Melissa Manchester News

The York Theatre Company will honor musical theater legends Richard Maltby, Jr. & David Shire (Baby, Big, Starting Here, Starting Now, Closer Than Ever) with the 2021 Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement in Musical Theater and Elisa Loti Stein with The York Theatre Company Founders’ Award at the 29th Oscar Hammerstein Award Gala.

Joining them will be musical director Michael Arrom, Lyman Medeiros on bass, John Ciodini on guitar, and Gene Coye and drums.

The 2022 Marvin Hamlisch International Music Awards is now open for registration and has expanded its competition categories to enable musicians to apply in all of the following musical genres: Contemporary Pop (NEW!), Contemporary R&B (NEW!), Musical Theatre, Film/Media Scoring and more.

Late Summer Night’s Shakespeare features the cast of Raue Center actors and performers as they drop some knowledge, perform selected scenes and monologues, and share fun and frolic with an evening of Shakespeare. Bringing the Bard to the burbs in an interactive exploration of language and art September 4 and 11. 

Enjoy warmer weather and feel-good music at Summer Sounds, a casual and welcoming series of sunset concerts reflecting the global communities and diverse musical influences found in Southern California.

While the number of COVID cases continue to drop every day, two extraordinary musicians from Boca Raton—Deborah  Silver, #1 Billboard jazz vocalist, and Dennis Lambert, the 12-time GRAMMY nominated songwriter—are also celebrating the success of their inspirational COVID-19 BLUES.

One question from her husband led Deborah Silver on a musical adventure that continues to reward... her and others.

During a joint performance Saturday at the Center for the Performing Arts, Great American Songbook Foundation Founder Michael Feinstein surprised his longtime friend Melissa Manchester with an induction into the Songbook Hall of Fame.

Ann Hampton Callaway and her sister Liz Callaway, leading lights of New York's cabaret scene, have both been Tony Award-nominated for their performances in major Broadway musicals. Now they are coming to homes across the globe in the premiere of 'SIDE BY SIDE' livestream concert.

Artistic Director John McDaniel brings the O'Neill Cabaret and Performance Conference back to in-person classes with a growing roster of prestigious instructors; applications are being accepted through May 13th.

While the global pandemic has kept the world on lockdown for over a year, an extraordinary ensemble of singers and musicians have “unlocked” a way to battle the 'COVID-19 BLUES' that people are left with after a year of facing so many challenges.

Deborah Silver and Dennis Lambert are today releasing a celebrity-packed remix of the recording with 100 percent of all sales going to The Actors Fund and Jazz Foundation of America.

Three dozen of the best from Broadway and the entertainment industry saluted the one-year anniversary of RWQuarantunes, a pandemic-inspired series of invite-only online concerts, by coming together Sunday, April 11, 2021, for a five-hour celebration of Broadway and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

It's been a year since Caruso and Locknar took control of the internet. It's time to celebrate.

Today's top stories: Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death is set to return to Broadway, Sunday in the Park With George will not open in the West End this year, and more!

Last night the Marvin Hamlisch International Music Awards featured celebrity presenters Barbra Streisand, Quincy Jones, Idina Menzel, Melissa Manchester, Lucie Arnaz, Sir Howard Stringer, Johnny Mathis and Maria Friedman.

Today's top stories: TodayTix launches in person concert series with Lauren Patten, Hamilton begins performances in Sydney, and more!

The anniversary episode broke the single-show fundraising record, raising over $28,300 (including a $10,000 matching grant from the Frances Lear Foundation).  Now, after over 375 episodes, “Stars In The House” has raised over $751,842 for The Actors Fund & $200,000 for other charity organizations who have needed support throughout the pandemic.   

Today (March 16) in live streaming: Stars in the House celebrates one year, The Last Five Years continues, and more!

Stars in the House, which officially kicked off on March 16, 2020 is a daily series that features stars of stage and screen singing or performing plays live (from home!) to promote support for charitable services for those most vulnerable to the effects of Coronavirus (COVID-19).