“The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” has won the late-night ratings week of May 7-11 in adults 18-49 and every other key demographic – adults, men and women 18-34; men and women 18-49; and adults, men and women 25-54 -- according to “live plus same day” figures from Nielsen Media Research. Note that “Jimmy Kimmel Live” aired a Friday encore.
On June 19, Pandora (NYSE:P), the largest streaming music provider in the U.S., will host El Pulso Live in Miami headlined by Reggaetón music duo Zion & Lennox with opening act REYKON. El Pulso celebrates Pandora's newly launched destination for Latin music, featuring the most exciting and impactful contemporary artists who are breaking through genre barriers. Pandora listeners can RSVP now for free event admission at Ice Palace Studios.
Laurie Metcalf talks about what drew her to working on Three Tall Women, the day she found out she was nominated for an Oscar and her brief stints on SNL on Late Night with Seth Meyers!
The Broadway Education Alliance just announced that The Roger Rees Awards for Excellence in Student Performance will be held on Saturday, May 19 at Pearl Studios in Manhattan. This program is open to high schools located in Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island, Long Island, Orange and Rockland Counties, and Westchester. To be eligible, high schools must present an officially licensed production of a Broadway musical during the 2017- 2018 academic year. The Roger Rees Awards has accepted 29 schools, whose students will compete for the title of Best Actor and Best Actress. Winners of the Roger Rees Award will represent the Greater New York region at The Broadway League Foundation's Jimmy® Awards (also known as the National High School Musical Theatre Awards) in June.
The Muny announced today that Emmy and Writers Guild Award-nominated Amber Ruffin will provide new material for the script of The Muny's production of The Wiz, June 19 - 25. Ruffin has been working with The Wiz's original book writer, William F. Brown, on The Muny production, with the full support of Charles Michael Smalls, son of The Wiz composer Charlie Smalls. The Muny production is directed by Denis Jones with choreography by Camille A. Brown and music direction by Darryl Archibald. The Wiz is proudly sponsored by Wells Fargo Advisors.
From stage to screen, Broadway will be represented on TV for the week of May 14, 2018!
New Jersey Repertory Company located at 179 Broadway in Long Branch, is proud to present the world premiere of Adam Szymkowicz's Mercy from June 14 through July 15, 2018. This surprisingly funny, dark comedy is directed by Gail Winar, and stars Christopher Daftsios, Dan Grimaldi, Nandita Shenoy, and Jacob A. Ware.
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Michelle Wolf talks about her White House Correspondents' Dinner performance, running a 50-mile race in Utah and preparing for her Netflix show, The Break.
NBC has renewed its midseason comedy 'A.P. Bio' for a sophomore run, a network spokesperson confirmed this afternoon.
VMI Worldwide, in association with Archer Films and the Oklahoma Film + Music Office (OF+MO), is proud to announce the successful completion of photography on the feature film “Wake Up” in Oklahoma. The film will now be represented by VMI Worldwide at the 2018 Cannes Film Market in France where selected screen material will be presented to buyers for distribution rights to the film.
Dive "Under the Sea" for a swimmingly good time as one of Disney's favorite princesses splashes to life in this Broadway musical adaptation. Ariel is a bold, young mermaid princess fascinated with the human world, in spite of the warnings of her father, King Triton. When she makes a dangerous deal with Ursula, the Sea Witch, she begins a race against the setting sun to find true love. Based on one of Hans Christian Andersen's most beloved stories, and Disney's movie of the same name, Disney's The Little Mermaid features classic songs by eight-time Academy Award winner Alan Menken such as "Under the Sea," "Kiss the Girl," "Part of Your World" and more! Disney's The Little Mermaid splashes onto BDT Stage June 8 - September 8, 2018. Discounted preview performances play June 1 - 7, 2018.
Music Theater Works (formerly Light Opera Works) presents the Gilbert and Sullivan classic, THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, at Cahn Auditorium in Evanston, June 9 through 17. A 26-piece orchestra accompanies such well-known songs as "Poor Wand'ring One," "Oh, Better Far to Live and Die" and "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General."
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” has taken the ratings week of April 30-May 4 in the key late-night demographic of adults 18-49, scoring “Tonight's” biggest percentage margin over “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” since mid-March, according to “live plus same day” figures from Nielsen Media Research.
Acclaimed violinist Anne Akiko Meyers, one of the world's top-selling classical instrumentalists, will appear with the Santa Barbara Symphony, under the baton of Maestro Nir Kabaretti, at the Granada Theatre on Saturday, May 19, and Sunday, May 20. Featuring Vivaldi's Double Violin Concerto - which will see Ms. Meyers team up with Santa Barbara Symphony Concertmaster Jessica Guideri - as well as Barber's lyrical Violin Concerto and Rimsky-Korsakov's magnificent romantic suite Scheherazade, the performances will take place at 8 pm on May 19 and at 3 pm on May 20. Tickets start at $29 and can be purchased at www.granadasb.org or by calling 805-899-2222.
From stage to screen, Broadway will be represented on TV for the week of May 7, 2018!
Elevator Repair Service, "one of the city's few truly essential theater companies" (New York Times), is pleased to present the world premiere of Everyone's Fine With Virginia Woolf, a new play written by longtime company member Kate Scelsa and directed by Elevator Repair Service Artistic Director John Collins.
ABC News' “Nightline” averaged 1.231 million Total Viewers, 462,000 Adults 25-54 and 343,000 Adults 18-49, during the week of April 23, 2018, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “Nightline” beat CBS' “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (1.207 million, 381,000 and 281,000, respectively) in Total Viewers (+24,000), Adults 25-54 (+81,000) and Adults 18-49 (+62,000).
Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Ashley Monroe is set to make the national TV debut of “Hands On You,” from her brand new album Sparrow, on NBC's Late Night with Seth Meyers May 14. Sparrow, called 'her most ambitious, startling and first-to-last engrossing album yet' by the Wall Street Journal, was produced by Dave Cobb and recorded in Nashville's historic RCA Studio A. Arriving #1 on iTunes Singer / Songwriter charts, NPR Music notes that on Sparrow 'Monroe sounds more sensitive, sensual and comfortable in her skin than she ever has' with Paste proclaiming it to be '…one of the strongest and most grown up country albums to be released this decade.'
“The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” has finished #1 for the late-night ratings week of April 23-27 in the key demographic of adults 18-49, according to “live plus same day” figures from Nielsen Media Research. Note that “Jimmy Kimmel Live” aired a Friday encore.
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