Mark Miller News

The New Jersey Youth Symphony (NJYS) announced today it will present a concert Exploring Music, Technology and Communication: Together We Celebrate Youth Excellence and Leadership on Saturday, April 30 at 7:00 p.m. at the West Side Presbyterian Church located at 6 South Monroe Street in Ridgewood.

Black Ensemble Theater’s Founder and CEO Jackie Taylor announces the 2022 Black Playwrights Festival from April 26-30, 2022, featuring works by Viola Bennett, Jill Ross, Lillian Mitchum, Reginald Williams and Dwight Neal, curated and directed by Black Ensemble Producing Managing Director Daryl D. Brooks. 

Billy The Artist who bridged the divide between the fine art and commercial design worlds with his acclaimed “Urban Primitive Pop Artist,” died in New York City at the age 57 on Saturday, January 22, 2022.

In the Baptist backwoods of the Bible Belt, the beleaguered Turpin family proves that living and dying in the South are seldom tidy and always hilarious. Despite their earnest efforts to pull themselves together for their father’s funeral, the Turpins’ other problems keep overshadowing the solemn occasion. Performances run January 15th thru the 30th, 2022 at Little Theatre Off Broadway, 3981 Broadway, Grove City, Ohio. For reservations/more info visit: http://www.ltob.org or call 614-875-3919.

inger Theresa Tova leads the performance with support from Fern Lindzon (vocals, piano) and David Woodhead (vocals, guitar, bass). The event is fully virtual and will be presented free of charge through NYTF's Folksbiene! LIVE platform.

Last Friday the Birdland Big Band returned to the scene of their two-decade-long residency, and the patrons of the legendary nightclub could not have looked (or sounded) happier.

Featuring new performers with every show, the weekly, award-winning Piano Bar Live! (PBL!) streams this Tuesday, June 22 at 7:15 pm ET, with host Scott Barbarino and guests Raissa Katona Bennett, Doris Dear, Terese Genecco and Deborah Stone, plus Mystery Guests and MORE!

Twice, ONCE won awards I thought the competition deserved. In 2012, the Broadway musical knocked out Newsies for the Tonys' top prize. Another Alan Menken musical, Enchanted, lost an Oscar to ONCE thrice - its trio of nominees falling swiftly to 'Falling Slowly' and my anger rising rapidly at home...

Ember, the critically acclaimed choral ensemble of Schola Cantorum on Hudson will present a live and virtual, season finale concert entitled “Emerge,” where we examine this period in our lives between what was and what will be. We learned new ways of living and working; new ways of being human with other humans. Some changes we will certainly be glad to forfeit as soon as we can. Others we may elect to retain, having learned new things that enhance life. 

The acclaimed Black Ensemble Theater, led by Founder and CEO Jackie Taylor, is celebrating the 2020 Holiday season with The Black Ensemble Virtual Holiday Extravaganza, written and directed by Producing Managing Director Daryl D. Brooks.

Based on Clive Barker's acclaimed and influential horror anthology BOOKS OF BLOOD, this feature takes audiences on a journey into uncharted and forbidden territory through three uncanny tales tangled in space and time.

After two successful concerts at Mazzoleni Concert Hall in September, The Royal Conservatory is committed to bringing inspiring and uplifting live music in a way that is safe and responsible to music lovers.

“Chasing Down Madison Brown,” the popular travel series starring the quirky travel and lifestyle blogger Madison Brown is debuting on The Heartland Network this month.

Today Hulu announced the Hulu Original film BOOKS OF BLOOD, based on Clive Barker’s horror anthology, will premiere on Wednesday, October 7th, 2020. 

Country hit-maker T. Graham Brown will host 'Remembering Kenny Rogers' special to premiere Friday, March 27th at 9/8c on SiriusXM's Prime Country Channel 58. This heartwarming two-hour show will feature live cuts from Kenny Rogers' 'Live By Request' album and more. As part of the tribute, some of Kenny's closest friends share their most precious memories and remember Kenny Rogers through the years. T. Graham Brown hosts LIVE WIRE each month on the channel, showcasing live cuts & interviews with some of T. Graham Brown's closest friends and heroes while sharing fun stories about life on the road.

Black Ensemble Theater opens its 2020 Season: Season of Change with Legends the Musical: A Civil Rights Movement, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, written and directed by Black Ensemble Theater Founder and CEO Jackie Taylor. Legends the Musical will be performed February 22-April 12, 2020 at the Black Ensemble Theater Cultural Center, 4450 N. Clark Street in Chicago. The press opening is Thursday, March 5 at 7:30pm.

Joshua Hinck and Scott Wasserman are giving a sneak peek into the recording process for their upcoming album of Sondhiem reimagined as Disco. The album, recorded over multiple days, has 12 tracks with over 40 Sondheim songs in mash-up, medley, and stand-alone arrangements all set in the disco world.

Joshua Hinck and Scott Wasserman are thrilled to announce the cast for their upcoming album of Sondhiem reimagined as Disco. The album, recording this month, has 12 tracks with over 40 Sondheim songs in mash-up, medley, and stand-alone arrangements all set in the disco world.

As the OCEAN GROVE CAMP MEETING ASSOCIATION (OGCMA) celebrates its 150th anniversary, audiences can expect one of OGCMA's most steadfast and beloved traditions: THE ANNUAL CHOIR FESTIVAL.

Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes, Jr., Senior Minister Emeritus, Riverside Church & President & Founder, Healing of the Nations Foundation, in association with New York's historic Carnegie Hall, present the 5th Annual Juneteenth celebration commemorating the "COMPLETE" end of slavery in America for people of color on Wednesday, June 19 at 7:00 PM.  This year marks the 154th year of African American freedom (1865) and the abolishment of the stain of human bondage in America.  It also represents the dawn of a new freedom for all Americans in the United States of America.  This momentous occasion will also observe the 400th anniversary of the first African arriving in the United States in 1619. The program is taking place for the first time at the historic Carnegie Hall, a co-host of the event.