Martin Luther King, Jr. News

On Thursday, August 18, the 33rd annual Seaside Summer Concert Series at Coney Island, hosted by Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, will welcome Cheap Trick and Mickey Leigh's Newyorkestra.

Theatrical Outfit launchs its 2011-2012 season with the World Premiere The Green Book by Atlanta writer Calvin Alexander Ramsey's, August 17 - September 11, 2011 at the Balzer Theatre at Herren's.

On Thursday, August 18, the 33rd annual Seaside Summer Concert Series at Coney Island, hosted by Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, will welcome Cheap Trick and Mickey Leigh's Newyorkestra.

Harlem Stage announces its event listings for September. The three main events offers film, dance, and music for all.

BET Networks honors the legacy of the civil rights pioneer Martin Luther King, Jr., with a special day of programming on BET and CENTRIC in celebration of the unveiling of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, August 28.

Obie Award-winning actress and solo performer Nilaja Sun's return engagement of the Off Broadway smash No Child... will close August 14, 2011 at the Barrow Street Theatre (27 Barrow Street at 7th Avenue).

NBC, CBS and ABC are all set to cover the Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial dedication and its accompanying concert, set to take place on the Washington DC mall on August 28 according to ShowBiz411.

On Thursday, August 11, the 33rd annual Seaside Summer Concert Series at Coney Island, hosted by Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, will welcome El Gran Combo, Our Latin Thing: A Tribute to the Fania Allstars and the Maria Torres Dancers to the annual Latino Music by the Sea show.

The box office for the Broadway premiere of Katori Hall's Olivier Award-winning play, The Mountaintop, opens tomorrow, Thursday, August 11, 2011. Tickets will be available at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 West 45th Street) and can also be purchased at Telecharge.com or by calling 212-239-6200.

On Thursday, August 11, the 33rd annual Seaside Summer Concert Series at Coney Island, hosted by Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, will welcome El Gran Combo, Our Latin Thing: A Tribute to the Fania Allstars and the Maria Torres Dancers to the annual Latino Music by the Sea show.

In the days that followed the 9/11 attacks, Circle leaders and members of the Assassins production team were forced to consider closing the show (included in Sondheim's musical is the character of Samuel Byck, an unsuccessful presidential assassin who talks vividly about flying an airplane into the White House to kill President Richard Nixon in 1968. As Circle leaders discussed whether to shutter the show for a weekend, or to cancel the remaining three weeks of the show's run, the show's cast members debated whether or not they could justify to themselves, their friends and their families their own decision to continue with the show in the days just after the deadliest attack ever on American soil.

On Monday, August 8, the 29th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series at Wingate Field, hosted by Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, will welcome Men of Soul starring Jeffrey Osborne, Peabo Bryson, and Freddie Jackson.

The Kitchen Theatre Company's 21st season opens with the regional premiere of Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker.

On Monday, August 8, the 29th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series at Wingate Field, hosted by Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, will welcome Men of Soul starring Jeffrey Osborne, Peabo Bryson, and Freddie Jackson.

On Thursday, August 4, the 33rd annual Seaside Summer Concert Series at Coney Island, hosted by Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, will proudly welcome the one and only Aretha Franklin.

The Playwrights Foundation's 34th annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival (BAPF), a festival celebrating the development of new work which is performed script in hand, is taking place July 22-31 at Thick House in San Francisco.

On Thursday, August 4, the 33rd annual Seaside Summer Concert Series at Coney Island, hosted by Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, will proudly welcome the one and only Aretha Franklin.

On Thursday, July 28, the 33rd annual Seaside Summer Concert Series at Coney Island, hosted by Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, will welcome Mary Wilson of the Supremes as well as The Spinners.

On Monday, July 25, the 29th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series at Wingate Field, hosted by Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, will be welcoming R&B superstars Charlie Wilson and Eric Benét.

Vicki Burns Quintet will appear at the Iridium Jazz Club on Tuesday, September 13th 2011 at 7:00pm Performing a Concert in Tribute to Jazz Vocal Legend, Anita O'Day