Mario News

Today, legendary R&B and alternative soul stalwart Joi makes a triumphant return with her new single and music video “Stare At Me.”

As a nation, we owe it to ourselves to ponder how men who advocated for liberty could also advocate for slavery. It is a question for serious discussion, not just the cursory glances provided by Jefferson's Garden.

Premiering March 2, Laurieann Gibson: Beyond the Spotlight showcases the famed choreographer working with some of the biggest names in music and Love at First Flight, takes relationships to new heights when newly matched couples head off on a cross-country adventure and must decide whether to get married or go their separate ways after their life-changing trip, beginning March 20.

Acclaimed performer, activist and filmmaker Dylan Rothbein will be speaking at The Actors' Temple (339 West 47th Street, New York NY 10036) at 8 p.m. on Friday, February 9 along with author Rob Bernstein (Uniquely Normal: Tapping the Reservoir of Normalcy to Treat Autism) to discuss his experiences identifying as Asperger's.

The World Premiere of Imagine - A Beatles Celebration, created by award-winning director/choreographer Kevin Black, will open at Stage Door Theatre on February 2nd and run through March 11th.

Kronos Quartet/Kronos Performing Arts Association (KPAA) is proud to announce the fourth group of composers for Fifty for the Future: The Kronos Learning Repertoire. Launched in 2015, Kronos' Fifty for the Future is an exciting partnership with Carnegie Hall and others to create 50 new works - by 25 women and 25 men - expressly for the training of students and emerging professionals. Each year, ten composers are announced. As ever, scores, parts, recordings, videos, and other learning materials for the compositions will be offered free of charge online at kronosquartet.org/fifty-for-the-future. 

The Recordings and Musical Editions Company (known by its Spanish acronym EGREM) and Sony/ATV Music Publishing have signed a global licensing agreement, the largest-scale international agreement with a Cuban music publisher in history.

The World Premiere of Imagine A Beatles Celebration, created by award-winning director/choreographer Kevin Black, will open at Stage Door Theatre on February 2nd and run through March 11th. Black, the creator of numerous Stage Door hits, such as The Soul of Motor City, Swing! Swing! Swing! and What's New Pussycat? has taken the music we all remember by the band that changed the face of music, and put his own inimitable spin on it.

ZACH Theatre in partnership with Teatro Vivo, Glass Half Full, and the Kindness Campaign will start the 2018 Moody Theatre for Families Series with the world premiere bilingual production for youth audiences, Las Aventuras de Enoughie (The Adventures of Enoughie) as part of ZACH's 85th Anniversary season. Written by Caroline Reck and based on the character Enoughie created by the Kindness Campaign, this bilingual production, Las Aventuras de Enoughie (The Adventures of Enoughie) plays at the Mexican American Cultural Center January 19, 2018 February 25, 2018 under the direction of Caroline Reck.

Tras tres a os en cartelera cosechando grandes xitos, EL AMOR SIGUE EN EL AIRE, el musical protagonizado por Bibiana Fern ndez, Manuel Bandera, Alaska y Mario Vaquerizo regresa el pr ximo 6 de febrero al Teatro Capitol de Madrid para realizar una temporada de despedida.

2018 Santa Barbara International Film Festival Program Announced

The American Theatre Wing (Heather Hitchens, President and CEO) and The Village Voice (Peter Barbey, CEO; Stephen Mooallem, Editor-in-Chief) are have just announced that the 63rd Annual Obie Awards will be held on Monday, May 21, 2018, and will move to a new venue, Terminal 5 (610 West 56th Street). Emmy and Obie-winning actor John Leguizamo, currently starring in Latin History for Morons on Broadway, will host. Tickets to the 2018 Obie Awards can be purchased at www.ObieAwards.com.

Following its ambitious and successful staging of P.A.R.A.D.E. National Dance Company Wales (NDCWales) prepares for its new Spring programme,Terra Firma, and announces 16 dates touring to towns and cities across the UK, starting its journey in the Welsh capital on 8 February 2018.

Celebration presents under the artistic direction of Michael Matthews & Michael A. Shepperd, the second show in its 2017-2018 season, the Los Angeles intimate theatre premiere of PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT The Musical,book by Stephan Elliott and Allan Scott, based on the Latent Image/Specific Films Motion Picture Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., presented in special arrangement with Theatrical Rights Worldwide (TRW) with choreography by Roman Pantoja, musical direction by Jennifer Lin, directed by Jessica Hanna and produced by Stephen Soucy and Jay Marcus.

The votes have been counted... Check out the fill list of winners for the 2017 BWW Regional Awards!

Sunday night is the new hot night and the Upper west Side is the new hot spot thanks to Mary Elizabeth Micari and Rev. Mary's Blues Jam at the The West End Lounge, 955 West End Avenue (at 107th Street), NYC.

Oxygen Media, the destination for high quality crime programming, premieres season nine of the popular original series, SNAPPED: KILLER COUPLES , today, January 13 at 6PM ET/PT.

S bastien Izambard- one quarter of the massive classical crossover group Il Divo -- today released the fourth track, titled 'Ashes,' from his forthcoming new solo album We Came Here To Love.

The Pompano Beach Cultural Center (www.ccpompano.org) will be hosting a tribute gala presented by The Venetian Arts Society (www.venetianartssociety.org) honoring one of the world's most acclaimed baritones, Sherrill Milnes. The event will take place on Tuesday, February 16 at 6pm and will begin with a champagne reception and viewing of the Cultural Center's current art exhibit, afrique.

Oxygen Media, the destination for high quality crime programming, premieres season nine of the popular original series, SNAPPED: KILLER COUPLES , on today, January 13 at 6PM ET/PT.