McDonald News

Joshua Henry brings 'Get Up Stand Up' to 92NY. Don't miss this exciting performance at 92NY.

 Last night, at On Site Opera's annual fundraising gala at the Prince George Ballroom, the company announced the appointment of Sarah Meyers as its next Artistic Director, succeeding the company's co-founder, Eric Einhorn.

Due to high demand, The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization has announced an additional 2.30pm matinee performance of My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert playing on Tuesday, 12 December at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.

Jaxx Theatricals has announced a spellbinding Halloween magic show that will leave audiences of all ages enchanted and amazed. 'Smoke & Mirrors ' promises an evening of mysterious illusions, otherworldly feats, and eerie entertainment in the heart of Los Angeles.

Renowned pianist Michael Stephen Brown will be performing works by Fanny Mendelssohn and Clara Schumann at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on November 14, 2023. Don't miss this incredible performance presented by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

Art Center Sarasota announces its 2023-2024 exhibition season, featuring diverse solo exhibits and group shows that highlight the personal expressions of artists and curated works. The season celebrates diversity in artists' histories, materials, techniques, and concepts.

Watch a spooky tour complete with opera ghost stories in this video from the Royal Opera House here!

In this episode I am joined by Katie Mack and Susanne McDonald to talk all about their incredible new show, #UGLYCRY. Grieving social media-obsessed millennial Katie Mack (award winning creator) uses the only thing she really knows to bring him back— her phone. 

This time, the reader question was: Have there been many Broadway musicals starring only two actors, before Gutenberg! The Musical!?

A musical retelling of producer Sam Phillips' serendipitous gathering of four of music's most notable Southern boys - Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley - at his Memphis-based Sun Records Studio on December 4, 1956, Million Dollar Quartet will set your feet to tapping out a steady rhythm from its very first moments (a performance of Perkins’ “Blue Suede Shoes” that very nearly blows the roof off Studio Tenn’s brand spanking new Turner Theater at The Factory in Franklin) and will keep your heart pumping right along to the very final notes of Jerry Lee's “Whole Lotta Shakin’” that closes out the concert musical that is directed by Studio Tenn artistic director Patrick Cassidy and featuring an exceptional cast of performers who pay homage to their eponymous counterparts with so much talent and commitment that you’re breathless – but still wanting more – by the time the curtain closes two hours later.

Pretty Woman: The Musical is set to premiere in Miami at the Arsht Center on December 5. Get all the event and ticket information here!

After a successful run in March 2023 Lakewood Theatre Company will once again be staging again its production of The Gin Game by D.L. Coburn on its Side Door Stage with seven performances from October 27 through November 5, 2023. 

Join Mike & Mindy for a wild weekend jam in 'Livin the Dream...One Weekend at a Time' on November 30, 2023. Presented by Eye on the Mark Productions, LLC.

Jaxx Theatricals has announced writer-performer Kelsey Harper's one-woman finger-puppet show Something Like...Musical on Thursday Oct. 26 at 7:30pm on the Main Stage at the Jaxx Theater in Hollywood.

The Hale Academy Theater for Young Audiences production of JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH at Hale Center Theater Orem is juicy fun for parents and kids to enjoy together. Fans of Roald Dahl and Pasek and Paul will find much to enjoy in this fanciful production.

Netflix has released the trailer for Rustin, George C. Wolfe's new film about activist Bayard Rustin. The film stars Colman Domingo as Rustin, along with Audra McDonald, Adrienne Warren, Michael Potts, Glynn Turman, CCH Pounder, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Chris Rock, and more. Watch the new video trailer now!

Gil Shaham, violin with Akira Eguchi, piano, will be performing at the 92nd Street Y in New York on November 17, 2023. The concert will feature a repertoire including Faure's A-Major Sonata and Avner Dorman's 'Nigunim.' Don't miss this must-see concert for violin music lovers.

What did our critic think of BLITHE SPIRIT at Theatre Memphis? Perhaps it’s self-evident, but the ability to communicate with the dead would appear to be, in a word, “challenging.” Having never personally attended a séance, the ingredients necessary to summon a ghost would seem to require enormous skill, persistence, and focus.

Join renowned pianist Michael Stephen Brown and distinguished violinist Arnaud Sussmann in a captivating duo recital at the Howland Chamber Music Circle in Beacon, NY. Experience an unforgettable performance featuring works by Jewish composers impacted by World War II.

The Museum of Broadway will present its newest special exhibit celebrating Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss’s Tony Award®-winning global smash hit Broadway musical, SIX.