstanding musicians from Music Academy of the West who have been named as this year's Zarin Mehta Fellows will arrive in New York to take part in the New York Philharmonic Global Academy Fellowship Program's fourth season.
Creative Time has announced the hoisting of the seventh public artwork in the Pledges of Allegiance series, Fly Together, by artist Ann Hamilton. The flag will be raised today, December 13th in partnership with eleven institutions nationwide.
At its annual gala event, Celebrate Colburn, the Colburn School will honor renowned conductor Michael Tilson Thomas and acclaimed architect Frank Gehry with the Richard D. Colburn award, for their exemplary achievements and contributions to the worlds of classical music and the performing arts in Los Angeles and throughout the world. Celebrate Colburn takes place at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Sunday, April 22, 2018, at 7 p.m., followed by a post-performance dinner at a location to be announced.
The Marsh San Francisco kicks off the New Year with an extension of 2017 United Solo Theatre Festival winner My Stroke of Luck, from January 4 through February 3, 2018.
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